By Pavel Chichikov
for Alexander Pruss
Trees that God has planted by a stream
Are fruitful ones that ripen by His pleasure,
God's breath recites the Torah in their leaves –
They never lose the greenness of His summer
Favored is the one who loves the Lord
And blossoms in His orchard day and night,
Righteousness an everflowing stream –
The river of the Lord is Man's delight
Travelers who take a blessed way
Are those who find contentment in His codes,
They never wander wickedly astray
Like evil ones who keep to evil roads
God pronounces judgement from His seat
He winnows and the chaff is blown away,
Straw shall never stand up like the wheat
Nor sin be ever equal to that day
But righteous men assemble in His heart
And never from His righteousness depart
(Click here to follow Pavel's ongoing epic poem “The Shoulder of the Sun.” You may visit Pavel's website at http://www.greyowlpress.com.)
