Category: poetry
HOPES & FEARS
SOMETHING IN THE KEY OF “C”
THE CHILD
ENVY OF JUDAH
SOLD DRAGGED BEFORE MEN AND THEIR GODS LIFTED UP IN ROYAL HUES STUFFED INTO THE SHALLOW CONFINES OF MEN'S EMPTY DESIRES THEY WOULD FASHION HIM A MANNEQUIN ON DISPLAY FOR PASSERS BY IN IRONY NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS PASSING THEM IN IRONRY THEY SHACKLED HIM TO A MANTLE THAT ONLY HE COULD BEAR FORCED HIM [...]
TO THE SURFACE / BALL POINT PEN
I don't know why i feel so silent. The zeal inside me has not the strength to fight violently to the surface today.
SPOKE THE VOICE
The voice resoundspounding the earthtrodden by men and monster,the grass leans to it, the trees bow to it,the concerns of every heart foster the still small voice of a God who is there.But in the black of blindness we forget the callthe whisper of volumes covering the earthfinding our every hiding placeoffering comfortappalled at the [...]
HOLDING A MOMENT
she looked my wayjust like the othersit was the first time that we met.I caught her eyebut for a momentit was life lived in a blurI can’t say how her look revealed me I can’t process all that was saidbut from the short time that I knew herI was forever in her debt.She was complex [...]
WHAT LIES BETWEEN
been waiting a long time for the sunrise.been waiting a lifetime for a glance in your eyes.hoping and prayingwondering and waitingto see if I meet you tonight.I’ve looked in the mirror to see if you’re theresaw a reflection so cold,so raw,so bare.Looked on the insidethe outside and what lies between, but you weren’t there.
WROUGHT
How long can I remain in stagnant inconclusionBefore I create unwanted absolutionAnd end the beauty of intelligent design.Can I continue to deny bothThe flow of the sea and the courseOf the wind in foolishPretense of wisdom?If knowledge is left calm for comforts sake,Then is wisdom not forsaken for the sake of calm?And all this is [...]
