Back to the Future

With Lennon, Dylan and Byrds in my ears
I ride, facing backward, on a train
to the great city of my youth 
where all the doors are still open.

Deliver Us from Evil

When I become spiritually smug
I think of evil people --
my unwillingness to help and forgive them,
and his call to "Love your enemy."

Thank you for grace
for I am a toddler soul
trying to run a marathon.

The Devil Wears Fear

If I wear armor so I will not be hurt by you

then I am weighted, 

obscured,

burdened with weapons,

untouched by light, warmth, skin.

I must forfeit my favorite fears

to know freedom,

transparency,

ability,

and to be all God calls me to be.

Haiku for Planet Mars

Scars show through the rouge.
Were you once wet and vibrant
in blue negligees?

Tail Gator

With rank arrogance he decides
that others can be sacrificed
so he can regally arrive --
three seconds early.