Why does the wave rise

As if to touch the sky in pain

To feel the rush of crashing

Into the sea again

Why does the wind blow

It blows to let the eagle fly

So it can meet You in the storm

Of it’s eternal sigh

Why does the earth keep spinning

Wanting to meet the sun

Does it realize with each turn

Even farther it is flung

Why does the sun burn

In all it’s fiery glory

Does it know it will burn out

At the end of the story

Why does the flower bloom

Just to wither and do a death dance

In the hope that in blossom

You might give it a passing glance

Why do I keep searching

For Your face in everyone

Why do I hear You calling

Even when alone

Emotion demands to be acknowledged

You acknowledge, you think

Thought demands analysis

You analyze, you wonder

Wonder demands seeking

You seek, you connect

Connection demands communication

To communicate, you need words

Words demand to be spoken

You speak, you bare your soul

Baring the soul demands courage

Courage — Show me if you have it

Speak

It’s been a long road

We parted ways a long time ago

Many steps counted

Some taken with certainty

And purpose

Others less so

Many stops made

Some to celebrate and rejoice

Others to just rest

And recover

Many travelers met

Some felt like gifts

Others a test

Each taught a lesson

To look closer at myself

I keep on walking

The path shows itself

I am keeping count

Of each step

Each stumble

Each stride

Pray let me remember

And let my memory not fade

Let me not have hardened

Or have used up all my words

The joy

The pain

The elation

The longing

I will recount every single one

When we meet again

And until then

I am keeping count

Of each step

Every single one

One step at a time

Does a flower have moods

Does it feel joy

At the sight of the sun

Does it feel a thrill

With the wind’s gentle caress

Does it get melancholy

With the dark heavy clouds

Or angry

As the thunder rolls

Does it feel beautiful

When adored by the butterfly

Or get insecure

If ignored by the bees

Does it get lonely

Even when surrounded by blooms

Does it keep searching

For me

I think I am lost

Show me the way

What do I want, you ask

What I most desire

So you can set me on a path

To my North star

I fumble

Unsure

You smile and gently speak

And tell me to look at me

What do I envy

That will be my need

You say it has to be a burning desire

A howling want

Above all else

I stop my whirling

And in that pause

Suspended in time

Like eternity

I feel my need

My hunger

I want

To not want words

I envy the wise silence

That has no need

No desire to speak

To shout

To laugh

To cry

To sing

That silence eludes me

I start to whirl again

If I am lost

I might as well sing

Until silence is found

Wise

Unshaken

Enviable

I am bleeding green

The rain feeds

The earth feeds

Rise

For you are meant to

Conquer

The world that is in you

The fire warms

The wind lifts

Rise

For you are meant to

Lead

The thoughts that have gone astray

The moon shines

The stars bow

Rise

For you are meant to

Rule

The kingdom of love inside you

The wine is sweet

The cup flows over

Rise

For the feet want to dance

For the words want to sing

Rise

For the whirling to go on

For the lost to be found

Maybe somewhere else

There is a difference

In your God and mine

In your skin and mine

In your ecstasy and mine

In your language and mine

In your breed and mine

In your thoughts and mine

In your sustenance and mine

In your handicap and mine

In your frame of mind and mine

In your XYXX and mine

In your wealth and mine

In your anger and mine

But here on earth

We bleed the same red

There is a rainbow that goes
From my house to yours
There is a wind that blows
From my house to yours
A bird took flight
Carrying my message
A moon moved across the sky
From my house to yours
Catch the rainbow
Water the bird
Gaze upon that moon
As I travel
From my house to yours

In my head I walked farther

Searching for your trail

In my head I walked faster

Hoping to catch up and not fail

In my head I called out

Hoping you heard my plea

In my head I said I’m sorry

I begged for some mercy

In my head I am lost

A broken shattered piece

In my head I cried out stop

I can’t go on like this.

Then I realize the truth

My voice is only in my head

You can not hear me

To you, I am dead

You had held me for a moment

You and I, we had talked

But when my corpse got too heavy

You laid me down and walked

I slow down and finally stop

I lay down on the ground

I can still hear the wailing

But there is no more sound

The longing of a half moon to be full again

A half taken breath waiting to be complete

You must have felt incomplete and created me

You created me in Your image, with Your longing