Dusk and Dawn

The sun set within sight

As it gave its last lights

Of love, joy, even hope –

And that’s when yesterday died.

Yesterday was lovely,

Full of hopes and dreams,

Even though some roads I walked

I did not walk with ease;

Despite the rain and rocky roads,

Yesterday was beautiful;

Through rain the sun did shine so bright

As I gazed upon prismatic light,

Wishing maybe, wished I might

Swiftly, surely, soon arrive.

But yesterday is over –

There is no going back;

I know a shining future waits,

But where will it be at?

“God,” I called out,

Into the darkening sky,

“You said there was hope –

Where have you gone?” I cried;

How could a thing so beautiful,

A sunset oh so bright,

So hastily conclude

Leading only to dark night?

But as embers did glow

And warm fire fade

To mere sparks of memory,

Burning away,

I caught sight of a sign

Reigning over the sky

Saying, “Wait, believe, I am larger than life:

As I make the sun set, I will indeed make it rise;

For glory’s not measured by wealth, strength or size,

But by the tears of meek love pouring out from your eyes;

Stay strong, move forward, take heart and believe,

For surely great things are coming to be -

This is only the start to a wonderful story."

He lights up our eyes when it's hardest to see

No matter how bleak or unlikely things seem;

Our God is Faithful, Good, Just and True

He whispers sweet love and He carries us through:

"Keep going, keep trusting, keep looking, and see

That every last rainbow was put there by ME."

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Written January 14, 2012. / Unearthed and revised May 15, 2013.