My mind is blank,
Hands stilled against the keys
And my heart quiet,
Patient for...
An idea.  

Innocent Blood Called My Name

Innocent blood
Out of silence
Called my name
Saying "Life, liberty, and happiness,
Justice for the blameless
Justice for the nefarious."  

I wept when I thought about the millions upon millions
Of dead children laying upon each other in dumpsters
Across the United States,
Land of the free and home of the brave
Is this what you have come to?
Is this your compromise nation of blessings?

I weep when I think that in this instant
There is, at our hands an unborn dying infant
Quiet, unnoticed cries for a savior silenced, our voices, dormant. 
I weep when I think that in this instant
There is, at our guilty hands an unborn dying infant
And that our voices lie dormant. 

Innocent blood out of silence
Called my name

Saying
"Life, liberty, and happiness"  

This Gift

He's got this gift
That he doesn't use
It just sites on the shelf growing old from lack of use
He can't give it back he can't refuse
But the time he doesn't use
It's burning down it's a burning fuse.

He points a finger at himself, accuse,
Why God, did you give this to me?
It can't be
I'm not the one for phophecy
I"m not the one to be carrying
All this weight for the sake of Your truth.     

I wanna hear Your voice
Then I pray "don't speak"
I'm terrified of the choice
To make to proclaim it or retreat.

I pray for You to speak it
But then I run from it
It's chasing me down
I can't get away
It's always at my door
I know it's Your face.


He's got this gift
That he can't resist
It just attacks his mind
From all sides
Making him cry inside
But he knows it's all for a purpose
He just can't imagine why.

My Secrets

Press your palms
Against mine--
Feel the flaws
Of time
And know
I to you, resign. 

And baby 
I'm forgetful and Easily distracted
Many things for me lie detracted--
But not your eyes which
Plunge the depths
Of my heart,
You just know me
With your gaze.

Listen to my heart
Hear the pause
Between the beats-- 
Hear the breaks
Between my breaths--

And for you
I'll be honest with someone
But only for love's sake,
You're the one for truth to be given
But only from me
And that's why it's so precious,
Listen to my secrets.