Blanket of Fear

Held in a night of sleepless repose And wrapped in a blanket of heaviest fear That despite the bright, shining sun of the day Have confined this restless heart of mine here, I cry at the fiendish cold grip of the night And shake my small fist at the words…

Ocean Blue

My love is sailing on the ocean blue Under starry skies that wink from miles above. He's feeling wind and waves that rock the ship On oceans nigh as vast as the Father's love. But no—he's known the depth and breadth and height…

What's it to You?

If I long for strength-what's it to you? Don't fight me-I will run from you. Don't hold me-I will run from you. I am who I am and I'm stubborn. I hold to my walls and my shields. Too cold, you say?…

April 30--Let Me Finish

I will stir your hair with the wind And rejoice over you with a song. I will steal your breath with the thunder And fight for your love all day long. You come before me in your fear; You tremble with shame at my feet. You beat yourself up for…

April 29--No Time

I laid out in the sun today And felt you next to me. I stopped to think that by the time We each could really see How much we needed one another We each will have moved on. I fear that I will love you more After you are gone.…

April 28--No Road Signs

Who knows what sort of thing will happen next? Each time I've gone from you a moment's come Where I have lost my way down crooked roads And lost the way to where I started from. So then: no map, no compass for a guide, I…

April 27--Beautiful Words

If all the beautiful words you said to me Tonight were a sort of cloud that floated up To fill the sky as far as we could see, I would have felt my sky becoming gray In a good way. If all the beautiful things you taught today In that…

April 26--Shadows Grow Long

I'll wait till the shadows are long on the wall And no other sound is allowed in this room But the whisper of curtains on light summer breeze And I'll let your embrace chase away all my gloom. I'll sit here. I'll…