Mountain of Smoke

Mountain of Smoke

I stand at the base of the mountain of smoke

No thunder, no fire, no trumpets

Just stillness, quiet, wind

In the distance soft

An ancient flute begins to sing

Just stillness, quiet, and wind

And the sound of God walking in His garden

The opportunity rises again

Once again I am given a choice

Walk in the mists

Or not

I step upward

Gasping for air

But I won’t turn around

For I want the cloud to consume me

Yet it already has

I step onward

Gasping for air

I cannot turn around

I want the cloud to consume me

For it already has

K, Duane Carter 4-7-12

Hidden

Hidden

I feel like this

I have been created to shine

Yet my wings are still folded

I quietly rest sublime

My head bowed slightly

But my eyes open

Though they are still covered up

By His hand

He readies me to see His face

He roots me in the land

Green surrounds me

It brings in nourishing light

Just when no one is watching

Just in the midst of the night

I will burst forth

Because I will have seen His glory

Life will come

It will never end

I will be more than servant or friend

I will be son and bride

With nothing to hide

Nothing to hide at all

Even if I’m forever hidden

K, Duane Carter

9-10-11

Kabad

Kabad
The heaviness
I feel it hovering
I feel Him hovering
Like a great eagle over her nestlings
He is about to descend
And place Himself over us
And make us warm
With His fire
Which is Himself
And nothing else to us will matter
We will see nothing but Him
We will feel nothing but Him
We will hear nothing but Him
We will smell nothing but Him
I can sense the heaviness
It is wonderful
It is awesome
It is His
Kabad

K, Duane Carter 1-31-10

Pierced

I see the shafts of light
Piercing the darkness through
The dragon’s head is severed
And light keeps shining through
I see the ocean coming
In a never ending wave
I see the blue skies see it all
And it’s beauty I start to crave
These shafts of light are piercing
Even into me
But darkness now has been destroyed
And I have been set free
The cloud of glory is coming
To rest on this hardened earth
The light, the wind, the water
Will bring it into a glorious birth

And we will know Him in all His glory and wonder

K. Duane Carter 6-22-09