my heart weighed an eternity’s ton today,
so i lifted my eyes to the sky -
in search of your heart, to seek
its comforting beat, if only to lull
my broken, broken heart to sleep.
but i saw an invisible strand,
buffeted by a chary breath, which caught,
only just, the hesitant rays of dawn,
then the sighs fled and filled me [...]
Archive for February, 2009
a ton of sighs
Posted in Poetry on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
black/grey/white
Posted in Poetry on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
we wade in the grey
sometimes falling flat, face
hurtling deep in dismay,
but we’re fine with that.
anything’s better than the black.
anything but the sinking
sand; the noose round neck,
wrists wrung, and silent screaming.
anything but. thank you for the red
which broke through to grey and,
will to white. now no longer dead,
we will rise to the endless, in the end.
branded [...]
My Thanks
Posted in Musings on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Father, thank You for 4M’s response during SEL.
Thank You for their earnest, sweet and gentle hearts.
Thank You for sustaining me through another Monday.
Thank You showing me each day in different ways how precious a gift Josiah truly is.
Thank You for Your word. Your word is truth.
