Poem April 24, 1989 ISSUE

In step with light

Gerald Stanwell

Not by chance,not by plannedavoidance of the darkdoes true conviction dawnand make its markin waking consciousnesswhere deep root growthso long unseendigs its way to victoryand fellowship (more thanhuman brotherhood) in everyliving thingfrom depthsso paralleledby like obedienceof upward searching prayer,like tree and flowermaking the best of soil's dark labyrinthall-obedient to their universe.

So with heavenly naturalnessour own obediencebrings swift thawto all rigidity...release of fresh new insightescapedfrom kinship withthe too-familiar or the stereotyped ...True conviction is not of human whimbut comes from walkingin the lightin step with Him.

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