House

I'm an empty house 

All my doors are closed 

I've only had a few visitors 

But no one ever called me home 

You call me to open the windows 

Let the sunshine come inside 

Feel the breeze blowing on my skin 

Oh how I love the light 

And for you all the doors have been opened 

So come in and have some wine 

We can dance in the kitchen 

Travel down to the basement of my mind 

I'll get lost in your eyes by the fire 

You unlock hidden places with your gaze 

Chase me up the stairs like a child  

In the bedroom of my heart always 

My Constant

When shadows shift and sand gives way 

When change comes in a hurricane 

When a layer is ripped torn off my heart 

It seems I've lost yet another part 

When I'm left with an empty nest 

And nothing seems to give me rest 

Solitude comes with her deafening screams  

No The world is not as it should be 

You're my constant my steady hand 

My hero in this foreign land 

You're the only One who really understands 

Always there to listen to every stand 

When debris is slashed through the stormy winds 

And darkness becomes a hidden friend 

The world swirls in whirls and twirls 

Still you are my surprising end 

A silent stillness in the chaotic race 

A cave within lit by candles and grace 

Peace sings her song in this secret place 

And I lean in to the strength of your face 

My anchor through the wave upon wave 

My forever rock my steady always 

Fire

Fire fire I'm on fire 

Pieces pieces I'm in pieces 

Scattered like a firework 

On the Fourth of July 

You always break in 

With your silence 

Or with your words 

I cannot stop 

These white water rapids 

From gushing 

I cannot lock my heart 

The dam is broken 

Fire fire I'm on fire 

Pieces pieces I'm in pieces 

Shooting like a meteor shower 

I am out of my skin 

A Cold Winter

It’s winter and I’m cold

alone out here in snow

frostbitten hands and feat

a heart that barely beats

my eyes just want to sleep

and now Im in so deep

I walk this snowy path

and try not to look back

Spring never came this year

now I find myself here

to weak to make a fire

just drowning in desire

oh for a taste of sun

feel the heat of someone

so safe in love but dear

Spring never came this year

Mountains so far away

remind me of a day

of the sun in her glory

shining down upon me

I danced in the day light

but now I dream at night

Please come to my rescue

Build me a fire that’s true

Will I ever find my way home

Will I ever feel that touch that warmth

Will the sun ever shine again for me

Or will I just sleep here forever in this white and snowy dream

I’ll cling to you

I’ll cling to you

I’ll cling to you

I’ll cling to you

cause you’re my fire

in the winter cold....

Spring never came this year

now I find myself here

You are my fire

You are my desire

You are my taste of sun

You’re my heat my someone

so safe in love my dear even though

Spring never came this year

Dare to Desire

And I feel it beating in my chest

like fire like a storm

Impossible to ignore

God wreck this life

Tear it all down

Make it new

I don’t want to hear it

I try to drown out the sound

of the rhythm and blues

of me 

coming to life

waking the dead inside

and you

there

you are drawing it out of me

unknowingly

The drums of passion

The dare to desire

The nerve to believe

its possible

The Cliff of Hope

Standing at the edge 

of the cliff of hope

A voice says to turn around

shrink back into safety

My heart is teetering

threatening to fall

daring and longing to jump

The next season naturally

should be summer

blooms and light 

but winter’s whisper

is taunting me

She flaunts 

her dark colors of fear

but the winters have always 

been good to me

even in the depths of her despair and death

So I’ll stand in hope here on this edge

knowing if I fly or stay earthbound

it will all be life to my blood

How I long for the summer

Her beauty and smile

her laughter and praise

her songs of delight

Oh let the sun rise

but if the winter comes again

let my song still sing

Let the bottom of my soul

still smile

and I will wait in patience

knowing summer is bound to come

at least I  hope

If winter is peering around the corner

let me store the sunshine

in my pocket

let me photograph

optimism and truth

lest I drown in the cold

dark pale death of her

and forget the spring

But Spring always comes doesn't it

and Summer loves to follow her

Elusive summer 

how you love to hide

how do I find you

Let me trust the tides of life

that you will come again

That you will grace me again

that I will feel the glory of you

through my being

in the bottom of my soul

Once again or maybe for the first time

Now I try to look to the sunshine

in my pocket

at the truth I carved in my heart

and wait on the cliff of hope

for tomorrow

I carry them

I carry him in my heart 

The lame man 

Crippled by life and disease

A mind as sharp as a knife  

Embers of potential 

Snuffed out by life 

A bachelor degreed beggar 

Finding home in Jesus 

Fighting for his freedom

I carry him in my heart 

I carry him in my heart

The boy who loves to kayak 

Whose father broke every promise 

Abandoned and angry 

He fights the rapids of life

With rebellion and sinful living 

I called him son 

I called him home 

But he just keeps running 

I carry him in my heart 

I carry him in my heart 

Seven years old and alone 

With four little sisters to feed

A scared of the dark provider 

He becomes hard and strong 

He fights and he begs and he bleeds

He should be playing childish games 

But he grew up too fast

Now he's eleven and they call him Dad

I carry him in my heart 

I carry him in my heart 

The man who cannot speak

His words stay inside his stomach 

He swallows them everyday 

The man who cannot hear 

The news that will set him free 

We sign our names 

 He beams with the delight of connection 

We lay hands and believe

But walk away without answers  

I carry him in my heart 

I carry them in my heart 

Children I've called my own 

Brought into this broken world 

With dreams and destiny 

Life tried to drown them 

But a Lifeguard came 

And I break to see them 

Walking in their fullness 

Made whole by a perfect love

That knows how to heal the deepest darkest wounds 

I carry them in my heart. 

I carry them in my heart 

The ones I loved who betrayed me 

Who have lost who they are

In the cruelty of this world

Full of lies and tricks 

They think will protect them 

Unaware that they have a father 

Who will never let them down 

Love rain down your mercy 

I carry them in my heart 

My heart is full and sometimes broken 

But everyday I just believe 

I believe in a love thats called unfailing 

That washes wounds and heals the hurting 

Let my hands and let my feet carry mercy 

So deep and so wide 

And ill carry them in my heart until

I see the Kingdom breaking light