Wishing Leaves

    Lily of the Valley

    2004

    I know a secret valley
    Which fire has lain bare
    But contours now exposed
    Still hide a beauty rare

    For deep within the shadows
    Beneath the silver moon
    When all the earth is black
    It is her time to bloom

    She rises from the ashes
    Laced in scarlet red
    A dancing tongue of flame
    Upon the valley bed

    She smiles upon the landscape
    As hope is rediscovered
    In the midst of desolation
    She’s one of God’s beloved

    — Wayne Visser