Beneath Hershey skies, lain upon monolithic moon, my heart cur like butter,
slowly, ripples arc wayward from confusion within... oh, how I miss my Father
Eons escape in each sigh,as I exhale the security of Your omnipotent glory,
fallen by wayside, I've lost touch, and now You hide embrace from me
Once a swan in midst of everything, now I'm in desire's pool of nothing,
knotted up in reflections, mirror muddy water, I... the ugly duckling
Drowned in all I've thought to want, eyes opened, but closed heart,
and now I've lost You, taking You for granted... thinking we'd never part
Stars mutter my view... glittering within my grasp like silver trumpets,
intrigued by things not meant to be, has left me as lonely as it gets
A shroud has beset my soul, and I have lost way to my eternal home,
who would have thought, that by wandering off... I'd be wandering alone?
Dawn eludes me, as tequila rise lay drunken at my every advance,
repelled, morning refuses to follow, as I make one last stance
Heavy hearted, lost of purpose, I kneel... stale upon clumps of clay,
between fear of the newly found loneliness, I reach into my soul and pray
Exhausted of breath, stones grind into battered, and unwavering knees,
as soggy eyes squint...I pray, "Dear Lord.. will you forgive me please!!"
Broken glass imitate satin sheets, smooth in dreams, but cutting deep,
but You are not here.. not this time, and so, my soul continues to weep





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