poetry for lent

lent

This year for lent, I opted to do something different. Instead of fasting from food, or giving up a bad habit, I thought it would be more worthwhile to give my time into something positive, and something that would force me to actively focus on God.

lent #2

Matthew 4:18

drop them. leave them.

follow me he calls.

should I stay?

should I go?

the only life I’ve known

lent #3

i don’t understand him sometimes.
when there are things to do, places to go. 
i don’t understand why he stops. 
i question his sense of urgency. 
i doubt he knows what’s important.

lent #4 — A Pharisees’ Sonnet

the law instructs, and keeps us from all wrong
these guiding words to keep me in straight lines
can these outward deeds rewrite my heart song
will these bonds bind my heart to his confines
inner thoughts, deepest heart betray me still 
what the world sees belies the life…

lent #1

i will walk
on the waters 
when the storm ceases
and the waves are calm
and i see the Lord.

but if i walk
on the waters
on my terms and my conditions
will i walk by faith
or by sight