Beloved husband
Of one wife
Beloved father
Grand and great grand
Beloved friend
To all in his orbit
Stillness now covers
The frenetic pace
Time is run out here
And begun elsewhere
Rounded third base
And now safe at home
Beyond the hurley burley
Beyond our view
Under restful skies
By the side of the Eternal
Father and Husband
And Friend.
RWOz2
We buried my father yesterday. I wrote these thoughts as a tribute to him.
Love you, Dad.
The enemy ranges far and wide
Seeking whom he may devour
Should we be any less intense
Seeking whom we may bless?
RWOz2
Drawn by
The attraction
Still my senses
Were telling me
The cost would be
More than
I could bear
But all I could do
Was stand and stare
There it lay
Unopened
Filling me with dread
There were so
Many places
I’d rather go instead
The fear was
Overwhelming
Petrified by
The unknown
Arrayed all
Around me
By properties
Ingrown
I knew it for what it was
Or thought I did
Now there’s the rub
The bogeys I see
Within my mind
Whisper nothings
All too real
A ‘No decision’ is a decision
No balance between yes and no
The answer is final either way
And rendered under the seal.
RWOz2
Not dead but living is our God
Risen and worthy of all praise
Reigning above in Truth and Love
To us He sends His gentle Dove
The better to show us His Peace and Love.
And for that we will gladly sing
“He has gone on before
To make of us a joy
And where we’ll live
A rejoicing.”
RWOz2
He has said
Should we not
Seek to know
What will make
For our peace
In this world
Here below
Much more than
Fine treasure
May we store
For that day
If only we’d
Imbibe daily
What He has to say.
RWOz2
Truth came walking
Transcending
The wide expanse
Just to find me
In the confines
Of my circumstance
I was shown
In my marrow
I can fit
Squarely within
The narrow
For there too
He’s content to be
Yet could
Temptation
Lure me
To walk away
Mar my feet
If it comes to that
Keep me
Centered
On the straitened path
RWOz2
A timely word
An action observed
One must let go of
One’s choicest treasure
To pick up that which
Truly matters.
RWOz2
Tell me a tale
Of a lion and a mouse
And the outcome
Of one big splinter
Of the gratitude
To the lesser from the greater
And how each in his turn
Saved the other,
In our own story
We have a like tale
Of something
That brought us together
For without a sliver
I would have remained an “I”
You … a “you”
But because of it
We are a “we” together.
RWOz2
Know you are
Blessed
Forget not
To give thanks
Breathe in
Blessings
Breathe out
Your thanks
Breathe in
Faith
Breathe out
Praise.
RWOz2
You get what you want
In the end
What you’ve spent your life
Pursuing
Wrapping up what you’ve
been doing
Should you be surprised
When at last you realize
What you turned
A deaf ear to
You knew all
Along was true
But it was old
And stuffy
And offered
The surface
You could not
See behind
You get what you want
In the end
What you’ve been
Busy sowing
Decides what to you
Is owing
He was not beyond
Your knowing
But now beyond your reach
From your side of the breach
We were asked
To believe
The Word
Not our
Eyes
You traded
The plain truth
For satan’s
whispered lies.
RWOz2
