— — Promised LandGetting on with itin the wildernessGo aheadreveal my heartas I beg for scrapsat the table of attention, affirmation, recognition along with outrageous expectations of tit for tatDefending some identity pulled from a hatDream the dream compare and despairget people on my side or dieTake […]
–—Idols When I want something I remember—to ask for more of youWhen I’m offended I remember—you’re the only onewho needs to be pleasedWhen I walk in total darkness the torch that can be lit I leave—untouched, I choose you The path that can be seen by meis not the […]
— The woman’s daughter was suffering —so she pleaded with JesusThe disciples urged him to send her away—The woman was getting on their nervesThe children were brought to Jesus—to be held and prayed forThe mothers were rebuked by the disciples—We’re more serious than thatThe blind man on the side of […]
—— The Demon is Mute—Under the earthlies a city whose gateshave been ripped off the hinges iron bars in the dust, tumbleweeds rollthree days and three nightsamong shadowy souls —What did you tell them?The key is in handthe lie has been silenced—the demon is […]
—– Leper—As you stood therepeering into the distancewaiting for their returnwere you amazedthey didn’t think of you—stopped thinking of youafter they got what they wantedwhat they wanted more than youAs you stood alone wonderingdid you feel the missing piece in your gutwhen they didn’t see you as someone […]
Becoming Blood on the alter sprinkled on the peopletheir hair, their eyes, their clothesuntil in time the Word laid down inside the bloody wombAs You languished there becoming fleshdid you ask yourself, Is this what it feels like to be them?Toil in the realm of straw and dustdeal, […]
——Our Father– God in heavenWhen we call your namewhat shall we say?Jesus called you, FatherHe taught us to say,Our FatherOur FatherYou have a nameIt’s personalWe are your children by faithAnd through the Holy Spirit we cry,Abba, Father!A child can wake their father up in the middle of the night to […]