Saturday, February 28, 2015

WINDCHIME

 
 
 
WINDCHIME

 
 
I BOUGHT MY SELF A WINDCHIME
I HAD CHRISTMAS MONEY
I SPLURGED
BOUGHT MYSELF A WINDCHIME
 
MY CHILDREN ARE SNICKERING
SAYING
I WONDER HOW MANY MOTHS ESCAPED
WHEN HE CRACKED OPEN HIS WALLET
SOME SAID PRY OPEN
 
CHIMES HAVE A LONG HISTORY
THEY’VE BEEN USED
TO KEEP BIRDS OUT OF FIELDS
TO PROTECT SACRED PLACES FROM DEMONS
AS A MECHANICAL PRAYER
 
I ENJOY THEM FOR THE BELL SOUNDS
AND MORE
THE SATORI EFFECT
 
THE UNEXPECTED SOUND
BROUGHT ON BY WIND’S VAGARIES
JOLTS THE MIND
LETS NEWNESS IN
 
A PROBLEM THOUGH
IT HASN’T RUNG
SINCE I BROUGHT IT HOME
 
I WONDER
IF I SHOULD PUT IT OUTSIDE
I DIDN’T WANT TO GET IT WET
 
FRANK A VOLLMER


Wednesday, February 18, 2015

KING'S HIGHWAY

 
 
 

 
THERE IS A ROAD ON MAUI
BUILT IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
BY THE THEN KING
PI'ILANI
 
IT'S A HIKING TRAIL NOW
A ROUGH TRACKING TRAIL
THE ROAD HAS BEEN ABANDONED
 
IN THIS LENTEN SEASON
IT BRINGS TO MIND THE BAPTIZER'S WORD
 REPAIR THE ROYAL HIGHWAY
 
HOW OTEN HAVE WE ABANDONED
THE KINGS HIGHWAY
FOR SOME EXIT
THEN GOT LOST
 
THE HIGHWAY GREW GRASS
WHICH NO ONE ATTENDED
 
ISAIAH SAYS
"A highway will be there—yes, there— and people will call it 'The Holy Way'. As for unclean people, they will not journey on it, but it will be for whomever is traveling on that Way— not even fools will get lost.
 
THIS IS THE HIGHWAY WE SHOULD TRAVEL
BUT THIS HIGHWAY NEEDS REPAIR
 
THERE ARE MANY SIDEROADS
PROMISING ATTRACTIONS
BUT THEY LEAD AWAY
 FROM THE ROAD
WE NEED TO REPAIR
AND TRAVEL
 
FOR THIS IS THE ONLY ROAD
THAT LEADS THROUGH THE CROSS TO EASTER
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE
TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD
EVERY LENTEN BYPASS LEADS BACK
 
WE ARE TASKED TO WALK IT
WHILE THERE IS STILL LIGHT
WE ARE ASKED TO NOT WALK ALONE
BUT TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS
BY EXAMPLE
 
FRANK A VOLLMER