Time Poetic Bloomings

 

Tick tock goes the clock

It’s louder when all’s still

Announcing with assurance

You’ll soon be over the hill

From autumn photo

 

Why I Can Sing

 

I wandered down a shady road

One sunny autumn day

The leaves shone orange and gold

God’s glory on display

 

I wondered as I wandered

How life can be so short

When God is eternal

Are we here just for sport?

 

Like the autumn leaves

We’ll soon fall to the ground

And then all that’s left

Is a gravestone by a mound

 

But after a cold winter

Comes the new life of spring

Eternal life is coming

And that’s why I can sing

 

So, while I’m here on earth

I pray His glory shines through me

And that others will anticipate

God’s eternal spring

Morning Prayer

 Still On the Vine

 

You’ve given me a harvest

But it’s rotting on the vine

The grapes that I’ve grown

Should be turned into wine

 

And the wine should be given

To those who have thirst

But what is it that makes me

do everything else first?

 

Lord, give me wisdom

To share what I have

And not take the fruit

Right to the grave

 

May I complete

what You called me to.

And glorify Your name

In all that I do.

experiment with form

 

Phone Call

 

He chatters on incessantly

Video games, forget the names

I try to listen faithfully

Help me, dear Lord, I am so bored!

One to Ten

 

Fall

Bright Leaves

Earthy smells

Crunch when walking

Candy haunting me

Jack-O-Lanterns grinning

Sunny afternoons, cold nights

The days are getting too short now

Better go for a color ride soon

I am dreading the coming of winter

Sig

 He wears a fluorescent orange jacket.

With bright eyes and wide smile,

it looks like he swallowed the sun.

Dizaine

 Starting the Day Twice

 

I’m up before the crack of dawn again

So I get dressed and so begins my day.

Beginning with devotional and then

I thank Him for the good things, when I pray.

I listen for what words the Lord might say.

He cares for me so I present our needs.

And let His words go deep like fruitful seeds.

And then I’m tired, so I go back to dreams.

When I awake, I’ll follow where He leads.

So I avoid the enemy’s bad schemes.