On the River of Light

Full moon glows brightly In a sky awash with stars River of light winds its way Through a vale aglow with shining blossoms My boat glides down the water Towards the vanishing point of Heaven I am safe, O Lord It is Your own country Angel choirs sing Your eternal praise And I am at…

Wait for me

Let us walk together To the very end of the world Let us stand on the edge and see The vastness of eternity Only one can make the crossing So this is as far as I go And at the end all I can do Is hold your hand and whisper I am here You…

Flesh Mind Soul

Are you the same person you were as a child? Your cells, lego blocks of the flesh Have all been swapped for newer models Nothing remains of the baby in the adult So, no. But You are more than flesh You are mind Memories of then still linger in the now Pieces of small you…

Ladder to the Sky

It started as a dream The ladder made real Climbing so high Ascending to the sky The ladder from earth To the throne of God Angels wait to take your hand And help you make the journey step by step Earth is in darkness War and strife and suffering But still the ladder waits as…

The Candles of Your Eyes

He went out with the tide, they say She set with the sun Romantic nonsense As if death would wait Your life is the tide And nothing can keep it from ebbing Your soul is the sun And it will set when it’s time Your heart is the moon And will wane just as surely…

Slow Dreams

Star flowers bloom under starlight Milky way flows through deep black sky Petals glow faintly in the blue night Violet clouds wander as the winds fly Crickets sing in the peaceful dark Bushes rustle in the cooling breeze Waters rise gently to the tide mark Soft ebb and flow of the cool seas Grey are…

Truth, Like Water

What is a bowl But a thing which contains Its function defined By the space inside People are the same Made to contain Soul and heaven Flesh only the housing For the truth within Truth, like water Runs through all parts of life You need only find the stream And drink your fill Becoming past,…

My Angel

What do you see Looking down from Heaven’s perfection To earthly chaos It seems you should feel horror Disgust at the gutter where we crouch Squabbling mindlessly over scraps But your compassion is beyond us Your love unfathomable With a flutter of shining feathers you come With tears for our suffering Your eyes flame with…

Land of Hope

Early morning light refracts through streaky clouds Mist hangs low on the land Rolling green fields intersperse with dense woodland Gently undulating slopes fade into the grey distance Standing on the nearer shore, we pilgrims take the boat And row our way across the golden waters Under willow fingers reaching low towards the stream Across…

We are all one

The Creator sketches, paints, moulds and creates electrons and neutrons and protons in infinite combination Star and space, light and dark, Water and earth and sky Vegetable and animal At our core, we are all one The whole is greater than the sum of its parts Colour and beauty and passion Heart and mind and…