Final Bow

Dry seasoning

No hidden meaning

What started as love

Ends with screaming

Dry rub

It’s never enough

I want reassurance

But that takes insurance

Time and money

Can’t see the trees through the forest

The bee ate all the honey

It’s no longer funny

But you say there’s hope in the sky

Will it shine like a pretty sunrise up high?

I forget every worry

It erases every why

The review mirror is no longer blurry

And the traffic isn’t in a hurry

You need the fruits of the Spirit now

Where joy, peace and patience you allow

You shine like stars in the night

Memories that make you go wow

Stubbornness and pride will take a final bow

Love is Stronger

Love is stronger than prophecy

Or supernatural tongues you speak

God is in the midst of you

But give Him your love first

You wonder where He is

You strive with such force

Things go from better to worse

Do you realize freedom can come

As soon as you rest some

Let go of your need for understanding

Trust the One who we can’t comprehend

His love is real compared to the world’s pretend

All He wants is your love and a “Amen”

Love is What You Make it to Be

Love envelopes like a soft embrace

Did you already forget?

Because there’s too much at sake?

There’s charm in the air

Beauty like a rich sunset

Love is what you make it to be

In the Warmth of the Night

In the warmth of the night
I can hear the katydids
Playing their song
In the wee hours of the night

I love summer nights
Where the air feels heavy
But more comfortable
Than the day

When many people have gone off to bed
Sleeping in their warm comforters
Throughout the world
It’s just you and me love

Staring at this moon together
We know it’s late
But we love being together
In the thick but welcoming summer air

I know you are going away
Like a caboose ready to ride
The straight and narrow
Please don’t forget me

I know I’ll never forget
Your half-moon smile
And twinkling star eyes
Summer will always be in my heart

A Celestial Romance of a Man and Woman

It’s ok to wear your heart on your sleeve

You better believe

If the stars reflect in your eyes

I’ll take note

Your strong shoulders keep me afloat

I love you

Some days I can’t go on

Waiting for a new dawn

This new era

Makes me fear ya

I don’t know my position

I try to follow my intuition

But when the stars come out

I lose all sense of doubt

I see those eyes reflecting

And it’s like a supernatural directing

I am mesmerized with you

I am no longer distracted

I love you

The stars in both pupils are attracted

The stars of harmony

In a dark world of uncertainty

Unite under a new constellation

And divine romance of planetary rotation

If I am the moon, you are the sun

Blaze your rays of liquid love one by one

If our love will lasts beyond time and dates

My heart will still be yours when earth fades

God is Friend, Mentor and Father

Father, You are my friend

When I am lonely

When little exchanges

Happen between people

I can go to the steeple

And can talk to You for hours

Father, You are my mentor

When I am uncertain

When different paths

Come between us

With signs covered in dust

Your light shows me the way

Father, You are my Father

When I am afraid

When darkness comes in

And makes me stumble & shake

You exile the snake

And remind me of our love

You are friend, mentor and Father

Yes, You are all these things

You are with me now

And forever more

Blessed are spirits that are poor

They shall see God

You have walked in shoes

When my identity is misplaced

When sin crepes back in

When I worry my life away

You tell me it’s going to be ok

I love Your heart towards me

So sincere and pure

How can I ever repay You?

How can I touch Your very heart?

Thanks for generous love you impart

Photo credit:

Painting by Greg Olsen called “Lost and Found.”

How Can I?

Leaves

I ask if you love them
You say, “How can I?”
“I am only human”
But we are called to a higher place
To love everyone

I ask if you felt whole by them
You say, “How can I?”
They always get under someone’s skin
But we are to look into our own eyes
And pull out the planks

People change like every season
Broken promises like leaves
Fall like Mother Nature teasin’
We crush them with our feet
And walk forward

Where’s peace and justice?
I am not really sure
I just see evil persist
But when the leaves fall
They will return to the Earth

Life’s Long Queues

You feel like you lose
Having to wait in life’s long queues
Waiting is the hardest part
It’s like sour candy, so tart
When it melts in your mouth
It starts to sting
Reminding you how things went south

You ask, “What’s the point of waiting?”
Well, the answer is worth debating
Ever since you are born
You spirit is ripped and torn
You feel so fragile
Like a special porcelain dish
You wish life was more agile

I know you say, “Don’t give up or in”
But do you know the weight of my every sin?
I forgive others more readily than myself
Go on say, “Put your arrogance and vainity on the shelf”
But there’s more that leaves me incomplete
It’s being patient in the hustle and bustle
While trying to love myself when busyness takes a front row seat