How close you are to me. Marrow to my bones. My very like-thoughts your heart whispers. The expanse of my spirit and mind you’ve made a temple of worship and fellowship!

Of Him

there are
no ordinary men

we are stars
all born of Him
some glorified, living for Him

others ablaze in Him
spirit filled. centering galaxies
alive with His light and life and warmth

there are no ordinary men
only stars
all made by Him

Starlight

Abba, Father
in love abounding
planted the cosmos
in ever-creating glory

fashioned twilight and starlight
and called me masterpiece

Joe Peanut

for you Joe Peanut,

for sprouting green and strong
leaving the warm comfort of your earth
for the solitude of my balcony

we’re only together
in the constellations
of the night sky

a place outside of time
where everything in the future
including our forever
already exists

on an astronomical scale —

Down South

far down south
a river runs blue

a boy chases clouds
shaped like spirit animals

History

I have no allies
no armies to call

in this tragedy
the battle lines are not drawn
there are no banners
your weapons will not raise
your horses will not neigh

Come Home

oh the things you do to me
and how you’ve littered the streets
with your memories

very few things can compare
my heart strings —
strummed!

Goodbye Kemi

in the fading light, before the sun was too low
we dance one last-time to moth flames

too many bodies, too many faces
too many truths to make a sane whole

you make belonging
feel like sand
on the shore
rolling, in the waves
never quite here
or quite there

saudade —