Church Him Hymn

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. - Thoreau

Birch Tree Painting By Ray Reinson

i greet the new day with a song

not exactly the kind they'd play in church

but then again

not every tree is white like the birch

Author's Note

"I sailed on the North River last night with my flute, and my music was a tinkling stream which meandered with the river, and fell from note to note as a brook from rock to rock. I did not hear the strains after they had issued from the flute, but before they were breathed into it, for the original strain precedes the sound by as much as the echo follows after, and the rest is the perquisite of the rocks and trees and beasts. Unpremeditated music is the true gauge which measures the current of our thoughts, the very undertow of our life's stream." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Pete… Nature and the Rivers are my Church. The Holy Spirit blends with the Music 🎶 of the Flute.. Your Poem settles in my ♥️ Heart with Prayers. softly, Pat

[Pete]

if that is your church then please consider me a member of the congregation.

[Sami Khalil]

All unique and in their wonderful way like our poet from beautiful Boston.
Diversity is a must to enrich our lives and souls; otherwise boredom and bland.
Add some spices please to the feast.

[Pete]

indeed, the creator certainly knew it.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow
You are welcome sir Pete