It Falls Like Leaves On Deaf Ears

I walked with God among the shaded evergreens
in the quiet of the whispering breeze
in the fine grey morning mist
and the sun shone through the trees.

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He looked at me with love in His eyes
though I dare not look back
and He reassured my soul
that this would last.

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I walked with God among the shaded evergreens
where my heart burned with passion
where I remembered Christ's blood,
and saw it in the wind like auburn leaves.

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In this quiet peace and restfulness
I yearned for nothing more than this
He said "Go now, for it is not yet time
and the World will need you more."

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And waking, I heard a song like none before
with words that would make poets mourn
and thought, how often
it falls on deaf ears.


- Adam Taylor Green, 2012