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(This is a sad love song that is not about romance, but the death of my son.)

I wish I had the words to try and make you see

I wish I had a way to bring you back to me

I wish I was so wise that I would always try

to say the words just right to never make you cry.

I wish I had the words to try and make you know

I wish I had a way to never let you go

I wish I was so wise that I could always say

the words that sound just right so you won’t ever go away.

I wish I had the words to try to make you feel

I wish I had a way where fantasies were real

I wish I was so wise as to look into your eyes

and say the words that go unheard beneath the big blue sky.

(This came out of a self imposed exercise to write a poem inspired by a favorite movie, The Princess Bride.)

“It must be true love,” he cried

as he dropped his eyes.

“For I love you still

when you’re uncomfortable.”

“It must be true love,” he said

as he dropped his head.

“For I love you still

when you’ve unlovable.”

“It must be true love,” he weaped

as he fell asleep.

“For I love you still

that you’re unsleepable.”

For it’s true love…

and she requests a kiss.

My only reply to her…

As you wish…”

“It must be true love,” he sighs

as she passed him by.

“For I love you when

you’re unapproachable.”

“It must be true love,” he called

as he watched her fall.

“For I love you when

you’re unstoppable.”

“It must be true love,” he cried

as he questioned why.

“For I love you still

when unbelievable.”

For it’s true love…

and she requests a kiss.

My only reply to her…

As you wish…”

“Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,” Philippians 3:13

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Every question and every sign,

All of my lessons and all of my lies,

Every beginning and every end,

All of my glory and all of my sin.

Every rapture and every scream,

All my ambitions and all of my dreams,

Every grimace and every grin,

All of my glory and all of my sin.

All of my past and all of my story. All of my sin and all of my glory.

It’s not who I am but it is who I was. Forgetting it all in the light of Your Love.

Every trophy and every prize,

All of my lovers and all of my lies,

Every transgression and every kin,

All of my glory and all of my sin.

Every bondage and every chain,

All of my doubting and all of my pain,

Every confession and all of my skin,

All of my glory and all of my sin.

All of my past and all of my story. All of my sin and all of my glory.

It’s not who I am but it is who I was. Forgetting it all in the light of Your Love.

Every failure and all of my faith,

All my abundance and all of my waste,

Every real and all my make pretend,

All of my glory and all of my sin

Every dream and every desire,

All my wants I try to acquire,

Every correction and all discipline,

All of my glory and all of my sin.

All of my past and all of my story. All of my sin and all of my glory.

It’s not who I am but it is who I was. Forgetting it all in the light of Your Love.