white line in the sky

white line in the sky

pine needles have a green smell

the air tastes absurd

Sacrifices

“. . . the sacrifices our loved ones make for us

refresh us like cool water in the middle of the desert.”

Taylor G. Godoy

I’m selfish and lazy and prone

To leave other people alone.

I do not serve others,

My sisters and brothers,

And don’t even answer the phone.

But then someone did me a turn

So gracious it made my heart burn.

Now I am tenacious

To be more sagacious

And selfishness try to unlearn!

the wind changes course

the wind changes course;

and our flag changes with it;

it didn't used to

a blushing cascade

a blushing cascade

so enhances the sunlight

that raw wind retreats

it will come to this

it has come to this

when the languid blossoms fall

I will still keep faith

in the broken road

in the broken road

the still collected waters

show the coming sun

giving myself up

giving myself up

to making a window my

single companion

the greening tree trunk

the greening tree bark

indifferent to seasons

seeks air and water

the leaf and the seed

the leaf and the seed

are shriveled and brown today

tomorrow they're gone

Meekness

“Meekness is the principal protection from the prideful

blindness that often arises from prominence, position,

power, wealth, and adulation.”

David A. Bednar

Just because I’m broke don’t mean I must be very meek;

A poor man has his pride and does not turn the other cheek.

Poverty can be a stumbling block as well as wealth;

The arrogance of want has crept upon me with great stealth.

Save me, Lord, from self conceit, when charity I need;

Help me know that give and take are part of thy good creed.

Spiritual riches still await me; this I know!

If I will but learn meekness while I struggle here below.