Known To unknown. Laying the pieces Again. Walking the bridge Of faith. Furnishing another Empty Place. Continue reading

This modern age Is folly Falling down And loud Torn open By the ground Genetically engineered and manufactured. These are the side effects: The sophisticated jeers, The synthetics All this seductive talk, A mere anesthetic. And softwares Wear everything But softly, Knowing all Yet no one cares- We know nothing. This modern age Is all Continue reading

He did it all With only twelve. Continue reading

Four eggs, Yolks of Sunrise orange Dancing on Cast iron. One sourdough Scarcely sliced And toasted, Then broken. A prayer On the plate. Continue reading

Switchfoot At the county fair Del Mar El Cajon And Taylor Guitars The cover of clouds The damp, salty air And a burrito From almost Anywhere. Ford Areostar van Windows down A/C broken Church clown Board shorts Wrapped in a towel Still wet These are the summers He’ll never forget. Continue reading

Up early—yes And at my best Clean as the water’s rain Dancing swiftly Cool air lifting Time and again. It lingers On quiet fingers And finches out to play Head start to holy Maybe I, and I solely Am given this day. Continue reading

The old snow falls anew And purer than before It falls much like people do To grace the earthen floor. It melts and then flattens there And as the sunshine cuts the air It lays its weary head to bear And weep the morning dew. But lifting up its eyes from earth To heaven, comes Continue reading

All I want to hear At the end of each day This is all I want: My wife to say With truth and meaning With gravitas land: “My husband… …is a great man.” When I come home From working hard My kids see me walking in From the yard And mom bends down Points as Continue reading

Take off your outer self And sit in the sun In the sight Of absolutely no one. Feel the rays Touch your skin It is life It is no sin To work and rest Under this beautiful ball His grace for you His grace for all. Continue reading

Daily winter takes it’s toll But there’s a summer in my soul— Energizèd by its rays Bursting forth for many days Cold, it cannot break my trust For it has tried and failed, and must Give way to warmer weather when The sun wakes up and shines again. Continue reading