Only You
Only you can lift
Out of the deepest, slimiest
Pit of despair
The broken human soul
Crushed, shattered,
Reeling, staggering
From the effects
The price, the toll
That wretched darkness extracts
Oh, he is good, that
Enemy of mine
Hounding me thru
All of my time
But you sit enthroned
Ensconced in your power
And your name
Destroying his sordid game
That prince of the air
That satan
Breathing his hot breath
In my face
From birth even unto today
But you remove
Of his evil every trace
Winning me to yourself
My pain you do embrace
My spirit you lift up
Until I can say
With joy you have filled my cup!
So come, Lord Jesus,
Come!
Do it again
As you did back then!!
My Child is Not My Child
They look so peaceful,
Serene, innocent
These sleeping children
Of mine
But for this brief period
Of time
Them just to myself
I cannot truly bind
Inscribed upon their
Hearts, their very souls
Is an image of another
By my inner voice
This I am clearly told
Coming through our bodies
As mother, father
But not by us created
They have been stamped
With the face, image of another
In one family, all sisters, brothers
With only one True Father
They are God’s children
I have been given the gift
Of taking temporary care
Each day I must give them wings
So they themselves may upward lift
Their tiny bodies & souls
He commands this is my only goal!
So with each prayer
Said by the moon’s waning light
I must release them
With a heavy sigh
Upward thru the skies
Into the all-loving hands of
Our Truest Father’s Power & Might!
Don’t Blame God
I fuss, I cuss,
I spit, I hiss
I extend my claws
Without a pause
I’ll let you have it
Then down I shrink
After a moment to think
Why did I do that?
Lost control again
I simply cannot win
Control
Over this lustful, errant
Soul
Of mine
Maybe with more time?
But no
I know
That will never happen
Not in my day
Will I ever have complete sway
Who can I blame
To mind comes the only name,
Myself, me
I am the only one I see
Standing inside, beside me
So do not blame God for
Our destructive of life behavior
Nor can you blame your neighbor
He has his own evil to deal with
God holds out his light
Love, joy peace
Always within your reach
It is Your Choice
So do not keep
On blaming God
For our compliance, our nod
Toward the darkness
I cannot Save You
Sitting on a throne
Royal blood decided
And even though angels chided
His mind would not be changed
I will go do this
Their eternal bliss
Hangs in the balance
For this they will
Have utterly no talent
I myself will save them!
So do not look to me
I too must stay on bended knee
For my own salvation to receive
On a pedestal do not place a human
I do not wish to draw you toward me.
My, man’s blood, is tainted
And although a human head
May be called sainted
Still man’s blood is impure
For none will escape that tragic allure
Sin still holds for all of us
It took the blood of the purest of all
To cleanse our darkest sins
You must follow His voice & His alone
If You truly desire to win
This battle most ferocious
we all currently struggle in,
For Only Christ’s Holy
But bloodied, clean waters
Can remove the blackened stains
Of our, (man’s), horrific sins!
Wait Patiently
It will come
That Holy Son
Will return
So today of all daysdo not spurn
His loving kindnessEven as we wait
He holds open
Golden gates
To life, joy peace
They will of course
For later keep
But should we not seek
Them even now?Somehow
We are meant
& are being sent
From heaven’s royal thrones
To gather all those dry bones
Back to lifeAwake, arise church, awake!
For all our sakes
Go forward
Lead this land
Back toward Those nail-scarred hands
His paradise awaits
For this is the truest of all fates!!
Eden
(save it or lose it)
Clouds swirl
The ethers twirl
in moving thick clouds
obscuring regions below
until at last pierced
by sun’s arrows to show
Eden,
perfection’s newest glow
a paradise’s home
Man never meant to roam
lives in perfect peace
with all
Until he turns his back
on his Lord’s call,
his name, creation & life
And through that one act
brings forth pain, death & strife
for the first time darkness
permeates the garden
but wait, wait
there comes a second call
to revive us from
the blackest pit of our slippery, plunging fall
Jesus Christ, that light
on the cross a perfect lamb
sent, holds out a hand
to save every woman, every man
we must play our part
let him have our complete heart
to generate a new start
for ourselves and this planet’s life
we all have our own part
to play if in our own days
we want to help receate Utopia
our very selves to save
& rejoin ourselves back to God
It is Your choice
never will be forced
Live totally for & with God
or
Be swallowed by the darkness
where never will you rest
You will be enslaved, forced into
that violent machine, that dark team
Of satan’s demolition service
and help shred Utopia into pieces
SoulSails 