We had a chance Were given a chance To imagine a different world (even given a trial run) A different way Better even (might have been) To leave behind The idols of our habits Have we squandered it? Will we get another?
Words
Words Weaponized Wound (sometimes mortally) the intended target (and bystanders of varying degrees of innocence or blame) You frighten me oh warrior with your words May I and the ones I love never be found in your cross hairs Tweet Tweet
On the Shelf
On the shelf For a while (He put me there) It would be dumb of me To crawl off To do the former things Forget the former things I am doing something new (He says)
Bees
I waited for you Waited to watch you busy I under the blooming tree On the broken blue bench You intent on your work Busy Bees Where have you gone?
Vice
It grips like a vice Fear (and causes temporary insanity) When I forget That You are loving You are wise Your ways are good You are in control You are
If
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 NIV We do the one thing (the hard thing, kinda) He does the two things (the important things, the needed things) If
Waiting
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14 You make the waiting possible Because you are strong You know all things You hold all things You hold me. I can wait.
Trust
“In You Lord God, I put my trust.” Psalm 25.1 (NIV) Trust In You Not in: My bank account My family My husband My health My house My job My friends My government In You Period . Trying
Ego
His ego had grown too large To allow For empathy Pity
Matin
Tiny little bird way up in the tree I see you Do you see me?
Colleen R. Jantzen 