What Has Become of Beauty

Author Cliff Gribick
Inspired By Autobiography of Fanny Crosby
12/1/1997

"I would like to share a poem inspired by and written after reading "Fanny Crosby an Autobiography.

Initially I purchased the book for my daughter in need of a book report for her class. I decided to purchase two copies one for my own personal use. After reading the autobiography I realized how most people in today's society fail to see Gods every day wonder and beauty replacing His miracles for things scripture calls wood, hay and stubble.

The Poem is entitled " What Has Become of The Beauty" and poses a question what if Gods creation could speak and realize their own beauty what would they become? I hope you enjoy the Poem "What Has Become Of The Beauty?" inspired by the autobiography of Fanny Crosby."

Cliff Gribick
Friend of Fanny Crosby

What Has Become of Beauty

When a flower blossoms does it see
the beauty of the bud?
Does a rainbow speak, after a summer shower,
of her colors that fill a daylit sky?
Can the ocean hear
the crashing waves, upon some distant shore?
Or will the snow feel
her flakes melt away as they fall, silently, upon a childs face?
Where are the senses,
of those who can see-speak-hear or touch?
They walk as if asleep
ignoring the beauty about them, in favor of something else!
Have their hearts forgotten
Who Created those things of everlasting wonder?

What if the flower could see her beauty
regardless of wherever it grows?
Or the rainbow after a summer shower rejoice
of her pastel colors painting a daylit sky!
And the ocean so powerful that it would hear
the thunderous surf against jagged rocks!
Imagine if the falling snow could feel
the tiny flakes of frost kissing a childs ruby cheeks,
Would they boast of their glory
and forget from whence their gifts have been given?
Til finally their splendor is lost,
becoming memories of yesterday when beauty lived.
Perhaps they are best left humble
for too soon would they become as those passing by!