Dona Nobis Pacem

March 24, 2011

She smiles, a warm and beatific smile,

What lies beneath I have not skill to know

And yet I've seen the treachery and guile

And the length of the deceits to which men go;

Not seeing deep I have borne scars untold

Time upon time and still I blindly trust

Until with love I shall all life enfold

And shake from me the centuries of dust.

Then will I when illusions veils are rent

With inward glance see the truth to be,

This world remade by a divine intent

And hear the voices from eternity

Sing their songs and bid us chant with them

As we cry, Dona Nobis Pacem.