The Lake Side Church
David J Walker
The Lake Side Church reminds me
That Jesus walked on water
Jesus fed fish to the
Uncounted multitudes
Jesus calling out to Peter
and his brothers
to abandon their boats and nets
and follow Him
The Lake Side Church reminds me
God separated the
Waters from the dry lands
in the same way
He parted ways
with the lights of the
nights and days
And created the
Woman from the man
In the dry dust on hand
made in various colors of clays
The Lake Side Church reminds me
That Noah build an Ark on dry land
And no person would understand
The parade of animals who did
The Lake Side Church held
Saturday picnics on
Namesake shores
People dressed in white
In boats without oars
Begging to be baptized
Before the Rapture that
Could come any day
Winter Chores
David J Walker
What I remember of
Early morning winter chores
Is a wicked wind waiting to
Baptize and make a believer
Of me
Again
And Again
Oh! mystic waters;
Rain reign on me often;
Drenching my heart and soul;
Wet my head down to my toes;
Fill my heart baptize me ever more;
5/31/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
''Hear, Accept, Apologize, Admit, be Cleansed.''
As the Son Rises
David J Walker
If God so loved the world
Why did he take back his
Only-begotten Son
Was his innocent blood really
Worth my intentional sins
Am I among the ones whose
eternal salvation is really only
Another confession and a display
Of emotion on a Sunday
After another week of weak devotion
And a reckless Saturday
Baptize me at the dawn of
Each and every new day
As the Son Rises again
And again
B-aptize
O-ne
T-housand
O-ne
L-isteners
A-nd
N-onmembers
Topic: 79th anniversary of Botolan, Zambales North (March 17,2020)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
C-onvert
A-nd
B-aptize
A-ll
N-ations
A-fter
T-hey
U-nderstand
A-lmighty's
N-ews
Topic: 90th Anniversary (February 17,2020)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Photo: Paolo Salonga
B-aptize
A-ll
N-ationalities
I-nside
Topic: 73rd Anniversary of Bani, Zambales North (October 15,2019)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Am I so entitled,
is it there in my name
Is the water redemptive,
my salvation proclaimed
Does the Rock Of All Ages
line my river with stone
Are the words mine by birthright,
not borrowed or loaned
Is all time but a servant,
flowing inward to send
A beginning eternal,
whilst slaying the end
Is my legacy written
in the current redeemed
As the present rechristens
—my baptismal name freed
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)
Moonlight passage leads
to river of devotion
bare feet gather here
in waves of fluid motion
holy infatuation.
For Contest : Tanka
Date: 7-8-18
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