Gifts (Sacramental and Otherwise)

Take this, In remembrance of me, That your love might not Atrophy. Hold this, With both hands sometimes, And feel how gently I made it With you in mind. Keep this, To experience every now + then, And know that I love you. Every now, + every then. And that it’s holding place for me […]

Vapor of Vapors

If you think dying’s not a problem You’re lying. And your love isn’t enough, And my love isn’t enough. Being a memory seems cool But only when you’re around to know you are one. Building buildings and Writing writings that have a longer lifespan Than 120 still die, In people’s hearts first and then their […]

He Wants to Forgive You

When you feel guilt, think about Judas and how he would have been forgiven. How he was tormented by demons So that Jesus wouldn’t forgive him in front of everyone. How maybe while Jesus ministered to the dead in death, He met Judas, and kissed him back.

Questions about Leaving Sodom

Do you know Lot’s wife? The one who turned into salt? The one who missed her friends who died, The one who thought maybe she left something behind? I can’t look away from a candle, How could she not look at a city consumed? Feeling the heat of judgment Begging for her to turn around. […]

My Cup Spilleth Over (I’m Empty)

It’s hard to write when I’m not saying anything lovely. Explicitly. Perfectionism breeds apathy, Or suicide. Both are pride, Maybe. Who could know?

Show Me What’s True

There’s something about you that makes Me realize everything is fragile. That moments of soft light are glass And you’re both. That warm rain makes a sound on grass And it’s your voice. That some flowers smell you back when you breath them in And you always notice. That everything has value, And most of […]

“What’s Your Name?”

What’s your name? As if that would tell me Who you are. I saw you for the first time The other day, We met in a car. You gave the prettiest smile I’d seen in a while, Or maybe my whole life. I asked so you told me. I haven’t forgotten, Some memories can be […]

The Unhealth of my Health

It feels good to be told everything. It’s like hugging a grenade. They explode in my arms and I catch them as they fall apart And I save others from their wearied heart. They chose me, because I’m strong enough to take it, and careful enough to grab their fragments, and gentle enough to put […]

How wide is our broken reach?

When we fell, Did the planets fall with us? Does the sun now burn dangerously? And was the moon smooth before? Does evil touch where we can’t? Were galaxies made imperfect by a bite? Do stars explode because of our sin? Were black holes there before? All I know is that we Brought nature down […]

I’d like to be someplace else now

Trying to figure out what to do, Growing tired of the ideas that i chew, I wish they were more like soup. Life’s a multiplicity of stages, All of them we’re falling through, But they paint us different colors And we all end up grey. Wondering when the new color will hit To prove that […]