I wish to hum

I wish to hum a happy song,
but how flow from my sad pen,
calling beauty and love along,
on a joyous journey to heaven;

words not potent as used to be,
worlds in my tired brain shut,
today and all days only joy see,
the knot with clinging grief cut;

no sorries for my words plain,
a plain man, carry no pretence,
chime here with hidden pain,
to summon joy that intense;

for grateful am I to all the soul,
that erase pain to guide my goal.