POETRY IN STYLE AND FORM

Licentia Poem, The Face of God

this was a hard one Dave, I sure hope I did it right.





330 Words


  40 lines





The Face of God


By Lisa Noe








I look to the Heaven and what do I see


But the face of the Lord staring back at me


Inside of my chest my heart it does leap high


I wonder if I will ever reach the sky


I’ll be reunited with my family


See grandparents and father and be happy


When I die will I go to Heaven I hope


I don’t just want to stay here on earth and mope


I have had so many close calls in the past


But the next time I hope God will come very fast


I look to Heaven and what do I see


But the face of the Lord staring back at me





Inside of my chest my heart it does leap high


I wonder if I will ever reach the sky


I have followed our God and believe in him


He is worthier than every bright gem


He sent forth his laws and good they were to keep


For him I’d climb the mountains and sail the deep


I love the Lord and I have no shame in that


I would go to him gladly and I’d go stat


He is the only savior of your sinned soul


He will be there to take you into his fowl


I look to Heaven but what do I see


But the face of the Lord staring back at me





I’ll be reunited with my family


See grandparents and father and be happy


To go to Heaven I don’t mind leaving life


For I surely believe in an afterlife


Where all family and friends will reunite


And in that new world there will not be a blight


Love will conquer all and we all will rejoice


We’re in this place because we made the right choice


We followed the will of one and only God


Now I am in Heaven like a lightening rod


I look to Heaven what do I see


But the face of the Lord staring back at me.








Authors Note:





The Licentia Rhyme is a challenging exercise in rhyme and repetition devised by Laura Lamarca. It consists of at least three 12-line stanzas with 11 syllables per line and a pattern of rhyme