Once a flower
Once a beauty
Once; . . .
faded now dying
now,
petals now flying
now,
empty now grey
now,
no more day
now,
Then; . . .
GOD
New now bright
now,
Blooming now light
now,
Color now verdant
now,
Fed by the Word
and
Now!
Saved from a wretchedness;
Wrought new with blessedness.