DREAM MAKING: A poem

DREAM MAKING


From the book THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE

SUMMER LOVE: A poem

why does time linger long
and lovers forget

if only
to be a flower
pressed between the delicate pages
of books, you love to read

if only
slowly you’d happen upon me
and remember that joyful day you
found me swooning in the summer breeze
between the thorny patches and rocky clay

if only to be forgotten no more
to be a thousand flowers
preserved between the fragile pages of your heart
who, when found,
proves patiently
that our summer love has not been lost to us

From the book THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE

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PAPER PILLAR POEMS

PAPER PILLAR POEMS

i gather these words as
stones collected from the
hard places i’ve traveled

tiny memorials of His creative work in me
i compile them upon blank pages
to stand as wide-eyed witnesses
to the presence of my God

every line, my testimony
to this breath i live by
every verse
evidence of an empty tomb

it is His grace inked and stained
on my fragile paper heart
these words stand because of Him

these lovely paper pillars
calling out to those lost in the darkness
come and see the great things He has done

where would i be without this Light


From the book THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE

JEHOVAH CANDY JOY

JEHOVAH CANDY JOY

i love morning worships when

just before the sky sings and the trees stretch

i get to open your Word and stuff my soul like a child

eating cotton candy at the fair for the first time

everything about You is delicious


From the book The Truth About Love

IF YOUR DREAMS ARE VAGUE: A Poem

IF YOUR DREAMS ARE VAGUE

if your dreams are vague

then your purpose is vague

then your focus is vague

then your future

if your future is vague

then your passion is vague

then your asking is vague

then your giving

if your giving is vague

then your need is vague

then your hope is vague

then your prayers

if your prayers are vague

then your answers are vague

then your faith is vague

then your God 

From the book THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE 

Exit

speak to me like a poem
touch me like you mean it
need me like there’s no way out
and i’m your only exit

From the book THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE


PAINT ME MELANCHOLY

I was left

High upon your shelf

Waiting…like everybody  else

For a love that would not come

Now time’s small

Pond has become a

Sea, and has painted me

Pitch black

Weighed down

Drowning in melancholy


Poem from the book Grow Freedom

Rubble

i cannot count

how many times

you’ve built these walls

with just a breath

they crumble.

you have become

my tower

of confusion

and i am lost

within your rubble.


Poem from the book The Truth About Love