The Valley
Timothy Lamar McKinley 1958 (Birmingham AL)
To the struggle
I stood on a hilltop and the Lord said, "see that mountain in the distance".
I answered "yes".
The Lord said go to that mountain.
I said, "Lord there is no bridge".
The Lord said "Cross".
Three times I ask the Lord "How can I get
To the mountain".
After many years, I looked and saw that I
Stood on that mountain.
Then the Lord asks me "how did I arrive"?
As I turned, I looked and behold deep down
In the valley lay the "Cross".
Timothy L. McKinley
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 452 |
Words | 92 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1 |
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