November 17, 2013

My heart soars over the valley below

from the heights of a humble log home

on Rochefort hill.

Nestled upon the mist-covered

and rolling hills

of my new-found home,

I've found a peace

born from a

new-found freedom.

The freedom to love,

freed from the shackles of

self-centered fear.

Freedom to be a

flower in bloom,

a simple soul,

a beloved child of God.

My soul is safe

in this high and distant place.

Where men of God

cloaked in prayer,

keep watch over me.

What sweetness fills me now.

Yet at a price!

The price of nails,

interior scourging,
exterior hardship,

and alienation.

Small price

for so great a Love.

Worthy labour

for so great a birth.

Resurrection

burning in me.

Unspeakable joy!

January 2011

Let Him Be

Tiny Infant, snug and sweet,

Laying in your manger seat,

Wanted now, but not for long,

Age after age shall sing this song

In empty cribs,

Unhappy wombs,

Silent, still, and pristine rooms.

No fingerprints to smudge the glass.

No little feet to roam the grass.

No fingernails all black with dirt,

Yards littered with pets and boards and bricks.

You’d love to play upon your earth;

Fill stony hearts with joy and mirth.

Do fill my heart, my home, my womb.

Make way, my life, and give Him room

To romp and roam, to shout and whoop.

The dirt is His, the water too.

His fingerprints, precious rewards for you.

Let Him come, again and again.

Let Him be.

Just let Him in.

January 2011

In the Eye of the Storm

In the eye of the storm

I find You.

As my troubles swirl around,

I adore You.

You are with me in my pain,

And I turn to You again.

In the eye of the storm

I am with You.

When my brothers and my sisters

Knock me down,

When upon my sincere efforts

Others frown,

You are with me in my pain,

And I turn to You again.

In the eye of the storm

I adore You.

January 1991

I bade the Sea Goodbye

It lapped against the sandy shore,

                I bade the sea goodbye.

It wept a song of sweet goodbye,

                It sang its song no more.

It threw its waves up to the sky,

                I bade the sea goodbye.

It looked at me as if to laugh

                And then began to cry.

It foamed, it thrashed, it waved goodbye.

                I bade the sea goodbye.

It settled down.  The waves, they slept.

                I bade the sea goodbye.

June 1992

Freedom Found

Oh Truth that I could hear you say

All that my heart longs to obey.

Oh that you would reveal your light

That I might find you in the night.

You are my hope and joy, you see;

'Tis in your light I long to be.

Yet why are you so hard to find?

Perhaps your light has made me blind.

Or perhaps I am afraid to see

That which you illumine for love of me.

In you, my friend, is freedom found,

Face me that I may not be bound.

23 July 1993

Boundless Love

O silent face with head bowed down

To fill our hearts with purest love,

Had I but strength to bear Thy pain,

Perhaps I’d raise my eyes to gaze

Upon your humble form.

Yet as it is, my eyes just stare

Upon the wood on which you’re hung,

As one by one your teardrops fall

To melt my frozen frame.

"Then rise, my love, and fear no more,

For love does have no bounds, you know,

And as my eyes spill unto you,

Do know my love for you does burn

In wait to bring you home."