One Life

We have
This one life
Then it’s done

We walk it

With these people
At this time

This spouse

This family
These friends
These neighbors
This group
Of coworkers

Then it’s done

So what

Do we want it
To be

Here’s what I

Want it
To be

More arms wide open

Supporting
Each other
As we go

More deep talks

Because you
Are important
To me
And I care
About the details
Of your life

More how

Can I make
Your day
A little easier

Less I

Am ashamed
About the pain
In my life

Less I am scared

To ask for the help
That I need

Less I don’t feel
I am ever
Enough

More living

Our one lives
Together

So no one
Has to go it
Alone

Always Going To Be

I'm always
Going to be
A little
Broken

That's what happens

When things
Break

They change forever

Even after

They are glued
Back together
In one
Acceptable
Piece

They are different

Maybe a little less reliable

Maybe a bit more disappointing

Just for the fact
That they no longer are
What they were

But I haven’t disappointed me

I’m forever proud

Of who I am

Forever respectful of

My broken places

Forever owning

What is painful
And cracked

Always

Going to be
A little broken
Sure

Yet forever always

Grateful
To be me

I Live Here

I live here

Way beyond

It’s going to be OK
Right at
This is how it is

Miles from

I consider it pure joy
Exactly abutting
This sucks though I’m living it best I can

I live here

Where when heartbreaking things happen

It is ok to say
My heart
Is broken
Instead of
This is for my good

Where it’s reasonable

To say
This hurts

Without trying

To assign blame
Or any reason
Other than
Sometimes
Life just
Hurts

I live here

I don’t just exist here

I’m not just passing through

I live here

And it would be nice

To have
Some company

 

If I Go To Church Again

If I go to church again

I will walk
Through the door
Knowing what I believe

I won't again

Walk into a church
Unsure of my beliefs

Hoping someone there

Can help me
Figure them out

I will come in whole now

And the church will be a tool
For living what I believe

I won't come in broken

Asking to be shaped
Expecting a fix

If I Prayed

If I prayed
I wouldn't pray
For God to fix
A situation

But I would pray
For God
To fix
Me

If I prayed

I wouldn’t pray
For God to stop
Life’s ebb and flow

But I would pray

God help me handle
What goes on here

I’d pray

Don’t fix the world
Fix me

I’d pray

Don’t change the world
Change me
Make me strong
In this world

And I will go out

And change it
Myself