take our love to the place

it is churning
this heart is burning
i am begging thee
to release me

open thy beauty
and let us for eternity
take our love to the place
where time has no face

wherever you go
this you must know
my love stays true
never turn my back on you

open i must

im lonely
i feel empty
sooner in the quicker out
and more into doubt

to get love
i must give love
open i must
the heart behind the crust

im ready i know
to not let go
its hard to be still
and wait for the thrill

want to hold on to pain

sometimes i wonder
at where did i blunder?
but looking back
is only a sidetrack

forward i must go
into what i do not know
want to hold on to pain
that kept me insane

yesterdays demons
can be the reasons
to keep me sick
but its the same old trick

how weak i am

strike me down
cast your frown
upon me
make me see

how powerful you be
how strongly you can see
how weak i am
and my life is a sham

beat me tear me apart
but know from the start
i have already won
for in me shines the sun

i wish to be

I seek you O Lord
in my heart you have struck the chord
of truth that no one can deny
of a soul no one can buy

i am seeking the glory
of the unending story
i wish to be
a spirit that is free

i look to you
and you tell me true
that eternal life
comes with strife

i should not hear

im not a monster
and i have no answer
i can only trust
in god i must

they come and plead
with lies they lead
i should not hear
but fate does steer

i am all alone
naked before the throne
i yearn for my true loves touch
i desire it so much

i know the heart seeks not

"..to remind us of the ones held back /
upfront there ought to be a Man in Black"

- Johnny Cash

i will not dispense pain
i will not offer shame
seeking a greater glory
seeking a purer story

i know the power of bended knee
to seek the divinity
i know the heart seeks not
ridicule for its lot

i will take the lowest chair
and i will dare
to dine on what is put before me
and grateful be

well met we be

this is yearning
this is learning
waiting wondering hoping
stuttering muttering moping

the truth does not fit
the picture of wit
well met we be
now you are free

the good lord shall bring
a brand new spring
and flowers shall grow
where the snow did blow

to join in the Great Recovery

rise and rise again
till we are free from sin
we are brought together
by failures cruel tether

break free we must
put an end to lust
to join in the Great Recovery
and set ourselves free

so much can be had
so much to make us glad
for forgoing a little pleasure
and storing up our treasure

to make of as we will

it is eternity calling
it is pride falling
it is forever it does seem
to live this dream

what a great gift is time
to spend on what we define
to make of as we will
until finally we are still

care you take
in all that you make
and on what you spend
your most precious gem

is it like a river flowing

what is love?
is it a gift from above?
is it chemicals in our blood?
is it all that is good?

is it like the wind
blowing here and then gone again?
is it like a river flowing
never straight, always twisting and turning?

is it a candle in the dark
or a fair summer day at the park
i dont know that i can say
for is it love if it does not stay?

how do we win the race

stand and be true
god is not through with you
face your fear
before its all you have dear

so far from grace
is this dark place
how do we win the race
when we wont even show our face?

eternity is too long
to wait for your song
its gonna hurt, the choices made
no other way to put problems paid

Another Day Will Dawn

softly now my dear
hope is always near
to ease that troubled mind
and turn thoughts kind

no trouble is so great
that if we just wait
another day will dawn
and fear will be withdrawn

just to make it through
the times we are blue
is sometimes all we can do
worry not for love is always with you

will be bestowed on you

i will tell you thus
you simply must
not fail to believe
in gods love for thee

no more than you can carry
or is too scary
will be bestowed on you
only gods love is true

love does shine
straight from the divine
it swells the heart
from the end to the start

pain is here without a doubt

what do we have to fear
with so much wonder near?
oh how the sun does shine
and its majesty is all mine

is it possible to see
the ending of beauty?
pain is here without a doubt
so its your choice of which to mount

eyes open to wonder
or focused on others plunder
so rich we all are
when we stop looking at our scars

i walk in your grace

please oh lord
help me to not break beneath the cord
of woe upon me
set me free

help me to see
that for all eternity
i walk in your grace
even with tears upon my face

to all things there is a time
an end to all rhyme
with another beginning coming
a new fire is soon burning

all the bounty of this place

a great gift was given
long ago, sent from heaven
a savior came
to pronouce peace shall remain

so we gather
to savor
all the bounty of this place
and the lifes of grace

he is here among us
a healer from the cross
friend to the down trodden
and forgiver to the unforgiven

'no matter what i wont leave you'

the edges are keen
and the wound is clean
this broken heart
from another failed start

someday i seek
to hear someone speak
'no matter what i wont leave you'
and have it be really true

too many times been used
too many times fooled
im not perfect its true
but neither are you

i will be free

what is it to be loved?
to not be shoved
aside because the only coin i can spend
is truth without end

i dont see the glory
of living in purgatory
i will be free
and live honorably

i will be loved
if only from above
i have all that i need
and am grateful just to be

lessons hard learned

i am free
dont you see
i can step away
i dont have to go that way

its only life after all
no reason to keep banging against the wall
lessons hard learned
are the best earned

its gonna be okay
even if i didnt win the day
im gonna try, try again
and ne'er put down this pen