The Thirteenth Tale Excerpt

I've been making movies again and it's been a lot of fun, with a new location and new people with new ideas. This is my most recent!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlgb7OlCoyw

My Attempt

All the words in the world

Would fail to sketch your greatness

And my ink would soon run dry

Before I came close to describing you,

And though I filled every notebook,

I would still need countless more,

So powerful and majestic are you

And while I know I won’t succeed,

I will still try all of my days

To write of you, the great Creator,

Father, Healer, Author, King, Lord.

A Sifting

I can’t see the ending

And the bog is so strong

But I trust written words

And bear the harsh sifting.

Rain wears away the mud

As fire burns away dross

And the purified stone is

Then far more valuable.

In Heaven's Light

The scream of arrows hurtling towards my heart

Had once struck fear within me and I cried out,

Reached towards heaven’s mighty skies, a child in need

And He heard me, stepped out of eternity to shield me.

Darkness determined to envelop me but His shield held,

A comforting cloud of love burning away the dross

To transform a hopeless heathen into a child of light,

Given a song and dance to proclaim from a mighty rock.

The enemies still surround me, with scathing torches blazing

And they may soon succeed in my earthly destruction

But my gaze upon heaven’s light can not be broken

And my soul’s eventual flight shall be sweetly swift.

My Home

Keep the hope of Home

Within my ever steady heart

To warm me in cold icy

driving storms of snow,

to fill me with joy

and to drive me onwards

when the ground turns muddy.

Let eternity’s song dwell

Within my soul as I

Press on with gifted strength

Through valley of night

Into the gentle dawn

Of refreshing, peaceful spring,

The home my heart desires.

Buried Idol

It was quick as murder,

Shocking to you, half victim

And I must have seemed

Utterly out of my mind,

Writing a nonsense letter, lethal

Poison dripped in your veins

So our friendship shriveled

Up and lay utterly cold.

You thought all was well

But the rot was underneath,

Eating at the pedestal

I had placed you upon,

And I was infected too;

See, it would have spread,

Had I not buried it.

Deep in the damp ground

Where the worms delight

And no one may reclaim

What has been left there.

My sweet one, I’m sorry,

But you had become my

Idol and I had to bury

You deeply in the ground.

The Art of Letting Go

The art of letting go

Is a simple, needed art

So often overlooked and lost,

Leaving the artist ever reaching

Towards a light now passed.

It’s a deep breath in

And then let out forever,

Transforming thought patterns

And placing memories once dear

In the ground to be forgotten.

It’s when you hear news

But don’t give in to darkness

That beckons your frail heart,

And it’s refusing to cry

Over tear stained hopes long

Shattered and scattered forever.

It’s the fight to step

Forward out of the night,

Past the crumbling old year

Into the new where summer

Dances in new dreams of hope.

The art of letting go

Rips at your core and

At times, forging on seems

Futile and yet know this;

It is the most worthwhile

Art to be learned of all.

Do Not Fear

Fear was a strong master, 
Chaining my heart in darkness
But a new gift has freed
Me, releasing me to soar;
Belief in one more powerful
Than fear or the dark.
Perfect love blotting out
The fear as I tread
Upon the raging waves,
Heart held safe in hands 
Marked by the greatest act
Of love history ever saw.
Belief has filled my heart,
Leaving no room for fear
And so I have courage
In the knowledge of the
Plan I know is written.

New Year's 2013

Tick tock, here we are

At the end, the edge

Once more as before,

Yet now isn’t then

Despite the circular return.

The threshold has changed,

Shining lighter than before,

Promising welcome change,

Dare I take the step

Away from the past.

Across the line I fly,

Chains left behind me

Where they will remain

And the darkness sighs

At my sweet parting,

For where I tread,

It can not go.

A new year begins

And I am reborn.

The Seal

A seal was placed

Upon my very soul

And then I was yours

To the end of time.

Others called to me,

Begged for my attention

And there was a time

When I would listen

But not now; no,

I only follow you.

The seal of redemption,

A slate made clean,

Unmarked by the past,

Breaking the old chains

And promising new life.

The seal of the saviour

Claimed me as His

And now I seek

Only His sweet voice.

To the Lost Ones

Your plight, you think unknown

But see, I understand completely.

You feel all is finished,

The only thing remaining is

The dirt thrown over your coffin

And I know the pain has

You in its cold, bitter grasp.

Like a fish, you gasp for

Air, yet the air is too heavy

And you have nothing left

To lose, for you are lost.

A lost one, among so many

Light hearted people, so alone

In the crowd, a mockery

Far worse than utter isolation;

I know. I understand, truly,

Yet my knowledge foes farther still.

You think this end began

Years ago and the weight has

Weighed you down to immobility

And I know the dark is dark.

But you must know this

Before you let the coffin close;

I stand here, once a lost one

As well, yet painless now,

Unchained to fly in the light

Of love more powerful than

You right now can hope for;

So let me hope for you.

The darkness is a great lie

And even a lit match can

Penetrate its’ stifling weight.

So please, dear loved lost ones,

Light the match, uncover lies

That would have you dead

And know you are not alone,

That while you still breathe,

There is always hope.

Books: December 2013

Half an hour before midnight last night, I finished The Subtle Knife just so I could have one more book read in December. It was a good way to usher in the new year, reading. Over all, I've bought a good many books and read so many too. In total right now I have 919 books and I look forward to this next year to buy and read more! Happy New Year, everyone!

Read:

1. The House at Riverton

2. Diamonds are Forever

3. City of Fallen Angels

4. Go Ask Alice

5. Northern Lights

6. City of Lost Souls

7. The Subtle Knife
8. The Great Gatsby

Bought:

1. Octopussy 

2. From Russia, With Love 

3. A Song for Arbonne 

4. Go Ask Alice 

5. Dragonsong 

6. Dragonsinger 

7. The Vanished Guest 

8. Nicholas Nickleby