Sunday, August 31, 2014

Unforgotten Grace

The darkness cannot find you, not in the wind
It was just something, a thing I needed to believe
Once, but it was more frequent than a single tome
Daily, destitute journeys in search of a quite peace
And as I recollect, I tremble now, much removed
For serenity has no hold in the cacophony of pain
Imagine, as best as I can define, a chronic distortion
Of time, the senses--In every breath that you exhale
A man learns quickly that respiration, while vital
It can never constitute being alive, no not exactly
Existence, is easily the worst state of human capacity
Longingly waiting for the bus ride to reach its end
Certain respite, from an ailment inconceivably miffed
Storms I know—and all a man ever harnessed before
Grace, a word which found me hiding inside the void
Too frightened to capitulate, Far more weary to run
There is no answer, for lying awake on a frosty couch
Rancor, it clung about my spirit, and darkness danced
All at once what saved me, had always been my fall
Run child, into open fields, the wind is promised you
Only if you hurry, for faith not waits on contemplation
Calculation demerits a saving hand, and freedom withers
Be sure though, no man escapes a lifetime on will alone
One step, and one day, then another, and still some more
Choosing actively to erase a passive past, without sight
But for the hand of a face I have never seen, I remain
Lost, out in the outlands—dead before a vile, raging Sea
Instead, four summers now, I have chased a calling voice
My truth, light and way are all encompassed—in one place

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Mirrors or Spokes on the Wheel

How then, will you know the truth 
As it comes rushing into your face
Stealing the very breath you've held
Waiting for the approach of grace
When all of your previous journey
Held more doubt than faith could shore
Which moment then, makes it whole
Or absolute, Opens the eyes to see
That dusk has fallen, on Yesterday
 Finally, you have been cast free
 So, could the God you claim to know
Have poured upon you hallowed sound
For if you say true, then love does grow
From the endless places, never seen
And your mind elates with melody
One that the darkness, it never knew
Tell me then, who amongst you denies
The future, or the presence of its face