Poetry Feb 25, 2011

Wasted

I’m here again, Lord, Wasted at your feet, Spent in grief and sorrow, Still clinging… Somehow. I feel like the woman With the issue of blood… Years deep in this insanity Some would call my life. I need you desperately! This healing thing takes forever. Though I reach for you, Though I touch your robe, […]

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Poetry Jan 6, 2011

Source (8/11/10)

The fresh fire of Your presence Ever tries me, and purifies me. The warm wind of Your Spirit Comforts sorrow, restores tomorrow. The sweet scent of Your mercy Never ceases, ever increases. _____________________ Lord, You are my source. You lift me up. You let me sing. Lord, You are my life. You are my Christ. […]

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Poetry Jan 6, 2011

Because (7/15/2010)

I lay before God—awed, amazed, abashed at who He is. This vast, uncreated being fills the expanse of the universes Yet reaches down in compassion to come dwell within me— Drawing me, teaching me, leading me in paths of righteousness, Because He says, “…I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked. I only […]

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Poetry Dec 21, 2010

If I Could Write

If I could write, I’d tell of all I know, Which isn’t much, for all I have to show. This sense of self inside of me, This thing that drives me to be free, Is just a formless mass of feelings, though… I try to write the deeper things inside. Though most of me prefers […]

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Poetry Dec 2, 2010

Shadows On The Water

I stand, anger in hand, covered in The tattered remains of my self-worth. The futility of banging my fist against The stone wall of another’s hostility and unforgiveness Leaves me breathless and beaten and worn, Wondering when, or if, things will change. No matter how big the anger or How hard the beating, Things remain […]

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