Lift Me Up

lift me up to the place I have known
where all lifes mysteries cradeled my soul and
end of days hid deep in the earth -unknown

let me go valiently to meet the day
without shadows of broken heart shapes
nor a tare in my soul for just one day


let my mouth speak graceful words of hopefulness
breathing life to all who are discontent
that my words may count for something and
bear witness to life's meaning

before the promise of death comes surely
and quickly into the night
and steals away the very core of who i am
and always crave to be

do not leave me in this lowely space
where drearyness and despair take place
where I wake up angry to meet the day
trying to forget how death came like
a theif in the night and stole away
my heart forever

lift me up to the place i have known
where all lifes mysteries cradeled my soul
when end of days hid deep in the earth -unknown

The Pianist

While the pianist plays with her

Soul in her hands

Taking us all to a distant shore,

Of hearts and oceans sands

Some listen with content

Some find her 
Melody a faithful friend

While life closes in,

Peace and love find a way,
Through her fingertips,

To our souls

And I wonder how

Deeply she knows?

Red

it grabs our attention
it seduces our intentions
it pumps through our arteries
it gives us life in a
world of uncertainties

red is her favorite color,
for long ago, she was a performer,
she wore red, felt red and sang red

I held her hand, cold as ice
within minutes,
red came nimbly beneath my skin,
warming her soul
for she held on tightly and
wouldn't let go

she listened intently as the preacher spoke
as her eyes held onto his every move
the same ol' message of God's certain wrath
came in the form of shame and the color red

I felt her grip become stronger
then I found myself begin to wonder
how red had become her favorite color