Am I awake

Am I Awake!
6-22-15

Change of plans
Going back out to the supermarket for nectarines
Thirty-five is my limit
This time as a man of means
You have set a boundary
That they may not pass over
That they may not return to cover the earth facing my giant
He is my bread
Pen marks on my left wrist
Ask yourself Am I Awake!
Bask in yourself and face up to the snake
No coasting for the Christian
We lose focus and drift off course
We get too busy and tired in setting the cart before the horse
Two hours yet to spare
Am I awake!




Off The Road
6-22-15

We all end up in a ditch
By the sewing of an extra stitch
Off the road and into the gutter
To have lobster one has need of butter
Starting to get comfortable
Getting caught off guard
As one to by human nature
Say that life is hard
Please don't cry so the song goes
But I say, please do
O, this great and wide sea
In which are inemerable seeming things
I learn the language
And trade off these wings for some wheels
The snares of death are far from me today
As so the herald angel sings
O, let's pull each other out
And lift up one another while in doubt.....





Need Humility
6-22-15

Plenty more where that came from
Crying out to God in praying Psalm eighteen
Still beating upon my base drum
Just to express the things today I mean
Let your soul shine through till the break of day
In my distress I cried and he heard as one to bless
The ropes are tied according to the Way and Word
Sometimes we need to get to the end of such a rope
In what we cannot see so lieth our hope
Where in my weakness God is strong
In a need of humility
And to allow yourself to be wrong
O, show up and show off!





Show Up And Show Off
6-22-15

God resists the proud and exalts the humble
In the sky today not a cloud
And no reason to stumble
I'm getting better at the Now
Even when it seems to be getting worse
By Spirit and letter I'm given the know-how
Light cuts through the fog
According to a well known verse
As a voice still cries out
What is God to you!
To challenge my faith in all that today I do
One hour to spare
I take not extra thought or care
Show up and show off
We think we don't need it
And such is a terrible mistake
As I ask myself
Am I awake!