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



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