I can’t explain,
These times uncared-for
With heart toward God
Still not yet bared.
I know from where,
Descends a dove.
To hasten me back,
To my first love.
Rick Stassi 2022
First Love
Tag Archives: Jesus
bliss
Mary Cassatt
pull me,
i am on a string.
i float and follow
your whim.
trust allows
lightness,
free from friction
and physical restraint.
you are effortless;
the lovely breeze
i ride upon-
in and out
of obstacle
and distracting
words that hope to
steal bliss
and build contrite
failure.
i know trust-
it is soft down under a wing!
it lifts me from shallow waters
into deep pools
of wonderful renewal.
I am one
who sees your eyes
as beacons of light
protecting from
crags long eroded
by relentless sea.
my soul eroded
once…
heart rests assured now
in perfect harmony
with you
who knows
and sets balance into
my life.
-and I look inward
to call your name
so outwardly I
am fading away
no more.
-and i see your face
in a reflection
growing
more clear
in these days
of love,
of trust-
pull me,
on crimson thread
(c) 2016-2017 rickjstassi
lovely and true
grove of trees Renoir
peace comes in drops of rain
light piercing in prismatic plane
with hopeful glances far above
He is near and cradles in love
when do we fill the gap of vanity
and overflow like tourmaline sea?
i ponder inward and see my flaw
knowing God’s restoration in awe
renewal waxes in unfurling leaf
soft green waves silent absence brief
my Creator will not leave my aching heart
He is watchful and shall never part
I hope someday I will see
into myself amber lens free
to see the possibilty of finding anew
what God has always seen lovely and true.
(c) 2016 rickjstassi
treatise 2
Pablo Picasso
For now
we see through a glass, darkly;
but then face to face:
now I know in part;
but then shall I know
even as also I am known.
1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV
How I long to
See deeper into
My soul
To understand
How God sees me
And you.
Would I then
Learn to love
Even more
As I see
the depth of
His love?
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treatise
Peasants beneath Trees at Moret by Camille Pissarro
For God
so loved the world
that He gave
His only begotten
Son,
that whoever believes
in Him
should not perish
but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
rest
Picasso
hasten toward peace
acquaint yourself with
this way of silence
hearken the voice of rest
let reason fail
and your heart soften
peer with eager eyes
into the light
shone of breath and life
hear melodious passage
it brings metered beauty
upon ears wanting
allow summer breeze
she will warm you
and prepare you heart
seek eyes of God
for He will hold fast
a gaze of lasting love.
(c) 2016 rickjstassi
greener days
Paul Klee
On greener days
I rest in light
of radiant warmth
respite til night
joy parallels
symphonic rise
and I’m content
with angst’s demise
On greener days
i cannot grieve
the hidden things
and dying bereave
and if suddenly
they should arise
I’ll turn my thoughts
and close my eyes
On greener days
i will give praise
for grand escape
from rankling malaise
and look into
your loving glance
for paths on lea
and joyful dance
(c) 2016 rickjstassi
melody
Francois Boucher
beautiful melody
filling
lulling
fulfilling
luring to places
far away
to be lost
in this
symphony
that captures
my senses
and allows me to
float along
with strings
and reeds
and soft keys
bidding eyes to close
sudden awakening by
the reprimanding
pierce of a horn
held secure
by the bass clef
and to know
the things
I love
are revealed in
a melody
beautiful
and full of life
manifest in me now
and ever a part
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love
at peace
in comfort
resting with
the still of
early morning
in the absence
of any light
like a stream
flowing darkly
in the night
without effort
engrossed in
melodic bliss
pleasing resonance
smiling at
thoughts of
lovely people
new and old
and thankful for all
blessings bestowed
upon this life
now i remember
the warmth of
your smile and
the gentleness
of your touch
to an asking heart
receiving and accepting
your love.
(c) 2015 rick stassi
how beautiful
“Landscape with Stormy Sky”
Camille Pissarro
how beautiful is this day
with fragrant fields harboring
dew captured on tiny leaves
replenishing and nourishing
how sweet the melody rising and
discordant sounds failing to
resonant streams knit note by note
falling upon my wanting ears
awaken with beautiful smile
as sadness is forgotten and hope
transitions from things wrought
yesterday to trust in new birth today
sing o heart of joy!
God sets His hand on my world
tears dry and eyes open
to meet sunrise’s new light
welcome Spirit, within my soul abideth thee
for now I am certain beyond
all material objection,
that I am a child of God
(c) 2015 rick stassi
Jesus, Light of the World 