Category: Poetry
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The Wind Blows*
Let’s face it – men gathered it argued it threw it out or included it. Then, when found, other bits and pieces were avoidedrejectedor suspected. So I asked you, “What is a girl to believe?” And you taught and yelled and charmed and deceived;and the loudest voicesscared me awayand the smartest voicessnuffed out my hopebut…
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It’s Personal
More than ever the time has come for personal thorough investigation……WAIT……hear me out.I am not referring to the news or political schemes. I care not to try to make you agree or believe or line up with me – no, definitely not there! Iam through tilting at those windmills.This personal thorough investigation of which I…
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Being Still
Stillness welcomesdeepness welcomesfreeness welcomesawareness welcomes awakening senses welcome soul silence welcomesStillness
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Behold! The Savior Comes
“Prepare my heart, Lord.” Such a silly request, it seems – to ask the One for whom I wait to make my heart ready. And yet, this morning, mere days before His arrival, I hold this grief: the inn of my heart is booked! Booked full ofdistractions worriesfearsselfishnesspride.I loathe how these things lodge in the…
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In the Wake*
Here,I can see the noise but I cannot hear itHere,I know the struggle but I need not feel it Here, I love humanity but I cling not to itHere,in the wake of my Lord my soul flows with it…*With thanks to Luke 4:28-30, and the Gospel of Thomas, Logion 110 Painting: Reverie in the Wake,…
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Return to the Lord*
Remembering You and then forgetting again and again and again… Oh, how it illustrates so clearly Isaiah’s words* – for truly I say to You: if You had forgotten me only once I would have walked away forever. *See Isaiah 55:6-9 Painting, Isaiah 55:6 Our Intimacy With God – His Highest Priority, by Mark Lawrence
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Advent Returning
I am waiting waiting for the Love of Youmy Lord – as You have waited all my lifefor my meager loveto returnto you.How humble and grateful I am now – in this fifty-sixth season of waiting waiting for the Love of Youmy Lord – for the one, or the many, or the few who created…
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It All Hinges on This*
I cannot experience eternal peace with God in Heaven if I do not have the beginnings of internal peace here on earth. I cannot sense internal peace here on earth if I do not have the courage to face the fear within myself. I cannot muster the courage to face the fear within myself if…
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What is Truth?*
Truth is hard to come by. For thousands of years, prophets have been slain forIt; so who dares speak It? I suppose, only those whose lives It has saved. *Painting by Nikolai Ge (1890)
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What It’s Really About
What if I show up again and offer more?What if I run when I’m too tired to walk?What if I always say yes even when everything inside me screams no?ORWhat if I stop trying so damn hard and simply surrender?