Because Life's Best Things Never Change...

The innocence of tot... The sacred charge of weWho train their tender chain of thoughtBy what they hear and see... (below, the beginning of what I hope is a long, friendly acquaintancewith gramma's fridge...😂💗) The pleasures nature grantsWhere every season-leaseSpills spectacles of birds and plantsEach its own masterpiece... Life’s best things never changeThe beauty of the earthAnd sky, where the heavens proclaimDay’s demise and rebirth The innocence of totThe sacred charge of weWho train their tender chain of thoughtBy what they hear and see The pleasures nature grantsWhere every season-leaseSpills spectacles of birds and plantsEach its own masterpiece A soulful melodyThat strikes a chord so dearIts fond familiarityEvokes both smile and tear The comfort and delightOf in a bowlTo satisfy the appetiteOf both body and soul The good of lessons learnedThe woods frost-kissed, or awedSpectators with faces upturnedTo feel the kiss of God The bliss of coming homeThe love of familyTo share and bear the grin and groanOf mirth and misery Laughter, free from pizzazz Of vowels and consonantsBut lilts and peals and sparkles asIt teaches hearts to dance The thrill in simple thingsGood books, a favorite mugNew mercy as each morning bringsGod's warm handshake or hug The gift of growing oldTo taste the sweeter truthOf joys time designs to withholdFrom fairer green of youth Moment-bubbles that breakIn breathtaking surpriseA candle-spangled birthday cakeOr lake full of sunrise The possibilitiesWhere ingredients startTo tickle taste-bud fantasiesWith culinary art God’s word, infallibleUnswayed by vain disputeNo mortal verdict can annulHis Sovereign Absolute Though seasons/eons may estrangeSo much that cannot stayBecause life’s best things never changeWe will not lose our way …supper table to setDusk’s shadow-hallowed deathHellos to kindle wicks not yetSnuffed by farewell’s last breath © Janet Martin The possibilitiesWhere ingredients startTo tickle taste-bud fantasiesWith culinary art The comfort and delightOfin a bowlTo satisfy the appetiteOf both body and soul