Not the old!

NOT THE OLD (from In Enchantment of Eternity)

Images and impressions of the old-man

Stuck in minds prove hard to erase

Friends and family are the last to see

That a new-man has emerged to stay

Unable to separate the new from the old

The blind mistake the reborn for dead

But the new nature differs from the old

Much like a butterfly does from a worm

To lack the spy glass of faith is to view

The new through the prism of the old

Tis inability to savor that which refreshes

But be stuck in the stale and sour of the past

The new-man soon comes to understand

Tis part of the divine plan and purpose

To teach him the patient ways of hope

And about love that never gives up

Valuable lessons about hope and love

Essence of godliness imparted to man