Tantum Ergo

You evoke the silence
in the room, minds are
pacing, petitions are heard

and I stare. I look at
the light that hits the
surface of Your vessel.

The ruined like crows
avoid Your grapes though
some craving with everything

just for a nibble, just
a squirt of Your drunkenness,
but the shimmering averts.

Unleavened sitting with open
ears. How is it that knowing
comes flawlessly? No need

to understand how; just
simply why? Why hear
racing thoughts and hold

the pinewood sky in perfect
order? What a world of
beautiful flaws! And the

day will come when all
around me will be renovated.
For nothing is created or

destroyed. And we the stewards
hold true Your purpose. Let
us be Your holy hands.

Monotone Sequence Theorem

Dot, dot, dot, dot
All gathered on a poorly
Stretched graph. Will it be

Bounded by a limit above?
The monotony of dot after
Dot, just seeking to fall

Into uniformity. There was
Never hope for the dots
To shoot for the stars.

All they can do is sit
And wait until one day
They can break through,

But we all know this will
Never happen. Before they
Existed, we knew them.

Time Is Too Dear

Ticking motions every fleeting moment

Instances pass on as you sip on your cup of chai

Mornings come and go and we lose them

Every second we wish we can get back to live

It pains us to see we cannot eat our chili

So many little things we will miss

Today we should live and nothing should wait

Only God knows when we will go

Our time is running out and there are things to do

Dreams must be done and causes completed

Even those that seem impossible have hope

All we have is now so accomplish a plethora

Remember this everyday; time is too dear

Goodbye Sunshine

Goodbye Sunshine, I'm off for the night
Your golden warm rays aren't far from my sight
It might be a change but to me that's alright
For you are in my memory.

You drove all my thoughts and changed all my ways
With you I've spent years, many months, many days
To you I looked up to and had fixed my glaze.

I once was afraid to leave your embrace
Thought terrors and troubles and tears I would face
For I feared my decisions would alter my pace
And you stayed in my memory.

I left and I felt a taste of distressed
For I was more east than more ever west
But I calmed myself and hoped for the best.

My hope did come true and best I did get
So great that of leaving I'll never regret
But of you are my origins I will not forget
Because you are my memory.

I've met a new day of which I'm content
With it I have loved and time I have spent
I figured my life and to you I repent.

I thought I was happy but found that was not
I was living for others and was so distraught
I looked for my answers, my answers I sought
With you at the center of my memory.

My answers were found and to you I found none
My mind was at chaos and my new day had won
I knew what was needed and knew it was done.

It warmly embraced me, it recleansed my soul
An ever-changed mindset and shining new goal
I learned my true nature and I took control
With you dug deep in my memory.

I saw the vast heights, glazed down the new lows
And knew it was freedom and life that I chose
It was not ideal but what God transposed.

I found a new self and found a new me
I’ve worked to find glory in the life that I see
Goodbye Sunshine, this was destiny
But you will be in my memory.

Nuestra Señora de la Frontera

You've travelled far and gave so much

No child to hold, no wife to touch

A journey of freedom, or something as such

I am here with you

You risked your life to come to be

Inside a "land of liberty"

Coyotes lie, patrollers you'll flee

But I am here with you

The burning sun, the deathly heat

The swelling blisters on your feet

You think today it's God you'll meet

But know I'm here with you

You pray for life, but death seems near

But your love for God subsides your fear

And all you've come here for is dear

And I am here with you

A Devil’s Highway, the path you chose

The pain of walking from head to toes

You lay down to die, none left you suppose

But I am always here with you

Now sleep beneath the heaven’s moon

For you will be with me soon

Ya duérmete mi niño

Yo estoy contigo

Angela

Your voice, oh gentle, lady sweet

Like soft enchanted melody

Your words, your thoughts, your everything

You've left a lovely memory

You bright green eyes like emerald shine

They pierce my soul ever so kind

My love, my heart, my mind, my soul

All my troubles lay behind

Now sweet don't worry for the sun

I'm here to kiss your sensual face

You are the sun of heaven plains

My stolen heart is unreplaced

Beyond the Valley Glen

As I walk to see my childhood's end

I walk beyond the valley glen

To find a place where I belong

Where comfort's felt again and again

Before, I belonged to an elder place

Where comfort governed every move

But now the comfort's gone to waste

A newer place that none approve

The place once home is no longer there

And the light once shone became extinct

The new place tries to light its flame

My understanding left indistinct

As I walk the path that lies ahead

I walk beyond the valley glen

I've seen a future in my head

I'll speak of it never again

Deception

Dare not see the light
That leaks on shady plains
For life thirsts for compassion
Which only time obtains

Dare not hear the air
That lurks in echoing caves
For minds hunger forgiveness
Which only time re-paves

Dare not smell the scent
That flows through winding hills
For the heart seeks affection
Which only time fulfills

Think not mal-intentions
Nor actions you'll regret
For beauty isn't worth it
And life's not over yet