PACIFIC STORM
Standing on the shore
Seasons of love at the door
Greyish black clouds
Cool cold wind blowing leaves
Heaven is calling
Rain is falling
Experiencing Christ’s grace
Mist blowing in my face
No more dread
Ice cold rain
Anointing my head
Lord what are eternal moments
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“….And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters”. Genesis 1:2

BORDER COLLIE
California where I was born
Does it really matter?
Some
Say so
Some
Say not
Lord thou knowest
The end of abominations
The end of vileness
The end of deception
The end of folly
The end of murder
The end of blasphemy
Come Lord Jesus Christ come
Render thy judgment upon this unholy world
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“….upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”.              Matthew 16:18

RITUALISTIC LIVING
Prism refracts light
What refracts me
Christ refracts my soul
Upon me
Upon me
He allows me to see
Without Christ I am nothing
My choices
Faithfulness or simply rituals
Rituals born of formula
Born of equations
We do this
We do that
Free will exists
Free will persists
Rituals of inconsistency is the rebel
Ritualistic inconsistency
Is breathing ritual or choice
Is thinking ritual or choice
Mortal prisons perhaps
One day some shall be free
Why ask why
As long as the job gets done….right?
Conscious of choices
Important is faithfulness
Who or what do you value
Who or what do you serve
No one gets away for free
The gangster a slave to self-destruction
The whore a slave to fornication
The anarchist a slave to disorder
The nihilist a slave to the meaning of meaninglessness
The self-righteous a slave to denial
The non-believer a slave to satan
The saved in Christ; a slave to God
Why ask why
Just do it….right?
Way of this fallen world
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”There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death”.           Proverbs 14:12
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TO GOD I SURRENDER FOR I AM NOT GOD I AM HIS CREATION
 

MY WAY
Catching my breath
Reminding myself to remain calm
Placing the ski mask on
I walk into the bank
Pull out the Desert Eagle
Place the barrel to the head of the guard
No words are required
I remove his 9 mm.
I nudge him to the ground
Customers screaming
Two rounds go into the ceiling; Everybody Down!
Customers hit the floor
I run to the teller
Slip her the bag and note:
“All your money in loose bills”
Trembling she begins loading the bills into the bag
Less than a minute
“Everything going smooth”
“This one time and never again”
“This is it never again; I shouldn’t be doing this”
“Get the money and get out”
“Get the money and get out”
Thoughts racing
In the distance I hear a siren
That was quick I thought
Silent alarm tripped
Teller hands me the bag
I check it
All loose bills
I turn towards the door
A young police officer enters
Drop it! He yells
As he points his magnum towards me
“Damn”!
“I never wanted to hurt anyone”
“Just get the money and leave”
“Need to resolve this before his back up arrives”
“Don’t want a stand off or hostage situation”
“I’m no terrorist”
“Just wanted the money”
“I did not want to hurt anyone”
I raise the Eagle towards him
“Careful….just graze his ear to escape”
“Can’t kill this guy”
“It’s not personal he’s just a cop doing his job”
“Just graze him and escape”
“Thou shall not kill”
Carefully trying to aim at his right ear
“Too late”!
He gets off two rounds before I fire
One into my ribs
Feeling my bones break
The other into my heart
I drop the Eagle and the bag
Falling to the floor
“Strange, I’m relieved I did not hurt him”
Everybody Ok!
He yells out
As he runs towards me
Kicks the Eagle away from me
Seeing my red blood draining from my body
Spreading across the cold white floor like an alien
Sun rays glistening through it
“One last image of beauty”
“What have I done”
Such regret and sorrow
Dying trying to pray for forgiveness
“God….”!
But I can’t manage the words or thoughts
I don’t know why
Regret is in my heart
I traded love
For the lure of material gain
I mutter my last words
“I never….killed anyone”
Some consolation
But I know it’s not enough
As I breathe
My last breath
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“Thou shalt not steal”. Exodus 20:15
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HEAVENLY FATHER FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS IN THE NAME OF JESUS

INSPIRATIONAL APPLES
It is more than one now
I imagine she was beautiful
The most beautiful and alluring woman ever
Naked in a garden of God’s own
What paradise they knew
What paradise
Came the serpent
Possessed of a devil
Only one then
Now there are many
All was free
All was granted
Except one
Only one exception
Only one sin
Was it the smell
Was it the texture
Was it the beauty
Or simply the lure of the forbidden
All was free
Except one forbidden act
Given the choices
Given my sins
My lips wet with the forbidden
What an incentive
What a life
If it were today
Paradise in exchange
For simply heeding God’s word
Denying thyself the one thing
Only one forbidden thing
Seems easier then
Now so much forbidden
Much forbidden
I am apart
Of the same species
Does Eve’s actions
Reflect on me
Be a man!
Slap the fruit out of her mouth
Kill the serpent!
Yet Adam chose differently
History and the world
As we never knew
Suddenly changed
For a cruel taste of the forbidden
Our nature changed
Death entered the world
So much changed
Not worth it
Sins of the father and so forth
Am I Adam Lord
Does it matter if it was I in the garden
Or a trillion others who have walked this earth
Is it our species Lord?
Yet now
Looking back
It seemed so simple
Almost laughable
How easy it was
How they had it made
Perhaps those in hell
Think the same of me today
Thank God for Christ
My only salvation
In my world of many sins
In my world of repentance
Jesus Christ my only salvation
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“I’m in custody, L.A.P.D., one more felony; strike number 3, 25 to life in cell block two; it’s true; that’s what I gotta do”. Ice Cube; What Can I Do (Remix); 1994. 
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ONE WITH CHRIST
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MAY JESUS CHRIST BLESS US ALL