Letting you go I have found Has not been easy I have found you So often Still arriving In my life As years pass I am surprised by you A moment turns And there you are Right in front of me And again I have to let you go Sometimes I wonder Do I surprise … Continue reading let

We are all judges And judged We all of us Form opinions And never hold to those opinions Based on fact alone For even fact is coloured And so cannot exist alone There is pure fact You might say The sky is blue Yet its shades and hues are always different And seen from different … Continue reading judgement

Little worlds Parallel lives Lane beside lane Overlapping Diverging Our own little boxes Our own small goals Our own dreams Hopeful and shattered Our own journey Ever impeded Impacted by the circumstance of the presence of others close far intimate unknown from whom we receive and to whom we give who we gain and who … Continue reading together alone

How easily we lose ourselves on the dark side Where the night seems to have no end And time feels like it stands still Going nowhere and going in circles become the same thing As standing still Yet in the dark The rain still pours The flowers still grow Worlds still change And in the … Continue reading dark side

today I planted a seedling in the hole that is you in my garden I don’t own the seedling I’m just one of the team who will be tending to it and as I sat back on the ground legs crossed looking at the tender shoot its small bright green leaves dancing in the breeze … Continue reading seedling

Reject Cut the heart And crush all hope You judge without knowing Look through tainted eyes Hear half words Absorb the lies and perceptions of others Paint a picture Then superimpose it On the bound and gagged Making it reality Turning flesh into stone Suffocating life To the point of screams of agony Which are … Continue reading REJECTION

If God knows what he’s doing If God is in control of it all Why is there is such imbalance Why are there so few rich people who hold on to wealth while so many struggle and live in extreme poverty Why are there so few who know freedom when there are so many oppressed … Continue reading IF GOD KNOWS

While burdened by our own luggage Love compels us to help others carry theirs …

I am you I feel I think I dream and hope I long for peace And for a place of belonging I wish for safety and freedom To hear my family laugh To have fresh water Enough food A place to call home Friends To be able to travel To be valued To be respected … Continue reading I AM YOU