Bay 5

My Lord, You are Amazing!


As I sit here aside
My Bay;
I look across from the Gandy
past the Howard-Franklin --
Bridges that Span your Depth --
And I see a darkened Wall
in the sky and think:
'...It's raining over in Clearwater...'


Then I realize:
I know This place,
it's Nature,
More than I do
My place of Birth.


My Birth-city is Identified
by It's People and their Insecurities
(Centuries and Generations of Class and Color).


This Place the I've grown to Love,
is identified
by The Weather,
It's inhabitants,
and Their Passions.


I sit Here in Limbo;
trying Very Hard
to Maintain this
Peace I have found.


Trying so Hard
to Trust
that What I've given to God
Will be Cared For
by He Who invented the Concept of Care.


I know He Cares for Me.
But it is so difficult
for One such as I,
to not Grasp, Frantically,
For Control ...


And, yet, I Don't.
I wait,
for Him
to Act through others,
so that I may Know
My Options.


I have done All that I can Do.
And Now I Wait;
on You, Lord.


EAT Well,
PRAY Constantly,
SWEAT often,
Be (in)credible,
LOVE unconditionally.


These are my Goals, my Purpose.


God, You Are So Amazing!


As I see You in that Glorious Flash
of heat lightening;
I sit here
Completely balanced
Between Fear of the Unknown
And Peace in the Knowledge
that You are my Father,
And You know my Heart.


Completely ... Balanced.


Wow ......


What a Long Way I have Come.


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