SISTER STARS

She has a bulb of many watts –
Omega-byte hard drive –
What if hope drove her – not shadow?
What poems would then arrive?

She has a comprehensive eye –
A quintessential ear –
What if noon moved her – not midnight?
What power would appear!

(3 April 2009, BYU, Provo, Utah)

BROTHER MARS (To J.K.H.)

He has a forty-carat brain –
A million dollar mind –
What if light passed through – not darkness?
What wonders would he find?

He has a universal heart –
A conscientious core –
What if love passed through – not distance?
What beauty to explore!

(2 April 2009, BYU, Provo, Utah)

REMISSION

“Who dost thou say I am, Child?”
Thou art the Saving God –
Light of Lights – the Lamb of Lambs –
Whose feet with peace are shod.

“Who do I say thou art, Child?”
A Saint of Latter Day –
Sister – Daughter – Teacher – Friend –
Whose shoes will walk Thy Way.

“When will I see thy face, Child?”
In prayer both night and dawn –
At the Holy Place each week –
When I put Kindness on.

“When wilt thou see my face, Child?”
When I look up and live –
When I serve others as Thine own –
When I this song Thee give.

(23 March 2009, Provo, Utah)