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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Impromptu for Jack - A re-post for Fathers Day

IMPROMPTU FOR JACK


Not so much a moment
but all time,
the steady refrain

that “God is good”.
What is this thing called good?

Through all the pain
and all the joys
the theme remains –

a constant strain –

“I’ll praise my maker,
God is good”. No statements here,
a simple claim
from some deep tautological mine

“God is good”.
And now he’s home
with Him he served

the joy remains –

not for a moment
but for all time.
The universe proclaims

that God is good!


                         Malcolm Evison
                         June 2001

                     written for / about my father who died on my birthday in June 2001