Pain the Earth

Pain the Earth

Pain the earth;
Hope the seeds;
Death the winter;
Sorrow; grief.

Snow the searching;
Ice the hate;
Sleet the trudging,
Lonely wait.

Rain the wisdom;
Love the sun;
Faith the sprouting;
Winter: done.

Joy the growing;
Peace the shoots;
Goodness budding;
Courage: roots.

Change the seasons;
Life the field;
God the grower;
We the yield.

Grace the flowers;
Mercy: fruit;
Love the harvest;
All things: new.