You are God

You shine like fire in my darkest days
You give me reason to sing Your praise
You love me like I cannot know
You are God
Good beyond all measures known

When heartache strokes my soul so near
You call me to live without fear
Because I'm still worth something
In your eyes
You have the greatest for me still in surprise

Your workings I cannot comprehend
But you ask that I should let go- then
I will be free to let you make me soar
Forever in your arms so warm

I trust in you
With hope to mend
This battered world
I've put myself in
I give to you all that I am
Because you gave
All that I have

Little Bird

Little bird

You never care

What you’ll do

Or what you’ll wear

But everyday

You fly so free

You sing so proud

And joyously

So maybe if

I let it go

Into the heavens

I will soar

Thanksgiving

I am thankful for God above

Who, when I fall,

Still always loves

He listens hard

And whispers soft

He guides me well

And lets me walk

He has provided all

That I’ll ever need

And given more

Than enough to me

I am thankful for a family dear

Who have encouraged me

Throughout the years

They make me laugh

And lift me high

They have given me

The best of times

I am thankful for this life to live

Through the best

And the worst

It is always

A gift

And even on the darkest days

I still have much to sing

In praise

For breath

For light

For stars

And moon

For warmth

A heart

And even a roof

For creation

And all

That it entails

For a future

Much brighter

Than dreams can tell

With all I have

And all I am

I say thank you

To God

My family

My friends

(11/24/2011)

Flight

Flutter, flutter
Feathers stutter
As I take sight
Of glorious flight

The Flight of the Butterfly

Chaotic flaps
They dip and dab
So to and fro
From little to more

Up and down
Turned all around
So wild and free
But beautifully

The path you take
Never equates
But you're always found
Where you do abound

Sunset

Oh Sunset!
Take me where you go
To a distant, western shore
Where your light sets nevermore
And all is well

Let me be
Forever free
In your radiance
made by the divine
And where time
Slowly fades
In time

Today

Today
the sun shone a bit brighter
I let myself be
Myself
I laughed
I smiled
Even though trouble came.
I was a friend
I said hello to someone
I'd never met.
Today I expressed
Received a compliment or two
I did not regress
To be less than I could choose.
Today
Was a good day

(12/2/11)

Dear One

Dear one,
With heart so precious
To unfold
Don't be afraid-
To live
To love
Open wide your wings!
Better to soar for a second
Than to never fly at all
Beauty kept inside
Is no beauty at all

Take the chance
That so few risk
To show what's really there-
To live without a care
Trust in the morning – new -
Of love so true
Open up and let it shine
Beautiful for all mankind
For when we are exposed and afraid
We live life to its fullest name

And when you leap so full of faith
Your eyes will open to the grace
Of life so true-
It belongs to you

Everyday's End

And now we come to everyday’s end-

When light fades to colors dim.

Light’s creatures lay with one last sigh

As evening sounds sing lullabies

I sit and watch the sunset near

I listen to the crickets cheer

I watch the lightning bugs dance along,

To mimic the stars that appear above

And in this glorious moment told

I think upon my day now old,

And wonder at the decisions made

And if my mark was Godly made

Do others think me higher now?

Did I give so others could abound?

Did I listen with my full intent?

Did I think with thoughts purely kept?

And most importantly of all-

Did I glorify God with my everyday’s all?

Did I obediently cause my will to bend?

So that I may praise Him

At everyday’s end

(September 2011)

Limbo

Life is strangely out of place

I move through air

And empty space

Searching for a path

Now gone

Wondering where

It all went wrong

I have a faith

I have a hope

But is the future

One that I know?

Or am I in for a surprise

Wondering where my journey lies

I trust

But know not where to go

All I can do

Is push

Through the unknown

(12/6/2011)