What brings the sun? Lord, You alone do know.
I hold the day but loosely in my hand.
Indeed, I have my plan, my outline for
the day, but want am I to gain control
Of all the heavy tidings of this world.
So I will make no oath and humbly ask
that all my yesses simply be in you.
If I must die that Christ might in me live,
Then I shall not object to waning self -
Instead affirming who it is that I,
Already and not yet, am in Your eye
And by Your blood transforming and transformed.
Therefore, dear sun, shine bright upon my face,
Let me not utter a complaint at hands
That go astray, at vines that catch the feet,
At all the little signs that should remind
Me of my place in this, Your wondrous world.
Categories:
yesses, inspiration, prayer,
Form: Blank verse
It was time, for my audition - a nice renditition,
I came armed, nothing too predictable, with ammunition;
this offered my chance for fame, only I was to blame
if I messed up, success meant I would never be the same again.
It was good, I knew by the smile on their faces,
now I waited, standing, while my heart really races;
I knew that one juror may give me a hard time,
playing to the gallery, a mountain I might climb.
The unnecessary hype, weirdly prolonged, was irritating,
I heard the voice: 'You know what . . . . ' , procrastinating,
why can"t he just say if he liked the bloody thing or not?
as though he was on another programme and forgot.
It was tiring, waiting for all their second-guesses,
I need not have worried because I got four yesses.
Categories:
yesses, allegory, confidence, confusion, encouraging,
Form: Prose
More yesses than nos
Many more trips to the zoo
Memories to save
Categories:
yesses, childhood
Form: Senryu