grieving cloud

                                             grieving cloud
                                             sinking sun
                                             bird cries
                       
                                             sleeping town
                                             waking shadows
                                             moon rise

                                             vacant streets
                                             lamps lighting
                                             wind sighs

                                             descending star
                                             shattered heart
                                             dream dies

                                             lonely world
                                             pleading prayer
                                             mournful eyes

                                             ®2018

minus negative

                                            i only wanted one
                                            and got none
                                            fought for naught
                                            got my fill of nil
                                            empty nonentity
                                            the hero of zero

                                            ®2018
                                             


                                             

the great grand foot nine

                                      I'm
                                      the deaf
                                      dumb and blind
                                      seated behind
                                      the great
                                      grand foot nine
                                      fumbling fingers
                                      left and right
                                      trying to play
                                      the grey
                                      between
                                      the black
                                      and white
                                      lows so low
                                      mids just so
                                      highs so high
                                      the sustain
                                      that never
                                      seems to die

                                      he who has
                                      not an ear
                                      cannot hear
                                      that which
                                      is sounded
                                      as if so
                                      confounded
                                      as to only
                                      hear instead
                                      that which
                                      is heard
                                      inside
                                      his head


                                      copyright 2018
                                     
            

at war with

                                                              at war
                                                              with the world
                                                              fighting
                                                              this flesh
                                                              striving
                                                              with self
                                                              struggling
                                                              with sin

                                                              only God
                                                              knows about
                                                              this troubling
                                                              conflict
                                                              within

                                                              and only
                                                              by the grace
                                                              of  God and
                                                              by God's grace
                                                              will win


                                                              copyright 2017

we are all

                                                              we are all
                                                              like a lost
                                                              small pale
                                                              spark of light

                                                              our lives are
                                                              just a fast
                                                              flash in the
                                                              dark of night

                                                              some are drawn
                                                              to the great
                                                              and good holy
                                                              arc so bright

                                                              some are called
                                                              by the word
                                                              and are made to
                                                              hark made contrite

                                                              some are shown
                                                              eyes opened
                                                              to see the
                                                              stark and might

                                                              some are  His
                                                              forever
                                                              made by His
                                                              mark upright



                                                              copyright 2017
                                                             

i was the plant

                                                       i was the plant
                                                       that you put in your window
                                                       you watered me
                                                       with such admiration

                                                       i raised my arms
                                                       toward the sun and you
                                                       wanting to hug you
                                                       in loving adoration

                                                       then you left me
                                                       to go with someone
                                                       without any roots
                                                       on a long vacation

                                                       from your window
                                                       i watched for you
                                                       to return to me
                                                       with so much anticipation
         
                                                       all alone without
                                                       water or affection
                                                       so in love with you
                                                       i died of dehydration

     
                                                       © 2017
                                             

not loved

                                                              not loved
                                                              nor wanted
                                                              in this life
                                                              or this world
                                                              by anyone

                                                              i long for
                                                              and want
                                                              this life
                                                              over with
                                                              and done

                                                              in heaven
                                                              i hope
                                                              to be loved
                                                              and wanted
                                                              by some One


                                                              ©2017