Puzzle Pondering

Puzzles, beautiful pictures

Pieces angled, round, straight

One here, one there

Interlocking, creating beauty

Puzzles, missing pieces

Unfinished and empty

Lying there incomplete

Sad, without purpose, useless

People, beautiful pictures

Some tall, bent, round

Here and there they meet

All creating beautiful pictures

Beautiful pictures, you say?

Ah, beauty is subject to interpretation

Bound by your experiences

Loosely framed, without shape

Puzzles, your experiences

Jumbled together in a heap

Some tall, happy, round, sad

All waiting for interlocking

Your puzzle put it together

One here, one there

Interlocking complete

Waiting to create, take shape

Who can fix this puzzle I cry

Empty, unfinished, a heap

Bound, mind limited by my experiences

Longing for shape and beauty

Me, a beautiful puzzle

Created by the Master PuzzleMaker

Interlocking my hand in His

Purpose, a thing of beauty and grace

Pieces angles, round, straight

One here, one there

Interlocking, His balm of Gilead

All creating beautiful pictures

Missed Moment

Grabbed the camera to catch the moment

Batteries were sapped of energy

Ran inside, replaced them quickly

Only to return and the moment had passed me by

Your name flashed through my mind

Knelt to pray, phone rings urgently

Ran to answer, missed them

Only to return and your name slipped by

I sit here listening to the stillness

Missed opportunities paramount in my thoughts

Transformation, renewing vie for attention

Which one will win this vicious cycle

As I ponder on these things for a moment

I recall a simple truth shared

The dog who will win this fight

Is the one you feed alright

I grabbed my Bible and found my place

Feeding the dog that won my fight

Renewing my mind wins hands down

I refuse to let this moment pass me by