“The Bitter Cup” reflects the themes of enduring hardship and finding strength in the face of suffering, inspired by Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “Surrounded by Good Powers...” The sonnet explores the idea of accepting life’s trials with quiet courage, symbolised by the "bitter cup," and trusting that even through pain, we move towards light and renewal. It echoes Bonhoeffer’s own spirit of res...

Read and leave comments (3)

Do you feel the music?

Does it capture in your soul

the feelings that got lost in there

as you’ve played out your role?

 

Have you ever sat and listened,

let it take you far away?

Well, I’ve done it time and again

and I can clearly say -

 

that nothing else compares.

It’s like a portal out of time,

where you can let things go and heal,

submerged in the sublim...

Read and leave comments (0)

Did I lie awake at night,

or did I dream in color?

Such wonderous things

I saw and heard,

that took me to the other

 

side of the stream

from whence things flow.

A magic filled the air.

So mystified, I was at home

completely unaware.

 

For time stood still,

bathed in the light

and love that make all things,

a message fell

like drops of rain,

and ...

Read and leave comments (0)

Sandstorm churning in my mind tonight,

driven by the wind of change.

And I know… it’s not that easy.

Drove a million miles and it is all the same,

spinning through the circles of my mind.

And it’s cold… it’s not that easy.

 

But there’s a feeling unlike any other thing I know -

on the deserts of New Mexico,

I see forever but it’s not… not as far as I can see.

Yeah, th...

Read and leave comments (1)

I sometimes sit awake at night

unsure what I should do,

swimming through my thoughts

yeah, all the worries of the day.

I guess I like the solitude,

although I’m feeling blue

there in the quiet moonlight

softly, God opens the way.

 

In dim of night he reassures,

a peace rests in the air.

The things I want to worry of,

they simply melt away,

replaced by vis...

Read and leave comments (1)

My heart is not the same.

It is worn and torn,

But every now and then

I feel it beat...

And I know

That You're still there.

Read and leave comments (0)