fashion

Fashion
11-12-15

Of suburb and faubourg
A quarter just outside the French city
I pray to escape this dull moment of worn out and jaded routines
Greeting my Bedouin in deserts of southwest Asia
In dreams of travel and mysteries to unravel
Traditionally tent-dwelling
And dependent upon herds for sustenance by definition
We have time to tell how this is the season of What
Newfangled, no if and or but
Of a new kind of fashion
Given to novelty
A noise of wings and wheels
And an opportunity to get to know how it feels
Darkness is a sad way to live
But I like it...




My Grace Is Sufficient
11-12-15

Unpacking these statements
To be more personal to you
I missed communion but I made the offering
As Jesus heals a man blind from birth
O, why was he blind
Because of his parents' sin
Or because of his own
In this inquiry
We are not alone apropos
And by the way a good thing to know
And to go without the smoke all day
I always have this choice
I did it yesterday and the day before
And no more of such De Vouvray wine
I'm driving myself mad
Yet it is fitting
One refill every hour on the hour
In purity there is power
For disability as well part of God's plan
On the road to recovery
My grace is sufficient....





Don't Spook The Horse
11-12-15

Happy birthday, Neil
More than a way to feel
Happy birthday Jesus in advance
A little bit too soon
But I will take that chance
Let the tree lights shine on me
Coming to them of the captivity of telabib
I need your love
And God says I already have it
According to what Jesus has already done
The sun makes the scene
For a moment of glory
For another interlocutor
We can talk about it
At the end of seven days
Word comes to me saying
"I make thee a watchman"
Going without is not going to kill me
Happy birthday, Neil...





Thrice Again (I Go There)
11-12-15

Hear the Word at my pen
As I choose to go there thrice again
A place such as here and Now
Give them words of exhortation
And we will say more than just "Wow!"
There is grace if we are willing to see it
It's in my face
And I am encouraged to but be it
They missed out on the point
Because of the legalism of their tradition
I've just got to be on another mission
Turn it up just a little bit more
And recline in ones precarious position
Jesus comes to blow up the box
And remove the restraints
Because God wants to do something through you....