Easter Thoughts

When my thoughts stray 

   to Easters past, 

I think of church services, 

 singing in the choir

  Sunday School,

   families with food and fun. 

Colouring Easter eggs and 

  searching for Easter baskets 

    with previously forbidden candy;

       Easter bonnets and new dresses

And all the joy from these times 

  fades into the distant past and 

    yet is in sharper relief with  

       each turn of the years.

When my thoughts stray 

   to Easters past, 

I remember those things I believe.

“The reappearance of the light is 

the same as the survival of the soul.”

~ Victor Hugo