-- It Will Be You --
by John Herlihy
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It will be you to take the blame
When others go free.
It will be you to pay the price
When others may flee.
It will be you who breaks a promise
When others hold firm.
It will be you who is left behind
Amid smoldering embers to burn.
It will be you who is silenced
When all others still speaking.
It will be you who takes your leave
When all others are greeting.
It will be you who is accused
of being a traitorous spy.
It will be you who is abandoned
Upon whom no one will rely.
It will be you who sings
In the long hours of summer’s daylight.
It will be you who weeps
In the long hours of winter’s midnight.
It will be you who spoke
To the conscience of one’s soul.
It will be you a thief who got away
Yet nothing stole.
It will be you no one will keep
Everyone will let you go.
It will be you no one will know
And you will no one know.
It will be you as a sinner
Shadowy in a night-darkened window.
It will be you as a saint,
Luminous in a stained-glass window.
I keep saying it will be you
The one so deserving of reprimand.
I keep meaning it will be me
Who I desperately seek to understand.
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Copyright ©John Herlihy
Tuesday 19 December 2023
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IT WILL BE ME...
WHO WILL FLY INTO THE NEW DAWNED AIR
TO NESTLE HIS ETERNAL CARE
AND... NO MORE NIGHT.
WITH ALL THINGS HERE FORGOTTEN AND OVER...
IT WILL BE ME...
WHO WILL INHERIT AND FOREVER HOVER...
IN TOMORROW'S LIGHT.
AND THIS IS A PROMISE FROM THE VERY THRONE OF GOD. I LOVED THIS ONE, MY FRIEND, THANK YOU. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
Now more than ever a healing is very much needed. We all need to put legs on things that are important that keeps us safe and free. Very nice work John.