What is this life
A circle
Moving perpetually
No end
No beginning
A line
A series of lines
Each end
A new start
What is this life
A dancing
Tumbling
Roaring
River of events
Some quiet
Some crashing against stones
All leaving their marks
This life
Whatever it is
It is the life you have
The only one
The gift
And each new day
Dawns with hope
Anticipation
Light breaking the darkness
As the excitement
Of what can be
Breaks on the horizon
Chase each day
Dance boldly in the light
As the new year bursts in
Stand tall
In hope
In the possible
Whether you continue in loop
Or jump to a new line
New beginning
Shine
In this life
This gift from God
Shine
In all that can be
All the dreams
That are left to be dreamed
And the reality
Yet to come true

The world explodes
Beauty and beast
Anger and love
It is toppled
Mashed
Crushed
It is confused
Creation
Distorted from Creator’s vision
Images
Twisted
What happened to us
Why are we so far
We have the answer
The blueprint
The plan
He gave us a guide
Map
To the creation
He intended
It seems so simple
Yet we have found ourselves lost
So far from the path
In an orbit
Spinning madly
Mindlessly
On fire
Surrounded by an inferno
Fiery blaze
But in total darkness
Blindness
Noise roaring all around
Deafening
In a world
Moving crazily
Out of control
Senses overwhelmed
Breathless
Beaten
Battered
Broken shards of the world
Flying from every direction
Hopeless
How have we come this far
Not what it is supposed to be
Screaming helplessly

But wait
Breath
Center
Step out of the spin
Look in
Into the darkness

Rays of light break through
Kindness
A strange hand offering help
Hope
Love
The lost taken in
The homeless
Given shelter
The orphan
In a family
Light
In the madness
We get lost
In the light
We can see
It is not lost
The image
Breaks through
There is hope
He is hope
He is the anchor to the spin
Healing hearts
Holding hands
Loving
When all seems unlovable
Forgiving
The unforgivable
Forgiving me
Rays of light
Fighting back
Against the night
Stepping out
To live different
To shine
Instead of give in
To shine
Instead of hiding His light
Slowly
We turn back the black
Hardened
Angry night
With our small
Individual
Hope filled reflections
Of His light

History
Mystery
Reality
Rewind
Rebound
Back then, then now
What was
Is
What is
Was
We keep trying to make it better
By taking out the bad
After
But never think
Where the bad took root
Bandaids
Stop the bleeding
But the pain explodes again
The minute your rip it off
You can put on inferno out
But the destruction remains
The damage is done
The price is paid
But what if
What if we loved
What if we chose different
What if we take away the fuel
So the fire never starts to burn
What if
What if we take a different path
What if we stand against the wind
Instead of giving into it
What if
We step out of the storm
No longer accept drowning
As an acceptable solution
What if
What if we are the difference

The place where all my dreams land
Where happiness
Home
Love
Swirl in all my senses
Perched
My own place
Overlooking your wonders
The oranges and reds
Breaking out in fiery explosions
Merged into the blues
As night’s darkness dances in
The wind blows around me
Envelopes every part of who I am
In this moment
Embraced
As you sing for me
The crashing sound of your waters
As they journey to and from
Every moment new
Every sense
Completely
Totally you
Let my senses dance forever
Here with you
But the light fades
Night breaks in
I return to the real
But there is always another dance
Waiting
In the light of tomorrow