by rogerjsimpson | Apr 2, 2023 | Poetry
Did You ever choke With sorrow and grief? My heart of hearts is broke. My pain knew no relief. Like a hangman’s noose, I open my mouth, but I am mute. My voice is crushed with grief And searing pains beyond belief. My side pains from crying. My bowels cramp from...
by rogerjsimpson | Mar 16, 2023 | Poetry
The dew drips from the lilies. The mist rises from the river road. The air is brim with melodies. Your kind eyes peek from Your abode. Your grace is immeasurable. My soul swells with gratitude. Your thinking is unknowable. Yet Your gifts are plentitude. I fail at...
by rogerjsimpson | Jan 30, 2023 | Meditation, Poetry
To the child mother Mary purred While the nearby scent of Myrrh Wafted slowly heavenward To the empty throne of the Word Hastily into Joseph’s tomb The body enters the womb Of the earth’s deepest room Like a rejected lonely bridegroom Later came the Myrrh To the...
by rogerjsimpson | Jan 3, 2023 | Meditation, Poetry
They let His lifeless body Fall to the red dry dirt. Once so full of Power mildly, Now devoid of breath, inert. Sacred blood oozed and dripped From every ragged wound. Raw gnarled flesh wrapped In mocking fresh linen wound. Off on a bouncing cart To a tomb far away...
by rogerjsimpson | Dec 25, 2022 | Meditation, Poetry
Tis once He was born, And once He died for us, No longer may we mourn, This happy Christmas. Christ the humble child, Jesus who now in Heaven is Mighty to save, Yet oh so kind and mild. To aim, to do what he says, Tis the faith of the disciple brave. by Roger J...
by rogerjsimpson | May 26, 2019 | Poetry
I was born of God Before this world was made. And He has sent me here with love And made my memory fade. I am loved of God. My parents teach me so. And they do guide me every day That in His love I grow. I once lived with God. He taught me years before. And gave me...
