A-Walking Through the Shadows of the Day

A-Walking Through the Shadows of the Day

 

 

From Everywhere 

Into the Here, 

Without a care we somehow dare 

To begin on our journey’s way. 

Though may be 

Simply babies, 

We come harking 

Out of darkness 

And so we start a-walking through the shadows of the day.

 

And as we go

We greater grow 

Along life's path of mirth and wrath, 

Love and sorrow, weal and woe.

The sun is high 

Strong in the sky; 

Shortens the shade 

Beneath our feet 

And so we walk unheeding through the shadows of the day.

 

And though the light

Is bonnie bright, 

It lays long in the afternoon;

It starts to fade, starts to fall.

We feel the heat 

Begin to beat, 

Steps get slower,

Heads hang lower, 

But defiantly we walk on through the shadows of the day.

 

Dusk gathers in, 

Light growing thin.

The weary road turns gray and grim, 

And doubtful runs the way ahead. 

We start to creep 

And think of sleep 

And where to find 

A final bed, 

And stumbling we go walking through the shadows of the day. 

 

Then comes the night 

Without a light. 

Our strength is done, our eyes grow dark, 

And shadow overwhelms the day. 

We rest our bones 

Beneath the stones, 

And put away 

All pride and play; 

And is it sleep that settles in the shadows after day? 

 

A Day will come

When dark is done,

And shadow falls and shadow fails,

When Sun without a spot prevails. 

Then we'll arise 

To endless skies; 

Won't fear the night 

Bathed in the light, 

A-walking ever after without shadows through the day. 

 

9/25/2018