The Daily Poem

HOPE, FEAR & FREEDOM

I hope because I cannot see

The things I know with certainty.

I fear because the dark is real,

And evil lurks in things I feel.

I'm free within God's vast constraints,

Who wound the clock & bent the space.

His life for ours He freely gave,

Then rose to glory from the grave.

It is through this reality

That we enjoy eternity;

Not out in some Nirvana-Land,

But here & now within His hand;

Enjoying Him who gave us breath,

And saved us from our certain death.

Written in response to Kazantzakis'

concept of "The Cretan Glance."

D. Edgar Lamp

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Rhyming Couplets

Heraklion, Crete

JOURNAL: Kastro Hotel

~ The Daily Poet