AWKWARD PSALM

AWKWARD PSALM

A sign of true humility
Is when we understand
That human weakness may deserve
Respect – not reprimand.

The awkward ones who hesitate –
Forgetful souls who slip –
Quixotic fellows – clumsy gals –
Who seem to lose their grip –

The socially inadequate –
The ever ill at ease –
The overbearing amateurs
Who try too hard to please –

Have courage we could emulate
In facing their regrets –
They dare to carry on in grace
Sufficient for their debts.

(18 October 2010, Pleasant Grove, Utah)

TIMPANOOKE SUITE

WAYMARK: FIRST

The air and Light are synonyms –
We paint the atmosphere –
The objects – metaphysical –
Are more than they appear.


WAYMARK: SECOND

The dawn is gradual but quick –
Resolving radiance –
The footsteps of ascendency –
Enlightened gradients.


WAYMARK: THIRD

Built-in body Bunsen-Burner –
Walking keeps us warm –
Ligamental lacework lattice
Has a layered charm.


WAYMARK: FOURTH

The uphill tests endurance –
Downhill slope our balance –
The guide that gives assurance:
Vegetation’s valance.

(18 September 2010, Timpanooke Trail)

GROVE CREEK SUITE

“YES”: THE BENCH

My questions had an answer –
A Being whispered “Yes” –
I followed His commandment:
“Come follow, teach, and bless.”


MATURITY: THE BRIDGE

Respect for words is charity –
Without it we would fail –
To train the tongue means clarity –
That amity prevail.


HUMILITY: THE FOREST

Humility’s not high nor low –
It’s balancing the load –
The paradox of Heaven’s God –
Mortality’s Abode.


CLIMBING: THE SPRINGS

To climb is steep but worth the strain –
The vistas are immense –
The nearly silent chant of grass
Awakes our sleeping sense.


SOLO: CHRIS’S FLATS

Our solitude is plenitude –
The emptiness is dear –
The wilderness inhabitants
Can greet us without fear.


THE WAY: THE GROVE

“The way seeks us” as we walk on –
The path is foreordained –
Coincidence is not by chance –
The plan is not constrained.


FELLOWSHIP: THE FIRE ROAD

Our fellowship brings gratitude –
The gift of morning tide –
Companionship is interlude
With angels at our side.