Walked to the top of the bridge
Held all the things you said
Cast off over the edge
Whipped by the wind and the current
Drowned out on the sea bed
Never again to evoke a frown
Stepped down from the ledge
Over the bridge
Stand on new ground
Warm air surrounds
The happiest place to be
Under soles of feet
Love is not measured
in leaps and bounds
in a halfway house
nor on common ground
but the vastness that lies
between He and we
is incomprehensible
as between
You and me
The vastness above and under the sea won’t sever our unity.
Drink in your smell
nestle into the folds
of your clothes
sweet angel’s breath
Your hands fit over
my face and erase
my worry lines
Mesmerized by those
eyes framed with lashes
my cares dissolve.
Amidst vineyards and streams
rickety bridges, burnt ridges
lies a stone pillar erect
Ebenezer, rock of help to protect
Teach, observe, promise to serve
no wicked intent or self-serving word
Mizpah, watchtower, amidst almond flower
The Master carves out his heritage dream
Gentle rest in valleys green
Shepherd’s wake from hilltop eye view
Finds source of springs to refresh and renew
Lest our wine-skins burst at their seams.
Image: William Mark Fisher painting – American Gallery WordPress
Used to be that
Every time I saw you
I walked away and cried
From the tone in your voice
The way you raised your eye
The whisper on your breath
You thought you could deny
Used to be that
Every time I saw you
I caught you in a lie
hints and blunt suggestion
Words like bricks would fly
But now i never cry
Since i stood my ground
And took my aim
And drew pistols at fifty paces
And shot the crooked lie
Here I’ve hung it out to dry.
you owe me nothing
All that I gave was of
Mine own volition
Without condition
No returns
Proclaim free
The perils of being an optimist
Is bearing more disappointment
The insufferable pregnant pause
Between reality and expectations
Is only a This World problem
Dived into the murky waters
Held your ankles pushed you out
Before me float downstream
Clear pools channel into the sea
While lying languishing in
A trail of disturbed waters
Forget-me-nots floating
Sediment settling
Ebbs and eddies circling around
Waiting for the tide
To wash me down.
We must
Fight sin
Don’t let it
Seep in
In the same way
We fight
Tooth decay
Cleaning and scrubbing
Night and day
Scraping and chipping
It all away
Yet we must eat
Something sweet
Each day
Tender mercies
Sweet and low
Eternally bearing Fruit
No ordinary love
Faith will grow
Trust. Follow. You.
Count the stars of heaven 
