Poetry

Come, Lord Jesus
Fill our lives with you
Your glory shines from heaven
Open our eyes, anew
Come, Lord Jesus
Let faith and hope flow free ...

When in delusion
The deluded cannot see
Hence, the delusion

Humble me, my God
I am not worthy to see your holy face
Your might is far beyond
All that any could conceive
Humble me, oh God
Burn away my reluctance to surrender ...

Strolling on the fresh beams of starshine
Rhythmic refractions synchronize with the next
Beat of the touching hearts
Sharing a listening
  to the room filled in the
  syncopated beats ...

In love for all time
Great glory divine
Shown wonders and signs
To grace, we resign
Your heavenly light
Filling our sight ...

On a beach with white sand
He feels her kind eyes
And the power of God's hand
No pretense, no guise
In the depths of her eyes
He sees God's great gift ...

Breathing in each fateful moment
Drinking in full cups of light
Tasting the beauty of this and each day
Love flows in each moment of you
Wonderfully kind and refreshing
Your voice is warm milk to my soul ...

From whence came the elephant
The birthplace also of the tiny shrew
Contrasts of large and also small
Dark and light, old and new
Cats and birds and young red fowl
Cawing and purring and singing along ...

As the crows bespoke their heartfelt and kindred song
Kindled hearts of the forty-four lost crickets sang along
In merriment and twists of ubiquitous beginnings
The lass looked with awe at an expansive blue sky
Urging summer winds blew inexplicably cold
As the gazelles and rhinoceroses grew increasingly old ...

Earthen beginnings
Ornamental wanderings
Together in certain fate
Two forever joined
Oaths shared in faith
Providence looking on ...

Simplicity grows
As wisdom is forgotten
Innocence regained

Gently caressing the beach
Waves of your love touch me
I am each tiny grain
The sand under your feet
Moments of kind suppleness
Peace pervades my soul ...

alone in this once darkened room
awaken the terror of gloom
salvation of one perfect child
peaceful and perfect and mild
gone in the blink of an eye
no clear apparent cause why ...

In but a blink of God’s eye, all life in majesty was created
In but a blink of your eye, all life comes crashing down
The endless empty dark chasms, the void without meaning
Opens in the instant of the life-changing and inexplicable blink
The blink that changes all we believe we know
The blink that ends the comfort of knowing he will be there ...

When the days turn colder
And I’m feeling much older
When my list grows short
I’ll make the time to rest
When the nights were longer
I felt much stronger ...

Open the locked recesses of this old dusty chest
Take the key from the deepest place within
Find the old passphrase in the leather-bound volumes
The secret to all waits on your readiness
Pause to give attention to the universal details
Ten thousand thoughts rushing by with fervor ...

Vibrant, voluptuous, such
brilliance in their hues
The artisans spent countless decades
improving the views
From the harsh wooden benches
brown, impersonal pews ...

From the ashes,
I have risen,
watered by your living love.
From the burnt wasteland
of so many yesterdays,
I find the hope ...

The elevator, stuck for an hour
The appetite, it wants to devour
A sweet, some tart, or even something sour
As the others on the lift look dour
I pet the furry cat by the wall
He looks up with eyes bright, but small ...

in the wonder of abundance
the robin sings her pleasing song
exuding great love and oneness
where nothing can e’er be wrong
alive in the peace of the moment
possibilities but a thought away ...

Fire from the darkened skies
Rain from the heavenly realms
Immerse me in Your Sacred Love
Tell me Your secret names
Enmeshed in Your Great Glory
Alive in the Scalding White Heat ...

Through the dirty windows
The sun, this morning, shone
Woke me from my slumber
To this new day, unknown
A song was in my mind
A gift from my last dream ...

From an endless stream of yesterdays
the river bends and twists and flows;
each droplet of water is part of the whole -
they, together, move the flow ever forward.
Fed by rains, brooks, streams, and gullies,
the mighty river rises and falls, sees and knows; ...

Quietly, I sit and listen to the world.
Outside my open windows, many sounds
Bounce and flow. As I feel the slight breeze,
I hear the sounds of nature, and a waking world
of building activity.
There is the cry of a crow; he begs for the ...

Thankfulness flows
from the one who remembers;
he walked in the great misery,
the bold suffering of his heart.
Lost then his way,
so many years ago; ...

In blackness
He rides the rising tides of evil
Devoid of all colors
But the color of colorlessness
Black moods, black magic
Bleak nights, black skies ...

All the world still breathes
Even when my breath is caught
In endless breezes

Wishes in a fountain
For love reborn, anew
Wishes of a heart
Seeking love, most true
Alive in this new chapter
Still flowing as the brook ...

Genuinely human
Perfectly divine
Living in truth
Brilliantly shine
Lover of life
Each wondrous day ...

The furthest flung mysteries
Come again into view
As the sage reawakens
And sees through eyes, open
Amazing possibilities
Manifest in a thought ...

With the end of love
Comes a chance to find the truth
That love never ends

A bit unbelievable
The last chapter’s end
Surprised by the suddenness
And the lack of my surprise
Solace in a cloudy day
The drama, an unwelcome guest ...

Coasting for a time
Down life’s wide and crooked lane
Remaking the view

Quietly walking
Selflessly giving
Daily persevering
Serving us all
Brother of beauty
Created in grace ...

Preparing for the moment
When I will see your face
Bright, shining, potent, perfect, divine
Overwhelmed as anticipation builds
Recalling many lessons
Readying for the great instant ...

Deep within the winding thoughts
There, the truest mysteries hide
Open the sacred chest of old
And risk to look at what’s inside
Only love and hope exist
To he who chooses to believe ...

Yesterday’s trials
Burned away by the bright sun
Of each dawning day

Secure in his flight
Rider on the constant winds
Hawk flies through his days
Looks then to the east
Prompted by fate’s gentle breeze
Changes his intent ...

Insanity blossoms from the soil of love
Watered by the daily rains of his tears
Fed by the dark rays of the longing sun
Alone in the terror of his greatest fears
Helpless to move from his small clay pot
Planted in freshness seven seasons ago ...

Bliss, joy, ecstasy
Kindness, compassion, love
Faith, trust, and hope
All gifts of God above
Anger, fear, lack
Impatience, judgment, greed ...

a bird sings to me
the wisdom of all is learned
from unspoken words

ordinary views
seen through eyes of a poet
the world springs to life

seven sacred words
love, hope, joy, faith, trust, life’s walk
all lead to true peace