Kingfisher

Kingfisher
You perch calm and collected
Early morning rising
As the sun dawns upon your regal head
Watching
Waiting
For ripples on the sea
Then suddenly
The flutter of your feathers
Spread out in glorious array
Such colours captivate and lure me in
To behold your beauty
As you reflect the King.

Just two feet

The battle rages
The fire burns
The lust for more to fill this bottomless pit
Inhaling the fumes of a materialistic age
Never satisfied
Always longing for more
Indicative of the empty heart of man
How many clothes can you wear
How many homes can you live in
How many shoes can you put on just two feet
Feet that were created
By God
For God
To walk with God
Only He can satisfy
He is an ocean of eternal love
Only He can complete my life and fill the gaping hole
For God delights in satisfying and filling my empty soul.

Zoe's wedding words

These words run too deep
They're too personal
Not made for speeches
Let loose for laughter or tears
No these words are hidden away
Behind closed doors
Let loose from the deepest heart
They sway between
The fragile and solid rock
They swing between
Broken chimes and wind songs
Blown away
Yet somehow
They resound on eternal wings
Not lost
Just cut loose
They are yours
They are me
They are weak
They are strong
They are the past
They are now
And still to come
They are yours
These words are my gift to you

Yet to come

Dancing around boredom's beat
Monotonously spread out
Upon dull fields
The green has gone
The greys have come
Bleak shades of hope
Stripped thoughts and wasted breaths
Ah but my heart pants for a new day
Sending out flickering rays
Of a bright tomorrow
A future promise
Yet to come.

Love unceasing

You keep me warm when the cold winds blow
You keep me sane when my mind plays games
You keep me strong when my knees give way
You give me life when all hope fades
What do I give in return
Brokenness and shame
Twisted thoughts and weary bones
A desert drenched heart
Inside an earthen cage
So I mount on wings of eagles
To soar on ancient promises foretold
To rise once more on eternal shores
To walk on sands of paradise
To hold and take your hand
To know as I'm fully known
To love unceasing
Always to love.

Soar.

Everything in time
Everything in place
No striving
No straining
Learning to rest
Learning to listen
To sit
To walk
To run
How I long to fly
Catch your thermals
To the highest heights
And soar.

Alive in love

Your grace causes me to miss you
Your everlasting arms lift me up
To the greatest pursuit of all
The journey of love
Moving steadily in
Closer and deeper
Your steadfast move on me
Always draws me toward you
To take the highest ground of all
Here I'm found
Under the shade of your embrace
Inside the shelter of your tree of life
Alive in love.