the altar

today i bring//the very thing//to which i cling//my everything//as an offering//to my king//and as i sing//i see a spring//gushing forth...

paint the town red

urban desert downtown detroit
want to be the voice in the void
joy in an asphalt atmosphere
that colours concrete monotony
want to leave a worthy legacy.

song to my child

you're my favorite
precious one
and by my spirit
you are my son


so won't you come to me my child
to hold your hand is my delight

you're my creation
you are mine
and i have made you
perfectly fine.

so won't you come to me my child
to look at you is my delight

you're my beloved
you're my friend
and my love for you
has no end

so won't you come to me my child
my heart has longed for you all night
so won't you come to me my child
to be with you is my delight

pneumonia psalm

my chest is heavy
my breath unsteady
can't rest
this weight on my chest
it's been the same
for a while now
there's so much pain
i don't know how
and why
and still
i will fill
these lungs with air
not spare
one moment to raise
my voice in praise
to tell you
i love you

Indiscribable

If ink flowed through my veins
And I had quills for fingers
If I had all the words
That were ever said or written

Still I could not describe you

If colours burst from my heart
The universe my canvas
If I had seen the whole world
Imagined everything there is

Still I could not paint you

If I sang like an angel
And played every instrument
If I heard heaven's melody
And felt the rhytmn of the earth

Still I could not sing of you

You are beautiful beyond description
You are beautiful beyond description
You are beautiful beyond description