at Lystra

At Lystra (To Derbe)
12-30-15

And thence they sailed to Antioch
Where the love tells another story
Forgiveness is the key to every lock
And there came a man at Lystra
Missing and out of reach
As waters pour down from a steep place
The Lord comes to Micah our Morasthite
Take a cigarette break
That's an order
Then came he to Derbe and found something new
Failing oft on previous trips
Sitting on his loft taking deeper sips
I was standing on a wreathe when the tide came in....




Out Of Egypt
12-30-15

Out of Egypt with a distant brother I never spoke to
O, sweet miracle
Victors and triumph
Hear O earth
Let the Lord be witness
Of transgressions and high places
So many familiar names and places
Writing in green and red
For the first time in about twenty years or more
In the days of Hezekiah we find for ourselves the Way
O, sweet miracle
Just to hear of it
I wasn't praying for magic
But hiding in plain sight
Waiting is half the fight
Out of Egypt
I pour down stones into the valley....




Bon Vivant
12-30-15

Rivers run to the sea
But such is never full
Floods come up upon the banks
And even for this we give God a million and one thanks
Unto the place where rivers come they return again
For mouths and delta dream of the voice in the wilderness
Vanity of vanities
Searching through lost altitudes
All things are full of labor
Man cannot utter it
Eye is not satisfied with seeing
As we begin to loathe the things we once loved
Another Bon Vivant finds what he is looking for
Lord I pray that I will be able....