Depth Perception

I found you in the Mountains
and her streams
not among     cherished traditions
where   mankind   clings 
but in the songs    of the meadow larks
within the forest      and the valley's   parks

Oh how excellent are your ways   my Beloved
and the course you set         is always true
your reflections give light         just like the sun
to follow you  is the path      I'll always choose

My heart swells     as the floodgates of the rivers
as a torrent of waters       which are undammed
its flow like the      tidal's     power the oceans
my attention is riveted     by their demands

Among men shall I find      none like you
or the spectrum      of talents you possess
the seeds of inspiration       do they empower
and it's influence I      wish always to  express

You mind moves swift          as waves of Light
their energy is formed   and fired by  thought
your influences   governs life by its commands
and the trails of life        are in them wrought 

Unable am I    to ignore      all that is you 
and the abuses      from which I have been torn
that drives and strives     excellence to pursue
to escape the slumlords       where I was born 

COPYRIGHT © 2014 C Michael Miller
Romans 8:4-6
New International Version (NIV)
4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, 
who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh 
desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set
on what the Spirit desires.6 The mind governed by the flesh is death,
but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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