Gifts

Some years ago I dared to ask the Lord

to stop all time, a beauty to preserve.

But life will set what pace it can afford
and time must charge such toll as we deserve.


My wish, though penned in earnest verses true,
was rendered moot as life reviewed the rhyme.
When God decides to dress a beauty new
then He will build the clock and set the time.


And chief among the many things I've learned;
I’m compensated though my wish is wrecked
for beauty has been doubled and returned
and time is truly cause to this effect.

In silence now I watch my gifts unfold...

a wiser man but surely never old.