Pocket in Your Heart
Place me in a pocket
In your heart
Where I was meant to be
From the very start
Though fear, shame
Humiliation
Made me feel
I did not belong
satan’s lie in that
you’ve shown
The great chambers
And their walls
Within the center of
Your being
Pulsate with the call
Return to me
& I will return to you
Your Spirit cries
Cannot deny
The love throbbing
Within your voice
The greatest love
Man will ever know
Swirling, twirling
thru dark ethers
of a universe
Ends at earth
Within a holy glow
We were created
To live close
So close
To dance within the
Vapors of God's breath
Never meant for us
To be apart
Or ever face a death
But until that death
Or your return
I will willingly bend
my knee and
just wait
No more your love to spurn!
Just Pretend
Close your eyes
& just pretend
Pretend there is
No death
No Physical end
To life as it is
No purpose
For anything
All is just about
What you can see
& touch for now
No hope
If you can believe
This
Then your enemy
Has accomplished
His goal
to cover your eyes
with his deceit
he can even persuade
You to believe
Or feel that even he
Does not exist
There is no great evil
In this world
We are okay
As we are
If this had been
The truth
There would have
Been no use
Or need
For a man to die
On a cross
Heaven sent
Puts a different bent
On our ages old story
To believe in a glory
Temporarily unseen
By human eyes
Someday will rip
Open the skies
Return in full power
Unknown may be
The day or hour
But Christ’s words
Promise it clearly
& for sure!
Still Walk
Still, quiet, slow
Calming
Taking each step
One at a time
A spirit moves
Follows behind
Placing each foot
Firmly
Upon this dusty earth
Peace, stillness
Both given new birth
They are brought to life
Again
Each footstep He takes
Will never be erased
Even in the midst
Of life’s harshly blowing sands
His presence, Himself
This Creator Christ
Walking still among us
Leaving footprints
To follow if you will look
to truly see and trust
So, risk the walk, begin
Put your foot inside
His footsteps left behind
He leaves those promises
Of His Peace to reassure
Those who will struggle
Stay faithful, pure
Unto the very end!
Peace I leave you. My peace I give to you. I do not give as the world gives. Do not be afraid
and do not let your hearts be troubled. John 14:27
Lamb on a Cross
Meat, red, raw
Trembling &
Unprotected by
Skin
Or anything
The man groans
A lamb on a cross
Red meat exposed
To air
& no one there
To seem to care!
Blood gushes
Red & also raw
As demons dance
On the dark ground
Underneath the sounds
Of his groans
They squeal, scream
With delight
The light has been
Quenched
In the sight
Of the whole world!
Or so they think
But this cup He
Must drink
Only for a few hours
Will prove to crush, sink
Hell’s greatest hopes.
As evil flames lick
The base of that cross
The man suspended
In air
Dies
No more earthly cares
Or sighs
For Him.
Praise God!!
The ground trembles
It quakes
A massive stone
Rolls away
The beginning of this
New day
Opens heaven’s gates
For all seeking a better way!
Hell has lost
Christ has won
Heaven’s purest Son!
His obedience poured
Out thru His blood
Ran to ground
Our obedience
Poured out thru
our hearts
A fresh, new start
Every morning to
Mimic our King
Be forgiven thru
The blood of
A lamb on a cross!!
Buildings
Buildings
Scraping the sky
Tall
Virtually canyon
Walls
Of concrete, steel
Glass, stone
I look up to feel
Microscopic beside
Them
Cold, impersonal
Hard
Where is the soul
Not within a shard
Of them
We have lost our
Way
Giving sway
To concrete
Looking into the sky
I cannot help but
Realize
This world, culture
Has denied
The one who made
Us
Loves us, cares for
Us
A holy, magnificent
God
So we would not
be lost
Daily, over our heads
He pleads, begs
Pursues
Me, I, you & you
& you
But our hearts
Lay hardened
Rebuffing,
Rejecting
The One who
Loves the most
Father, Son &
Holy Ghost
Our souls lay hard, buried
Within, beneath the concrete
Me on A Cross?
I see a lifeless form
On a wooden beam
It groans
Mouthing a bloody foam
Another useless dream
Or message to be seen?
Maybe both
Dream and message
It raises its head
Showing sweat &
Tears it has shed
Staring into the sky
It carries the face of I!
It is me,
Me on that cross
I am where we all
Surely would be
If not for the other face
That took my place,
Jesus of Nazareth!
Sinner, rebel,
Against a one true
God & Father
I deserved that cross
Perhaps in celestial eyes
Only another piece
of human dross.
In pain,
As I cursed His name
Jesus, son of God
Tore my flesh from
The nails
Put himself there
To complete Heaven’s
Most loving job
Christ took my place
That place which belongs
To each & all
Wicked rebellors
Against our Father
Now we sing a new song
Of Christ’s love
God’s forgiveness,
Freedom,
From a worn-out
Worldly kingdom
Captives to sin
Set free by his death
Breathed upon by a fresh breath
Of life’s new resurrection!
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