I’m cheery (on Facebook) I'm creative (on Tumblr) I'm charming (on Pinterest) I’m cool (on Insta) I’m clever (on Twitter) I'm connected (on WhatsApp) I’m capable (on LinkedIn) I'm….
How are you?
I Wonder I Wonder
Little light bright Pink balloon Skims gently over The snow Where did you come from I wonder I wonder Where will you go to Now
Phone foibles
Can I actually turn my phone off What will happen if What disaster will unfold What message will I miss Can I actually turn my phone off What will happen if Who will be neglected If I don’t respond quick Can I leave it on the counter When I go out for a walk Will my followers still like me If I’m not there to check Click
Snow Day
What would it look like If We (His kids) Laid down The Bigness The Production The Work Of (serving/ministry/calling) For Sabbath And (rather) Simply (on that once weekly glorious day) Played and Rested and Loved and Lived in The divine playground (that is the extra-ordinary privilege of) Being a Child In the Family Of God What if we took 0ur divinely decreed Snow day every blessed time (no half-tos) What if we did all that worthy work (paid and unpaid) (on the platform and off) On the other Six What would it look like If
How Are You?
Am I sad? Am I glad? Am I somewhere in between? I don’t know Actually Because I’ve been numbed by the anesthetic The analgesic properties Of Netflix Brit Box Amazon Prime Disney Plus and DZone You too? How are you?
Sully
Sully transitive verb: to make soiled or tarnished : DEFILE Please do not Sully Sully With The demand For Rights The preoccupation with being Right The squeezing so far over to the Right That love joy peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness self-control Flee (being no room for them an’ all) Please do not Sully Him Make Him Unrecognizable So soiled So tarnished Defiled By Self (ME MY I MINE) Rightness Please do not Sully Him With That
Hysterectomy
The searing heat sneaks up Surprises Roils to a peak And recedes Leaving me Tired And worn And wet And weak This poor bodies response to the loss of something core To who I am/was Its manifestation of Grief I’m sorry dear body I’m sorry I didn’t know what else to do You know as well as I that I Was Bleeding To Death Forgive me dear body Forgive me and Let’s find peace For you Again
Geese on Glass
Geese on glass Tentative Cautious (like we are) When We’re On Thin Ice
Desperate
Us/them
We/they
I/he/she/they
I'm weary of the war
(so weary of the war)
Are you
(yet)
Come Lord Jesus Come
Come Lord Jesus Come
Come Spirit Come
Renew
Restore
Redeem
Heal
Bring light
We are desperate for your Light
(even if we don't know it)
Colleen R. Jantzen 