Visitation (written 10/16/03)

I saw a vision


the sky dark


yet still afternoon


where is the great Light


that brightens the day?


nowhere to be found...


the lightning flashes


before me, a crimson mass,


possibly a face


beyond recognition


another strike of light


confirms human countenance


----------who are you?


soaked with perspiration


bruised and beaten


naked and striped


----------are you alive?


suspended, on display


outstretched palms


reaching for the unreached


I tune my ears


to the silence of the Lamb


laboring for every breath


now closer to death


----------who did this to you?


darkness returns


the earth seems to quake


with another bolt


the red-caked eyes


are opening


blinking away blood


and tears


flames of pain


----------what is your name?


cracked swollen lips quiver


thunder, the only reply


lightning bolts revolt


darkness has pierced the Sun


the clouds now diminish


I can no longer see...


----------It is finished.

Poem: New Every Morning (written 10/20/03)

Your love is new
new every morning
morning after morning
I awake
covered by grace
that flows
from the unseen
when I cannot touch Your face
I dream about it
when You leave
I am miserable
I cannot live without You
You are in every breath I take
in every beat of my fragile heart
my own obsession
proud to be Your possession
my everything is Yours
let it be known
that I am Yours
just to speak Your name
just to feel Your touch
You are worth any sacrifice
Your love is new
new every morning
morning after morning
I awake...
because of You...