In the Light of God's Paint - summer

the lake is holding a glimmering sky

but can no more contain it than can the eye

too vast its wild and shimmering tide

its canvas open wide

*

the mountains portrait cannot be framed

their massive crown of royalty reigns

they cannot be controlled or tamed

a thousand years the same

*

the forest breathes a breath so deep

each moment sighs and silence silence speaks

its message wafts to lofted peaks

beyond the farthest reach

*

the scented scenes of meadows find

a sense of awe and grand design

for those who search and seek and wait,

may find great hope -

in the light of God's paint. 

"Blessed is he...whose hope is in the Lord his God,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

For with You is the fountain of life;

in your light we see light.

Psalms 146:5,6,9

rock me to sleep by the bay - summer

the bay rocks itself to sleep every night

the trees point the way

to the skies waning light

with swaying sound

it soothes the soul

simplicity captured

within its hold

I'm just a bystander

receiving its care

its calming and healing

keep calling me there

each evening I'm seeing

it's never misleading

awaiting -

its dreamscape to share

Love's Soliloquy - summer

He means to give 

His Love to me

before I leave

so freedom can be

full and truly free.

His Words were first

but now there is meaning,

the world is fresh

and beyond what it was seeming!

So many scales from my eyes

have fallen

that I pristinely see now

His calling;

there's much the evil one 

leaves torn asunder

but what God desires as revelation

has opened us to His wonder...

Love is caring

Love is kind

never meant to be left behind

or shoved away or trampled beneath

but enveloping our life complete

to whomever we may meet.

Love is His ambassador,

the only one evil can't defeat

it can't be dismantled

or dismayed

for where all else fails

His Love will find the Way...

"See what great love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God!

1 John 3:1

girl of the fog - summer

girl of the fog

lost in the mist

though silence surrounds you

it will not persist

for outside your sight

there exists

the realm of the future

you cannot dismiss

for with it a hope

that won't be bound

by the droplet enclosure

encasing you now

with sight unfettered

full and free

revealed in God's time

with His Sovereignty 

I breathe in the wind - summer

I breathe in the wind

to replenish what I lack

filling up the empty places

assured it won't hold back

if only life could fill our sail

so freely given

we would avail

ourselves of sunshine,

hope is in the air,

send me soaring

on your wing

and with a breath of prayer 

Grace is... - summer

can a kind and gentle soul

be bought with silver or gold?

is love to be insisted on -

or simply there to hold?

we reach out

searching desperately

yet it's not what we grasp -

it's what we receive;

so be still my soul

for He will arrive

through no striving of my own

by His grace 

He alone 

provides

The Cove - summer

the cove in the hills

held us fast

kept us close

with our lives unmasked

here we breathe

and natural be

while out there

fades to anonymity

and like dancers

to the music we

take comfort

with familiarity

amid the unspoken

ties that bind

a warmth envelopes

soul and mind

a shelter

for a lifetime sought

sweet return

oh haven - 

here within

my thought