winter

Give us this day our daily bread;

food for nourishment,

clothes to cover us,

shelter to give us warmth

friends and family to love us

and beauty to inspire us.

That our kingdom tasks may be completed.

"All I have needed Thy hand has provided..."

forgotten

It once was the family farm of the town's triplets.

The doors are wide open in welcome

to critters,

panes once sparkling

long shattered,

the clean swept floor

foot deep in litter.

All of it crumbling with neglect.

icicle

it is snowing

God sees the little sparrow fall

it meets His tender view...

Gently snow falls here

through a thin sky

that filters the sunlight,

while sparrows sing

and it makes one feel

that all is right with this world.

Across this country

my friend from across the years

still sits bedside,

by her damaged child

and waits for her to awaken

to the harsh realities of brokenness-

where all is not right with the world.

and I pray for them

to meet His tender view.

finch

family of finches

drops

they fall from the sky relentlessly

and gather on the steps

before dropping down again.