Redemption Reward Poem by John Sensele

Goodness guides grace to the doorstep
Where kindness and meekness reign supreme
Ensuring the pure in heart hovering in step
With God's grace stake their main claim

To being written in the book of life
Where in gilt letters their name
Swims in Heaven with no further strife
In eternal life denuded of further blame

In the wake of the purification pilgrimage
Undertaken day in, day out every which way
They planned, thought, acted to reflect the image
God cast them in as they strove away

From a life of dysfunction and dissipation
In anticipation for their redemption reward
That dwarfs Oscars and Grammys and standing ovation
Received and awarded whether they acted toward or untoward.