Teacher Turned Student

Fish out of water
Bird on the ground
Being out of your element
Is something profound

From king of the jungle
To just one more face
Starting everything new
And pleading your case

Taking a step
And letting things go
Banking on a future
You have yet to know

And memories are haunting
Faces in your dreams
And catching your breath
Is harder than it seems

Feeling short of purpose
The teacher with out a class
Has now become the student
Studying hard to pass

I'm sure that you'll find
A place where you're free
To swim or to fly
Which ever you'll be.

To: Brian-called-Adam

On My Mind

so you're on my mind
and i can't help help it
i tried not to think about you
but you persisted
you insisted i analyze you
everything that i know
and when i refused
somehow you crept in

so i gave in

and that's why you're on my mind

Come to Lift

Today I come to lift
For you I humbly pray
For this is not about me
At least not for today

Today I come to lift
This may someone please
But even if it's not
I will love with ease

Today I come to lift
In doing I'll be blessed
But this is not my wish
For you are I confess

Today I come to lift
I pray I can be part
To ease your burdens born
To carry your broken heart

Today I came to lift
And though you may not see
Today you changed my life
For today you lifted me

~ Inspired by a sacrament talk by Daryl Smith 9.16.07 ~