Your Dying Spouse 635 - Bid Me Rise {FMF}

This is now the land of Never;

I've given everything, and more.

God, I call myself Believer

but what on earth is still in store?

Days are aching, hard and weary,

well of strength is long since dry;

can it be that this is merely

the waiting for my time to die?

Far-off, hear the Roman trumpet,

legions' footfall, hear the drums,

I am wrapped in martial comfort

as something mighty this way comes.

They bid me rise, and bid me care,

and will not leave me standing there.

Music from Ottorino Respighi, with the fourth movement of The Pines of Rome, entitled The Appian Way. It's a musical nod to classical Rome, depicting the return of a triumphant legion.

It's conducted by the marvellous Andre Rieu.

Thanks to Carol Ashby, Blessed Are The Pure Of Heart is back on Kindle, and will be available in paperback soon.

Friends are everything. I couldn't have done it.

Marley, the canine waif from Afghanistan, whom WE helped save, has a Facebook page! Please drop by to see how happy he is today.

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