Ship(naPoWriMo 29)

On and on and on we go
Where we head we do not know.
We explore a different world each passing day,
But never where only the dead lay.
We steer and run a crippled ship,
With splintering boards and sails that rip.
Our strength is weak
Our hearts spring a leak.
Each day a new world is found
Until the earth is discovered round.
On and on an on we go
Where we head we do not know.
Maybe to a spoiled sea
Of rotten berries and zucchini.
Oh dear!
Our ship shall sink, I fear!
The mainsail's split in half
And our mast makes a horrible laugh.
We shall be dead if we refuse God,
We would sink like an iron rod.
We must turn to The Lord
To let us float as hollow boards.
On and on and on we go
Where we head we do not know.

Earth (NaPoWriMo 29)

I create
And tear down.
I give life
Yet take it away so suddenly
Without even a thought of regret.
My mushroom minions decompose
Your way of life.
My brown skin
Covers many layers of heat.
I spread a great ways
Through forests and jungles.
Some call me dirt
Or even soil
But I prefer the proper name
Earth

Animals(NaPoWriMo 28)

Shedding skin
Nosing around on a well trodden path.
Angrily shaking a rattling end.
Killing a mouse to swallow whole.
Even striking at rustling leaf.
🐍

Cantering slowly
Along a dusty path.
Madly spitting at the ground.
Even slipping on the yellow sand.
Leaving a leafy land behind.
🐫

Salvation (NaPoWriMo 27)

Night will fade
And so might day
But nothing really changes.

The stars still shine
And trees still grow.

Creatures still dine
And cars come and go.

Owls hoot
And people laugh.

Trains will toot
And birds take a bath.

Dogs still run
And earth still turns.

Children have fun
And sun still burns.

Night will fade
And so might day
But nothing really changes.

But there will be a day
That all will see.

The time when God in the clouds will lay
And when every Christian will be set free.

The Ivy (NaPoWriMo 26)

I creep,
Unnoticed,
Up the side of your house and gate.
Day by day, I climb higher.
My many green hands
Reach onto whatever they can to support my body.
I am a greedy monster.
Whatever I can reach,
I claim, whether it be a tree,
Or a fence.
Even though I spread quickly,
You do not see me until it is too late.
My leafy limbs spread everywhere across a yard,
Devouring other opponents.
I steal their health,
And leave them to wither away
To turn to dust and blow away in the wind.
Yet I wait and watch
For the time where I may rule the earth.
That day will be great:
No more legs will I lose to the humans,
For they will not exist.
What am I?
I am the Ivy,
And the Ivy is...
UNSTOPPABLE.

Words(NaPoWriMo 25)

Words surround me.
They are rivers flowing about me
As I breathe them in.
Metaphors overrun me.
Their nimble truth covers me
As I breathe them in.
Analogies rule me.
They are like and as
As I breathe them in.
Prepositions confuse me.
Their two parts encircle me
As I breathe them in.
Words like
Love
Faith
Patience
Kindness
Goodness
And Self Control
Are imbedded inside me
As I breathe them in.

Hope (NaPoWriMo 24)

Hope is faith
Faith is trust
Trust is reliability
Reliability is confidence
Confidence is belief
Belief is wisdom
Wisdom is knowing
Knowing is believing
Believing is acknowledging
Acknowledging is accepting
Accepting is taking
Taking is using
Using is making
Making is creating
Creating is building
Building is reality
Reality is love
And love is God.