A Walk by the Sea
Walking
The cliffs
Nowhere in sight
Wondering
Deep questions
Doubting my safety
Foggy
Mist-shrouded
Cold, damp, grey
Waves
Lapping, sighing
Sounds in the silence
Sandy
Seashore texture
Under my feet
Soundless
But not
Everything is muffled
Alone
Yet not
God is with me
Light
Piercing through
The lighthouse beacon
Foghorn
Sounding warnings
To sailing ships
Direction
Lost, found
Guided to home
Home
Safety, security
Warm voice welcome
A Forest in a City
There is always sound in a city
Always a lot of activity
A honk and a shout
With people running about
That is what I call a city
But as the day starts to darken
Lights start to brighten
My eyes start to see something
Way more exciting
Trees of glass reach for the sky
Lit by tall fireflies
Paths of stone lead the way
To places where I can play
Standing tall within it all
Is a tower with mighty power
It tells the minutes, seconds, hours
With mighty hoots within its tower
There is always sound in the trees
always lots of leaves
A rustle and a creak in the quiet
Patter of many feet
But then I open my eyes
and a forest is what it ceases to be
Now it stands a tall city
in my reality.
When Imagination Soars
A country girl once went to town
And stayed in London, uncles "house"
She found that London held a crowd
And took a walk in busy streets
Although the cobbled streets were loud
Although she's lost within the crowd
The girl looks out, away once more
And lets imagination soar
For though a rough and scruffy child
she was a poet deep inside
And in imagination wild
The City: Forest in Disguise
The streets became rivers
The roves became trees
The noise became birdsong
And rustling leaves
Big Ben became owls
Now howling from trees
The howls and yowls
of alley dogs tree -
A hunter in ambush
The shot and the cry
The fierce fighting dogs
In the mere passerby
But then -
The night ends
The day comes
Imagination hid
Inside once more
He Will Come and Save You
Help
ME
While
I
Longingly
Live
Capture
Oppressive
Menacing
Enemies
And
Now my numbered
Days
Stay
Always
Victorious
Enduring
Yahweh
Openly
Understands
Healer
Everlasting
Waiting
"I
Love to
Listen.
Call
Out to
Me
Erratic child,
And I will
Never
Disregard you."
Safe
At home
Victorious
Established
Yet
Onward to God
Unshakable