Good News in Troubled Times
When chill winds seem mired with sorrow,
When the tired heart dreads tomorrow,
Still your hearth may trust its embers,
Still the mind can pause, remember…
Not all hope is lost in grieving,
Not all joys are past believing.
Though blue skies grow dim with warning,
Some view dawns, fair light adorning.
While fraught news may travel faster,
We may yet eschew disaster,
Teach fresh stories that empower,
Brave the challenge of each hour.
Ash trees bend but will not wither;
Sweet rainfall revives the river,
Peatlands stretch with carbon capture,
Perfect blooms burst forth like rapture.
Every deed of care or mending,
Every dose of kindness sending,
Births fresh worlds we gladly enter,
Trusts mild spring will follow winter.
Tales of good, first faint or fleeting,
Warm the heart – like a longed-for greeting,
…Or fine bells from a graceful steeple,
Beckoning home a wondering people.
So, if storms should swirl around you,
Don’t let fear and doubt confound you.
Goodness thrives, though few expect it;
May each soul rise and reflect it.
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