Chasing Rainbows

Rest my weary soul in thee
Love will never let me go;
Deeper than mere sentiment
To the richer depths of loves flow

Give the flickering torch to thee
Light that leads all the way;
Heart restored in sunshine's blaze
Looking ahead to a brighter day

Some days it feels like heaven,
Some days I'm somewhere else
We're on this road forever
For better, for worse

Never close my heart to thee
Joy that seeks me in the pain;
Tracing rainbows through cloudy skies
Our promises are not in vain

Dare not walk away from thee
Ancient Cross lifts up my head;
See the brightness of sacred hope
Where endless life blossoms red

Chasing rainbows til tomorrow
Clinging onto promises
My eyes on the horizon,
Look beyond, look above

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Largely adapted from George Matheson, O Love that wilt not let me go

Avoiding the Inevitable?

I've stood in the house of tears,
where friends and family grieved
and memories were shared
of a long life lived that I'd not seen
Many gathered to live in the depths
To remember that all lives end
What is done remains in the past
Life rolling on until it is done

I've stood in the house of cards,
a sacred place that cannot last
where crowds wept and cheered
observing trivial war from afar
Many gathered to live in the shallows
The clock keeps on ticking
Endless cyles again and again
Life rolling on until it is done

(Ecclesiastes 7)