These Are Your Children

These are Your children, Lord, and they need You. I need You. Black-haired and brown-skinned, all wrapped in bright colors, They wave their inked hands and flash dazzling smiles; Swaying in rhythm to worshipful singing, Eyes fixed on teachers, enthralled all the while. These are Your children. Cheering and whistling while pushing and crushing, AllContinue reading “These Are Your Children”

From Lands of the East

From lands of the east, I have travelled afar, Flew over two oceans ‘midst sunshine and stars. Through deserts, o’er mountains, in hurricane gale, I journeyed, tucked snugly in Emirates’ whale. For years I had wondered how things would work out, But God showed His power without any doubt. The dream that He gave meContinue reading “From Lands of the East”

The Time to Worship

I wish I could write music. Some songwriters can express profound thoughts in gripping poetry and musical arrangements. I’ve tried, but it doesn’t come easily. I wish I could play music. I’d love to sit down at a piano and let my fingers dance. (Actually, I can do that, but the din that arises soundsContinue reading “The Time to Worship”

Imagination

Innocence,Berry juice on fingers,Eyes sparkling like silver,Giggles lilting, tinkling through golden sunshine.Bare toes scouring dirt for a pebbleSmoother than the one beforeWhile ruffles ripple in a clement breeze.The heaping scoops of clouds aboveSail across the limitless sky,And the puff of pink midst the grasses belowSees nothing of the likes.Beneath the quivering aspen leavesShe has escapedContinue reading “Imagination”

All This Happiness

Do you also smell the smoke from spitting bonfires? The freshly-cut cornfield that rustles no more? Do you hear the yellow carpet crackling under a squeaky wheelbarrow? The hundred geese ca-honking? Do your eyes linger on the shimmering groves tucked among folds of fields? The subdued grain and grasses? Does your tongue tingle with spicyContinue reading “All This Happiness”

A Worthy Cause

(Sometimes my creativity and imagination takes me farther than I expect, as proven by this story. I suppose you could say this is a sequel to Mosquito in the Cabin, because both personify insects. But I’ll consider it a separate story since this one has a deeper meaning. It’s an allegory– if I dare callContinue reading “A Worthy Cause”

Quite Queer

Clusters of lavender, sweetest aroma! Blooming by roadsides, arranged in a vase, Clutched in my hand, they’re the loveliest lilacs— And how the fragrance sweeps over my face! Gleaming with pride that’s as yellow as sunshine, Strong-willed and tow’ring high over my lawns With sticky stems and the sneakiest root-spread, White-headed dandelions wave their batons.Continue reading “Quite Queer”