Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Stealth

Jokingly, I give myself the name 
Though it's not really what I want to be 
I act like it's all a game 
Seeing them not see me 

Sudden struck by the realization 
I might be the one that meets the eye 
But the purpose of this new creation 
Is to Another glorify 

So I will not mind the shadows 
If it's Him that takes the light 
He is the One that truly matters 
If no one sees me, I'll be alright.

originally published March 21, 2009

Cracked

Beat up bruised been
Battered and cracked
I play the hand dealt to me
Even if the cards are stacked
Tendency to be used
Been judged when I lacked
Been brutally abused
Always under attack
The haters always hate
But lovers aren't always lovin'
But I still appreciate
All the love, still lovin'

You can call me what you want
Heard it all a dozen times
Still wont have that nasty spirit
When I spit my rhymes
When the going gets tough
The tough get with it
Its strength through Christ
That allows me to spit this

I've been broken so much
Feels I'm always bleeding out
Sometimes it gets to me
Sometimes I fear and doubt
Sometimes I get angry
Sometimes I cry
Sometimes I shout
But the Lord is always with me
Time to just chill out
So I don't care if you stabbed me
I can still show you love
I'll forgive like I've been forgiven
By the Father above


You can call me what you want
Heard it all a dozen times
Still wont have that nasty spirit
When I spit my rhymes
When the going gets tough
The tough get with it
Its strength through Christ
That allows me to spit this

Broken hearts cracked up
Cards all stacked up
Against this jacked up life
Through the strife and the pain
This cross still is my gain
Claim the Name that bore my pain
My story for His glory my endgame
No shame to admit it
So I spit it

You can call me what you want
Heard it all a dozen times
Still wont have that nasty spirit
When I spit my rhymes
When the going gets tough
The tough get with it
Its strength through Christ
That allows me to spit this

The haters always hate
But God's always lovin'
The haters always hate
But God's always lovin'
The haters always hate
God, make me lovin'

Farewell to Ikarus


You were not born to fall
Your heavenly birthright suggests the sky
Leave off your waxen wings
And trust your soul to Adoni
  
True, you were proud
And seemed to shine sublimely
But you flew on wings
Not crafted divinely
  
Your own will and ways
Were not enough, they failed
And short you fell of heaven's rays
Behind your broken works trailed

Hard you hit the earth
Great was your demise
But through it you learned
The fear that makes us wise
  
Leave off the sadness
Embrace the Star of Morning
His light will warm your heart
His wings will set you soaring
  
Seraph now you shall be called
Singing in Daylight's grace
Resting in His wing's shadow
Joyful before His face

No longer crippled
Maimed and bruised by sin
Raidiant, redeemed raising
Eternal songs for Him

originally published June 20, 2011

Monday, June 4, 2012

For the Daughter of Zion: Lilies


for Lauren

Consider the lilies of the field
They grow without care of what they should do
Or whatever they should wear
But still they bloom
King’s cannot compare

Daughter of Zion remember Him
Who formed lilies of the field and sparrows of the air
Who every worry, your every care
Would on His shoulders bear
So you may bloom
And His joy share

Do not feel alone
For you are His Bride
Until you are grown
He will not leave your side
Then you’ll be His own
With Him forever to abide