Upturned

Upturned

Overwhelmed

I cannot tell if it is evil

I cannot tell if it is good

It might even be both

Just being tossed heels over head

Is this life or is this death?

Who can tell in these deep, cold waters?

Or maybe all of this tumult

Is a sign I am almost to the shore

But is that really where I want to be?

Didn’t I cry out for the deep?

Didn’t I ask to be here?

Yes

Yes I did.

So I have nothing to fear

I simply relax

Enjoying the swimming

Sitting Outside at Starbucks

I sit with my back to the mountain

feeling the breezes blowing my way

sunshine brings the warmth

the wind brings the cool

the mixture can be intoxicating

Invigorating, restoring, rejuvenating

The breezes bring the fresh air

the flowers dance to the music

releasing their fragrances to the skies

bypassing all of the whys

to simply enter into the why nots

Country music breaks the sounds

but then that just disappears

a new sound comes and takes its place

but that fades into the distance also

Yet the breezes still continue on

a gentle sound of all the frequencies 

Stirs all around

Orthodoxy, priesthood walks on by

I feel no fear, no pain, no hate

Just a simple truth that God makes all things great

We're all just trying to find more of Him

The best we all can

In the process we find He's been after us

He was telling us that in the breezes

He was speaking to us on the mountains

We just didn't turn around

But now that I'm found

I turn my face to see His smile

I feel the flowers dancing

I smell the cold of snow

I see the sounds of life and love

Only Him do I want to know

K, Duane Carter 6-24-11

The Chasm

Sometimes living poetry

Is like looking into a deep, dark chasm

I see nothing

I feel nothing

Yet I know something is out there

In there, within the darkest depths

And suddenly and without any explanation

There I just step

Falling, falling, falling

Into a place I know not

To a destiny I know not

Yet I feel the air around me growing thicker

And there is a slowing of my descent

And I feel my wings getting stronger

Strong enough to simply put them forth

And the air builds up below me

And now I am headed back up towards the lights

Able to see where I just journeyed

Seeing creatures and creation like never before

Seeing myself like never before

And it all started at the edge of a dark chasm…

K, Duane Carter 10-18-10

Living

New Year’s Song (Living)
Starting fresh, starting new
There’s not much else left to do
But sit here and ponder
Sit here and wonder
But no, no, no that doesn’t go
It only leads my heart to woe
And split asunder
I split asunder
So step ahead, step ahead
Keep on going though the light is red
From all the others that say they’re brothers
But move along, move along
Cause I’m singing freedom’s song
And not another, never another

I’m going high, higher than ever before
Eyes to the sky, and my heart is still begging for more
I say my good-byes, and put my feet to the floor
No pain, no sighs, I’m just knocking on the right door

Going out, going forth, going long, going on
My heart is beating now stronger
I can feel the sunlight coming down hard, coming loud
And the days are now getting longer
I don’t know what to do, what to say, what to feel
Yet my soul has never been better
I don’t have to know anything at all, and I don’t have to know everything
I just have to believe in Your letter

I’m going high, higher that ever before
Eyes to the sky, and my heart is still begging for more
I say my good-byes, and put my feet to the floor
No sad good-byes, I keep knocking on the right door

You may say I’m history, a wanna-be
Or you may say nothing at all
I just ask, and I just seek, only seek, only knock
And into Your goodness I fall
I just fall, and after all
This is everything and anything, and is simply just living to me…

K, Duane Carter 1-2-10