SONG OF THE PILGRIM (for John Bunyan)

A Christian Poem inspired by Pilgrims Progress.
     

I'm keeping my eyes on the Horizon

And not on my car

As I drive I am not driven

My course is fixed

By a guiding Star

And by His blessed light

I run my race

And herein lies a mystery

He soon will appear in Victory

And yet He's sitting next to me

Alpha and Omega

The author and finisher of my journey

Oh glorious Hope that eschews the evidence

Of the eclectic, motley, contradictory sense

This immediate landscape of pain and anxiety

For the unspeakable joy set before me!

Oh indomitable Love that allows me to forget

Once-cherished wrecks of a sinful past

By an all-encompassing healing forgiveness

That pardons as freely and totally

As East from West!

And this Love and Hope impel me.

I have a wondrous home you see

Prepared before this world's foundation

And therein lies my primary allegiance

So to that mark I must progress,

So to that Star I cling.