Category Archives: Poetry

25 Feb, 2010

A Dream

Deep in the night my soul was caught up into a drama larger than life
and I found myself at a table where peoples of diversity were gathered
Our conversation was in multiple languages and I could speak things to different people in their own languages
There was an air of respect among the people and they looked [...]

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01 Sep, 2009

Ode to Jesus

To the tune of Wolves by Bon Iver

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You took on my shame
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You took on my shame, you found me
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Broke through my chain
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07 Aug, 2009

Muddy Preacher

So this is it, this drama, this stage, this glory, this rage!
Come get your love on and get hyped on and then chewed on!
Who cares? says the prophet, There’s blood in the sink and broken glass and you missed it, don’t try to find it, it will find you
The train is passing and the wind [...]

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20 Feb, 2009

Deliverance

Deliverance is like a owl perched beneath a moonlit sky
Far above the hindrance of time and gravity below
A gusty breeze ruffles through its feathers but it is motionless
There is much anticipation in the air
It scans the shadows and the blueness of the fields
Looking as if it is at ease, undisturbed in spirit
It gives the illusion [...]

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10 Jun, 2008

At The Head Of Every Street

The orphan is verily vainly aware
of a woman lurking in a shadow of despair
Parched from thirst with nothing to eat
Stones lie scattered at the head of the street
Bereaved, alone, and a face black as soot
Lay he there hungry, trampled underfoot
Born on stony ground, in thickets unsweet
His mother scorns payment at the head of the street
Like [...]

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15 Apr, 2008

I Chose You

I stood afar off empty, calloused, obsessed
with the wretch of my self
Uncultured, unrefined, untaught, unenlightened.
And One came to my presence
to appear before me
Who is He, and who was I that he should have been mindful of me?
He called to me out of the fire, said my name.
I could not stand, my heart fell as though [...]

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01 Mar, 2008

There Is But One Thing Necessary

Filled with empty tasks and overcome with anxiety
Her heart is debauched with the wine of yesterday’s agendas, tomorrow’s plans,
today’s hopes
Her face is low and cumbersome to look at.
The pace of her work is multiplied into ignorance
As the sun rises and vents its clandestine gleam upon her
It glances off of her back; she is turned away [...]

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05 Aug, 2005

God is God

I saw Satan fall like lightning
My heart though weak, was hedged in
Resistance is futile, that is the vanity of man
But God is God, and that is the glory of God
Resist the devil and he will flee
But not only from you, but Christ in You
O foolish man! Oh you of little faith!
Did I not tell you [...]

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28 Jun, 2005

Broken Soul

Many places to find a name
But this darkness won’t let me go
Everyday is the same old game
Why can’t I just let it flow?
Songs of love and butterflies
All I want is not there to have
Many words cast to and fro
But what about the broken soul?

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18 Apr, 2005

The Future is not the Past

the thoughts of hell, I’m running
with my hand in my mouth, I’m stumbling
a bleeding side, loving
helpless in the light, I’m crawling
a short distance between you and me
an easy reach to set me free
green grass and sweet breath, going
laying down my weapon, finding
with the love of him, walking
the future is not the past, living

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