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When Plans Dissolve
Posted on Saturday, May 30th, 2009
When Plans Dissolve
Pay attention
When plans dissolve
In jarring disarray,
Confounding expectations.
Discern symbols to interpret,
Like dreams foreboding
Without warning new directions,
Challenges vaguely disguised.
Become accustomed to
Discomfort alone-ness,
Even loneliness
As you sit in solitude.
Don’t despair –
Listen intently to whispers
Emerging – no longer [...]
Where Are You?
Posted on Monday, May 25th, 2009
This poem seeks to capture a recent insight about that chap who sits aside observing, but not especially committed, to the events occurring in my life; that is, until I snatched him — he must [...]
continue readingI Still Want to Dance
Posted on Saturday, May 16th, 2009
I Still Want To Dance
I still want to dance,
Though you think
I’ve forgotten steps,
Never caught them.
I still want to explore,
Discover learn engage
Listen to plights and joys
Serve in love’s capacity.
I still want to share
Your adventures
Even if mind [...]
Un-Walled Spirit
Posted on Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Un-Walled Spirit
I’m an un-walled spirit
Gazing past dark clouds
Bearing sorrow and pain;
A cardinal luring blood worms
To surface with song bait,
Patience and stillness;
A child ignoring
An approaching storm,
Lingering in merriment;
A solitary left discovered,
Alone in a crowd be loved,
Enraptured [...]
Sparkle Bright
Posted on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Sparkle Bright
Would that I could whistle
Like wind across a field
Before rain in gray light;
Listen for a whisper
Pushed from another realm
Where I am loved;
Feel rapture once again
In warm embrace
Unhurried intentioned;
Youth dream idle spent
As on warm afternoons
Rushing [...]
Contemplating Death
Posted on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
As I Contemplate My Death
As I contemplate my death,
I am focused as playing
Stick-ball on New York streets,
Hitting solidly high above
The sewer-cover second base.
I am peaceful like lying back
In the racing shell after crossing
The finish [...]
Beyond Reality
Posted on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Beyond Reality
Your cell phone
Just died dark,
No final word.
I can’t reach you,
You can’t reach me;
We’re out of touch.
Still silence engulfs me,
In hummm I mouth,
Dispatch love,
Then listen close,
Tuning delicate
For your reply.
Cloud wisps aloft
Drift by deliberate,
I sense you [...]
Meditation – July 18, 2009
Posted on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Scripture: I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation . . . I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:12-13
Prayer: Would that I took to heart [...]
Meditation – July 17, 2009
Posted on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Scripture: To the Jews who had believed in him, Jesus said: “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” [...]
continue readingMeditation – July 15, 2009
Posted on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Scripture: After leaving Succoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and [...]
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