Do not be dismayed

Turn your countenance

Toward this truth–

The Lord has made you

Righteous:

The only hell you have to fear

is on this cursed earth and

the pain it rears

Yet, for the wicked

The sad reflection grows

the only heaven their witness bears

is the beauty offered

from this same globe.

Tribulation is temporary

Your yearning is warranted

Hope is steady.

Be at rest,

Find your peace in this…

This–

This is the worst of it.