John Piper’s Poem for His Wife on Valentine’s Day
Feb 14, 2011
Valentine’s Day, 2011
God’s first thought, my adolescent dream,
slat-slashing dusty-barn beam
from and to the Sun;
my flesh, myself, my one,
my church in parable, in truth;
my Rachel, my Abigail, my Deborah, my Ruth,
the eyes, the wit…