Soul Song
Lost pieces of my soul
flow downstream, on rivers
where I once swam
amid the pearls of peace
bleeding from shadows
carved into the stones,
hallucinations swelling
on the sandcastle shores,
where I resort to paddling
like a dog swimming upstream,
singing of mysteries
who live amid the silent trees
listen to the gurgle of the waters,
melting into yesterday
with smooth, still colors
bruising the sinuous glow
of an afterthought, a moment
dew kissed by the sun
falling quietly among the fish
who linger in the clear, cool fluid,
curving across the night
and restoring the moon, the stars
with a reflection of how it feels
to be fluent in unending
grace, surging over the quiet stories
and the night fades, misty eyed
and pulsating, rhythms
rising amid the heavy ache
a teardrop falls
and I know what it means
to remember that day
left behind, in a place
where only my heart can travel
and feel the unlikely dusk,
risking ghostlike prayers
who speak, inaudibly
of a moment before the river
knew the sea
before the night
knew the grief
before the wind
knew my wings
In silence, I see
the river, who grieves
for the moments
blessed by sweet peace,
moments, I now see
were prayers with wings,
praising the One who gave to me
the river’s gentle flow,
the moon’s soft glow,
the wonders that I know
wrote poetry between the lines
of my soul’s streams,
the rush of euphoria that came
from the embrace
of the river’s whoosh,
the water’s caress
the rustle of faint feelings
flowing amid the epiphanies
walking in the eternal
where I’ll forever be
a part of God’s creativity,
a music that plays so sweet,
it quiets the lonely in me,
replaces the lost with three –
the hope, faith and love
that I believe – I found
in the Son who died for me,
the ONE who walked on water
and took the pain from me!
I will forever be grateful
for the love that made me free,
the love that is every soul’s dream
the love that sings so sweet,
the love that He poured into me
when He forgave me and saved me,
lifting the weight
that would have drowned me.
Now I rest in the quiet peace
that comes from knowing
the joy of His love!
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