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Revision as of 11:56, 18 September 2017
Contents
- 1 Undated 2017
- 2 July
- 3 August
- 4 September 2017
- 4.1 9/1/17
- 4.2 9/3/17
- 4.3 9/5/17
- 4.4 9/6/17
- 4.5 9/7/17
- 4.6 9/8/17
- 4.7 9/10/17
- 4.8 9/11/17
- 4.8.1 moonlight (poem)
- 4.8.2 dawn (poem)
- 4.8.3 Phoenix (poem)
- 4.8.4 some days (poem)
- 4.8.5 Question and Answer (poem)
- 4.8.6 Quiet Tonight (poem)
- 4.8.7 the dancer (poem)
- 4.8.8 the spark (poem)
- 4.8.9 camping (poem)
- 4.8.10 Cup of Comfort (poem)
- 4.8.11 Journeyman (poem)
- 4.8.12 Clean Break (poem)
- 4.8.13 Cup (poem)
- 4.8.14 bones (poem)
- 4.8.15 Pinpricks (poem)
- 4.9 9/12/17
- 4.10 9/13/17
- 4.11 9/14/17
- 4.12 9/15/17
- 4.13 9/16/17
- 4.14 9/17/17
- 4.15 9/18/17
Undated 2017
photograph (poem)
wander through, like sunlight on my fingertips
I cast about the empty room,
like a dancer caught in arabesque
frozen in the midst of time
like a photograph in endless light
rush (poem)
softly, we open our mouths and whisper
silence wept beneath the rush
of the silent rushing water
under our bridge — Hush, dear; hush
July
7/9/17
Adoption (poem)
Heaven would be ours
should we know our powers,
for heaven is within
and to the Lord we're kin
if we take His name,
let His adoption claim
change the name we hold
into His like and mold.
Heartbeat (poem)
There's a song in my heart
O the mercies I chart
In the soul of my God
In the depths of His love
When anxiety frays
My peace and it sways
My soul from its course
I command, Light, come forth!
For the power of Christ
Is the song of my life
It is pounding in me
The true heartbeat of me
Another word for (poem)
Technical difficulties
Is another word
For universe having a laugh
there's water (poem)
there's water under the bridge
it's gone, long gone, by now
but there's a channel in the earth
of our history and a bridge
dawn echo (poem)
echoing into the darkness
shines the light
open my eyes to brightness
newness of sight
shake out my newborn wings
and rise in flight
7/24/17
Burning Bridges (poem)
Yesterday, a bridge
Today, the ashy water
Pours out of my mouth
Like a mighty river
Feathers (poem)
Two broken wings
Taped together
Maybe we can't fly
We keep each other warm
7/25/17
Transcend (poem)
Look into my butterfly heart
Look beneath my tight furl'd wings
In the cocoon, that dark, close part
There transcend terrestial things
I'll wake soon
And leave cocoon
7/28/17
May (poem)
I am grateful for the sun
It may be hot, but I am warm
I am grateful for the wind
It may be cold, but I can breathe
I am grateful for my friends
They may tease, but I am loved
I am grateful for the day
I may be tired, but I'm alive
The Heart and the Spark (poem)
Every once in a while
Someone falls in love
It couldn't be me, it wouldn't be me
But knowing it isn't enough
You can't just think it is true
Or feel it deep down in your bones
Your heart and the spark
Must ever apart
Remain or bam! you're in love
Uncertain Date
Prayer 010. Remind Me (poem)
Today, remind me who to be
A child of God in everything
To hold to You, O Lord, and cling
To the love of Christ in me
August
8/15/17
(for me)
broken eggshells
my heart
emptiness inside
this too (poem)
this too shall pass
even this
tomorrow it
will not be missed
where I've been (poem)
tell me where I've been
I've been hiding out for a while
hiding in the bottom
of my quiet, shivering heart
tell me what to say
what you will believe
I promise nothing but
an ever tighter weave
running like a mind (poem)
there's water under the bridge
it's running like a mind
ahead of the briar thorns
of memory in my spine
there's water under the bridge
it's drowning like a lie
beneath relentless truth
when nothing left can hide
8/16/17
burden (poem)
we are tired
of the heavy places,
the deep tirades,
required graces,
every word
you ever spoke
from the day
my eyes awoke
8/17/17
dance our war (poem)
we conquered cities
we stomped our feet
danced our war
to every beat
of our twin hearts
and no retreat
cry, my love
the taste is sweet
8/21/17
sometimes, you lose (poem)
Sometimes, you lose a poem
It falls from your mind like drops of sunlight
Pouring molten into the next
At least, you pray, it'll have a good rest
This Time (poem)
This isn't the first time you've done this
Disappointed me in my grief
This isn't the first time you've brought me
To tears and to disbelief
But I will find from inside me
The strength to give praise to my God
For even from this, He can save me
Even from this, can bring good
Light (poem)
Moonlight, starlight, sunlight
Last light, first light, bright light
You are the light of day to me
You are the glow over tides I see
You are the brightness before the dawn
I stare at you through the eclipse — you're gone
kiss me goodnight (poem)
kiss me where the blood runs down
where water flows and floods the town
where right is left and up is down
where angels drench their wings and drown
dance me in the brightest light
where sun is flaming into night
burning as it falls from sight
the end of all, eternal night
8/22/17
A Cat (poem)
Some days I think
To myself on the brink
Of another load
Of work, O to be
A cat!
Sky (poem)
flowers bright and warm
their brilliant colors waving
in gentle summer breezes
beneath a cloud-full sky
the way the sun rises
against the golden tide
cresting a deep blue ocean
guided by evening star
the way the sun sets
over the nimbus hues
of vivid pink and scarlet
my Colorado skies
Shadow (poem)
shadow on the wall
you step so quietly
catch me lest I fall
through the heart of everything
Lock and Key (poem)
you're the lock, I'm the key
together we are everything
wild flower (poem)
Robe the fields in scarlet
Array them in peony red
Run through the nodding flowers
And kiss them upon their heads
8/23/17
green (poem)
green pastures
soft meadows
trees shelter
wild flowers
sun shining
blue water
new summer
leaves growing
in whispers (poem)
somebody tell me in whispers
the way that the world turns
won't fly out like a flare
from the sun and be lost in the earth
somebody hold me in silence
breathe comfort into my back
that the end of all things is not here yet
that there is still time to grow yet
Sacrifice (poem)
Burn the road behind my path.
Unwind the yarn before me.
Let the bridges fall in charred
ashes upon the creek.
Only one of us shall step
into the dark, cold breach.
I know you want to sacrifice,
but I love you. It's going to be me.
8/24/17
Mine (poem)
Tell me what is mine
- your heart?
I've never counted time
- by mine
but I will count your breaths
- and breathe
though I may roam (poem)
new house, new home
though I may roam
your heart will be
true north to me
day and night (poem)
morning, wake
within your arms
I lean on you
your shoulder's warm
by day, we're working
side by side
my many plans
in you confide
evening rest
finds me at last
asleep with you
our troubles past
Contentment (poem)
Warm fuzzies
Loud purr
Cat paws
Soft fur
claim (poem)
they tell me she won't love you
no one ever taught her how
they tell me she will kill you
should you ever let her down
they haven't seen her spear me
with her steady, certain gaze
nor felt her hand like iron
as she claims me in all ways
8/25/17
Prayer 011 (poem)
Lord, the day before me
- is beautiful and bright
Lord, the work before me
- is heavier than I'd like
But You, O Lord, are perfect
- and, Lord, You are my strength
Carry me and guide me
- today in everything
chambers of my heart (poem)
plant a seed of love
- and kindness blooms
fill with tenderness
- these empty rooms
the chambers of my heart
- where hope still looms
avenue (poem)
an avenue of autumn trees
the faintest chill upon the breeze
revel in the falling leaves
flaming bright before they freeze
8/27/17
Moving (poem)
Today, we pack
Tomorrow, we load
The day after that,
The movers come in
All because
The home that we chose
Is lovelier far
Than the one that we're in
Blame (poem)
You throw around blame
Like it's all a big game
There's no equity in your name
Your reputation
Is built on lies
All your gold is but false prize
September 2017
9/1/17
A Grain of Faith (poem)
There is light at the end of this very long tunnel
There is hope at the top of this very tall funnel
Though a grain of faith is what reaches me
That's enough to bring eternity
Enough To (poem)
Got enough sorrows to drown in
Got enough prayers I must pray
Got enough words in my heart now
That are too heavy to say
But I open my mouth to a song and
I lift up my hands as I sway
If I can just find room to dance now
I will feel better today
and I (poem)
somebody tell me why
you are the reason why
my heart beats in my chest
and I
can't seem to make it
beat without you
scorn (poem)
you ask me why I'm caustic
you ask me why I'm harsh
you ask me what's my problem
but I'm barely getting warm
have you seen my future
or have you seen my past
if you had looked at either
you would never have to ask
alas, my friend (poem)
there will be other moments
and other conversations
there will be other heart-to-hearts
you are not two nations
your minds will meet again
you will again be friends
this isn't where it ends
you're just too strong to bend
excuses (poem)
don't bother me with excuses
don't trouble me with your lies
I can read the truth myself
from right within your eyes
9/3/17
seeking wisdom (poem)
wisdom guards the steps of those
who turn to you, who listen with their ear
to that quiet voice of stillness
inside us, for Your voice is very near
though our breath is near us, though our tongues
speak the words we hold within our cheek
nearer yet is precious Holy Spirit
Yours the voice and words I truly seek
A Day (poem)
This has been a day
- You had one too
(not that You are finite)
- I know You
had patience as I learned
- to ever praise
through the very worst
- of my bad days
Prayer 012 (poem)
You take charge and
You make plans
Let me follow
Your commands
I give all
My steps to You
Guard them, Lord,
And keep me true
count (poem)
count me in;
- count me out
every moment adding up
I'm in twice;
- I'm out twice
bring me in and fill my cup
you are home;
- I am yours
surely, that should count for two
I will wait;
- I'm with you
nothing else will ever do
silver (poem)
Canon: The Mirror
silver beckons
over hands
silver slips
in gleaming strands
I whisper silver
do my will
it shifts, obeys
and then lies still
A Treat (poem)
blow me kisses
make them sweet
seeing you
has been my treat
9/5/17
winter fire (poem)
Tell me what you think
of me
on winter nights, when skies are cold
and blue;
you touch me like I'm made of fire
holding hands
to keep you warm.
Everything (poem)
Everything I ever wanted
Everything you meant to me
Castles in the sky you promised
But you the ground beneath my feet
All I dreamed of, all I hoped for
Was your arms to comfort me
this my land (poem)
beauty
the eye of the beholder
wonder
the ear of the one who hears
behold
my skies, the mountains rising
here
from the earth I call my home
glitch (poem)
The cat, she naps;
Her baleful eye
is on me if I twitch
She shifts, her claws
are on me! I
cry protest at the switch.
Barely disturbed,
she purrs to sleep,
as though 'twas but a glitch.
Shadowed (poem)
Inkblot shadow
You curl around my edges
I nudge the window
Open. Breathe
You touch my mouth instead
Troth (poem)
I will burn like wind
Blown from the sun
Bear my light and heat
Or you must run
Thus then I may know
If you're the one
9/6/17
little songbird (poem)
little songbird,
wander far
but remember who you are
precious child,
spread your wings
fly and then come home to me
9/7/17
How Fly the Hours (poem)
How do the hours fly by so quickly?
Like wind in my hair, not slow sands dripping
Through time's turning glass, through the hours slipping
My hands in its mane, sweaty and gripping
Time seems to fly if our mouths are laughing
And doesn't slow down when we fall to weeping
Ride, bright stallion, into the bright sun
I'll see you when the day is done
too bad (poem)
shut up
you tell me who I am
you tell me who to be
you tell me who I was raised to be
but this does not define me
I am who I am
and who I choose to be
and if you think the world don't like that
too bad, I'll still be me
rust (poem)
I will survive
though I drown in the dust
though you beat me and fail me
though the air turns to rust
Yes, I will survive
though the night chills to cold
my wounds will heal over
the blood will grow old
I am sharp edges (poem)
My bones dance
- I am sharp edges
You are the whetstone
- of my face
The sun flames
- like a bright spotlight
Watch me dance
- in this harsh place
9/8/17
Tell Me Now (poem)
Tell me who I ought to be
I'll tell you who you are to me
Tell you all the things I knew
When you and I were only true
In friendship and platonic love
When you and I were still enough
I'll tell you all the roads we went
And all the dreams we ever spent
Do you know the paths we walked
The memories we never talked
About and all the hopes so sweet
Until they faltered underneath
The bruising years that lay ahead
And now behind us that lay dead
Tell me who I ought to be
Now that you're again with me
I'm Not the One (poem)
I'm not the one you wanted me to be
I haven't crossed the bridges that you marked
I didn't walk down roads you'd paved for me
I learned my own tongue with which to speak
You never could quite get your hold on me
I would mutely wait for you to leave
I poured a waterfall to sail away
You said the words, but I never did believe
Us (poem)
Why is the sun on your hair like heaven
The kiss of the wind like the breath of love
The feel of your hand under mine pure wonder
How did I ever become one of us
Regret (poem)
Blood drips down your unforgiven fingers
This is the guilt that plagues you and it lingers
If you could undo your deeds and try again
Nothing would really change, not even then
moon (poem)
The moon is young
It shines new light
The night gives way
Without a fight
9/10/17
Prize (poem)
someone give the girl a prize
and open up your eyes
- while you're at it
- while you're at it
and maybe realize
when you're looking for her prize
- that you ain't it
9/11/17
moonlight (poem)
moonlight on piano keys
you play my heart
forget to breathe
dawn (poem)
sun is dancing on my heart
new mornings singing deep in me
joy reborn from old wounds healed
through my night has stolen dawn
Phoenix (poem)
I was a quiet little girl once
That girl died
You might have killed her
I stand upon her grave
And I sing my war cry
You might have given me life
some days (poem)
some days
I feel so tired
so heavy
under the clouds
I feel like
they think I want the moon
I want
the night
Question and Answer (poem)
I am a question mark today
I meet each brand new face and say
Are the answer thrown my way?
Quiet Tonight (poem)
The wind is quiet tonight
inside my head
Where the rush and the pellmell howling
was instead
But tonight you sit beside me
in quiet hope
And tonight our hands our bound
with comfort's rope
the dancer (poem)
I am the quiet blade
the dancer in the whirlwind
the silent whisper before
the cutting flames
whisper my name
and I will come to you
sharp as the arrow flies
the spark (poem)
I have been wandering through the wilderness
Keeping my eyes open in case I see you
You are elusive, I'm not even sure what you are
But the wilderness grows wilder and more expansive
I plunge the deep green grasses over my head
I plow through the icy waters of rivers run through
I wait by the stillness of eddies with fire and bread
Yet you still beckon from where I have never been
There in the night are the speckled stars
Dancing like silk-robed heiresses of the night
Like a candle, you fly to my side, like a spark of fire
Without permission you fly down into my heart
And there in the widerness lands I learn how to smile
For you are the joy I once lost while out in the dark
camping (poem)
This wasn't exactly my idea of a good time.
Why did you bring me out here?
I'm an indoor girl—
- I want my books,
- my fireplace,
- my cup of tea.
Enjoy the thrill of becoming one with nature.
I'm sure it will hug you back.
I'm off to my night,
- my warm lamplight,
- and mostly my cup of tea!
Cup of Comfort (poem)
There is peace in my cup of tea with my Father God
Comfort in my poetry and grateful laud
For assurance You will bring out of this good
Journeyman (poem)
I'm starting to get the hang of being me
I fear
You used to wonder when I'd grow into my skin
I'm playing it by ear
And the melody breaks, I'm dancing on the floor
This is the truth you didn't know
And more
Clean Break (poem)
Finally we are something new
I asked my heart for things to do
That were not lost so deep in you
For I am me and you are you
Cup (poem)
I am an empty cup
You try to fill me up
But I am also sealed
And only by me filled
bones (poem)
bones break
burn
ache
grind them down
to dust
make
a promise when
you build
again
don't forget
to put
love in
Pinpricks (poem)
Someone let the light in
to my soul.
Poke a few bright pinpricks
through my hull.
I promise not to sink
but rise in flight
over the winds of hope
and wings of light.
9/12/17
Prayer 013 (poem)
Good morning, God, it's me again
Your small, sincere, bad weather friend
Always new trials for You to mend
But also gratitude I send
But not enough, it's also true
I want to always think of You
To act in love, to always do
What is right and see it through
You are God of all to me
The fullness of eternity
Look on me with sympathy
And remake me utterly
Prayer 014 (poem)
Joy is of the saints and radiant praise
is become their garments and their days
are full of giving thanks, of ceaseless praise.
Make me on of these in all my ways!
haiku (for songbirds)
songbirds flutter sweet
like harps, new leaves in the wind,
music to my heart
anticipation (poem)
have you ever noticed
the silence before the bomb goes off,
the fall before a moment shatters
like glass—
that is the moment I remember to breathe
and forget how much it will hurt
Throne (poem)
My heart is like a rock but not a stone
It won't be moved from love I've founded on it
It's neither cold nor hard, the sun beats on it
This is where my God will be enthroned
Mixed (poem)
My skin is not a symbol
nor a mantle of my authority.
I am the color I am
because I'm me.
Can you? (poem)
Teach me something today
I want to cry tonight
Can you mop up my tears
in time for morning light?
Move Me (poem)
Move me to tears
I'll cry
for you
on cue
when the silence speaks
with the eloquence
of your heart.
moments in hope (poem)
There are moments in hope
That make you remember the moments
When night closed in
Around your throat
Curtains fall before the moment
Where triumph comes out of the dark.
Those are the moments you remember
That the dark days pass
The sun breaks through
And the storm rolls back in the sky.
9/13/17
Prayer 015 (poem)
Good morning, Lord, the day is new
Help me live it all for you
Guide my steps in every way
Guard me in Your love today
introduction (poem)
I assume you haven't forgotten
me
I know you know that I
remember you
the way you slam banged your way into
my life
with purpose, vivid stare
on mine
slammed your tray in front of mine
your books
on top of mine and smiled
we're going to be best friends
Safe (poem)
My heart is fragile
Prone to break
But in your hands
I'm sure it's safe
Entire (poem)
I miss the girl I used to be
Did you know her? Gradually
We all forget to really see
Beyond our parts to entirety
depths (poem)
I am many things
I don't even know
the ends of me
9/14/17
Prayer 015 (poem)
God of every perfect thing
Take my morning under wing
Help me work and honor You
Keep my thoughts and motives true
hold on (poem)
Some days we're so weary
and we don't know how to feel,
to bring our hearts in line,
and to bring our minds to heel.
I wish that in those moments,
on those days, I could be fine.
Instead, I will hold on,
so please hold on, O love of mine.
not nice (poem)
Air (Character) from Kingdoms and Thorn
"I want you to find a nice girl,"
is what they said.
I have two ears. I hear them.
You're being a nice boy but stop.
I'm not a nice girl,
I do not say.
I haven't talked to people
for the sake of it, for years.
No matter what they tell you
about what it's like out there,
when someone makes the call
and you take blood on your soul to do it,
nice gets left behind
somewhere along the way.
Some people miss it.
I don't remember it to miss.
the shape of me (poem)
I used to know the shape of me
The way my soul fit into flesh
The burning night set me aflame
I've yet to catalog the ash
The heart of me still skips a beat
At words, at books, at cups of tea
The child in me still falls to her knees
Before the King of Eternity
But every day within me cries
Something pained and nearly mute
I cannot name the thing I need
To understand myself anew
I close my eyes and hear it keen
Waiting for true peace to be
Maybe (poem)
I don't make sense in the table of contents
You can't read the cover and know the book
Open me up, with patience, with love
Maybe you'll read it, maybe you'll learn
scriven (poem)
You and I have been here before
I like to think we're recursive
You open your insides, write me in
Over and over and over again
I write you into my bone and my flesh
We don't even feel the impending crash
You into me and me into you
Whatever occurs, I'll carry you through
9/15/17
Prayer 016 (poem)
Good morning to my Father God,
Wrap me in Your perfect love.
Help me love the way You do.
I need Your help to make it through:
The day began unpleasantly.
I need to praise in everything,
But only by Your strength in me
Can my heart give thanks and sing.
in pieces (poem)
I am in pieces
Try not to shatter me
Maybe I'll return the favor
break a leg (poem)
I am a child compared to you
don't underestimate me now
or you will regret it when we're through
break a leg and take a bow
arms (poem)
The moon is full
The sky is bright
The stars white pinpricks
To my sight
The wind is cold
The night is warm
Because you hold me
In your arms
9/16/17
Prayer 017 (poem)
God, please keep my heart on You
Fill my thoughts with love that's true
Grant me peace against my goals
Heal my wounds and make me whole
I want to live a child of God
I long to know the path I trod
Was one that would be right to You
Please grace me with this hope in You
9/17/17
Tell Me (poem)
C'mon
Tell me something
Make it a good one
Make it like flowers after the rain
Still dripping from the storm
Like sunshine playing
Hide and seek through forest trees
Cover your secrets with history
Let them drip with the rain of our memories
Whisper your truths between secrets
That I will never know
C'mon, tell me
Something
9/18/17
Many Things (poem)
I am many things
None of them yours
So many parts of me
Mine, not ours
Count down every second
Count the hours
This is the end of the line
My soul devours
Spectrum (poem)
There's this thing called tact, it eluded
My grasping fingers when I was born
I walked on my toes like a dancer
Long past three years old
There's always one, our littlest
The odd one out, emphasis odd
No one knew what to do with me
But they never thought to ask
It's not just me that doesn't
Ask the important questions before
There's no help for the answer
No escape and no way out
I sit in the midst of a spectrum
High-functioning, an uneasy truce
With the world that spins around me
Sorry, I say, didn't mean to offend
call them tears (poem)
when did I wander into this rain-soaked world
you call it good, I call it wet with the tears
I never could quite hold them back— baby
that's what they called me, maybe not wrong
but don't think that means I am a child today
I know the way to live through the tears
and I am strong
bloom (poem)
bloom
with the promise
the sun made to the flowers
you will grow
and I
will smile on you
if no one else
can see
pieces (poem)
I am but the pieces of myself
today
do you think that I am broken
I can't say
I wish that I could see myself within
instead I cried
at least I hope you know
I really tried