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I looked and looked
And yet my heart yearned more
Looking for pleasure greater than before
So many faces, so little time
How my heart races, to make each one mine.
Each day my eye feasts anew
As I drink deep the lustful wine.
Wherstwile inside soul and sinew
Do wither with passing time.
Burned by guilt, consumed by shame
Before Him I must present my name
And a heart that loved another
Causeth the very Earth to shudder
And I name myself His lover?

Raising the Axe

Every idol that I hatedI found staring at me withinThe house that You had createdTo be fully free from sin None the world’s watersCan cleanse this impurityNone the mountain’s firesCan burn away this infidelity It needs not hesitant whispersWhen one…
October 2, 2024

Faltering Steps

I wandered hither and yonder, faltered whither astrayTill Mercy let me no longer wanderAnd settled my tired feet upon this pure way
October 2, 2024

Shadow of the Tsunami

So much to say, never spokenThough even the blind can speakFrom a dam, partially brokenA breaking trickle begins to leakAs concrete seams let out whimpersAnd towering walls cast a sighThe volley continues upon the raftersCreaking under rain-like thunderYearning to be…
October 2, 2024