Vintage

Clinging desperately to the vine
Getting sweeter over time
All around the stake they wind
Growing slightly out of line
Falling back, bending behind
Sublime, they shine by their design
Mine – so fine, must be divine
Should be a crime
For you to find
It may even blow your mind
Truly is a vintage wine
Getting sweeter over time
Clinging desperately to the vine

Happiness

Happily ever after is a lie
Happiness must be chosen every day
It won’t fall on you simply walking by
Sometimes you have to go out of your way
Fairytales falsify expectations
There’s no way to make it all come easy
The mouth can spew useless declarations
But actions prove what is reality

I’ve been ruined by these aspirations
I’ve come to realize along the way
No more daily fantasized vacations
No more believing lies day after day
I only want happiness where it’s real
But happiness is just a way to feel

Hello

Hello to the sun on a summer’s day
Hello to the moon on a winter’s night
Hello to the stars that are shining bright
Hello to the clouds floating on their way
The stream says hello as it flows along
The grass says hello waving in the breeze
The wind says hello passing through the trees
The brook says hello with its happy song

Greetings are everywhere if we’ll listen
Greetings to everyone – pay attention
Hear it in the raindrops as they’re falling
Hear it in the snowflakes as they glisten
Voices of the earth speak without question
Voices in the sky are nature’s calling

Assigned

Sound
as versification
or
lineation

Words

You can keep inventing new words
without ever finding more meaning

Way

Spontaneous smiling
Penny’s worth of pleasure
Soccer mom van – converted
Flexible driving
Lips in motion
Ascertain the best possibility
Ask first, apologize later
That would help
I should think

Insane Enemies

Darkness is everywhere. The extended periods of silence are louder than when shells crack overhead and the debris clanks against the metal ground. We fight the bitter cold more savagely than we do our declared opponent, and hunger is the more ferocious foe. The stench of death surrounds us. The taste of each man’s anguish pierces the heart and the soul and the mind. The night lasts forever. We are trapped in a crazy man’s dream from which there is no escape because the tyrant refuses to awaken. We bathe in blood, our own blood. We shower in our sweat and tears. The night continues on; the darkness is never ceasing. They are determined to kill us all whether by slaying the heart or the soul or the mind.

What Was I Thinking?

Carrying my heavy heart
full of unmet expectations
Hoping for my life to start
fulfilling my destiny
Rescuing my mind from unrest
forgetting my obligations
Inciting my soul to be blessed
for dream to be reality
Sentimental fools we all are
Thinking we could ever try
Inspired babble taken too far
Expiring before we die

Your Testimony

Pray as though all depended on God.
Prepare as though all depended on man.
Our effort, to others, is a reflection of our faith.
Physical and spiritual needs are not mutually exclusive.

Rely more on God and less on yourself.
Do you best, let God do the rest.
Make sure your actions are according to the will of God
supported by Scripture, and consistent
with Christ’s character.
We are being renewed everyday.
God’s grace is sufficient for me.
His mercy is new every morning.
Our trials are for our benefit.
The experience we learn from shines a light
of hope for others.

Build a relationship to form a point of trust.
Bloom where you’re planted.
Your life is your testimony.

My Special Place

I won’t live in fear and doubt
I want peace inside and out
I want to love and appreciate
Not grumble, complain and hate

I want to work, to play and rest
I want to try to do my best
I want acceptance, faith and joy
From active tactics I employ
To focus on the positive
And all the grace my life can give

So why do I sit here and wallow
In misery and feeling hollow
Instead of choosing to embrace
The beauty of my special place

Even or Not

Doubtless, You know what You’ve spoken
I’m hanging on every word
Faultless, Your body was broken
I scarcely believe what I’ve heard

Your plan is perfect, Your wisdom is great
Your way is upright and not for the faint
Your grace is power, Your word is true
You created men to glorify You

Yet we fight and complain
Have we all gone insane
We desire and we war
What are we living for

To be
Holy
To raise
Your praise

Sing over me
My heart will be
All I can bring
To You, my king

I'd Rather

I’d rather be in heaven with You than here on earth
But you knew every breath I’d take before the moment of my birth
So while I’m here I’ll stay in you, and I’ll willingly serve
The hope of my salvation is where my joy is found
It’s not in worldly things, what circumstance may come around

You have a special plan for me
Take my heart, use my life completely
For You alone contain the power
You shine a light into my darkest hour

For you sent me here to shine
To bring You glory, honor and praise
To do Your will and not mine
When I’m following all of Your ways

I want only to love You more
And to show others the way to the Lord

I have no greater desire than Your love
And Your holy calling is all I’m dreaming of
Life gets so exciting when I anticipate
The goodness You will show to me
Every day as I learn how to wait

You’ve given me the greatest gift
To practice Your selflessness
By placing me right where I am
To call attention to Your perfect Lamb

Still, I’d rather be in heaven with You than here on earth
But you knew every breath I’d take before the moment of my birth