DISCERNMENT

DISCERNMENT

It’s good to know such men exist –
That valiant ones are real –
Integrity makes character
From victories of steel.

Their keenness of intelligence –
The covenant they vow –
The confidence of rectitude
Sits solemn on their brow.

Their wisdom is unflinching power –
Their labors rescue souls –
Presiding with the gaze of seers –
Defining self-control.

That such exist is boon enough –
These kings in embryo –
Epitomes of diligence
With hearts as brisk as snow.

(18 June 2009, Pleasant Grove, Utah)