Tender Grapes

 Song of Solomon 2:15 

“Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.” KJV

Tender Grapes 

In their season, our old vines 

Bring forth tender grapes 

These vines have seen the harsh seasons 

Surviving times of drought and deluge 

Today, in yet another new season 

These veteran vines carry tender buds 

Before these buds come to maturation 

The foxes, specifically the young foxes 

Come to steal and destroy 

Before our tender grapes can grow 

The writer implores his beloved 

“Seize the foxes, the young foxes”

Today, we find ourselves in a new season 

New challenges, new issues, new horizons 

There is joy in our old vines 

As new blossoms emerge 

There is new faith 

There is sufficient grace 

There are tender grapes 

Yet, the foxes, oh, the foxes 

They come to steal and destroy 

They come for your budding faith 

These old vines carried your past belief 

But this is brand new faith 

For a new hill, a new mountain 

Trust the old vines 

Trust the dressers of the vineyard 

Trust the keeper and the giver 

Believe with new faith 

Believe with sufficient grace 

Believe with tender grapes 

For Barb 

In her hour 

With tender grapes 

© Ron Simpson Jr. 

October 20, 2022