Hugging Pain

I accept the pain
I give it a hug.
Let it burn away the bitter and gunk
that's piled on me
I can't scrape it off
or scrub, wash or clean
but maybe the fire
will purify me
So I pull the pain closer
as God hold's my hand
I know, I know
He's got a plan

In the Night

A star guides me
The darkness pulls it in
but the more the darkness seeps
and blackens the earth
the brighter the star shines

The Lie

Take a step back.
Listen to yourself
Your words
crack, they snap
and break beneath the truth
watch them come crashing to the ground

Dare to Know

Dare to know that there are warm days

when you're freezing in the rain

Dare to know that there's an end 

when you're struggling to run a race

Dare to know that there is kindness

untainted by selfish gain

Dare to know that there's truth

hiding in the mound of lies

Dare to know there is  beauty

in the ugly terror of the storm

Dare to know there is silence

in the numbing roar of war

Dare to know that when people lash out

it's cause they can't hold in their pain

Dare to know that you're alarm clock

is going to stop beeping someday

And if you can't quite dare to hope.
That anything good can be.

Maybe just dare to hope, that maybe there's some truth to be seen
In the goodness and beauty and light.
Maybe it's not a fantasy.
No.
The day is as real as the night. 

Be My Own Joy

Be my own sorrow
Don't be just a moment
of blissful happiness
but be there in the darkness
stay here in the gloom
and wait for the daylight
with me
please I'm alone


Be my own Joy
don't be just regret
of memories of things, I said but never did
stay in the present, don't float to the past
but pull in the future
with me
please?
I want to see it with you