We Are the Consequence

Are we to take the blame
For what we have become
Can we for just a moment
Point fingers to someone else?

I walk a mile in my shoes
Along the road that was laid
So long ago by other men
Who chose this way to go

Are we the consequence
Of what others have made
Are we the final result
Of what has come before us?

I am the one to blame
For what I have become
For where I am this moment
Is where my feet have led

Pushing off the inevitable
For monetary solace
Shallow response made
of our own desires

We are the consequence
Of the choices we’ve made
We are the end result
Of the path that’s been laid

My Heart Sings and Hurts

Oh highest praise
That comes from my soul
And deepest pain
That the world never knows

My heart sings
And my heart hurts
From the same song

Oh greatest song
That comes from my lips
And a quietest cry
That is spoken in a sigh

My heart sings
And my heart hurts
From the same song

Oh loudest shout
Expressed in greatest joy
And faintest whisper
That aches from within

My heart sings
And my heart hurts
From the same song

Oh beautiful cross
That bore our shame
And empty tomb
That brings us grace

Your heart sings
And your heart hurts
From the same song

Seasons Apart

I want to live like summer
but you treat me like winter

You remind me of fall
when I am looking for spring

You’re like a hurricane
and I haven't built the walls

Seasons come and Season go
But I don’t notice the change
Cause it’s always winter
When you are with me
We’re just seasons apart

It raining right now
With the sun shining outside

I see the clouds collecting
On a warm spring day

It’s the coldest moment
On a summer afternoon

Seasons come and Season go
But I don’t notice the change
Cause it’s always winter
When you are with me
We’re just seasons apart

You’re the perfect storm
On a calm summer day

You’re a season of change
That never seems to stop

But it’s always winter
When I am here with you

Seasons come and Season go
But I don’t notice the change
Cause it’s always winter
When you are with me
We’re just seasons apart

World Remains Silent

This is the burden I carry
The weight of the world
Rests on my shoulders
I have sweat my blood
and I must bear this cup

And the world remains silent

This is my crown to wear
The weight of mortal sin
Dug deep in my brow
I have sweat my blood
and I must bear this cup

And the world remains silent

These are my scars to bear
The weight of darkness
Spreads across the sky
I have sweat my blood
and I must bear this cup

And the world remains silent

These are bruises I bear
As the greedy men jeer
And gamble for what I wear
I have sweat my blood
And I must bear this cup

And the world remains silent

This is the cross I bear
As the blood drips down
In to broken vessels below
To make them whole again
And bring hope of redemption

And the world remains hopeful
As it waits to be rescued
By the one hung on a cross
Hopeful of the redemption
Creation has been groaning for

And the grave is left undone
By hope and resurrection

(And Heaven waits in silence
To see the response of Creation)

Simple Song

As I fall down to my knees
Let me surrender to you
Let my hope only found
In knowing You more

As I raise up my hands
Let it be a sign to you
That my life is yours
Worship unto you

I worship with my heart
And sing with my soul
Cry out with my strength
And with all of my mind
I will praise you

As I say this prayer to you
Hear my heart cry out
In adoration to the One
Who died for me

So as I live these years
Let it bring glory to you
Because you are the one
Who gave life to me

I worship with my heart
And sing with my soul
Cry out with my strength
And with all of my mind
I will praise you

Let this be a simple song
That brings you praise
Let this be an simple hope
That hears your voice

Forest

Tall green pines
stand against the sky
And rule with majesty
As water rushes by
In the form of stream

Silence is the song
Sung among the leaves
The only sound heard
Before day breaks
And the world comes alive

The sun peaks through
Along the tree line
Seen through branches
Reflecting on a beauty
Of creation so serene

Nature sends along
A gentle breeze going by
Through the morning haze
In the crisp cool air
That will awaken us all

Creatures crawl along
Rushing from branch to limb
Scavengers of nuts and seeds
That have dropped down
To the broken ground

Paths Not Crossed

The water settles down on peaceful streams
As he sits on the shore in the sun burned sand
He looks out up the glassy sea that never ends
Her reflection is found along the face sea

The salty wind picks up as the sky grows dark
The crowd settles down and they drift away
Fires flicker in the distance as the sun slips away
He is unseen among the long cast shadows

Birds fly by in the night sky searching for rest
They perch along the harbor that runs to the west
Light illuminates the path as people walk on by
She is rushes along the busy pier unnoticed

The white foam waves pick up as a ship sails on by
With the moon casting it's light to guide the way
The music plays as the crowd slips along the sea
He stands alone at the end of the wooden dock

a man plays the saxophone on the corner boulevard
To the delight of the empty street listening in an echo
Sound travels down the alley ways for few to hear
She is caught in at glance down a quiet avenue

She lays her head down to fall asleep for the night
He searches the thoughts where his heart has been
Each is found still searching for another chance
In hopes to find each other in their dreams

The Fight

In huts of wet mud and clay
Lay children of a broken land
Recounting the many years
of not knowing another way
Except the way of their mothers
And of their fathers before them
Trapped in a kind of dismal life
Left hungry and desperate

In homes of brick and mortar
Sit the kids of breaking hearts
Reliving the lives that were lived
Many times before they did
Fenced in to survive an existence
Dwelling among a land of ruins
Stuck in a world raging around them
Leaving them surviving and fighting

In the land of poverty and shame
Live the anguished and weary ones
Taking what she needs tonight
So she can endure one more time
The abusive hand of a drunken man
Outstretched across her face again
Leaving her wondering once more
how she might end it all this time

In the land of no tomorrows
They live to make it through today
It is found in a daily struggle
Living among survival and ruin
Born in to a battle worn down
Long before they arrived here
Thrown in to a hard struggle
That never lets them get away

Desperation has a way of living
If you have never known hope
For all that has been seen
And known is pain and anguish
It has found the wounded hearts
Of the weary souls gone dry
No dignity found in the struggle
To try and make it one more day

A boy lays his head down tonight
Hoping to survive the brutal darkness
That goes on another day and again
Into a life that he didn’t create
In the midst of the endless chaos
His heart cries out in silent tears
A cry longing for a holy liberation
From all he has continually known


And the fight goes on another day

Made Whole

For all that’s become broken
We look to be mended again.
In the midst of affliction
We hope to find peace.
Peace escapes us.

The heart is found heavy
Weighed down by burdens
Of reproach and shame.
No comfort lingers tonight
No pity is here.

All caught up in a whirlwind
That never settles down
Tossed from here to there
Stuck going everywhere,
Rest never comes.

No stopping to look around
At what is going on inside,
Or just outside the door.
Too busy amassing things,
We don’t want.

Are we just empty souls
Looking to fill our voids,
Left open and hallow,
By life come unhinged,
And worn down?

We are the weary ones
Hoping to find a way out,
Emptied out of who we are,
And what has transpired.
We are left undone.

We are the casualties
Of choices we’ve made.
Left wounded and hurting
By the gravity of it all.
We are broken.

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A voice speaks “come to me
All of you who are weary
and I will give you peace.
Find rest for your souls
For my burden is light.”

Entertained

How far down will we go
Till we sell our holed souls
To survive in our own hell
A devil's haunting paradise

The lust of the eyes plead
For the flesh and the greed
Still keep appeasing us please
We want to be entertained

Sad eyes in our broken hearts
Burn a hole in our heads
Just to maintain the thrill
And wipe the tears away

Just amuse us more still
We don't need the receipt
To show the price we've paid
To stay in this shallow hotel

Shattered hearts in disarray
Cancer that keeps us in chains
Price we pay for sin and shame
To just keep us all entertained

We swim in a empty grave
Holding on to momentary ways
For we are lovers of pleasure
Who just want to stay entertained