Teach Me

Lord
All I ask
Is that you teach me
To love as you do
Love people unconditionally
To see them as you do

So often I don't see
Because I don't want to
I close my eyes and harden my heart
When I walk pass a suffering person
Oh God, open my eyes
Soften my heart
Teach me to serve
Like you did

Live

All of the lights
Flashing and distracting
As I try to walk past
Into the darkness
Hidden in the shadows
Under the trees

This is my kingdom come
I'm only human
Full of flaws
Full of mistakes
Broken and distracted
The pain isn't my reality
I won't let it consume me

I just need to find a sulution
A way to relieve the pain inside
No one needs to see me
When I'm like this
Its my battle, I need to fight it alone
You're fighting yours
In your own way

Don't tell me how
Or show me a way out
Don't get too close
There's safety in the darkness
of the forests
Away from prying eyes
And painful questions

They want to know why
Prying despite the silence
Behind my smiles
They can't hear the refusal
To tell them why
I'm falling apart
On the inside
I'll find the answers
To all that I am, to who I've become,
Before I can face the world again
Maybe I'll be stronger
For the battles I've fought
To know you lived
I'll raise my cup to all that you are
I've see your journeys
As I've traveled mine
I felt your pain
As it added to mine

Thank You

As I lay my head down

To shut my eyes and sleep

I thank you, gracious bed

In which to sleep

A blanket, pillows and a mattress

All so nice and clean

Black & White

The light
Shows the way
But the blackness lingers
Just beyond the edges
Of the circle of light
That's why the next lamp
Casts away the darkness
And shows the next little piece
Of the sidewalk
They run along
Alight at night
Off during the sunlight hours

Love

Love is a gift
Something to share
Precious and beautiful
Fragile like a rose
Strong as a lion
Fiercely protective
More than a mother bear

You loved, you gained
You're together as one
Blessed by God
Holding each other's hearts
In your hands

Where one goes
The other follows
To pick each other up
Protect, care, cherish
When you're together
United forever
You aren't easily broken

Ticket To The World

The line stretches on

In front of me

I glance at my watch

The minutes crawl slowly by

I tap my passport against my hand

Nerves are high and tension thick

Another country, another land

Another passport stamp

To add to the multitude

Already there

I've seen so many places

Passed accross so many borders

Had threats made and red pen used

I've been to so many countries

That it's almost not worth counting

I know I've been fortunate

Been able to travel

As freely as I have

But that desire to see more

Still burns deep within

I long to see more of the world

Not to add another passport stamp

Or country to my long list

I want to travel because I can

To see the beauty of this planet

Before I die or grow too old

Life is a gift, I want to remember

That I lived every day

Because I could

Give Me Life

My Lord and my King

My protector, my deliverer

My savior

You chose me

You anointed me

You cleansed me

You died for me

To give me life

I don't know how to thank You

For all You've done

No words can explain

Exactly what You did

The price You paid

To give me life

My Uganda

The lights go out

Another night without electricity

Either a busted transformer

Or attempts to stop

A rapidly emptying lake

Rain pounding on a tile roof

The heady smell of wet earth

And the promises of a flooded city centre

Accompanied by nightmarishly slippery roads

Covered with red tinted mud

Traffic so congested

That no one is moving

Six lanes of cars where

Three should be

Motorbike taxis weave in and out

Added danger with added passangers

This is my home

This is my country

This is my Uganda

Holy Ground

Anointed, appointed

Set apart, and cleansed

To cry "freedom" from the streets

To walk upon the solid rock

Up sacred paths to the holy mountain

Where a royal kings dwells, enthroned,

Who's face no one has seen

Yet he knows and has met with me

He anointed, appointed, me

Made me His own

Yet I haven't even seen His face

The road before me may be shrouded

By the mists of tomorrow

Yet I know I'm not alone

I can take off my shoes

And walk bare footed

Like I did when I was young

Because the ground I walk upon

Is holy ground

All Things

It's one of those days
When my arms are spread wide
I'm on my knees again
Before Your throne
I need You so much
Touch me

No matter how strong the winds are
Or how powerful the waves may seem
I'm not alone out on these open seas
For I know, You are with me
Your love never fails to protect me
Whom shall I fear?

You never change
All things belong to you
And no matter what storms I face
I never face them alone
So I give You the glory

I long to walk with You
Spend time with You
I need Your touch in me
You are here with me
I can feel Your presence
Your hope in me
I know who I am
Because You chose me
As Your own

In The Name Of Glory

I will look to Zion

Where the King on the mountain dwells

When I walk on the holy hill

I know I am home

For He who is Glory

Is here with me

Fire pulses through my veins

Passion burns in my blood

For I am His

And He is mine

The One who walks upon the waters

Had been crowned with glory

And calls me His forever

I will follow Him

Further than I'd ever go alone

Walking down the paths of life

Towards forever more

I am safe, now,

And once I reach

Eternity's shores

The life truly begins

Because of His great love

Now I choose to fight

For the King who made me His own

I don't care what comes

Because I am NEVER alone

No darkness can hold me

For the Son of the Glorious One

Dwells within my soul

He anointed my hands

My feet

My head

He purified me

And sent me forth

To walk ahead of them, with Him,

And be light in the darkness

As He is the light that goes before me

I will proclaim what the Son of Glory

Did for me

More Than A Book

I hold Your Book in my hands
Reading through the letters to the churches
And the stories of Christ

So much to learn from these books
There's a lot of food for thought
Always something new to learn
Insight to pass on to another


Battles with giants
Fighting for a nation
Made of twelve tribes
Chosen by the One in Heaven
And with a beautiful history
Miracles happens
A childless woman
Baring a boy
In her old age
With that boy
A nation was born

More than just stories
Life has been breathed
Onto the words
That have been written
In Your Book of Life

Somewhere

Somewhere deep inside
There's hope flickering dimly
Burning on unlimited wax
Waiting to catch on dry wood
Before turning into a wildfire

Somewhere deep inside
Is passion unending
A well untapped
Just waiting to be torched
Then it will bubble over
Like a fountain of fury

Somewhere deep inside
Is where my heart is
My heart is full
Of passion and fire
Burning for my Lord
Only He can light the fires
Of my soul
Only He can lead me forwards

Places

So places to see
So many destinations
I look at the departures board
so many countries I've never seen
All of them I wanna go to
Maybe one day I'll travel to each one
To see the secrets behind each name

I'm a traveller
It's in my blood
New people, new places
And many adventures around the corner
I just can't wait to see what's gonna come

Reserected

The man in white
With holes in His hands
His feet
His side
Because of love
He bled, died, rose again
Now, he takes broken hearts
Making them whole again
Into something new
Something beautiful, pure, holy
Like himself

A lifeline to grab
A second chance to grasp
Healing and redemption
Giving my broken heart
For a chan to be made new
I have lived but not to the full
I need to be touched
By the man in white
For life is in His hands

Decisions

You make decisions
That mold you, shape you, change you
You choose to go down paths
Others would prefer you to stay away from
But maybe God is directing you
Maybe He's guiding you
Gonna use you
In ways you never imagined

I don't judge you
It's your life
Your choice
You decision in the end
All I'll do is listen to you
Pray for you
Let God lead you
Direct you
Even if you can't see Him

If Only, If Only

I look to the moon but get no reply

The birds in their nests are as still as the night

The bark on the trees are cold as can be

Nothing dares move, sound doesn't lie

No warmth to be found, not here in the forest

If only

If only

Cities don't sleep, by day or by night

The noise is revolting, the smell is jarring

People going, never pausing, never stopping

No sense of destiny, just love and desire

Promises empty, easily made, easily broken

Purses emptied, bags picked, car lights stolen

Nobody notices, no one cares

If only

If only

No one sees another life broken

Dreams destroyed by greed for power and control

Abuse run rampant, untold grief is caused

No hand to hold a little one close

No words of comfort, explaining  what's been done

No fingers to brush tears away

No one knows when he'll return

To steal from her yet again, something he shouldn't

Something she'll never get back

If only

If only

The Winds' Song

The winds show no sign of stopping

Singing loudly with a frightening eeriness

As it rushes headlong across the flat lands

It comes, carrying rain or wet snow with it

Sometimes it brings nothing at all

It rushes round the house

And through the leafless trees

Shreaking loadly and frightening me

It promises rain and sleet

An icy breath cutting through your clothes

Leaving you shaking and cold

Like jumping into the river

In dead of winter

In the hill country

The winds are slowed

Yet not quitened, not even a little

But where water once was

And waved rolled across the sea

A place that's now dry and flat

Without wind barriers or mountains

This the where the four winds play

Sometimes its warm winds from the south

From the African desserts

But in the long winter nights

Its the cold, icy winds from the north

A wind that carries frozen knives

And brings the most pain

To your noise, fingers and toes

It cuts through your clothes

And many protective layers

One Day

The dawn's angry red light

Bounce off ivory skies

Promises of storms to come

Take warning!

The days move on

Time can't be stopped

The rain comes, the rain goes

The cold remains

It's the middle of October

We still had fun

Nothing to loose

The world or gain

One day at a time

A small child

Dancing under the titanium grey skies

Laughing and playing

Caught in the present moment

Not a care about tomorrow's dawn

No grown up worries

To pin that happy soul down

Just one day at a time

Anything Less

Breaking glass

Healing hearts

Truth bringing freedom

Freedom bringing life

Vulnerability

Daring to be honest

About lies we believed

Breaking down walls

Letting the truth in

Through openness

Healing came in

Through a simple act

Of breaking a mirror

The lies were thrown out

Thrown out and broken

Setting us free

To be sons and daughters

Of the kingdom of God

Anything less

Isn't for us

The Magic In The Music

The violins hum softly, like a swarm of bees
They crescendo towards the climax, slowly
Yet…
Leaving you cold, inside and out
The notes drop suddenly,
As they get deeper, softer, and angrier
They’re still building up the intensity of the symphony
The flutes come in, high and frighteningly beautiful
It seems there’s no real attachment between woodwind and string
Then the vocals begin their singing
Again, it appears there’s no unity between the three
Until…
The climax strikes out with complete surprise
The violins and the flutes, take the notes so high
It fills the hall, expanding and contracting
Like a living organism
Total harmony in the music and the notes
Voices, high trebles, reach the roof
The strings cut invisible paths into the air
The flutes send imaginary butterflies across the house
And emotion is stirred, deep within; tears are shed
The crescendo starts all over again
Its evident that unity is there this time
The conductor’s baton is almost imperceptible
As it moves to keep the orchestra together
All of a sudden and without warning,
The conductor’s baton stops
With its stop, a thick silence fills the hall
The smallest of signals from the baton
And…
A single voice, full of youth, emotion and beauty, sings out in exhilaration
The words are unrecognizable,
Some think it’s a forgotten tongue of the angels
One by one, more voices fill the air, silvery and almost elfish in sound
The violins being their buzzing of the bees and the flutes, their fluttering of the butterflies
An air of beauty fills the hearts of all
The violins softly stop their humming and moments later, the flutes, their quivering
The high, beautiful voices continue for a fraction longer
Leaving the last note hanging
Silence falls on the heads of all, like a silver rain

When The Music Stopped

Many a person doesn’t know a day 

When there wasn’t music playing from the shops 

The restaurants and subway cafés around the globe 

It is being played in some sort or other 

It can be beautiful, or ugly, 

We all can choose what we like 

To call lovely, what we choose to play 

Or what we’d rather not hear 

 

Once, they had a moment or three of total silence 

Felt the world over, as people stood silent 

It was the moment when the music stopped 

The silence was painfully eerie 

Almost to a point where the drop of a pen could be heard 

I recall that day, like it was only yesterday 

When the music stopped and the world came to a halt 

I AM

I am a shadowy corner, the blackest of corners in your home

I am the gloom beyond the candle’s circle, lingering and remembering

I am the ghost long dead, come back to follow you and protect you

I am the darkest of your nightmares, waking you up at dead of night

This is who I am, who I have now become, I am unchangeable

The sun will rise for you and it will cast away all your doubts

I can see them fleeing before the light with their tails between their legs

I must turn my face away from you, a phantom dissolves in the sun’s bright light

I am nothing new, the old remains and I remain forever young

I am history, the memories of the dead are what I hold in my hands

I am your listener, I hear your darkest and deepest thoughts

I am the way, I will lead you to my Father

I am the truth, I hurt when you don’t want to hear

I am the life, I call all those who believe to come to me

A new start and a new beginning, a life of complete chance

Turn around and serve the one true God 

Stand your lives on the Great I AM

Today you can choose to follow and give everything, hear his voice, today

I am the light of this world

I am the counsellor

I am the good Shepherd

I am your leader

I am your guide

I AM WHO I AM

Says the Lord God Almighty

Nobody's Girl

I don’t belong to nobody

Don’t call me yours

Because I’m not

Never will be

Your girl

 

Don’t make me mad

It’ll hurt us both

 Please don’t try

To get an answer from me

You know what it’ll be

Even before you ask

So don’t waste your breath

By asking

For an answer

 

The truth is simple

I’m not anyone’s girl

Can you grasp this?

I need a clear head

Not clouded by demands

Expectations

Promises I can’t keep

Don’t give me any fancy titles

That I’m your girl

Believe me when I say

I’m not

 

We have our whole lives ahead of us

Death is far away

There’s no need to rush

Into anything now

So wait

And as we wait

I’ll call myself

Nobody’s girl

Future Seer

I don’t care

But I know I do

I’m involved now

 

I wish I could say life was easy

Straight forward and frustration free

But that takes the challenge away

Its fun not knowing

What’s about to come

 

I know my past

Can’t see into the future

At times, I wish I could

That would take my hope away

If I could really see

What is to come