today

©2016 dr wills

    today 
   there'll be no fields to plow,
   no wheat to thresh,
   no sweaty brow ~
   today,
   tomorrow shall not be;
   not here, at least ~
   at least, for me.
   for, when, in sudden silent time,
   that thief will come
   and take what i
   have wholly given him to own,
   and reap the fields
   that i have sown:
   i'll hear
   a sound i've longed to hear
   which can't be heard
   by mortal ear ~
   a sound of joy! of sweet release!
   which bids me to
   the Wedding feast.
   so quick
   this tent i'll lay aside,
   and come away to be
   his bride ~
   and, there,
   with him unburdened be
   forever
   in eternity ~
   today?