Drenched in rain...

Waters rising all around
Up the streets and right back down
Rows of people on the run
Fleeing what the storm has done

Caring people cross the way
Lifting, helping:   night and day
Desperate moments, sparkle bright;
When  these angels come in sight

Harvey's wrath has hit them all
Older, younger, great and small:
But the beauty, of   this pain:
Are these heroes drenched in rain

We all thank you: you, who care
Weathering dangers everywhere
Reaching out and losing sleep
Lifting folks from waters deep

Soon the waters will go down
And the outcome will be found
Homes and lives all torn apart
Time for love and collective heart...

Imprints of the Almighty

Skies open up with the glow of the sun
Beauty and hope fall out on everyone
Blueness and clarity and lovely warm air
Storms are now passing; there's peace everywhere

Oh wonderful world at the break of each day
So much of the Eternal is passing our way
In beauty and  awesomeness and sounds all around
Imprints of the Almighty are definitely found

Rising up quickly we rush into day
Cooking and prepping and off on our way
Driving through traffic and taking in smog
We hardly remember to pray in this fog..

Oh wonderful world at the break of each day
So much of the Eternal is passing our way
In beauty and  awesomeness and sounds all around
Imprints of the Almighty are definitely found

The day lingers on: our minds fill with stress
Too many the worries and concerns to address
Hurrying from work and back in the race
We pass by so many but what of God's grace?

Oh wonderful world at the break of each day
So much of the Eternal is passing our way
In beauty and  awesomeness and sounds all around
Imprints of the Almighty are definitely found

Each day we continue from morning to night
We have our routines and our goals are in sight
But have we forgotten or have we not seen
Who we keep missing in our daily routine?

Oh wonderful world at the break of each day
So much of the Eternal is passing our way
In beauty and  awesomeness and sounds all around
Imprints of the Almighty are definitely found

The waters are rising

Tears from the Heavens.. tears in my eyes:
Rivers are rising; this isn't a guise
People are crying and people are in need:
Stuck in the waters: will they recede?

Heaven, Oh Heaven, hear now our prayer
The waters are rising; they  flood everywhere
People are clinging; the people all cry
Waking they see it: the rivers, they rise...

Would that they'd heed us; would that they wait..
The people in panic, will not hesitate:
They rush through the waters: they try to escape
Despite all the warnings, through waters they trape

Heaven, Oh Heaven, hear now our prayer
The waters are rising; they  flood everywhere
People are clinging; the people they cry
Waking they see it: the rivers, they rise...

Don't forget peoples ....don't forget prayer
God is all powerful and He's everywhere
Miracles can happen and  miracles will
Rise up before you; if you remember Him still

Heaven, Oh Heaven, hear now our prayer
The waters are rising; they  flood everywhere
People are clinging; the people they cry
Waking they see it: the rivers, they rise...

Stormy night of fear

Hurricane Harvey

Voices in the wind
Cry out from deep  within
A stormy night of fear
Has told us: Harvey's here.

Rough and breezy night
Devastation's in sight
No way to walk or run
Destruction has begun

The news is all alive
But no one else inside
Can call or shout at all
The winds have begun to brawl

Power outages rage
Headlines fill the page
Harvey's path so cruel
Continues his ruthless rule..

The daylight will surprise
And fill  our weary eyes;
With tears and disbelief:
This storm is such a thief..

To those who will remain
In wind and pounding rain
Be safe and be you well
There's stories you will  tell..

In all this uncertainty
That you'll  witness and will see
Remember that:  there's  One
Who rules the sea and Sun..

Harvey's arrival

The storm, it turned, towards the southern coast
And the winds and rains became frightening to most
Like warriors. who battled. there were some. who did stay:
Fighting the forces ...they were all washed away

And Harvey he came with the mightiest wind
He roared and he blew and he turned once again  
Flooding the beaches and shattering the homes
This hurricane demolished the safest of zones..

While people were fleeing the others did stay
Some were incredulous and laughed all the way
Pounding the barriers and uprooting the trees
Harvey devoured the earth and its breeze......

And Harvey he came with the mightiest wind
He roared and he blew and he turned once again  
Flooding the beaches and shattering the homes
This hurricane demolished the safest of zones..

The forecaster predicted but never could see
The outcome so treacherous how could it all be
These waters so bountiful: now a new grave
For mass groups of people who rode in its wave

And Harvey he came with the mightiest wind
He roared and he blew and he turned once again  
Flooding the beaches and shattering the homes
This hurricane demolished the safest of zones..

The final trumpet

I heard the mighty trumpet sound
From the Heavens and all around
Songs of hope and lasting grace
Filled the earth and every place

While the earth and waters shook
Spiritual beings held a book
From its pages,  words were read
And all the peoples: they were fed....

But there's some who did refuse:
Choosing darkness: they'd abuse
All the light souls, all around..
In their hearts no truth was found...

Countless days and endless fight
Set the Almighty's plan, in sight:
To cleanse the world, to heal again
Every captive would be free from sin..

All that's wonderful, all the shine
Comes from One, the One Divine
But  there's those who do mislead:
Promising Heaven is our  greed...

Come now,  see it, come today
Countless angels are here to say:
Heaven is waiting, waiting for you
Time is ticking, what will you do...?

Behind the curtain....

Let the silence of the morning dance inside your heart
It's rythm is so beautiful its wonderfulness a way to start
So much awesomeness is inside it: this predawn early show
Without the help of media we have all we need to know

Oh hear the quiet stirrings of creatures in the trees
The echo of many crickets in the softly blowing breeze
Something about the newness that comes at break of day
Can move the avid listener with some lyrics for the way

The calmness and the softness of the slowly rising sun
Warms the early riser with a wamth that's not undone
The rays with their many miracles are riding through the air
Each one is carrying an energy that can transform us all with care.

Resting upon the greenery, a screen made up of  a cloud
Speaks to us of mysteries, we have never heard out loud...
The greatness of  the majestic, who  aren't needing a hurrah
They're happy being the messengers of One who gives us all

Look outside your windows, before you start your day:
What do you see before you, what does the world have to say?
Are there any moving creatures, any birds that peck and dance
Tell me, if your willing, are there squirrels out there by chance?

Take time for a few more minutes, and hear what you can hear..
Before your put on your tv; what says the atmosphere?
Are there any sounding creatures, any birds in a symphony
Or is it completely silent with a openness like the sea...

Today is yours and always ..but what will you do today?
Will you coast through it uncaring; or notice everything on the way?
Will you make of every moment, every second and hour too:
An endless sign of gratitude, for the One who created you?

We hardly see....

Green and yellow, blue and white
Colors created by the Lord of Light
Black and orange and pink and grey
Are beautiful colors along the way...

But we who see;  we hardly see
Beauty is everywhere: in you and me
Everything created; and everyone around
Holds a Divine-ness: yes  Heaven is found

Mountains, rivers, fields all gold
Echo the greatness of mysteries untold
Creatures, cosmos, quiet rocks too
Speak to us secrets, so infinitely true

But we who see; we hardly see
Beauty is everywhere: in you and me
Everything created; everyone around
Holds a Divine-ness: yes Heaven is found

Nighttime, daytime, in between
Holds an Immensity so unseen
Hours and minutes and seconds each day
Whisper the messages God would say

But we who see; we hardly see
Beauty is everywhere: in you and me
Everything created; everyone around
Holds a Divine-ness: yes Heaven is found

So we're challenged we're invited too
To listen intently to see what's true
Beyond the media and clouds of lies'
God will be waiting with His Surprise..

But we who see; we hardly see
Beauty is everywhere: in you and me
Everything created; everyone around
Holds a Divine-ness: yes Heaven is found

The angel weeps...

I heard the angels call out my name
For  darkness was ruling the night and day
The war of the mightiest was ruining all  souls
And Light was rejected by the many: I suppose

And the angels cried  with a mighty  voice
The Heavens, they wept, at the collective choice
Too many  the quarrelers the haters the wrong
Leading a people into a darkness so long

The troubled, they troubled: both night and day
And created a whirlwind along the way
They stirred up the elements and made a war
Within their own nation: they removed its floor

And the angels cried  with a mighty  voice
The Heavens, they wept, at the collective ones' choice
Too many  the quarrelers the haters the wrong
Leading a people into a darkness so long

Instead of the loving that they should show
The created were fighting and turmoil did grow
Lashing out venom, that would poison the world
Hatred and prejudice together were unfurled

And the angels cried  with a mighty  voice
The Heavens, they wept, at the collective ones' choice
Too many  the quarrelers the haters the wrong
Leading a people into a darkness so long

The leaders with power were acting like night
Instead of like beacons who shine off pure light
Machinery were replacing the hands that would toil
And clouds made from numbers, gathered the spoil

And the angels cried  with a mighty  voice
The Heavens, they wept, at the collective ones' choice
Too many  the quarrelers the haters the wrong
Leading a people into a darkness so long

The Heavens, they opened, and out came a roar
"My people, my people what is this all for..
This fighting, this warring, this spreading of grief
Has shown you have lost it: your faith and belief"

And the angels cried  with a mighty  voice
The Heavens, they wept, at the collective ones' choice
Too many  the quarrelers the haters the wrong
Leading a people into a darkness so long

This poem, it is ending; but not so its source
We're a nation divided by the evil one's force
Were better than this nonsens, this hatred these lies
Let us return back to unity and bring hope to our skies

And the angels cried  with a mighty  voice
The Heavens, they wept, at the collective ones' choice
Too many  the quarrelers the haters the wrong
Leading a people into a darkness so long

Let out your praises...

Calmness envelops the emerging of dawn
The earth she is silent the breezes they yawn
All in the minerals, the elements the trees
Silence is speaking, with the intention to please

Clouds, with their movements, are waking the sky
Artisically, they gather; in fluffs, they pass by..
Molecules and atoms and invisbleness too;
Combine with the moisture and fall down as dew

Chirping and humming and romping around,
Creatures awaken and break out in sound...
Carefree and happy and oblivious to all:
Plantlets and animals and insects, all call...

Quiet your beingness and silence your mind
The  morning will greet you as moments unwind
Hear what is hearable and all that is not
Daylight will show you what cannot be bought..

Sing with the angels and sing with a song
A hymn of great gratitude: no need to be long.
Simple and perfect and true as your heart
Let out your praises of God when you start.

We are meant to be: so happy and free

Green are the leaves, that whisper in the wind..
The breezes encourage them, again and again:
To dance and  to sing and to be truly free;
The same, they sing, to you and me...

For we are meant to be, so happy and free
To love and to laugh and to be to be
Yes, that is what we are living for: 
To give and to live and to love some more

The creatures, outside, they dance they do..
United to nature, they move on through..
Without the fuss, that we all can know:
The plantlets and creatures continue to grow

For we are meant to be, so happy and free
To love and to laugh and to be.. to be..
Yes, that is what we are living for: 
To give and to live and to love some more

What makes us so different as human kind
Is our ability to think and use our mind
Would that we would use it like we know we should
The world would be much better: we know it would

For we are meant to be, so happy and free
To love and to laugh and to be.. to be..
Yes, that is what we are living for: 
To give and to live and to love some more

We can turn on the TV  and  see the hate
People are fighting and are so irate
Cursing and fussing and hurting each other
Can we not see it: dear sister and brother??

For we are meant to be, so happy and free
To love and to laugh and to be.. to be..
Yes, that is what we are living for: 
To give and to live and to love some more

There is still some time to amend our ways
To get it right, to salvage some days...
But if we're not careful and refuse to love:
We'll begin to see action from the good God Above

For we are meant to be, so happy and free
To love and to laugh and to be.. to be..
Yes, that is what we are living for: 
To give and to live and to love some more

So stop, stop, stop...

Why can we not all start loving each other
We are  without exception: sisters and brothers
Countries and cultures and races may collide
The spirit within us can stop this divide

So stop stop stop this warring this hating
This endless division and ruthless debating
Why are we doing this and why can't we love
Enough is enough: our Father's above..

The violence continues the coverage we see
The networks are airing it all continually
People are fighting and people are irate
Who can come rescue us from all of this hate..

So stop stop stop this warring this hating
This endless division and ruthless debating
Why are we doing this and why can't we love
Enough is enough: our Father's above..

The tears they are falling from Heaven above
Angels are weeping because we can't love
It's terribly horrendous and terribly a shame
We who are fighting are one and the same

So stop stop stop this warring this hating
This endless division and ruthless debating
Why are we doing this and why can't we love
Enough is enough: our Father's above..

We are one if we are wise...

All the creatures were made free
Made by One who can always see
All our beings and all our lives
We are one if we are wise..

All the hatred and all the war
Is not what we're  created for
But for the beautiful lovely ties
We are one if we are wise

In the enjoyment of our homes
Creativeness sings her lovely tones
And in the employment life provides
We are one if we are wise..

Giving, caring, and being kind
Is what makes us all Divine
For on earth or in the skies
We are one if we are wise.

Thunderstorms

See the rain, it's coming down
And the wind is blowing round
Thunder claps and lightning too
Creates a storm for me and you

All the creatures hide away
Stormy weather's here today
Time to think and stay inside
Too much happening there outside..

Wind is howling loud out there
Clouds are crowding everywhere
Something's in the atmosphere
All earth's anguish we can hear

Pitter patter becomes a shower
And the downpour's carrying power
Like the rush of roaring wind
Air is circling round again

Sit and listen, it is  great:
Gushing floods, from Heaven's gate..
Rushing to the earth around:
In the breezes,we hear sound..

Poetic proverbs

Before the morning's underway
And the busy-ness has its way
Pause awhile and be so still
Let the silence teach your will

When the morning star does shine
And it's speaking: don't decline
The invitation and the plea,
Heaven sends to you and me...

Step apart from all the noise,
And let the calmness guide your choice
Being different, is okay,
Don't let evilness have its way...

Close your ears to hateful pleas,
And be the same when no one sees:
Pure in heart and mind and soul;
Heaven's still a realistic goal

Though the world would have you hate;
Don't give in or have debate
Let the Light,of Love Sincere:
Guide your actions far and near..

When your tempted in your belief
Be you strong against the thief
Who would rob you from your grace
And put confusion in its place

Stand up strong for in all you do
Be a beacon: shine on through...
When the world is running wrong
Point the way, and sing your song

No more doubting no more fear
Find your strength in One who's near
Morning noon or darkest night
He's your Answer He's your Light

Morning's song

Put your hands up in the air
Fill the Heavens ...everywhere
Sky.. so blue.. and bright and clean
God is everywhere ..though unseen

Touch the petals, of each flower;
Hear the roaring lion's power...
All the animals, rise to sing:
God is present in everything...

Mountains great and valleys low,
Join the Heavens and earth below...
Grass, so green,and soothing too
Tells us daily that God is true

Morning noon and darkest night
In the tunes from birds in flight
Sounds of greatness and the Divine
Tell us all : we are His Shrine..

Listen now or later on
You will hear the Heavens yawn
In the whispering of a mite
God is echoing, He is Light..

If we could take a moment

Look outside your home and see what you can see
Before you start your bustle or become busy like the bee
Hear what's out there singing in the breezes and the trees:
The flowers and the plantlets and the tiniest no one sees

For all around us is a beauty and a loveliness so pure
If we could take a moment, we would see all this for sure;
But, often times, we're running and we're speeding through our day
We miss all the lovely  messages that the universe has to say..

Sitting inside the traffic the noises are surely loud
Bumper to bumper traffic can be more invasive than a crowd.
Yet even within this craziness, we can look up high to see
A softness in the Heavens that is displayed for you and me

For all around us is a beauty and a loveliness so pure
If we could take a moment we would see all this for sure
But often times we're running and we're speeding through our day
We miss all  the lovely  messages that the universe has to say..

While all of our mind is busy with the burdens of our day
And work is piled upon us we without a second to look away...
If we can find that moment that breath of air serene
We might hear a whispering rumble of the One who goes Unseen

For all around us is a beauty and a loveliness so pure
If we could take a moment we would see all this for sure
But often times we're running and we're speeding through our day
We miss all the lovely  messages that the universe has to say..

What schedule can be so regimented so piled up and so set
That we cannot pause to ponder and acknowledge we're truly blessed
For the minutes of every hour and the seconds of every day
Are ambassadors from the Heavens and they have so much to say

For all around us is a beauty and a loveliness so pure
If we could take a moment we would see all this for sure
But often times we're running and we're speeding through our day
We miss all of the lovely  messages that the universe has to say..