Linda M. Crate- Three Poems

it's a wonderful life 

 

laughter of egg yolk yellow

blades of greenest grass

and periwinkle blue

dancing across the fields of 

wildflowers

exploding in lavender and rosemary

and cardinal's wings yellow

such a colorful world

You carved with your hands

makes me wonder how anyone can

believe we happened here by

chance,

and i am glad i know Your name because

the world is a beautiful place 

You meant for us to enjoy.

 

 

You know my name 

 

You know every star's name

and position in the sky,

care for the sparrows and the lilies,

and You also consider me

which is pretty amazing when i

consider the gravity of that;

You made all the flowers and You

made us each unique and beautiful

according to Your purpose—

i wonder how many remember You,

but then i see something that

revives my faith in humanity and i

know it's You telling me to believe and 

hope even when everything seems

dark, and i want to thank You for considering

me amid all the chaos among the world.

false idols 

 

i tire of all these idols,

hero worshiping,

and people proclaiming themselves

kings and queens and gods

when they're nothing more than

people;

You are the only king i'll acknowledge

because these idols aren't worth

all the time and attention

given them,

for what have they created?

they may have talent and they may have beauty,

but You are the one that gave it to them;

and i know You must disapprove

yet You love them

so as much as i despise the way they behave

i must love them, too.