Words Are All We Have

We cannot wrench from the heart

Need

It is an inherited seed

But we can fill its hungry lair

With whispered thought

Turned into prayer

We cannot spell our thought but with this;

Word

Within its twisted ink the heart is stirred

Yet, there is One who hears our wordless sigh

Within a prayer

We spill its cry

We cannot stem longings restless

Tide

With things; they never fill the want inside

But we can shape

Our feeble plea

Into prayerful humility

We cannot tug from the unknown its

Veil

But we can trust in Love that will not fail

And as we reach into the seamless air

We can place our longing, need and hope

Within a prayer

© Janet Martin

‘Words, words, words’, I said yesterday, to no one in particular as I was listening to something. ‘Sometimes I get so tired of words’.

And without missing a beat Victoria pipes up, ‘but words are all we have!’

 (my silly little sunshine:)

Of Hidden Hurts

There are hurts too deep for tears

There are fears too stark for word

But there has never been a cry

The God of heaven has not heard

In the sorrow of our ‘knowns’

Or the depth of secret grief

There is One who hears our cry

And offers through His grace, relief

There are wounds, not of the flesh

There are scars not of the skin

But oh, there is a perfect love

That seeks to heal us from within

There are hurts too deep for tears

There are fears too stark for word

But there has never been a cry

The God of heaven has not heard

© Janet Martin

Text Poem

PAD Prompt: Texting Poem

Text poem?

Yup

R U kdding me?

No ma'am

Can’t

Why

Poetry leaves heart stirred

How

By lure of written word

Oh

© Janet Martin

For someone who does not own a cell phone and has never 'text-ed' in her life this is my single attempt at this prompt:)

A Better Place

Dear Lord, give me the eyes to see

Not only what’s in front of me

And help me reach with love’s embrace

To make this world a better place

Dear Lord, give me the faith to climb

Life’s ladder, one day at a time

And help me strive with tender grace

To make this world a better place

Help me to crave, not man’s applause

But ever more of You because

It is the beauty of Your ways

That makes this world a better place

Deed by deed and prayer by prayer

We can show the world we care

As we reach with love’s kind embrace

To make this world a better place

© Janet Martin 

As I began praying this morning these words seemed to pour from my heart...

Just Beneath the Now

PAD Challenge: Just Beneath the...you fill it in.

Just beneath the now

Awaits the ‘then’

We ought to handle it carefully

For it will not pass again

***

Just beneath this present action

Is a test, don’t you know?

Because it is in our reaction to action

That our truest colors show

***

 Just beneath frost-bitten flower

and dull November sod

rests the slumb'ring seed of springtime

waiting for the kiss of God

© Janet Martin

Philanderer's Fear

PAD Prompt Scary...

He had too many ‘darlings’

One by one they turned away

Now he lies

In the dark

Alone

It is time to pay

He had too many lovers

But never found ‘the one’

Philanderer

Of a woman’s heart

He cannot sleep

Alone

He had too many perfect words

But somewhere they lost their lure

Even in their arms

He knew

That his loneliness

Has no cure

He had too many ‘darlings’

One by one they turned away

Now he lies

In the dark

Alone

It is time to pay

Janet Martin~

Without Love

 Poetics Aside Prompt: Scary

I would not want to live

Without love’s embrace

There would be no compassion

No kindness, no grace

No smile, no encouragement

No hugs, help or hope

In an ‘every man for himself’ world

How would we cope?

© Janet Martin

Poet's Nightmare

Poetics Aside Prompt: Scary!

You will reach for me

But you

Will not find me

You will call for me

But

I will not hear

I am your Muse

And in my mouth

I seal every

Winsome thought

And every

Perfect

Word

Outside the birds are.... um, they're...oh, what is it that birds do !?

© Janet Martin