Friday, November 26, 2010

where do you keep your heart?

Hearts, everyone has one.
Some are ice cold, yet some burn like the sun.
Some seem to be a million miles away,
yet some seem to be close by as if they plan to stay.
Some hearts long and yearn for days long past and gone by,
while some hearts ache for whats to come or on the other side.
There are a few hearts that seem to have a hold of something tanglible--
something real,
while the rest just want something that just for a moment becomes understandable
and minutely clear
Some hearts are stuck searching for the words its mouth can't say
while the lucky hearts have expressible impressions of the heart to tell of for days
Some hearts can be found on ones sleeve or in the expressions on ones face
other hearts can't be found anywhere, like its kept hidden away.
Where do I keep my heart, you ask?
My heart is much like the first, it is protected by walls of glass.
I can't seem to help but keep it in the open, as if it and all the passions it brings are set on a stage.
Yours, on the other hand, I can't seem to find--i don't understand your ways!
I wear my heart on my sleeve for all to see.
While yours is buried in the sand, kept far away from me.
While a heart living in the public may suffer much injury,
a heart kept shut up will die out and is merely adrift out in the sea.
Not all hearts receive love, and even fewer open up to give it.
Hearts who never risk giving that love are the very ones sacrificing the ability to ever receive it.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

You see me.

El-roi
God, You see me.
You see every smile that crosses my face.
You see every leap of excitement.
You rejoice with me when bliss comes my way.
You laugh with me at my silliness.
You see me.

El-roi.
You see every tear that falls,
You hold them in Your hands.
You know every time I frown.
You weep when I am far from You.
You see me every time I am down.
You watch me sin against You time and time again.
And yet, You pick me up every time I fall.

You see me.
Who am I that You would see me?
Who am I?
I am the one You loved enough to die for,
that's who.
God, You see me.
You see me and still You love me.
You are my El-roi!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

arise

They will know us by our love.

Come church, ARISE.

Do you see hurting?
That means we aren't doing our job.

They will know us by our love.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

little girl with the crumbling iron wall

Here I am.
I tried so hard to protect myself,
to keep my heart safe,
to be a good little girl,
to put up that wall and keep it there.
I tried so hard.

I thought I needed that wall for protection.
I thought I needed to guard myself from hurting.
I thought I needed to prevent myself from getting broken.
I thought I needed to stop feeling so vulnerable and uncomfortable.
or so I thought.

There I was with my iron wall,
which I trusted to protect me,
not knowing it was only made of straw.
There I was thinking I was made of steel or something,
like nothing could penetrate this girl.
But there I was, being completely wrong.
My wall did not keep out the hurt,
It kept out You.

YOU protect me.
YOU are the solace for my heart.
YOU are my iron wall.

It is in You, and You alone, I place my trust.