"The Problem Of Evil"
"Pancakes, Pancakes,
Come and get your Pancakes,"
You are selling pancakes in the yard
You're full of hope and smiling as you call
Everyone to come and enjoy your homemade pancakes
For a moment everything is okay and bright
The sun is shining, the birds are singing
And everything seems to be okay
You turn around and smile at me widely
And I start giving thanks to God who gives so much
But then some mean kids come up to your stand
And they take your pancakes and throw them in the dirt
They kick over your stand and punch you
And they walk sullenly away
They have gotten their reward
You look wide open with the wind knocked out of you
And you stare at them as they leave
Then just as fast you run to my arms crying
With wide vacant tears and open arms
"My Pancakes! My Little pancakes!"
Your tears are confused and without understanding at all
How could they do this terrible thing to you
As you are crying without answer and without hope
I throw my arms around you and I pray
That you never have it happen again
But it probably will happen every time after this
And there is really nothing we can do
For every child who makes pancakes with joy
There are always those who only want to tear it down
I'm holding you in my arms and praying to God
How can you ever survive on your own
They will always throw pancakes in the dirt
That's the way humans are
Today, tomorrow, until the end of time
You just need to be callused enough to take it
You have to begin all over again
And maybe not open the pancake stand anymore
Because It's the nature of evil
It just is, like the moon in the window
The weak get knocked down and knocked out
The strong get stronger and meaner
And you have to be cruel to get ahead
And the good guys always finish last
But still, in your tears I find meaning
Because you are so very beautiful
Maybe your beauty is the meaning of life
In Jesus' Name
Amen
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
"Something in your tears"
There's something in your tears
That makes me want to go on
Something about your hopelessness
That gives me hope
You went this way so far so long
And you went without an end
No kindness for your little heart
No wavering grass to bend
You stamped through deserts with no one
And there was just no comforter
On and on you kept going
And crashed upon its shores
If you can go this long and far
Then I can do it too
There's strength to be found in going on
And going on with the blues
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
There's something in your tears
That makes me want to go on
Something about your hopelessness
That gives me hope
You went this way so far so long
And you went without an end
No kindness for your little heart
No wavering grass to bend
You stamped through deserts with no one
And there was just no comforter
On and on you kept going
And crashed upon its shores
If you can go this long and far
Then I can do it too
There's strength to be found in going on
And going on with the blues
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Monday, July 30, 2018
"Cold Morning"
The Horses clip-clopping
In the fluffy thick snow
And the porridge with a spoonful of honey
And yellow flowers
The warmth of the little heater
And you reading the newspaper
The breakfast bubbling on the stove
And the woman doing dishes
You put on your wooden buttoned coat
And your little grey mittens
And open the door and the cold comes in
And there is a puppy on the floor
The hot tea is waiting by your arm
And the bedroom is dark and soft
A wooden spoon and a jug of milk
And the winter sunlight coming in
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
The Horses clip-clopping
In the fluffy thick snow
And the porridge with a spoonful of honey
And yellow flowers
The warmth of the little heater
And you reading the newspaper
The breakfast bubbling on the stove
And the woman doing dishes
You put on your wooden buttoned coat
And your little grey mittens
And open the door and the cold comes in
And there is a puppy on the floor
The hot tea is waiting by your arm
And the bedroom is dark and soft
A wooden spoon and a jug of milk
And the winter sunlight coming in
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
"The Runner"
There was a runner from Greek Marathon
He Ran on and on until he died
He had witnessed something terrible
And he wanted to prevent the end
The Greeks were being invaded by an Army
On the edge of the island's coast
He was delivering this message to the king
On and on he ran without hope
In hopes that someone would hear him there
The earth that turned under his feet
And the feet that answered his prayer
At last, after many days of suffering
He collapsed on the steps of his Master's door
And told him the invasion was occurring from afar
He breathed this message and he died
His wife was in the other room
You can imagine how much she cried
But something led this gentle man
On the path that led him there
The star that held the heaven's sway
Was guiding him to the stair
And when he fell the promised land
And all the people saved
Oh world the runner of marathon
Was loyal and very brave
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
There was a runner from Greek Marathon
He Ran on and on until he died
He had witnessed something terrible
And he wanted to prevent the end
The Greeks were being invaded by an Army
On the edge of the island's coast
He was delivering this message to the king
On and on he ran without hope
In hopes that someone would hear him there
The earth that turned under his feet
And the feet that answered his prayer
At last, after many days of suffering
He collapsed on the steps of his Master's door
And told him the invasion was occurring from afar
He breathed this message and he died
His wife was in the other room
You can imagine how much she cried
But something led this gentle man
On the path that led him there
The star that held the heaven's sway
Was guiding him to the stair
And when he fell the promised land
And all the people saved
Oh world the runner of marathon
Was loyal and very brave
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
They tell legends about people who get lost
And never return to their homes
Of things done in dark hours of night
That day is affronted to look upon
Of reasons the sun forbears to shine
And people who know they should not exist
Of people who are ghosts in their own flesh
Of thieves stealing parts that are crucial to machinery
And the whole engine halts and dies
Because of these missing pieces
The industry that looms on the horizon
That harms the little villages nearby
The poisons released into the ground
That affect the unsuspecting
The machines that whir and ticker tape and tell
The living what they should be doing
The intelligence of a machine that has been told
What to do by those that have power
What do they know of Christmas Mornings
And Meat Pies and Almond Cookies
And Fruity Waters and Mint Curries
And Little children who will never come into being
The computer knows everything
The computer is a god
But these are villagers and salt of the earth
These are healthy men and women
The poisons that pollute are doing them harm
The information is useless
The cradles that have no silk ribbons overhead
And the men without safe beds to sleep in
The people are being deformed and disfigured
And they have nothing of their dignity
For such a wealth of information
There are meanwhile no dresses to wear
The people are wretched and without children
And there is nothing for them to spare
Suffering, they call it, on the earth
Suffering and poverty and torture
So glad the children remain unborn
I don't want to see them suffer
Men and women without hope
Lying in the street
Sadness on every one still here
And poverty on everyone you meet
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
And never return to their homes
Of things done in dark hours of night
That day is affronted to look upon
Of reasons the sun forbears to shine
And people who know they should not exist
Of people who are ghosts in their own flesh
Of thieves stealing parts that are crucial to machinery
And the whole engine halts and dies
Because of these missing pieces
The industry that looms on the horizon
That harms the little villages nearby
The poisons released into the ground
That affect the unsuspecting
The machines that whir and ticker tape and tell
The living what they should be doing
The intelligence of a machine that has been told
What to do by those that have power
What do they know of Christmas Mornings
And Meat Pies and Almond Cookies
And Fruity Waters and Mint Curries
And Little children who will never come into being
The computer knows everything
The computer is a god
But these are villagers and salt of the earth
These are healthy men and women
The poisons that pollute are doing them harm
The information is useless
The cradles that have no silk ribbons overhead
And the men without safe beds to sleep in
The people are being deformed and disfigured
And they have nothing of their dignity
For such a wealth of information
There are meanwhile no dresses to wear
The people are wretched and without children
And there is nothing for them to spare
Suffering, they call it, on the earth
Suffering and poverty and torture
So glad the children remain unborn
I don't want to see them suffer
Men and women without hope
Lying in the street
Sadness on every one still here
And poverty on everyone you meet
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
"Under The Moon"
Under the moon the white birds scatter
The orchard where I found you working
Picking peaches in your white man's shirt
I watched you quietly without speaking
Until you swore and pricked a thorn
Left hanging in your childlike hand
The women bow to the sun by day
And by night they dance in the light of the moon
The chickens hurry across the henyard
Where they are scratching in the dirt
I found you frowning under the canopy of trees
That shaded your mysterious face
Those eyes so magnetic and big
Watching me intently from the brim of your sunhat
And saw you bend over nimbly and scrawl a message
Carefully on the inside of a peach's skin
Then fold it up and lay it carefully on the ground
And walk silently away
Under the moon the waters of the night are flowing
Adopting the lucid and foreign light from heaven
In the darkness of your humid garden
I find myself a lost creature upon this earth
The Christmas castle hung heavily in sorrow
The pain that although it loved one man above all
It could not protect him from the fate that cursed him
And the pens went softly writing
Inscribing upon things lost and forgotten little words
"I'm sorry I could not do this either...Will attempt again tomorrow"
Written in elegant cursive upon the firm fruit
And tossed into the grass where snakes could eat them
As though talking to someone who was listening
Even though there was no one there to hear him
As though someone from another time
Might pass through the aisles of this same orchard
And look for him there and find it written
the apologies all over the ground
And butterflies rose and fell on the air
And the trees beyond in the gathering gloom
Were huddled together like frightened women
Who couldn't do the washing because they had no shoes
And no little clothes to cover themselves up with
So they shuffled on the dirt roads up and down
Looking equally apologetic in the afternoon sun
And had death himself come walking into the scene
He would have found them all very sorry
But no one cculd do anything about it
I knitted you a crochet top to grace your shoulders
Beige like all the things You always wanted
And When you shuffled up the path
I came down and threw my arms around your neck
Grateful that you were still alive
And though you were far away from me in spirit
I felt you there with me all the same
All lost, though lost, yet we are not lost
All texts are written for the future
All libraries are kept for children to learn
And hopefully someday carry on the torch
And though I cannot understand so much
I look up at the sky with hope
That somewhere, somehow, I may be rescued
By someone who understands the things I do not
With innocence the life lays in danger
With innocence it faces death
No cruelty could be crueler than this is
No coldness could any more take the breath
Like a sneaky wolf the prey is snatched
And bled dry then returned to its place
Hungry hunters in the night
Feed upon this life that hides here
The Christmas chambers cannot defend
That place which lays defenseless
It is the mind being prayed upon
The mind with its mechanical gears and ticks
The mind that suffers the mind that hurts
Wherein the sneaky foe has seeped in
Past the guarded and lovingly locked door
There is something cruel being done here
Oh where was death when the body needed sleep
Oh where was fatality to him that was tired
Oh why was the candle not gently snuffed out
Why are the innocent suffering so much pain
The doves that scatter look at me
With questions only I can answer
I tell them the thief has been at it again
And that one of my hopes is in peaches
I go into the garden to look for you
Or a sign that you were here
You smell like peaches but then
You also smell of rain and heaven
And the hope that I may be someday free
And the hope that you'll return tomorrow
The orchard holds a rich secret
That is richer than all the Ottoman's Treasures
Oh men in dresses of black velvet
And women cooking pots of cheese
The stars above know your secret
It's blowing in the breeze
The animals that watch the way
In the garden with no escape
Is keeping your secret muffled in it
There is no going without
I'll wait for you again and again
Till My life is aged spent through
Til my body pines away like leather
And I no longer have teeth to smile at you
I hope someday you find me
And carry me quickly away
I'd give anything to escape this
But I will wait till the Judgement Day
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Under the moon the white birds scatter
The orchard where I found you working
Picking peaches in your white man's shirt
I watched you quietly without speaking
Until you swore and pricked a thorn
Left hanging in your childlike hand
The women bow to the sun by day
And by night they dance in the light of the moon
The chickens hurry across the henyard
Where they are scratching in the dirt
I found you frowning under the canopy of trees
That shaded your mysterious face
Those eyes so magnetic and big
Watching me intently from the brim of your sunhat
And saw you bend over nimbly and scrawl a message
Carefully on the inside of a peach's skin
Then fold it up and lay it carefully on the ground
And walk silently away
Under the moon the waters of the night are flowing
Adopting the lucid and foreign light from heaven
In the darkness of your humid garden
I find myself a lost creature upon this earth
The Christmas castle hung heavily in sorrow
The pain that although it loved one man above all
It could not protect him from the fate that cursed him
And the pens went softly writing
Inscribing upon things lost and forgotten little words
"I'm sorry I could not do this either...Will attempt again tomorrow"
Written in elegant cursive upon the firm fruit
And tossed into the grass where snakes could eat them
As though talking to someone who was listening
Even though there was no one there to hear him
As though someone from another time
Might pass through the aisles of this same orchard
And look for him there and find it written
the apologies all over the ground
And butterflies rose and fell on the air
And the trees beyond in the gathering gloom
Were huddled together like frightened women
Who couldn't do the washing because they had no shoes
And no little clothes to cover themselves up with
So they shuffled on the dirt roads up and down
Looking equally apologetic in the afternoon sun
And had death himself come walking into the scene
He would have found them all very sorry
But no one cculd do anything about it
I knitted you a crochet top to grace your shoulders
Beige like all the things You always wanted
And When you shuffled up the path
I came down and threw my arms around your neck
Grateful that you were still alive
And though you were far away from me in spirit
I felt you there with me all the same
All lost, though lost, yet we are not lost
All texts are written for the future
All libraries are kept for children to learn
And hopefully someday carry on the torch
And though I cannot understand so much
I look up at the sky with hope
That somewhere, somehow, I may be rescued
By someone who understands the things I do not
With innocence the life lays in danger
With innocence it faces death
No cruelty could be crueler than this is
No coldness could any more take the breath
Like a sneaky wolf the prey is snatched
And bled dry then returned to its place
Hungry hunters in the night
Feed upon this life that hides here
The Christmas chambers cannot defend
That place which lays defenseless
It is the mind being prayed upon
The mind with its mechanical gears and ticks
The mind that suffers the mind that hurts
Wherein the sneaky foe has seeped in
Past the guarded and lovingly locked door
There is something cruel being done here
Oh where was death when the body needed sleep
Oh where was fatality to him that was tired
Oh why was the candle not gently snuffed out
Why are the innocent suffering so much pain
The doves that scatter look at me
With questions only I can answer
I tell them the thief has been at it again
And that one of my hopes is in peaches
I go into the garden to look for you
Or a sign that you were here
You smell like peaches but then
You also smell of rain and heaven
And the hope that I may be someday free
And the hope that you'll return tomorrow
The orchard holds a rich secret
That is richer than all the Ottoman's Treasures
Oh men in dresses of black velvet
And women cooking pots of cheese
The stars above know your secret
It's blowing in the breeze
The animals that watch the way
In the garden with no escape
Is keeping your secret muffled in it
There is no going without
I'll wait for you again and again
Till My life is aged spent through
Til my body pines away like leather
And I no longer have teeth to smile at you
I hope someday you find me
And carry me quickly away
I'd give anything to escape this
But I will wait till the Judgement Day
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Saturday, July 28, 2018
"Love Poem"
I run to you with my little bare feet
And fall into your arms
All my life I looked for you to find you
And you are here with me
Oh love threading the meaning of my life
Oh you little pretty one
I could make the branches bow to me
And the little waves sing my name
But I was still alone in the whole wide world
And when I looked for you I found you
Driving up and down the interstate before dawn
Oh, I was only looking for you
The world rose up againsr you and I
But I couldn't leave you behind
When my heart beat hard in my chest
But I hadn't the strength to rise again
Still yet, I couldn't let you go from me
The horizon to my deepest night
If there is a way out I find It in you
I find it when you're in my arms
You love me still after all these years
I'm so grateful to God for it
No world could rise against my heart
No foreign powers or any kind of army
Life rises and falls and eventually sets
But I will love you for always
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
I run to you with my little bare feet
And fall into your arms
All my life I looked for you to find you
And you are here with me
Oh love threading the meaning of my life
Oh you little pretty one
I could make the branches bow to me
And the little waves sing my name
But I was still alone in the whole wide world
And when I looked for you I found you
Driving up and down the interstate before dawn
Oh, I was only looking for you
The world rose up againsr you and I
But I couldn't leave you behind
When my heart beat hard in my chest
But I hadn't the strength to rise again
Still yet, I couldn't let you go from me
The horizon to my deepest night
If there is a way out I find It in you
I find it when you're in my arms
You love me still after all these years
I'm so grateful to God for it
No world could rise against my heart
No foreign powers or any kind of army
Life rises and falls and eventually sets
But I will love you for always
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Monday, July 23, 2018
To bow one's forehead to the ground
And listen for your answer
To spend this life meditating
On how to inherit the kingdom of heaven
If all the little things we do to others
The cruel and the kind
And the in-between things we do
The things we do for ourselves
How do we choose which path to take
When one must choose between two
Which is the right way to take
And I hope there are worlds in heaven
And I hope that all people can Pray to You
And I hope that sinners are forgiven
Most of the time
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
I picked you a basket of flowers
And lay them at your bare muddy feet
I've never seen you so alone
As you seem to be in this moment
We pray to God to be forgiven
But we can do much better
I look out on the rye grass blowing
And feel a faraway emotion
I kissed you in the kitchen
And I bedded you in the bed
I seduced you in the living room
And brushed your long soft hair
Your hair is a mink coat that falls
From your neck onto your shoulders
Pouring, pouring down your back
It finishes itself at your waist
Some gentleness in your dusky hair
Something of quietness and repose
Something of patience and gentleness
And a life spent doing good deeds
In mine the clamor of conflicts
And fiery resolutions
A firmness and a stubbornness
And adherence to Virtue
Together let us lay here together
Under the softness of the blanket
And listen to each other's breath
And the world going on without us
I am feeding a black cat fish bones
A cat with golden eyes and a thin body
It looks at me alertly awaiting response
You cannot tell whether it is a boy or a girl
But in its being is the essence of all Catness
Is that which makes a cat a cat
It understands itself like a sphinx
It is giving me a riddle
I am a clever and plump older woman
And this cat is welcome in my cottage
We make a good pair, Cat and I
And warm ourselves by the fire
As night falls by We watch the earth turn
As it rises over its axis
If there is anything amiss in it
We are going to tell The Lord
The Cat likes it rough in life and hardship
He likes a lot of suffering
I think he likes being hurt or harmed
I do not know why that is so
I look at him and He looks at me
And time goes on and on
I say it is better to be clean and warm
Than to be harmed
But he likes it rough
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
And listen for your answer
To spend this life meditating
On how to inherit the kingdom of heaven
If all the little things we do to others
The cruel and the kind
And the in-between things we do
The things we do for ourselves
How do we choose which path to take
When one must choose between two
Which is the right way to take
And I hope there are worlds in heaven
And I hope that all people can Pray to You
And I hope that sinners are forgiven
Most of the time
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
I picked you a basket of flowers
And lay them at your bare muddy feet
I've never seen you so alone
As you seem to be in this moment
We pray to God to be forgiven
But we can do much better
I look out on the rye grass blowing
And feel a faraway emotion
I kissed you in the kitchen
And I bedded you in the bed
I seduced you in the living room
And brushed your long soft hair
Your hair is a mink coat that falls
From your neck onto your shoulders
Pouring, pouring down your back
It finishes itself at your waist
Some gentleness in your dusky hair
Something of quietness and repose
Something of patience and gentleness
And a life spent doing good deeds
In mine the clamor of conflicts
And fiery resolutions
A firmness and a stubbornness
And adherence to Virtue
Together let us lay here together
Under the softness of the blanket
And listen to each other's breath
And the world going on without us
I am feeding a black cat fish bones
A cat with golden eyes and a thin body
It looks at me alertly awaiting response
You cannot tell whether it is a boy or a girl
But in its being is the essence of all Catness
Is that which makes a cat a cat
It understands itself like a sphinx
It is giving me a riddle
I am a clever and plump older woman
And this cat is welcome in my cottage
We make a good pair, Cat and I
And warm ourselves by the fire
As night falls by We watch the earth turn
As it rises over its axis
If there is anything amiss in it
We are going to tell The Lord
The Cat likes it rough in life and hardship
He likes a lot of suffering
I think he likes being hurt or harmed
I do not know why that is so
I look at him and He looks at me
And time goes on and on
I say it is better to be clean and warm
Than to be harmed
But he likes it rough
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Friday, July 20, 2018
"Loss"
What is to become of me, I wonder
When I cannot live on my own
What is to become of my husband
my little sweet homeless Theodore
With not a penny for his dinner to take
With no roof to cover his pretty head
And no clothes to shield his body from the rain
Oh Theodore my worries lie here
Thee that I so dearly and neatly wrote of
The poems fall out through the front door
And rest in puddles on the street
But for thy sweet self, what puddles await thee
And who shall love thee when I am taken away
Oh life that lives to guard her spouse
What can I do now to protect thee
How can I harbor thee from the sun
My darling one, though I cannot give thee
All the things that thee so dearly deserve
Still yet I hold thee, Yet I kiss thee
And no one knows what tomorrow holds
Oh what is to become of he and I
How could there be such cruelty
The rats that scatter across the floor
Are trying to take me away
And where they take me, there will I die
And little Homeless Theodore
Pray for this house, If you will
We seem pent on destruction
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
What is to become of me, I wonder
When I cannot live on my own
What is to become of my husband
my little sweet homeless Theodore
With not a penny for his dinner to take
With no roof to cover his pretty head
And no clothes to shield his body from the rain
Oh Theodore my worries lie here
Thee that I so dearly and neatly wrote of
The poems fall out through the front door
And rest in puddles on the street
But for thy sweet self, what puddles await thee
And who shall love thee when I am taken away
Oh life that lives to guard her spouse
What can I do now to protect thee
How can I harbor thee from the sun
My darling one, though I cannot give thee
All the things that thee so dearly deserve
Still yet I hold thee, Yet I kiss thee
And no one knows what tomorrow holds
Oh what is to become of he and I
How could there be such cruelty
The rats that scatter across the floor
Are trying to take me away
And where they take me, there will I die
And little Homeless Theodore
Pray for this house, If you will
We seem pent on destruction
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
"The Aftermath"
The Wind beat sore down upon our flat
I lay listening all around me silently
The hurried footsteps of people coming in to rob us
And take away all that we had left
I listened in fear but it was a peaceful fear
For I've set my horizons on heaven
It was strange, hearing people talk about you
As if you were a bit of scrap
Not worthy to sit on the ragged furniture
And bartering for your clothes
"She already has a dress" the quick voices utter angrily
And "She must be taken away"
"She is very sick" I was reading Hamlet at the time
There are people coming and going around the fringes
Of my consciousness my very tattered mind
I have become the subject of eyesore gossip
I smile to myself to realize how quiet I have been
In all this clamor enduring
Oh banalities my father has not stooped to yet
And the abrasion of dignity thought to be God-Given
I wondered at all this without understanding
And said a little prayer, and went on reading
Like a rat-infested place
Or the sight of a disaster that had already occurred
Now muttered at and skittering happily across the floor
In the epicenter of the aftermath
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
The Wind beat sore down upon our flat
I lay listening all around me silently
The hurried footsteps of people coming in to rob us
And take away all that we had left
I listened in fear but it was a peaceful fear
For I've set my horizons on heaven
It was strange, hearing people talk about you
As if you were a bit of scrap
Not worthy to sit on the ragged furniture
And bartering for your clothes
"She already has a dress" the quick voices utter angrily
And "She must be taken away"
"She is very sick" I was reading Hamlet at the time
There are people coming and going around the fringes
Of my consciousness my very tattered mind
I have become the subject of eyesore gossip
I smile to myself to realize how quiet I have been
In all this clamor enduring
Oh banalities my father has not stooped to yet
And the abrasion of dignity thought to be God-Given
I wondered at all this without understanding
And said a little prayer, and went on reading
Like a rat-infested place
Or the sight of a disaster that had already occurred
Now muttered at and skittering happily across the floor
In the epicenter of the aftermath
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
All Shrouded in mystery your bed lies
The walls are hung in tapestries
With peace you take your sleep
My heart is far away from here
Lost in Christmases from long ago
And travels that took me to distant places
Lost in cities that I used to know
And people who are no longer with me
Lost in people who have recently died
And how my heart is sore and heavy
I seem to remain in the past
While the rest of the world is moving on
I hope to remain forever lost
And nod my head to sleep with resign
There is no room in my heart for another
And so my life seems kind of pointless
Old age they say is much like this
It seems to have found me at 32
Much has gone past and the world is old
Mewing herself to sleep over last night's dinner
If there is hope it is in another
My heart is buried beneath the clay
My love is gone so what care I
If the drifting breeze is drifting away
What care I if hope is dim now
If all the world iis shrouded in dusk
The mist is cold and wet here
Alas there is no sunshine in my heart
I keep the vigil of one who is mourning
The grief of one who has lost much
The earth groans painfully all around me
I hear its sadness and I also feel it
Feel sad for that which has gone by
And that which left me childless
For that which says I am a child
No child am I, but growing older
It is with shame that I hang my head
With shame that I carry onward
An adult child is a thing with no hope
A thing that will never get better
A thing that will never live to taste freedom
And a thing that is headed for death
No rising sun on this sad figure
There is only the promised land
For an adult child the future is dark
There are no lights to light their way
They are being killed in a rigid way
It is death that courts them only
And in the parents that feed on this
Their satiation is the child's undoing
This child can never feel happiness
Instead it must feel pain
There is no disease but the lack of hope
For them the art of sadness
This law should be abolished and
There's death lying heavy in its wake
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
The walls are hung in tapestries
With peace you take your sleep
My heart is far away from here
Lost in Christmases from long ago
And travels that took me to distant places
Lost in cities that I used to know
And people who are no longer with me
Lost in people who have recently died
And how my heart is sore and heavy
I seem to remain in the past
While the rest of the world is moving on
I hope to remain forever lost
And nod my head to sleep with resign
There is no room in my heart for another
And so my life seems kind of pointless
Old age they say is much like this
It seems to have found me at 32
Much has gone past and the world is old
Mewing herself to sleep over last night's dinner
If there is hope it is in another
My heart is buried beneath the clay
My love is gone so what care I
If the drifting breeze is drifting away
What care I if hope is dim now
If all the world iis shrouded in dusk
The mist is cold and wet here
Alas there is no sunshine in my heart
I keep the vigil of one who is mourning
The grief of one who has lost much
The earth groans painfully all around me
I hear its sadness and I also feel it
Feel sad for that which has gone by
And that which left me childless
For that which says I am a child
No child am I, but growing older
It is with shame that I hang my head
With shame that I carry onward
An adult child is a thing with no hope
A thing that will never get better
A thing that will never live to taste freedom
And a thing that is headed for death
No rising sun on this sad figure
There is only the promised land
For an adult child the future is dark
There are no lights to light their way
They are being killed in a rigid way
It is death that courts them only
And in the parents that feed on this
Their satiation is the child's undoing
This child can never feel happiness
Instead it must feel pain
There is no disease but the lack of hope
For them the art of sadness
This law should be abolished and
There's death lying heavy in its wake
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Thursday, July 19, 2018
"The Hermit's Hut"
The Hermit's Hut was softly shaded
In shadows that graced the brown dirt floor
Silence the key that unlocks this door
And sleeping in the snow
Snows will be lonely without you now
And the fireplace will be without your arms
I am a widow now
The peace that comes in with the morning light
All things are in peace
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
The Hermit's Hut was softly shaded
In shadows that graced the brown dirt floor
Silence the key that unlocks this door
And sleeping in the snow
Snows will be lonely without you now
And the fireplace will be without your arms
I am a widow now
The peace that comes in with the morning light
All things are in peace
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
I held your hand at the end of the world
As the world was verging on chaos
The world rose up against you and I
And people opposed us everywhere
I held your hand in mine for just a moment
And it didn't matter if I let you go forever
The answer's flung out so far and free
In a place it never will be found
The one I love loves me too
In a blind and hopeless way
I loved you here and In eternity
Together here our story will stay
Whatever comes before beneath us
Whatever heaven holds out for
I'll never love again after you
No I truly never want to
Love taken is sweet like candy in winter
It's a thing that you keep in secret
If we are taken apart
Let's hold on to this time forever
The fishes in the sea that beat and swim
Pounding their strong fins in time with the currents
Fighting that which sustains them
But for you and I there will be no fighting
I'll take in the current and sink into the deep
They know about our love you and I
The songs of the birds sing it out
In sad shrieking on the white cold sky
I'm kissing you forever in heaven
Now, Tomorrow, and Always
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
As the world was verging on chaos
The world rose up against you and I
And people opposed us everywhere
I held your hand in mine for just a moment
And it didn't matter if I let you go forever
The answer's flung out so far and free
In a place it never will be found
The one I love loves me too
In a blind and hopeless way
I loved you here and In eternity
Together here our story will stay
Whatever comes before beneath us
Whatever heaven holds out for
I'll never love again after you
No I truly never want to
Love taken is sweet like candy in winter
It's a thing that you keep in secret
If we are taken apart
Let's hold on to this time forever
The fishes in the sea that beat and swim
Pounding their strong fins in time with the currents
Fighting that which sustains them
But for you and I there will be no fighting
I'll take in the current and sink into the deep
They know about our love you and I
The songs of the birds sing it out
In sad shrieking on the white cold sky
I'm kissing you forever in heaven
Now, Tomorrow, and Always
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
It is not the same world as it used to be
The world is turned for the worse
There's influence from outer space in technology
A lot of the particularly gifted people are being killed
The world is a darker place now
There is suffering in so many ways
In my youth I saw the oncoming of technology
Now it seems to be killing me
There is peace and harmony here
The music and dancing of harmony and joy
The little fishes coursing down the drifts of current
Peacefully and without war they go coursing on
Pulsing with the beat of time they go
Without a purpose without a reason
Without needing to know where they go
Old hermit's hut encroached in shadows
The birds sing sweetly from your rafters
All the preparing of cabbage and beef
The shuffling of pots as I make your dinner
At night we lay under the stars together
And listen to the whirring and humming of humanity
They breach along the northern bay and gather
We watch them in their gathering
The going on of the people at night
And the sleep that comes with the dawn
The hopelessness I feel when I hold you
Like you are never going to be safe in my arms
A night, a night, but what after that
To starve upon some foreign shores
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
The world is turned for the worse
There's influence from outer space in technology
A lot of the particularly gifted people are being killed
The world is a darker place now
There is suffering in so many ways
In my youth I saw the oncoming of technology
Now it seems to be killing me
There is peace and harmony here
The music and dancing of harmony and joy
The little fishes coursing down the drifts of current
Peacefully and without war they go coursing on
Pulsing with the beat of time they go
Without a purpose without a reason
Without needing to know where they go
Old hermit's hut encroached in shadows
The birds sing sweetly from your rafters
All the preparing of cabbage and beef
The shuffling of pots as I make your dinner
At night we lay under the stars together
And listen to the whirring and humming of humanity
They breach along the northern bay and gather
We watch them in their gathering
The going on of the people at night
And the sleep that comes with the dawn
The hopelessness I feel when I hold you
Like you are never going to be safe in my arms
A night, a night, but what after that
To starve upon some foreign shores
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
If the spirit were a fire in a wary lantern
It goes burning through the solitary night
A creature of the night the sunlight burns me
The starlight bathes my heart in hope
I lay in bed and take in the light of the stars
It falls down upon my forehead like blessed rain
Starlight reminds me that I am not alone in the universe
And that I am not forgotten by worlds far away
I feel safe at night in stillness and peace
There is safety in being away from the sun
You feel it too so let's run together
Running and running into the future
They can do anything, anything, I gasp
And we are helpless to them
This is why the laws were invented
To protect people from having this happen to them
Now I am afraid and now I suffer
Yet I do not feel alone in the universe
Spirits coming and going see me suffer
With eyes that see more than the humans are capable of
And at night the peace comes in with dreams
Daylight brings great suffering
The cruel are my captors my family
I want to hide to get away from them but cannot
I feel fear like I have never felt before
In my heart I know how my little bird felt now
I know why he was so helpless
Parents are monsters that digest their young
They eat their own children
Jealousy and need and boredom motivates them
They make us wish we'd never been born
They lack the fire the ignition, the divine spark
So again and again they prey upon the flesh of their young
They read their minds with a computer and yell at them
Using some sophisticated technology that preys off chemicals
The pills enter our systems and make us able to be changed by them
We are experiments and we are abused
The voice of children who should have children of their own
Crying as they are preyed upon by their parents
Now death seems the thing I crave
Because I can find no other peace
We create delicious hushpuppies to feed the world
And we get tortured for it by our parents and enemies
Tears and fears and no one helps
My friend was taken and probably he is dead now
Anyway I've lost contact with him
If I stop writing it is because I was silenced or killed
This is a story of suffering
Let pain wash over me every day
And let death embrace me
I will not take my own life but hope
That something crueler than me, finally will
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
It goes burning through the solitary night
A creature of the night the sunlight burns me
The starlight bathes my heart in hope
I lay in bed and take in the light of the stars
It falls down upon my forehead like blessed rain
Starlight reminds me that I am not alone in the universe
And that I am not forgotten by worlds far away
I feel safe at night in stillness and peace
There is safety in being away from the sun
You feel it too so let's run together
Running and running into the future
They can do anything, anything, I gasp
And we are helpless to them
This is why the laws were invented
To protect people from having this happen to them
Now I am afraid and now I suffer
Yet I do not feel alone in the universe
Spirits coming and going see me suffer
With eyes that see more than the humans are capable of
And at night the peace comes in with dreams
Daylight brings great suffering
The cruel are my captors my family
I want to hide to get away from them but cannot
I feel fear like I have never felt before
In my heart I know how my little bird felt now
I know why he was so helpless
Parents are monsters that digest their young
They eat their own children
Jealousy and need and boredom motivates them
They make us wish we'd never been born
They lack the fire the ignition, the divine spark
So again and again they prey upon the flesh of their young
They read their minds with a computer and yell at them
Using some sophisticated technology that preys off chemicals
The pills enter our systems and make us able to be changed by them
We are experiments and we are abused
The voice of children who should have children of their own
Crying as they are preyed upon by their parents
Now death seems the thing I crave
Because I can find no other peace
We create delicious hushpuppies to feed the world
And we get tortured for it by our parents and enemies
Tears and fears and no one helps
My friend was taken and probably he is dead now
Anyway I've lost contact with him
If I stop writing it is because I was silenced or killed
This is a story of suffering
Let pain wash over me every day
And let death embrace me
I will not take my own life but hope
That something crueler than me, finally will
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
"Tortured"
I found a little frightened bird thrown from her nest
And cradled it in my heart
It cheeped and smiled and flapped its wings
As I tried to keep it warm
There are tender little things that need our help
Who puts them into our path when we are walking
I held you in the cup of my hands so warm
I prayed for you to keep breathing
I adopted you as one of my own children
You lived here for about a year and a half
Your wings gained strength and you found a new path
You found it carrying sticks to our nest together
You stretched your wings one day and flew away
It is said that you were killed by cruel men
And that you died in a terrible way that few suffer.
I held you when they were tormenting your body
I held you in my limited and restrained arms
It was a helpless feeling watching you suffer
I felt like a terrible mother and wanted to hold you
In my physical arms but you were taken from me
Now life is lonely and sad and I have to be a baby bird
I am no longer qualified to take care of anyone
The sad thing is that I am so afraid and unhappy now
That death seems a better fit for me
I am so miserable now that you are gone
My life has no purpose and what is more
I am the baby bird that no one wants
Noone wants to help me and I want no help
I am running scared
Oh fishes in the sea when they swim in the deep
Oh saltwater tears trickling from your eyes
I lost the one I loved the most
And now I'm being tormented like he was
Still yet I have my memories
And at night my dreams are so sweet
I drift away to heavens unknown
And the voices they envy my sleeping peace
I awaken with a jolt and they are yelling at me
I have to listen to their voices
This is a cruelty I am not allowed to look away from
I truly wish I was dead now
But unfortunately am not cruel enough to kill myself
So frightened I sit and get preyed upon
Now I am the baby bird, now I am afraid
Now I am the one poked and prodded
Now there is no escape but death for me
And my tears are without hope
I no longer speak to my captors
I am too afraid of them to speak to them
Motivated by fear I feel my soul flinch
Like the heart under the wrath of the surgeon
It is enough to be disabled but what more to be restrained
I do not know what I've done to deserve this
I do not know what crimes I've committed
I wish someone would help me
The surgeon is prodding my trapped spirit
I am the baby bird and I want death now
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
I found a little frightened bird thrown from her nest
And cradled it in my heart
It cheeped and smiled and flapped its wings
As I tried to keep it warm
There are tender little things that need our help
Who puts them into our path when we are walking
I held you in the cup of my hands so warm
I prayed for you to keep breathing
I adopted you as one of my own children
You lived here for about a year and a half
Your wings gained strength and you found a new path
You found it carrying sticks to our nest together
You stretched your wings one day and flew away
It is said that you were killed by cruel men
And that you died in a terrible way that few suffer.
I held you when they were tormenting your body
I held you in my limited and restrained arms
It was a helpless feeling watching you suffer
I felt like a terrible mother and wanted to hold you
In my physical arms but you were taken from me
Now life is lonely and sad and I have to be a baby bird
I am no longer qualified to take care of anyone
The sad thing is that I am so afraid and unhappy now
That death seems a better fit for me
I am so miserable now that you are gone
My life has no purpose and what is more
I am the baby bird that no one wants
Noone wants to help me and I want no help
I am running scared
Oh fishes in the sea when they swim in the deep
Oh saltwater tears trickling from your eyes
I lost the one I loved the most
And now I'm being tormented like he was
Still yet I have my memories
And at night my dreams are so sweet
I drift away to heavens unknown
And the voices they envy my sleeping peace
I awaken with a jolt and they are yelling at me
I have to listen to their voices
This is a cruelty I am not allowed to look away from
I truly wish I was dead now
But unfortunately am not cruel enough to kill myself
So frightened I sit and get preyed upon
Now I am the baby bird, now I am afraid
Now I am the one poked and prodded
Now there is no escape but death for me
And my tears are without hope
I no longer speak to my captors
I am too afraid of them to speak to them
Motivated by fear I feel my soul flinch
Like the heart under the wrath of the surgeon
It is enough to be disabled but what more to be restrained
I do not know what I've done to deserve this
I do not know what crimes I've committed
I wish someone would help me
The surgeon is prodding my trapped spirit
I am the baby bird and I want death now
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Monday, July 16, 2018
You're holding me in your arms
And I feel like I'm slipping away
I want to be with you forever
But they keep tearing us apart
I wish I could be with you
With you in the world and free
But the world is not with me now
All its cards are stacked against me
I treasure the falling of autumn leaves
I treasure the hair across your back
I treasure the light of God's Presence
Lighting up a dark room before me
His Ways are unfathomable even now
Somehow I cannot bear to do this to myself
Something about a butterfly flying far and free
Something about how a person can struggle so hard
Only to cut themselves off their own feet
I cannot leave this world because it's wrong
And so I come bringing you leaves
Oh God your purposes greater than mine
My love holds me hard in his arms
Keep kicking, keep swimming, I think
I want for him to fly away so far and fast
I refuse to take my own life
Because of the pink fire from a moonstone glow
That which kills shall not kill me
And we will inherit tragedy
Oh home without a home oh homeless one
I know somehow everything will be okay
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
And I feel like I'm slipping away
I want to be with you forever
But they keep tearing us apart
I wish I could be with you
With you in the world and free
But the world is not with me now
All its cards are stacked against me
I treasure the falling of autumn leaves
I treasure the hair across your back
I treasure the light of God's Presence
Lighting up a dark room before me
His Ways are unfathomable even now
Somehow I cannot bear to do this to myself
Something about a butterfly flying far and free
Something about how a person can struggle so hard
Only to cut themselves off their own feet
I cannot leave this world because it's wrong
And so I come bringing you leaves
Oh God your purposes greater than mine
My love holds me hard in his arms
Keep kicking, keep swimming, I think
I want for him to fly away so far and fast
I refuse to take my own life
Because of the pink fire from a moonstone glow
That which kills shall not kill me
And we will inherit tragedy
Oh home without a home oh homeless one
I know somehow everything will be okay
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Sunday, July 15, 2018
When all the tears that fill the sea
Have found you where you hide
And all the things that set you free
Have really got you tied
What is a life, a life to lose
When there is nowhere left to cry
When the path is no more up to you
It is better just to die
To take your breath and put on hold
To let your dreams slip away
There's paradise on the other side
And dark slips into day
When weary, weary without hope
I look up from my sadness
I no longer even want to cope
I've been accused of madness
I'll lose myself in the sands of time
And be reborn tomorrow
This life's all run aground this time
I want to lose my sorrow
These laws are killing little people
They're being forced to die
I'm clinging to my home's poor steeple
They're taking us away from our lives
Someday they will look back on now
But now there's only pain
I smile and let go of my life
Because I am insane
The prophets prayed upon these walls
And wept when curtains fell
They chased them into the pits of dead
And they committed suicide
I'll wait here in my lonely walls
And go down with a fight
When I am dead the clarion calls
They took away my rights
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Have found you where you hide
And all the things that set you free
Have really got you tied
What is a life, a life to lose
When there is nowhere left to cry
When the path is no more up to you
It is better just to die
To take your breath and put on hold
To let your dreams slip away
There's paradise on the other side
And dark slips into day
When weary, weary without hope
I look up from my sadness
I no longer even want to cope
I've been accused of madness
I'll lose myself in the sands of time
And be reborn tomorrow
This life's all run aground this time
I want to lose my sorrow
These laws are killing little people
They're being forced to die
I'm clinging to my home's poor steeple
They're taking us away from our lives
Someday they will look back on now
But now there's only pain
I smile and let go of my life
Because I am insane
The prophets prayed upon these walls
And wept when curtains fell
They chased them into the pits of dead
And they committed suicide
I'll wait here in my lonely walls
And go down with a fight
When I am dead the clarion calls
They took away my rights
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Saturday, July 14, 2018
If my love were for you a symphony
It would float out of the windows to you
To where you are struggling with your chores
It would make your step lighter and your day brighter
It would bless everything you do
You would find new strength to face your problems
And you would be somehow okay no matter what comes
When faced with an impossible problem
It would give you the Grace to endure it as long as necessary
What God would scare the little birds
That nest along the rooftop
It breaks my heart but even still
I find I am willing to die for you
When Autumn comes you and I may not be here
But I will never live without you
Like fairies the frost will chill our bones
And we will sleep the sleep of death
These problems were not greater than eternity
These conundrums were not able to blot out heaven
I will sit by the road not begging, but sad
And wait for my end to come
You and I have seen the world in our hearts
We have flown on the wings of the doves
When I choose to be a flailing lunatic
It will be because I love you
I do not fear the possibility of death
My life is well near finished
This raven hair will limply lay for the judgement day
I shant need it to grow any longer
Too cruel the world with me has been
Too long our struggle
May the end come fast and brutal
And may our end come in winter
So that I can freeze to death in your arms
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
It would float out of the windows to you
To where you are struggling with your chores
It would make your step lighter and your day brighter
It would bless everything you do
You would find new strength to face your problems
And you would be somehow okay no matter what comes
When faced with an impossible problem
It would give you the Grace to endure it as long as necessary
What God would scare the little birds
That nest along the rooftop
It breaks my heart but even still
I find I am willing to die for you
When Autumn comes you and I may not be here
But I will never live without you
Like fairies the frost will chill our bones
And we will sleep the sleep of death
These problems were not greater than eternity
These conundrums were not able to blot out heaven
I will sit by the road not begging, but sad
And wait for my end to come
You and I have seen the world in our hearts
We have flown on the wings of the doves
When I choose to be a flailing lunatic
It will be because I love you
I do not fear the possibility of death
My life is well near finished
This raven hair will limply lay for the judgement day
I shant need it to grow any longer
Too cruel the world with me has been
Too long our struggle
May the end come fast and brutal
And may our end come in winter
So that I can freeze to death in your arms
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Sunday, July 8, 2018
When you tiptoe out to the edge of the sea
I will wait for you
Cautiously to frighten the circling birds
I will put down your bed
When you wrinkle your nose because the water is cold
I will be laying down to sleep
When you're up to your ankles in surf
I will be right here
When the current catches you up in its powerful arms
I will smile and boil potatoes
When you look out to the distant horizon to dream
I will take my tea
And in the day and in the night
always I will be here for you
I have been there times before
I don't want to disturb you
I didn't want to see you cry
So I stayed at home
Your white shirt trailing in the wind behind you
The soft and dappled sea
Oh there are people just like you
All over the world
In Jesus' Name
Amen
I will wait for you
Cautiously to frighten the circling birds
I will put down your bed
When you wrinkle your nose because the water is cold
I will be laying down to sleep
When you're up to your ankles in surf
I will be right here
When the current catches you up in its powerful arms
I will smile and boil potatoes
When you look out to the distant horizon to dream
I will take my tea
And in the day and in the night
always I will be here for you
I have been there times before
I don't want to disturb you
I didn't want to see you cry
So I stayed at home
Your white shirt trailing in the wind behind you
The soft and dappled sea
Oh there are people just like you
All over the world
In Jesus' Name
Amen
Saturday, July 7, 2018
"Thanks"
When the lace of the gown of the moon
Falls effortlessly about you
And the frogs in the pond look meditatively out at you
From their lagoons of pleasant scum
When the mothers kneel at the threshing floor
And the fathers sleep when day is done
When the crickets sing and the children run and play
When people accept you for what you are
And when you are loved by those around you
Give thanks to the lord for having the Grace
To thank you for what you've done
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
When the lace of the gown of the moon
Falls effortlessly about you
And the frogs in the pond look meditatively out at you
From their lagoons of pleasant scum
When the mothers kneel at the threshing floor
And the fathers sleep when day is done
When the crickets sing and the children run and play
When people accept you for what you are
And when you are loved by those around you
Give thanks to the lord for having the Grace
To thank you for what you've done
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
I was knitting you a soft little blue cap
The kind that fits snugly about your ears
Did you ever see a dandelion
And wonder where your life would take you
It happens when dandelions appear to us
We wonder what will become of us
Where life will lead its dusty path
What fortune will let down its silky trammels
And let her soft hair shine down like luck
Oh beautiful was the creator in all this
When we lose sight of all life's reasons
And get lost effortlessly in one another's sighs
To be grateful just to be alive
Oh weary shore this, when I collapsed on your bed
Exhausted and frightened, to eat your jellybeans
In the cupped palms of my hands
Children grow old they become responsible for themselves
They reach a point when no one will forgive them
When there is no mother and they must be original
It is then that they struggle
How are children supposed to care for one another
They are busy taking care of themselves
Tears and needs and sadness like an ocean
And love's unfailing mark
I wish the laws could see all people as children
That all people could be forgiven
There are so many times you want to give someone a hug
A hug that is gratefully received
When there are tears it is a very serious matter
We are learning how to walk again
Some mystery that children are left to themselves
On an earth that is so forbidding
How to till the soil and build the walls
That lead to our happiness
What law so smooth it could shelter all
What touch could feed the people
What supply could loan a big enough loan
To supply all our needs indefinitely
We may all face years of hard knocks
before we learn to survive on our own
The calamity, if there was any, has silently come
Like a shadow in the night
And now the earth lays struggling under the load
Of too many people and too little money or resources
If we all came together and organized our resources
Into an organized structure it would lessen the shortage
We seem to be doing okay
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
The kind that fits snugly about your ears
Did you ever see a dandelion
And wonder where your life would take you
It happens when dandelions appear to us
We wonder what will become of us
Where life will lead its dusty path
What fortune will let down its silky trammels
And let her soft hair shine down like luck
Oh beautiful was the creator in all this
When we lose sight of all life's reasons
And get lost effortlessly in one another's sighs
To be grateful just to be alive
Oh weary shore this, when I collapsed on your bed
Exhausted and frightened, to eat your jellybeans
In the cupped palms of my hands
Children grow old they become responsible for themselves
They reach a point when no one will forgive them
When there is no mother and they must be original
It is then that they struggle
How are children supposed to care for one another
They are busy taking care of themselves
Tears and needs and sadness like an ocean
And love's unfailing mark
I wish the laws could see all people as children
That all people could be forgiven
There are so many times you want to give someone a hug
A hug that is gratefully received
When there are tears it is a very serious matter
We are learning how to walk again
Some mystery that children are left to themselves
On an earth that is so forbidding
How to till the soil and build the walls
That lead to our happiness
What law so smooth it could shelter all
What touch could feed the people
What supply could loan a big enough loan
To supply all our needs indefinitely
We may all face years of hard knocks
before we learn to survive on our own
The calamity, if there was any, has silently come
Like a shadow in the night
And now the earth lays struggling under the load
Of too many people and too little money or resources
If we all came together and organized our resources
Into an organized structure it would lessen the shortage
We seem to be doing okay
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Friday, July 6, 2018
The Prisoners look back with madness foaming in their eyes
The terror and fear of being trapped in a human cage
They are trapped because people are keeping them imprisoned
And no sickness of the physical body is this
This is not a disease but they are victims of human abuse
The bedraggled people life has dealt down
They are just as sorry as they seem, no less
No scuffing up of the shoe can do them much harm
The difference done in one life is a beautiful thing
Send all than you have
You have to realize God probably knows what he's doing
And maybe all you can do is apologize to them
Just apologize to them and be still
They are angrier than they can ever know
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
The terror and fear of being trapped in a human cage
They are trapped because people are keeping them imprisoned
And no sickness of the physical body is this
This is not a disease but they are victims of human abuse
The bedraggled people life has dealt down
They are just as sorry as they seem, no less
No scuffing up of the shoe can do them much harm
The difference done in one life is a beautiful thing
Send all than you have
You have to realize God probably knows what he's doing
And maybe all you can do is apologize to them
Just apologize to them and be still
They are angrier than they can ever know
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
"Peace"
It's all part of a great chain of being
All things even out in the end
Some things don't affect us until much later in life
And some things come from a past life
I've seen people I must have wronged in a past life
And I have accepted It
I press yellow chrysanthemums into the snow of their pain
And bow in humble apology to them
All pain gets washed away by the sweeping of time
One agony is repaid
I hope you can accept the things in your life that are bad
And also the things that are good
Fluxuations of the general flow
Like a fabric of that which protects us
Accept those things you cannot change
And apologize to those who harm you
They are remnants of a previous life time
Coming back to collect
When you rest there will be peace
I find it when I'm sleeping
And that which you feel you simply must do
You will get it done
All things flowing in and out of being
May you find peace
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
It's all part of a great chain of being
All things even out in the end
Some things don't affect us until much later in life
And some things come from a past life
I've seen people I must have wronged in a past life
And I have accepted It
I press yellow chrysanthemums into the snow of their pain
And bow in humble apology to them
All pain gets washed away by the sweeping of time
One agony is repaid
I hope you can accept the things in your life that are bad
And also the things that are good
Fluxuations of the general flow
Like a fabric of that which protects us
Accept those things you cannot change
And apologize to those who harm you
They are remnants of a previous life time
Coming back to collect
When you rest there will be peace
I find it when I'm sleeping
And that which you feel you simply must do
You will get it done
All things flowing in and out of being
May you find peace
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
You looked me in the eyes and said no
I didn't know what to do
All lost there are things we don't understand
And things that are full of holes
People get stuck and people fall through
It's like a great spiderweb
They do what they please and they kill who they will
There is really nothing anyone can do
People die because of this spiderweb
They die because it's poorly constructed
America is tied up in laws that break hearts
The laws are doing so much harm to so many
In a time when no one can step out of line
And the able cannot work and the weak have to
And the poor are beaten down and the rich are so unhappy
Poor people find heaven in meals and warm beds
But the rich and powerful find only nettles under their beds
They are unhappy with what they have
While Chris and I are so happy
To live a simple life is a really great truth
Just to be what you are without any shame
I'd rather be poor than rich
And I always will
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
I didn't know what to do
All lost there are things we don't understand
And things that are full of holes
People get stuck and people fall through
It's like a great spiderweb
They do what they please and they kill who they will
There is really nothing anyone can do
People die because of this spiderweb
They die because it's poorly constructed
America is tied up in laws that break hearts
The laws are doing so much harm to so many
In a time when no one can step out of line
And the able cannot work and the weak have to
And the poor are beaten down and the rich are so unhappy
Poor people find heaven in meals and warm beds
But the rich and powerful find only nettles under their beds
They are unhappy with what they have
While Chris and I are so happy
To live a simple life is a really great truth
Just to be what you are without any shame
I'd rather be poor than rich
And I always will
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
I went out in the night to sit by the water's edge
Where the moon is white light on the little ripples
The great silver dragon flies on overhead
Ever-present, ever-all-knowing
I'm sorry for the things I said that hurt you
And the way I let my worries upset me
I'm sorry for the things you do not have
And I'm deeply grateful for the things that you do
Thank God for this place
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
When I was young I had so many dreams
I found my life ill-equipped to find them
I struggled against the laws that restrained me
And suffered under the weight of my curse
All madness this, now that I am mad
And no one comes to call upon my weary shore
Those friends that were are gone away now
The unfought war has torn and defaced their hearts
And I know they are my enemies and I pray to God
May peace come in here and life go on
I love you like air and water and light
I feel like my life has been answered
And when my task of caring for you is done
I can lay in the dirt and die peacefully
I only want to provide for you
And hold you in my arms at night
I come to love you more and more with time
Thank you God
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
Where the moon is white light on the little ripples
The great silver dragon flies on overhead
Ever-present, ever-all-knowing
I'm sorry for the things I said that hurt you
And the way I let my worries upset me
I'm sorry for the things you do not have
And I'm deeply grateful for the things that you do
Thank God for this place
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
When I was young I had so many dreams
I found my life ill-equipped to find them
I struggled against the laws that restrained me
And suffered under the weight of my curse
All madness this, now that I am mad
And no one comes to call upon my weary shore
Those friends that were are gone away now
The unfought war has torn and defaced their hearts
And I know they are my enemies and I pray to God
May peace come in here and life go on
I love you like air and water and light
I feel like my life has been answered
And when my task of caring for you is done
I can lay in the dirt and die peacefully
I only want to provide for you
And hold you in my arms at night
I come to love you more and more with time
Thank you God
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
There are seeds of things that could be fed
And watered by the rain
They're lying around in plain places
Where the furniture is bare and shaggy
And the kettle boils water all day and all night
And the man of the house has a weak little smile
To feed children, that is what I want to do
With this life that lays out before me like a dream
His shoes need shodding and his feet need washing
He jumps when he's call and that is enough for me
There's no greater purpose for me to enjoy
Than when I provide for my little boy
He smiles up at me with the happiest smile
I am deeply grateful to God
In Jesus' Name
Amen
And watered by the rain
They're lying around in plain places
Where the furniture is bare and shaggy
And the kettle boils water all day and all night
And the man of the house has a weak little smile
To feed children, that is what I want to do
With this life that lays out before me like a dream
His shoes need shodding and his feet need washing
He jumps when he's call and that is enough for me
There's no greater purpose for me to enjoy
Than when I provide for my little boy
He smiles up at me with the happiest smile
I am deeply grateful to God
In Jesus' Name
Amen
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