The Night's Embracing

The night welcomes all

with arms extended,

as if parent embracing child,

child embracing spirit,

spirit embracing Abba,

Abba embracing His world,

His world embracing us;

as the night stands, arms extended,

to embrace our sleepy heads

and keep us safe and warm

as the humming of twinkling

and twinkling of glistening

and glistening of moonlight

and moonlight of starlight

lulled us, sailed us,

unto peaceful slumber.

The night continued holding,

with arms around us,

performing symphonies of clear skies,

clear skies to the Father,

and Father proclaimed,

proclaimed His will be done,

be done in midst of night's embrace;

night's embrace of protection,

protection from the wicked,

and the wicked be banished,

and the banished be wicked,

while Father- Abba -holding

in His arms, the sweet sleeping,

and the sweet sleeping protected

in night's embracing.

-LJ

23 November 2016