PRAY
So many emotions bottled up inside
Where can I go to hide
Is there anyone on my side
Where do I find hope
How do I cope
What can I say
This is my day
To Pray
First my dream seemed to die
Or was that a lie
Then we had to shelter in place
With a mask on our face
Lost my dog along the way
Why couldn’t he stay
George Floyd my brother
Cried out for his mother
Where can justice be found
Do we have to take everyone down
Why do we all disagree
When will there ever be peace
Then I thought I was following another dream
Sometimes all is not what it seems
So what do I do now
Somebody show me how
To grab hold of my dreams again
Where do I begin
On my knees I pray
Lord help me to find my way
Let me be an instrument of your peace
Your love I want to release
I will let my hope uncurl
For you have overcome the world
For you have great plans I want to see
Plans to prosper me and not to harm me
Plans to give me a hope and a future
Our hearts you will suture
So now I cry out
With a shout
I give thanks to You
Let your Light and Love Shine through
Your Justice Ring True
For I Love You
DREAM
I wrote this poem around the time of George Floyd’s murder.
What do you see
Did you dream
Like me
Of standing on the mountain top
Where His love will never stop
Longing to go to the beach
Is the dream out of reach
Toes in the sand
This is how I stand
Against the slaughter
Until Justice Rolls Down Like Waters
Righteousness like an overflowing stream
This is my dream
That the oppressed will be free
As we witness history
In the making
There is a shaking
More than survival
A revival
We will sing
Glory to the King
Can you hear, are you listening
The sound of many waters roar
As we stand on His shores
Overlooking the crystal sea
No more brutality
My dream becomes reality
Until then I stand in peace
My love I release
My light I will shine
So we can find
The Way the Truth and the Life
No longer living in strife
When we will indeed be free
Living in serenity
Now and for eternity
