Is there not more...

Maxine Le Pelley

Is there not more
meaning to "restore"
than recompense
for years gnawed off
to withering cries?
(truely we will laugh
at grasshopper lies)
But is there not more?
Love will restore
that flowering sense
to understand
there is no plaguing gnaw
present or past
no grasp at straw
no cutting flaw
to last.
God's good is all.
And as we grow
to comprehend,
fresh-born we stand
perennially strong
in His full-leaved land.