Perfect gifts from above
Good and freely given love
Open hearts, we receive
Through the faith that we believe
Evil acts, greedy hands
All throughout the world stands
We are truth, we are light
Giving hope, goodness, and right
Category: Hope
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Dreams
What dreams we have and how they fly
Just beyond our reach
They keep us looking at the sky
Eyes off of our feet
We trip and fall or hit a wall
Give our hearts and lose it all
End in hard defeat
With nothing left but bravely try
To stand within the breach
What dreams we have and how they fade
Just when we get near
Drawn by the shine of gold and jade
Feel success is sure
They slip away and faith betray
Into the dying of the day
Slamming of a door
But true hope though worn out and frayed
Will never disappear
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Hope
Hope cries like the bird at night
Starting to sing before dawn
Fighting the dark’s chains of doubt
Finding a limb to cling upon
Undoubting the fact of light
Even when the last star is gone
Hope fights like the ship at sea
Rowing just as hard as they can
Unwilling to admit defeat
Despite the great dark ocean span
Fixing on the beam of light
That promises there is still land
Hope stands like the flower strong
Beaten down by the pouring rain
Seeing through the endless storm’s
Driving torrents and crushing pain
Still holding its head up high
With faith the sun will shine again
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Sculpture
This fragile sculpture made of glass
Trying to hold in my hands
Sometimes sharp though beautiful
So close no one else understands
Afraid to let the pieces drop
Who knows what happens when it lands
Turning it round and round to look
It changes shape before my eyes
The light comes in – so different now
Intense emotions fall and rise
I can’t tell when I’m touching real
What is this object’s shape or size
I’m told to shelter, watch it grow
Just focus on what’s here today
But it feels out of my control
So hot it’s hard for me to stay
That heat is molding, fusing bonds
Look through the glass to see the way
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Own
Let go, don’t hold so tight inside
Stop fighting change and the unknown
Don’t go back where you used to hide
Release the fear and worry stone
You will never be alone
Reject the voice of guilt and wrong
You don’t deserve to live in pain
Don’t let blame sit where you belong
Stand strong and walk against the grain
You won’t be helpless again
Step outside of patterns set
Push back the past’s influence here
Don’t live in guilt, shame, or regret
Reclaim the truth and hold it dear
You don’t have to live in fear
