Catching the Moment

I look up. A shorebird soars wings stretched from east to west, effortlessly rising on cool mountain air. I imagine myself flying with him so effortlessly, so free. Stretched out so wide bones are nearly out of joint, no longer crammed into such a small suffocating place. Would it be a dream to be soContinue reading “Catching the Moment”

Where Truth Abides

Dead drawn Dream of light Below Confounded under heavy mist Laying, tunnel vision surrounding grove. Dream Sweep, Somehow hiding beneath; Depression or dream? Sleep or hypnotized hallucinations? I cannot tell anymore Truth confused in endless facts and tales How to know lie from love? Who am I, mere man to discern? How can I keepContinue reading “Where Truth Abides”

A Man with No Home

I wander and wonder I seek and do no find I see places and I see people But no home is found for me here. I make acquaintances I thought I made friends I thought I had a family What I thought I had never was. Place to place Person to person One job toContinue reading “A Man with No Home”

Fighting to Believe

Teach me Your ways O’ Lord Show me what it is to do Your Will Lead me in ways of righteousness Confusion haunts the wandering mind. How to discern what is true? How to discern what is false? How to know the difference between? Which water will bring life and which will bring sickness? ReligionContinue reading “Fighting to Believe”

UNASHAMED

Abba, They haunt me Voices, They haunt me. Speaking to me in endless night. They remind me that I am nothing They threaten to leave me abandoned They tell me I will be alone They leave me with no voice. They…You You remind me of my worth You tell me I am never alone YouContinue reading “UNASHAMED”

Poetry: Where to Go, What to Do?

Here, Hard to say much more than that Hard to explain where we’re at Hard to make out up from down Yet maybe more clear than ever. Long Waiting, Patiently on the seashore Watching the wind and the waves Months and months go by no change When will the sun break Day. Nuclear winter, SkyContinue reading “Poetry: Where to Go, What to Do?”