" Hope "

The rain had come
the night before
and washed it all away
I hope it comes again

" Mayday "

do you remember mayday
a radio-telephone distress call

we are losing altitude
our engines are on fire
we are coming in
on a wing and a prayer
mayday mayday

our ship is sinking
abandon ship
pacific ocean
sharks are waiting
mayday mayday

we are up in the hills
with rifles and handguns
we see the enemy in tanks
headed our direction
mayday mayday

a parachute didn't open
a parachute opened
caught hanging in a tree
the enemy is coming
mayday mayday

we need airsupport
we are trapped
incoming fire
on the beach
mayday mayday

language of war
language of life
a shot heard
around the world
mayday mayday

" Take Time "

there is no measure
no test no tricks
are you happy
is life good
have you looked to
fortune tellers
astronomy psychics
psychologists
psychiatrists
well meaning friends
self help books
religion that seems
to leave you behind
does not connect
there is someone waiting
for you just you
just like you are
He has loved you
from your beginning
He still loves you
open His book
open your heart
leave your unhappy path
follow His path for you
He will never change
He will never leave you
walk with Him in a quiet time
breath Him into your soul
find Him He is waiting
He will walk with you
and talk with you
faith in the right place
your place
take time
for Jesus

" What Shakes Your Faith "

what shakes your faith
movies books or coins
that question Gods
existence
do you really think
taking In God We Trust
off a coin
threatens God
He remains unchanged
we are tested by
these wordly threats
afraid of what it means
God remains unchanged
He knows you know
He is more powerful
than a book movie or coin
look He is coming
with the clouds
for all to see

Just Me

just me
I thought
I was never enough
the world told me
what I should be
I couldn't do it
I was what I was
and still am
I envied others
who knew more
were prettier
and smarter
had lots of friends
and boyfriends
were homecoming queens
rode on parade floats
won awards for athletics
and stuff they made
and entered at the fair
I wanted to be
popular and get
chosen first
it took a life time
to see
how fortunate I was
just to be me

"Seams"

in 1936 seams
ran up the back
of womens silk
stockings

women had
voluptuous
interesting
bodies

movie stars
tapped danced
their way
to fame

they didn't
have
to look
perfect

there was
something
on the
inside

2009
things have
changed
for women

more die
from
heart attacks
heartache?

womens
movement
liberation
want it all

they have
forgotten
how
to

keep their
seams straight

" Family "

Halloween 2009
my dads birthday
something happened
it just happened
maybe we had been thinking
about it probably wondering
and watching
I am not sure
we were at Greune
a small texas town
Nick my oldest son
was in a bicycle race
it was warm sunny day
mom Sheri and baby Hadley
and grandma and grandson Kody
were spectators
we were hanging out
until Nick started at 3:29pm
Sheri came to me laughing
with delight
she had just discovered
Hadleys first tooth
Kody and I laughed
and felt inside Hadleys mouth
and sure enough there it was
a tooth had just punched
through her bottom gum
another first
so many in the beginning
time marks our days
as it moves us along
braiding us together
by something called family