Poem to an Abstract
Star whirl
Colors twirl
In bright ribbons
Around your head
So I believe
To yourself
You said:
“I should do something
With this
Leaning forward
With a gentle kiss
The Son said:
“I agree although
We have not a
Compelling need
Except to perhaps
See
If this, our love,
More are willing to receive
So you spoke
And You built
Soon those colors
They filled
A universe
Of twirling shapes
Forms
Some soft
some hard, terse
So You
Built an earth
Of greens & blues
Such vibrant hues
Plants, animals
& at last your man
Such glorious life
Only Your peace
No strife
Until
We spoiled it
But
Remember
Your Son You
Did send us
Someday will
It be returned
And once again
We will be
Allowed to learn
Of Your Glorious Perfection!!
New Day!
Rushing, crashing
Waves of life
Come washing over me
From a tumultuous,
Increasingly treacherous sea!
Brokenness comes into
The line of the shore
With a raging, angry
Dangerous roar
What is it that they want
My frail, tiny boat
At last
To completely swamp?
For this is what it seems
As to my craft I cling
And scream
Those waves keep
Coming,
Coming
In large volumes,
Positively reams
Sent by that satan
That oh so ancient enemy
But of this life he
Will not have the last word
Because as quickly as he comes
Away will he be turned
By a larger, grander,
More Powerful Ship
Will he be
Destroyed,
Forever spurned
With the unfolding of just one
Bright, white sail
satan is completely undone,
Rising in a brighter boat
Is God’s Only Son
Golden on the horizon
As a rapidly rising sun
In Pure Joy,
That New Day of our
Lord & King has finally
and at last come!!!
Miracle
What would cause
A god
Of any kind
Rich, wealthy
Most sublime
To step
From His perfection’s
Heaven
To literally
Slum
With us?
This was no impulse
Done with intent
A driven purpose
Such a love
Beyond robust!
So this is the miracle
For us!
That one so
Wondrous
Of beauty,
Power
Would step
Down
To save us
From a most dreadful
Hour
For without this
Miracle
Only a place most
Terrible
Awaited
So do not
Hesitate
Accept what
Christ
Longs to give
A better
Fate
Life
With His
Beauty
Into
Infinity!
Rushes
Life rushes
Sometimes it
Even crushes
Until hearts stop
Breathing ceases
& we see,
Are released
From our dulled shell
To another place
Us You will send
Even as we
Our bodies lend
Back to the dust
We need to prepare
So our spirits
May we share
With Yours
At last
To enjoy
Rejoice
Infinity
Only a beginning
Of pure joy
So I implore
I ask
Do not let this
Forever pass
Your spirit by!
Hacks
Those spiritual hacks
Can catch you
Will stab you in the back
So be most careful
Coming from a place of darkness
Bringing only strife, extreme pain
Arising from a satan’s fury
Coming sometimes in ones
Or often groups, in a great flurry
By winds of evil sent
To destroy, maim,
Their only intent
But
A power stronger
More intense
Can dissolve, destroy
Within only one word
A Holy Name
Always it is one
The same
JESUS
Demons have no strength
By God’s Holy Hands
Will be forever rent
None of hell’s dark things
Will ever overcome
As saints stand & out loud sing
His Name
His Praise
In this,
His Forever Of Days!
Even Though
Even though
As the spirit leaves
The body
Becomes an empty
Carcass
Even though as evil screeches
Its joy
Thinking it has won
Frenzied in a dance
Most heartless
From a place of new honor
As you glance only briefly
Back as the demons rejoice
Christ comes most sweetly
Takes your hand
To show His Promised Land
So the ignorance
of the darkness
Will never know
true victory
For them it remains
a mystery
So through your obedience
In your life’s history
In Christ you
will be allowed
With Him
to live most blissfully!
SoulSails 