My Son Won't Talk To Me I know he's strugglingI'm struggling with him tooThere's much he's keeping from meAnd making me real blue It's hard I know at his ageTo admit he is having troubleI was there once upon a timeLiving inside my own tiny bubble Afraid to speak up For fear of embarrassmentTrying to … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #181
The Psalms, King David & HIM! As a frenetic season arrives todayAll huffing and puffing like a grizzly bearI pause and ask where my help comes fromAnd the answer came - My God who cares! King David too knew a thing or twoAbout times of despair and strifeHe wrote many entreaties unto His GodAsking Him … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #180
Sway Those jam-and-hop daysSo ingrained in my veinsEven from a mile awaySpeakers boom my body Sways I miss my undergrad nights I cannot lieThose carefree moments I recall, oh how I fly swiftly back when I hear the drums da dum da dumThe synthesizers the guitars the adrenaline on display There was a time I … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #179
Thank You Easter! Easter has come and gone againEach time it's here it stirs withinMy heart a song bursting forthWith no words just a longing strong To bask once more in my Saviour's embraceAnd know that He loves me and took my placeUpon that old rugged cross where lives are wreckedHe sacrificed His life never … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #178
Summer Is Here Again Summer is here againTime for ice cream and fruit juiceCold baths and swimming poolsSummer is here again Summer is here againMercury rising higher and higher stillWith every passing day, week, month, and yearSummer is here again Summer is here againWhich says a lot about an islandLocated right smack on the equatorSummer … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #177
Playback Theatre (Part 1) I have a confessionI'm almost afraid to divulge But here goes...I was an actorIn my 20s With the minor-est of roles I was on stageMost briefly So no one would knowWas handed two Singing lines andA broom for the show I played a janitor(Hence the broom You see)I danced a little … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #175
Writing Fraud I've lost count how manyWere the timesI've felt like a fraudPutting pen to paperFingertips to keyboard Jamming out some rambleOf words I barely understandIn all kinds of funny or sobering circumstanceWith random texts hastily shoved togetherWho am I really kidding here?! I don't know any better Yet... Writing has been seared into my … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #173
Bespoke Reality With what can we describeThis world we live in now?Bespoke reality I thinkNicely sums it all up We pick and choose What we think is best for usNever mind what's true and justOr what's always thus We forge our own pathsWe tick our own boxesForgoing what oughta fitPreferring the frills and fashions I … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #172
A sudden fear A sudden fear I can’t explainOf devices, gadgets Even my son’s toy trainA dawning realization: None of them are humane! A sudden fear I can’t explain Rushed over me yesterday For too long now they’ve held swayOver our daily lives, these machinesWithout any restraints How did we let these technologies hold court?Without … Continue reading My Monday Metricsl Musings #171
Small White Bird Early morning outside my window.Perched on the peak of a TembusuSmall but oh-so-majestic Took my breath away for a secondTo see something so incandescent White has a way of catching one off guardPristine. Pure. Regal. Untouched.But this shiny? This glory?Radiating its own lightFor one so tiny? How's that possible??!! But there it … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #170
