Envision

Relax, hard ground, 

shake off your cold.

A sparkling summer of destiny awaits us

with the welcome of a glittering sun,

waking a dream 

behind soft glades of glen,

and whispering elations of 

sincere engagements beneath a

writer’s pen.

Praha

Embracing the day,

a whirl-i-gig of emotions

sweep past as

St. Vitus Cathedral,

enveloped in diamonds,

appears. 

Stop midstep.

Check breathing.
Not breathing.

Slow intake as heart beats

musically with euphoria,

a day of wonderment held 
beside medieval structure 
resembling heaven’s front gates;

so sweet of a moment
minute
second
yet lasting 
a lifetime within memory.    

Tic-Tock-Trick

God and His love
is for us

but Time,

he snickers quietly in the corner…

Coffee date?

            Meeting.

Movie night?

            Lesson planning.

Weekend getaway?

            Family function.

Dinner?

            Guys night.

Study session?

            Girls night.

Five minutes here,

twenty minutes there,
and maybe an hour at the most...

Reality slowly sinks in

as I’m hoping for

Patience to win out  

and Pride to

walk away.

Revelation Rose

I plucked the blooming bud
from Grandma’s rosebush, eagerly
admiring waning beauty of
burgundy to delicate blush.
Reaching for another,
she instead held with force, desperate for life,
knowing she would not thrive without
sturdy stem, with roots held deep within ground.
As blood flourished and flowed across my fingertips,
I was sorry for the pain,
her rough thorns tearing innocent skin.
And then,
I realized the rose was me –  
pretty appearance, tough exterior,
fruitful, flawed and fatal;
Both wanting to be loved, but
not knowing how
to trust in
forever.

Roots Not Forgotten

I lived in a town where,
when growing up,
everyone hated to claim it
as their own,
yet, after graduating, finally reaching their
coveted opportunity to leave,
those people never left.
The village of 200 was
small, unattractive, unappealing – 
with
one small gas station,
bank,
post-office,
one-stop shop,
no stop lights,
and now, an abandoned school,
nothing called my name to stay.
And yet,
the heart of the region clings onto my own,
the years of yesterday telling me
that where I came from truly mattered.
I could never give it up,
the town that taught me who I was
and who I wanted to be.
So even as I search for a place to call my own,
the small silver lining of
my existence shall ever be attached
to Stella,
a place with nothing to offer
and every tale to remember.

Alter Anxiety

Carrying no knowledge of time
and waiting for when
my shallow
being fades,
let me grasp that

You

are Him,
 
above all else,
above all of us

unchanging and

unwavering,
 

and  

still
this ever-restless
rebellious
heart.

Parting Not Mine

And he tread toward where I
could not follow,
took a way which
was foreign to me.
While I walk down this
path by my lonesome,
perhaps someday this road
will feel free.
And I do not despair
at his notion;
though this ache in my
soul just won’t leave.
But one day we shall
meet in Your kingdom,
and forever be

loved by Thee.