The Wellness Plan

by | Aug 14, 2014 | Poetry

You want me to live in your box Your invitation is perpetual and you think you won In the black and white I die The death you embrace The rigid walls cut my skin You spend resources to name my life as yours Writing rules is your passion You poke and prod You question...

I Will Fear No Evil

by | Jul 17, 2014 | Poetry

I was kicked in the stomach today I am the subject of a hit and run Accusations runs wild Fear plays loudly in stereo and surround sound speakers Not one bit of gratitude has played for my ears While I fly over their heads Attacks come from every direction There is...

The Anti-Trust

by | Jul 7, 2014 | Poetry

The gifts will continue to stack up while you curse His blessing Even while you mock His greatest creation you will always have enough but I hold what you didn’t ask for He cries for you while you do what was done to you Wounded and guarded they pray for guidance...

We Are the Wings

by | May 30, 2014 | Poetry

Up high in the air Only God really sees Flying where he breathes Only God really sees Over rivers of his glory washing and cascading through canyons and dry heat The song we sing Only God really hears His song he sang Only God really hears The walls he made to guide...

One

by | May 14, 2014 | Poetry

My love and I sit entwined although our bodies are in different rooms Dancing inside are Your wish for us wrapped around hope and joy and something much larger than one word can convey To be so completely connected but never satiated keeps my curiosity high Calls me...

The Rainbow

by | May 1, 2014 | Poetry

I know all promises are fulfilled because you are here You have filled the empty places and the reality is no longer overwhelming but healing To enjoy the dance doesn’t just make me stronger as we move together The colors that paint the sky made of water and light...

The See Side

by | Apr 23, 2014 | Poetry

I swim in a pool of unuttered tears only known by the LOVE that hears and sees and knows The cool of the liquid comforts sore hands and knees that are scraped The waves are red and blue the colors of you while we played I know you know that you are loved by not only...

The Biggest Piece

by | Apr 11, 2014 | Poetry

Can I manufacture hope when I am less than You What if I lost my control My direction My passion Would You love me less than me In the peace You are the piece of me I could never have made The life in me that never runs dry Becomes immobile Forgets the goal Regardless...

JOY is Always

by | Jan 13, 2014 | Poetry

Thank You in our JOY Thank You in our times of perceived lack Thank You because in Your patience Your salvation is true For the suffering man in the cold For the lost dog For the rich man who thinks they have it all My heart aches because Your JOY is full but we...

Wings Not Necessary

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Poetry

you dangle over a ravine you dug Faith not of God but by your own power you have danced, sang and praised In the light of His love He feeds you and sustains you just enough “Not enough!” you scream “Where are You?” you shout you flail around in...

My Blood Covered Face

by | Nov 2, 2013 | Poetry

You have taken something from me I can never have again You stole it with insatiable teeth and greedy hands You planned it and here we stand while you have never see my face I don’t glorify God He told me I can’t before I was born He breathed me into being...

and I Groaned

by | Oct 8, 2013 | Poetry

and my heart was happy while the angels sang in words that only You can hear Their cries rose out and over encompassing this man encompassing and overflowing as Your messengers sang You took him away and brought him back again brand new His eyes glowed and shone of...

The Mission

by | Oct 4, 2013 | Poetry

Louder than the wind I hear the screams The accusations The fighting All the times you didn’t know how to choose joy The whirlwind never stops The one that keeps my voice out of your head Judgement Defiance Defenselessness fed by a spirit you know well but not by name...