Wingless beings... br Spiritual shrinkers? br Unwitting quitters? br Unrefined thinkers? br Vain boasters br Boasting of 'truth' they lack br Despisers of His Truth... br In a prison ship br Deeming 'godless' to be hip. br br Unsophisticated minds br What can you gather br But hopeless, nihilistic finds? br Naive optimists br What can you meet br Without His Right Arm br But pointless... superfluous harm? br br Hearts bleak br Lukewarm, frozen br To Love vast and deep... br Battling divine reference br With unsightly glove... br Still, hovering over you br All-knowing, blazing Dove... br br When secular impulse fails br His Truth burns with might br Lightening all murky trails br Dismal shadows and night. br Winds capricious, craze changeful br Cannot seize enduring power... br The fickle and shifting br At the end, can only devour... br br His saving Truth br Changeless, enriching br And consoling Force... br Still, over you... radiating Dove br Thirsting for overdue remorse... br br Moral Teacher of society br Starving for morsel of bread... br Thirsty for hardy sobriety... br Hungry to feed... made one fed... br Still, hovering over you... br The days just add... br br Without His Truth redeeming br Goodness liberating br Love illuminating... br What's left? br But a victim of theft...br br Dorothy Kardas, Psy.D. Th.D.