life – Thoughts From a Tree

these leaves are alive

i am afraid of becoming like the leaves that fall to the ground in autumn,brown and decaying and no longer beautiful or alive but still creating, no longer looked at or needed butas i look more closely at the leaves on the floori see that they are host to lives of their own, lives whichContinue reading “these leaves are alive”

even in the dust there is life

there is light even in the places you cannot find it and God has glory even in the times when death seems final and there is peace even when you can’t find a reason behind it and there is newness in the old and the hard and the times of silence for when God tookContinue reading “even in the dust there is life”

tomorrow

the tomorrow that you dreamed of faded, changed but its loss has aided you. and out of the ashes, the light is making something new. something more true than anything you’ve known before.

So, what are your New Years resolutions?

“What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” PSALM 8:4 NIV So, what are your New Years resolutions? It’s a question I’m starting to hear more and more as we enter the new year. We each try to set goals and take direction for the next year.Continue reading “So, what are your New Years resolutions?”

//paper flies//

Paper airplane flying dreams plain and simple straight and clean. Stark contrast with the business, past which it streams; mind of a child taking wings. Imagine if we took everything like a piece of paper- saw past the four edges the bold letters, hard desk edges and saw the potential. If the sheet was folded,Continue reading “//paper flies//”

S t a r l i g h t

I thought that twilight came slowly, softly. Small twinkling lights appearing, searing blaze. Silhouette standing, unfazed. And I suppose, that with twisted irony I was right. The only thing that I failed to notice is that the twilight crept up before my sight had let it sink into my mind. The light had dimmed andContinue reading “S t a r l i g h t”

{This is Paradise}

I miss the hot humid evenings of walking and no fear and laughter over everything. You taught me to accept and to reject rejection. It’s a rare thing to find people who are of the same mind and who set you on fire more than you were before they were in your life. But eventually-Continue reading “{This is Paradise}”

//reflection//

Look in the mirror, analyze every feature. Even though neither them nor the mirror actually tell me who I am. I still trust them, lust after everything that they say that I can gain from this pain. Suck in, breathe small, Don’t slouch, stand tall, One more mile before I fall. Is this all? IsContinue reading “//reflection//”