All have fallen short
Justified freely by His grace
The law is for all
Circumcised or not; by faith
Jews and gentiles follow
© 2012 Michael Yost 3/1
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A cold pillow’s mint wrapper
Green and black, my lover’s heart
Betrayal’s sweet price abandoned
Taken with the bathrobes too
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/29
The forty day lent
Muted the voice of the tempter
Angels Minister
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/28
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Be in tune as one
Smile and speak well of others
Suffer for well doing
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/28
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Caught in the act of forgetfulness
Our night starts at the setting sun
The movie, the dinner, the dancing
It’s right there at the tip of my tongue
The time spent together snuggling
On the porch swing with the yellow light
Talking about each other’s futures
Trying to remember with all of my might
The later the evening the cooler it gets
As the time nears closer to leaving
Here’s my name and number, may I have yours?
There I asked without being deceiving
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/27
Are we depressed for who we are
By our way of lifestyle and thinking
Or is our way of life determined
By our depression
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/27
Man defies Theos
But Theos’ merciful grace
Saves us through our faith
Not by us doing anything
Sits with Jesus in heaven
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/27
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Water saved Noah
As does the Spirit for us
With resurrection
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/26
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Exhaustion is playing poker with my delusions
Condemnation just anted up in with confusion
Exhaustion misdeals, then condemnation steals
I throw my cards in the air, delusion has four pair
And confusion wants two more cards
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/25
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Condemnation, Confusion, Delusions, Exhaustion, One too Many for Solitaire
Arise and walk now
Pharisees couldn’t undermine
All people welcomed
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/25
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You can’t keep me caged
I will to be free
You’ve got me locked
The Ringmaster’s key
What can I trade with?
With the jam side down
You’ve taken my wealth
Made me look a clown
Juggling my feelings
On a high wire act
You cut the net free
I see that you’re packed
What if I fall now?
Will you leave the stage?
If I reach the end?
Leave open the cage?
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/24
Censoring a child
Covers a parenting sin
Don’t forsake children
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/24
Urgent in season
Preach to the lust filled Judas’
As evangelists
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/24
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I’ve lost the wonder from my vision
All is black and white
I’ve lost the vision from my wonder
Fatigue blinds my sight
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/23
We share fellowship
Father and Son filling joy
Walking in His light
Dark cannot reside in Him
Liars cannot live within Him
Sin’s the deceiver
Confess sin against our God
We share fellowship
Jesus His Son cleanses us
For His word must live in us
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/23
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Salvation’s today
There’s no obstacle stopping
We are just servants
Desire and naught paved the way
We are servants commended
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/22
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Shalom,
Terri
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You invade my sleep and open my dreams
How many more times, before I should scream
You’re not aware of, what happens to me
You’re unconscious of or so it would seem
I pass by you and do I hear a smirk?
I can’t escape it, you shop where I work
Keeping my head up, I help if I’m asked
Nothing you can say can get me unmasked
How I run my life, shouldn’t include my dreams
It seems unfair and outside of life’s schemes
However I see it, doesn’t matter at all
Within my dreams, I’m up against the wall
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/21
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You become as you are as you breathe
It’s a secret and quiet but you’ll soon see
We come into our being speaking plus
Our words create the mystique around us
Look around and you see that it’s true
How we think of ourselves becomes you
Think of yourself and become a sleuth
Simple is as simple does is the simple truth
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/21
Thursday Poets Rally Week 62 (Feb. 23-Feb. 29, 2012)
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Masks of the theater
Comedy and tragedy
Intoxication
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/18
They won’t go away… they stray
The drusen scatter at will
Almost sperm shaped always going up
Leaving a tail in their wake
The madness doesn’t end when I close my eyes
Some days they’re awash in the picture… hiding
Other days it is all I can see
Then it’s drusen to dust and back again
Then in the background.. white noise
Always there, very loud or just a whisper
Tinnitus sometimes sings me a song in the background
Or the voices come and go through the noise
They’re all on the fringe taunting me trying to put the sounds together
Like the noise an old tape makes at the end of a song
Their voices are their just beyond my comprehension
The songs I can put a beat to but sound is just the orchestra tuning
Now let me go…
Some days, tapping my feet and humming along I’m just content
Trapped inside but safe…
Watching the blue sky and enjoying the music video
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/18
Posted in Free Verse
Tagged Comprehension, Content, D. T.'s, Drusen, Fringe, Madness, Tinnitus, Trapped, Voices, White Noise
All at once the world is rotating right
Yesterday is going to be tomorrow
Are sure everything you did was bright
I knew this had to go down yesterday
I don’t know when I knew when it was due
I know it reflected all over at once
Filling me with a sense of second chances
Then everything was out of balance
Tock tick, tock, tock grandfather’s rhythm is blue
No place to hide everything’s exposed
She’s dealing out the black and white photos
Feelings lost then found waking from my doze
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/18
Posted in Free Verse
Tagged Dream, Grandfather Ckock, Out of Balance, Tock Tick, Twilight Zone
Happenstance brought us together
Events are tearing us apart
We’re no longer safe together
It’s time to separate and part
As memorable as the night was
Morning shades only last so long
Now it’s time to finish our coffee
And try to remember our song
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/17
My house is your home
Opening the doors for you
I expect respect
© 2012 Michael Yost 2/16
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