Poetry

In just an instant
All that we thought we knew
Changed
With a single heartbeat
Shared in that instant
Following a gaze ...

If I were to close my eyes
If I were to breathe in the timeless essence
If I were to take a moment to touch you
As no one has ever touched you
Since before time began
If I were to close my eyes ...

Where love is alive
It will always persevere
God will show the way

Humble me, oh Lord
On bent knees I beseech you
Guide me in your way

He always wondered
From whence the quest, the need, the constant longing
The want of MORE
Derived
Even as a child
More fun, more sweets, more attention ...

Surveying
A landscape that stretches
Past forever
Into eternity
He soars
Just beneath the cumulous clouds ...

None can ever steal
The joy in my soul
Knowing your goodness
Your grace makes me whole
Lift me, sweet Jesus
Let your breath be my flight ...

Your holy presence
Fills this temple in true love
Flowing majesty

That moment of joy
I saw on your face
Filled me with hope
That love could restore
Two hearts that were bruised
Would beat strong again ...

Guide me to the hidden path
Sacred home of peace
Show me your true blessings
From doubt, grant me release
Guide me to the place
Where light removes the dark ...

Teach me to forgive
Let me lay down all I am
Heal me in your love

Abundant possibilities
Flow from the warmest hearts
Fire of the ancients
Fuels the blazing desires
Innocent intents
Demanding the greatest gifts ...

My need increases
In my surrender to you
Let both grow in love

Cloudburst from the sky
Let the rains flood over me
Love’s living water

I’ll chase you in the morning
Pursue you every day
My love grows stronger with each word
In all I hear you say
The arrows of my love
Are flaming in desire ...

Creation’s great hand
Holding us in peace
Majestic beauty dawning
His glory will never cease
Alive in salvation’s grace
In the temple of one heart ...

You came from your golden throne
To spend some time with me
Bathed in your great love
Tasting divinity
Jesus, my best friend
Brother and teacher of love ...

The colors saturated
All the horizon
My entire view
Of a world
Alive with intent
Teeming with wonders ...

If only things would stay simple
If only things didn’t have to change
My way is sabotage, my lover is grief
The sadness deep inside is a river from a past
Never released, never freed
My friend is sabotage, my companion, grief ...

In this pleasing moment
All peace pervades
With each inward breath
With each smile witnessed
I watch over each soul
Hold every heart in my hands ...

I find an empty bench
A precious commodity
Facing the promenade
Of beautiful passersby
The gulls call out
Their shadows sometimes pass ...

Frozen in winter
We shared our last kiss goodbye
Spring broke the sadness

Just a short glance
And I am enthralled
In your bright beauty
In your shining innocence
You are the perfection
The feminine creation ...

Unmistakable
Is the utter strength
Of your depth
Is the vast glory
Of your beauty
Is the undeniable pull ...

In the miracle of forgiveness
The whole world is seen in peace
In the perfection of love
Granted the grace of release
In the wonder of true hope
We walk as children of light ...

Come, sweet lover, fill my heart with you
Come, bright light, flood my soul with more
Come, holy essence, merge with me tonight
Come to me, oh lover, touch my very core

Where dreams are given form
From the birthplace of emotions
The soul is fed
In the wonders of experience
The true and final moments
Rise on the quantum waves ...

This veneer of happy bliss
Is about to dissolve
Leaving the real and true me
Screaming for escape
Screaming for death
I have been awakened ...

Creator, Power, Strength, Father
Giver, Lover, Peace, Mother
Savior, Teacher, Compassion, Son
Explorer, innocence, awe, child
God of all creation
God of flowing love ...

God’s holy words
Flow from his hands
Instrument of love
Touching the lands
God’s holy calling
Fills him with light ...

Oh great risen Lord
We sing and rejoice
Filled in your majesty
Salvation’s bold choice
Alive in your love
At home in your grace ...

The angel came and sat next to me
on the swiveling desk chair in my
office. We sat in silence for a few
moments, watching the leaves, the
young light green spring leaves,
blowing in a spring breeze. I felt ...

a tentative glance
into the bright midday sun
smiling in darkness

In an instant
This very instant
They both knew
Colliding thoughts
Losing control
In an instant ...

In the end, it doesn’t really matter. What was
the reason for the split? Who was really
at fault? In the end, all that matters is all
that’s left. And all that’s left, in reality,
in truth, are the memories… The memories
and the echoes of emotions – all the ...

Abounding moments of joy
In the giggle of the children
Living in the memories of each of us
Residing in the place of forever light
Unending feelings of peace
In the knowledge of the perfection ...

creation's colors
glorious show in the sky
the canvas of god

Touched by your grace
Alive in your peace
In your pure love
We’re granted release
Darkness has left
Replaced by the light ...

Driving into the resort
Memories flooded back
One summer day
It still kept him warm
It ended with a feast
They ate and ate ...

An end to winter
With the first hints of spring’s warmth
New hopes on the way

miraculous beginnings
life begins again
renewal of our love
in God’s most splendid grace
a blossoming of passions
exploding in spring’s glories ...

I asked the llama what I thought was a simple question.
What is love?
You see, I thought that llamas were wise and well traveled folk.
I believed they had tasted enough of the world’s grasses
From both the lowlands and the highlands
In both the warm and cooler seasons. ...

He knew the tastes
Of chocolate and cherries
Of divinity and fate
Of yesterday and today
He knew the uniqueness
Of majestic sunsets ...