Monday, November 24, 2014

Salt & a Blanket & Magic

11.22.14
Today, Jesus.
Today was a reminder of how much I love You. Say Geronimo! 
I've got to. You hunted me down,
You invited me to the picnic, You led me barefoot
into thistles and "cutgrass" but You made mud paste for my eyes,
and I don't want to miss this.

When I'm blind, You whistle like a bird for me to cross the street,
the river. You are rich espresso, strange marvelous spices
I know to be true at first sip.
Keep me never satisfied with ketchup.
I'm hungriest for You. You're salt & a blanket & magic.

Holy Son of God, Righteous King, Lord,
Geez, You're somethin' to see.
(Help me be reverent & confident?)

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"Say Geronimo" - Sheppard, "Geronimo"
"Geez, you're somethin' to see" - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, "Home"

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Burst

Quietly. It slips in the sweat of your shoes,
slips up and down with his eyes,
against the gas pedal, Armageddon,
orange leaves, pomegranate seeds.
Tattered wings.

Hiccups of the heart, trying trying not to blush.
Sequestered, clandestine openings up until
loud enough to be heard, skirling under clouds,
bursting, blistering, purifying.