Tonight
your shadow
lies twixt
quill
and parchment
where thought
cannot transfer
from ink
to
poetry
so tonight
I will settle
for you and me...
...un-penned
unspoken
unshared
simply shadow art
upon my heart~
J~
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
The Unknown
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The unknown; an inevitable strait
All voyages pass through
There is no one who can escape
This ethereal avenue
We stand upon life’s open deck
And sail the roving sea
Only our Captain can predict
What the Unknown will be
Fear not the waves beneath the calm
Fear not the stormy gale
The Captain holds within His palm
The ocean and the sail
© Janet Martin
Hi Sasha:) I told you so...
Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5 You them me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
Psalm 139: 1-6
Wild is the River Flowing...
Wild is the river flowing
Into an ageless sea
From and to where we’re going
...Eternity
Expanse beyond our vision
No mind can comprehend
This vast infinite ocean
Without end
A vapor on its surface
Are all man's days combined
We ought to live with purpose and
With this in mind
…that wild is the river flowing
Into an ageless sea
From and to where we’re going
...Eternity
Janet Martin
I was just listening to this song and these thoughts came pouring out....
Two Points of View~ wordle #2
Staggering, bloody and torn
Bearing His own cross
He saw a Plan
Hope for slaves of addiction
The broken and the lost
They saw a body
And as dusk fell; death
For the man of sorrows
He saw a destiny
And in Love’s greatest story; grace
For all our tomorrows
They saw the marrow of horror
Unfolding in hate
At Calvary
He saw His perfect Bride
An eternal mate
He heard songs of victory
They saw Him dead and buried
And presumed
The end of a story
He saw death conquered
Redemption and resurrection
And eternal glory
Janet
Watching the Sun Going Down
Come; appease my sweet addiction
Of dusk’s hand across the west
For my story of affliction
And of love must pause to rest…
Oh, do not judge my humble staggering
Or the dismal songs I hear
For the sorrows of dreams broken
Are not quickly buried, dear
Come and run your mystic fingers
Through the marrow of my soul
For its mate chooses to linger
Where flesh and blood cannot console
I fix my gaze on molten glory
Gateway to a destiny
Where the postlude of earth’s story
Is a glorious mystery
© Janet Martin
Shadow Poem-lets
I am content
In the shadow of your love
For your thought in mine
Fits like a glove
***
A shadow may lead
Or follow behind
But it never strays from
The discourse of the mind
***
A shadow sprawled towards the west
Means dawn is crawling from its nest
A shadow lengthened to the east
Means soon another day has ceased
***
A shadow is merely an echo
Of hard matter existence
When your shadow touches mine
I offer no resistance
***
Today the north wind
Jeers and laughs
Tussling tree-shadows
On the grass
***
You and I
Make beautiful shadows
Together
J~
Poetics Aside Prompt: Shadows
Searching for Happiness?
Our search for happiness
Is fruitless and vain
If it is inclined toward
Personal gain
But if we are thankful
And truly content
The search for happiness
Is non-existent
Janet Martin
Other pastures are only greener
until we get there.
Clandestine Companion
You do not go before me
Or lag, attached behind
But you remain within me
A shadow on my mind
Someday perhaps love’s sunshine
Will melt away your shroud
You clandestine companion
You temperamental cloud
Vainly, I build defenses
Alas, your subtlety
Is woven through my senses
Deep to the heart of me
The shadow of a moment
Has power to remain
Its memory a constant
Reminder of love’s pain
J~
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