When the wild winds blow O’r the barren waste And the chilled rains go Hard in every place; The sky is low And the ground is rough Till ‘tis hard to know That ever such stuff As flowers could grow ‘Tis hard to know ‘Tis hard to know Upon this long and weary way, What […]
I only cared about getting away as I slammed the screen door shut and blocked out my mom’s screeching voice. Like usual, she was cursing and threatening to call the cops. I knew she wouldn’t bother them; she was just fussing about the jacket. She’d cool off by tomorrow and give me some cash […]
Empty phrases I prepare Piles of rubbish, rags of dirt to be justified Selfish pleasures I pursued Gluttonous knowledge, impostor power to be god myself Brittle, sun baked bricks I’ll lay Rebel blocks, fist-shaking heights to be glorified As the winds of calamity take breath As the clouds darken and the ocean stills The world […]
Great Muse of mythos, sing the haunting tune That lingers where the long-lost Tree of Life Has dropped her leaves—where, carried by the winds Of common grace and mercy long predestined, They long lie, forgotten by the earth Wherein they mold and rot, and richen soil Once quickened by the loving lungs of God. […]
Conflicting thoughts in secret as her tool, She reserves righteous actions as our function; Softly contending every broken rule, A lofty beauty: Will and Conscience spied in junction. She often halts one’s compromise made vainly; But in the end Will’s boots have sharper spurs; Though on our hearts the law was written plainly, A dirty […]
What is more intimidating than a pure white canvas? Martha pondered in her drawing room as her fingertips tingled in excitement to add color and life to the dead white void in front of her. An entire world lay on the other side. “Are ye’ lost, young lady?” Seamus asked the woman who for the […]
In failing health I played a whim and moved midwest to God, too hobbled with my youth and shame, flushed green with faith I had not proved, to heave my heart from where I stood to truth. I struck a bestial slouching stride as best I could to sling my joints toward the sun, as […]
The gowns of displeasured priests cascade shapelessly in rows before the peasant poor, encircled now to witness history arrive at the indictment of a perfect man. The anticipation is timeless, of course—a fine inheritance for a fool. Witnesses are occasioned, assessed. In Christ’s thoughts, Adam is naming the birds—his new wife off unknowingly carrying to […]
“This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens: they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering…”—Numbers 4:23-24 Lord, Here I am—doing the service of my father’s clan. You have chosen us for this task: to carry the robes of you, our […]
I take the road that leads to love anew, Yet pause before and seek to spy the end. Can I return, a one so oft untrue And faithless? Can I now this course defend? Nigh half a score of years have passed since I Your favor held and first enjoyed your grace, But O! My […]