I do not askThat you know my painFor my pain is my painTo be soothed and anointedBy my God. I do not askThat you know my burdenFor my burden is my burdenTo be lifted and carriedBy my savior. I do not askThat you walk in my shoesFor my shoes are my shoesUsed to walk a pathChosen by […]
Category: Poetry
The Words of My Mouth
Precious FatherIn these times of turbulenceWhere vitriolic hateAnd rhetoric of viper’s tongueSeek to sway strugglingSouls and broken spirits,Please grant my humble request.May I never spout opinion as truthInuendo as factRumor as prophecyOratory as realityOr speculation as principle.May the words that flow from lipsBe the words that you have branded on my heart.“Let the words of […]
Shift Your Weight
In a world wrought with sordid lies,And a plethora of alibiesChrystal illusions of compromiseWoven with threads ofSelf-infringementDisenfranchisementDisenchantment,DisentitlementAmongst the death throes of principalities,Political whitewash,And random bordersPainted with dust and sparkles.Where the ground crumbles and grumblesBeneath our weight,We find ourselves with one footPlanted on the earthThat lurches with every surgeOf public opinion and silver-tongued rhetoricSpoken by narcissistic […]
A Lesson from Snow
I stop to watch as falling snowDrifts for me, in chaotic flowEach flake unique, each flake aglowProgrammed chaos before my eyes. And then, as if its plannedEach bit finds purchase on the landOr in the trees to take a standStately beauty in disguise Amidst the wintry somber gaspsOf winter birds and forest snapsA crack of tree trunk […]
One More Time Around
The jangling musicWheezing from the pipesOf life’s calliopeWhile we ride astrideOur bounding, bouncy, bobbingSteeds of wood and steelEncourages our carrouselTo identify and signifyOne more trip around our starOne more chance toGrab the brass ring.One more chance toAddress our past.One more Chance toRight our perspective.One more chance toMake a difference. I say again,Make a difference. May […]
Salvation is a Messy Business
Salvation is a messy business.Forget about the tidy boxesOf rules and rituals.To follow Christ doesn’t meanStrapping a Bible to our backAnd pondering the universeFrom the comfortOf a cushioned pew.It is not three points and a poemWhere we pray, walk the aisleAnd get dunked, sprinkled and registered.We won’t find SalvationListening to droningExclamatory expositionsOf proper, passive, practical […]
The Dream Cantors
Beware the baseless pitch of Dream Cantors Masters of fiction And imperfection Whose fruit is sweet And roots drive deep Into wispy clouds of barren pastures Creeping vines of distraction That blanket trees And pretend to please Through empty offering And frivolous coffering Fruits devoid of satisfaction The half-truths of callous pols That sell us […]
Be Still and Heal
In grief,We stand on a precipiceAfraid to embrace the silence,Afraid that we will fall.For this, we create noise.Noise in our lives,Noise in our minds,Noise in our hearts,Believing that the noiseWill hold off the silenceAnd keep us from falling intoThe darkness of despairWhere all hope disappearsInto an eternal void.But that is all an illusion.The simple truth […]
Another Year Passes
Another year passes Another year gone Never look back It’s time to move on! Take what you you’ve learned Reach for the stars Gather your blessings And stretch out your arms Share what you have And share what you know Share all that matters And help others grow Lift those around you Raise them up […]
Anger
Unrequited Anger Erupts in violence. Like a steam engine With no release No valve to give it rest No work to ease the stress The steam and gases build Expand until the rivets… POP! Exploding parts and plates In every direction Without discretion And bring destruction To those in witness. So it is That anger […]
Our Guiding Star
Lost on a sea of ambivalence We have settled in the vast darkness, Bobbing anchorless on vast seas Devoid of Hope and filled with questioned prophecy. Smothered in a wintry woolen coat of Spanish Moss Masquerading as sullen clouds That devour the light and never sets it free. Obscuring the moon And hiding the stars […]
The Wonder of Dawn
I gaze with wonder upon the dawn Red upon orange upon blue Passive pinks and magenta hues, Sun peeking over the edge of the landscape Painting the clouds with lavish iridescence Moving my soul to awe and repentance. I cannot pretend that I understand The essence and wonder of our Creator, His palette and brush […]
The Rhetoric of Hate
I find the rhetoric of hate… exhausting. The endless pages of disinformation The countless contradictions The hyper-distortion of facts And the mountains of untruths Generated by professional purveyors Of undocumented and distorted Non-contextual discourse. All directed to the ears of a weary people Attempting to harvest the fruits of belief In a garden that is […]