As embers fly bye

As embers fly bye

little embers spawned from the Burning Flame above
as they fly....bye
I shout for joy because I knew them
I knew them well
they were my brothers and sisters
they are my brothers and sisters

little embers I knew you for a short time
too short it seemed to me
you sparked my ember into a deeper reality
my tiny smolder became a little ember
thanks to you

it grew and is maturing
deeper and deeper it grows almost daily
all because of your sparks
so please as you fly bye
fly away with my gratitude
fly away with my thanks
fly away with my blessing
and fly away with the knowledge of your potent influence
in my life
in my heart
and in my walk

fly away dear embers fly away
you will be dearly missed
and you are dearly loved my brothers and sisters
fly away

as embers fly bye
I am hit bye the bittersweet symphony
your presence will no longer be there
your presence will no longer be in town

but that your presence will be there
in your new home

your presence will be there making a new impact
creating new sparks
fostering the little embers

the ones that follow the Bright and Glorious Flame
like they were your children

You will be doing the Great Flame's Work over there!
Little embers
Little flames
you will be missed
you will be missed indeed
but I'm am excited for what the father has in store

So take my gratitude take my prayers

and be on fire for the Lord the God on High!

Rejected Spring

How goood the spring, that flows forth , feels
how satisfying the drink
too long have i terried in the dessert
too long have i willingly starved
Parched...
i was

my wicked tongue swollen,
from lack of water...
the Living Water

I needed you so bad
but i refuesed to turn
the very heart that i was dependent on for life
was forsaken
because i had my own agenda

my plan was to trap and ensnare
my scheme, was to destroy to hake, to...forsake...
your ways

and it didn't work

you pulled your hand from my life
you retracted your Holy Presence
I lost my satisfaction in you
and began to wither
like a plant who...
was starved for the water which would restor me back to my former Glory
my Glory in You!

For a time i lived in the dessert starved for bread
famished for water

you did not would not let me die
death knocked
and before i even got to the door
you had shut it tight!

Why?

Why would you refuse to turn your back on a person who had turned his back on you?
why do you refuse to give up!?
My only conclusion is because You
Are good
becauese you
are God
and because you are my Savior!

All i can say is "Thank You" For not giving up on me!

What are we fighting for?

Searching for hope and life
I look here are there
forced conscription takes me

What are we fighting for
What are we fighting for

In a war we cannot see
fighting an enemy that i'm told
does not exist so....

What are we fighting for
What are we fighting for

What are we fighting for
What are we fighting for

is there any rhyme or reason
any life beyond this mundane
beyond the here and now

will i die no better that i am now
will i seek gods; gods who do not satisfy
sex life friends fun

What are we fighting for
What are we fighting for

All hope turns and dies, worthless, hopeless
the green apple turns brown and shows its face
there is no such thing as beyond now

What are we fighting for
What are we fighting for

What are we fighting for
This is what we fight for

With knees bowed and bent
before the shadow of the king I fall
bent and broken bent and broken

This is what we fight for
This is who we fight for

Before his bloody and whip bitten body i fall
before his nail bitten hands and feet i fall
Before the lamb i cry...

This is who we fight for
This is who we fight for

This is who we fight for
This is who we fight for!

Brothers lost and brothers found
on God's great glory i want to expound
through song and lyre i hope to mirror

the man we are fighting for
This is who we are fighting for!

mirage

It was that autumn in New York
The ring that turned my finger green
And the bread crumbs in the water
While you kissed me on the swing

That little corner bakery
Closed without a sound
But we still walked by to visit
As the leaves covered the ground

And the bench in Central Park
Where we bent to carve our names
We went back just once to sit there
Before the winter came

It's this loud Grand Central Station
I can't seem to figure through
As these doors hiss shut to curtain
My fall mirage of you

If you come back to Manhattan
Any time the leaves are green
To stand among the buildings
And remember what has been

You won't find me in Brooklyn
Or on Fifth Avenue alone
I've gone back to San Francisco
Where the bay has called me home

In Purple

These gloomy hues of black and coal and gray
My gaunt and fragile body wears so oft
Are reminiscent of a stormy day
And to the eye are anything but soft;
Yet on my day of darkest
Misery,
I hear a gentle voice that calls my name:
"Come forth, my love, for I have made for thee
Clothes that will make you beautiful again."
And so with careful steps I follow Him,
And to my great surprise there then appears
A light which makes the darkness turn to dim--
Then dim turns into shiny, bright and clear.
"This raiment in which you have clothed me, sir,"
I say as I survey it, looking down,
"Is far too grand for such as me to wear,
For those who wear this color wear a crown."
He heedeth not my protests but instead
With steady hands and lovely, smiling eyes
Places a golden circlet on my head
And now forever gone is my disguise.
I love the way His love just simply IS,
And it shall be as such
Eternally.
Forever dressed in purple, I am His
Clothed in His righteousness and majesty.