Sun

The Sun breaks forth in glorious rays

Abolishing the darkness of cloud’s grey haze.

Its golden beams light up my face,

Reminding my heart of God’s good grace

Launch

I launched towards a star,

Bold and bright.

Shooting like a rocket

With all my might;

But burned with impact

Full of flame and light

The Assailants of Love

Oh gleaming city so pearly white

Your walls reflect the morning light

The gulls cry over your eastern shores

As all men walk through your open doors

You refuse none who would enter in

Bringing rest and respite to weary kin

That none under your banner should fall

Into a world which takes away all

Lanterns fill your starlit sky

Bringing peace to all nearby

Whilst laughter fills your evening air

Lifting men’s heavy burdens and cares

Upon your ramparts I stood, and watched

The joy and innocence of your thoughts

But as the years passed, by and by,

A darkness filled the western sky

Your assailants, they came pouring in

And crushed your fields under feet so grim

With evil intent and calculated plots-

To crush your walls they everyday sought

You closed your gates to bar the waves

Of hatred and malice and evil ways

And with your gleaming walls so white

You resisted all their open plights

But secretly, they tunneled through

And spread lies about the truth of you

A tangle of webs they maliciously made

To wrap your heart into a cage

Lust and envy so desperately sought

To fill your mind with needless want

Fear tortured you and made you doubt

That from your prison you would get out

They whispered lies so cunning and cruel

But by the Sun your light held through

Till Insecurity tried to cloud your thoughts

And in your mind defeat was wrought

Then hatred – it did bring the rain

To rust the locks which held your gates

And in despair you called yourself “fool”

For there was nothing you could do

The battle seemed lost – your gates worn thin

I cried as your assailants closed in

And as the deepest darkness came

Silence seemed to open like a grave

But then a glimmer did catch my eyes

For in the east the sun did rise

And glisten off a man in white

Who called out against the assailant’s fight

He charged at them with banners raised

While light poured in upon His face

He crushed your assailants underfoot

And from your heart He tore their roots

Open wide He flung your gates

So all may enter by His grace

Into your city – Now bright as day

Welcome now for all to stay

Success

Success is often measured

With the wealth at hand

For little else is treasured

Within the souls of men

And with our gains so pleasured

More power we do seek

For success is often measured

By our power o’er the meek

Some do turn to intellect

And words for cunning speech

For success is sometimes measured

By how eloquently we speak

And with our thoughts so handy

We busy our lives with work

For the gaining of success

Is found in restless burden

With all our worldly ways

We measure up a man

And never once consider

How God created him

For success is measured empty

With a fallen worldly view

But is found in highest standard

When filled with Godly truth

So Let us now consider

How our success should grow

For a man’s success is greatest

When he loves with all his heart can show

Committed

I have committed

There’s no going back

The bearing is set

The wind to my back

The sails have unfurled

In their glorious ways

And the setting sun

Is where I’ve set my gaze

The Message

I sat alone on a grassy knoll
Pondering perplexing prose of old
While breathing in the summers air
And giving up to God my cares

When suddenly a thought grew clear
That I wished not to sit alone here,
And thus was born into my lonely mind
The thought of love so radiantly divine

I wished to see her, I wished to know-
To listen to her life's story unfold
And gaze into her eyes so clear
To feel her heart beating warmly near

But where she was and her name so lovely
Were hidden with no known forthcoming
But her thought had gripped my heart, becoming
A part of me from which there was no running

And when I thought I could no longer wait
For her presence and this love to create
I saw in the distant horizon’s glare
A cloud approaching in the light-blue air

It travelled alone, like my current plight,
Yet soared so free in the sun's golden light
And in that moment I knew without doubt
That like me - in her future it would be found

So as it passed me by so high above
I gave it a message for my distant love,
That hope presses us towards a brand new dawn
And that forevermore in my heart she belongs

The Storm

Oh beauty held in precipitous ways

The clarity of earth is lost in your haze

Your lightning bold, your thunder loud

You are the cause of my astound

The pattern of chaos makes my soul delight

With every drip from heavens flight

And in the cloudiness of your haze

All is shadow and all is day

Plane Flight

Beauty held
By my beleaguered eyes
Blood red and bold
The sun does rise

Excitement swirls
About the white world below
As faces press
To windows close

The Dreamer

The Dreamer hopes

Without cause

He knows

Without pause

He holds

So tightly on

And pulls

For others to come

New

I took some time

To search inside

What little soul

Was left of mine.

I wandered deep

I wandered far

To gather that

Which was left unscarred

So rocky, barren,

Bleak, abused-

The boundaries of the

Black were few,

But up upon

A distant hill

A salient tree

Stood cold and still

I touched its woody,

Blackened side

Looked up and found

To my surprise-

A single leaf

So green and new

Its color brilliant

Against the grayish hue

And with the light

From heaven above

This leaf did spawn

New growth of love,

And from the depths

Of my soul did grow

This life so bold

So beautiful