He is jealous for me

Jesus

My man-God.

The one I confess…

The one I come adorned for…

My heart is shackled by a doubt that circles above my clearing in the forest in which I lay…

Lifeless

Deadened

Spirit-less

Yet,

Anticipating…

Streams of mercy

Showers of life

They will reign

Broken bones will be kissed to health

By the lips of a God who is not turned away by the taste of ashes

Dislocated limbs will be gathered and held

In the arms of a God who doesn’t mind the stench of prison, the roughness of rags on skin

My God my God

How short I am falling each day

How great is your love that thickens my blood so that this metal heart floods with life again. Amen.

Ezekiel 36:26

These ugly dreams feign glory on my fantasy planet
The people smile with ice in their eyes
A manifestation of man-made parts, factory hearts...

A robot hand with flesh that slits the soul sucks on smog
While manufactured majesty screams and moans in bereaved ecstasy

From beneath the sound of tossing bones comes a whisper silent, sweet
Unafraid
Unashamed
A heart of flesh and fidelity

It stands on an inverted pedestal and lifts us with melodies that drift up to thirsty ears

Beautifully flawed, they know the savour of grace
Imperfections taunt, but they've lived full, laughed from the belly...

Oh steady heart, make Me Flesh Too.

Tamika with a "Q"

Her smile could perform exorcisms

And Lord, did she ever loosen iron lids…

She set birds free

She is unintentional, part of nature

Untangled, she needs no deliverance

A honey-baby voice that melts pretension and ignorance

A smooth and perfect hand to guide home the faithless

A powerful girl

I do not project on you pity or misery

You are held back by nothing

You take my hands

You dance

You laugh

You utter sounds of life

You see me

You awaken me

And without saying a word, I am mended

I may not have her forever, but she will always have me

A love so pure and visceral, she is of my blood and flesh

I know You are real because she is breathing…

young forever.

So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams are swinging out of the blue
We let them come true...

the girl who rises to meet him

and i pause on this one every time...

you at the mic
an almost smile
that boyish smirk
a damaged girl holds the camera
and when you look at her, she can't stop shining

i've always told you that you came at my most broken moment
for so long i thought you were poison wrapped up in a sweetness that could only momentarily medicate
for so long i wanted to take back the first time i heard you make music
for so long you were a sizzling gash in the side of my soul
spilling out my freedom, spilling out my innocence into sewage grates

i screamed at you to come and play my games
but you just did not know how
and i was left alone with only the chanting in my head
the echoes of dread, a groaning that only the dead understood

i pinned upon your body theories of dysfunction and female complex
i nailed to your hands bleeding hearts and girlhood broken dreams
i peeled and stripped
i tore and ripped
until you looked just like me.......


i knew that with every thrilling breath, we were dying
we danced to a rhythm that began to rot us
and with decaying eyes we searched each other for truth

the light hits my eyes and i can scarcely believe what i see, what i now look back on...

we bled and it rained
we ran hand in hand on the shores of tragedy
we loved fiercely
we fought doggedly
we died finally

sweep me away.

Oh Holy Spirit...
abide with me

Jesus,
let my eyes reflect Your ultimate purity

God i am nothing...
we are nothing...

You breathed Your life into us and loved us so perfectly that it almost breaks me

Cups overflow, souls get dizzy on the sweetness of Your grace
You have given us Voice, Song and a Reason to Worship recklessly, passionately...

My wonderful Saviour, I am drunk on Your Spirit.


it never ever runs dry.

Hallelujah.

my love

Don't make me smile
I know that your leaving
And life isn't here
Underneath the Christmas lights
But I'll be wearing
Your hockey sweater
And you'll be waiting
Somewhere, where it never snows
Don't say a word
My heart is breaking
And I lonely stare
Watching you drive away
And I'll be wearing
Your hockey sweater
And you'll be waiting
Somewhere, where it never snows

And this is how I see you
In the snow on Christmas morning
Love and happiness surround you
As you throw your arms up to the sky
I keep this moment by and by