A wind blows across my shoulder,
Tasting of cold
And summer not yet here.
It makes me wonder
What season it shall be
When I walk streets of gold
In His company.

Will it be a winter
Of endless peace and rest
With stillness and life together?
Or perhaps an autumn
Where the harvest never ends?
Maybe a summer
With eternal sunshine
And breezy joy?
What if it's a spring
Always full of new life and green?

Or shall it be all that at once?
And better?

Seeming Stars

Seeming stars
Defying fire and sky
Dancing on the surface
Of the water
As the sun begins to hide
His glorious face.
It's impossible to look away.

Beloved

It so often feels
As though I cry,
Shout into the darkness
And all that returns
Is a pitiful echo
Of what I thought was
Something beautiful
Or strong.

Then there are the times
I cry out into the darkness
And a golden voice speaks back,
Beloved...

Work has begun.
It's time for sun,
And water and small children
I can't resist,
And others that have grown
And now swim on their own.

Another year
Praying for rain, clouds, and clear skies
All at once,
Hoping for an empty pool deck
But full water.

More months
Ready to kill one coworker
And hoping to befriend others.
Time passing teaching the kids
To swim and move on their own,
So I don't have to worry so much
As they swim.
Just worry about them
When the grow "too old"
To come to the pool.

I'm just like her.
I keep silent;
I try to make peace.
But I stay too silent,
Like her,
And let the war rage on
Inside.
After all,
I look like her,
And apparently drive like her,
So why shouldn't
I solve problems like my mom?

I clean
And organize
And hope everything
Is right.
'Cause there's lots to do
And I hope I've done right
The seemingly little yet loads
I've completed.
At least music helps the time pass.
I just need people home.

The rules lie broken
At the foot of the cross.
For upholding
Six hundred and thirteen rules
Only shows how faulty we are,
How our own legs are already shattered;
It gives us no grace,
No righteousness.
So trust,
Don't try,
And in those three words
Is the simplest and most difficult instruction
I've ever received.
So trust,
Don't try,
And I'll be right there next to you
Failing the same way
Over and over again
As we move toward the Light.