Lit And On Fire

You are a coat of many colors  Woven with such care and intricacy The creator crafted you with much thought As though you are the favorite Don’t you see it? You talk, sing, or whisper To the tune of a symphony Your voice is a poem It slips unbidden into my consciousness And paints a smile The silence welcomes your intrusion As though your sound Is not a stranger to its ears Don’t you hear it? Your touch soothes Your hugs calm Your kisses comfort You walk into a room Everyone notices An aura of lightness An aroma of positivity Don’t you feel it? You are exquisite! You put the aurora borealis to shame You are magical! Why don’t you believe it?

Hands that bring healing to body and soul The Spirit that's leading will take full control You have been anointed to go forth, make known That God is the Healer; the glory -- His own Your life in the daytime is kept well secure Your life in the nighttime is safe, be assured That Savior is able to watch and to know His hands will protect you wherever you go You will be exalted when humble you stay He'll lift up your head, you'll see this one day Just keep your light shining, the dark will disperse You are exalted, you're blessed and not cursed You're gifted to heal, your Lord is the Healer Protected for life, your God is Redeemer Exalted on high, your King will uplift you Get ready to rise, the Kingdom's within you

Those sad eyes They draw me into a universe of pain What tragedy have you witnessed, dear one? What grief had you crying for nights on end? I want to dive inside your mind And fish the loneliness out of it The sun reveals the track marks Of tears that outline the shadows on your face The hesitant smile That stops at the corners of your mouth Is like a movie That never had a proper ending A silent cry, a distant look Staring at nothing I wish I can see into those eyes And read the words you can’t say I wish I can listen to your heart And solve the puzzle of every beat I do not know I can not know The depth of your hurt But I can sit here Beside you For as long as it takes

Go find your rest and find your peace In pastures green and coolest breeze Your Shepherd leads to quell your soul To royal meadows, be made whole Your praises raised and heart in place Your hands stretched out, receiving grace No fear at hand, save for your Lord His boldness in your heart restored Like sheep so meek and lamb laid down Your strength in humble heart be found And as you rise, your warrior eyes will further see no compromise In peace and comfort find your force In being still you'll find your course You know His voice, you know the choice He'll show the way as you rejoice Rise up, young man -- a warrior, stand! Your warfare weapons are at hand You're trained the shadows dark to fight Equipped with armor shining bright For such a time as now you are Brought forth to take His kingdom far Stand strong among your saintly fellows Go forth -- Warrior of the Royal Meadows!

Take me out of here To where I can let my mind go blank Stare at the ocean And listen to the roar of its waves As they venture to the shore With reckless abandon Take me to where I can't think of anything But the wind caressing my face While looking down to a carpet of greens And up at a canopy of deep blue Take me out of my thoughts And place me somewhere My ideas can't find me Where the only thing that matters Is what's real at the moment Take me far away into a land Where my feelings about the future Can't get my number And what was Can't cloud what is Take me, please, to that Secret Place Where love is not measured against flawed standards Where joy does not depend on circumstances And peace, ah, peace Is the sweet presence I sleep with And wake up to as the sun rises

But how do you capture this on paper? Paper... Makes me happy It is... Vanilla ice cream Black coffee Tuna melt Seafood ramen Chocolate Veggie pizza Grilled cheese A cup of tea It smells like... A rainy day spent reading by the window Oatmeal with cocoa at 5am Toasted bread on Christmas morning A loved one’s familiar scent It looks like... Clouds kissing a mountaintop The full moon on a clear, starry night A row of trees with golden brown leaves in the fall Seeing someone you love Writing on it is like... A long drive A hike up a steep mountain Sitting on a beach while the sun is setting Riding your bike down a hill with a view of the ocean It feels like... Snow crunching beneath your feet Sand between your toes Rain on your face Cool wind on your skin Fingers through your hair A hand on your shoulder A hug A kiss Paper... It makes me happy

Thank God for ice cream. It helps. It comes in bursts One moment, no trace But in a split second The floodgates open The waves come in Overwhelming There is no escape Its strength, its power Unmatched The current rises From your belly Past your heart Over your head Suffocating Your hands shake Your voice trembles You walk unseeing Move unhearing The world ceases to exist You don’t exist It takes over your life Then it leaves And you can breathe again