Rest is eternal king in a manger
Rest is Heaven’s song heard in a shepherd’s field
Rest is identity assurance that needs no proof
Rest is scripture defence when the serpent strikes
Rest is deep sleep on stormy billows
Rest is victorious king on water strolls
Rest is eternal pearls cast before mortal men
Rest is the birth of the church on confession rock
Ezeonyeka Godswill
© 2026
Day by day
My broken will and dream cry unto me
Fighting, screaming loud for a better way
But futile is this game, all is lost to me
Tell me who knows, who knows
The real definition of birth and living
Tell me who knows, who knows
The open mystery of death and parting
Often I’ve heard men say
I’m not pragmatic, not practical
Often I’ve seen women point this way
Whispering be strong, be spiritual
Men and their subtle ideas
Have rightly led me astray
And I am not more or less
But a rotten carcass on a rugged way
The wisdom of king Solomon is good
But our Shepard’s Will is excellent
For by the cross and its humble blood
Water is wine, weakness is strength
Despair is hope and death is life in Christ
Ugwu David. C
© 2019
Christ a poet 