How I cherish times like these,
When I can lay aside
The cares and worries of the day
And rest at eventide.

I sit alone and medicate
While twilight shadows fall.
Birds have hushed their cheerful songs;
Sweet peace lies over all.

Fireflies begin to glow
In meadows all around;
A patchy mist is hovering
Close to now obscure ground.

In the darkening firmament,
Countless stars appear.
Heaven is so far, and yet,
God's presence seems so near.

How is the earth so beautiful,
So grand the skies above?
I think of God and find myself
Lost in His precious Love.

Regina Wiencek