Category Archives: poetry
Don’t just tell me you love me; show me you love me
Don’t just tell me you love me,
show me
Visit when I’m sick
sick of life
sick of hardship
sick of loneliness
heart sick
Nourish when I’m empty
pangs of hunger
cheeks hollowed
out of options
gut void
Supply when I’m thirsty
offer a sip
of what you’re drinking
melted chips of ice
mouth parched
When I’m unprotected
victim of the hurtful
vulnerable to the willful
invisible
clothe me
Don’t just tell me that you love me,
meet me.
If I’m opposed, understanding
If I’m young, humor
If I’m old, honor
If I’m angry, calm
If I’m confused, clarity
If I’m distraught, empathy
If I’m falling, lift
If I’m hurt, help
Heal
Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these, you did for me.
Learning doesn’t happen by spectation
Text, I can read.
Image, I can see.
By video, I can follow along.
But to learn, I must take part.
No one can stand in for me
in my interaction,
my operation,
my turn at my own helm.
Learning that lasts
begins where caution ends
and trust begins.
Trust
that whoever made me
an interactive device
created this game
in a way I could win it.
Stay in the presence of God
I love the way you worship, I told him.
Because I did.
I enjoyed the freedom he had
to raise his hands
shout his praise
demonstrate his love of God Almighty.
I get embarrassed, I told him.
Because I do.
I worry about what others might think
if they saw me with raised hands
speaking out
demonstrating my love.
I love the way you worship, I told him.
But … How?
How do you dismiss
what others might think
what others might say
how they might react to your free expression?
He said:
Stay in the presence of God.
When your mind wanders
Stay in the presence of God.
When your heart questions
Stay in the presence of God.
When your spirit darkens
Stay in the presence of God.
When your strength fails
Stay in the presence of God.
Stay.
Where you are.
Where God is.
Hovering over you
A covering over you
Protecting you
flames will not burn you
waters will not overwhelm you.
Stay and worship.
