Yes, I skipped last week. Yes, I am aware. No, I didn’t forget. No, I haven’t given up on writing. The excitement of Easter week and seeing family turned my brain to mush and my dear readers were victims of my procrastination. Will you forgive me?
Day 12
Risk
One more step will be worth it
One more act they’ll never forget
Adrenaline racing
As my heart is chasing
Dreams I never had
For the thrill of being bad
For a moment, a second
Of risk to avoid being fecund
Day 13
Full Marks
Aiming high yet falling short
Start then choose to abort
The top grade out of reach
Do we stop after we seek
Or push through our doubt
Hoping all will work out
And we will stand at last
On pedestal denied in past
Keep swimming, escape the sharks
Do your best, earn those top marks
Day 14
Lost
We haven’t spoke in so long
I know that I have lost you
And despite this sad song
I know it hasn’t cost you
Yet there are times when my heart
Calls out for yours and memories
That though we are apart
Still tend to please
And brighten each day
So while I see you no more
I know what I should say,
“You, I still adore.”
Day 15
Elegy
This last loss, greatest of all
This last leaf, survivor of fall
Now fallen down with first snow
Goodbye to autumn, you must know
Hearts linger with you, spice in the air
Just a remnant of twice at the fair
Where costumes covered our true form
Making us terrors, keeping us warm
As we bid farewell, we know we will see
A shadow of you in the year about to be
Day 16
Fantastic Belief
A young boy prayed
God spoke to him
His love displayed
Yet this was no whim
Part of a plan
To return us all
To one who understands
One we lovingly call
Our Father in Heaven
Who reaches down still
Hoping even the heathen
Will learn to obey his will
And all of this starts
When those deemed too young
Allow the burning in their hearts
To loosen their tongue
Day 17
City
Towers rising toward the sky
Unbreathable air wafting by
Crushed close by strangers
Always aware of dangers
That one cannot quite see
Wait round corners for me
But here we build futures
Here we find structures
That caress the lowest cloud
And make humanity proud
To be trapped with me
In the heart of this city
Day 18
See the Good
Look up there
And you will share
In knowledge
That the edge
Of death is a door
One born before
Took that pain
Shed His blood
Even when rain
Brings torrential flood
He stands ready
To pull you free
The deepest eddy
Can’t have thee
How can you reply
When He says “Don’t deny”?
Open up, speak true
Jesus always loves you
