Did you tell me I wasn’t good enoughOr was that just meDid I believe that for myselfThinking it was a truth you said to believe? Religion tells me I need to clean my mess upTough love tells me to learn to live with itAvoidance says to push it into the cornerBut what I haven’t learned…
Life on the Edge
This is the edgeThis is life on the edgeThis is where I’ve chosen to staySold it all to be up here to be on this ledge This is where they say you can flyBut others they say, this is where you’ll die So, here I stand, life on the edgeGiving it all awayGiving it to you for…
The Morning Air
It is the morning air that awakens me.It’s the freshness and the light that invigorates me to a new day.It’s the sun beaming in,And the dew on the breeze,That tells me mercies are new today. Gone is yesterday,Gone is the past,Here is today.Uncharted, waiting for me to set sail upon,Undocking from the port of moments…
I Am A Tree
Strong and true, it stands there in the meadowThe mightiest of oaksIts branches tall and mighty, growing high into the heavensIts leaves green and vibrant, full of life, covering every inch of the treeIts roots, unseen, grow down deep into an unseen water sourceRoots growing further than the reach of its branches in the seen…
The Things I’ve Carried
I’ve carried a backpack of things I needed, hiking up this mountainThings I thought were a part of me, that needed to come with me wherever I went I’ve carried hurtI’ve carried bitternessI’ve carried anger, disappointment and discouragement I’ve carried the pains of my past, the guilt of my mistakes I’ve carried the weight of…
Hope
Hope Hope is like a fresh wind blowing in from the northLike a sunrise of a promise of a new dayHope is like the glisten of the sea as you set sail for opportunityLeaving behind yesterday Hope is like a sunbeam shining in through your windowThe fragrance of a newly budded flowerA smell of the…
Faithfulness
Faithfulness Is it faithfulness in you or faithfulness in me? Is it about what I doOr about just what I see? Am I the one to be faithful or is that what you want to be?Is there something bigger at work than what I once simply believed? My God, you are the faithful one,You are compared…
The Least of These
I admittedly have never been the best at serving the least of these I have turned my nose up, lost in my own prideI’ve exalted myself up on a house of cards I built with my own lies I’ve said that I’m better than you, I’m better than themI’ve said that I’m more important, too worthy to…
Love Is
Inspired by 1 Corinthians 13 Love is patient and kind It grows slow and generously Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude, it does not demand its own way As it grows, it never forces or pushes things out of the way. It grows around and through and…
To The Hard Season
I hope that you are blessed with this installment as a part of my poetry series. You and I are no strangers to the difficult, testing seasons, they are a part of us all. Even the bible tells us not to be surprised during times of testing (1 Peter 4:12). I wrote this poem as…
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