Joy
Joy is a smile.
It sounds like celebration.
It smells like the flowers of spring.
It tastes like apple pie.
It feels like the top of the world.
Baptism
Sin
Dead, mucky
Blinding, suffocating, entrapping
Soaked totally in water
Freeing, breathing, seeing
Clean, alive
Saved
Witness
The friend is there, seen.
The speech in my mind, unseen.
The challenge, too much.
The fear is overwhelming.
Maybe next time, maybe not.
Addiction
The bad thought entered my mind.
I fought it.
The bad thought strengthened.
I accepted it.
I failed.
The next night came.
The bad thought entered my mind.
I fought it.
The bad thought strengthened.
I prayed.
I won.
Brave
I can be brave,
even though I am scared.
When leading songs at church,
I look cool, calm, collected.
When leading songs at church,
I am terrified.
I walk up front
in absolute control.
I walk up front
in absolute fear.
I declare the number
loudly and clearly.
I keep my voice from quavering.
I firmly raise my hand
for the first beat.
I wonder at how the audience
doesn't see it shaking,
like a lone leaf in fall.
Trembling hand holding book.
Trembling hand held up.
Trembling legs barely holding up.
Hand comes down.
Audience begins.
It is now I remember,
I am brave,
because I am scared!