Nature

By Nature
3-24-14


Pessimistic by nature
Optimistic by faith supernatural
It is the only way we can please him today
O, I wish them well today
As so like animals
Fear is our most natural way to live by
To yet trust in oneself
Putting on another pot of cowboy coffee
Dedicated to the T.S. Elliot of my psyche
Defined as my dear soul
Where happiness depends upon the happening
And joy comes from the Lord
On this sunshiny day
Wherein I take up the sword
Where the kingdom of God
Is at hand in you....












Champion
3-24-14


In the valley of Elah
We still fight
Because we are the real deal
And we have every right to
That I plow through the book of First Samuel
Straight into the night
As David left his supplies
In the hand of our keeper
Greeting his brother all along the way
Fearing not to meet the reaper
In the valley of Elah we still dwell
We fight our Philistines
Drawing water from a peaceful well
Yet to meet the poetic champion
That would become my good friend
Given hopes today
That we will be together in the end....
















Pas Dammim
3-24-14


Right here and now
We can have his power
As life is but a vapor
Of withering blades of our grass
And our fading flower
As my still small voice whispers
I hope you'll understand
And so today this I will do
If the good Lord wills
By the sunshine the poet savors
And the time he kills
O, what have I done
Now O, is there not a cause
For these coffee spills
According to our Pas Dammim
Yeah, look it up and you will see the light
And realize that it's not by our own might
But by his grace
Like light by which to write....














On First Samuel 17:32
3-24-14


O, let no man's heart fail
O, look to the ant
And to the snail
He's slow on his way
But at least he's moving in the right direction
According to our ephah of dried grain
So we are given our former and latter rain
To appease these distances
Of pleasure and pain
As signs to tell the poet
That he's still alive
O, let no man's heart fail
For your servant will go and fight
As such a giant defies the people of God today
Serving as something that but proves me
In this terrible and wonderful wilderness
In which I stand...














Beard
3-24-14


Catching the lamb by its beard
To but spare him in my reality
Immaterial , odd, strange and weird
As your servant kills both the lion and the bear
Where I am no longer as one afraid to care
Go and the Lord will be with you
So is said in sarcasm and unbelief
As so he was
And he did prevail
By the love and might
Of a God that will not fail
Choosing five smooth stones
From the brook of affliction
As do I when I'm up against this addiction
Being one today to quote the Scriptures
Catching the lamb by its beard....












No Sword In Hid Hand
3-24-14


God does not save by sword or spear
By one's faith taken up
In relinquishing today all unbelief and fear
As even you will know
That there is a God in heaven
So be of good cheer
By our Eglon and Ashdod
We have new hopes
That there is a God
Yeah, a God that makes known
Dark mysteries
Serving as these secrets of truth
To take up today my rod
O, I see here before me
For the battle is the Lord's
By the first slung stones
Of one, two and three
By our Gibea and our Nob
We go about our travels
To yet sojourn in the land of promise
Over a feast of steak
And corn on the cobb....












Within And Without
3-24-14


Sometimes the earth looks much like the kingdom
Through eyes that rove
Where we trust in only ourselves
By such a fear
We can choose our faith instead
In being given our daily bread
With beautiful music in one's head
For which our Savior bled
Sometimes the world might resemble his throne
In that we need not fight our giants all alone
Where the peace of God transcends all understanding
According to my other translation
Discerned by a mind willing to reach out
Praying, O, help my unbelief
And heal my doubt
Sometimes that which lies within
Will be likened to all that remains without....