The golden wings of a bird of prey
Hunting without sound
A pillar resists an ocean's wave
And none dare interfere
The lost corners of the earth
Where no one seems to care
Children that have nowhere to go
And children who are grownups
These laws have me tied down hopelessly
So I'll just hand you this seashell
In hopes that It may go somewhere
My dreams go places that I cannot
They go places I will never get to go
They say that I am disabled
But there is nothing wrong with me
And in the irony of being trapped here
My mind wanders to places beyond here
To wildflowers growing among stony ruins
And how I want to hold them close
To inhale the magic that lays therein
The fallen columns of another time
The temples were humble enough to inspire mercy
And many of the pillars were great
How important the reasons that they were built
And maybe I'm working for the same reasons
Praise of the divine is something I share with those people
And I too look up at the sky
When I'm trapped here for the rest of my mortal life
I wonder if there's more to life than being trapped here
If someone will someday find my legacy
And read with loving eyes
We suffered here, we fought evil things here
And there was the most beautiful love story
I held you for a good part of my life
And I waited for you while I suffered
The colossal people of the world were nothing to me
I shyly lay them down at your feet
In hopes that you would kiss me one more time
The courage was without doubt
And I am still fighting it
Not a day goes by that I can put it down
I'm carrying this burden until I fall into the dust
And when I look up at the stars
I see these spaceships flying around
And that bothers me but not too much
It's a miracle to be alive
In Jesus' Name,
Amen

"Universal Love"
The waters that flow through the stillness of night
That I will someday become water
So the water and I share a kinship that can be felt
And the water and I rejoice together
That I will melt and die and become a leaf
Or a tear on the cheek of a person in pain
That the tears and the leaves feel kinship with me
And with everything on the earth
The rivers flow with the Grace of God
And the temporariness of life suggests a greater purpose
Why we work to build and contribute to civilizations
That are eventually toppled and fallen away
And the little beads on thy necklace
Will someday be buried under the Earth and forgotten
Or unearthed by someone more grateful for them
Someone who will put them in a museum
The treasures of the Earth and the Treasures far beyond
Cry out in all things the brotherhood of all things
And in your tarnished memory a grave
That will not easily be forgotten
We give our gifts until we die
And fall into the Earth
That eternity which encompasses us then
Will become what we were in time
We will become that which we fought to save
And all things coming new
I smile when I see you fighting there
I say for you a prayer of protection
It is these little battles we fight
That become the cloth of time
I feel God with me in the great shifting axis
Of the astrolabe that projects eternity
Just brotherly love is enough
In Jesus' Name,
Amen

A thing that gives me courage is fear
When one looks up and feels afraid
Your hand that stirs the cosmos
Will surely not live to see it
Because fear is a terrible thing in God's sight
Oh surely he will stamp it out like a fire
He'll find you a soft bed of leaves just for you
And place you there like your own paradise
How I pray that he delivers you from the snare
And pray in dark and light
The ocean that sweeps your sad brows
Is one that knows you be name and by heart
In fevers enduring in sickness releasing
In pain, an end to all your suffering
May you get presents at Christmas this year
And may you find someone you really love
If I were the Wind I'd pray for them to come to you
And I'd seat you on a down feather bed
I'd keep my distance so as not to upset you
And owing to the many great burdens
Just make sure you are well cared for
For I love you very much
In Jesus' Name,
Amen

"Love Poem"
Dancing towards me to the beat of the lyre
I am entranced by your beautiful everything
Perhaps the greatest seductress I have ever met
You fill me with honeysuckle flowers
Until I, too, had become honeysuckle flowers
And it was then that you smiled at me
Please fill my life with meaning and purpose
So that I find the strength to go on
In you my unborn children
In you the fruits of all my suffering
In you the undefeated sting that conquers all
Like a windswept bark beating towards you
I feel you coming closer into my ocean
My heart is an ocean and you are the boat
That considers me like an angel
Oh, save my life, I timidly think
And give me something to fight for
But there are only whispers now
And I am stuck in the wind
Though I have fought many battles
To lay by your side in bed
And oh my soul so weary
Yet you were its mount
I dream of finding another person
Who I think has suffered the way you have
It's your suffering that makes you beautiful
And there are many more to save
I'll send you some cool mountain cherries
To soothe you in your fever
The Will of the heart that's not ceased to beat
Is the Will of my heart for you
He tried with all his weary heart
He tried so hard to please me
And I failed him and in this
The smile after much labor
I'll try to let you go
In Jesus' Name,
Amen

"Special"
The henpecked one is usually the best one
The one who gets chastised the most
They usually want to become something great
Or accomplish something to apologize to others
Something people will see their worth at
Because when they were children, no man saw
Those who have a hard time as children
Often grow up to become truly great
In Jesus' Name,
Amen

The tears when a life is put out
Are the tears I see in you
The one who is afraid to die
And the one who has no choice
Oh life is full of pain and dread
And life is full of sorrow
One man has not nearly enough
While another has everything
Reincarnation seems to hold fast
In light of all the inequalities in life
Why one man suffers and another grows
And the reason people choose to survive
If staying alive is worth more than being kind
Then life is surely not worth living
The trees sing the praises of those who sacrifice
They sing with the stars in heaven
God is the tinker who designs this life
And we are living in it
He's kind and if you pray to him
Much magic will come your way
Think, Hallelujah, when he sends you gifts
And try to be grateful
He is just hidden under the surface of the details
Just pray to come closer to him
The songs we sing are rising in the night
Like heat evaporating upwards
I turn and smile back at you
Because together we have moved mountains
In Jesus' Name,
Amen

How many times I would have held you close
Like the mother who gathers her little ones
Under my skirts I would have let you play
And in my heart you are there still
Oh child knocked back from innocence
And coming again with so much love
How my heart breaks for you
How many times the world out there
Has been full of good things
The blessings kneel humbly on the loyal earth
To tell you that, indeed, you are sweet
And how proud of you I am
I will always be proud of you
Even at the end of the world
And when the world ends
I will be there proud still
A good child eats, a good child plays
And all things I would give you
Maybe a hovel in from the cold
Is second-best to heaven
In Jesus' Name,
Amen