Lockdown – A Reflection
Can I go walking with you? Less than two metres apart? Isolation Is making me mad Can I talk to you Not on the phone Or in text Email But face to face When will …
Category: New Work 2020
Fear and Fury
Fury and fear Thunder Through a shattered world Leaving destruction In their wake Do not be afraid Take time Be still Find rest For the fear’s path Will sear Over the mountains Through the valleys …
Where are You – Questions in a Time of Silence
I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling anxious and fearful in these times. Every so often, I write what I refer to as a meandering poem, I’m never really sure with these where they finish, …
Were You There? New Lyrics for Good Friday
A couple of years ago, I had an unusual request. Could I write a set of lyrics for the Gospel standard Were You There, and relate them to Christ’s journey up Calvary, and His crucifixion …
Help Me Remember
Help me remember Your love beside me Your love will guide me Carry me, carry me Bid me ever onwards How can I begin To understand When life like sand Slips through my fingers I …
Trees Remember
Dawn comes creepingIn the cornersOf the night I see themWooden sentinelsStarkAgainst the beauty Of the blue sky The sunCatches themAnd the crossesEmpty nowBid us remember Of the daySo long agoWhen fearSlaughteredThe innocent LambThe faceOf love …
Isolation
HowDo weProtect ourselvesFrom the invisible? How do we protectOurselvesIsolateFrom the news? Yes, we needTo understandButTechnologicalSpread panicProvidesNo solace WhyAre weObsessedWith knowingEverything? Are we notContentThat all we need to knowWill be givenWhen we needTo know it? FearIs …
Gethsemane Calls
Gethsemane Calls Here am Istanding byThe garden whereMy dear Saviour suffered With tear and cryOur Saviour struggledWith the day that was dawning The cup that he so dreaded to tasteWas put to his lipsFather dear, …
Here Stand I
Here Stand I Here stand IAt your cross and sighLonging for a lullabyTo bring me rest where did it gothe old lifeswallowed upIn memoriesToo painful to recall Yet hiding such painI lose myselfIn the shadowsLost …
Look for the Morning
Look for the Morning When night is fallingAnd doubts are circlingClouds are gatheringBlocking our way Look for the morningIt will be comingThe sun in its brightnessDriving the clouds away When in our darknessFears are assailingRemember …