Reading or Writing

Deciding to read or write
To cause inspiration
Or instill fright
To write in cadence
Or from a vision I see
In either case it comes from the heart of me

Am I deeper or shallower than I think I am ?
Are the places I have taken my stand
Important in the land?

Have I built on rock?
Or will what I have said and done
Sink into sand?

I depend on the justice of the creator
In the end
All knowledge is held
By the great arbitrator
And if Christian faith is infused in all I say
The truth is
I don't know how to think any other way

Is my poetry basic or profound?
Does it hit the reader like a lector on a stage?
Or is it read
Like folks sitting in the round?

Does it echo like a drum circle
Beating rhythm below the trees?
Does it have the reverence?
Like clicking boots in empty cathedral
Their volume diminished
By padded pews
Hitting bended knees

Does it permeate the night
Like spirits diving under dark ocean waves?
Does it cut the heart with laughter?
Humor sometimes is the only way to say
What needs to have its say

It might be more profane
If it was my darkness that found verse
I can't find wisdom
In the parts of me I know are worst

It is wisdom I seek
Separation from Adam's fall
You might be tired of me posting
But I like playing with words
So I am having a ball

Goodnight