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

Write me a song

Open my eyes

My heart

Free my words

To color the world

Guide me

Lead me

Walk beside me

Dance with me

Show me

What I can’t see on my own

Hear me

Even when I don’t know what to say

Hold me

Push me

Take care of my heart

Take care of my life

Speak words

That will sound in my head

And let me give it all back to you

Write me a song

I will color it

And God will shine through

As we sing together

Life is an adventure

A ride

Ups and down

Sideways

Every-ways

Inside outs

And upside downs

No promise of easy

No promise of smooth

But I tumble along

With the best promise

I am with you

He is my joy in the storm

He is my peace

In the screaming

Raucous

Noise

With Him

I can praise every miracle

And every mundane

I can walk through every valley

Every mountain

Every sunset

Every hurricane

I can praise the plans He makes known

And I can praise the unknown

He is my rock

My fortress

My anchor

My shelter

He holds my hand

He holds my heart

He leads

And He lets go

The world rumbles

All around

Attacks

Threatens

Bullies

In my face

Trying to yell the faith out of me

But I stand strong

Because I don’t stand alone

He is my strength

He is my peace

In all the noise

Faith

Believing

Bigger

Bigger than my dreams

Bigger than my imagination

Bigger than earthly limits

Shattering boundaries

Breaking cants

Impossibilities

Believing bigger

Because He is bigger

He defeats illness

He puts together

That which was in a million pieces he finds

The one hopelessly lost

He is bigger

Than the boxes we confine Him to

Then the tiny desires

We bring to Him

Believe bigger

Believe with real faith

Faith

Stand on the bigger belief’s

And watch

As our infinite God

Comes through even bigger than that

Scarlet streams

Caught by the wind

Tied tightly in faith

In hope

In promise

Blown but not broken

Oppressed but not forgotten

Scarlet

Hanging not in shame

In grace

Not in history

But in future

Scarlet stairway

Out of darkness

Into promise

Faith in the unknown

Yet somehow known

Scarlet

Hope in something so close

Scarlet

Washed clean

Washed pure

Washed into freedom

There is a flower

I have been watching

It has me enthralled

If not confused

The colors keep changing

Vibrant then dark

Happy then dull

The blossoms

Open and fragrant

Inviting

Welcoming

Then gone

Fallen trampled

But the life always seems to return

In the flower’s own timing

In the flower’s own way

Push it

Try to force it

Try to fix it yourself

The flowers withdraws completely

But sig back and watch

Observe

The changes

The dance

Playing out in the flower

And the life returns

Vibrant again

Open

Welcoming

It seems to smile at me

From every breath

In every breeze

It tumbles along

This flower

I love

Though it is not always easy

I love it none-the-less

For the imperfections

The confusions

The contradictions

That collide together

In perfection

In beauty

That only this flower can be

Perfection

In being exactly

As this flower

Was created to be

There are many blessings
Surrounding me
Every day
Beauty
Blessing
But most especially
Friends
You have taught me
Stood with me
Carried me
And followed me
We have laughed
Cried
And done both together
You share my passions
Showed me
What you are passionate about
Experienced life
Tragedy
And joy
Together
You have held my hand
Comforted me
Prayed for me

You have yelled at me
And gently corrected me
As needed
You have traveled the world with me
Served with me
And worshipped with me
My life is easier to navigate
With you in my boat
Storms rage
You hold the umbrella
The road twists
You steer the car
Valleys loom
You walk beside me
You remind me I am important
You make time and effort
Just to check in
With you
I know I will never disappear
So many things
To be thankful for
In this world
Sunsets
Seasons
Opportunities
But none of them
Would be as bright
Without your light
In my life