Sweet Sixteen Sonnet Poem by MBJ Pancras

(Dedicated to our Loving Daughter Suzanna Christy on the occasion of her seventeenth birthday on 08th September 2020)


Thou art a flower fragrant in Heaven's Garden,
And thou hast grown with sixteen petals,
And each petal hath its anecdote of laurels:
Thy first petal displayed God's Eden,
Thy second petal did preach Heaven's Brilliance,
Thy third petal did preach God's Glory,
Thy fourth and fifth petals did sing Heaven's Victory,
Thy sixth and seventh of confidence,
Grown with eighth and ninth to spread the Gospel of Christ,
Thy tenth and eleventh of His Grace,
Born of innocence thy twelfth and thirteenth so prized,
Thy fourteenth and fifteenth of Great Source.
Now thou hast grown with the sixteenth petal sweetly,
Thou shine now with sweet sixteen brightly.