The Leaves

Though I never hated you
I never cared to see you again
But here we are
In New Jerusalem
You’ve been here a while
And I’ve just arrived
You said let’s rake leaves
From the tree of life
By the river of the water of life
Flowing from the throne
Down the street of the city
We made a pile so big
We climbed the tree to jump in
We laughed and jumped for hours
Never got hurt or asthma or angina
We got plenty thirsty
And drank from the river
The Lord watched our fun
And shared his wine
I guess if I ever hated anyone
It was you
But the memory of our old ways
Only makes our healing
And our new friendship
All the sweeter