amazingrace

“Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us?  Why do we profane the
covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?"  Malachi 2:10 (NIV)

i
human race
is where my race is
limitless
i find no stasis
i confess
of all the places
love should dwell
it's earth's oasis
let me swell
a thousand praises
for one life
that so amazes
when all strife
my soul abases
no disgrace
shall find sound basis

ii
brotherman
to all who need me
let me serve
lest fate should bleed me
my reserve
from which i feed thee
flourisheth
when i relieve thee
perisheth
those who deceive me
with a kiss
for they aggrieve me
who dismiss
me so unsoundly
delusion
crumbles around me

iii
amazing
race of our fathers
colour blind
whose spirit gathers
as one mind
each for all others
equal rights
brings sons and daughters
day and night
in troubled waters
fair or foul
‘tis love that matters
that the soul
when good sense shatters
yet blazing
may love his brothers

© Copyright 2020 June 11
by Clyve A. Bowen♫