Thursday, May 21, 2020

" everything else fades away... loves endures forever"



 sunset in a wheat field quickly faded.

This field few weeks earlier







"Two birch trees side by side"





Two birch trees

Two birch trees side by side
Growing
No shade between
refreshing
white paper birch bark
fragile when pulled away

Two birch trees side by side
Tender birch twigs,
children peeled the bark away
sweet to the taste
survival long ago

Two birch trees side by side
Quick to grow
green leaves in spring
last leaves in fall to go
Design beautiful
Even in the cold winter snow

Two birches side by side
hardwood deep
Grow together
Reaching the blue sky
Could there be a Third behind
By their side

Saturday, May 09, 2020

".. wind in the Pines.."

       

Wind in the pines
First, the branches sway
then the sound,
a peaceful, distant train
a song up high




Thoughts of years ago
Fishing,hunting near a stream
Father at my side




Near the lake
the pines sway
Camp chatter heard before the dawn
and family starts the day





Crystal clear the pine reflects
Peaceful, ripples, quiet water
The loon calls , love reminders
joy to the day





The sound again
the wind is heard
The cabin below the pines
Children play and wood smoke
fills the air,the mountain high




Moonlight pierces
Through the branches
Clouds break in the night sky
as the wind, in the pines quiet the night






A rainbow, a sunset
 sentinel pine
years and years stood so high
Shelter to all beneath
And a joy to see one last time





"You don’t require performance 
don’t need perfection 
 you want my heart 
you require all my heart 
I don’t want to hold back
 help me to lay it all down 
every place I keep from you lord
 all things we are afraid to surrender 
what we wrestle with tonight
That we struggle to lay down 
you want an undivided heart 
your relentless pursuit of every heart
 completely given 
I surrender to you"



Jealous for my attention
Longing for my affection
You call me beloved
You call me friend
You never stop pursuing
Craving for communion
You call me beloved
You call me friend
I couldn't dare imagine
The depths of Your devotion
Wilder than oceans (the oceans)

Insatiable
You'll never stop until You have it all
You can have it all
My heart and soul
You'll never stop until You have it all
So You can have it all
You can have it all,

You can have my attention
You can have my affection
'Cause You are my beloved
You are my friend
I'll never stop pursuing
Craving for communion
'Cause You are my beloved
My closest friend
Jesus, I surrender
Become my one obsession
'Til nothing else matters (matters)

Insatiable
You'll never stop until You have it all
You can have it all
My heart and soul
You'll never stop until You have it all
So You can have it all
Oh-oh, Your love is an all-consuming fire
Your love is an all-consuming fire
And all that You ask for is surrender
Your love is an all-consuming fire
Insatiable
You'll never stop until You have it all
You can have it all
My heart and soul
You'll never stop until You have it all
So You can have it all
Your love is an all-consuming fire
Your love is an all-consuming fire
And all that You ask for is surrender
Your love is an all-consuming fire
Insatiable

Songwriters: Chris Mcclarney