Introduction

Poetry has always fascinated me.  I started writing poetry when I was sixteen and have used it as a medium over the years to vent, to ponder things and to explore my feelings. 

I hope that you find my "ponderings" useful in exploring yours.  We all have different paths in this life, but no matter what our circumstances, our heritage, our backgrounds we all have one thing in common, our humanity.  We all feel...sadness, excitement, loneliness, fear, regrets, hope, longings, desire, confusion, guilt and happiness.  We all experience the same things...rejection, acceptance, trials and contentment.  In this way we all understand each other no matter what barriers there be; language, religious, nationality, geography.

So come "Ponder My Way" with me, you might be surprised!

A Letter To Jesus

Dear Lord Jesus,

The miracles You've done are so awesome to me,

Like the feeding of five thousand by the sea;

The changing of water into wine,

And the casting of demons into swine.

Raising Lazarus from the dead,

And healing the man on the lowered bed.

The multitude of fishes caught in the net,

And healing the blood of the woman you met.

All this shows how great You are,

But the giving of Yourself is greater by far!

For Your love reached out from Calvary,

And gave eternal life to a sinner like me.



Reflections

I look in the mirror and see reflected back,

The image of me, though much may lack;

And while I try hard to change what I see,

The truth is what's there is really me.

We open the Bible and also see a reflection,

The image of God in all His perfection;

We see His great love on every page,

And read of His mercy through every age.

Dear Lord, I desire your mirror to be,

That folks may see you reflected in me;

That your love will show in all that I do,

Please change my image to be more like You.



The Storm

I am a small ship on the sea of life,

Battered and wrecked am I;

Tossed to and fro on the angry waves,

As hail beats down from the sky.

My sails are torn and I drift along,

Defenseless against the storm;

Terror sets in as fog settles 'round,

I long for some land to take form.

My strength is gone and weak I am,

I long for the morning to see;

Instead my eyes are blinded with tears,

As I struggle from the storm to be free.

The thunder crashes and lightening strikes,

Not much more I can take;

The darkness is thick and my way lost,

Oh, tomorrow I'll never make.

But wait...I feel a hand take mine,

And my ship ceases to toss;

"I'll never leave you" a loving voice says,

"Your way no more is lost".

A Captain that knows the way is here,

He has sailed this sea before;

He steers through the blustering storm,

Straight for that distant Shore.

I no longer despair despite the storm,

For I am safe in this Captains care;

I give Him control of my little ship,

And He gives peace beyond compare.