Category Archives: poetry
Got that feeling in my body*
Ugly words hurt.
Clashing colors make me nauseous.
Stripes with plaid make me dizzy.
Grim news turns my stomach
Loss twists my heart.
A word stabs
A look penetrates
Criticism batters.
Thoughts and experiences are, for me, physical.
I quite literally feel your pain.
Yet,
Accept me and my heart bursts!
Kindness enfolds
Caring caresses
Eyes that listen warm me
Ears that see startle me.
My body tells me how I feel.
I am especially susceptible
vulnerable
touched
lit
loosed
Easily ground down to nothing.
Yet,
sensitive
responsive
afloat
aloft
Easily lifted to everything.
My body tells me how I feel,
but not how to feel.
I tell it.
Fast ball coming
Take a two-footed stance:
Me (step) and Thee (steady)
We.
Ready.
*Thank you, Justin Timberlake
Spirit of Christ, Lead Me
Let the Spirit of Christ lead me.
Not, my spirit,
Not, the spiritual forces,
But God, Himself
in human flesh.
This is my role model,
my driving force.
My focus.
Let me not be deceived
by things that would distract
me, tantalizing
though they might be.
They are empty,
hollow vessels
meant for other gods.
Idols.
Let my eyes stay focused on You.
Let my heart beat only for You.
Let my mind stay fixed on You.
Let my every sensation remind me of You.
Lord, you are my One and Only.
the Giver of life,
the life worth living.
Catch me in your updraft
and carry me along on
the wings of your Spirit.
Amen
“those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.”
~ Isaiah 40:31
Who is at the door?
We endanger ourselves
when we choose only what suits us
and toss what doesn’t serve us.
Lord,
help me be one who
welcomes the other way;
one who engages
the different approach.
Cause me to open my door
to accountability come /knocking/
just as I would to \confirmation\
come calling.
It is by both of these
that you show me my way
to You.
Amen
