Saturday, January 05, 2008
Dear Mom
She’s counting the days
It’s apparent in her eyes
Makes me uneasy to know and realize
Memories are what we leave behind
She’s counting the hours
Till I have to say good-bye
Wish that we could wander
To a shore unrecognized
the welcome in her words
causes me to pause and for a moment
I can linger to a place where I’m younger . . .
She loves me no matter what I do
She believes in my journey wandering through
No matter the path I may choose
She loves me
she’s pausing through pictures
remembering the days
when we were younger
wearing a stubbornness & haze
she’s dreaming of daytimes
the silence carries weight
of a history so rich
and the future left in haste
choices we were made to live
though sometimes looking back
there was regret and love defiled
She loves me no matter what I do
She believes in my journey wandering through
No matter the path I may choose
She loves me
I will honor who she is and is in me
By giving this unending love to the ones given to be
all the heavens will align and set us all free
with arms spread wide, my mother says she’s so proud of me
Trust - Nov. 2004
I can’t tell you what tomorrow may bring
Could be sadness or tears of joy
Though what lies ahead is hidden
You see everything before its known
I will trust you for always
This day is in your hands
I will trust you for your ways
Are higher and pure
Your ways are wiser, good and true
I will trust you
Time will tell of your goodness here
All this pain will fade
Though these tears fill up my eyes
You know all my pain
I put my trust in you
Though there’s darkness everywhere
I put my hope in you alone
You give me freedom
I look to you, my only strength
Your goodness brings me life
How could I desire anything
But what you have for me
Since I trust in you – you can only give the best
How could I try to walk away
When all I want is you alone
It’s your love that covers me
2004 Harpopotamus Music, BMI
(November at Twin Peaks retreat center – facing major changes)
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Never would I have thought
These bones would find this place
Surrounded by four walls
With a story to erase
Candlelit shadows flicker on the forlorn scope
Yet I’m awake past the hour of what’s reasonable
This is not my home
On and on the deception played out
In the spur of the moment
In the destruction of coercion
I reached for a hand
Yet it was not my home
How did I get here exactly?
It’s all such a blur
How did I take the hand
Of the devil and concur?
How did I land where the soil is so dry?
How did I harbor in fear fused with a lie,
This is not my home
On and on the deception played out
In the spur of the moment
In the destruction of coercion
I reached for a hand
Yet it was not my home
Waiting for transcending hope
My eyes look to the sky
Knowing your forgiveness
No need to understand why
This story. . . I had known
Beyond all the passion once stowed
There’s a solace of strength
In the bosom of the bounty
In Christ, my abode
Redeeming Love, I am home
Redeeming Love, I am home
Monday, April 23, 2007
Island to Shore
Though eyes are open
They don't seem to see
Darkness seems to cover
The essence of the need
It's there he can hide
In the surreal - the solitary
What sustains on this island
What swirls in this heart
Though hands are loving
They don't seem to move toward another
Though hearts are willing
They don't seem to feel
How you seem to enjoy your island
The place of solitude where you linger
What is it that thrills you there
Or is it you feel free from care
How you gleam within your moment
I stand alone on my island
Wondering if you see my smile
Wishing to be near you for awhile
Yet near you is never enough
As near you is all you allow
I wish to be within you to know your soul
The place you bring no one
This is the place I long to be one with you
Will my thirst ever be quenched
Will my hunger ever be satiated
Or will I remain here hoping you crave this love
from my island to yours
Some days you swim to my shore and harbor for awhile
Times of bliss
Moments I crave
When your eyes are no longer solo
Yet melding with mine
At times I feel you see the heart within
Yet I turn away
The tug of war is
I want to stay forever with your eyes
Melting into mine
Your soul in union with mine
Come to my harbor and swim for awhile
Let it linger
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Your Heart For A Stone
You traded your heart for a stone
Guess it was easier to choose
The path of least resistance
You traded your kindness for alone
Perhaps the frown was safer than the smile
I admit I stopped looking for you
I tried enough to say I tried
Then I lost my courage and ran to hide
Oh, could it have been different
Or is this where we’re to be where we were meant to be
You traded your heart for a stone
Has that been easier to harden alone
You jaded what was fragile
You placated what was stabile
Until there was nothing left to muster
Nothing left to squander or save
I throw my hands up and surrender
Wave my white flag alone
You traded your broken heart for a stone
You traded your wounded heart for a stone
You liked it better that way
If only I could’ve loved you to healing
If only I could’ve looked past myself enough to see
You were loving me, you were loving me
Instead I traded your heart for a stone
Don't Belong Here
I don’t belong here
Just doesn’t seem right
I don’t belong here
Just feel out of place
I can’t seem to see clearly
There are too many obstacles blocking the view
From me to you
Gonna take the train outa here
Gonna leave so fast you’ll wonder where
And what became of us
I don’t know
Guess I tried too hard to make this my home
My home is one I’ll never know
Monday, February 19, 2007
Welcome To My Blog
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Now
NOW
I love you even now
Been so long here, how
Can space and crime allow
A remedy to our souls
I love you even now
Through the miles and motions
Will heart and mind align
Though remnants here decline
In between the facets
Of our yesterdays
Where smiles would linger
In the crux of the moment
When soul may smolder
I love you even now
Though you’re gone
With no chance to recover
My heart bleeds for the hope
Beyond my reach
I love you even now
It’s over
June 7th, 2005 – 40th birthday
Perhaps
PERHAPS
Perhaps there is a way
An avenue untrodded
A path that one must choose
Perhaps there’s a peace
A plain left unplotted
New heights where two may fuse
1997
Monday, February 05, 2007
NOBODY’S SWEETHEART
NOBODY’S SWEETHEART
Nobody’s sweetheart
But does it really matter
It’s a big world out there
The sky’s the limit
Can’t get a grip on
The turning of my soul
Feels like an open book that no one can read
Such a familiar ache of years in the making
Still end up in the same place
With different names
Endless as the sun escaping on the surface of the sea
This ache seems to linger on and on
Run to the harbor
Bank on the shore
Of this effervescent heart
Scarce is the wind on my face
Faint is the memory of your smile
Distant is the current, which curtails the reason
Nobody’s sweetheart
Words ringing in my head
Reminiscent of the mistakes I’ve made
Remnants of the words unsaid
In a swirl of sentiment
Searching for an answer
Left in the hollow questioning
Seeing You through the cancer
Of this forlorn heart, broken beyond repair
Still singing of your goodness
You’re the One incomprehensibly there
* * *
GUARD ON MY HEART
GUARD ON MY HEART
Let there be a guard upon my heart
For there’s a tenderness in me
I know it’s from You
Yet in myself I cannot shield from the world
The only source of strength – I’ve found is in You
You’re the one who loves me
Beyond all measure
The stars in the sky sing of your love for me
I wait for you here
All the beauty in this world displays your creativity
How You think of me – I do not understand
Your ways, oh Lord, are higher
Your love, oh Lord, vast beyond the sea
Your thoughts toward me – precious Lord,
You think of me
Your tenderness, Oh Lord, is what I seek
Let my eyes focus on you
The Maker of my soul
These longings stem from you
Yet here I know not what to do
So many questions linger in the haze of my mind
I cannot figure which way to go
Lord, I rest here in your comfort, so kind
Be the contentment of my soul
* * *
ALL YOU ARE
ALL YOU ARE
Didn’t mean to look at you
Didn’t mean to see with eyes anew
Didn’t mean to feel this way
Wasn’t looking and I couldn’t stay
Didn’t mean to notice you
Didn’t mean to find in you a jewel
And now I cannot breathe without you
I cannot see a thing without you there
I can’t see where you’re going
I don’t know where you are
But here I cast all my wishing stars
Didn’t mean to feel this way
Didn’t mean to wake up here and love you
Now I try to find a way
To make the best of each day
Didn’t mean to find you here
Didn’t mean to see your hand everywhere
All the beauty in this world
Is possessed in all you are and I want you
I can’t see where you’re going
I don’t know where you are
But here I cast all my wishing stars
IF YOU SHOULD GO AWAY
IF YOU SHOULD GO AWAY
If you should go away
Then my heart wouldn’t weep
For I’d know then we were made of clay
If I should wake and find you gone
Then my eyes wouldn’t cry
For I’d know this was a lie
Oh no, say it can’t be
That’s all just the guard on my heart
For I love you so, yet how can that be
How can I love you; I must be a fool
Should I show my face or bluff
Hide ‘til I know you love me too
I don’t know any other face
Than the one you see
This deck is dealt in its entirety
Either you love who I am
Or you perceive less than me
I cannot pretend to be more than whom you see
My face is unmasked
My body lies naked before you
I breathe you in yet never exhale
I taste your scent only to curtail
This longing within
Upon knowing your touch
Oh perhaps one day I’ll be sure
Of your yearning for this moment
Perhaps one day I’ll believe
You truly love me
11/20/05
GLIMMER OF HOPE
GLIMMER OF HOPE
~ A Day In The Prison Life ~
We are the same
You and me
The look in your eyes
Is one of pain
Seeking for a glimmer of hope
The limp in your stride
Is one of struggle
Yet the tears shed
Release and relieve
Grant a momentary levity
As I look into your eyes
I see all of us
We are the same
Sisters, brothers, fathers, mothers
All looking for the light of day
The glimmer of hope to restore our way
I wonder what has brought you here
What roads, which forks
Where you went left instead of right
Which pain did you choose to befriend
The one that betrays in the end
As it trips us up and holds us down
To choose a better way
To walk a narrower path
To dream a bolder view
To live instead of waste away
We are the same
You and me
Dec. 3, 2005 –
AT YOUR BIDDING
AT YOUR BIDDING
What is it you receive from me, I’ll never quite know
Though I’m glad for the exchange just the same
Where have I been all your life; you ask how
I reply – making mistakes that would lead me to you
Though I can’t say I’m grateful for the pain in the path
Neither am I sad for the countless ways
I have missed the mark
Yet I would live it all over again if it meant
‘Twas the only way to be here with you now
For never have I known such compassion and grace
As it’s now reflected in you from my dear savior’s face
You must’ve known his mercy – to have walked in my shoes
Since now you speak to me, Love, where I’ve known disgrace
To tell you I love you is less than what’s real
I have longed for and sought for this moment to steal
On this earth you encompass the One I adore –
My Shepherd who has sought me and wooed me before
As you love my Lord with your very core, it’s true
My love is yours with passion yet to be unleashed
Your heart I adore, yet with longing I await
At your bidding, “dear come, let’s rest. . . stay”
DESCENDING ANGEL
DESCENDING ANGEL
How long have you been here with me
Is it just now I’m beginning to see
For what purpose were you sent quickly
The embrace of an angel is a mirror of mercy
You send a flood to cover
In this lonely sea of insanity
I’m not alone as I perceived
You reach to me with ease
I’m not alone as I feared
You render me such kindness
4/16/2000