Groaning in the Fullness of Time

The night was dark, so very dark

And the Earth groaned.

Long had it borne the mark

Of blackened, banishing sin.

Darkness so thick, it could be felt—

How wretched, how wicked

We were!

The Earth groaned,

Creation groaned,

The Universe groaned—

To what reply?

At the fullness of time, He answered.

At the brink of disaster, He came.

The veil of darkness lifted,

The vestments of brightness cast aside,

He answered our groaning.

The shrieking was silenced,

The groaning was silenced

And the dark world watched

Creation watched

The Universe watched

At the fullness of time—

As He cast out darkness

And brought the wretched world

In the fullness of time

To the fullness of light.