Matted Poems

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All These

In every subset of category

Exists the truth and the individual

Sometimes in harmony

More often at odds

Patronizingly invoking a mention of God

brings you neither closer to Him

nor nearer to the reality of truth.

His benevolence allows us to grapple with self

As if our issues concerned all else

beyond a relationship with Him.

Recognition, His quest

Service, His desire

Understanding, His goal

Compassion, His nature

Mercy, His gift

Redemption, His reward

All these given,

for belief.

Anniversary

From Paper and Cotton

to Silver and Gold

Our story together

still unfolds

Each year’s magnificence

remembered by significance

A gift to mark

each passing milestone

A love shared together

Love, we might not have known

We said our vows

It seems a lifetime ago,

Where the time goes

No one knows

We acknowledge yet

another year,

One more anniversary

Remembering that wonderful day

when you and I,

became We.

At Long Last My Love

Come my love

let me show you the wonders

Come my love

let the world not asunder,

our love nor our lives

‘neath the clear or the thunder

For my love reaches above

beyond and forever

You I shall love now and then

leaving you never

It is you my love

whom God has sent

It is you my love

for whom I rent

all veils of the world

all decisions

temptations,

I give up them all

for the love of two

Him and you

you and He,

The two of you.

Believing is Seeing

God’s desire;

that His sovereign majesty as creator

be recognized and acknowledged

God’s wish;

to be joined by all

who recognize a place in his family

and acknowledge the brotherhood of man

God’s hope;

that each will recognize his spirit

in the one he sent

and acknowledge his son’s

redemptive and reconciliatory purpose

God’s demand;

that each of us make our own decision

as to whether we will recognize

and acknowledge

Him, His Spirit and His Son

Birthday Wish

Another year past

This new one begins

Today we celebrate your birth

A special day

for all involved

Marking your appearance

that first distinct moment

you joined us here on earth

To be known by you

a blessing to share

as family and friends we sing

Our collective love

is heralded by

the joy for us

your presence brings

Happy Birthday ~

Days of Endearment

Nothing has changed

in the nature of man

except that he does,

when caught in the grip

of the devil’s hand

We chase the dollar

three hundred, sixty five days a year

and set aside few

for our Lord endeared

None is willing

to close the door

Simply said,

all three want more

Electrical Orchestration

Remove from me all matter Lord

all gas and liquid too

Leave only the electric charge

that was me originally, from You.

Take the soul and spirit aura

of these molecules

which were of and by,

and with You before

Since the beginning

when they were combined

in new form

from the myriad of possibilities

of all your worlds

Reconstitute them once more Lord

in a fashion of your choice

That the new me

might be, more like You

That the new charge

re-formed from your hands

this time,

might serve You

instead of myself.

Impending Arrival

We are one, yet separate

you and I

Together from that first moment

Daily you have made my life more,

more aware

more fulfilled

more complete

Our lives intertwined

from conception

Forever connected

from inception

Even before your arrival

Before the world comes to know you

You and I are one,

in love

in being

in spirit

Yet unborn,

unknowing

unknown

It is you who allows me

to blossom, to grow

as you do within

and all the while

We are now

We are always

Mother and child

Imperfect Balance

There is only one

who delights in our sin

more than we,

and that is the Devil himself

To him

the bitter aftertaste

of our guilt

is as sweet

as the anticipation

of our own unrepentant commitment

When we rebel

against the moral directives

of the Lord

the further our separation

from God becomes

Unable to establish

perfect balance between the two

We are ever moving

closer to one

and farther from the other

Kingdom of God

Love’s eternal presence

On earth as it is in heaven

is shown

is known

As His sun again rises

each new day, one of seven

The Kingdom of God

Now and forever

Revealed to us

To each who would see

His kingdom

His presence

Always will be

Through His spirit

Flesh made real

That all might hear

His final appeal

“Come to me

Through my Word,

My Son

That you might know how

your race against death

will finally be won”

For your soul to live

not once, but twice

your salvation,

redemption

is found in the Christ

Knowledge

The most valuable thing in the world

is knowledge,

from it, all else springs into being

Ideas are the seedlings

of knowledge

Intellectual properties

the living waters

of nurture and growth

Which, through expression

the world as we know it

comes into existence,

In an ongoing evolution

of progressive application

we use, abuse

and build upon

It is knowledge which creates

problems, their solutions

and new challenges

Knowledge;

The man without it

struggles

The man with it

toils

The man who mixes it

with spiritual understanding

and an acknowledgment of God

may be blessed to experience wisdom

Living Loving Memory

Leaving hearts behind broken

in these mourning moments of time

Grief weighs immeasurably down

upon these present

emotions and minds

Sensing your spirit

among us once more

Our loss overwhelming,

yet put away. .

By remembrance of your smile

ever brightly beaming

Your body at rest

Your soul gliding free

Peace now shrouding protectively

the new essence of your being

Your time here so fleetingly passed

still hard to imagine you’re gone

In glory waiting patiently

for our journey’s end . .

to join you before the throne

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A Mother’s Love

The one thing we can all learn

From the true love of a mother

Is how to be more considerate

In our treatment of another

Grandchild

Apple of my eye

The desire of my heart

Experiencing moments as you grow

Memories shared

Secrets known by only we two

These joys are but a few

You bring into my life

Seeing my child, your parent

and a little of my own

Similar characteristic traits

familial antics, movements, tones

Natural dispositions of a genetic three

part and parcel passed

through our family tree

You test the bounds of love

Stretch patience from inch to mile

Yet disavowment melts to nothing

Overpowered by your smile

Captivated by your innocence

Confounded by such honesty

One moment angelic, the next rough and raw

No matter what you say or do

all retrospective redeemed

by a whisper of,

I love you Grandma