Contrast

I once was a slave to sadness
Now I am a slave to joy
Though sometimes I long
for the sad path
Your love grips my soul

To gorge on fleshly lusts
To relish in temptations of Hell
I remember then the happiness
of when Your Holy Spirit fell
Nothing I did or can possibly do
changed this heart of mine
You reached down in mercy
and forgave my every crime
You loved me with no conditions
Upon Grace You did pursue
And changed my heart of sadness
to give desires that were new
Now a battle rages
between the sadness and the joy
Give me power of resistance
The power of Your Word employ
I am forever grateful
That I am still a slave
but now it is Your righteousness
for which my heart doth crave

I once was a slave to sadness
Now I am a slave to joy
Though sometimes I long
for the sad path
Your love grips my soul

9-18-2011

Silent Song

walk the night alone
sunshine drops upon my lips
silent dew upon the brow
wishing to drown in the sea
of pointless people

hopeless cause for happiness
strumming the sad cords
beating drums of doom
holding the New Song
waiting too long
for wrong... to be right
for blindness... to be sight

I can sing
but it matters not
for I open not my mouth
I sing in my head
the happy tunes
that can save the world

6-27-11
Copyright © 2011 Brian D. Jackson

Blood Stained Tears

blood stained tears
that cover the hands
of lethargy
deaf to the cries
of blatant pain
screaming for love
cutting flesh with mirrors
of self-love
that promise happiness
reaching the mountain top
of bliss

~euphoria~

flotation devices
in the blood of the fallen
...till the storm approaches
and the waves
beat them to the bottom of emotion
weighed down
by the anchor of self-loathing
...too late to be saved
by the love of the Real

love them NOW
before they drown
and their blood
is on your hands


6/8/11
Copyright © 2011 Brian D. Jackson