Sonnet: My Good Work Belongs to God

My work belongs to God and God alone;
I don’t expect rewards or citations;
If God allows it, it will come, one by one;
For long, I don’t expect imitations.

If I wish to tell people who God is,
And make them understand His love for Man;
I wish to them remind of Heaven’s Bliss;
That reaching it with ease, everyone can.

The words I write come from my mind and heart,
Inspired by good thoughts that God gives me;
Let people understand them through my art
And praise the Creator, wholeheartedly.

Let it help them to live, my Poetry,
And go to fruition like a healthy tree.

6-26-2001

poem by John Celes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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