When my soul feels empty and hunger sets in Treading paths that are marked by sin The storm clouds gather and the skies grow dark With the weight of doubt and the frailty of life But in the midst of pain and grief A shepherd brings my soul relief His hands provide guidance and my […]
To I AM
Long before galaxies burst from atramentous void Worlds springing from an abyss of cosmic nothingness Before stars blazed in delicate fury And waves soaked the dusty firmament Before animals danced in praise to silent symphonies Before trees swayed to natures chartless harmonies Before order arranged, before fruit had a taste Before all that we know […]
The Monster of Death Has Died
Across my beleaguered soul, like surf pounding on shore Across my broken mind, ring indelibly those forlorn words “nevermore” Like castles built high on the sand, wilted flowers in my little girl’s hand The thief comes to laughingly mock, to demand The darkness persists, ruthless in its suffocating fog Relentless it descends, blotting hope, concealing […]
Unashamed Gospel
Written in connection to a sermon preached in September 2022 of the same name. The news is called good not birthed by a legend Infractions of mankind, distorted aggressions Confound the true faithful purporting to find God the Creator too hateful or kind The din of decay oft frequent disguised By brushes, and filters, popularity […]
Fierce or Subtle
“God only knows” the self-righteous say Pretentiously holy, laws living break Darkness swirls downward, laughteressly mocking, Hypocrites judging while souls left to rotting What can be known? The God of the stars His image by derelicts often is marred Spinning, concocting, a bastardized ruse Pressing the saints rightful good to refuse Confused and unknowing, lie […]