6/6/24
A glimmer in the darkness, shining bright
How beautiful the glow is in the night
Inviting those around it coming near
With warmth and love replacing what was fear
The burdens of the day can weigh one down
Yet here we find the joy of every town
A glimmer in the darkness, food and prayer
Have nourished us with hope and love so fair
6/5/24
Fallen the thousandth time
He rose for nine ninety-nine
His goal was not far from him
Yet now he grew sad and grim
What future is now in store?
Will he fall a thousand more?
What matters the battles lost
When war won is worth the cost?
A glimmer of hope he found
Now rising up off the ground
A thousandth he chose to rise
His goal now before his eyes
6/3/24
My Lord, how much I must depend on You
How often must I learn this Truth anew
How quickly, on my own, I simply fall
United let us be, once and for all
Even when it seems I’m growing old
Still more, Your wounded hand I firmly hold
In dying to myself, in You I live
Let nothing hold me back when life I give
Every good in me to You I owe
It’s only lost when, proud, I let You go
And so, bent low, I ask You fill my soul
Immersed in You, let me now live in full
4/12/24, 5/10/24
O Heart, dear Victim, full of Love
Unending joy of Heav’n above
Our great solace here below
The Goal and Hope we’ve come to know
O Heart, bestowing Heaven’s joys
Heart that hope in us employs
Now so drawn here by this Word
We come to You with prayers now heard
Cleanse us of the wounds of sin
With Blood You shed for us, Your kin
Grant in all a heart anew
Who, in their sorrow, call to You
(Poetic translation of O Cor Amoris)
5/10/24
Yesterday’s dead and done
Tomorrow may never come
Today is the treasure now
Embrace it as you know how
5/8/24
Success and failure often intermix
When brokenness is deep there comes a fix
And one who stands awaits another fall
Take care in how such things you choose to call
4/29/24
Things that seem the smallest
Mean the most
Those who seem the tallest
Only boast
4/24/24
Do not seek out an easy life
You’ll have your share of fear and strife
So strive for growth in all you know
With character to greater show
4/18/24
If one goes against ideals
Just because of how one feels
It’s never, ever, ever, ever
Ever, ever, ever, ever
Worth it
4/13/24
Great burdens felt, so many things undone
Requesting aid, but help was slow to come
The soldier fought to fend away the foe
With muscles weak and energies now low
Another came to test the soldier’s strength
The soldier held his ground for quite a length
Of time, until companions came to aid
This weary man, to see the nighttime fade
His strength then grew with space his friends had gained
Renewed, he fought, still more, with ground maintained
While still so few, the aid sufficed the mend
The soldier’s strife and reach a happy end
Pilgrim Poet 