These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Joy Beyond Today

Parched the land, dry the heart,
hope will be reborn.
What was lost again will start
remade where you were torn.

Seeking heart in peace you rest.
My Word returns not void.
I'm with you in this latest test.
You'll never be destroyed.

The future is the Brightest Day.
This life is but a breath.
Your greatest song we'll sing, display
when suit is laid in death.

Your father, mother are with Me.
Their bodies in the dust.
From chifforobe at trump they're free.
Today, just lean and trust.

The jam spread thin on crusty bread
may test you yet to go,
but never more can you be dead,
for you my heart do know.

by Jay O'Toole
on October 3rd, 2019