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Dimming Firelight

A gift of red heat dozing,The waterfall from my eyes closing,Images of light disappear,A passionate grip once dear. The memories behind me leave,Their testimony but a tease,Destined as we once were,Entwined in a twirling blur. Honey toned sirens declare,From tangled weeds full flared,The songs erased by thirst,My heart from bosom bursts. Spoken stories eternal beware,AContinue reading “Dimming Firelight”

Imaginary Woman

Bring your face a little closer,Let me whisper in your ear,Feel the soft rain falling,Trace your finger through my tear. Because my love is still growing,My dream laughs loudly at me,Your smell, intoxicating,My joy, love’s guarantee. Hurricanes blow meekly away,Phantoms bow down on sight,Of us like children playing,Let’s celebrate love tonight. For soon our shadowsContinue reading “Imaginary Woman”

New Heavens and A New Earth

As your people cry and children wail,Of hunger, death, and life’s dark tales,For their rescue now, we ask you go,Relieve their storms of grief and woe. Protect them in the midst of war,Shield them from foul nature’s roar,If thirst or illness test their faith,Give them hope in spirit safe. We lift them up in thankfulContinue reading “New Heavens and A New Earth”

Looking for Winter

The autumn breeze stirs fields of green,To sustain her mournful soul,Celestial globe to winter leans,Cross farms of harvest bowls. Her calls echo the mountain range,Ice crystal’s morning view,From frosted pairs of windowpanes,Stare ponds of her eyes blue. The cold slips in with freeze in tow,Its silence soon numbs the mind,Her dreams of distant memories slow,InContinue reading “Looking for Winter”

Halloween 2025

Black thumbed smudges smear the sky, asConical crowned witches’ stick-ponies fly by,A harvest moon’s night of treachery. Pumpkin bombs Fall, green, brown, and blue,Splashing stinky blobs of sticky goo,Night’s trick-or-treat grotesquerie. Costumed kids fight into the night,Their slingshot rockets take to flight,Shouting “arrrrgh” in joyful revelry. Spike tipped nails shoot rays of red,To send theContinue reading “Halloween 2025”

Firsts

She remembered the first timeshe went to church without him;the bowed heads of sympathetic sorrow,her gratitude for whispered prayers.She remembered the first timeshe went to bed without him, cold sheets,shadows, darkness filled with loneliness.She remembered the momenther intense pain moved from her headto her heart, and seeped intothe permanency of her soul.Then God met herContinue reading “Firsts”

Near the Sea of Galilee

“So little, it’s impossible;five thousand need to eat,”But in His love and mercy,His bounty came complete. Five loaves of stale bread cracked,Random crumbs fell like rain,As Jesus prayed for man,In new life soon sustained. Two fish, skin crinkled dry,From sands of moisture lost,In punnets passed ne’er emptied,Our gratitude the cost. The fruit of love’s abundance,TheContinue reading “Near the Sea of Galilee”

Ashes and Embers

I dream a dream of night’s moonbeams,Casting light on the dark forever,The sense of you then fades from view,Your soft embrace endeavored. You and me, never meant to be,By chance we were together,Where can I go, where time will slow,In hills of purple heather. Everywhere I stop and stare,To choose to be your muse,Ashes ofContinue reading “Ashes and Embers”

“The River of Justice” Its Motivations and Circumstances

The focus on human nature brings the authors of classical literature to life, lifting them from the pages of ancient mythology into a current relationship with humanity. Many of these ancient authors utilize the timelessness of justice as a compelling driver of their poems and narratives. It has been established that human nature’s demand forContinue reading ““The River of Justice” Its Motivations and Circumstances”

A Garden Drowned

Glowing slivers of fingernail moons,White sands shine in suns at noon,Springtime rains on nature’s blooms, Tender starts that still our heart,Moans of lovers when they part,Dragonflies in thin air dart, These shiny sides of silver coins,Spin on edge to fall when joined,With purity since purloined, Spoils of oceans and barren hills,Senseless wars destroy and kill,SmellContinue reading “A Garden Drowned”