Sight

Must be given,
To be seen,
Must be taken and received.

Beauty given,
Never lost,
Is the comfort
In the cost.

Forever

Promise me
No matter what I do,
That you'll love me
Like I love you.

Faith

Leaving the boat,
Out onto the waves
I reach out my hand to take Yours.
You calm and assure me,
Encourage and call me
To stand on faith, preserved.

Cupping my face,
In Your nail-pierced hands,
You call me through my wanderings.
Your gentle love covers me,
Your gentle rod leads me,
And someday, You'll welcome me Home.

Humanity

I searched too much,
And then not enough
I find myself standing still.
The world's still spinning,
My heart's still beating,
And yet there's so much left to fill.

I reach out my hands
To touch what's before me,
But I found it had faded away;
Groping in the darkness,
I fight back the madness,
Try to keep terror at bay.

I feel myself falling,
Hear my own voice calling,
Praying for someone to hear;
-Yet, here I sit, silent,
Knowing my soul's rent,
But no one here senses my fear.

These people around us,
Walk, talk, eat, laugh,
Yet I sense all the forced gaiety;
The battle inside them,
Through them it does hem,
-Only their eyes betray them to me.
                                                                F.A.