Morning Chorus

Morning Chorus

Sunrise breaks the plane;Morning song breaks the silenceOf the darkened sphere. Long before I tookMy first breath on this planetThe same song has been. It is the song inCelebration of new dawn:We are still alive! There is much to see –The Creator has designedInfinite...
Shadowment

Shadowment

My shadow cannot breathe,I hear her say, I hear her say.I hear her say abandonment, rejectionmentDiscardment.It is, after all, embattle-ment. “Accept the rules,” she says, she says,The inner disparager floods the room,I hear her breathe abandonment,...
Backpack

Backpack

My soul so heavy with carking care, Each separate anguish layered there Singularly might not be So rough and burdensome for me, But massed together bring such weight They bow me down, I’m desolate. “Lift up your head, divert your eye And look!” Right there before me...
Investigating the Intrigue

Investigating the Intrigue

An invitation given,Words spoken.Thoughts, like seeds being planted,A stirring awakens.Something intrigues me. What is this calling?Knocking at my door,tugging at my soul? Curiosity arises and resistance follows.Pulling and pushing like a tug of warOne foot raised to...
The Names They Call Us

The Names They Call Us

The devil’s labels are fictions and fablesThe game that he plays and the Name that he saysIs not what the Father has made, nor has laidOn our soulDo you know God sees you like a tree by the riverDisease says you’re dead But He will deliverDis’ the...