Poetry

Strength to walk for hours
Finding beauty wherever you look
Magnificently divine
Feminine beauty, seizing life
You capture my wanting heart
Again and again each day ...

As a beam of light moves from its origin
To a place that absorbs its energy
So, my love for you is true and bright
It will not waver or stray from its line
As the fragrance of a summer rose
Is given with increase to the receiver ...

Blissful moments floating in love
Passion driving the lovers’ thoughts
Engulfed in the fires’ holy flames
Sacred drifters melding in the waves
Beyond the mystery’s great touch
At ecstasy’s gate and well beyond ...

Ambient sounds
Of a life lived in small moments
Alive today
In contentment
Random sights
Of a walker on the path ...

He didn’t fool anyone
He had been changed by her
A sailor for decades on the ancient sea
She flowed through still his veins
He stood at the helm
Of the class of his peers ...

For just an instant
As they shared a waxing breath
The knew only love

Beneath her smooth appearance
Under what the world sees
Mystic enchantress shines bright
Hues and rhythms follow her
Held in the most ancient draws
He is captive in her mystery ...

Innocent seductress
Tasting divinity’s harsh spices
Touching all who look on
Inflaming their hidden passions
The effect she has
On all that witness her light ...

There was a chill in the air
That early September morning
Curtis increased his speed
Just a step
To keep pace with the blond
Tall and lean, dressed warmly ...

Seeds of vast change
Swallowed in the hallowed hall
A typical summer day
A typical chair
A typical man
Atypical seeds ...

Instantaneous revelations
Accepting this moment of grace
Glory’s great perfection
Creation’s wondrous face
Alive in the dawning shades
Magnificent, colorful sight ...

In the softened hearts
And the brightened thoughts
God is ever-present
Providence is pervasive
To see less than perfect divinity
To be trapped in the mire of fear ...

“Happy” is not the word I would use to describe these
moments in our love. They are far beyond happy, beyond even
joyful. There are so many defining moments
in our growing and melding and divinely touched
relationship. I remember the joy we shared
in an amusement park, watching a show, a ...

Long months of winter’s dark pangs
Left him standing at this moment of choice
Alone with his strangled thoughts
Holding these fearful new beliefs
He wondered again in the cold wind
“How had he again lost his way?” ...

Relieved of your sadness
You are filled in my love
Comforted in gladness
Soothed by angels, above
The perfection of grace
The holy instant, now ...

Leap into forgiveness
Be enlivened in perfect love
Find the grace of this instant
Revel in my glory, divine
The speed of your thoughts
Will carry you to safety ...

How long must it take
to make a decision
to leap back into
the comforting hand of God?
Does the fear of this dark longing
hold me in the chains of loss and ...

The words that long to be said
Cannot find their way out.
The thoughts that fill my heart
Refuse to find the light of the mind.
Rehearsing for hours, I was
sure I knew my longings. ...

gratefully reading
the words of your heart
beautiful and glorious
divinely shared art
the beauty of you
set forth from your hands ...

A life of rage and fury
It would surely end the next day
No more taste of blood
To the monstrous villain’s dismay
So when it came the time to choose
The last meal that I would enjoy ...

A calming moment
Sitting on a concrete bench
The stillness broken only
By the songs of the birds in the trees overhead
A place of great peace
Flowing from this willing heart ...

This ring on my finger
I can’t seem to take it off
So many wonderful days
Alive in the vows that we made and kept
I struggle to remember your face
But still remember clearly ...

Can’t you hear me screaming?
There was a time I was whole.
There was a time my life was full.
Then, one day, everything changed.
Under the spell of the wonder of love,
Drawn to your essence, I am the helpless moth. ...

You heard a bell
You heard the clang
The rhythmic swells
The soul’s deep pang
A song of joy
The angels sang ...

Opening to me
Great gift of your soft petals
Your body is alive
Your body is a fresh flower
Opening to me
Mixing in sacred embrace ...

“She fills my whole world,” he told his mother, Jan.
“She’s my beginning, middle, and ending.”
Logan couldn’t contain his enthusiastic joy;
It shone very clearly in his expression.
“Every day, I wake up a little more in love,
a little more sure.” He paused and looked toward ...

Standing amongst the towering giants
He sees in the distance a branch move
Awakened from the meditative trance
One with the breeze, gentle and smooth
Raising his awareness, reaching for the sky
Seeking God in each and every thought ...

She prepared for several moments,
To leave the binding constraints of physics;
Focused on the space in her vision,
Where objects move from solid to blur.
Traveler on the timeless, windless winds,
Beckoned by the music between the notes, ...

Closer than comfortable,
Jake was excited,
And yet unnerved.
By her presence.
She told him her name was Millicent;
He was surprised at the gentle feel ...

Glory of Your face
Shining on Your child
Peaceful, heavenly grace
Tender, calm and mild
Holy Father, come
Touch me deep within ...

He paused to marvel at all the blackbirds
that had gathered this chilly and early morning.
Nick remembered the robin Julie had nursed
back to life. She was so kind and compassionate
and free. He recalled a life that was full of
joy and hope; it had only lasted a season, a ...

From the midst of the silent song
Between the notes with no sound
There, exists the real peace
Waiting forever to be found
Where love and passion merge
Excited in the creation of glee ...

Strolling down the quiet road
Tasting the beauty of the changing leaves
I step in front of you quickly and turn
Pause and gaze into your deep blue eyes
We were destined to be together
Since before our love found its start ...

Finding the balance
Between foundation and flight
Building the bridge
Allowing the flow
Placing the characters
Arriving at subtle change ...

To reach into the dark realms
And pull out the eternal wisdom
To step into the memories
Of the ancient builders of time
To read the hearts of passersby
And touch them with a kiss ...

Outside the window of my home,
I see the world moving and flowing;
It is beautiful, wonderful, pleasant,
And yet, it is empty of real significance.
When I assign value to what I see,
It is indeed my assignment I perceive; ...

Well of living waters
Sustain us in the flow
Satisfy our cravings
Be every thought we know
Glory streams each moment
From hearts of love and light ...

Rippling waters flowing
Glorious light streams
Touches the growing heart
And the river below
Breathe in the warmth
Of a day granted to all ...

A single tear is the dam
That holds back a mighty flowing river
Such suffering surrounds us today
Such misery in the hearts of those we pass
In the dawning instant of true love
A butterfly floats by with grace ...

Over and over and over again
Beauty that fills me to the core
Moving me in gracious love
Each day feeling more and more
Joy and love, peace and wonder
Perfect smile that warms my soul ...

Though trials are set before you
The Love of God is ever available
Though hardships cross your path
The Love of God is ever true
In the deepest midst of the hottest fire
The Love of God is a cooling salve ...

As I wait for the phone to ring
I do my best
To live life without you
I eat and sleep and go for walks
Work every day
Converse with my children ...

Suffuse, gentle, omniscient
Rising from a fallen world
Forever’s distant opulence
Alive in subtle visions
Ball of great red fire
Touching the chilling winds ...