Poetry from 1997
| Echoes of Eden | Inspired | I Will Testify | Jesus Sees | Maybe |
| Not Here | Random Word | Remember When | Someday | 3 O'Clock |
| Too Far Away | What I've Found | You Are | You Saw the Tears |
Maybe
The way you give unselfishly
But you ignore the main priority
And it just makes me upset
I feel indebted to you, yet
Maybe I'll leave you and you'll cry
But tears are presently running through tonight
You love me, but your love
Tells me the limits of
Your humanness
9/97
Not Here
Tears come easy now
The long day ends but how
Do I close my weary eyes
When you're not here
Time and faith seem gone
And Jesus, whom I lean upon
Will restore my joy to become new
As I keep my thoughts on you
How and why and when and where
Will I also meet you there
The mistake was meant to be
It led to eternity
And to hear these awesome words
That I have so often heard
I have now closed my weary eyes
But you're still not here
© 1997
Summer rain falls
Summer rain falls decidedly
And my hopes grow
And my hopes grow steadily
Come once again
I feel you're near
Fall in my footsteps
And whisper in my ear
The random word
Mercy overflows
Mercy overflows from your cop
Darkness drowns
Darkness drowns from the light of your love
© 1997
Years and fears and tears and mirrors
Reflecting back at me
Plans and hands, demands and fans
Blowing me away
I wish you had waited
I wish you had faith
I wish you had waited
For Someday
Younger wisdom, age's guilt
The thunder in the night
Love's depart, shining hearts
What's left of a candlelight
And He is our refuge
Who gives us a hope
Oh to see Jesus' face
We will Someday
© 7/97
There is a hope in this dark night
It is waiting for its finder
It reaches beyond pain, beyond death
There is a peace in this troubled heart
Freedom and rest in what is to come
It reaches past despair and heavy burdens
You saw the tears that fell
From my eyes, so many times
You can heal my broken life
Through your power, you will give me faith
© 7/97
Jesus Sees
Simplicity, consistency
Truth in simple things
Life by death, something left
Soaring on angel's wings
And Jesus sees you in your despair
And Jesus sees you pray your prayer
Convalescent, evanescent
Only time will tell
Fool's gold, lies told
And the burning fire in hell
And Jesus sees you in your despair
And Jesus sees you pray your prayer
He will relieve your pain in time
He will answer you question, why
Jesus sees
Jesus sees
© 1997
Echoes of Eden
I want to lock my shadow
In a door
Reaching for something more
Than whispers from the dark, though
The other side seems brighter
Keep me far from these echoes of Eden
There's a fork in the road
And angels of darkness point a certain way
But I must follow Your star that shines
To the path that winds
To a desolate cross
Where my fears have been lost
You help me find the way Home to You
© 1997
Inspired
The subtle silence when you know you're alone
The vicious way dusk turns to twilight
Coalescing with the ground beneath my feet
The merciful moment when you heard my cry
Tears come without invitation
But I resist this pressing temptation
With Your hand
I can touch the universe
By faith
You move this sin's curse
And I am free, I am new, I am inspired
The mark that time leaves on your skin
The ways that change creeps up and appears
Oh the joy that diminishes despair
And the hope that keeps me here
Hardship tells a story of its own
And longing will one day be fulfilled
Unselfish souls will stun you speechless
But not like His face, in its glory revealed
And I am free, I am new, I am inspired
© Aug. 27, 1997
3 o'clock
The sky is black, my thoughts are grey
As I wake to despair that lies in today
The things I forgot, the things I'll never do
Suddenly, vividly, seem so true
3 o'clock rings out so clear
That I can feel failure so near
This hour lies in every night
A snare to banish the soul's delight
Fall asleep and do not ponder
The depressing fear of your mind's wander
The sun will soon come again
© 1997
Remember When
Pursue the dreams that run away
Catch the wind, you must, you may
Make a garden from a seed
Do not fall behind, but lead
And when life slowly fades
You have the feeling it soon will end
You will smile and remember
Remember when
Tears kept on flowing
You kept on going
Encouraged those by your faith
Remember when
I was a stranger and you let me in
No, you don't remember
But I remember when
© 1997
Burning tears
Find me here
On the ground
Hearing sounds
Foreign, yet familiar
Far from my soul
But dear to my heart
And they bring up
Answers failing to imitate truth
And the rain falls quietly
Unbeknownst to me
And the children die
I haven't even heard their cry
It's too far away
Fleeing shadows
Turn to
Morning's laughter
Dangerously close
To what angels know
Far away dreams
Become sweet miracles
Unlike vibrant strings
And rusted pans
What I've Found
The crimson sky greets me sordidly
A tear drops from heaven right at my feet
The rain falls on the roses and trees
Oh blessed is he that believes
By Grace through Faith you can be saved
By the blood of the Son, who the Father gave
The wind blows your blessings to a distant land
But no one can take me from your righteous hand
No condemning words to bring me down
Except the disapproval of loved ones
when they see what I've found
Why can't they see what I've found
It's love that can heal a broken soul
Peace that calms you when grief takes its toll
But those blind eyes can't see
The changes inside of me
They prefer death to life
Not joy, but strife
I hope you'll reach them soon
I pray as I grasp for the moon
It's beyond my grasp
But Father, nothing is impossible to you...
© 1997
I Will Testify
It's hard to love, It's hard to show you care
It's hard to be real, When there's so many burdens to bear
Can I just lay them at your feet?
Can I just tell them what you've done for me
So I, I will testify
Of the loving hands That were nailed to the cross
Where I, I was set free from my sin
Now my gains are but lost
Faith in You is, Faith in Jesus Who rose from the dead
Conquering the impossible
Can I - just worship your name
Can I - just tell them what You've done for me
© 8/25 1997
You Are
Oh - if I were to count the ways
You made me smile
The subtleties of simplicity
Would keep me counting for awhile
You Are the beginning and the end
You are my Saviour, the Creator
You Are God, but chose to become a Man
You Are- But it's hard to understand
Oh- If I were to be here on my own
My eyes would drown with tears
The sadness of no hope
Would increase my fears
But You Are the beginning and the end
You are my Saviour, the Creator
You Are God, but chose to become a Man
You Are- But it's hard to understand
© 1997