You Can Only Imagine



You can only imagine the moment of your birth.
It must be miraculous coming down-to-earth.

You can only imagine the moment of your truth.
It must be mind-expansion maturing as sleuth.

You can only imagine the moment of your love.
It must be warm-heart-cockles soaring high above.

You can only imagine the moment of your fame.
It must be hard-to-believe accepting acclaim.

You can only imagine the moment of your grace.
It must be God's majesty shining through your face.

You can only imagine the moment of your death.

It must be out-of-this-world taking the last breath.
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Submitted on January 02, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CC DD EE F F
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 559
Words 97
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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