God is good and good is God.
Not all that people think is good, is good:
success at another's expense,
pleasure at another's pain,
safety behind a pitiless wall –
but all that lifts the spirit up
to greet the angelic choir,
the exquisite pain of the sublime
in music, words or art,
the homely joy of hospitality,
bread broken, wine outpoured,
the grief and yearning tears
that signal love in heartfelt loss,
the sad and sombre knowledge
of justice fairly meted out.
All that's good is born of God
and leads us home.
