open wide to what you want
Dive into the thin air of hope
Long for it
Like a tree’s roots dig
For drink
Don’t pretend
You don’t need it
You need it
But don’t expect it to look
Like the movie that plays
on the screen
Of your skull
Your job is not to find it
Only to let yourself
Be found
To find strength
In begging
For love.
⁃ Samantha Reynolds
Nothing good gets started without getting to work – nothing good gets finished without staying at the work.
Laziness looks like a friend, but only work can invite you home.
– Ann Voskamp
There was that day of the silent scream inside,
‘God I need you to speak to me today….Pleeeeeease’
But there was nothing in answer
except the poem
from my special God-friend at Unfolding Light…
reminding me to trust the silence…
I was at the door knocking loudly, yet there was nothing –
Weeds and locked doors filled my morning
The door of The Open Door Chapel was not
It was a day of deserted desert wandering
Until I drove East, able to read all the signs, full circle
as the sun set and the sky became a love letter
written especially for me and mine
crazy beautiful stuff surrounding us on all sides
and the magic of life filled me to the brim with wonder once again
I finally spoke to God at 9:06 pm and there was great celebrations in our 33 minutes
of catching up and keeping faith
I went to bed full
sliver of moon having slid right into my heart slot
quenching the last of my desperate desire
to feel you present with me now
like a quarter sliding into the juke box
my song began again
knowing the heart of this moment
It’s Alright
Morning has (indeed) Broken
Everything’s Gonna Be Alright,
Rock-a-bye
Rock-a-bye
🌝
Amy Lloyd
life: acoustic & amplified 