Stand
Yesterday I could not stand Today I understand Tomorrow I will take a stand Continue reading Stand
Category: Life
Iron
Don’t text Don’t talk Don’t take the next turn Through the iron gate Down the ravine Beyond the pale All because you couldn’t wait Had to say had to state One last text One button Too late Gone Continue reading Iron
Station
If survival is unsatisfactory
Let’s lead the assembly
Let’s signal the troupe
To play, to cheer
What will be will be
Unless we find it first Continue reading Station
Flutter
your cage does not contain you
choices change the horizon
open locks new sunrises
creates luck fresh surprises
you know Continue reading Flutter
Coast
If you’re just going to coast
You’ll turn out like most
Inside the entity called you
Is one who’s called to take terrible risks
Stretching toward the abundant life
Journeying straight to the source Continue reading Coast
It’s not that
It’s not that
Life is so short
It’s just that
We are dead for so long
(Unknown) Continue reading It’s not that
Somewhere
If
God is so big
God is everywhere
God lives inside my heart
Shouldn’t He stick out somewhere Continue reading Somewhere
Lead
Disciples or deservers
Givers or grabbers
Obeyers or observers
Discerners or distractors
Followers or fakers
Lovers or likers
Believers or beguilers
Soldiers or sympathizers Continue reading Lead
Ever
Wherever thou dost create art
There wilt thou also be
Whatever lies in thy heart
Wilt falsely accuse even thee
Whoever plays thy part Continue reading Ever
Taker
You have everything
But never have enough
Greed says grab
Get for yourself
Better to give
Live like Elf Continue reading Taker
Some people
Some people say religion is a crutch
Some people think faith is fraud
Some people feel self help’s the best answer
Some people act like they’ll live forever Continue reading Some people
Humility
Humility is a measure Of your opinion of others Thinking you are the treasure Or they are your brothers Let me see your hands Are they washed and clean Or covered with stain Do they hide the unseen Or freely … Continue reading Humility
Tongue
Many a man’s tongue Has broken his nose Many a woman’s lips A token of what she knows Like a campfire flames a forest One utterance turns to chorus What pollutes minds fumes from lips Contempt consumes relationships Control the … Continue reading Tongue
Silent
Sitting silently nary a word Nothing to say No need to be heard While broken people snap nearby Help unspoken Life sapped They cry Not I Standing silently without speaking Not my place Not my brother for the keeping While … Continue reading Silent
Ruler
Religion is for reliving Past practice and past rules Masked motives and fast moves Checking boxes and lost clues Faith is for the living Next action and next service Asked to give to the last impervious Unlocking locks of lost … Continue reading Ruler
Poetry by Carrick Cross 