Questions

How dark’s the despair in your heart
How deep and eternal the grief?
Is there hope that joy might return
Or is hope beyond all belief?

Can you pull your heart from the brink,
Or has it been lost to the dark?
Is the fire that burned, burned out,
Or is there still some little spark?

The Sunlight and The Storm

The sunlight brushed the swallow’s wing
It flecked the dappled foam
It fluttered like a butterfly
Around my quiet home
And then the clouds rolled back again
And chased the sun away
The bully with the big loud voice
That thundered through my day.

Wake Up Call

The sun tapped on my bedroom sill,
"Get up, the day’s begun!"
But I rolled over in my bed
And just ignored the sun.

The swallows chirped on my back rail,
"Come out, come out and play!"
But this is my day to sleep in
So in this bed I’ll stay

The seagull screamed,” Get up! Get up!”
I slept, that’s how it goes.
The crows squawked insults at my sloth
But who listens to crows!

But then the wild geese called to me
And I got out of bed,
For who can sleep when spring’s first geese
Are singing in your head?!

Reflections

And then the sun burst through the cloud
And saw its face anew
The cloud turned to the darkened pool
Then as the darkness grew
The cloud turned to the darkened pool
And saw its face anew
And then the sun burst through the cloud

To Carry On

So many little memories
Are flooding through my mind;
The strength you shared, the love you gave,
The values you defined.
I still cannot believe you’re gone
Though my hand touches stone.
My heart’s a hole filled up with tears
Where sorrow dwells alone.
But I must rise and keep in faith
The promise that I gave
To guard, with care, your fragile heart
And not your silent grave.

Ritual of Spring

Why Do Eagles Ignore Seagulls

Because they can....

If you enlarge the photos you can see the seagulls beaks are open and screaming....

While the World Sleeps

How Does Your Garden Grow

A Princess and a Lace Leaf Maple...

Good Night Little Stars

The little stars are sleeping now,
Tucked in cloudy beds.
Dreams of shooting through the night are
Blazing in their heads.

Good night little stars!!

Off to Bed

Dreamland beckons me to my sleep,
A siren’s song in my head,
Morning holds pledges I must keep
But tonight there’s just my bed.
Farewell old day, I’m soon asleep,
For tomorrow’s still ahead!

Bald Eagle Fly By

This gentleman was out for a stroll this morning. The first two shots are the original photos & the 2nd two are the cropped close ups made for me by my sweet Room Mate from college.

Easter Morning

Hallelujah! He is Risen
He’s risen and we are redeemed
My soul’s reborn, I’m forgiven
And around me His Glory streamed!

The Pause Between Death and Resurrection

Waiting in the hushed moments of the night
And praying that the promise will come true
Believing in the power of the light
To bring you back to me and me to you

Good Friday

The rain spilled from a broken sky
And battered the wet ground,
The bitter howling of the wind
Carried an eerie sound
And caused the tears of winter’s grief
Against my face to pound;
While my heart wailed in grief and pain
To match the wind’s fell sound.

Oh will the grief that sears my soul
And tears my world apart
Ever know respite or surcease,
The endless pain depart?
Or am I bound to feel its grief
Within my beating heart
Until the darkness of the grave
Shall bitter peace impart?

For he who loved me more than life
Has gone where I can’t go
And though he said he’d come again
I know it can’t be so
For he is lain within the tomb
Where only shadows grow
While I am left with bitter skies
And tears that overflow.

Maundy Thursday

Tonight, out in the garden,
A friend is wrapped in prayer
While I lie near by sleeping
As if I didn’t care

The burden of a sinful world
Will settle on his head
While I lie near by sleeping
Not lending strength instead

They’ll rend and break his body
They’ll tear at mind and soul
While I lie near by sleeping
My body safe and whole

He faces what is coming
Though he prays it might pass
While I lie near by sleeping
In the fragrant grass

Why am I still fast asleep
While he prays on alone
And when they come to take him
How, then, will I atone

Wake up, Wake up! Stay awake!
I cry out in my sleep
But I doze while he prays on…
Tomorrow I will weep