blank space

there is a forgotten longing; a secret hope.

i am waiting for an encounter.

i see its preamble through glimpses out the corner of my minds eye.

the soul of humanity waits as one.

no matter how dissonant our other cries may be

we all sing the same plea

while waiting for an encounter

He keeps my feet not to stumble

this is not a cosmic game of cat and mouse,

i have not been thown here like a prisoner into a gladiators' pit.

God didn't send me here to see if by chance i would ever make it back;

He keeps my feet not to stumble

i do not wish to be my yesterday

I do not live from glory to glory;
I live from hindsight to failure.

I do not leap from mountaintop to mountaintop;
I walk in the valleys--trying to skirt the shadows.

I am sometimes always tired and always bored...
I am a frustration that strives to contradict my nature.

drink offering

i am oil poured out in the desert
i am a mountain no one will ever think to climb
i am a wildflower...hiding in the middle of a million fields
if all i ever do is make you smile once--its enough for me.

i am a single blade of grass--unknown and unseen--revealing the glory of God to no one but the sky.

if all i ever do is make you smile...once
it is more than enough for me.

i dont know me, but i know you

today i discovered a piece of God
lying on the floor of my closet.
it looked familiar and i felt guilty...
watching it lie on the ground.



today i found an uncharted island
through the lense of my telescope.
then i realized that the tattered flag flying...
was one that i'd planted years ago.



today i broke a glass cup
and watched it shatter into a million.
i saw my reflection in every shard...
and knew i'd never seen it before.

introspect

wandering through my sleeping mind i found a draconian lair,
selfishness is the only thing thats found to be hiding there.
morbidly fascinated, i stepped inside the room,
and found a mirror on every wall with the power to consume.
every good and thoughtfull thing i thought i'd ever done,
was a battle for my motives, and selfishness had won.

yes, i made it all up