underwater poetry glistening
Grey sheen on blue marine
Gliding above coral
spiraling maroon surface
glee in motion...
hang time on silky waves
how I want to dance with you..

4/20/2008
End of the rope ready to scream
never letting down the mask
to cover a heart that bleeds
love is not a drug
that eats like acid to the core - but it feels like it
fear lock - stepping to the beat of my heart
doubt a whisper in my ear
waiting to believe - to hear the story
of someone who can cross the divide
between what the world sees and what I am inside
only when tears of pain bottle up inside
Do I seek to escape from the games I play
I can't reveal the shame
of what I've become
of how short I fall

Winter spent away from warmth and fire
not willing to expose a heart that can be melted
fear of wondering what I really have to share
learning to prefer despair...

11-8-07

From a dream, a design
by the carpenter's hand a house
is formed

Innumerable rocky layers
press of tectonic plates,
quakes, volcanoes
a mountain range is formed

Winding river, howling windy erosion
a canyon is formed

A seed, soil, rain and sun
a tree is formed

A mist, sunbeams streaming
a rainbow is formed

Clouds, gravity's pull
a storm...
a raindrop is formed

Clouds scattered battling electrons
lighting formed ...

Here a great mystery
the very breath of God
dust of the earth
Man was formed
Adam, Eve, they conceived
our race was born
  Generation to Generation
the thread of life descended
So you in your mother's womb
were formed

By spirit conceived,
Jesus lived, Jesus died
Jesus resurrected
  The second birth by which your life
  was newly created

Not just FORMED...

To the tune of Boston's
Man I will never be
https://youtu.be/Gmc_t7m2pC4

Doubt fiery arrows fired at me
So many years trying to be
The man you wanted me to be,
I reached so far
Shed tears from the pain
Of trying so hard
To be man I could never be
Someone you needed
I could never be for you
You were never meant for me

Jesus, set me free
Make me on the man
I was created to be

Dreams always shattered
Hope smashed to the ground
Somehow I never realized
How much you care for me

Now I am getting stronger
I can reach the peak
Mistakes I made don't hold me down
Knowing you believe in me
My heart bursts with joy
Flying ever higher
Knowing Lord
I can be man I was meant to be
In your hand you hold
My destiny

So as I look in your eyes
Listen to me
Look inside your heart
And find God's love
That will set you free
Lord knows You are precious, timeless
So be the one you were meant to be