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+ | [[Category:Poetry]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == 2002 == | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 10/3/02 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Flower in the Rain ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Petals weighted down<br> | ||
+ | Sparkling with diamond droplets<br> | ||
+ | Flower in the rain | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Beckoning Light ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The light calls all souls<br> | ||
+ | Who will hear and listen too<br> | ||
+ | They will find the truth | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Bright Star ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dot of light above<br> | ||
+ | Shining down on sleeping souls<br> | ||
+ | Watching over us | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== First Light ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Whisper of promise<br> | ||
+ | The sun breaks the horizon<br> | ||
+ | An eagle takes flight | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Life Gave Me Roses ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Life gave me roses<br> | ||
+ | Take the beauty with the thorns<br> | ||
+ | You must pay the price | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== A Turbulent Sea ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Whirlpool of colors<br> | ||
+ | Swirling sea of emotion<br> | ||
+ | Deep within the heart | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Rose of Sharon ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | A blood-red Rose falls<br> | ||
+ | Trampled, withered, lost for sure<br> | ||
+ | He will rise again | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Within Us ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Burning deep inside<br> | ||
+ | My piece of Godly nature<br> | ||
+ | Christ that lives within | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Autumn Leaves ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Green leaves turn golden<br> | ||
+ | Falling from age-old trees<br> | ||
+ | To return in spring | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fairy Passing By ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Rainbow wings of light<br> | ||
+ | Pixie dust and sunshine<br> | ||
+ | Golden wind; she’s gone | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Birth ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Silver moon rising<br> | ||
+ | Life and love and moonlit glow<br> | ||
+ | The wolf pups were born | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 11/11/02 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Freeze ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | White snow and frost cold<br> | ||
+ | Heaven cries tonight with rain<br> | ||
+ | Tomorrow finds ice | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Sunshine ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Light smiles in my soul<br> | ||
+ | A brand new day before me<br> | ||
+ | The sun is shining | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== You Will Reach the Other Side ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Rainbow follows rain<br> | ||
+ | Green spring days follow winter<br> | ||
+ | Dawn follows midnight | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Clouds on a Summer Day ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The white puffy clouds<br> | ||
+ | Lined with silver and with gold<br> | ||
+ | Floating lazily | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== White Beauty ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Tall, majestic fir<br> | ||
+ | Green needles hidden by snow<br> | ||
+ | Draped in thick blanket | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Butterfly ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Colored rainbow wings<br> | ||
+ | Like a bright flying flower<br> | ||
+ | Floating on the wind | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Heart Rain ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Beauty in the tears<br> | ||
+ | Light refracting crystal drops<br> | ||
+ | Rainbow in the air | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== A Higher Will ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I will surrender<br> | ||
+ | In ev'ry part of my life<br> | ||
+ | Because God knows best | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== The Lesser Light ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The moon is rising<br> | ||
+ | Trees outlined in silver glow<br> | ||
+ | Bathed in gentle light | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== In For the Night ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The sun is setting<br> | ||
+ | Mother hen gathers her chicks<br> | ||
+ | Warmth against the night | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Cleansing ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Cover the black earth<br> | ||
+ | Bright white snow of purity<br> | ||
+ | Falling gently down | ||
+ | |||
+ | == August 2005 == | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 8/20/05 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Desert Rose ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | A single bloom grows<br> | ||
+ | In the midst of desert gold<br> | ||
+ | One lone splash of red | ||
+ | |||
== July 2009 == | == July 2009 == | ||
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pain has scarred him for his sin<br> | pain has scarred him for his sin<br> | ||
burn the world and come within | burn the world and come within | ||
+ | |||
+ | == April 2010 == | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Undated === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== [[Ember (poem)]] ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''For Trish'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | gather the angels of the winds of heaven<br> | ||
+ | for the warrior rides forth with no master<br> | ||
+ | and the fires shall bear no restraint<br> | ||
+ | the arrow is drawn from the quiver<br> | ||
+ | sped through the burning of hearts only faster<br> | ||
+ | bloodying with its taint | ||
+ | |||
+ | from the dark and the light and the casting of thunder<br> | ||
+ | ridden with power, tremulous, hidden<br> | ||
+ | sacred the circle of pain<br> | ||
+ | from sweetness and brightness, the singing of bleakness<br> | ||
+ | unwoven, unraveled, in mystery bidden<br> | ||
+ | to walk in the falling of rain | ||
+ | |||
+ | from the bright’ning byres of flaming rebirth<br> | ||
+ | from phoenix fires and death unsung<br> | ||
+ | ring in the day the earth will rue<br> | ||
+ | the wings of heaven lie tattered and riven<br> | ||
+ | cast, like old gods, to the earth and wrung<br> | ||
+ | to make the worlds anew | ||
+ | |||
+ | == November 2012 == | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 11/14/12 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== [[The Darkness Cleave (poem)]] ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''For J and K'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | When the fires of love ignited and burned,<br> | ||
+ | I realized all I had ever learned<br> | ||
+ | Could not compare to the wings in me<br> | ||
+ | When your hand touched mine and set them free: | ||
+ | |||
+ | I never knew quite how to fly,<br> | ||
+ | But I know the physics of a frozen cry,<br> | ||
+ | Of weary feet on a darkened road,<br> | ||
+ | Of stinging warmth to a heart gone cold; | ||
+ | |||
+ | I know the taste of the oft-betrayed,<br> | ||
+ | Sweet and bitter when pain's delayed.<br> | ||
+ | Vestigial wings the darkness cleave,<br> | ||
+ | And all I know is how to leave: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Burn the tears until diamonds shatter;<br> | ||
+ | Light the road with flames that matter;<br> | ||
+ | Kindling be and burn in the dark—<br> | ||
+ | Sacrifice this worthless heart. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Where I would fall and into shards,<br> | ||
+ | You gather me up like a deck of cards.<br> | ||
+ | Fallen phoenix from ashen grim<br> | ||
+ | The fingers sew and scissors trim. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Who from blood can a butterfly make,<br> | ||
+ | Who can heal and make it take?<br> | ||
+ | Who can bind the broken things?<br> | ||
+ | Who can break what makes them me, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Can mend the wings and mend the quick—<br> | ||
+ | Broken and bloody, bruised and slick?<br> | ||
+ | I want to run from this spell you weave,<br> | ||
+ | But I've forgotten how to leave. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Then I choose my path anew<br> | ||
+ | (I'd do it all again for you):<br> | ||
+ | Burn the road 'til it lights the dark;<br> | ||
+ | Stretch these wings with ashen mark; | ||
+ | |||
+ | Whisper words you would not hear<br> | ||
+ | Softly, gently upon your ear.<br> | ||
+ | The fires of love I understand;<br> | ||
+ | The wings I leave within your hand. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 11/26/12 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== [[Shards of Heart (poem)]] ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''For J and K'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | No one ever told me<br> | ||
+ | Whispers shatter walls,<br> | ||
+ | Silence shatters hearts,<br> | ||
+ | Shards of heart make life as glass<br> | ||
+ | Where once it flowed<br> | ||
+ | Like sand upon the path,<br> | ||
+ | Filling every crack,<br> | ||
+ | Reshaped by every breath<br> | ||
+ | Of wind, by every step—<br> | ||
+ | Painless. Now I know. | ||
== March 2014 == | == March 2014 == | ||
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The music clicks beneath the gun<br> | The music clicks beneath the gun<br> | ||
Everything’s blood and all is well | Everything’s blood and all is well | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 3/26/14 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== [[Walls of Stone (poem)]] ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''For NP'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Wrap me in thin walls of stone<br> | ||
+ | And build them up like growing trees<br> | ||
+ | Behind the granite of my heart<br> | ||
+ | I lock away humanity | ||
+ | |||
+ | I cannot feel or I will break<br> | ||
+ | I cannot realize what I’ve done<br> | ||
+ | The more I push and come awake<br> | ||
+ | The more I end what I’ve begun | ||
+ | |||
+ | == September 2015 == | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 9/9/15 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== [[In Our Bones (poem)]] ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | We built cities in our bones<br> | ||
+ | Placed our hopes on iron thrones<br> | ||
+ | Watched them wander off, windblown<br> | ||
+ | From our hearts we’d set in stone | ||
+ | |||
+ | == August 2014 == | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 8/18/14 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== [[The Longest Road (poem)]] ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here at the end of the longest road<br> | ||
+ | I find you standing waiting for me<br> | ||
+ | As though you knew from the moment I left<br> | ||
+ | Where I would wander and there you'd be | ||
+ | |||
+ | I wound my way through the wilderness<br> | ||
+ | Crouched on the bluffs of lands now lost<br> | ||
+ | I put my lips to the salty sea<br> | ||
+ | Here on the road, we measure the cost | ||
+ | |||
+ | Beneath dry trees I made my bed<br> | ||
+ | And lit the night with my kindled fire<br> | ||
+ | Beneath the stars I mapless wandered<br> | ||
+ | Clambered up stones and then climbed higher | ||
+ | |||
+ | I had no path and refused to plan<br> | ||
+ | I set my face toward the loneliest hill<br> | ||
+ | So why do you face me with that faint smile<br> | ||
+ | How did you know to await me here | ||
+ | |||
+ | I see the stars behind your head<br> | ||
+ | Spinning as though they are prone to laugh<br> | ||
+ | I feel the dust sinking into my throat<br> | ||
+ | I take your hand and lean on your staff | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here at the end of the longest road<br> | ||
+ | I found you standing waiting for me<br> | ||
+ | Together we face a wild horizon<br> | ||
+ | Stretching before us endlessly | ||
+ | |||
+ | == December 2016 == | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 12/27/16 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== [[Light is the Load (poem)]] ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | === 12/29/16 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== [[Prayer 003 (poem)]] ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | As God is my witness<br> | ||
+ | And God is my grace,<br> | ||
+ | May light of His love<br> | ||
+ | Shine bright through my face,<br> | ||
+ | Through my eyes and my hands—<br> | ||
+ | Be a light in this place |
Latest revision as of 19:32, 21 October 2018
Contents
2002
10/3/02
Flower in the Rain
Petals weighted down
Sparkling with diamond droplets
Flower in the rain
Beckoning Light
The light calls all souls
Who will hear and listen too
They will find the truth
Bright Star
Dot of light above
Shining down on sleeping souls
Watching over us
First Light
Whisper of promise
The sun breaks the horizon
An eagle takes flight
Life Gave Me Roses
Life gave me roses
Take the beauty with the thorns
You must pay the price
A Turbulent Sea
Whirlpool of colors
Swirling sea of emotion
Deep within the heart
Rose of Sharon
A blood-red Rose falls
Trampled, withered, lost for sure
He will rise again
Within Us
Burning deep inside
My piece of Godly nature
Christ that lives within
Autumn Leaves
Green leaves turn golden
Falling from age-old trees
To return in spring
Fairy Passing By
Rainbow wings of light
Pixie dust and sunshine
Golden wind; she’s gone
Birth
Silver moon rising
Life and love and moonlit glow
The wolf pups were born
11/11/02
Freeze
White snow and frost cold
Heaven cries tonight with rain
Tomorrow finds ice
Sunshine
Light smiles in my soul
A brand new day before me
The sun is shining
You Will Reach the Other Side
Rainbow follows rain
Green spring days follow winter
Dawn follows midnight
Clouds on a Summer Day
The white puffy clouds
Lined with silver and with gold
Floating lazily
White Beauty
Tall, majestic fir
Green needles hidden by snow
Draped in thick blanket
Butterfly
Colored rainbow wings
Like a bright flying flower
Floating on the wind
Heart Rain
Beauty in the tears
Light refracting crystal drops
Rainbow in the air
A Higher Will
I will surrender
In ev'ry part of my life
Because God knows best
The Lesser Light
The moon is rising
Trees outlined in silver glow
Bathed in gentle light
In For the Night
The sun is setting
Mother hen gathers her chicks
Warmth against the night
Cleansing
Cover the black earth
Bright white snow of purity
Falling gently down
August 2005
8/20/05
Desert Rose
A single bloom grows
In the midst of desert gold
One lone splash of red
July 2009
7/29/09
He is Fire; He is Pain (poem)
For J and K
he is fire, he is pain
sorrow burns, she fans the flame
fire aches beneath his skin
pain has scarred him for his sin
burn the world and come within
April 2010
Undated
Ember (poem)
For Trish
gather the angels of the winds of heaven
for the warrior rides forth with no master
and the fires shall bear no restraint
the arrow is drawn from the quiver
sped through the burning of hearts only faster
bloodying with its taint
from the dark and the light and the casting of thunder
ridden with power, tremulous, hidden
sacred the circle of pain
from sweetness and brightness, the singing of bleakness
unwoven, unraveled, in mystery bidden
to walk in the falling of rain
from the bright’ning byres of flaming rebirth
from phoenix fires and death unsung
ring in the day the earth will rue
the wings of heaven lie tattered and riven
cast, like old gods, to the earth and wrung
to make the worlds anew
November 2012
11/14/12
The Darkness Cleave (poem)
For J and K
When the fires of love ignited and burned,
I realized all I had ever learned
Could not compare to the wings in me
When your hand touched mine and set them free:
I never knew quite how to fly,
But I know the physics of a frozen cry,
Of weary feet on a darkened road,
Of stinging warmth to a heart gone cold;
I know the taste of the oft-betrayed,
Sweet and bitter when pain's delayed.
Vestigial wings the darkness cleave,
And all I know is how to leave:
Burn the tears until diamonds shatter;
Light the road with flames that matter;
Kindling be and burn in the dark—
Sacrifice this worthless heart.
Where I would fall and into shards,
You gather me up like a deck of cards.
Fallen phoenix from ashen grim
The fingers sew and scissors trim.
Who from blood can a butterfly make,
Who can heal and make it take?
Who can bind the broken things?
Who can break what makes them me,
Can mend the wings and mend the quick—
Broken and bloody, bruised and slick?
I want to run from this spell you weave,
But I've forgotten how to leave.
Then I choose my path anew
(I'd do it all again for you):
Burn the road 'til it lights the dark;
Stretch these wings with ashen mark;
Whisper words you would not hear
Softly, gently upon your ear.
The fires of love I understand;
The wings I leave within your hand.
11/26/12
Shards of Heart (poem)
For J and K
No one ever told me
Whispers shatter walls,
Silence shatters hearts,
Shards of heart make life as glass
Where once it flowed
Like sand upon the path,
Filling every crack,
Reshaped by every breath
Of wind, by every step—
Painless. Now I know.
March 2014
3/6/14
Everything’s Blood and All is Well (poem)
For C and N
Written under, the wires crossed
The symphony begins to swell
One, two, three and red on my bones
Everything’s blood and all is well
Waltz with war and tango death
Fate is but the archer’s eye
The reverie begins to play
Everything’s blood; let arrows fly
I breathe your blood, I bleed my name
We’re lost within a sea of red
Your name is written in my bones
Everything’s blood where angels fled
Fired until we cannot break
Mark the clock for time will tell
The music clicks beneath the gun
Everything’s blood and all is well
3/26/14
Walls of Stone (poem)
For NP
Wrap me in thin walls of stone
And build them up like growing trees
Behind the granite of my heart
I lock away humanity
I cannot feel or I will break
I cannot realize what I’ve done
The more I push and come awake
The more I end what I’ve begun
September 2015
9/9/15
In Our Bones (poem)
We built cities in our bones
Placed our hopes on iron thrones
Watched them wander off, windblown
From our hearts we’d set in stone
August 2014
8/18/14
The Longest Road (poem)
Here at the end of the longest road
I find you standing waiting for me
As though you knew from the moment I left
Where I would wander and there you'd be
I wound my way through the wilderness
Crouched on the bluffs of lands now lost
I put my lips to the salty sea
Here on the road, we measure the cost
Beneath dry trees I made my bed
And lit the night with my kindled fire
Beneath the stars I mapless wandered
Clambered up stones and then climbed higher
I had no path and refused to plan
I set my face toward the loneliest hill
So why do you face me with that faint smile
How did you know to await me here
I see the stars behind your head
Spinning as though they are prone to laugh
I feel the dust sinking into my throat
I take your hand and lean on your staff
Here at the end of the longest road
I found you standing waiting for me
Together we face a wild horizon
Stretching before us endlessly
December 2016
12/27/16
Light is the Load (poem)
12/29/16
Prayer 003 (poem)
As God is my witness
And God is my grace,
May light of His love
Shine bright through my face,
Through my eyes and my hands—
Be a light in this place