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Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Fallen ~ Sarah McLachlan ( Video & lyrics)

I've had this song on loop for the past hour. It speaks so deeply to me & feels like a poem. While the lyrics are sad and full of regret and loss, they don't leave me melancholy. Why? Because I look at my life, and instead of reflecting upon my very many mistakes, I am instead  compelled to reflect upon GOD who has wiped away everything I've ever done wrong. His love makes me clean and new and whole. His answer for my sins is grace, forgiveness and mercy. Precious LORD, I fall deeper in love with You everyday. The day I met JESUS was the greatest day ever. 

It doesn't matter what we've done or think we've done, GOD's forgiveness and grace is available to anyone who truly asks for it.

xx


                                                             Sarah Mclachlan - Fallen

                                         



Heaven bend to take my hand and lead me through the fire 
Be the long awaited answer to a long and painful fight 
Truth be told I tried my best
But somewhere along the way, I got caught up in all there was to offer 
But the cost was so much more than I could bear

Though I've tried,

(Chorus)
I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know 
So don't come 'round here and
Tell me I told you so

We all begin with good intent
When love was raw and young
We believe that we can change ourselves
The past can be undone
But we carry on our back the burdens time always reveals
In the lonely light of morning
In the wound that would not heal
It's the bitter taste of losing everything 
I've held so dear

[Chorus]

I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know 
So don't come 'round here and
Tell me I told you so

Oh,

Heaven bend to take my hand
I've nowhere left to turn
I'm lost to those I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turn their heads, embarrassed
Pretend that they don't see
That it's one miss step, one slip, before you know it
And there doesn't seem a way to be redeemed

Though I've tried,

[Chorus]

I've fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know 
So don't come 'round here and
Tell me I told you so

Oh,
I've messed up
Better I should know
Don't come 'round here and
Tell me I told you so

Monday, 5 November 2012

Drum Beat...

Should I stay or should I go?

When the sign is blasted
Will I know?..

Life is a drum beat
Dancing slow..


Dancing slow
Then I'll know...

Life is a drum beat
Dancing slow..

Noir 2012



Saturday, 25 February 2012

Anatomy of a break-up

I miss you ..


Where did we lose it along the way?
When did we stop good night hugs?
Why did we let go of good night kisses?
How did work, stress, life come between us?
When did tempers get frayed? And words get heated
& stubbornness get entrenched?
Why & how did we stop putting each other first?
How could we have stopped laughing? & joking & teasing?
When did ‘I care for you’ – become – ‘I want my own way’?
When did ‘I love you’ – become – ‘I need you to obey me’?
When did soft gentle words become replaced by me, myself & i?
When did hardness become a substitute for tenderness?
Why did we let go?

We could have had world enough & time enough & love enough
To make a go of it – but we let it slip away in a whirlstorm of
Sulks & hurt feelings & self-pity ..

How could the voice that uttered ‘baby’ so tenderly become the noisome
screech of a fish-wife ..
How could the wonder of belonging became the hard toll of ownership?
When did ‘I belong to you’ become ‘You are my possession’?

The wonder of love cast beneath the stormy waves
Trying to reach out became an exercise in pushing away ..
We both let go.
We both messed up.
We didn’t pray, didn’t fast, didn’t involve God.
Instead self, ego, pride were allowed to reign unchecked and take centre stage.
Both of us to blame.
Our relationship,
Perhaps a gift ..
A gentle flower to nurture ..
was trampled carelessly under heavy boots ..
crushed beneath the weight of painful words ..
‘I am sorry’ became the hardest 3 little words.

I miss you ..

But 
I only miss the ‘us’ we once had ..


© 2010 Noir  

Friday, 30 December 2011

Friendship


A grain of sand
lodged in a shell

sharp, ..
gritty, painful
often company
sometimes a nuisance
but always there

soon
the mussel folds arounds the grain ..
enfolds it
shapes it
moulds it
births in pain
a hidden secret

unhidden
unseen
just a shell

until
the day comes
to prize open the mussel

slowly
painfully
its treasure unfolds

a perfect pearl

noir..

Thursday, 8 December 2011

I Am A Woman

I am a woman ...
Irrational, emotional, sensitive, illogical,
I am a woman ...
Intuitive, talkative, unshakable, unstoppable,
I am a woman ...
Weak, tender, gentle, soft-hearted,
I am a woman ...
Strong, steady, calm, down-to-earth,
I am a woman ...
Delicate as a flower, sturdy as a steel beam,
I am a woman ...

A tender word from you can brighten up my day,
Your frown can cause the sun to go down,
I am a woman ...

Loving you doesn’t make me weak
It strengthens me,
Crying doesn’t break my heart
It refreshes my soul,
Please don’t try to change me,
Embrace me,
I am a woman ...

Your woman.........



Copyright © 2010 Noir.

Sunday, 7 August 2011

Jewels of the night


Reflectin
'pon different times
times shared .. times past
times hoped for .. times gone by

in the dark still quiet that speaks night
thoughts hum
chatter loudly
weave a subtle dreamy spell ..

different thoughts
vie for pre-eminence
trip upon each other
in a mad dash to rush to the fore …

tis thoughts y’see
not words
tis thoughts .. in a meetin of two minds
that is the greatest thing shared

so in the cool still velvety night
all is quiet ..
no words intrude to rudely shatter
the peaceful
harmony of self ..
thoughts are laid out
examined like jewels
probed for answers
turned upside-down .. inside-out

and finally - there it is
all laid out
bare n free ..
truth is reached .. is touched .. is won
tis all in the thoughts you see
all there
waitin .. longin to be set free

thoughts of ..
you and me ..