May 2, 2023

A Trip Downtown

on evening ride down into the city

off to Billy Bishop to fetch my daughter

home from a week in Washington D.C.

in light traffic with excellent music

good visibility under high cloud

until I came to Victoria Park

where the setting sun slid beneath the deck

and the city became GOLDEN!

as I headed down the Don Valley Parkway

I think Simple Minds was playing on the stereo

I remember enjoying “Theme For Great Cities”

as I travelled south under endless glory

off in the distance, the towers of Toronto

glowed resplendent in the early evening

gold above the green of the ravine

bright against Lake Ontario’s silver grey

pouring glory into eyes ablaze with wonder

and I remember thinking “How wonderful!”

thanking God that He put on such a show

how blessed I was that it was this evening

that my daughter wanted the ride home

so I could enjoy what I would have missed