The Dreamer

Across the path of righteousness

A house dived cannot stand

Indifference breeds the consequence

For hatred in the land

What have we done, what have we not

The flag for privileged few

Complacency will never get

Real action from the pew 

How many more, how long, O Lord

The hundreds have gone past

In waiting years with fear, unrest

The search for peace, at last

We are your people, image made

No different, bleed the same

Please stop the madness and the hate

Please stop the jeers, the names

It’s not our fault, we came enslaved

In ships claimed, from the Lord

Were treated less than animals

Lost souls were placed aboard

And off we went to promised land

With shackles and our scars

If dared to fight, lost dignity

The right to live was barred

Then through the years, they came and went

The rich and white prevailed

The Constitution granted rights

We knew that ship had sailed

From bad to worse, the violence claimed

Our brothers, moms, and dads

Please not forget our sisters too

‘Twas rape, was all they had

A voice then came, crying in the night

He came in peace, assailed

He marched along to do what’s right

His letters, pleas, from jail

The dreamer dared to speak again

The world, for all to see

Countless came to hear his voice

‘Bout character, he decreed 

But then, the message, to suggest

We’re equal in God’s sight

It brought disgust and further hate

Just get him out of sight

The angel killed, the shot was heard

Was silenced as he fell

The hope to change what couldn’t change 

Brought tyranny and hell

Erected statue, on the mall

A national holiday

So,nothing changed, went back to sleep

The country and its ways 

And 57 plus years later

The George Floyd’s still remain

Despite the lies, the country’s ripped

Brutality, still aflame

Movements come and movements go

The government never cared

The talk from pulpits dimmed and gone

Lord’s love was never shared

And pray we must, to battle on

For God, all people mattered

But now, it black lives, focus please

Their lives are torn and shattered

Hardened not your heart, you see

Please listen to their voice

We all must live in equity

We all must have a choice

It’s not about the battle lines

Not who is right or wrong

Gods’ people need their due respect

We all are dear, belong

Broken Man

Upon the steps of pain I come
Nowhere else to go, I run
To loving arms I humbly face
With bitter cries in sad disgrace

Ashamed, this broken man I see
Who cast himself in misery
Whose clothes he draped in pride surpassed
Not looking back, the aftermath

In whom I see, in pain and tatters
The only one who ever mattered
Who spawns her love with desperate cries
Eternal love, no alibis 

Wrought with remorse, I can’t take back
The years gone by, remorseful stack
No one to blame, neither you nor I
Just time ticks on and then we die

How could I thought, you’d never know
It was not you who carried the blow
But it was me in shame, castrated
The depths of misery so fated

I cried and cried myself to sleep
The promise of a man to keep
Squirreled away in bitter regret
The test of time would heal, and yet

That God would show the path beyond
The righteous path, I wasn’t on
The path to you and all desires
The path that burns with raging fire

This man of glass derailed and frail
My loving God, lift up the veil
This veil of shame I carried long
To loving arms, where I belong

To you my love, I humbly come
To ask forgiveness, not play it dumb 
To sacrifice all that I’ve got 
To give you that you always sought

A love sublime, no measure written
This passion burns, what God has given
This half a man has been made whole
To give you back that thing I stole

With no regret, I press us forward 
In God I trust to move us toward 
From darkened skies to path of light
What future holds, our destiny bright

In humbled heart this man you see
This broken man seeks victory 
To bathe you in His love so true
Whom do you see, whom do you view

I thank you for your love so blind 
I thank you that you didn’t unwind
I thank you for your heart of gold
What God gave me, what He foretold

You could accept this broken man
With all his faults, this garbage can
You see this broken man is me
With all my faults, you let me be

And Godly grace, so blessed, bestowed 
No recompense, not ever owed
Upon my gaze, my treasured bride
One whom to love, in whom confide

I give her all I have to give 
The moments with, I live to live
I’m grateful, she, with all she’s got
To love this broken man of rot

Lessons From Lucas

Precise observations, from God up above
In gentle, kind sacrifice, in showing true love
The call from the city, come hither, he’s sick
The desperate anguish, decision, come quick

But I am an elder, it’s Easter, you see
I can’t come to help you, the father decreed
With snivels and tears, she said do what you must
As I hung up the phone, I lost wisdom and trust 

Just then I heard silence, the world came to pause
The Voice in my head said, bear fruit, that’s your cause
Returning the phone call, I’m on my way now 
No idolatry, pride then, He wouldn’t allow

As I came to her home, as she pleaded for time
The tears of despair in her voice I did find
It wasn’t alright, see, it wasn’t a hoax
As the carrier was placed in the car, I did choke

And off to the hospital, directions in play
A cry from the feline in tragic display
Then just as we pulled into that parking lot
The cries and the screams, I thought I’d been shot 

She flew out of the car as she rushed to the door 
My mind was in panic, my heart on the floor
To see my dear daughter in pain on her knees
There, Lucas laid lifeless, despite all her pleas 

‘‘Twas then that I saw them, in horror and grief
The clients with their pets in stark disbelief 
And then we were ushered, inside in a small room 
The air was so still then, in tatters and gloom

Yet, I saw her give love then, with petting and tears
I couldn’t just fix this, allay all her fears
The lessons were taught so I could humbly respond
Take care of your daughter, is where you belong 

I never imagined the pain and the hurt
No memories faded, I will ever assert
I thank my dear Lord, what He taught me that day
It’s what you would do, dad, not what you would say

To comfort, to love, be quiet and listen
To represent Jesus, that’s what you’d been missin
It’s not about church, a building, a song
But show that you care, that’s where you are strong

Then I finally got it, the look on her face
Thanks dad for helping, a daughter’s embrace
With sobs she said goodbyes, went back to her lair
I sat in my car thinking, as I lay bare

What God was there showing me on Easter Sunday 
The lessons of Lucas, to ponder, to weigh
That love is the answer to all those in need
It’s not in the head but the heart that you feed