Standing
work
long hours to think
I need something new to spiral on
Category: poetry
Middle setting
I don’t have a middle setting.
Yet I walk into moderation.
I step out of gluttony
into moderation.
But I am not natural to it.
Late
I’m late,
I’m late
for a very important date.
I’d love to stop and chat awhile but
I
am
very
late!
Confession
Hi. I hurt you.
I cause you pain. I turn back
to You
It is my refrain, I return
I turn to You
away from my sin
Acceptance
I have come to
Accept-
It is what it is.
I am at where I’m at.
God will do what He does.
I try to follow where
He leads,
and whatever happens
Happens.
It’s not for me He
opens doors.
I am His hands and feet, a part of His body.
I pray I accept this tomorrow, too.
We always blame
We always blame the women.
“It’s always their fault. Their beauty distracted me. Their words confused me! Their bodies drove me crazy”
Are you a child to have no control?
Are you only a body with no mind?
This describes a boy-
not a Man.
Own your mistakes.
own your actions.
they are an excuse, and you use them as such.
repentance
we turn back to You
doubtless that You will renew
my hope, my joy, my peace in You
I’ve wandered away.
But I come back,
help me stay beside You
help me stay on track with Your will.
In the name of Jesus
Make these chains less than dust.
May these walls be Rubble soon
Walls that contain
Walls that constrain
strongholds in my mind
the devil has claimed this room he
thinks it’s his.
he thinks
it’s his way in
the gap is
sealed
it’s being cleansed.
Being scrubbed in the blood of the lamb
the chains that hold me down will be less than rubble soon
taste of the Feast
I sometimes think I imagine
I have a small taste of Christ
to wait in faith
to be eager for the wedding
but to have a bride unsure
if she is unsure, it will not happen
but I have faith that it will.
My Father in Heaven has said it
___
to be so eager and to still be me
for that is all I can be.
lies cause damage,
the pain and strife
what lies to I believe of myself?
What lies do others believe of themselves?
___
You can lead a horse to water but you cannot
make them drink.
They must be willing and
seek on their own, in their own way
in their own time.
All you can do is be there
ready to give them the water
when they seek it.
That’s all.
Let God the Father do the rest
Keeping my word
conflict of time and agreement.
I said I’d help you.
I may not be able.
I said I’d helped you.
it will inconvenience another.
I said I’d help you. I will keep my word
though it will not make her happy.
Martin Write 