♪♪ PENchants

♪PENchants♪  
 
a chantification of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 KJV    
    
prologue:  v1    
let me pen a chant to bless you    
unto which my heart is given    
for i have a penchant for all    
purposes under the heaven:    
   
quartet i:  v2    
like the wise Ecclesiastes    
first i have a chant for living    
and when all your living ceases    
then i have a chant for dying    
   
in a world of hungry children    
farmers need a chant for planting    
and when time has come for reaping    
i shall walk the fields penchanting    
   
quartet ii:  v3    
though my ink is never eager    
i can pen a chant for killing    
yet my canvas spreads wide open    
to compose a chant for healing    
   
trust me for a chant to break down    
barriers and stumblingblocks    
or a chant to build a mountain    
whence to leverage all your stocks    
   
quartet iii:  v4    
for your spirit bruised and broken    
watch my weeping chant exploding    
on the parchment of your angst and    
watch my laughing chant uploading    
   
when sad circumstance besets you    
don’t forget my chant for mourning    
and when happiness befriends you    
i’ll create a chant for dancing    
   
quartet iv:  v5    
if by chance you should require a    
chant for casting stones away    
i will pen it equal with a    
chant for gathering stones that stray    
   
i’ve a penchant for embracing    
when love’s sickle’s compass calls you    
and a chant to quit embracing    
when stark solitude befalls you    
   
quartet v:  v6    
when life’s bounteous streams attend you    
there’s a chant for getting presents    
and a chant for losing all things    
waits for those who court discontent    
   
there’s a special chant for keeping    
things you want to stow away    
and a chant to serenade when    
there are things to throw away    
   
quartet vi:  v7    
when the situation warrants  
it i have a chant for rending    
and when time to heal the breach is    
here i have a chant for mending    
   
when the wise would hold his tongue i    
have a penchant just for silence    
and a chant to get men speaking    
when they need poetic license    
   
quartet vii:  v8    
custom-made my chants for eros    
filia and agapé    
but a somber chant  for hating    
will roll out on boxing day    
   
when the battle cry has sounded    
i’ll advance a chant for war    
but my penchant for sweet peace on    
earth will heal the deepest scar    
   
© Copyright 2019 October 06    
by Clyve A. Bowen♫