C. Douglas Caffey Poem "No Night There"

No Night There

I hear of a City which lies

four-square

where The Lamb is

The Light thereof

and there is

no night

there.

I long to see that

City fair

and to find my place up

there

which Jesus has promised

in His Word;

a place where angelic

music is always

heard!

The nights here on Earth

are so very

long

and nightmares

drown out the angel's

song.

I did hear them once

when I was just

a lad

but World War Two

has taken too many of my

friends

and World War One

shortened the life of my

dad.

Did I

tell you about the long

dark nights which come too often

and stay too

long?

For more than sixty years

they've brought

the mares

and taken away my

song.

PTSD has been a part of

me

since the days of

World War

Two,

and I am grateful that the

long dark nights

are almost

through!

For I am going to that bright

celestial City

where there is no

night.

Perhaps, I can sit beside

that River of

Life

and write poetry

and learn to play the guitar

like Francis Goya

or play the

flute

like James Galway

and

David Fried

and it may be that God will

allow my Guardian

angel to

sit by my

side

and teach me to sing.

What an eternal day that will

be

when this old veteran

bids farewell to the long dark

nights of Earth

to sit beside the Crystal

Sea.

I hear that there are no sorrows

there,

no broken hearts made so

by those whom we thought were

friends,

but God, our broken hearts

shall mend!

How long, Lord, shall I wait

before I meet Jesus

at that Pearly

Gate?

I gladly sign my name

and plead

my second birth,

as I await my departure

from Mother

Earth...

by C. Douglas Caffey

LORD, I SAW WHAT YOU DID

Lord, I saw what you did,

And what You did wasn't hid;

For down on the lake yesterday,

Five baby Canadians came to stay.

All life comes from Your hand,

Whether baby geese or man;

Canadian geese are welcome here,

Either on our lake, or by our pier.

Five precious little puffs of life,

With DNA from a papa and his wife;

I am thrilled to have them here,

On our shore, by our pier.

No wonder the nesting pair

Drove other geese from their lair;

You gave such instinct to geese,

To provide for their babies, peace.

Yes, I saw what You did on our lake,

And I'll never for granted take

All the things You say or do;

For they keep me trusting you.

C. Douglas Caffey