I am Still Here, at Eighty-One!

And when…all…is said and done…

My Hallelujahs are to Him…My Benevolent Yahweh…

Who is the facilitator…of all my days.

Thus, I pen what He already knows;

That I…cherish every breath…He has bestowed

From troubled womb…to cradle and beyond…

Those hard highways, albeit…the glisten of new lawns.

Indeed, it was…His Air… and sustenance

Which delivered me out of the jaws of my blind reluctance…

From many self-inflicted mazes, lined with venal brogues

While all the way…bringing me…to this …His clear plateau.

To worldly titles...I have no claim…

Such of which …I have always been estranged

My treasure is within the enclosure of a…private door

Where He shines a spotlight…for which I've never implored.

It is there, as His beams outline heaven’s crest

Hope sparkles bright …within my chest

Inclining me to grasp what I’ve read and heard

And, by faith, to never let go of…The Promised Truths of His Word.

There, in our special place…

Where I can envision…His Face

Oh, what delight is the wonder of His Mercy and Grace, Divine…

As we dine…so fine…on …His Love Wine.

After all these years, I can stand before Him…bare

where my every …whim…is clear

And I often gaze…that esteemed hill

Which is drenched with His Blood, for me…still.

For the countless moments when He has overlooked...

I often gratefully wade...in repentance brook

As this imperfect mortal does, yet... at times

fall victim to complaint and grumble...tines

Whereby, my soul does freely boast, yea...

With homage to...My Benevolent Yahweh

He who has never failed to...attend

mending me...again and again. 

Never will I hesitate to give Him Glory

For, it is He who orchestrates my Miraculous Story

One that is continuously…being spun…

Thus, I am still here…at Eighty-One.

DEUTERONOMY 32:1-4

©jmsbell-11/18/2025