Saturday, February 28, 2009

Nations

Nations sing
of your glory.

Tell of your
marvelous works.

For the ages
tell your story.

There are many
languages and faces
reflecting His.

Our job is to honor
and respect each one

and help them to
be the best

as the future honors
those who say
the greatest and the
least are equal

this way.

Galaxies

Ages present
past swirl into eternal light.

God has redeemed the wonder
of both day and night.

God's light is
coming soon,
the Bible
speaks of doom
but Hope is
possible, too
if we change
our ways

humble our face
before the Lord
of grace,

He will rescue us.
Jesus in the mix,
letting us in,
on the final
reign of His-
yet to come.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Gems

I see people of God's kingdom
as His precious gems.

He is the one who carries
them.

I tried to keep them safe
for a time,
and then I gave them
back to Him.

He gave me what was mine.

Brilliance

A blue flame burning
in the night.

Like a Bunsen burner
giving light.

Not the white or yellow
flame for which to fight.

The core of being
the brightest, bright.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Fulfillment

I want to be married,
have children, too.

I think it is the right
season for me and you.

I stand everyday for
His promises to
come true.

A prayer rises
to my Father
and some day

He may answer me
with you.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Suenos

My mom had a dream that I would
finish college.
I pray it comes true.

I had a dream of motherhood.
I am unsure about that, too.

Dreams seem like ice castles
washed away by the sea.

Hope seems so tangible
of dreams yet to be.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Hope

Hope,
not in deference,
but in truth.

Destroyed

Crushed into
mortar powder
ready to begin
again

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Strength

Burning bright into the night,
flames of love surround me.

Happened that, the love
of light, kindled same
inside of me.

Jesus lives,
the direction is
the same.

Upward,
onward,
in His great,
and mighty name.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

The Great Books

My dad had a perfect set,
a full set I inherited.

I thought for awhile I did
not like the philosophy of men.

I decided to give the set away
to a person who did.

I read about a congressman
who valued the set of
those who had gone before,

Locke and Hobbes, Rousseau,
and the men who formed the door.

I decided to reflect on them,
these men of long ago.

Maybe write a book on the thoughts
of those who wanted us to know,
they live on in me and you.

I then wrote a poem of Milton
and studied the works
of Lord Byron, himself stating,
Beauty walking in the night.

I bought a set, imperfect,
worn.

The books long forgotten,
have now become my own.

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