Shining clear Focus golden Not a color Before the colors come Shading pink Where wispy white was formerly seen Sharpens orange Slicing and scratching Dripping red Sacrifice to shadows Bleeding out, hemorrhage Bruising purples Laced with black Tracing mountains Hiding seashores Lost shape and sight and clarity To night
Your hand warmed mine, discovering a turn in the road. Caught off guard, seeing that we were not traveling on the same path. Just now. Last April, we stumbled upon the tiny grass tufts underfoot. Not knowing then, they would grow and pull our hearts across a meadow, split and break them with the rush… Continue reading Kiss Me Cold
Only until when I thought there was forever But ever ever-wavered I believed a bit too long Only until when The light fades out of heaven Graven midnight mapping Just a matter unto time Only until when Resolve and Zeal are choking Evolution claims her dead Where when has won his fight Only until when… Continue reading Eternity
We are living in a time right now where the Christianity Faith is becoming exceedingly unpopular. Not that it is untrue. Not that it is in danger of disappearing. God will certainly preserve His Church and His people in the worst of times. But I think we are more concerned about confessing an ancient faith… Continue reading YOU are What’s Wrong with Christianity
How do you feel Was it a bubble Was it revelation Spirit or embryo Both stir the same bowel Both life changing Both everlasting Heartbeat You can’t conjure life Yet cast upon your mother’s breast Suffering and joy. That is not your own. Can you kill a spirit Can you kill a not-yet-breath Can you… Continue reading The Wrong Thing
Do you ever wonder if you believe in God? His history. His people. His promises. His Kingdom. Do you wonder if it's all true? But that’s not my problem. I wish it were. If I could just question the veracity of the claims, and wonder about my place in the world. That would be easier. … Continue reading After Rose Colored Glasses
Rust and rubble. Dead air cries. Was that a whisper from her crushed wind pipe? Or the sallowed song of smoldered bark? Yesterday the sweet root bloomed. Today it's dripping ashes. He knew. She knew. It blew like fire. Wisdom didn’t stop it. Shading morning into mourning. Her dark blazed darker still. Her teenage hand,… Continue reading Dead Air Fool
Losing since her first breath In a place of nowhere Untouched alone and quiet Eye to eye, thigh to thigh What did she have to know To wander from that sound Choose was is or what could be Playing happy, weren’t you happy? Where did she have to go To find a place of meaning… Continue reading Finding Lilith
I folded up your picture. The only one I held Un-seeing what you felt like The day I had to leave. I creased your likeness empty When decided Into war When blood and brothers beckoned The day I chose to leave. I pressed you into silence While virtue had its voice Regret unsaid unnamed untold… Continue reading Heart Locket
Wild is the ocean. Where expanse swallows October. Ravens circle, they know the time. When the swell dips too low. And the peaks shoot high. The season when even careless shipmen practice wisdom. They’ve heard, they’ve learned, that our journey will end under the world. The water is made for drowning. We know it, It… Continue reading Where we Float, The Ocean Wild
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