Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Tides

Buoys methodically rise and fall to the commands of the moon
The dock creaks under the low strain of the vessels fixed to it
Undefined lights flicker far from my vision’s forefront
They rise and fall like the tides

Cobalt green waters progress up the shore
Unclenching the elements found days before

Slow music plays intended for a stranger
Unknowingly meant for me
The few distorted stars declare magnificence
They rise and fall like the tides

A westbound wind causes the yachts to teeter
Something else though makes me linger

The methodic tides persist
Eliciting conviction within me
They make me question
Do I rise and fall like the tides?


(inspiration credit due to Luke Lasley’s short film The Lemon Tree)
View here: http://vimeo.com/21033649

Friday, February 17, 2012

For Righteousness' Sake

The last sustained note
Drifted away
The last harmonic throat
Sang the anthem


The tired sinews
Watched it come
As the deep dark hues
Pressed towards them


Knees slapped the dark mire
No defense
Provoked an ire

Bones burst in loud display
Malevolence
And Death on the Lord’s Day

Many yearning hearts
Cried to their God
Through these bloody arts
They held on

Holding onto the serene
“But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. AND DO NOT FEAR THEIR INTIMIDATION, AND DO NOT BE TROUBLED,”
-1 Peter 3:14

Friday, February 10, 2012

The Surge

I do not understand
How it surges through my hand
Spider-like it crawls my arm
Yet safe, brings me no harm

Like Basking in the light of day
The notes come alive as I play
It’s bigger that this, than me
It’s a song composed to He

It burns like a thousand fires
This passion loud, a hundred choirs
My fingers touch the ivory notes
Love declared by a world of throats

This joy I will never hide
This song will always be cried
“To the great I AM, the King
Forever will our praises ring”

Friday, January 13, 2012

Amazing

My great Photographer friend, check him out!
http://joshuapphotography.blogspot.com/