Someday

Someday

A Poem by Melanie Jane Boicourt Shanks

Someday, I’ll shed this earthly cover

and then my soul will hover

and go to a place above

where all they know is love.

Someday I’ll leave this earthly place

and see my Saviors face

and live in a place above

where all they know is love.

 

 

There’ll be no more sorrow.

There’ll be no more pain.

There’ll be only beauty.

The Son washed every stain.

There’ll be no more hatred.

There’ll be no more shame.

There’ll be only glory

when Jesus calls my name.

 

Someday, you’ll shed this earthly cover

and then your soul will hover

and go to a place above

where all they know is love.

Someday you’ll leave this earthly place

and see your Saviors face

and live in a place above

where all they know is love.

 

There’ll be no more sickness.

There’ll be no more lame.

There’ll be only happiness

and you will feel the same.

There’ll be no more malice.

There’ll be no more blame.

There’ll be only love around

when you call Jesus’ name.

 

Someday, we’ll shed this earthly cover

and then our souls will hover

and go to a place above

where all they know is love.

Someday we’ll leave this earthly place

and see our Saviors face

and live in a place above

where all they know is love.

 

 

where all they know is love.

 

© 2009 Melanie Jane Boicourt Shanks


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Sounds wistful. I too have longingly missed my 'home' it took me a long time to turn around and face this world and love it too.....I too am an optimistically depressed person..I get what you mean..
I like your poetic styling of this piece. It flows with the chorus on the left and the story on the right- nice style-I really appreciate reading poetry from a poet with a command of the english language. So much of English has gone the way of slang these days- and poetry a free for all-anything goes-. You're different and increasingly rare. you understand poetry-style, form, content. So many it seems don't understand the difference between poetry and prose. I enjoyed the rhythm of this. The lyrical quality carries from line to line stanza to stanza..well done!

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This is gorgeous...it reads like a song :)

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I have a terminal cancer(Pancreatic) does God allow you to lend some of your faith out. Your poem is whare I want to ne..so strong, unquestioning, sincere. I truely envy you. The piece was beautiful, and peaceful. Rain..

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Beautiful words describing a place filled with peace and grace.

A place that must certainly be earned.

Great job

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Melanie Jane Boicourt Shanks
Melanie Jane Boicourt Shanks

Fort Wayne, IN



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I have been writing since I knew how. Before that I would just draw pictures to tell a story. My true passion is poetic lyrics. That is mostly what I am inspired to write. I have been dabbling in othe.. more..

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