When shouting and rage,
not birdsong, start your day, you’ll
feel tense ’til you change.
Backstory: This morning I got up early to enjoy the sunrise and the birdsong greeting the day. Suddenly, from another part of the house, I heard a video or news report. The audio was full of commentators shreaking and yelling. I felt myself tense up immediately, and even when the broadcast was shut off, I still felt tense and resentful the rest of the morning.
When folks keep you down/
in your pre-miracle phase,/
look to God and live.
When you think someone
Was fine as they were, but they
When you think someone
is fine as they are, but they
This is the New Year:
A time i can choose to act,
be, and feel diff’rent.
When you shift the vibe/
and frequency of one thing,/
more change is frequent.
OR
One frequency and /
vibe change may frequently shift/
many other thing, too.
You might ask God what/
to do. He might tell you. You/
might change. God might like.
Until recently, /
I’ve been lazy? Or not. Yes,/
and I’ll create change.
Big change is comin’.
Big changes comin’ real soon?
I can’t tell fo sho.
How do I bid adieu
To a life
And a lifestyle
I’ve lived
For years?
It was never comfortable.
Too Often
it was not pure,
nor holy,
nor of good report.
Rarely was it
praiseworthy.
It was not
Where I needed
Or wanted
To be.
At last,
here I am,
at the edge
of potential new paths,
rising out of the muck
and mire of the past.
New vistas,
new visions,
new opportunities
are spread out before me,
inviting me,
filling me with hope
and belief:
I CAN do this!
And yet…
I don’t know how
to step away.
I’m afraid I’ll lose
my shoe,
Stuck
In the past’s muck.
Then I recall Him.
He asks me to change.
He will lift me
up
and out;
Place my unshod feet
On paths He has traveled,
to places He has gone.
I believe
that when I’ve walked
His paths,
barefoot,
long enough to have worn
all the muck from my feet,
they will be shod
through His Grace
and Mercy
with righteousness,
And I will be purified
and able
to be
in the vistas
I can now only
dimly
see.