Hello?

My little musings,
Go out from my couch,
Typed,
With hope,
And passion,
Hoping these words,
Are understood...
And "heard".
Yet,
It's into this unknown,
That I type.
Here I am..
Words and woes,
Tumbling from my fingers,
.........
Are you out there...
Or do these words echo
Throughout the universe
Of blogosphere..?
Just bouncing around..
Empty..
Unheard.


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Promises

So when the sun rises tomorrow,
Will our hopes be greater than today?
Has the disappointments
That we have lived through
Changed our horizons?
Are we more hopeful,
More gracious
And more reflective
Of love's call,
On every part of us?
Tomorrow is just hours away.
Now is the time of surrender.
We have but a few hours
Before we rise into
The new day's promises.


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The song

Tonight,
Melody and lyric
Meets me in the journey,
The story
And narrative,
The joys,
The not..
Life,
Love,
Light..
The dark
The questions,
Unanswered
In the yet
And not now
And so,
all of me
Sings..
All of me...
A song.


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Life and living.

Listening to the sound of conversations,
Laughter,
Community,
Love,
Friendship.
The things that are in
The every day of living.
The sparkle of being alive,
The precious,
The blessed gifts
That we so often
Take for granted.
In each other's eyes,
Smiles
And tears
Is the sharing of
Our journeys.
We are drawn to each other,
To give
And to love,
Life is a beautiful thing.



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Tomorrows

Never let the promise of tomorrow,
obscure your yesterdays.
the hope of the morning,
refute the day before.
In the end,
when all is said and done,
only love remains...
only love remains..

Grandpa

I see my childhood
In my children,
I see my freedom,
Laughter
In theirs.
Little face,
That I never dared to dream of,
Now visits me,
In is his innocence
And angelic wonder.
And..
My daughter,
Is his mother,
And her father,
Is beyond his dreams.

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Life

Gentle, gentle night,
Soft soothing sounds
Of water and wind
And gentle quiet.
The hum of life,
A melody,
Tuneful
And full,
In and out,
Like a breath,
A continual rhythm,
Sometimes noticed,
Sometimes,
Simply,
There.


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After the storm

The storm...
a blue sky,
a horizon,
clouds,
a wind change,
gathering dark,
chaos,
and then..
the calm.
And so is life..
the calm..
before..
and then..
after.

Thoughts

So...
When it comes down to reality.
Can we simply see the truth,
Or shall we imagine
Explain,
Justify
Until reality
Is obscured
And our future
Never healed by honesty.
My soul can only be liberated
By me..
To look elsewhere
Is to abdicate responsibility
And to retreat to blame.
Life's gift
Is my life..
My choice,
My actions
My reactions.
I am alone,
Only my heart is beating,
The thoughts that run rampant through my broken mind,
Are mine.



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Walking

I am walking,
a strong step.
I hear the rhythmic fall of my boots,
the crunch of gravel,
the slip of mud.
My eyes are fixed on the track ahead
as it twists and turns,
rises and falls,
my eyes barely fall to my feet,
why would I watch each footfall,
when there is a destination to be reached
and a journey to be enjoyed.
Lift up your head dear son,
look around you,
life bursts out..
all about
and within.

Life

Listening,
I'm listening..
Trying to hear the whispers,
The words,
Textures,
Sounds and melodies,
In between the static
And white noise
Of life.
I'm watching,
Scanning the horizon,
Searching for that spark,
That ray of light,
A dawn for darkness.
I'm here,
Present,
Feeling
Life.


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Change

There is only one way...
No,
Not a book,
A chapter,
Or a verse,
The only way forward
Is in the self discovery
That honesty permits.
Until I see myself,
Clearly,
Without excuses,
No justifications,
Or blame....
Only then,
Am I
Given the possibility of
Real change.
It is my choice,
Whether action
Or reaction,
Only I make the choice.
In that awareness
Only I can change my world
By allowing change
To start
With me.


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Sometimes,
The pain and suffering,
The story and narrative
Of those,
Caught in front of the media's spotlight
Distresses me greatly.
Why have we simply become pictures,
Faces..faceless..but necessary
To the story.
We are all "I" to ourselves.
That's a sacred relationship.
It's so "newsy" to allow strangers,
For the sake of fame,
Or infamy
To speak our"truths"....
Abdicating our uniqueness
As if our mouths had lost their words...
But we are greater than this....
And that is the story,
That is the reality...
Unchanged now,
Yet easily tossed into
The court of acceptance and vindication .
I am on the greatest journey of a very big life.
I am discovering me...
Not in the mirror of public opinion..
Just me.
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Regret

I am searching for the horizon,
but the sea is full of mists.
I am seeking for calm waters,
these storms they still persist.
I am looking for an answer,
I'm afraid that I could fail,
yet life it draws me onwards..
the trust?.. it shall remain.
Perfection is my fallacy,
I will never gain the prize,
the winners podium is empty,
my lack is no surprise.

Momentum

the night closes in,
the dark,
dissolves the light,
and I find myself,
in the darkness,
again.
I reach forward,
into the unknown,
it is beyond me.
I sense it's fullness,
and yet,
I am still,
lost in the confusion,
of the not knowing
and not being known.
Tomorrow,
promises me,
faith,
trust,
and reality.
This is the furnace of life.
The flames of change
transform us..
unwilling,
but captives,
to the endless,
relentless,
momentum..
faith is a mystery.

Silence

Had I known,
perhaps I may have not said a word.
If I knew,
would I have sought,
asked,
and
hoped for?
These prayerful pleadings,
their answers
so beyond me.
Yet my silence
would not have prevented
the journey.
I am now "found",
not as I thought,
but,
as I am,
not who I wished
I was "becoming".

today

Standing...
turning,
back,
forward,
where am I
today?
yes..
I know the promises,
the hope,
peace
joy,
but now..
today?
I'm very
very
human.

Answerings

Walking,
Lightly,
Strongly,
Determined,
Surrendered.
Choices,
Decisions.
Seeking
Asking
Listening
And living
In the answerings.


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Where..there..

Where there's love
There is no fear
Where there's trust
There is no regret.
Where there's grace
There is no shame
Where's there's light
There is no darkness
We are called to live
In the hope side of life.


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Pursued

Love pursues us 

Longing to find our weakest point,

To breach our walls of fear

And failure. 

Ferocious, full of fire

And passion,

The fuel of eternity

Sings love songs..

Come surrender,

Be overwhelmed,

Be carried away

Into a lovesick future 

While loves powerful perfection

Violently herds away

Every fear that is set against it

And us. 

Can you hear,

Can you sense

The storm approaches,

It's raging, charged clouds

It's fiery flashes and thunderous exclamations 

Are the heralds..

Of restoration

And renewal. 

This Is the torrent of love.