Poetry Corner

Image (Truth You Don't Want)

Do I want to see what’s really inside?

The evil which lurks

The bitter vine left unchecked

How quickly my blood runs cold when I don’t get what I want

How fierce my stare when I am angered

How heated the furnace of my wrath

Adding to the red mass boiling to the surface of Mount Self Righteous

Do I want to see the spoiled brat who didn’t get her way?

The unstable mental patient blubbering in the corner

The little girl abandoned, abused, and cowering in fear

The manipulating seductress plying her wares

All prisoners of their own devices

I look, I see, I face, I come to tears, I come to terms, I heal.

Do you want to see what’s really inside?

Or only an image

Of beautiful materials

How quick to share even the little I have 

How patient in the face of wrong

How loving and always willing to help

Hoping to ease the burden of others and truly have relationship 

Do you want to see the strong Godly woman?

The one who stands on the Rock and is full of faith

The young at heart who joyfully lives in awe and wonder

The bold speaker who is free to love rightly

All seeking to bring healing to others

Will you look, see, face, come to tears, and come to terms so that I may heal?

Truth sets us both free.

A.B.

Life

Struggling forward with crippled throws,

this is how my life toward Jesus goes.

Through push and pull, flop, and flail

I onward tread with much travail

Though weak I’m strong 

As He helps me along

Not power nor might will prove the day

But by his Spirit is the way.

A.B.