Sunday, February 21, 2016

A Penitent Prayer

Lord you have given us more than we need
More than we deserve
And all of yourself. 
Our ways are not your ways
Though in our hearts we hear you. 

You tell us what you'll do with us
You tell us what you've done for us. 
You wait for us. 
You watch over us. 
You love us. 
Until we see you, Until we hear you. 

How can we repay you for this?
How can we comprehend this?
How could we comprehend you?

In the depth of our soul you're there
You already know 
You're already aware
Aware of ourselves, our time
Our days, our purpose. 

So beautifully you weave out our days
Forgive us and put us where we need to be. 
To say what needs to be said 
To give what needs to be given
To love, and love and love again
Until nothing is left unspent. 

You show us Lord, as much as we resist
How you will build us up 
If only to make us never to doubt you again
And you always do it again. 

Compelling us to stand, or sit, or kneel in awe
Breathless And helpless 
With glad arms upraised 
And heavy heads held low. 

Amen

A Rhyme for Anyone

[direction] [street name]
Got my [blank] down feelin [blank]
With my [guy/girl] ridin [blank]
Settin out to [verb, noun]
Hoping that the cops [verb, noun]

You see I'm [adjective] of the [blank, blank, blank]
When everybody got to [verb] so [adjective]
So suckas stay right there just where you are 
I got my [blank, blank] with your [blank]


Example Rhyme:

Southbound I-95
Got my top down feelin alive 
With my girl riding shotgun 
Setting out to have fun
Hoping that the cops take five 

You see I'm bored of the same old scene 
When everybody got to talk so mean
So suckas stay right there just where you are
I got my bag packed with yo green!

Raising Kids

A human body's quantity 
for hours asleep per day
Is one way to keep tabs on health
If I could think that way.  

But truth is all I'd really want was
Twilight to descend
And Mr. Sandman to come in
To make the madness end. 

Circadian rhythm was so fucked
I simply did not care
That Starbucks opened at 6 am,
I'd wait outside and stare. 

But,

A joyful world I dwelled therein where 
All my drive was spent,
And happiness bursts forth just while
I'd build another bedsheet tent. 

So pushing down the rising feeling
So much in my mind 
That all of me I gave to her 
So older she would find...

That I was present in all ways
Someone could ever be. 
And leaving sleep so much behind
So she'd remember me.