Friday 15 June 2012

The Year of Jubilee


The year of Jubilee

Let the trumpets sound
Let the guns salute
Freedom for the slave, debts released
Whilst nobility sits imprisoned by a crown of jewels

Land returned, laid to rest
Lady enthroned bearing the weight of expectation
For the year of Jubilee has come
Wish her long life as she strives on

A time to look back on service rendered
A time to reclaim honour and respect
Does anyone really know the toll it has taken?
Consecrate the year, let us celebrate

A family rejoices, grateful it wasn’t their burden
A nation looks on with pride
Do the will of God, let his decrees be obeyed
Call a feast, raise a cup - it’s the year of Jubilee


©Joe Lenton, April 2012

1 comment:

  1. So true, Joe: Does anyone really know the toll it has taken?

    A great lady. God bless her!

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