God and Nature Spring 2023
By Andrew Budek-Schmeisser
Completion now is bittersweet;
I’d never before thought it so.
All too soon, it’s Christ I’ll meet,
and I find I do not want to go.
There’s still so very, very much
of life I truly dearly love,
and though deep down I know it’s such
honour to gain the Great Above,
my heart would hold to smallest things,
a wall-print and bright coffee mugs,
the skyborne tilt of fabric wings,
and best, my wife - and puppy-hugs.
Race nearly done, an end to pain;
please God let me go and start again!
Andrew Budek-Schmeisser is a writer and poet, author of "Blessed Are the Pure of Heart" and "Emerald Isle". His work can be found at his web site: Blessed Are the Pure of Heart, and many of his sonnets have appeared on the Steve Laube Agency blog.
Completion now is bittersweet;
I’d never before thought it so.
All too soon, it’s Christ I’ll meet,
and I find I do not want to go.
There’s still so very, very much
of life I truly dearly love,
and though deep down I know it’s such
honour to gain the Great Above,
my heart would hold to smallest things,
a wall-print and bright coffee mugs,
the skyborne tilt of fabric wings,
and best, my wife - and puppy-hugs.
Race nearly done, an end to pain;
please God let me go and start again!
Andrew Budek-Schmeisser is a writer and poet, author of "Blessed Are the Pure of Heart" and "Emerald Isle". His work can be found at his web site: Blessed Are the Pure of Heart, and many of his sonnets have appeared on the Steve Laube Agency blog.