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Where Love Dwells 25 Aug 2013 | 07:42 am
Where love dwells, We die to ourselves And what once had sting Now makes us sing, Just as the sun dies– Turning the skies black Like the final closing of the eyes When, then, Up on the rim, A...
Set My Heart 16 Aug 2013 | 10:07 pm
Set my heart on pleasing You, God Set my heart – In every part On pleasing You, God. You know I’ve strayed And disobeyed But now I pray That today You offer grace To create in me a clean hear...
Victors We Become 16 Aug 2013 | 01:56 am
If in vain pursuits we run, The horizon vanishes as quickly as it comes Like idols diminishing before the too bright Son, For they promise fruit when there is really none. But when we love like Hi...
The Piedmont (A Life Between Extremes) 12 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
There’s a lushness of the hills With all its greens That takes up residence inside my heart And brings it nature’s peace. And a quiescence of the seas From wind and waves Calming me to the soul ...
Abortion 1 Aug 2013 | 10:20 pm
Though it’s not yet fall, Winter is already inside me. The baby’s gone, And I’m all alone In this white room, Waiting to go home, Away, No where. The plans, the dreams, They’re all gone: No ...
Press On 29 Jul 2013 | 06:05 pm
I’m on a mission to fight all opposition, Whether its depression, oppression, or suppression. When they oppose, I’ll press on, press on, press on. The world tells us we’re the unenlightened o...
Orphans’ Psalm 17 Jul 2013 | 11:11 pm
Questions run through the orphans’ minds Crushing their spirits sometimes Like where’s mom or dad to tuck me in come bedtime? Or, give me a hug when I skin my knee? Or, why aren’t they here to say...
Can’t We? 15 Jul 2013 | 07:20 pm
“I am amazing!” My daughter sings As I push her on the swing. I laugh because she is doing nothing But sitting there like a queen, And then I see myself in her And the vanity of boasting and str...
The Fruit of Labor – Revised 27 Jun 2013 | 08:14 pm
We labor on hands and knees in detached spaces Washing the feet of people with uncaring faces, And then come to wonder if there’s some hidden oasis– Some highfalutin professional places– That elud...
The Fruit of Labor 24 Jun 2013 | 08:20 pm
We labor in detached spaces And come to regard others’ blank faces. We wonder if there’s some hidden oasis– Some highfalutin professional places– That elude our solitary bases, But no, We’re whe...
