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burning as it falls from sight<br> | burning as it falls from sight<br> | ||
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| + | ==== A Cat ==== | ||
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| + | Some days I think<br> | ||
| + | To myself on the brink<br> | ||
| + | Of another load<br> | ||
| + | Of work, O to be<br> | ||
| + | A cat! | ||
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| + | ==== Sky ==== | ||
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| + | flowers bright and warm<br> | ||
| + | their brilliant colors waving<br> | ||
| + | in gentle summer breezes<br> | ||
| + | beneath a cloud-full sky | ||
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| + | the way the sun rises<br> | ||
| + | against the golden tide<br> | ||
| + | cresting a deep blue ocean<br> | ||
| + | guided by evening star | ||
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| + | the way the sun sets<br> | ||
| + | over the nimbus hues<br> | ||
| + | of vivid pink and scarlet<br> | ||
| + | my Colorado skies | ||
Revision as of 11:10, 22 August 2017
Contents
Undated 2017
photograph
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
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
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
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
Technical difficulties
Is another word
For universe having a laugh
there's water
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
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
Yesterday, a bridge
Today, the ashy water
Pours out of my mouth
Like a mighty river
Feathers
Two broken wings
Taped together
Maybe we can't fly
We keep each other warm
7/25/17
Transcend
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
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
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 ###. Remind Me
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
this too shall pass
even this
tomorrow it
will not be missed
where I've been
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Some days I think
To myself on the brink
Of another load
Of work, O to be
A cat!
Sky
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
