Unity

A piece of cloth

Is many threads

'Til brought together

By the hand of the weaver

So also many lives

Are intertwined

Into a tapestry

To grace the walls

Of the palace of the King

And none loses 

Its color or texture

But each being different

Enhances the beauty of the whole

Morning Glory

The morning glory twines its way
Untamed around every plant in the bed
Offending the sense of order in the garden
But do we not long for
A wild and untamed grace to 
Wind around our hearts and reach into
The very essence of existence?
Then the glory of God
Will twine around the destructive 
Order of our lives
And cover it with the beauty
Of abandonment.

A Good Life

There are good and bad days
Today was one of the good
Days before and days to come
Will once again be bad
But a good life is not measured
By weighing the good against bad
Rather by enjoying the good
And discovering purpose in the bad.

Uncertainty

Uncertainty,
The very word brings disquiet
And I can feel the lead weight of fear
Then I remember 
The promise of God
And I move on
Lightly burdened, unforsaken
and still uncertain
But free

A Drink

Brilliant drops of crystal

Slide slowly down the sides

the summer sun refracts

And bursts into a chorus of rainbows

On the wall

After passing through. 

The icy curve almost

Numbs the fingertips

As you raise it to you lips

And your thirst is quenched 

With a glass of ice water.

Resistance is Futile

In the middle
Of what I hate
Feeling bound to do
What I don't want
I can feel the
Cold burn of iron
As chains bind my heart
The light fades as I
Cease to resist

Then I remember
The chains were taken
Cast off long ago
They only bind when
I take them willingly
So I lay them aside with
The keeper of the light
That I will never
Need to resist

Fire and Water

Fire and water are
Opposites, they tell me
Yet I see a paradox for
Every time I drink 
From the river
Of life
A fire ignites within
My soul.