If I could get you to care enough
About these matters
Of world-class importance—
If I could get you to
Dream your own dreams about them,
Rather than merely to lean on mine—
Category Archives: Poetry
Hold Out Much Longer
I told you I couldn’t
Hold out much longer
On my own,
And that I have to have help
Or I’ll crash and burn soon.
But I’m afraid that you
Didn’t really understand
That I was serious about that.
Mundanity
I have never been content
To busy myself with the mundane
Things of this world.
And, truth be told,
It’s fairly obvious
At this point
That I’m not likely
To start anytime soon.
The Deep Things
You can talk about the deep things
With your friends,
But most aren’t very good at it.
If You Really Want to Know
If you really want to know the man,
Look at what he will tolerate
And what he won’t.
Did You Know?
Bolstering the Notion
It seems there’s generally always
Somebody trying to take a new stab
At bolstering the notion that
People who don’t do anything substantial
To stop evil can themselves be good.
In High School
Finally Corrected
Your Kids Will Make Their Choices
On this Earth,
Your kids will make their choices—
Which is exactly what
God has put them here to do.