Time / Turn

Of what is made a year but time--
The unseen-tethered Earth and Sun--
The unseen gravity of love
And loss that turn in unison?

Of what is made a year but time--
A marking etched by cursed thorn--
A turn that turns the fall of man
Into transfigured sorrow’s crown?

Of what is made a year but time
And time again in daily chore--
The rising and the setting Sun
That turns the sons of God to more?
     The risen and the seated Son
     That turns the sons of God to more?