And now of beauty may we speak

And now of beauty may we speak
For here our hearts have longed to seek
Such splendor and grace
Upon thee often do we trace

Within the winds
That warmth suspends
Its gracious coat
Doth wrap us in

The fragrance of a distant rose
May cleanse us of our former woes
The taste of fresh found fruit
Tis sweet and succulent to our soul

The touch most tender
The feeling so soft and smooth
As silk should surround us
And welcome us in

Yet these wonders in themselves
Merely tease our troubled hearts
For they speak of a glorious art
Of which we only know in part

We wish to live inside the dream itself
To be one with it and a part
Of that which makes it shine

And these are but a taste of the divine
Those things that ought to turn our hearts
To where the source of sunlight shines

A rich and fuller place than this
A deeper and vaster expanse
A wonder beyond shall draw us in

If we will but let its wonder in
And cast our crude
Comparable counterfeits aside

And come towards the light
Of that open door
The hunger our hearts have longed
For but a taste more

Tis better than anything
This life hath known
For it is the source of all things
Once before and yet once more

For all we know of beauty
Tis but a drop from that great
Ocean of wealth

Where once life for us itself began
Twas wondrous to behold
In those days of old

When man and God
Didst walk
Astride

And there was nothing
Between of which to hide

Shall soon again
That glory know
If we will but humbly
Withdraw and go

Into that land
That place
Where life again shall be

That wonder beyond the sea
Where all unknown
No more a mystery

For we shall live
In that eternal place
Where God and man
Once more shall be
Face to face

-Joshua Lee Foist

Inspired in part from C.S. Lewis's:
“Glory as Brightness, Splendour, Luminosity,” from The Weight of Glory