THE PROMISE *

Is there a song in Heaven
That calls for a life, apart?
For some have known the difference:
That separate, startled heart.

If there is a song, eternal
One would keep it's uttered gold,
For without it, nothing matters--
Earthy toys and fears fall cold.

The heavenly orchestra resounds in circles
Ever our delight so to spin and turn--
Embraced and yet embracing,
All earthy echoes spurned.

Rills of living water
Were spilled for each broken heart.
The Son that bled, that carried all
Will lift his friends, apart.

This is the song, eternal
That carries us, right through-- 

Jesus Christ exults, Almighty
And all the world made new.



--Abby Elizabeth Charland