Child Of God

Child of God - - - - - - - - - - - In weather fair or unfair Waking and ascending one by one From the shelter-oyster Together in flocks Like startled birds To darken or brighten The sky with frown or grin And swiftly they drift Leaving no time To choose which is better Yet sometimes they cheer And refresh us with showers Bringing joy to sad flowers They are things with life Blessed with breath and wings Streaming down the ages They are always on mission Righteous or impious Till the end with tasks abound They carry on ceaseless Thus always we wish them to be fair For they are world shaper Unless the fly-wheel of the machine Of human life revolves properly The machine can do nothing The chariot keeps moving Unless the horses well controlled And the reins firmly held And unless the driver is intelligent The chariot may be thrown Into the ditch and destroyed So wake up child of God Suffuse us with many a thought pious And wake up my child dearest Shake off all weakness and fear And be strong more to love more Thinking right, virtuous, and good.... (Fly-wheel# Thought Horses- Senses Reins- Mind Intellect- Driver)