Posts Tagged With: poetry

To Give All

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Pieter Stok

Safe Home Coming

To give all,
To forego all,
To deny all,
… for You.
The call is so vast
that
the will stumbles and seeks
other ways.
Broadways.
Highways.
Not narrow by the seat of your pants pathways.
 
To turn from
self
to You
a battles rages.
“What about me?”
Yes, “What about you?”
Your quiet Word (of life)
entangles with
my self – ishness.
But your grace
Your all giving – ness
Your cross shaped love
Swamps the corners
of my rambling soul.
 
Kneelingly I stutter, 
“Not me.
You.”
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But You Did

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Pieter Stok

The Stocks at Aldbury UK

Discipline

Disciplining

Disciple – ing

Disciple

I don’t like the pain

Of choices I’ve made;

The scars of mistakes past.

I don’t like to be reminded

Of poor judgements, wilfulness

and closed eyed running

away,

crying, “You can’t catch me!”

like a naughty child.

But You did.

At times your love hurt,

Your unasked for care

Tasted vinegar bitter.

But you loved

Loved enough to hurt me

Loved enough to open my heart’s eyes

Loved enough

To take all the pain forever

And to make me whole.

Loved enough

To call me your child.

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Running With Youth’s Naivety – a Poem on Sunday

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Pieter Stok
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,  
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 2: 17
 

Oh to run with the naivety of youth,

To jump, dive

and explore

with abandon.

Oh to embrace and experience

Life!

To touch and feel its pleasures and joys.

Oh to try, fail and try again.

Oh to be blind to the cliffs and canyons

of indelible experiences.

Oh to run …

The old head says,

“Wait,

Be careful,

Listen,

Stop!”

The old head remembers the pain

of jumping, running and diving.

The sorrow of embracing.

The old head wishes

that once again,

he could run with the naivety

of youth.

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Hip Aches – a lamentation

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Pieter Stok
Hip aches.
Shoulder twitches,
Fingers creak,
Eyes falter,
Back tender,
Arches sore.
…
Getting older is a pain
or numerous pains.
 
 
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come …
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Family Humming – a Poem

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Pieter Stok
Oven cooking,
Kitchen busy,
Mixer whirring,
Aromas wafting.
Dining table buzzing,
Dice and tokens clattering
… with an exciting game.
Music filling in the background gaps.
…
Television off.
…
Cat owning the heating vent.
Coffee percolating,
Tea brewing.
…
Family humming.
I love Saturday night!
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Narcissism

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Pieter Stok

Narcissus was so obsessed with his reflection in a pool of water that he was unable to leave -and died.

If you are one in a million, that means there are over 6000 people just like you!

The mirror,
The reflective shop front windows:
… adjust the hair, pout the lips.
The models, the clothes:
… it’s all about me.
The reality TV show,
Those 15 minutes of fame:
“My! I am attractive.”
“Oh, I deserve it.”
“Gorgeous/Spunky!” (you choose)
“I AM the most important person in the world.”
“I AM special”.
“I AM Unique.”
…
Giving,
Sharing,
Co-operating,
Putting the other first,
Team,
Body life,
Fellowship.
…
 Life sucking. Life giving.
Your choice.
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I have Two Faces … or more

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Pieter Stok
I have two faces,
No.
Maybe more.
Faces for all occasions.
The private and public.
For friends and not so friends
For family and others not so close.
…
There is a game I play
We all play,
Where the depths
Thoughts and pains,
The awkward feelings and fears
Angers and spites
Are only on display,
at best, for some.
… maybe none.
…
A bright “Hello”
A hearty joke
Bonhommie is the display window.
The Soul, the heart are cloaked in rooms behind.
…
But You see,
You know,
Even the things I hide with excuses,
and bluster.
You cut through the darkness and
All is revealled, displayed and laid out
To Your eyes and Your heart.
…
I mumble “Thankyou”.
Even if I didn’t want You to look.
I am honest with You.
Not because I want to be.
But in You I can’t hide
My many masks.
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God’s Lists – A Poem

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Pieter Stok

God’s Lists      (e.g Exodus 20:15-17 & Galatians 5: 19-21)

God’s lists touch a nerve.
A raw nerve.
I want to run,
Avert my head,
Cover my heart.
The stare of His lists is uncomfortable,
Unsettling.
I squirm,
Deny,
Excuse.
 …
His firm but mellow hand
Holds,
Will not let me run or hide.
His lists
Like a searchlight
Reveals dark places,
Hidden corners,
Uncovers brokenness.
 …
Then

Detail from the font in Winchester Cathedral

In an almighty scream of love
He clothes me in His son.
The list evaporates.
The light finds nothing
… but perfection!
He sees me whole,
Complete, Holy.
 …
All I can do is weep;
Weep tears of elated
Hallelujahs!
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