Brilliant Iris

I saw the sun the other morning Peeking through a crevasse in the clouds Like a brilliant iris of light, (Too bright to see the color) Staring through the vast, dark grey eyelids. Even when the sun rose to its hidden place Behind the upper mass of moisture, The brightness of that spot drew my […]

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Moving On

On a cold May afternoon, When the sky was dark and gray, And my heart was filled with gloom From the long and dreary day, I was waiting for a word In my wrought-up frame of mind, But the message that I heard Said, “Keep moving. There’s no time. Holy Spirit’s on the move Spread […]

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Giving Up The Sin Within

I’ve been a quiet angry mass Of seething feelings, shattered glass, And though I seemed a peaceful soul Within me was a great big hole Where at some point in my dismay, I tried to hide myself away. But it has been a brutal bout— A battle huge within, without. For though I tried to […]

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