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Quest to Peace
Volume 3
Contents
songs ................................................................................................................................... 3
sing to me........................................................................................................................... 3
when young became old .................................................................................................. 4
that place of love .............................................................................................................. 6
Quest to Christ.................................................................................................................. 7
tending (verse 2) ............................................................................................................... 9
docility .............................................................................................................................. 11
in-between the world and peace .................................................................................. 13
risen rainbows ................................................................................................................. 14
the outrage of time ......................................................................................................... 15
come to me ...................................................................................................................... 17
take this small poem....................................................................................................... 18
songs
I have a song for you little ones
Hear me sing. Hear my song
I see my own reflection singing in your eyes.
But this song will not be yours
Nor could ever be.
Someday after the world has closed your eyes
You shall awaken and your eyes will blossom
And you will hear a song
That is not mine to sing
But yours.
sing to me
sing to me
said the lake to the bird
and so the bird sang
sing to me
said the grass
and the bird sang
sing to me
said the child
and the bird sang again
that night the bird
returned to his birdhouse
the child had left
after feeding upon
the seeds in the grass
and thirsting the waters
of the lake
Quest to Christ
lo, not with weapons do we walk
but for the case for men
to put them down
those who can no longer hear
the Holy Spirit
is to whom
the carriers were sent
when our brothers who stand
in the middle trusting
the ways of man
speaking nothing
asking nothing
there are those that route
them like cattle into a barn
the answer to their tomorrow
is mind numbing
and technology to electrically
increase control
tell me but one technology
that has not someday been
used against our people
we sit and stare
and deep down tremble of the night to come
no longer would we tremble
for the Word was born
and the Word has remained
and the Word has carried
our hearts unto our Father
one day those still sitting in the middle
too will find themselves prodded
to the wide gate
and the mark upon them will commit
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tending (verse 2)
like a cell tending
to the blood
and an organ tending
to the body
that a body can tend
to the earth
as a bird
would so perfectly
sing to the sweet dawn
and like the smallest atom
would be the earth
both orbiting around
a system so vast in size
and on and on
these little eyes look out
in amazement and wonder
for now let me be this body
let me breath this air
and let me sow my life
lo, Father,
lo, Mother,
who rest in me as the same in God of love
as all those who stand beside you
the many souls my feet stand strong
in Jesus name
let us hear the song
is not about us
let us hear
the song
is about who we bring to you
as so many do not know your love
nor your Name
let us not be only fishers of men
but let us make them too
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docility
that which would be necessary
for the law of man to replace
the law of truth
would only be compliance
as our mind can rationalize
the ways of power
and apathy
would return
let the sheep be sheep
and both from pressure
and technologies we do not know of
smite
but when we lie down
alone in our bed
if we would ask
we will feel the pain of our silence
we will see eyes of children
suffering
and we will find ourselves
believing we can change nothing
when we stand again
there comes a point
where freedom is not about us
for it is us
who are free
and no longer is even this enough
so let the words of our heart
not be trapped before they are released
from our mouth
all men stand for something
accept the words of no man
until they are judged before your own heart
in silence beside
the ocean of Love
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risen rainbows
they said it was like a rainbow
streaming colors with gold on the end
as I graced my steps in search of it all
slowly the sky turned dark
and the colors shaded to grey
I could not tell you when
the walk had changed
I can only tell you the moment I sought
the wonderful colors of the sky
did they somehow appear
as if they had never left
only to brush sweetly upon my face
again
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come to me
notes of the harp dance
across the sky and carry the sea
words of the wind fill
tired hearts full of golden peace
come to me
awake, asleep, in seeking, and most of all
when I have forgotten
come to me in hints that tear the engaged mind
from a reality I only dance in
for the end of all nights does come
come to me
as to what has remained before the beginning
and lasted since the end
of what only the body could fear
ohh the sweetness
like the first sip of water as I imagine true thirst
and the next embrace of my earth father
after too many years of waiting for his smile
these things too shall we archive
together, not just me, not just him
but all of us
into the great annuals of memory we will share
what could come that could not leave
nothing outside would be possible
thus the Father remains
only the child
would see the flicker
alone by a river
and together in thousands
may we see,
come to me,
come to us,
In Christ
Amen
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just know that even when the rain bleeds the ink
and in time the page is nothing more than a distant question of sanity
just know as best you can
I am with you always
In Christ and with Peace
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