Emmanuel

Emmanuel
God is with us
What does this mean?

We tell the story of a newborn baby
a child who is divine
a child who is special, set apart.

And yet he is one of us,
a newborn human person.

Could it be
that the message of Christmas
is that we too
have something of the divine
in us?
In each of us, divine beauty.
And a child to remind us.
Emmanuel
God is with us

Scared (untitled)

Scared
Temptation
Can I resist?
Do I want to?
How do I separate your call, Lord,
From Satan's illusion?

I don't know how to feel (untitled)

I don't know how to feel.

Should I love him?
Should I hate him?

He makes me react.

angry
alive
hurt
in love

He makes me long for... something

For you, Lord.

He makes me fall in love with you.

Prophet's Lament

Who?
Me?
No, Lord.
I don't want to.
I'm scared.
Share myself?
Share that?
It's too hard.
I can't.
But I have to.
I can't say no to you.
To lose you
would be the worst of all.
Yes, Lord.
I will.
For you.

Holy Thursday Poem

I love you.
I love all that you are.
My inner child loves you.

The broken places in me
relate
when you share the brokenness in you.

And yet, I see, you are strong and beautiful.
As, I have come to realize, so am I.

My star in heaven (untitled)

my star in heaven
my angel
a sign for me
of goodness and beauty