WINDOW

For Ben

Working

Motivation in want

Ever lacking

Ever slacking

The seconds dredge on

Ever slowly

Ever lowly

The beats of the drum

Never ending

Never lending

The end of the day

Always hoping

Always coping

Just write it away

With a look

With a book

As words on a page

For a day

For today

Well is it ending?

Not just yet

Not quite yet…

2/10/16 -- ALJ

These Hands

In these hands there is strength still
In these hands that I have held

They have held me in their turn
And prayed for me at night
They have cooked loving meals
And held me with so much might

In these hands there is strength still
In these hands that hold me now
They grip me close, holding me tight
As a voice calls out for me to stay
With eyes that ask me even more
And I wish I could but not today

2/5/16 -- ALJ

Finding Peace

In the moments

Those ever day moments

Passing us by

The big things

The little things

Ultimately out of our control

As we look for it

We search for it

And daily we yearn for it

Peace

Such peace

The knowing that it works out

For good

In the end

No matter what may come

The hardships

And even the joys

They all will come to it

In the end

We will find it

Through Him

The one who paid it all

So that one day

We can truly

Have peace

12/29/15 - ALJ

EMME

Lose Control

We want it
You have it
We'll never give it up
The search for it
The desire for it
Won't stop until we know
That we have it
That we control it
The future and everything
But it's not ours
It's only yours
We need to rely on you

It's a hard thing
It's a scary thing
But it's the right thing to do
It's hard to pray
When each day
There's still more things to lose

But in His name
We are saved
We don't need control
And that's okay
Because one day
We'll be in perfect harmony
12/3/15 -- ALJ