Of Fields And Friends

I left the tame pastures where grazing is blessed

Followed to desert acres where thirst never rests

You led me where Sorrow required a kiss

And Betrayal an embrace

I lost Friend Forgiveness

You introduced these companions

Not because you were cruel

But you knew of the dream I kept hidden in my skull

The pain they taught was the key to release

The passionate joy to progress in liberties

I followed you here because you said,

"For the joy of the prize you will open your head."

Now I know Sorrow like the back of my hand,

I can see him in passing when no one else can

I recognize Betrayal

And try to reconcile them all

Because that's when Forgiveness is free to come call.

Now the dream is alive and it's out in the open

Leading and calling like sirens in an ocean

And I see the green of grasses again

In patches just now, but like a great sea ahead

My shepherd whose led me thru valleys to grasses

Smiles at my skipping and glows at my laughing

He kept every tear

He felt every scream

And he used them to water the field of my dream

Party-Pooper Insomniac

I don't remember inviting Geisel 2play.

I kno I didn't ask Shel!

But play they do

With cats & hats,

& sidewalks & trees

& ink wells!

And they're turning wats meant to be Grey 

(This Matter-of-facts in my head)

Into red fish & blue fish

(Tho Shel sticks with elfish

Characters drawn in black lead.)

While I luv their earlier work

The books, the art, the rhymes

Anything this late at night

Makes me think they're pranking my mind!

I think they should clean up their paints

Draw this party to an end

And let me get some sleep

Or I'll show em the door 

& where the sidewalk BEGINS!!!

Nuff said.

PS: If u have not read the works of Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) or Shel Silverstein for ur own enjoyment, or that of a child... Sigh. WHAT HAVE U BEEN DOING WITH UR LIFE?!?! Read, smile, hopefully giggle, & enjoy the works of these masterful smile-inducers ASAP!!

Asia..? Anyone...?

This insomniac's brain

Keeps speaking in rhyme

Melatonin has failed

Magnesium defies

Perhaps u in Asia

Could engage me in speak

Since the rest of North America

Has left me for sleep.

Cracked Up

Life is not all its cracked up to be,

Then we take it out for a swing.

Around twelve we decide we know where we're going,

We crash around age sixteen.

Then we whip out some duct tape and try to repair,

We gimp through high school with a fake veneer.

We delve into higher learning

Pretending we know what we're doing

Tottering along pretty good 

Never reading signs as we should

So while smiling in mirrors we run into walls,

And when making left turns we stumble and fall.

And if we're smart we'll kneel there a while

Force our thoughts to question the smiles 

Of the other cracked lives around us

The ones who've been faking it for the same many miles.

I've seen the smart stop the insanity,

The behavior that wrecks so much.

And they've given their mess to the Master

He can fix the broken with His touch.

& He shows a new way to live

That incites peace & contentment

And when He sets us back on our path

We have Godspeed to attain fulfillment.

And like magic, life isn't cracked up!

He gives us life brand new!

And if we fall we ask The King to put us together again.

'Cause his men are amateurs with duct tape and glue.

(Ask poor Humpty!)

After

Now I'm in a fiery trial

 Or a storm 

 Or a valley

Now I'm wrestling and all is dark

Now my vision is cloudy

But AFTER this I'll b amazed!

AFTER, so will u be too!

AFTER all this insanity is done...

AFTER the confusion is through...

Cuz He's actually right w/me

   Even tho I can't see Him

And He's fighting the enemy for me

   Even tho I can't find him

He's making sure that AFTER this fire I'll come out without the smell of smoke.

And AFTER this trial I'll b shown righteous by his grace alone.

And AFTER this wrestling I'll walk different because he touched me.

And AFTER the dust settles I'll eat his banquet in front of my enemies.

I can do all things thru Christ,

And u, my friend, can too!

Right now it may feel bleak...

But I'm hearing a heavenly anthem...

Hey, they're playing our victory tune!

Instead

Don't give up,

Instead stand up.

Don't throw in the towel,

Instead muster another growl.

Don't play dead,

Instead tell em what God said...

That u can do all things thru Christ

That ur not done w/this fight

That there r less against u

  than that r on ur side

That ur coming out swinging

   and u will not hide

That the sword ur carrying

   has his death wish inscribed

That the angels decorated

   for ur victory party inside

So don't lie down and give it all up,

Instead beat this clown

   then go drink the victory cup!

Tomorrow

Today I feel lonely...

But tomorrow I will not. 

Today I feel I've been fighting for every advancement that I got

Today I feel defeated...

But tomorrow I'll see how FAR I've come.

Today I feel beat down 

But tomorrow I'll see the victory I've won

Bc while the dust from the battle  hangs heavy in the sky,

While the tears from my aching heart make puddles in my eyes,

I can't see how far I've come

Or how many comrades r by my side

But I have a Commander who CAN see it all

& tomorrow he'll show me the victory instead of the fall

The Storm

When like sea waves sorrow swells

& like thunder pain rolls

Be still & kno that HE is God

Calming the storm-tossed soul

Knock Knock

Knock knock

This ain't no joke

Knock knock

I've a heavy load

Knock knock knock

Banging on the doors of glory

Knock knock knock

God has heard my story

Knock knock knock knock

And he'll hear it again tonight 

Knock knock knock knock

Cuz he cares bout my plight

Knock knock knock knock knock

Unashamedly

Unabashedly

Knock knock knock knock knock

I will knock till my knuckles bleed

Knock knock knock knock knock

Bc God, I have this urgent need

Knock knock knock knock knock

U said if I ask I will receive

Knock knock knock knock knock

U said I'd find if I would just seek

Knock knock knock knock knock

U told me to do it persistently

Bc u hear my pleas

And if I don't stop knocking

U will open to me

Knock knock knock knock knock

Knock knock knock knock knock

Knock knock knock knock knock

Knock knock .....

Thank u, Lord.....

By Denée Richardson

Le Muser

Be Still

If my way seems wasted

My path too prolonged

When clouds confuse

Or I falter in fog

It is I who am lost

HE knows where I am

And if I would b still

I would feel HIS guiding hand

Reality is in my patience.

Deception is in my haste.

Guardian

Guardian
I know who I am...
Therefore I'm cautious with my open hands.
What I GIVE is free...
And I give abundantly.
But to guard this treasure...
So I'm not deceived,
I must be careful of WHO I RECEIVE.
~Denée Richardson

I learned as a child that protecting your reputation and anointing was WORTH the loneliness and isolation. God will always provide somebody to love you, and for you to love. There may be some dark "waiting periods" in between. But God will provide.

Be cautious. Your treasure in your earthen vessel is more important than emotional and human attachments, even with the friend you feel is God's provision. Never, NEVER, allow them to become so important you feel you can't live without them. Humanity, sometimes, has no power over whether or not they will never leave you. Sickness and death just happens sometimes. A force outside of the two of you comes to wreck the relationship sometimes.

I've learned that even when you're forced to lose who you love the most, the gifts and talents within will sustain you,, strengthen and inspire you. 

Know who you are to this world. Know your gifts and talents. Sharpen them. Use them. PROTECT THEM.

They will be what God uses to save your life.

Thanks to Lisa Velie for editing!

Course of Birth

Letting Christ b formed within
Ripping the veil of fleshly sin
We cannot utter words thru the groaning
Are we aware of the beauty we're honing?
We feel the pain of the birth
We endure through the night
It's the course of earth
Through the Journey
The twists & turns
Be it cold
Or fire that burns
For the joy set before us we go thru the pain
We refuse to quit bc we kno what we'll gain
It may feel like death
Like the end of the earth
But in reality, friend
This is the course of birth

Perfect On A Plate

I mourn. I sigh.
I dry it up & refuse to die.
I kick. I scream.
I do wat it takes to get outta this dream.
I laugh. I smile.
Not afraid to go the extra mile.
No one gives u perfect on a plate.
Life ain't fair, that's why we use faith.
It rains on the just, & the unjust too.
& Smtimes even a hurricane comes thru.
When friends confuse, & luv turns to hate
Don't b a brat, for goodness sake
Cuz no one can give u perfect on a plate.
Lol
~Denée Elaine Richardson
Pretty sure my muse was wearing pink, sparkly cowgirl boots when she gave me this! Ha!