First Minute in Heaven

Ever again
Scan your life
Remember your wife
She will love it here too

Everything is different
God has become lenient
Sins are forgiven
Life now is given

Little Wooden Blocks

You pile the little blocks
Of your early life
Making them tall
Before they fall

You dream a design
You think it will be fine
Trying is the thing
When you fumble
Then they tumble
You laugh and try again

Incognito Man

He inhabits secret places
He sees the lonely faces
He watches us in ruins
He waits for the right spaces

Through the earth He roams
He moves in and out our homes
Never in a hurry
Letting good and bad flurry
Our lives are such a hurry

Praying for Peace

I pray for peace
In my little spot
I pray for peace
A lot.

Peace with siblings
He moves in and out our homes
Peace with trouble makers
Peace with neighbors
Peace with strangers

The Calm Behind the Music

Listen for the quiet
Calming sounds
Behind the rattling
Background noise
We call music
They whisper

Ever so lightly
They long to replace our distractions

Mud Pits

I look yonder with
Mud in my eye
I have dug my
Mud pit of regret
Eye high

You have done so too.
I see you with
Spit in your eye
We both spy
Each other’s
Mud as though
On high