Shining Sea

 Chrystal glass and shining sea

Rainbow glow and glory be

Jasper gloss and heavenly

Son of God majestically.

Night and Storm

Night turns to morning

The clouds are a warning

A storm is coming

The bees stop humming

Down comes the rain

Hard is the pain

Lightning and thunder

Crashing and wonder

Looking for light

After the night

But only comes storm

All is cold not warm

Shudder and creak

Darkness and bleak

Finally

Clouds break up

Lights wake up

Dashing sun

Shining one

Storm turns to calm

Mourn turns to psalm

Wonder and glory

Not a bad story

Night turns to storm and wind

But the sun will come again

No hope for so long

Then comes the song

Crashing hard defeat

Crowning joy complete

Overcome

Waiting for Us

I used to hope on hope you'd come back

I wished I'd wake up and find you finally home

I hoped I'd see you at church

In the park

On the street

In the woods

But now I know for sure

You're waiting for us.

I love you, Micah.

Hugged You

Sometimes I wish I had hugged you before leaving your side

I wish I said "I love you" before I left that room

I didn't know why there was a rainbow in the sky

I only smiled and laughed and was happy you seemed well

I couldn't have known what would happen tomorrow in a million years

I thought you were mine forever

And, I will see you again

But right now, I'm wishing I had hugged you one last time.

Pleading

 I feel like a little girl pleading at the mercy seat of the Lord of all

While all around me everyone banters and throws me down and scowls

But He holds out His scepter and bids me come

And I come boldly before the throne of grace

And their words slowly fade away into the background

As He stands and says to me, "You are mine."

Some picture from the internet.

Worth It

Rocking you to sleep makes 

All the tiredness and exhaustion and exasperation

Totally worth it.

I'll Hold You, Dear

When you fall and hurt your leg

When you poke yourself with a toy

When you feel alone or afraid

I'll hold you, dear

And when the morning rises again

The moon has disappeared

The sun risen over the hill

I'll hold you dear

If things aren't going well for you

If you're missing your mom

If you want something but don't know what

I'll hold you, dear

When I Sat

 When I sat and wondered

Would I ever fly again?

I mourned the loss of use

I peered out the window, forsaken.

Those two wooden structures that kept me from falling

I learned to hate them

They kept me back

I wanted to fly again.

Medicine, breathing exercises

Crutches and pain

I sat idol for too long

When all I wanted was to fly again. 

But every trial has an end

And every night has a morning

I would fly again

And I dreamed of it when I sat.

Wings

And there are wings of my legs

Like chariots of fire

Born on air

Flying through the woods

Filling my lungs with glory

My heart with a song.

I was crushed

But I got up

And I flew.

Stronger

 

Shadows lengthen,

        Nights grow longer.

I am smitten,

        I grow stronger.

And No Matter

And then I get worried about something. 

Something totally out of my control.

Something that isn't mine to worry about.

So, I look outside and see the sky.

Life is so full, so beautiful, so bright and glorious.

Sun shines bright, grass glows green, leaves turn into sunsets, butterflies soar into the blue.

Then life keeps living, crashing, shining, falling.

In storm, in sun, in life, in death, I keep moving.

And no matter, I'll keep trudging, walking, running, FLYING!!

Only Dream

 And I can only dream now of days gone by

Of warm summer evenings on the farm

Of wonderings and thoughts from long ago

Of flowers waving in the breeze

I can only dream.