Ode To Heaven (Refrain Stanza Sequence) Poem by Gert Strydom

I
Everlasting fortress where there is no night,
where the glory of God is the ultimate light
where known is the future, present and past,
where selfless love do past aeons eternally last,
where God does rule by love and not by might,
I hear God say that this is our wonderful home
see the glorious temple's high dome,
your golden streets and magnificence is in my sight,
where the glory of God is the ultimate light.

II
From this far-off place God do beacon me
where He remains eternally righteous and holy,
as if every person and I do right there belong
and in my minds eye I see the unending throng
who do keep with Him a very happy company,
where the sheer perfection do forever last
and His knowledge and might is vast,
where every act and thought remains free,
where He remains eternally righteous and holy,

III

where with mere words God sets mighty stars beyond the night,
He himself is the most intense and purest unerring light
and down on earth mere mortal men come to Him on their knees,
are stripped from all that is great and good as in winter the trees
and yet to Him every humble repentant sinner is a delight,
where He do install the ultimate hope, faith and love and tranquillity,
like a father want man always at His heart and His side to be,
where every being do serve Him out of love and not from fright,
while He himself is the most intense and purest unerring light.

© Gert Strydom