I found this little “poem” after reading through an old journal from 2002 when I was living in Nashville. I had forgotten I’d written this… (written on 10/10/02) Plunge the depths of the sea of me Bring back the treasure long hidden In the dark recesses of the ocean Of a heart that longs [...]
Archive for the ‘Poetry Flow-etry’ Category
23 Jun
The Heart of Art
Through the ages – from the beginning of time You have sung your song through voices Sweet and loud, grieving and joyful You have painted your pictures Your dreams through the hands Of Artists great and small Painted your heart, your thoughts Even through those who knew you not You have danced your [...]
23 Jun
Awake For the First Time
Didn’t know you’d open up a part of me With all that talk of faith & theology But the dead place came back to life And it scared me – how it scared me Cause livin’ like a dead man walking Was what I’d known for so long Hammer to desire – don’t let [...]
22 Jun
Light the Night
The light’s been turned off inside And I don’t know how to get it back on My darling darkness friend, I want you no more Want the sweet sunshine of him beside me Want you here beside me Help me turn it on, help me light up the night Cuz its looking pretty grim, [...]
22 Jun
Untitled #3
Fuzzy foggy cloudy mind Sleeping to the rainfall sky And the women leans in to fine no one there Her bed made alone, forever alone There is no savior in anyone’s soul, for no one was made that way And the prayers seemed prayed like a wish list Never answered the way she wanted [...]
22 Jun
Untitled #2
Everyone loves me but me How can this be? Such a mystery of sorts and I have no answer Wish I did. Maybe it would fix the pain deep inside. Can’t go to sleep. Two pills and still nothing can shut these eyes of mine And so I write just to shake it all off… [...]
22 Jun
Autumn Blaze
This tree stands before me At attention in all it’s beauty Shouting, “Yes I am worthy of Glory” Even as it knows it’s death is near. It goes out in a blaze of Glory One season laying down a carpet of beauty To usher in the next A mix of earth and crimson hues [...]
22 Jun
Ash Wednesday
Sittin’ in that chapel I heard the music play You took my breath – you took my heart Back to the place from where it had strayed She touched me on the forehead Said from ashes you came, to ashes you’ll go And ashes she wiped through the center of me As the tears [...]
22 Jun
Untitled #1
Has my life been reduced to this? All I can fit into this 5×6? Throwing away what I think I’ve needed Keeping the things I’ve deemed the essentials Spit out of the belly of a whale Onto a course from which I’ve been running Difference place, different face, but still the same callin’ [...]
22 Jun
Poetry? Or so I Declare it!
I’ve never been much for rhyme. I’ve realized that even more so lately after living with a 5 year old little rhyming machine. Just about every other day, he’s pulling new stuff out of his head, ears, fingers and toes and cracking me up with all the things that come out of his mouth. You’re [...]
