The Newest

I finished this one just a few minutes ago.  It reflects my study as of late and my renewed desire to follow Christ though I fail often.
My aching heart
my hurting heart
throbbing with the restoring pain
of Jesus Christ with a putty knife
scraping out the death and rot
my healing heart
my beating heart
How long, Jesus?
It feels endless, Jesus
When [...]

Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Society…

I wrote this for a sonnet contest on A Prairie Home Companion. I didn’t write it about anything or anyone in my life; it just happened.
I hope you like it (but I hope Garrison Keillor likes it more).
Will you dance with me slowly
on a quiet, grey night?
Our mystery-love growing
in the halogen moonlight
in the absence [...]

The Spectre

Intangible, she looms
in the pale moonlight
floating on a shadow’s breath
Always watching
through the night haze
constantly waiting
to be seen in a glimpse
ever silent
unable to speak a word
With yet unseen eyes
she peers over my shoulder
and I can sense her there
seeking to guide my wand’rings
with ghostly nudges
My eyes still searching
wringing my hands
settling into sleep
my heart still pounding
pricking my ears
she [...]