As sunset-lit moon rises up in the sky While its colored dimness grows beautifully bright, So we who belong to the King reigning high, From glory to glory increase in Your light. We’re reflections of You, Lord, with faces unveiled, Beholding the glory of God in this place, Displaying for others a glory much paled […]
Category: Poetry
I Dare You
[Note: I found this a couple of days ago. I have no idea WHEN exactly I wrote it. Maybe Sept. 2005 or July 2008. I don’t even remember writing it, except I seem to have just ranted on paper, put it in a Word doc, formatted it, and then emailed it to myself so I […]
Shooting Star
I watch from afar The bright shooting star Streaming across the night, Heart in my throat, I’m watching it float With brilliantly flaming light. This time I know, Although I’ve been slow, That I have to let it fly free. No catching its tail (It really is frail), But I trust Creator to see. I […]
Whose I Am
I have a lot of anger inside me— Anger that my bible-quoting father could parade his religion to the world, Then abuse his family behind closed doors, Anger that an idyllic life could be shattered by a man Who didn’t believe in committed, unconditional love or faithfulness, Anger that my children have been torn from […]
Ode To A Winter Night
Cold winter night sky, you draw me Up into the crystal clarity that seems So far from where I am on the inside. Even when the city lights obscure the stars With their occasional brilliant glee peeping through, The blackness between the bare branches Offers an internal security blanket. I could stare… all night… Letting […]
Humble Men
Society is saturated beyond a capacity to absorb Another drop of Jesus— Heard the message preached at them over and over Until inoculation was complete. Culture repels the efforts of a half-hearted church… A church convinced of its own worthiness Painted white panels against a background Colored by the unrighteousness of the common populace While […]
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Never quite know what to say these days, Some wisp of a thought floats by and I snatch it with desperation like a starving man Grasping the crumbs under the long-cleared banquet table. The wealth of easy creativity with words seems a distant dream, The faint echo of the foghorn heard round the bend downstream. […]
Re-Center My Soul, Lord Jesus
Re-Center My Soul, Lord Jesus My day is filled with this conversation or that piece of paper Emails bombard me, the phone interrupts me, Everyone needs something as quickly as possible… Then five o’clock comes and I fight traffic to get home, By six if I’m lucky. Only my evening rapidly crowds in on me […]
Give Pause…
Give pause… The morning light peeks over the horizon To break up the shadows of night Till day takes its place and the sun Leaps up into the open expanse. Give pause… The clouds turn dark and dense with rain Breaking in with renewal and life-giving moisture As thunder and lightning speak, “Holy, Holy, Holy,” […]
Are We Done Yet?
It’s nice to know I’m listened to, and read and understood– At least that’s what they tell me all the time. But I can think of only one who speaks his mind (and should) That I don’t prompt for feedback on a rhyme. I go along and write a verse or poem here and there […]