The Flying V
It flies, zooms
Moving so fast
At first I cannot see
What this flying
Abstraction, monstrosity
Must be
It is a flying V!
It moves, zips
With so much speed
I cannot see
Its shape
So I reach an arm
Upward
To reach for its tip
At firsts it eludes
But I continue to
Pursue
Until I reach
Triumphant
Into the air
Then turn to stare
At what lies
Trembling
Within my hands
It is the letter
V
Well, this was not
Within my day’s plan!
Never would I have guessed
If I had been put to the test
That such a symbol
Would belong
To such as I
What could this mean
Then I too began to tremble
Until a hand
Reached from behind
It is for you a sign
A man smiled
As he spoke
Do you not see
What this flying V
Stands for?
I shook my head
No.
As He spoke His
Words were slow
Listen carefully
He said
And I will show
Its meaning
He removed His robe
His body was scarred
His perfect flesh
Had been deeply marred
Yes, my flesh was
Defaced
I died in disgrace
For you
Yet within my nail-scarred
Hands
I hold the Promised Land
Waiting for you
It takes a deep belief
Faith in me
This is for your
Most sincere relief
From your own
Sin
No more will it win
Control
I destroyed that
Darkness
The hold
It had on you
This V is a sign
Of my complete
Victory
Over all that enslaved
Each child of mine
I saved the day
No more will hell
Or death have its way
With you
As I watched
His arms He raised
In that perfect stance
Of old
It took only one glance
For me to know
Over His head
His arms they formed that
Perfect V
On display
For everyone forever
& always to see!!
And I could see
Of that which
He spoke
He had removed
Destroyed
That darkest of yokes
My sin
Judgement
Death comes to all
Separation of our spirit
From the flesh
Instituted by our fall
From His grace
Turned out of a
Paradise
And away from
His face
However, God
Still desires
Into His kingdom
everyone
To come
His planet
Even now awash in
His love
But there will
Be a day
Christ did say
When He returns
To light the way
To His
New Earth
A separation
Will occur
The Sheep,
Those he will keep
In His love
But with a Holy shout
The goats
Will be thrown out
Into the darkness
Where satan awaits
Between the fiery gates
It is your choice
To either praise, worship
& rejoice
In your
Creator/Father/ God
Do it now,
While among the living
do the giving,
Loving,
Sacrificing
do not be
caught unaware
do not miss
your share
of His Paradise
Choose to go the
Right way
In this you do have
The final say
Do not reject
Your God
He never rejects
Any feeble start
So !TODAY!
Do not harden
Your heart
ExistenceMy heart beats
My lungs breathe
I can laugh,
Play,
Savor the day
I exist
My thoughts are
My own
In my head
They have found
A home
Within to rest
Put me to the test
Will I or won’t I
Do this or that
I can hear these,
My thoughts
For you see
This is the real
You and me
A living breathing
Spirit, soul
Only temporarily,
For now
Attached to this
mortal shell
Given a chance
to grow
Get to know
The One who runs
The universe
And beyond,
Transcendent,
With His Son
For one day He
Has promised
He will come
This living,
breathing Son
Shining in all His splendor
This wonderful Giver
Of our Life
This gift of
Our Existence!
First True Renaissance
(Re-creation)
After a dark period
It is told in books
There was a Renaissance,
Reformation,
a Recreation,
Of culture, societies
Even of Religion
But I will argue
It had already occurred
At an earlier date
before those books’ words
Told of it. On a cross
in a small back country,
Judea
An explosion
Unseen but felt
After one
insignificant carpenter
Was crucified
Because he testified
To a new way of life
Born in blood,
sweat & tears
Why? satan has no peer
For evil destruction
His desperation
Was showing
A new world,
Kingdom,
New way of living
Was ushered in
For all who would choose
Their life to lose
Inside of His
Built upon a
Foundation of the old
Refined, purified
Like the rarest of golds
For the sake of man
He took our hand
And led us to
His cross
Meant for all
Not just a few
A new earth order
If you choose
Of faith, belief
So on that Day
And in that way
His new earth kingdom
Started.
Change has
Happened
Time for it
To spread
To all places
For the good
Of all faces
Death defeated
satan exposed
for the liar he is
time for the world
to know
it can change,
grow,
because
Christ says so!
Do not have to wait
For a distant heaven
New kingdom life
Is now for the taking
Now is the time
for the slaking
Of our undiminished
Need for God
For every man,
Woman, child
To take us out of our wild
Unruly state he found in us
Return to us His paradise for all
Please I beg of you,
do not refuse
His holy, righteous call!
Not Even in A Blender
Blades whir,
Solids dissolve
Large chunks puree
Into a goo
Blenders good
For many things
In our kitchens
They do bring
From many foods
Convergence into one
Unfortunately, in life
Things are not always so
Some things cannot,
Should not mix
For the welfare of our souls
The dark and the light
Will never mix
Nothing that a blender
was ever meant to fix
Never meant to be
As oil is to water
Separate from the
Beginning
God’s light will
Not ever allow
satan’s dark to stop
His shining!
So do not fear
Shed not too many tears
There is the one that
Took our place
Opened Heaven’s
Pearly gates
Christ paved the way
Saved all our days
From the whirling,
swirling blades,
that chaos of the darkness.
SoulSails 