Strawberry

Hear in the sound of fresh water flowing
Smell in the steam rising from today's bread
See in the round of a young womb growing
Taste in the strawberry luscious and red
The world turn once again to hope today

The waves crash home and cannot be turned back
The tide has turned and will not turn away
Diamond stars ice the night's velvet black
Only to melt into gold with the dawn
When the stars wink out with the moon to play

While there is life hope will never be gone
Despite disappointment dare to believe
The law of love is cause to celebrate
The universe laid for us to receive
As paradise presented on our plate

And if you can make an angry man smile
Just for a moment and against his will
He might come to think about this awhile
Minding the miracle of being still
And life might find another pair of hands

Unclenching from fists embracing to love
Reaching from a heart which now understands
His hand is meant to fit yours like a glove
As yours is meant to fit mine like my own
The world turns all and none need turn alone

Hear in the sound of fresh water flowing
Smell in the steam rising from today's bread
See in the round of a young womb growing
Taste in the strawberry luscious and red
The world turn once again to hope today

+Steven Curtis Lance



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