The 99 Poem Challenge
Fox-Trot-9

46. Hymn — True Compassion

Let the day I was born be destroyed, and the night it was said, 'A boy is born!'
—Job 3:3

Before amazing grace restores
    Belief in just and loving God,
That in the final triumph roars
    Salvation's longest loudest laud;

Before the time can make amends
    With dreamless dreams in soothing night,
In which the tribulation ends
    When you behold the hopeful light;

Before the unforgiving hour
    Begins to ease and fade away,
And all the bitter tears devour
    The poison of the tragic day;

Before the invocations of
    The rosary can stem the grief
Of losing someone that you love
    To circumstance's wailing chief;

Before improving, it gets worse
    Until it gets to be the worst;
So let him cry and let him curse
    And let the man be human first.

(To be continued...)

A/N: A hymn is a type of, usually religious, written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification.

Meter: Iambic tetrameter
Rhyme: abab