Emphasis Preaching Journal

For Joy
We know we cannot live unless we die,
as that which does not die can never live,
for joy can never grace the tearless eye.

And that which grows no wings can never fly.
Although life's price seems stark, prohibitive,
we know we cannot live unless we die.

Our lives are ours to treasure or deny.
But life depends on death its gift to give,
for joy can never grace the tearless eye.

And should we choose denial, fail to try,
our life slips through our fingers like a sieve.
We know we cannot live unless we die.