Sunday, August 26, 2018

Summer and Autumn




Sunburnt, sweat-drenched,
Half-roused in the sweltering heat,
Summer stretches,
Relaxes,
And scratches his grassy feet.

Wispy, wide-eyed,
Adrift on a sweet, swirling breeze,
Autumn gazes,
Remembers,
Septembers her way through the trees.

Without hesitation
She quietly tiptoes,
Then hops, skips, and dances
Across a green field
Of savory-sweet sunlit mirth.

With tidings of harvest
Her crisp song crescendos,
Her wild gale advances.
Hot Summer's fields yield,
As Autumn cool-kisses the earth.


© 2011 David Acosta Perez

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

I Will Greatly Rejoice in the Lord

(Isaiah 61:10-11; 62:10-11; 66:23)


Ladies:
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
My soul shall exult in my God.

Gentlemen:
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
My soul shall exult in my God.

Everyone:
For he has clothed me
With the garments of salvation;
He has arrayed me
With the robe of righteousness.

Gentlemen:
As a bridegroom decks himself
With a priestly headdress...

Ladies:
As a bride adorns herself
With gemstones resplendent...

Everyone:
As a garden causes
What is sown to sprout up,
So the Lord will cause
Righteousness and praise
To sprout up before all the nations.

Ladies:
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
My soul shall exult in my God.

Gentlemen:
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
My soul shall exult in my God.

Everyone:
For he has clothed me
With the garments of salvation;
He has arrayed me
With the robe of righteousness.

Ladies:
Open wide the gates today;
Go, prepare a highway.

Gentlemen:
Zion, your salvation comes;
His reward is with him.

Everyone:
As a garden causes
What is sown to sprout up,
So the Lord will cause
Righteousness and praise
To sprout up before all the nations.

Ladies:
"From new moon to new moon...

Gentlemen:
From sabbath to sabbath...

Everyone:
All flesh shall come 
And worship before me,"
Declares the Lord.


© 2018 David Acosta Perez