Ode To God's Blessings In The Time Of Spring (Refrain Stanza Sequence) Poem by Gert Strydom

I
By Your great unseen and secret power
Lord, you do nurture each shrub and flower,
while constantly butterflies and bees are visiting
where they drift away on each trembling wing
and luxuriant growth follows upon each thundershower
while the beauty coming suddenly draws the glance,
brings sheer joy to each countenance
where You do know about every bower,
Lord, you do nurture each shrub and flower,

II
while You do Your secretive care concentrate
as You do bring each plant to a glorious flowering state,
where silently even discreet it grows from the earth,
each spring arising as if from new birth
but without You everything would be desolate,
where You are the One that destines how everything is to be
and Your power, science and love stay a great mystery
of which the care do never abate
as You do bring each plant to a glorious flowering state,

III
silently and unseen through ages as ever
while You do touch each fruit tree's endevour
covered in blossoms I do them see,
where You leave no chance to any mutability,
do never Your build in instructions sever
and we do experience each fruit as if given
while by tiny instructions it's constantly driven,
as you do into each fruit and tree its essence pour
while You do touch each fruit tree's endevour.

IV
Never do Your care and love from us depart,
the loving of man you do take to heart,
some of Your time on earth is spent
where apart from this You are omnipotent
and by this unusual kind of secret art,
You do display Your handiwork in nature's scope,
do fill each new day with joy and fun and hope
and yet You are right here and form man apart,
the loving of man you do take to heart.

V
As summer draws near each day is almost holy and serene
while full of abundant fruit each tree is seen,
while the hot sun hangs in a cobalt-blue sky,
many other little blessings You do supply
and life is better and different from what it has been,
where constantly You are generous and kind,
abundant new surprises in nature we do find
and for life and living everyone is keen,
while full of abundant fruit each tree is seen.

© Gert Strydom