The Promise of Crowns and Bloom

Shadows cast by cemetery trees

A shallow chill breeze reaches bone

We shake uncontrollably

The sense of being alone, and then followed

By a figure unknown to all

We fall, as we struggle to run away

A deadly delay, as in a film’s chaotic music blaring

Someone is staring at us, the end rapidly coming soon

So far from … the promise of crowns and bloom

The promise of crowns and bloom

Coins and dollars fall through the cracks

A weekly attack of envelopes and bills

We are filled with lack and emptiness

The treadmill, incessant and relentless, moves

And moves

Time, money and hope we lose

The pace slows, drags and then quickens

We are sickened by the stomach ache

For God’s sake, will relief and respite arrive soon?

In a promise of crowns and bloom

The promise of crowns and bloom

    The promise was there at the very start

    When once upon a time there was only a heart

    And clouds and sky that ruled from above

    Guiding with a graceful hand of love

    The shining of the sun off the surface of the moon

    And the ever-present promise of crowns and bloom

 

But now as grown-ups we sense the dread

Of the dead, and dying, and those with disease

Begging please – show us a path beyond all of this

A hug, a kiss, an embrace of family with friendly face

The glory of a crown worn only by a winner

Not sinners whose loss they are never without

A shout, a cheer for the truth we hold dear

The dropping of a tear, down the cheek of the humble

Beyond the crumbling hope, a flowering blossom boon

Here to fulfill the promise of crowns and bloom

    The promise was there at the very start

    When once upon a time there was only a heart

    And clouds and sky that ruled from above

    Guiding with a graceful hand of love

    It has never altered in the eons of time

    Found in the reflection of the caring and kind

    Do not forgo or forget what is true

    The unseen crown that you wear and the light within you

    The dawn after dark, it will be here so very soon

    Hark, you will see – the promise of crowns and bloom

    The promise of crowns and bloom

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