The feelings come
From roots so deep
The déjà vu
The slow repeat
Of thoughts so strong
They immobilize
Blur the vision
And paralyze
All actions, joy
And zest for life
Swirls of panic
Cut like a knife
Need to breathe
And think again
Calm the heart
Observe it when
The dark clouds stir
The tempests rage
As you struggle in vain
To turn the page
Observe the emotions
Do not judge
And from unconscious
Realms you’ll nudge
The thoughts that
Got you to this point -
All stressed out
And out of joint

I feel pride
When I see the uniform
My son so tall
And strong
Quiet
Yet focused
With a sharp mind
Commanding respect
With just his look
Beneath is steel
And determination
Will power unyielding
Save to its own
Intelligence
Judgment
Discernment
Leadership
Not learned from books
Nor in lecture halls
But from inner growth
That happens
So mysteriously
In ways unknown
But of this
One thing is certain:
Grow the man
And the rest will follow
As surely as spring
Follows the season of snow

So you say you’ve come together
And the past’s been washed away
You’ve been brought back to the present
And you live where life has sway
Yet I hear the sorrow trembling
In the echoes of your pain
And I know the final healing
Is just going to have to wait

I feel sunshine on my shoulders
Touch the coolness of the rain
Hear the birds so softly singing
As they greet a brand new day
Yet I see the beauty of a life
Snuffed out sadly like a flame
And I know the final healing
Is just going to have to wait

When I am still
In quietness and prayer
I think of you
As I turn my soul
To eternity
At that moment
I am calm
And fear recedes
Like the ebbing tide
Clarity shines like the moon
On winter’s night
Insight comes
As suddenly as sunrise
In early spring
And courage meets me
With a still small voice
Deeper than reason
That tells me the path
To follow
Upward, onward
To more fullness
Of being
How can this be?
I thought the answer
Would be some eternal truth
But it is this:
Love
Deep, pure and constant
And I know
At that moment
I am truly alive
And that I love you

We talked of things
Yet to come
And choices to decide
We talked of past
And of pain
And you were by my side

We talked of feelings
Anger, hurt
When jealousy abides
We talked of sadness
And of strength
And you were by my side

We talked of moments
And warm embrace
That flicker and then die
That come to visit us
In grace
And you were by my side

On the cross and in our lives
The light dispels the darkest day
Exposure burns away the night
Releases those beneath its sway
Turning sorrow into good
Letting love find its way
Transforming what’s been understood
Not letting pain have final say
Tricking evil into the open
Disarming powers past obeyed
Turning lead into gold
The art of alchemy displayed

You can’t return
There’s no one home
The person that you left’s
Not there
You say you’ve changed
But so have I
It’s not that I don’t feel or care
We can’t go back
To what we had
It’s disappeared
Into the blue
I’m living in the now
You see
The past’s just something
I went through