It's the day after Christmas...

It's the day after Christmas and what have we done
Have we lengthened our table and included everyone
Or are we still partial and clicky and a little afraid
Of widening our outreach or of sharing our parade

The presents are all opened and the tree is all lit
But the babe in the stable..was He just part of a kit
Have we forgotten His message in the midst of the mix
Or were we more anxious about getting a popularity fix

It's the day after Christmas and what have we done
Have we lengthened our tables and included everyone
Or are we still partial and clicky and a little afraid
Of widening our outreach or of sharing our parade

There's loved ones still waiting for our distant hello
But we all have our reasons for the coldness we show
Our faith and our emotions and our history to this date
Has kept from saying what we know is getting too late.

It's the day after Christmas and what have we done
Have we lengthened our tables and included everyone
Or are we still partial and clicky and a little afraid
Of widening our outreach or of sharing our parade

Would you become like the shepherds or the kings of that day
Who put aside greatness and anything in the way
To be present with Jesus and receive what is ours
To share with the world like the brightest of stars

It's the day after Christmas and what have we done
Have we lengthened our tables and included everyone
Or are we still partial and clicky and a little afraid
Of widening our outreach or of sharing our parade

Go forward from this Christmas like shepherds with joy
Speak healing and kindness like this tiny little Boy
Be ambassadors and gifters be everything that He is
The message of Christmas is none other than this...

It's the day after Christmas and what have we done
Have we lengthened our tables and included everyone
Or are we still partial and clicky and a little afraid
Of widening our outreach or of sharing our parade

Glowing star of Christmas night...

Glowing star of Christmas night
What wonders came from your bright light
Awesome memories a privileged call
You're one big welcome to one and all

That first Christmas many years ago
You directed shepherds and kings to know
A tiny Babe without any might
He is the King of Christmas Light

Glowing star of Christmas night
What wonders came from your bright light
Awesome memories a privileged call
You're one big welcome to one and all

Like that first evening we celebrate
A Baby born ...but on what date
A virgin Mother a Heavenly Dad
Gave birth to One who'll make us glad

Glowing star of Christmas night
What wonders came from your bright light
Awesome memories a privileged call
You're one big welcome to one and all

Though years have passed the love remains
In all who break the earthly chains
That binds our hearts to dreadful hate
O Star of Wonder ..are we too late..

Glowing star of Christmas night
What wonders came from your bright light
Awesome memories a privileged call
You're one big welcome to one and all

Like you we'll choose to love and glow
For all mankind so they may know
That greatness isn't a boast or rage
But a tiny echo from God's Page

Glowing star of Christmas night
What wonders came from your bright light
Awesome memories a privileged call
You're one big welcome to one and all

Do you ..?

Every morning when you arise
Do you gaze upon the Heaven and skies
And consider well: what around you lies
As gifts from God,  who gave you eyes?

Before you rush and run around,
Do you quiet down and calm the sound
And hear what angel spirits have  found
In every moment that does abound??

Inside the rush and whirl  each day
Can you hear the voice of the Spirit say
I'm here around you: along the way
To help you pause and help you pray

When things are hectic as can be
And chaos is all you chance to see
Do you remember within you faithfully
That God is everywhere you can be?

We need the Babe

Tis the season to be jolly
Hang the lights and all the holly
But to make it all so bright
We need the Babe of Christmas Night

The gifts the tinsel and the tree
Delight the hearts of you and me
But beyond the glowing light
We need the Babe of Silent Night

Laughing playing, chitter chatter
Brings us all from where we scatter
Taking time to toast to share
We all still need the Babe of Prayer

So gather all  and celebrate
Unwrap the gifts and have a plate
But don't forget for forget we can
We need the Babe of Bethlehem

Little Baby, quiet One

Little Baby, quiet One
Look on us, and on everyone
We're all so needful: just like then
Please bring us love and peace again

The world is all fighting: and quarreling long
Our friendships and families are no longer strong
We're hating and hurting, and acting so deaf:
Lord we're becoming one toxic breath

Little Baby, quiet One
Look on us, and on everyone
We're all so needful:  just like back then
Please bring us love and peace again

Today and tomorrow and in between
We're all being so petty: so very mean
Jealously rivaling: and never content
Jesus, our Savior: our money's all spent

Little Baby, quiet One
Look on us, and on everyone
We're all so needful: just like then
Please bring us love and peace again

The left and the right and those who note:
They'll never ever cast out a single vote..
Are all of them fighting, and all of them unkind
Babe of our Bethlehem we're needing Your mind

Little Baby, quiet One
Look on us, and on everyone
We're all so needful: just like then
Please bring us love and peace again

If only for once.. we could let it all  go
The quarreling, the fighting..the "I told you so"
If only we could recapture it the beauty again
Please help us dear Jesus to return and begin

Little Baby, quiet One
Look on us, and on everyone
We're all so needful: just like then
Please bring us love and peace again

Let's be His Loving Kindness

We are His hands and His feet, and His Body today
Let's be His Loving Kindness all along life's way
The struggling, the sorrowing; all, so desperately need
The voice of our Savior and a selfless good deed

The other day, while driving, I saw on the street
A beggar with hi sign up "Please, help me to eat"
We kept right on driving but the memory remains
And I hear deep inside me that broken one's pains

We are His hands and His feet, and His Body today
Let's be His Loving Kindness all along life's way
The struggling, the sorrowing; all, so desperately need
The voice of our Savior and a selfless good deed

While waiting in traffic and so tempted to race
The words of some carol brought me into God's grace
I was so worried about the people who were going to slow
While ignoring the virtues that could help me to grow

We are His hands and His feet, and His Body today
Let's be His Loving Kindness all along life's way
The struggling, the sorrowing; all, so desperately need
The voice of our Savior and a selfless good deed

Too quickly we're judging and finding the wrong
Instead of finding Jesus in the ones we come along
The habits we're forming can be good ones or bad
We have only to decide it: which can make us most glad

We are His hands and His feet, and His Body today
Let's be His Loving Kindness all along life's way
The struggling, the sorrowing; all, so desperately need
The voice of our Savior and a selfless good deed

This morning, this evening.. in the night time or day
What path will we walk on ..what word's will we say
Will we echo with our Jesus that our God is all love
If so let us show it so that others can know His touch..

We are His hands and His feet, and His Body today
Let's be His Loving Kindness all along life's way
The struggling, the sorrowing; all, so desperately need
The voice of our Savior and a selfless good deed

Let's make a pact...

A Little Babe on a bed of hay
Transformed the world in a single day
The Mighty God from His heights above
Lowered the Heavens and gave us Love

And we who celebrate it always should
Imitate His love the best we could
Not selfishly or holding back
We should share with all ..let's make this pact

Like Baby Jesus on Christmas morn
We should welcome all without scowl or scorn
We should speak to all and offer love
To everyone as does God above...

And we who celebrate it always should
Imitate His  love the best we could
Not selfishly or holding back
We should share with all ..let's make this pact

The tiny Babe on Christmas Day
Wasn't exempt from knowing our human pain
He cried He laughed and even felt the bed
That would prick His Skin  until it bled

And we who celebrate it always should
Imitate His love the best we could
Not selfishly not holding back
We should share with all ..let's make a pact

The times were hard and so unfair
The Holy Family had so much to bear
But they kept on loving and praising God
So should we do where ever we trod

And we who celebrate it always should
Imitate His love the best we could
Not selfishly not holding back
We should share with all ..let's make a pact

Don't ever forget it..when you all celebrate
Who gave the true meaning to this Christmas day
It's wasn't the stores or the wrapped up gifts
But the Son of God Who had no

And we who celebrate it always should
Imitate His love the best we could
Not selfishly not holding back
We should share with all ..let's make a pact

Put it all aside this Christmas?

Can we, all, not put it all aside this Christmas...
Everything that is making us all so very restless:
All the quabbling confusion and the endless political rants
Can we all just keep Christmas about Christmas this year ..is there even a chance?

Wouldn't it be so very nice if, for once, in the morning
We could turn on the TV and see everyone with such a holiday yearning
That the love of the season would be the first mention that they bring to you and me
Without ever a mention of the backbiting and the fighting that is destroying our democracy?

Can we, all, not put it all aside this Christmas...
Everything that is making us all so very restless:
All the quabbling confusion and the endless political rants
Can we all just keep Christmas about Christmas this year ..is there even a chance?

While watching them lay him to rest ... one of our former presidents
It was obvious to me, how much we have become so fully entranced
With  the political-ness, that is clouding up our every night and day
We couldn't even let the former President Bush lie in state, without the tarnish of our political debates

Can we, all, not put it all aside this Christmas...
Everything that is making us all so very restless:
All the quabbling confusion and the endless political rants
Can we all just keep Christmas about Christmas this year ..is there even a chance?

This Christmas, can we not, all, resolve to  reach out to one another
To those estranged from us and to the homeless ..like they were our sister or brother
Can we not make this,  a new tradition, that we will all commonly share
That the smell of politics hatred or discord will never more clog our holiday air??

Can we, all, not put it all aside this Christmas...
Everything that is making us all so very restless:
All the quabbling confusion and the endless political rants
Can we all just keep Christmas about Christmas this year ..is there even a chance?

Whatever your faith beliefs are or  whatever way you may be leaning
May the love of this holiday time bring to you and yours a very special meaning
So that afterwards, when all of the boxes and papers and the gifts are put away
We can feel like this holiday was a holiday  we want to remember in a very special way

Can we, all, not put it all aside this Christmas...
Everything that is making us all so very restless:
All the quabbling confusion and the endless political rants
Can we all just keep Christmas about Christmas this year ..is there even a chance?

Beautiful blankets of snowy white..

Beautiful blankets of snowy white
Lay out softly before our sight
Chilling..freezing. all so true
All God's goodness shining through

Like the dawn of the newest day
Snow is messaging along the way
Quietly counseling..passing through
Whispering secretly: God loves you

Breathless ..floating ..frosty glaze
We can't help but stand amazed
At such wonders..so much snow
Every snowflake seems to glow...

Count them ..taste them .. let them be
Falling listless; but so  free
From the Heavens..to  us all
Immaculate icies ..Hear them call?

Like Some Wintry Rhyme

Chilly whispers circle round;
Signs of winter can be found..
Weatherman predict a stormy day.
Challenging weather is on its way.

Clouds are greying, hanging low.
Everything around us is seeming slow;
But, the creatures run to hide..
Taking nourishment deep inside

Trees are silent, holding strong.
Leaves have fallen, almost gone
Yet, there's few with golden glow:
Waiting for the next gust to go...

Winds are building, here and there
Crystal icicles, without a fare;
Are making ready, for their ride:
A snowy agenda they keep inside...

All the people, run and run;
In the stores, we see everyone..
Water, blankets, batteries too:
Enough to last a day or two..

Before you know it'll be all gone
The stormy worries, the chilly dawn
For weather changes just  like the time
So I'll write it  down, like some wintry rhyme..

The questions stop

There comes a time when all must be
Silent before the great mystery
Of life of love of things unknown
Acknowledging all is His to own

The questions stop the wondering too
For all is calmed by the  inner truth
Souls enlivened..and touched by grace
Surrender all and give Him space..

Moments ...seconds..all our time
Become a line inside God's rhyme
And we the song that singers sing
Are angel's joy that keeps echoing

So, pausing now.. you should think for real:
What matters most and what is a thrill?
For, both are here and both are loud
But only one can disperse the noisy crowd..

To Heaven's gate and to Heaven's heights
Our hearts should raise our mortal sights
For nothing's worse than having known
A love so pure that we can't ever own

Oh... what is Christmas all about?

Oh what is Christmas all about and what is it ever for?
Is it about any of the gift giving or the long hours spent in the store?
Is it about any of the presents we're getting or the running around here and there
Christmas is about a Little Baby and how His Birth is celebrated everywhere

Oh if this Christmas could be so different 
so unique and so unlike before
We could all be looking for some kind of opportunity 
to welcome the King once more
Like the first Christmas, we  wouldn't find Him, 
amongst the richest or those finely dressed
But instead we might surely find Him 
amongst those ignored by all the rest...

With all of the bows and the glitter the big boxes and all of the toys
It's easy to be caught up in the hysteria and the unmeaningful worldly noise
But apart from all of this gift giving this receiving and this big hoorah
A Baby is stil in the Holiday and He's awaiting the welcome He once saw

Oh if this Christmas could be so different 
so unique and so unlike before
We could all be looking for some kind of opportunity 
to welcome the King once more
Like the first Christmas, we  wouldn't find Him, 
amongst the richest or those finely dressed
But instead we might surely find Him 
amongst those ignored by all the rest...

O would you take time this coming Christmas to break from your normal routine
And seek out the ones, who are forgotten the ones needing some love serene
Would you go out of your way to love them ..to bring them some love.. some smile
Oh then you would surely be grasping it: the message of The Christmas child..

Oh if this Christmas could be so different 
so unique and so unlike before
We could all be looking for some kind of opportunity 
to welcome the King once more
Like the first Christmas, we  wouldn't find Him, 
amongst the richest or those finely dressed
But instead we might surely find Him 
amongst those ignored by all the rest...

Stepping out into the coldness...

Like icicles upon my soul, the air is hitting me in the face
Carrying with it the winter and all its preliminary embrace
Easier on the lungs its chilliness  is so very pure
And it guarantees my jaunt across the lawn will be more sure

The breezes are mighty busy and I can see them inside the trees
Quickly they rise in momentum like some storm upon the seas
Fluttering with all their movements the leaves fall only to fly
I like to watch them as they're surfing all colorful in the sky

The turtle doves are all braving it.. this unseasonable morning chill..
Without even a sigh or worry..they are continuing with their meal
Ignoring it all the coldness .. they are enjoying their present feast
These dove-lets are so vibrant that nothing deters them from their treats..

 As I head back inside of my warm place I look back once more to see
 The frostiness of the morning and  the sun that's welcoming me
 So much beauty inside the coldness so much awesomeness so much love
 Not even the temporary numbness can distract me from God Above..

You are the star...

Oh, what are we doing and where is our love
All of share Him..the great God above
The Father Almighty and Eternal Unseen
Through Him we're united ..do you know what I mean?

Yet we build up our barriers and we lock people out
We claim to be followers while rudely we shout
Away from our premises and away from our place
If you fail these requirements we deny you God's grace

Oh, what are we doing and where is our love
All of share Him..the great God above
The Father Almighty and Eternal Unseen
Through Him we're united ..do you know what I mean?

But we sit here so holy all wrapped up in awe
We're first to the temple then first to the mall
We bicker we battle against people and all
If religion's our breastplate, it's needing a thaw

Oh, what are we doing and where is our love
All of share Him..the great God above
The Father Almighty and Eternal Unseen
Through Him we're united ..do you know what I mean?

The true signs of loving and living for Him
Are measured by actions and by motives within
We can preach Him and quote Him and say our Amen's
But nothing means anything without the support of actions.

Oh, what are we doing and where is our love
All of share Him..the great God above
The Father Almighty and Eternal Unseen
Through Him we're united ..do you know what I mean?

The doubts are all mounting the gavel has fallen
Who of us really have been true to our calling
We're judgers and liars and prejudiced beasts
We bring only the privileged to our ceremonial feasts.

Oh, what are we doing and where is our love
All of share Him..the great God above
The Father Almighty and Eternal Unseen
Through Him we're united ..do you know what I mean

Who knows of a Jesus Who was clicky or rude...
Who would deny someone Friendship because of some mood
The Ultimate of huggers the Forgiver the Friend
Was known among sinners and partook of their blend..

Oh, what are we doing and where is our love
All of share Him..the great God above
The Father Almighty and Eternal Unseen
Through Him we're united ..do you know what I mean?

We are only as godly as Godly we are
Our spirits betray us like children who nark
The bibles the torahs the book of islam
Can only be helpful when our loving is on ..

Oh, what are we doing and where is our love
All of share Him..the great God above
The Father Almighty and Eternal Unseen
Through Him we're united ..do you know what I mean?

So open up your boundaries and let them all in
The beggars the braggarts the children of sin
Preach loving, preach kindness by all that you do
Transform them through loving and living that's true

Oh, what are we doing and where is our love
All of share Him..the great God above
The Father Almighty and Eternal Unseen
Through Him we're united ..do you know what I mean?

Look out all around you and see who they are
The mission is ready and you are the star
Bring kindness and healing and acceptance so true
That everyone will want it what's motivating you


Oh, what are we doing and where is our love
All of share Him..the great God above
Th Father Almighty and Eternal Unseen
Through Him we're united ..do you know what I mean?

Icy messengers

 Tiny crystals sparkle bright
 With the warmth of morning light
 Whispering softly in the breeze
 Dancing brightly on the trees

 In my breath, and in the air
 Frosty dew drops everywhere
 Not yet winter but one sees
 How the crystals start to freeze

 Sacred sculptures icy glow
 In each frosty friendly show
 From the glistening subtle breaths
 God is speaking.. .no regrets

 Oh what wonder oh what awe....
 Every icycle starts to draw
 Fancy figures dancing dreams
 Heaven's greatness priceless streams

Today we are giving thanks

Today we are giving thanks for today and everyday
For blessings and happenings that have come along our way
Acknowledging the Great Greatness that has been ever on our side
We bow in adoration of This Everlasting Tide..

For friendship and trials and for all we have known
We whisper our gratitude for the Providence God has shown
For He is Loving and is Giving and is Ever in our space
Thanksgiving is a pausing for all to acknowledge This Lasting grace

The morning, and the evening and the noon time of this day
Reminds that we are so special ..in a very special way
For we stop to remember them:  all the blessings we have received
From the hands of our Dear Creator in Whom we have believed

At the table we are now gathered and can see this gracious spread
Of love that is all incarnate in the dishes and in the bread
We can feel Him, the Great Holy Spirit of the ever Immortal One
Who has sent us our Dearest Savior as our Redeemer and His Son

Thank you ...oh yes, thank you.. to  each and every one of you today
For making this great memorial a most special and sacred day
Helping with all of your presence; your laughter and your cheer
To remember that we are a people who have blessed year after year

This Christmas come back Here...

I have heard all of your crying .. late into the night
Far away from the company ..far away from  the light
Your eyes have grown weary, and your heart is all torn
Come bring Me your worries for you are all worn

And I will console you and give you release
I'm King of the Heavens ..the true Prince of Peace
I've walked there before you and I know all your pain
This Christmas come back Here and with Me remain

The tempests have tossed you like a boat on the seas
You've listened to doubters that pass like the breeze
There's only one answer to all of your pain
It's here in My Presence..you have everything to gain..

And I will console you and give you release
I'm King of the Heavens ..the true Prince of Peace
I've walked there before you and I know all your pain
This Christmas come back Here and with Me remain

There is no set ruling about what you should say
I'm here in your being just whisper and pray
I don't need any churches or temples to see
The love that you are needing: just spend time with Me

And I will console you and give you release
I'm King of the Heavens ..the true Prince of Peace
I've walked there before you and I know all your pain
This Christmas come back Here and with Me remain

In these moments: calm and still

In these moments: calm and still
When the heart is with the will
Quiet whispers soft and sweet
Bring my soul its needed treat

Like the moonlight or the sun
As they're shining over everyone
So God's grace so warm so real
Teaches, directs me:  heart and will

No more question ..no more why's
All is present before my eyes
Without classroom, without book
I am taught to see to look.

With the angels with the saints
Love is given without restraints
As in Heaven so on the earth
Every moment is my rebirth..

Through the breezes,, through the rain

Autumn breezes sing to me of
Coming winter and Lasting Love
Like angels with their hearts aglow
Creation sings songs we should know

Bitter rains with icy cold
Challenge all to be so bold
To venture out: to walk/explore
Beyond the safety of our door..

Frosty figures, ride the wind
And follow us till we come back in
Like dancing dancers they all go
Spreading glitter to and fro

Brave the elements go outside
Let your soul and earth collide
Through the energy of the day
Hear what God has yet to say

The angels above are all weeping...

The angels above are all weeping
Over all of these things we've been speaking
Unkindnesses and rivalries galore
Are shaking the earth to its core

The earth is becoming one big battle place
Everyone is  fighting for power and space
Name calling, and cheating,  and hate:
What has brought us all to this state?

The angels above are all weeping
Over all of these things we've been speaking
Unkindnesses and rivalries galore
Are shaking the earth to its core

The politicians, the leaders, the kings
Act like they're in some wrestling rings
Mud slinging and divisions and war..
What is all this fighting even for?

The angels above are all weeping
Over all of these things we've been speaking
Unkindnesses and rivalries galore
Are shaking the earth to its core

Families and friends are all dividing.
Over such craziness,  they've  all begun fighting.
Like: who are you going to vote for
"Agree with my view or there's the door..."

The angels above are all weeping
Over all of these things we've been speaking
Unkindnesses and rivalries galore
Are shaking the earth to its core

The atmosphere of quarrelling and hate
Has become like a thick smog as of late
People who are all from the same nation
Are living like they're seeking some separation

The angels above are all weeping
Over all of these things we've been speaking
Unkindnesses and rivalries galore
Are shaking the earth to its core

True friends..

True friends will support us: not just for a day
They're present...ever present in a most special way
Through texting or smiling or liking a post
Friends are our friends without needing to boast

The proof of one's friendship is measured by time
Year after year they can inspire us to rhyme
They move us towards greatness, they're here till the end
Nothing's more priceless than the heart of a friend

So let's cherish our friends and let's give them some praise
Let's thank them for kindness: for unending days,
Of sharing and caring and being around
There's nothing more needed than a thank you's sweet sound

No strings attached

If you would be my friend today
These words I need to hear you say
No strings attached I'm here for you
There isn't a price on what we do

No strings attached, no strings attached
Our friendship is real it is unmatched
I'm here for you through thick and thin
It was God's love that helped us begin

There are no locks: no chains to hold
Our hearts are one without a mould
We give, we care, and we do not find
Any strings attached or rules to bind

No strings attached, no strings attached
Our friendship is real it is unmatched
I'm here for you through thick and thin
It was God's love that helped us begin

If you're in need, your needs are mine
I'll help you out ..no forms to sign
We'll walk together ..like family, like friend
No strings attached:  our love won't end

No strings attached, no strings attached
Our friendship is real it is unmatched
I'm here for you through thick and thin
It was God's love that helped us begin

Oh Indonesia

Another tragedy, another prayer
To the God, Who's everywhere
A plane was leaving, taking flight;
Then it dropped down:  out of sight

Oh Indonesia, what sorrows on you befall:
From inside the waters, your loved ones call
Holding those spirits, once on board;
Lion Air is submerged and floored

Families waiting weep and cry
For the loved ones supposed to fly
Awaiting updates awaiting news
Not the notices, you would choose

Oh Indonesia, what sorrows on you befall
From inside the waters, your loved ones call
Holding those spirits, once on board;
Lion Air is submerged and floored

Though far away from where I live
My heart is there with support to give
Through words of hope of empathy
I unite my heart to your tragedy

Oh Indonesia, what sorrows on you befall
From inside the waters, your loved ones call
Holding those spirits, once on board;
Lion Air is submerged and floored

We forget so often that we are all a part
Of this great big world: we share one heart
Though times are trying and often unfair
Lets take a moment for some selfless prayer

Oh Indonesia, what sorrows on you befall
From inside the waters, your loved ones call
Holding those spirits, once on board;
Lion Air is submerged and floored

I am crying for you, oh city of Pittsburgh

I am crying for you, oh city of Pittsburgh
A litany of deep sighing has started to emerge
A gunman with hatred has darkened this day
Robbing the Most Sacred with his heartless display

What callousness of heart what coldness of mind
Has motivated this frenzy: this hatred we find
A gathering of faithful, all desirous to adore
Lost all momentum when.... evil entered the  door

I am crying for you, oh city of Pittsburgh
A litany of sighs is starting to emerge
A gunman with hatred has darkened this day
Robbing the Sacred with his heartless display

The cults of the cowards are starting to rise
And thus we see tear drops emerge from the skies
The prejudices, hatreds, and political schemes
Are fueling these rampages that make for bad dreams

I am crying for you, oh city of Pittsburgh
A litany of sighs is starting to emerge
A gunman with hatred has darkened this day
Robbing the Sacred with his heartless display

Tomorrow will be like no other you'll know
For someone will be missing from the places you'd go
Though different we're united and it'll always be true
We're bound up together beneath "The Red, White and Blue"

I am crying for you, oh city of Pittsburgh
A litany of sighs is starting to emerge
A gunman with hatred has darkened this day
Robbing the Sacred with his heartless display

Before the noisiness of dawn

I rise up before the birds begin to sing
And I can hear the songs that angels like to  bring
Like songs of love, of grace, and God and everything
Though it's  quiet, my heart can hear the secrets of the King

While, the rest of the world, around me, soundly sleeps
My heart is singing of things that angels like to keep
Like happiness hints and mysteries of the heavenly home
Inside these moments, my soul is free to run and roam

Like water rushing from an enormous ocean tide
My heart is overcome by countless hosts of angels by my side
Singing softly but intensely of the better brighter place
I cannot wait to spend my eternity inside this Sacred Space..

If only everyone could see it: the solemness of this sacred time
That takes this poet to places that makes her want to sing and rhyme
How many more would not rise and wonder and want to meditate
Before the noisiness of the morning makes it way too late...

Rays from the Eternal..

Sprinklets of the morning sun shines down on everyone
Rays of golden goodness warm the creatures as they run
Cooler weather brings its chill; but the star of morning shines
I see the silhouettes of grace: they're peeking through the vines.

Like a warrior rising up all proud,the golden globe appears
Majestic in its confidence... faithful throughout our years
Reaching down through atmospheres, heating up all the earth
This radiant ball of glowingness illuminates the morning's birth

Bask awhile and soak it all in: the warmth of this loving glow
It echoes in each ray that falls the goodness of One we know
The uniqueness of its mission and the magic within its shine
Reminds us that this world is but a prelude to The Everlasting Shrine

Never really alone

In everything that happens whether in the night time or in day
A hundred thousands angels are there along the way
To watch us and  protect us and to keep account: it's true
Nothing is ever happening that isn't before their view

So, let us always remember that.. we are never really alone:
What we think that is always hidden;  is ever before God's throne.
He sees us in our thinking, our sleeping and in our mind;
And a hundred thousand angels are around us all the time...

Those stories we keep on fabricating for the edification of all
Will all have an expiring time when all their edifices will fall
And we  stand there  all ashamed at .. the things we loved to tell
For the sake of building honors while embracing the road to hell

So, let us always remember that.. we are never really alone:
What we think is always hidden:  is ever before God's throne.
He sees us in our thinking, our sleeping and in our mind;
And a hundred thousand angels are around us all the time...

In those times that are most trying and when we feel that no one knows
The truth of what is happening, although  the evidence shows
We're innocent of their claimings and their condemnation of us
We must keep on ever clinging to those guardians we can trust

So, let us always remember that.. we are never really alone:
What we think is always hidden is ever before God's throne.
He sees us in our thinking, our sleeping and in our mind;
And a hundred thousand angels are around us all the time...

It should be our constant consolation, and  a warning to us as well
That our consciences are ever speaking like  angels who run and tell
The secrets of our intentions and the promises we haven't kept
Nothing goes uncensored by a God who hasn't slept..

So, let us always remember that.. we are never really alone:
What we think is always hidden is ever before God's throne.
He sees us in our thinking, our sleeping and in our mind;
And a hundred thousand angels are around us all the time...

You are my Everything...

In every moment of every day
In every second that's passing my way
I want to sing O Lord to You
You are my Everything.. it is so true

When I am awake or am asleep
I want to spend my time and keep
A vigil with all who dwell above
And sing forever of Your Lasting Love

In every moment of every day
In every second that's passing my way
I want to sing O Lord to You
You are my Everything.. it is so  true

Sometimes when I am feeling down
I feel Your angels..they're all around
Whispering Your words to encourage me
I'm blessed, protected and happy as can be...

In every moment of every day
In every second that's passing my way
I want to sing O Lord to You
You are my Everything.. it is so  true

At times there's  heartaches and laughter too
They follow us all..our whole life through
Sometimes we're smiling and before you know
A sorrow will strike and bring us low...

In every moment of every day
In every second that's passing my way
I want to sing O Lord to You
You are my Everything.. it is so  true

In good times ..bad times:  happy or sad
I will lift my voice and sing I'm glad
There's One Who's here ...through thick and thin
I'm ready to sing.. this morning again.....

In every moment of every day
In every second that's passing my way
I want to sing O Lord to You
You are my Everything.. it is so true

Dancing with angels

All I can really say
is what I have always tried to say:
God has been with me, always,
and has blessed me along the way:
In the good times and the bad,
the daytime and the night:
God has kept his promises
and has been my Truest Light

Like One, Who is always watching;
but always on the side
God has been that Presence..
Who has kept me from my pride
He is quick to be my Partner;
but, so slow to take my part,
Whenever I am not acting
in accord with His Loving Heart

So today I am dancing with angels
and singing with all the best
Who have hovered over all the cities
and watched us as we rest
These guardians of all the peoples
and these spirits invisible to sight
Will help us as we continue to try to
walk towards the Lasting Light

In sadness and joy

 Try to remember when the storm's passing through
 That millions of angels are all surrounding you
 They're  sent by The Father, with a mission of love
 They're watching, protecting and guarding from above..

 Times may seem devastating and impossible it's true
 But, watchful and ready, is a God who's  loving you:
 Awaiting your petitions; your pleading, your prayer
 That's asking and trusting  His guidance and His care

 Picking up the pieces of what seems utterly sad
 Might leave you with a mindset that is bitter and mad
 But letting go and letting God into the mess that's around
 Will make it all beautiful.. a masterpiece to be found.

 Heartbreaks and laughter and sadness and joy
 Can come from one household and still not destroy
 For the believer who is anchored and living God's grace
 Everything is a blessing and never out of place..

Nothing worse than a liar

There is nothing that's worse than one who will lie
Who fashions false stories without blink of the eye
Telling you one thing and then changing it  around
How awful is a falsehood and how bitter its sound

I know a few people who can embody this way
They're quick to deceive us in all that they say
Because of their status they feel they can lie
If only I could prove it but why should I try?

Like the foulest of odors, their story will smell
Each word is a maggot from the caverns of hell
They're proficient in telling their lines that deceive
They look at you sincerely and expect you to believe..

So what should we do when we encounter such a one
Is there anything at all that can even be done?
Should we act like one pursuing a criminal or thief
Or sit back and await it.. the truth's sweet relief..?

Michael's coming

 Michael roars below our coast
 Bringing things we fear the  most:
 Torrential downfalls ...tornados too
 Flee get ready: he's coming ..it's true

 Though the path seems set in stone
 Michael will shift from what is shone
 Steady your belongings and hurry away
 Act like one, who will host his stay

 Michael roars below our coast
 Bringing things, we fear the most: 
 Torrential downfalls..tornados too..
 Flee, get ready: he's coming ..it's true

 Don't be brave and stick it out
 His roaring winds will pierce and shout
 Shattering plantlife throwing all
 Who will refuse the warning call..

 Michael roars below our coast
 Bringing things we fear the most: 
 Torrential downfalls..tornados too.
 Flee, get ready, he's coming..it's true

 I know you've heard it so many times
 How storms bring out the crazy crimes
 Like those who loot where storms have hit
 Don't remain there: get away from it.

 Michael roars below our coast
 Bringing things we fear the most: 
 Torrential downfalls..tornados too.
 Flee, get ready, he's coming..it's true

 Trust the weathermen in your heart
 Angel spirits that say.. depart
 Though you're brave ...don't remain
 Go with your family: it is so plain

 Michael roars below our coast
 Bringing things we fear the most: 
 Torrential downfalls..tornados too.
 Flee, get ready, he's coming..it's true

Take all of our warring away

Each day whenever I pray
These words I form and  I say
Take all of our warring away
Today and everyday

Because we have all so tragically changed
Our values have all been rearranged
And instead of being the loving uniters;
We are all..the instigators and fighters

Each day whenever I pray
These words form and  I say
Take all of our warring away
Today and everyday

It is not just somewhere out there
Where the machine guns rattle the air
But here  close to our own United States
Things are happening worse than the fiery debates

Each day whenever I pray
These words I form and I say
Take all of our warring away
Today and everyday

We all seem to think that we know
What is the best for the rest and so
We raise up our voices and shout
And drown all the other opinions out

Each day whenever I pray
These words I form and I say
Take all our warring away 
Today and everyday

If only for once and for all
We could let all of our weapons fall
The name calling the lying the hate
And be satisfied with a civilized debate

Each day whenever I pray
These words I form and I say
Take all of our warring away
Today and everyday

We were once, all,  so united ...so caring
Independent but everyone's burdens bearing
Now we are so tragically torn apart
By the divisions our politics impart

Each day whenever I pray
These words I form and I say
Take all of our warring away
Today and everyday

Haunting hellos

A misty fog was all around
When early morn let out her sound
Mystic muses quieted me
Immersed my soul in  mystery

Like smoky remnants from a fire
A foggy feeling, did inspire
Lines of wonder.. lines of awe
Beautiful reminders of what I saw

Rising up like incensed cloud
Her silent rising spoke out loud
To my soul and to my heart
Poetic soundings found their start

Backed up by the birds who sing
Mysterious molecules rose to ring
A musical melody in the air:
Haunting hellos were everywhere

So Insensitive

 Who do you think you are puffed up as you are
 A flying super hero..an overpaid movie star
 Who do you think you are ..who do you think you are

 You walked right by me today
 Dressed up and on your way
 I reached out my hand to you
 You walked right pass me: it's true

 Who do you think you are, puffed up as you are
 A flying super hero an over paid movie star?
 Who do you think you are..who do you think you are..?

 I wept before you today
 And you had nothing nice to say
 You kept on challenging me
 Not to let others see...

 Who do you think you are: puffed up as you are...
 A flying super hero..an overpaid movie star?
 Who do you think you are... who do you think you are?

 While you ranted about what you had
 You didn't make me feel so glad
 You boasted and tooted your horn
 While I was dressed up in my rags so torn  .

 Who do you think you are: puffed up as you are
 A flying super hero..an overpaid movie star?
 Who do you think you are.. who do you think you are?

 Have you ever stopped to think
 To offer me food or drink
 Or are you lost in your own parade
 Of praise of you: self-made

 Who do you think you are: puffed up as you are
 A flying super hero..an overpaid movie star?
 Who do you think you are.. who do you think you are?

 There are others who need you car
 But you walk around unaware
 Lost in your own cloud of pride
 You seek your own glorification outside

 Who do you think you are: puffed up as you are
 A flying super hero.. an overpaid movie star?
 Who do you think you are.. who do you think you are?

Un-American

What are we becoming and what are we doing
We, the united, are  constantly renewing
The hatreds, the rivalries, the violences galore
What are we doing now and what is this for..

The Democrats, the Independants, the Republicans too
All need to step back and consider what's true
We're fighting ..not uniting.. like American's should do
We're becoming a spectacle for the whole world to view

What are we becoming and what are we doing?
We, the united,  are constantly renewing
The hatreds, the rivalries, the violences galore
What are we doing now and what is this for?

America the beautiful your land and mine
Is calling inviting through a patriotic line
Return to your roots now your unity your grace
We're fighting too much now.. it's all over the place

What are we becoming and what are we doing
We, the united,  are  constantly renewing
The hatreds, the rivalries, the violences galore
What are we doing now and what is this for..

It's ugly unAmerican unfiltered and unkind
This backbiting...dividing ...is all out of line
How long will it take us to see who's the source
He lives in the Hades and demonic in force..

What are we becoming and what are we doing
We, the united,  are  constantly renewing
The hatreds, the rivalries, the violences galore
What are we doing now and what is this for..

Inside of every American...

Inside of every American..
is a lovely living soul
Though outside we may be different;
we have one lasting goal
To live, to love, and grow up;
into the potential that we are
Our lives are all so precious..
we're more brilliant than a star

So why don't we treat each other 
like the gems we really are 
Why do we act so distant; 
when we aren't so very far?
We're breathing, living beings..
so very near.. yet far away
I am wanting a revolution 
where love will win the day

The other day I saw it..
it was appearing on  the news:
The bickering, political backbiting:
an awfulness set loose;
Yet we have grown accustomed
to side with one view or another
What if we would change this pattern
and choose to love each other??

So why don't we treat each other 
like the gems we really are 
Why do we act so distant; 
when we aren't so very far?
We're breathing, living beings..
so very near.. yet far away
I'm wanting a revolution 
where love will win the day

I find myself in a panic
like a part of me wants to die
Whenever I see the news now..
can't we all begin to try
Is it all so really necessary
this awful hateful talk
I dream of another time when
we all together will walk...

So why don't we treat each other 
like the gems we really are 
Why do we act so distant; 
when we aren't so very far?
We're breathing, living beings..
so very near.. yet far away
I'm wanting a revolution 
where love will win the day

I'm thinking of the first days
of the America that we know
How we would strive to work together
and help each other grow
How is it, that we have become thus:
this divided political land
If only go back to that time
when were glad to work hand in hand

So why don't we treat each other 
like the gems we really are 
Why do we act so distant; 
when we aren't so very far?
We're breathing, living beings..
so very near.. yet far away
I'm wanting a revolution 
where love will win the day

Oh Indonesia, I weep with you

Oh Indonesia I now weep with you
Over all  the sorrows you've been through
Scores of bodies, all lined up:
You have truly drank the bitter cup

And I weep with you .. I weep with you
Over all the trauma you've been through
A quake ..a wave.. and so many lost
Lives destroyed and homes are tossed

The news, so bitter, has come to me
The sight the sounds are all tragedy
So many times already you have known
This same story this news now shown

And I weep with you .. I weep with you
Over all the trauma you've been through
A quake ..a wave.. and so many lost
Lives destroyed and homes are tossed

If only next time you are  prepared
For the coming wave ..you all have shared
Some plans in place; some escape routes too:
Maybe some other countries can start helping you..?

And I weep with you .. I weep with you
Over all the trauma you've been through
A quake ..a wave.. and so many lost
Lives destroyed and homes are tossed

We have our worries it is so true
But none have known them just like you
So I'm hoping now that some will rise
And help you build some exits from the skies

And I weep with you .. I weep with you
Over all the trauma you've been through
A quake ..a wave.. and so many lost
Lives destroyed and homes are tossed

Fall is here

Leaves are falling all around
Soft their whisper soft their sound
Blessing earth with warming smiles
Autumn is coloring the earth for  miles

And the Fall is here, she's here
Cooling calming temperatures appear
Earthy orangey tones surround
The Autumn breezes that are all around...

Squirrels are gathering all their food
Hiding..preserving it as they should
Jaunting jumping and playing too
Work can be so fun: it's true..

And the Fall is here, she's here
Cooling calming temperatures appear
Earthy orangey tones surround
The Autumn breezes that are all around..

Warmer clothing becomes the style
Lighter garments are in a pile
Into the boxes and put away
Summer clothing,just cannot stay

And the Fall is here, she's here
Cooling calming temperatures appear
Earthy orangey tones surround
The Autumn breezes that are all around..

A certain somberness and quieter tone
Surrounds the earth like one alone
Rest has come to plants and trees
Hushed the whispers hushed the breeze

And the Fall is here, she's here
Cooling calming temperatures appear
Earthy orangey tones surround
The Autumn breezes that are all around..

Why are you running?

In this whirlwind you're making ... do you need any rest
Is there something you're escaping something you detest
Does the inner soul challenge you.. the spirit ever speak?
Why do you keep running ...what is it you seek?

And the world keeps on spinning it spinning around
From one thing to another .. you're everywhere found
But the silences calling; the friendships; the spouse:
You've left them all behind you like leaving a house

You can't help your heartbeat its beating top speed
You're fulfilling some ambition some imaginary need
While the people who are around those closest to you
Are wondering and waiting for your attention: it's true

And the world keeps on spinning it spinning around
From one thing to another .. you're everywhere found
But the silences calling; the friendships; the spouse:
You've left them all behind you like leaving a house

The more you keep runing the more you are lost
Inside of the whirlwind your worries are tossed
But not only your  worries your heartaches your pain
You're losing your frienships..they're beginning to strain

And the world keeps on spinning it spinning around
From one thing to another .. you're everywhere found
But the silences calling; the friendships; the spouse:
You've left them all behind you like leaving a house

So take heed for a momment and think for a while
What's more precious than a heartbeat a frienship a smile
Have you forgotten the values that formed you your heart
In the whirlwinds of money ..have you let them all depart

And the world keeps on spinning it spinning around
From one thing to another .. you're everywhere found
But the silences calling; the friendships; the spouse:
You've left them all behind you like leaving a house

Sunday morning Christians...

Oh Sunday morning Christians..
you are the first to fill the pew
But what do you do after its over..
oh tell me what do you do?

The other day I was with a Jesus follower...
who mocked and mocked another
I wondered inside of  my heart..
is this the love we should show each other
Than I walked beside a Sunday preacher
who had a bible inside his hand
He was condemning a homosexual
as if he was a vile and most miserable man

Oh Sunday morning Christians..
you are the first to fill the pew
But what do you do after its over..
oh tell me what do you do?

Somehow, I feel, you think you're so special
not a sinner like all the rest
You wouldn't ever think of keeping company
with some of the most un-blessed..
Yet you will  quote them all your scriptures
and you'll tell us we must be saved
While scowling at the faceless homeless
and shaming the poorly shaved..

Oh Sunday morning Christians..
you are the first to fill the pew
But what do you do after its over..
oh tell me what do you do?

The motto of loving like Jesus ..
is so grand and  truly fine
But what about the countless others,
who  never make it into  your line?
What if each Sunday you'd  choose some someone
to love and really embrace
Someone who has no real somebody
and who everyone thinks is a waste of space..

Oh Sunday morning Christians..
you are the first to fill the pew
But what do you do after its over..
oh tell me what do you do?

The echo with

My pen was stopped the rhyme was too
But  my heart it sang with love, it's true:
Creator Redeemer and Lord of All
What wondrous things, inside me falll

The day, the night, the hours that pass
They sing, they shout, they call at last
To a silenced writer and an artist too
Return return to what you best do...

So once again with the hours galore
I listen and hear and write once more
For He who gives and dwells above
Would have me sing and share His Love

Oh can you hear it.. oh can you not:
The echo within you:  that echoes a lot?
Its bursting and bubbling and longing to be
An attractive gift for humanity

So let it out and let it begin
That secret something.. you're holding within
Don't worry, don't fret or measure its worth
Just let it out and it'll bless the  earth..

Stormy aftermath

The trees they whirl and they toss about
As  the winds continue to madly shout
A screech and a roar and the things do fly
As another tornado is passing by

The stormy Florence has left its true..
But remnants of her wrath keep coming through
Inside of the winds and the pounding rains
We feel her might..for  it still remains..

Day four and all of North Carolina cries
For people displaced beneath unsettling skies
Reminding  us that this storm is still  here
Inside of the destruction and the atmosphere

We must think of each other and lend a hand
Where ever we're needed and whenever we can
For the fate of those suffering this awful plight
Could come searching for us:  some day some night..

Florence

Florence came with her devastation
And a tragedy for those whose hesitation...
Kept them near her path, her breath:
See how far her winds did stretch?

The rains have fallen without an end;
Ocean waters inside them blend:
Sighs of anguish, sounds of grief...
Echoing within this whirling thief

Her path kept changing ..this we heard
Weatherman pointed; changed their word
Warnings posted: here then there
Some were slow to leave or prepare

Now she's passing but not so fast..
Her shadows continue to wave and pass
Through our counties and through our homes
Uprooting lives.. like fragile stones

Change...

Beware of the winds now that change here and there
They come with a warning, for people everywhere
In an instant, in an inkling, our life can rearrange
We must be ever ready, for the Heavens bid us: "Change"

Like the mountains that erupt now, and the oceans that explore;
Nature is responding to the things, that shake her floor:
Like the warring and the fighting and the arguments galore..
The Heavens are reacting and will not take it anymore..

So the floodgates are all open and skies let down their rain:
A cleansing for the earth, now..and all her needless pain..
The elements and the molecules and the moisture and the air
Are all crying out with a vengeance:
     "The earth's inhabitants are unfair"

The hurricanes of mid September

The ocean is coming alive now on the southern most eastern coast
Florence and a couple others are starting to make their boast
With their whirling winds,  so noisy and their might for all to see
The  hurricanes of mid September are as visible as can be...

Don't wait for them to arrive here get ready now and prepare
For the disturbances they are bringing are more than we can bear
Some will become  all flooded and some will  feel the wind
It's time to get out and plan now for these storms will enter in

Look out to the ocean waters and see how they build their might
These storms from the African waters will bring a bit of fright
With whirling gusts all noisy and storms and terrors galore
We know that they are coming now what else are we waiting for?

The secrets I kept...

I said I would wait awhile before I'd begin to write
Of the many missing pieces that were hidden from other's sight
I had kept them all inside me and was waiting for many year
To release these secret sorrows that have created all my tears

But the time has come to hear it and the time has come to read
The things  my family had covered up under guise of sacred creed
With the incense in the background and the stain glass all around
I woud weep inside my spirit and play back the horrific sound..

We were all so very catholic ...and it was evident as can be:
That we were good at genuflecting and at praying the rosary
But behind the mask of holiness and behind the sacred prayer
There was brokenness and abuses and scars from lack of care

I would weep my way to school and I would weep my way to sleep
There wasn't a single corner where I didn't kneel to weep
The fasaad of being happy was a ploy for everyone to see
So  they couldn't ever imagine what was happening to me..

She kept it all inside

Tears welled up in her eyes... as she thought about it all
They claimed to be good christians but never bothered to call
They read up on their bibles and were fond of the Sunday pew
But they never bothered to visit her they never did it's true

But who were all these people putting sadness in her eyes
They were brothers and a sister and her very own blood ties
They were quick to cut her short  and tell her how she's wrong
For confessing all the sorrows she knew her childhood long

It would have been much better had she never spoken of
The many secret things that the family covered up
Every one would have loved her .. had she kept all inside
Every heart ache, every beating, every hurt ..since she was five

Denial was their custom and it is still the same today
Ignoring what is evident and hiding it all away
Pretending that nothing happened and claiming she had lied
Everyone who lived then is content to push it   aside...

For we are light..

When will we see truth as right...
Turn from wrong,  both day and night?
When will we be strong ...be brave
Let others see the hope we save..?

For we are light and we are love
Children of One God above
We are washed and pure again
Through God's Son who lives within

When will we say enough's enough
Be bold enough to reject that stuff
That taints our heart our soul our will
When will we be strong, be strong as steal?

For we are light and we are love
Children of One God above
We are washed and pure again
Through God's Son who lives within

When will we stand up for right
Pursue God's cause pursue His Light
When will we see ...see all as one:
Brother and sister...everyone...?

For we are light and we are love
Children of One God above
We are washed and pure again
Through God's Son who lives within

When will we all sleep and rise
With God's grace....with His eyes
Resting peacefully ....rising up
To give to others from our cup?

For we are light and we are love
Children of One God above
We are washed and pure again
Through God's Son who lives within

Can you hear it..everyone

Hear the sounds that sweetly ring
Through the air and everything
Cicadas humming..dancing round:
Soothing; singing; rythmic sound..

Coolness lingering.. welcomes the day
Crickets sounding..brighten the  way
A peck, peck, pecking can be heard:
From the dutiful...hungry bird

Whisps of breezes here and there
Touch the creatures touch my hair
Whispering secrets whispering prose
Sounds like invites but who knows..?

Listening lightly much is heard
In the moments that are  stirred
By the elements and  by the sun
Can you hear it .. everyone?

In this Eden of our day...

Singing out in soothing sound
Cicadas ..crickets create a round
Of healing energy..soft and sweet
True refreshment for the heat

Chirping sparrows, blue jays too:
Supplement, life's round, it's true..
Leaving room for mind and heart
To serenade and have a part..

While in slumber, others sleep
Poets, artists, slowly creep..
Through the silence, through the dawn
Capturing all the morning's yawn

What's still hidden, still unheard
Listening hearts will show in word:
Secrets..soundings..Love Divine
All who want, can see this shine..

Take a moment, take some time
Immerse yourself in wordless rhyme
In this Eden of our day
God is present in every way

Angels are our companions

While the world is all silent and before the dawn's new light
I listen for the movement of angels in their flight
Their wings are ever so quiet;  their voices hushed but clear
My soul has grown accustomed to listen and to hear..

For angels are our companions and they are all around
Though they speak angelically; they are ready to be found

As daylight begins to surround us and morning light I see
I can hear the voice of angels like  the most simple mystery
Echoing throughout the breezes and touching plants and trees
Angels are all around us and they ride the wind and breeze

For angels are our companions and they are all around
Though they speak angelically; they are ready to be found

The difficult times and the good times.. the darkness and the day
All host the band of angels who are guardians of our way
We're never out here abandoned ..never out here alone
God has made a promise and our angels will lead us home

For angels are our companions and they are all around
Though they speak angelically; they are ready to be found

Life is much better than the pain we can know

The saddest story that I read today
Was a man wanting to end his life some way
The teacher of others was now seeking his end
I pray he finds comfort in some family or friend

We know life is much better, than the pain we can know
There's beauty and awesomeness everywhere we stroll
The pain may deceive us with its awkwardness and  release
But living despite it will bring us true peace

The angel of darkness can bring us despair
He can breathe out discouragement: every place, everywhere
His clouds are more ominous that the worst thunderstorm
But he'll speak with such sweetness:  with words "kind and warm.."

We know life is much better, than the pain we can know
There's beauty and awesomeness everywhere we stroll
The pain may deceive us with its awkwardness and  release
But living despite it will bring us true peace

An example for others, the sufferer of pain
Can show us life's better than the feelings that remain
For deep down in our being our spirit still soars
And carries each moment to the Eternal One's doors

We know life is much better, than the pain we can know
There's beauty and awesomeness everywhere we stroll
The pain may deceive us with its awkwardness and  release
But living despite it will bring us true peace

Where clocks are never ticking..

Sprinkles from the Heavens are dancing across the lawn
And little pieces of the God-ness are greeting me at dawn
Like fireflies, by the millions: the rays of morning sun
Are falling upon the universe and warming everyone..

Tapping upon my windows and whispering to my heart:
Countless beams keep calling: "it's time for you to start"
Though, no one else can hear them.. without an earnest try
My soul is attuned to hear them: they are quieter than a sigh

Prancing upon the sidewalk, and jumping here and there.
Squirrels and little bird-lets  are making me aware
That time has come to feed them... to bring them out some feed:
Rambunxious little creatures who are boisterous about their need...

The buzzing of the car-lets that pass by with noisy run
Creates an unnaturual disturbance.."can't wait till they are done"
For the beauty of the morning is more effective without sound
So..I wish them all a blessing and breathe in happiness all around

How often do ever wonder and get lost in endless time
Where clocks are never ticking and sounds so easily rhyme
Does it happen to you in the morning or happen to you at all
If ever you experience this mystery you'll want to keep it on recall

If only we would dig deep in faith...

Some days the clouds they linger on and block the shining sun
And shadows fall and follow us and nothing can get done
We're caught up in the grips of fate that seem to show life dim
If only we would dig deep in faith; we'd see our hope's in Him

Some days the pains that plague our heart are deep and all around
We find it hard to move about and flee the joyful sound
The smile is hard to form within and so we wear the frown
If only we would dig  deep in faith we'd shine when we are down..

Some days were flying high in hope and nothing seems to hurt
We're laughing loving all around and can see diamonds in the dirt
While these moments  seem limitless they're gone and we forget
If only we would dig deep faith, they're easy enough to get..

So let us learn to live our lives in the good times and the bad
Knowing that in every hour there are  blessings to be had
There's happiness and sadder timers and times we wish were not
If only we would dig deep in faith we'd have what can't be bought

God's Blessings are there for you..

In the early hours of morning, I can hear the sparrow sing
Though I haven't really awakened or started anything
Like a messenger of the sunlight or a herald of the day
This little creature of morning is brightening up my way

When I sit to have some nourishment and have some morning brew
The sound of many creatures is seeping in: it is true
Like a symphony of the  morning or an orchestra most fine
These birds of many feathers are most welcome as I dine

As I open up all the entries and step outside: I see
An array of wonderful beauty is there to welcome me:
The freshness of the dew drops and wonderful ensemble of sound
Accompany the display of awesome that God has splashed around

Like a finder of some treasure I want to hurry up and share
With everyone who'll listen with everyone who'll care
For the awesomeness that's out here is also out there too
You have only to open up to see: God's blessings are there for you

Outside our window

The sunlight is "peeking" across the lawn
While all the universe is beginning to yawn
So much of God's sweetness is filling the air
While creatures are calling and singing everywhere..

The quietness of morn is delighting my soul,
And clouds, oozing with rain, are starting to stroll...
Yet, the diners of daylight, are pecking away
At the spread of seed, I have put out, without display..

Gentle droplets of rain are creating some rhyme
Rhythmic their sound that blesses our time
Soaking the earth, so drenched and worm:
We wait, to see, the rainbow of morn..

Hushed the seconds that are filling my house
So quiet it is, you could hear a mouse...
But mice wouldn't play here, inside of my place
For kitties would hurry to stifle their pace...

Outside of your window, what is it you see?
Would you put it in verse, and share it with me?
For the beauty, outlining your parcel of land
Can serve to uplift you and steady your stand...

He has invited me daily

In memory of Lambert Klumper: Rest in Peace

 I touched all the heavens, and I touched the sky
 I tasted the sweetness of love passing by
 In all of the universe and in all of the air
 God is all Present, and He is everywhere...

 In all of the minutes and in all of the day
 Angels are working to prepare me a way
 For the passing of Heaven in the Spirit of love
 Inviting each person to  the Heavens above

 In each of the plantlets and in all of the sea
 In everyone present and in all humanity
 An echo is sounding: a force calm and still
 Is preparing this world for the Eternal One's Will

 I've fought the good fight now am ready to see
 My Maker, Creator, The Most Holy Three
 For far from this world and all it can give
 He has invited me daily to come There and live

The things we miss

In every moment...and in every hour
Wisdom is speaking with all her power
Will we ever hear ..and  will we ever see
The things we miss..when we're too busy?

The sun will rise and the sun will set
But all this beauty;  our minds reject?
For..we have to run and we have to  buy
But it's just a moment..oh won't you try..

In every moment...and in every hour
Wisdom is speaking with all her power
Will we ever hear ..and  will we ever see
The things we miss..when we're too busy?

The raindrops fall and the thunder claps
A twirling wind, lifts a tree that snaps
The calm will come and the rainbow shine
And we'll see all this if we have the time..

In every moment...and in every hour
Wisdom is speaking with all her power
Will we ever hear ..and  will we ever see
The things we miss..when we're too busy?

The sparrow chirps and the songbird sings
Before we're awake or the  alarm clock rings
But it doesn't have to  occur this way
We can rise up early and welcome the day

In every moment...and in every hour
Wisdom is speaking with all her power
Will we ever hear ..and  will we ever see
The things we miss..when we're too busy?

A baby's hand or a simple cry
The beggar who begs and we all pass by
The person who weeps and the old who wait
All these we miss when we're running late

In every moment...and in every hour
Wisdom is speaking with all her power
Will we ever hear ..and  will we ever see
The things we miss..when we're too busy?

So the timing's now and  the time is here
For us to take some moments to really hear
For the clock it's ticking and the day will end
Will we be any wiser will we learn my friend?

In every moment...and in every hour
Wisdom is speaking with all her power
Will we ever hear ..and  will we ever see
The things we miss..when we're too busy?

What are we doing?

Oh what are we doing, and what have we become
Can we stop for a moment: stop everyone
Stop all of this fighting,and stop all the hate
Heaven is crying and it's getting too late... 

The headlines, the media, the word on the street

Is echoing a sorrow that is tragically deep 

We've lost it the innocence the reason for being

And  become all  this madness that we're continuously seeing

Oh what are we doing, and what have we become
Can we stop for a moment: stop everyone
Stop all of this fighting,and stop all the hate
Heaven is crying and it's getting too late... 

The politics; the newsroom; the riots that arise

Are shaking the universe... from the floor to the skies

The elements; the minerals;  the air and the sea

All of them, are revolting.. Oh when will we see......?

Oh what are we doing, and what have we become
Can we stop for a moment: stop everyone
Stop all of this fighting,and stop all the hate
Heaven is crying and it's getting too  late... 

Whatever your reasoning  and whatever you say
Can never excuse it: what's  happening today
The hatreds the agendas the divisions we see
All of them are shouting ..and a reckoning will be..

Oh what are we doing, and what have we become
Can we stop for a moment: stop everyone
Stop all of this fighting,and stop all the hate
Heaven is crying and it's getting too  late... 

Whispering sounds

The cicadas all sing
And soothe everything
In morning and night
They heal with delight

At first signs of light
The birds before flight
Will pause and parade
The melodies they've made

Like a shower that falls
The rain gently calls
The children of earth
Who await their rebirth

The plants and the trees
All wave in the breeze
And everyone, everywhere
Breathe in God's pure air

So whenever you wake
With a schedule to make
Remember to  wait
For God's will to dilate

The true friend

A true friend is there through thick and thin
No matter the moment, or trouble you're in
They're there and here and  will  always be
The hand outstretched and the eyes that see..

A friend is one who'll  go that extra mile
Whenever you're alone and needing that smile
They'll be right there whether night and day
Their heart is  open; you're welcome to stay

The friend you should value the most trusted one
Is the one who's with you when everyone else is done
The person who's honest and who's always the same
Seven days a week with only friendship to gain..

Time to let it all out...

Inside your eyes, I can see, so much built up brokenness:
The silent shadows, of days gone by; and.....so much hiddenness
Though you speak not of your inner pain, the tears that well up.. do
Let me take your hand in mine; together we'll make it through..

For quite a while, I have watched you, now, without saying what I know
The days have built up and the months elapsed: before  I had to tell you so
You have been the brave one; and so strong.. but now it is time to cry..
Let out those hurts ..those years of pain ..when others passed you by..

The ones,  who watched, and said nothing good; would have you keep it in
Their logic is: that the years are gone ..why should you revive them again?
Is it their concern, for the years gone by; or the fact they did nothing then
I tell you, my dear, it is okay to speak out and heal your soul within

The shell, that surrounds your heart and mind, is slowly breaking down
You know,  you're ok, with telling all: there's a new freedom you have found
No more a victim, or a frightened soul:  you can cry out from deep inside
"It is not okay, to be silencing me...  for its your own guilt you're trying to hide"

And God speaks

Mother Nature speaks with a  voice of rolling thunder
All the earth is shaking and we can feel it down under
Rivers flow but do not ever seem to stop their flowing
Winds are wild and approach us with their outreach growing

And God speaks, and God speaks "I am here
Please do not fear, I am here."

Work has shut down and we soon find that we are unemployed
Neighbors rouse us from our sleep; and we are quickly annoyed
Family, we love, no longer knows us and we seem so very alone
Our body aches and we feel defeated: ill and sore to the bone

And God speaks, and God speaks "I am here
Please do not fear, I am here."

The battles roar and people are fighting more than ever before
Use to be, the wars were "out there";  but now they are here at our door
Hatred; prejudice; unkindnesses .... we hear about on the tv screen
Why oh why have we turned into something we're not; do you know what I mean:

And God speaks, and God speaks "I am here
Please do not fear, I am here."

On the road there are beggars who stand with scribbled signs inside their hands
And we quickly judge them and say they brought on themselves this circumstance
Eyes of hurt and loneliness we have all seen and felt in our own day
Someone is needing us and we are needing someone to show us the way

And God speaks, and God speaks "I am here
Please do not fear, I am here."

Will you be for someone that ray of hope; that light, that shines...oh will you?
It doesn't take much skill or knowledge or a PhD from some prestigious school
The only thing we know for sure is:  we were made of love to give each other love
And that love is that bridge that unites the earth with the highest Heavens above.

And God speaks, and God speaks: I am here
Please do not fear, I am here

The world is broken Lord...

The world is broken Lord;
it is  broken up into so many little pieces
People are hating Lord and this hatred is worse
than any of our worst diseases
Why can't we get along Lord
and why can't we stop fighting with one another
We are a family Lord; yet you never know this
by what we are doing to each other

And my eyes,  they keep  running, Lord, with the tears of all the nations
With every injustice and with the sighs and cries of everyone's frustrations
If only I could speak to them Lord the way You spoke to them so long ago
I would tell them all that  this hatred and   this fighting has to go..

Whether its on TV Lord or inside some dispute
that I am witnessing along the way
Your love has become an intrusion
that so many have pushed aside by what they say
But it isn't right Lord for us Your children
to ignore the world and its many needs
We have become Your followers but not beyond our words
and certainly not in any outward deeds

And my eyes,  they keep  running, Lord, with the tears of all the nations
With every injustice and with the sighs and cries of everyone's frustrations
If only I could speak to them Lord the way You spoke to them so long ago
I would tell them all that  this hatred and   this fighting has to go..

This world has forgotten Lord it has forgotten
those first days in the garden of Eden
Where we were fashioned and provided with everything
we could need or have ever have eaten
All of the beautifulness and all of the awesomeness
with which You formed us so long ago
We have traded away now for something the diabolic has promised
would help our happiness grow

And my eyes,  they keep  running, Lord, with the tears of all the nations
With every injustice and with the sighs and cries of everyone's frustrations
If only I could speak to them Lord the way You spoke to them so long ago
I would tell them all that  this hatred and   this fighting has to go..