The Still Great Egret

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I saw a Great Egret standing on

a post this dismal day.

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His white feathers shown bright

against the grey and gloomy bay.

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The wind circled around the post

taunting the Egret to sway.

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But the Egret stood silent and

still, moving neither way.

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The rain poked the quiet Egret,

but not a feather did stray.

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I wondered why in a fierce squall,

the poor Egret would stay.

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God whispered, "Stand strong the storm,

and my Glory I will display."

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The sun squelched that vexing gale,

and the Egret soared away.

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Dedicated to Cheryl and Doyle Grundy