Frayed Feisty Threads - Book IV

The Lily White

Easter to me means many things,
Flowers, new dresses, bonnets and spring.
But the one thing that means to me the most
Is the Lily White in all its host.

The Lily symbolizes our risen Lord,
Who comes again as before
From the grave to reign on high,
Whose rules and teachings we try to live by.

The lily White means purity from sin,
That this dark world is enveloped in.
Its whiteness and delicateness can only
         mean love,
Which comes from heaven's palace above.

And so from Easter and flowers and things
Bonnets and the thrill of having spring,
The thing that will means most
Will be the Lily White in all its host.

Dedicated to my father
March 25, 1964
Four days before Easter Sunday.