Springtime

Who will sow a life complete

Deep burrowing into the ground?

Who will wait for 

The Crashing Rains

To pound 

And then unpound?

Who will tend the seedlings 

Once their cheery heads 

Spring up

Once their smiling buds

Dance in glee 

In springtime's first sun up?

Who will patiently dream through winter

And hope and think and plan

Turning heart to frozen ground 

Lying there 

Vibrating there

In its itching to be dug, and tilled, and lanced?

Who will caretake and husband

The breathing, gritty, grainy clay

Smiling
Sighing 

In its breasting 

Of leftover bulbs

From last year's winter's day?

Biscuits 'n Gravy

Biscuits ‘n Gravy

Make my thoughts

Wavy

Swirling in the cup 

Of caffeinated 

Emotion

Attending

Toasty

Crumbly

Flour-baked domes

Hunkering under blanketed

Black-speckled, creamy ponds

Spiced with chunks

Of peppery black pepper

That bite my tongue

And sizzle the sausage bits

Against my teeth

Globbed ‘n goopy

‘n Oh so yummy

Clatter of chomping silverware

Splatter

Against the breakfast platter

Alongside

Girlfriends’ shared laughter

Sunshiney

Hopey

Thoughts

Of future endeavors

Of dreams to be conquered

By inventive genius

That is scribbled on napkins

Girly Giggles

Laughing at the days to come

Wander

every dew drop of religion

every chord of orchestral love

every flicker of my wander

brings me home to Christ above

Nearer, dearer is Your voice

Clearer, sweeter - not my choice

One thing's certain: I cannot flee

The love of He who died for me

"Journey on," my soul raves

No other will fill my shoes

No other will tred these waves

Trials of which He will choose

Navigating my soul in all His ways

Morning raises my eyes heavenward

For there is where my Companion smiles

I survey the road way, way before me

And faithfully plod its miles and miles

One sweet day, I will see Him

One true day, it will be so

He will be flanked by angels myriad

Falling on my face - undone- I will bow

His untold glory, it will overwhelm me

His might, majesty, they will slay me

His wonderful love will mercy show me 

That unmerited grace of His royal eternity

The Cross

There is no life outside the Cross
My Master told me, He told me so
Gently He whispers to my heart
“Chile…whey else you gah goh?”

There is no life outside the Cross
The Blood eternal flows
Sweet life breathed into my being
Precious warmth covers my soul

Forgiveness
Grace
Repentance
Faith
Life
And Life Eternal
All these are gifts of His dear Blood
Not a one a them “earnable”

There is no life outside the Cross
My Master told me
He told me so
I cling to Him
I sing to Him
Me 'n my Dear Master

Wherever I go

Homemaker

I am but a homemaker

They say

I cook and clean

All day

Every

Day

Hundreds a

Loads a

Laundry

Washed

Spun

Dry

-Ed

Fold

-Ed

Bound

To house

Bound

To husband

Bound

To

children

Who

Run

Play

Laugh

Mirth

Their lives

Away

In my obligations

I soar

In my tribulations

I thrive

In my bondage

I am alive

I see the fruit

I reap

In toilsome daily sprinkles
Sorrowful seeds fell

In joy

I gather

I matter

I smother

Them

Husband and Children

All day

Every day

In Every way

With

Love

Upon Thinking Upon God

Some write Him

Off

As if THAT

Were

Artistic

As if THAT

Were

Synchronistic

To

With

Harmonistic

To

With

Our Human

Nature

As if THAT

Made us

Human

But it doesn’t

Does it?

Simplistic

Pessimistic

Des-
perastic

De-
pressionistic

And

All

That jazz

Blues

Grooves

Sways

N

Swings

That

Such depression brings

Vibrant valleys of Conscience

Suffocated in crime’s

Sunset

Lost bet

On the other

Side

Of

Eternity

Where

It is too late

To syncopate

Regurgitate

Apology

Contemplate

Reality

Officiate

Truth

Life

Ashes to Ashes

And all that stuff