Be gone, O gloom, from heart and mind!
Has your God died, not death defied?
Give heed to what you see and hear –
The bird on porch, the sky so clear.
Hold to the Truth you once proclaimed,
When first the Gospel you unchained,
When all of you knew deepest joy,
When eyes and ears exposed gloom’s ploy.
Don’t now go back to ways of old –
Before you knew what prophets told.
ENOUGH!
Soul’s window now do open wide –
Let song, fresh wind, and joy inside.
(poetry and photos by Heidi Viars, 2024)
Heidi Viars 
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