Montage

Life’s ventures
Should lead to
The question
Of whether or
Not - or when -
Was the last time
I did something
For the first
Time?
I can say
Quite confidently
That my answer is
Today.
Today, I did something
For the first
Time.

Attitude Versus Attention

I remain grateful
For the little things -
For my health,
For my well-being,
For my life being
Today.
For the rights I possess
And for the
Lies I undress.
Much is not
Required
To make me grateful -
But attention
Is required
To realize all
That I have
To be grateful for.

Where Are We?

Unfocused voices.
Untold truths.
Untried theories.
Unprotected values.
What is our society
Degenerating into?
We preach to treat
Our fellow people
With respect, and
Dignity -
Then we take away
Human rights.
How right is that?

Fire-Starter

Seeing truth
And believing it
Are two entirely different
Matters.
There are those who see
Truth,
But don’t believe it -
Those who see truth,
Yet spread lies
Out of spite..
And there are those
Few
Who believe and
Hold fast
To what is true -
Letting nothing
Shake them.

Crashing Thoughts

The beautiful thing
About conflict
And trials
Is that they cause us
To pause -
To re-evaluate
The blessings we have
Already received.
The beautiful part
Of getting through
Difficulties
Is that we do get through them,
And come out
Stronger.

Friend-Musings

Friends
Are like miracles
Who come into
Our lives -
Bringing joy,
Bringing peace,
Bringing patience,
Into our hearts.

Timeframe

Looking to the future
By looking at the past -
And the passing of life
Into death.
The startling fact
Is that
In too short a time
The future and all its
Nearness,
Envelopes our illusion of time
And becomes
The present.

Into Focus

My experience of a father
Is not the same as yours.
My attitude and worldview
Have been crushed
And reshaped.
I feel a void because
Childhood feels like a
Different time.
Not a time that is being
Described - that is being
Observed.
I am formless; I feel desolate -
Yet all this is being
Changed
To prove to me
The truth of what a father
Truly is.
Can I change, and recognize
This new thing
Without erasing
What has transpired
In my life?
Can I identify with
These one day, and
Be able to know firsthand
Of what they speak?

Intent

Is there something else?
There must be something
I am missing.
Is there more?
Is there something
I’m not seeing?
Make me whole.
Make me aware
And awake
And alive.
I need to find
This missing piece -
I must relocate
Peace of mind.
Not just floating
Aimlessly -
We wander
With a purpose;
For not all who
Wander
Are lost.

This Is Love

Life expands
Beyond imagination
When we can grasp
This single truth:
We are loved.
Not because of our deeds
Or our lack of doing -
But because
There is a God
Who loved us first -
Who called us worthy
Before we drew breath,
Before we did anything
Worthy of praise.
He is praiseworthy.
And He loves us because
He can,
Because it is in His nature
And because we are
His.