Song For M This Morning

I’ve opened my eyes to uncertain skiesI know you have as wellAnd try as we may and try as we mustTo hold to each other and the One that we trustIn time my angel the iron will rustAnd the vines will creep over the bell Oh, but the thing that you always did bringThat I … Continue reading Song For M This Morning

Prayer in 140 Characters

Thank you for my tiny life Lord Jesus ChristMy little group of friends, our manageable affairsThank you for the courage to face our shared mortalitiesThank you for inside jokesThank you for an abundance of personality in a small sample sizeThank you for this blessed life

Tuned Out It Wasn’t Me

I heard the tuned and hammered stringStrike out a note that I could singIn that moment I would bringA voice among the choir I harmonize in David’s chord!A thought my head could not affordThe Devil, friends, does not get boredWaiting by the fire Soon I sang another strainOf voices only in my brainIf I’ve a … Continue reading Tuned Out It Wasn’t Me

Song Written In Five Minutes of Uh-Oh

Song for a diagnosisSong for a spidey-senseThings ain’t right ‘n it ain’t the lightIt’s a bodily decompense The odometer’s pushingWay past the warranty cushionI can’t say it comes as a shockGet the paperwork inNotify next of kinNothing left but to run out the clock I wish I could sayI had my dayBut the truth is … Continue reading Song Written In Five Minutes of Uh-Oh

Four Stanzas In A Minute Of Panic

Another friend called With little time left After the Fall Every thought is a theft Seeded on Sunday A knock at the door Fangs in a nightmare Neck in a claw Who comes to help? Rapists as Saints Hand on the Holy Book Dripping white paint Facing the Altar Facing the Cross Some yet won’t … Continue reading Four Stanzas In A Minute Of Panic

Water Heart and Seed

If you live your life like it was held for ransom every time some shadow rolls across your heart You’ll pay and pray plead with your captor But you’ll cry alone in the dark If you live your life like a bursting fountain water for the garden all the flowers and the weeds You’ll see … Continue reading Water Heart and Seed

An Explanation?

On its face at first blush It’s just crazy enough If it were a lark it would fly To be howling within Round a ravenous sin While the face is a whitewashed lie * On its face at first blush You might not feel its touch At its core it just tastes with your eye … Continue reading An Explanation?

Let Your Yes Be Yes

Let your yes be yes Let your no be no Anything more than this Is danger to your soul Will His guiding light Go dim as shadows grow Oh will he abandon us? No and no and no Speak His name in Truth And you will be blessed Is God One Person in a Trinity? … Continue reading Let Your Yes Be Yes