Mercy like sunshine
Descends from above
Warms the heart
On wavelengths of love
And speaks forgiveness
Through clouds of depression
Above the soiled fields
Of humanity's transgressions
And lifts faint souls
Upon winged like feet
To search the heavens
And its source to meet
Beyond this sphere
This material abode
Far above its seasons
Outside it's code
To ponds of peace
And rivers of hope
Upon oceans where faith
The language spoke
To a house of freedom
With rooms enough
Whose conversations
His unquenched love
This poem was a finalist in the
April 2023 poetry contest