My thoughts of you are redolent Of a battered desert succulent. On your spiny, scarred exterior Lovers, long broken up, etched their undying love. What did that have to do with you? How faithfully you stay in place When burning heat seeks to displace Eliminate you, leave no trace To tell you that your faith’s … Read more
Peer through the trees into Chapter 3 of the first Old Testament book, Genesis. Observe Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden. The lush garden’s glory would make you gasp with its Elysium sights, scents, and sounds. Its delectable fruit drips care-free pleasure. Even God delights in His daily time in this new … Read more
(Image retrieved 6/12/2020, from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/The_Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin_%E2%80%94_Child_Life.jpg) This is a raw tribute to lands across the world that have been devastated by colonialism. The bastard has unexpectedly shown up at his dinner table. Bags in hand. He never thought he’d see her again! What sudden discomfiture, what indigestion she causes.She pays no mind to the refined company … Read more
When you are forgotten or neglected or purposely set at naught, and you sting and hurt with the insult or the oversight, But your heart is happy, being counted worthy to suffer for Christ – that is dying to self. When your good is evil spoken of, when your wishes are crossed, your advice disregarded, … Read more