Jesus
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O depth of heart where nice things linger and ignite feelings of lighthearted mirth and joy. I know you are down there with cause, busily lighting shadows in corners of my core to produce a time when dreams brush with reality and pique interests that draw me nearer. The blush of rose on my cheek Read more
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In a flowing brook lined with stones, A stream of water gently roams. Nourishing the faded and listless to life, Opposing gray with soft light rife. Like an adagio’s gentle melodic warming, Preceding allegro’s triumphant swarming. The gentleness upon eager ears, The preponderance of growing tears. But where, O Love, do you wish me to Read more
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Like a symphony resolving a dissonant melody Or a spring rain compelling Dismal starkness to Hues of spectroscopy Calmness and peace urging Chaotic white noise To a sonnet One note upon another Thus is the Lord and all His goodness easing The dark from the depths of shadows To the focus of One Light And Read more
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a single drop, heaven’s tear, falling from a billowy home far above… the moment is just right to weep for he who wanders away. a single petal, with hue of warmth breaks a long fall allowing safe passage to the ground softly to rest, gently nourishing parched soil. a single moment, a cleansing tear Read more
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There is softness in your touch, O Lord, gently urging our rest under Powder blue upon velvety green That flow to one another Meeting at one decidedly Straight line – Our perspective horizon. Do you believe our hearts, Are connected? Across waves of blue Through gentle white bursts Of moisture laden Ships of the sky. Read more
Rick Stassi Poetry 