know that this place, like all places, is not a destination, it is merely a beginning.
The Climb
Separation From the Dream
It is a difficult grief to explain To have dreamed a dream So real and so true Only to be separated from it By failure Disappointing, unexplainable failure The heart aches The soul is heavy To dream and fail comes with a cost Yet so does not dreaming at all Is life without beauty and... Continue Reading →
Limit the Limitless
So often we seek to limit the limitless Contain it in rules, in words, in a book We assigned a gender to the divine God the father, God the man God the person? God the human … hmmm But is that what God really is? Eternal, infinite God The holy, the divine We... Continue Reading →
Insignificant
The Universe, so infinitely vast With seemingly limitless possibilities Encapsulated by the impossibility Of really understanding it at all Particles, atoms, molecules Matter, it all matters The tiniest of details matters Cosmic energy maintaining the great dance of existence And we, the humans, on our little planet, our corner of it all A... Continue Reading →
The Most Beautiful Thing I’ve Seen by Lisa Gungor
I was recently listening to an episode of the Liturists podcast (a post on podcasts will be coming soon) & the wife of one of the hosts was a guest on the episode, she was there to discuss her new book. The author; Lisa Gungor, the book; “The Most Beautiful Thing I’ve Seen”. After listening... Continue Reading →
The Light is a Window
Through the darkness A light invades Uncomfortable, unwelcome A shining light Interrupting Our comfortable slumber The light it appears Is a window Small & difficult to see through Yet, even from a distance You can see something different Something beautiful through the window The closer you get, the More you can... Continue Reading →
The Age of Bones
There are times that I feel old Tired, stiff, ready to stop Though I’m not quite as old As my bones would have you believe Sure I could be carbon dated An accurate figure assigned As my joints complain Creaking and cracking My playful, mischievous mind Tells you a better truth Regardless of... Continue Reading →
Life is like a river
Life is like a river The current always flows The further down stream you get The faster it seems to flow Yet at times On a gentle bend It appears to slow Almost stand still Then when you look back The past seems so distant Children grow, too quickly Bodies age & get creaky Life... Continue Reading →
Is the music dead?
Is the music dead or simply quiet? Has inspiration left or is it just still? Internal conflict Or lack of interest? Undigested pain Or focus lost? The creative soul Enters dryness But not darkness A new frontier The wasteland wanderer Lost in the empty Is seeking a jungle of inspiration ... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas
He is Emanuel; God with us He is with us when we crest the mountain peaks And He is with us when we are in the valleys At the peak His presence seems so obvious In the depths it seems like He cannot be found And yet He is there The future will show you... Continue Reading →
Be The Change – yes you!!
So today is a big deal, I get it, we all get it. However today saddens me, from what I see online & talking to people it saddens almost everyone. Yes voting is important, however how we live our lives is significantly more important. Somehow we as a society have arrived at a place where... Continue Reading →
Live With No Regrets
Love like there is no tomorrow For there may be no tomorrow
What If?
What if, we the people decided to be the change? What if, we the people declared we would be the hope? What if, we the people decided that we are better together, regardless of race, nationality, ancestral origin, political, philosophical and theological differences? What if, we the people decided respect and cooperation were better than... Continue Reading →
The Joys Of Aging
Ligaments stretchAs joints ache Strange cracking noises Are greeted with groans Random roaming pains Everything requires more effort More care You must warm up to get out of bed it seems It's strange, as life gets a little easier It becomes more difficult in new ways Ahh the joys of aging
Focus
You will find what you focus on Focus on the negative You will find the bad Focus on the positive You will find the good Sometimes you have to step back Be honest with yourself What are you looking for? It takes a conscious decision To focus on the good But it is worth it for... Continue Reading →
I Believe
Some days life tries to make you quit Just give up Jump in the river And slowly drown in hopelessness I will not quit I will not change or bow down I will hold on to who I am I believe in hope I believe in miracles I believe in love I believe that relationships... Continue Reading →
The Launch Codes
The storm clouds of chaos Grow ever stronger Ever darker Decency is an outlier Restraint, compassion Distant ideals I used to laugh when they talked about the end of the world Armageddon in our lifetime - yeah right Yet this is no biblical instance You may as well burn it Some that claim to... Continue Reading →
The best is yet to come
From the darkest of nights Dawns the brightest of days The best is yet to come Fear is real, tangible Yet I will not listen to it I am no longer a slave to such things Hope is my dawn Faith is my armor A new day, is what awaits
Real Life Cowboy
Living on the trail Camping by the fire Sipping in the evening Singing old cowboy songs Life was easier Or so they say When all you had to do Was survive But the cold night air Would eat at your bones And the tension and fear When bullets or natives approached Tell a different story... Continue Reading →
Perennial Soul
After the death of winter Always comes the spring Green shoots rising up Through the frost covered dirt After the rotting & seemingly terminal decay After apparent death Comes new life, new hope To my perennial soul
Why can we not just have peace?
In this war ravaged planet Most people just want to be peaceful To get on with their lives, go to work, pay their bills Maybe watch a game, drink a beer with a friend, hug their family They didn't ask for this, we don't want this The world is torn, society is stretched to... Continue Reading →
Is hate the answer? – NO
If hate is the answer You are asking the wrong question If hate is the answer You must be devoid of hope If you are devoid of hope I can assure you Love is the answer Hate heals nothing Hate breads only hate The world will end because of hate Or The world... Continue Reading →
Numbers
We are all just numbers to them aren't we? Pieces in a game To be moved without consequence We have no voice No say Only the facade of choice So we accept, as we must The whims, no sorry, dictatorship ... did it again; The great, not bone headed or selfish at all; Leadership of... Continue Reading →
Let the healing begin
Sometimes you have to write in order to find the lies The things that you believed to be true For when they fall on the paper They are so clearly false That the letting go becomes easier And you can finally begin to move on Let the healing begin Sometimes we share, sometimes we don't,... Continue Reading →
Again
Empty Conflicted Bitter Cold The path unclear Yet the way is known The journey would be worth it If only we could get over the beginning Chase freedom, chase it This tied soul needs to be free From bitter resentment Caused by so much nothing Hope A dim light Twinkling in the distance Deep breath,... Continue Reading →
