Restoration:

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten...
( Joel 2:25 )

Years stripped bear
swallowed by locust
are not forever lost..

No final destruction
is possible:
God can restore
that which the locust devours,

Soul-filled
Love -laden
" Truth-tempered
years
exterminate
the locusts of our lethargy
the grasshoppers of our greed
the weevils of our worldliness.

Then humbly we harvest
the unspoiled fruits
of our God directed
labors of love.

Doris Kerns Quinn