Friday, March 26, 2004
Heaven
SPIRAT MATER
Heaven is more than a word to me now,
For now my own mother is there;
And earth has a deeper dimension somehow
Whenever I bow down in prayer.
Christ and His mother and Calvary's cross
Are now ingrained deep in my soul;
And what they have gained must now fill up my loss
While pointing the way to my goal.
Time now proceeds from meridian noon
And shorter the day now appears;
But come when it will, whether later or soon,
The sunset contains no more fears.
Frank X. Blisard
February 1978
Heaven is more than a word to me now,
For now my own mother is there;
And earth has a deeper dimension somehow
Whenever I bow down in prayer.
Christ and His mother and Calvary's cross
Are now ingrained deep in my soul;
And what they have gained must now fill up my loss
While pointing the way to my goal.
Time now proceeds from meridian noon
And shorter the day now appears;
But come when it will, whether later or soon,
The sunset contains no more fears.
Frank X. Blisard
February 1978
