IMPROMPTU FOR JACK
Not so much a moment
but all time,
the steady refrain
that “God is good”.
What is this thing called good?
Through all the pain
and all the joys
the theme remains –
a constant strain –
“I’ll praise my maker,
God is good”. No statements here,
a simple claim
from some deep tautological mine
“God is good”.
And now he’s home
with Him he served
the joy remains –
not for a moment
but for all time.
The universe proclaims
that God is good!
Malcolm Evison
June 2001
written for / about my father who died on my birthday in June 2001
