Poetry
Pennies/Buttons
7/24/2002 Pennies for your eyes Buttons for your soul See the brightest diamond Transformed back to coal Sew up the garment Repair the rent Landlord asks me Time now to repent? Turning eyes Missing the mark Up in the skies Painted rainbow’s arc Professions of possession Of have not and confession Prequel of calm Like […]
Persecution
Around the world, in many lands, our brethren suffer and die, At the hands of those who hate the Lord, but do we hear their cry? For Christ, they suffer willingly, a martyrs mantle, wear; But in the west, in our comfort zone, do we really care? Do we care when pain and torture, and […]
My Enemies
My enemies are threefold, I know this to be true, For I struggle with them daily, As I’m sure, my friend, do you. The systems of this world Would have us think their way, Conforming to its image All we think and do and say. The flesh is such a traitor With its passions and […]
Only Losers Win
So hard to keep in mind our “stuff” doesn’t matter so much… (“Jesus said, ‘Do you have any idea how difficult it is for people who have it all to enter God’s kingdom?'” Luke 18:24 [The Message]) Only losers win in the end, with no jewels and trinkets, with no portfolios and property, no livestock, […]
Downwind
Down Wind 2/2/2002 I’m downwind from the breeze I stare up at the trees, I bend my head and freeze Hear the people and their pleas, I’m downwind I’m downwind, Got my head between my knees Blessing the others, I forgot to bless The Name That bore the cruel cross That wore all our pain, […]
Till We Cherish
This one has perhaps more passion than art, but I present it anyway… “Till We Cherish” (“For we have heard of .the love you cherish for all the saints.” Colossians 1:4) (Written after hearing of the attack on Irish-Catholic girls on their way to their private school in Protestant territory. September 5, 2001) Scores of […]
Shepherd
When the Shepherd of the shepherds Weeping shrouds the clock Streams and lakes multiply Cascading around the flock Silence does not help Nor offer consolation A thousand eyes surround Can’t dispel the isolation Arrows flying everywhere Fighting to get upstream Bouncing off the boulders Of those submerged unseen The wind a seeker Am I the […]
Put A Little Love In Your Heart
Artist: Jackie DeShannon Words and Music by Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, and Randy Myers (1969) Think of your fellow man Lend him a helping hand You see it’s getting late Oh, please don’t hesitate And the world will be a better place And the world will be a better place For you and me You […]
Tapestry Of Tears
Take me from this tapestry of tears I have faced the crossbeams As well as the jeers Even if my tears salty streams Are fed by colors soft hued creams Nobody warned me of the trail Judge and jury laughed all the while Evidence torn and badly tattered, now a mere bit of shred, No […]
Distortion
As “every unshed tear is a prism through which all of life’s hurts are distorted,” so every unresolved conflict is a filter through which all of my beliefs about life, myself, others, friends, love, and about God are distorted too. — Dick Innes © Copyright 2001
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