Tuesday, December 20, 2011
A Night of Thoughts
Dare we to venture out into the night?
The twilight deepened many hours ago
Yet, to be entertained by Orion’s light
Is far superior to mans earthbound show
The silence murmurs loud, a thousand thoughts
And as I slip my hand across the years
I feel it reach within my heart of hearts
In sonnets born of laughter, pain and tears
How can we keep this night from fading fast?
Sharply the present wars against the past
The mind contains a broad and boundless stage
Where images of hope and grief implore
Upon its girth our dreams and passions rage
As unedited moments deck the floor
There is no script for longing or remorse
And who can tell which fuels the sudden tear
Thought against thought, a soundless intercourse
Yet all consuming in its faith or fear
Are we together now or worlds apart?
Thought spares no sacred mercy for the heart
Dare we to venture out into the night?
Dare we to vex the laws of solitude?
Will midnight render turmoil or respite?
Is darkness day’s swan-song or dawn’s prelude?
Statistics are a stark, material chart
No Hubble telescope can pierce thoughts shell
Or clarify the measure of the heart
Its secret sorrows it can never tell
Thought cannot don a fraudulent disguise
As God alone beholds its truths; its lies
Against the heartbeat of night's tranquil breast
We lay aside our masks of bravery
While some claim its nocturnal brow to rest
Some revel in its vulnerability
Beyond the skyline or beneath the soil
Thought cannot be restrained by rule or rod
A builder or a scavenger of spoil
It escapes all visage but that of God
And yet in every act that we engage
Thought opens up the curtain to its stage
Janet
Monday, December 19, 2011
A Wish Come True...but ever Renewed
http://poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/christmas-a-week-away-prompt-34/
I should wish to keep contentment…
…to know it is enough
to have what I am holding
and not what I have sought
I should like to know contentment
is worth more than temporal gold
and clasping you in sentiment
is love’s wondrous way to hold
you close when you are far way
and I should wish to be
contented, here, right now, today
and let tomorrow be
for it will come when it will come
its cares with it will wait
Within the arms of home sweet home
Contentment’s law is sweet
I don’t want to be distracted
By the things I do not have
Or dare to take for-granted, life
With one foot in the grave
And I will be content to simply
Have and hold this moment
To pine for what I do not have
Is foolishness and torment
Merry Christmas, darling
Oh, I know that I’ve been blessed
And may its sweet contentment be
The thing I cherish best
J~
On Finding Contentment
http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Life's Deepest Pleasure
Saturday, December 17, 2011
The True Light
We behold Him even now
Though we cannot comprehend
The fullness that His love bestowed
As He put on flesh for men
He put on thus, meek flesh for men
This One that Is, before Time was
Conceived, not of the will of them
But by the holy will of God
And by the holy will of God
He brought true light upon the earth
This true Light remains till now
As testament and Living Word
As testament and Living Word
Full of mercy, hope and grace
Moses law had never heard
A proclamation such as this
A proclamation such as this
Power to become His sons
Cleansed from all unrighteousness
Washed in the blood of heaven’s One
Washed in the blood of heaven’s One
His Light remains to lead the way
Word became flesh, God’s only Son
And we still have His Word today
We still have His word today
Darkness still cannot comprehend
But oh, to those who have believed
He dwells within the heart of them
Janet~
I was reading John 1 this morning.
One of my favorite passages, not only at Christmas
But forever.
He is the True Light.
I’ve been pondering this True Light since I read Vivinfrance’s poem the other night.
Then Mary wrote about the mother Mary and as I thought of Mary's humility and acceptance of God’s word it convicted me. We have His word still, full of grace and truth and Light. He is the True Light.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Venice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFl7L4j5bpM&feature=endscreen&NR=1
(this video sparked the following poem)
The architecture
In the nest of a dove
Is lovely to the spectator
That is in love…
We were lost in blue that day
Blue sky and blue sea
But all I really remember
Were your blue eyes watching me
There was sound all around
But we didn’t hear
As the gondoliers hailed each other
I felt your lips on my ear
And the wind swooping through the canal
Rousing rivulets of desire
As the sun fell, a molten ball
Melting across the water
While we glanced sympathetically
At stragglers on the pier
Lost in books and newspapers
Or envious stares...
The architecture
In the nest of a dove
Is breath-taking
To the spectator in love
We didn’t need Venice
To make us smile
But I think Venice needed us
Just for a little while…
J~
And Here We Dance...
Unwrapping Moments
She watches
Caught between the present
And the past
As her son’s awkward
Attempts at gift-wrapping
Bring laughter from us
And mumbling from him…
As he wraps
She unwraps
Moments
Stored sacredly
Where she can ponder them
In her heart
Moments being fashioned
Into memories
Even now
By hands
Caught somewhere between
A boy
And a man…
Janet~
It’s a tender-sweet stage…13.
The other night I asked him what was so funny
And his instant reply was unexpected…
“mom, guy humor”
And he never did tell me!
The verse below has been one of my favorites, for as long as I can remember..
Our hearts, the place we store our most cherished thoughts.
But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:19