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Poems from 2005.
January
Slumber
The Moon
For Me (Previously No Title Yet)
Chained Up
Faith, Hope and Love
White
Word's Fail
Hammer and Nails
imprisoned
Tightrope
Tsunami
Today
February
Bad Days
Meditate
Don't Leave Me Flowers
I Let You In
Heal Me and Show Me
April
The Veil
The Jar of Perfume
July
Life
August
One Boy's Lunch
A Leap of Faith
Poems from January 2005
Slumber
Let me bring
My thoughts, worries and pains
Everything
In front of you
Help me realise these demons
Set me free
Lock the past away
Under lock and key
Help me crawl to your feet
Help me as a rest there
I don’t need a seat
Just let me sleep
~ Rachael Davison
30-01-05 11:40pm
The Moon
Drifting across the sky
At a wondrous place
Observing all around you
Exploring everyplace
Flitting between the clouds
Shedding light in the dark
Streaming through trees
Making a mark
You see everything that goes on
Quietly observing and watching
You know every secret
Every person. Everything
Your wisdom is beyond words
Your peace, everlasting
Your love, unconditional
You, my everything
Rachael Davison
26th January 2005
11:55pm
No Title Yet
Paid the ultimate price
Gave the greatest sacrifice
Sending your son
For me, the worthless one
To understand, I can’t even begin
How you could love me with this sin
I can’t begin to comprehend
Why to hell, your son you’d send
I don’t understand
Why you don’t demand
We all shower love
On your throne above
But you died for freedom
For access to your kingdom
You don’t force
But, you do remorse
When love is given only for a cost
Or the message lost
You died to set us free
You died, for me.
~ Rachael Davison
23rd January 2005
12:53am
Chained Up
Imprisoned
Chained up
In hurt and pain
Cursing your name
Ready to give up
But when you came
Down from above
You took my sin
Hell’s gates beckoned you in
The ultimate gift of love
You gave the biggest sacrifice
You died to get the key
To unlock the nations
Without a second’s contemplation
You died, to set me free
~ Rachael Davison
21st January 05
10:00am
Faith, hope and love
Faith that things will get better
Faith that this is meant to be
Faith that as you grow together
Your love will grow
Hope that tomorrow will be just as good
Hope that, if not, it will be better
Hope that as you know each other more
Your love will grow strong
Love that lasts forever
Love that can only get deeper
Love that challenges and reunites
Love that you share
Faith. Hope. Love.
The greatest of these is love
Learn. Laugh. Live. Together.
But most of all. Love.
~ Rachael Davison
21st January 2005
00.05am
White
Cloaked in white
Looking fresh and new
The word is cleansed
Oh, what a view
Waking to a world of white
Totally untouched
Waiting for that footprint to be made
Waiting, for life
Everyday, my life is cloaked
Waiting for me to edge out
Waiting for my footprints
Waiting, for me, to live
~ Rachael Davison
20th January 2005
Words Fail
What words can be used?
The answer: none
None are good enough
They fail to describe
Emotions so strong
Love so immense
Nothing can come between it
Love is a verb
It must be chose
In order to be done
It is clear,
That choice is made
The path picked
Choosing to say
I love you
Each and everyday
That is one way
There are many others
Explore, enjoy, love.
~ Rachael Davison
20th January 2005
11:55pm
Hammer and Nails
That nail was me
That held you to the cross
Holding you in place
Causing you pain
That hammer was used, by me
With every strike
You cried out
I caused you that
You chose your death,
Your death
So I could live
I have to ask, why?
Why die for me?
Someone so unworthy
Why die for me?
Someone full of sin
Why did you chose
That hammer and those nails?
Your answer:
Because I love you
And I will,
For all eternity
~ Rachael Davison
Imprisoned
Imprisoned by the past
Daunted by the future
Scared by the memories
I tried to lock away
Tried to block out
I can’t face another day
The dark room of my head
Is flooded with light
I can’t shut the door
I can’t re-bury the memories deep
I can’t have those nightmares again
I can’t sleep
You faced those demons
The ones that haunt my life
You fought and battled them
You died for me
You cried: “It is finished.”
I am free
~ Rachael Davison
18th January 2005
2.00pm
Tightrope
Life is a tightrope
One giant circus act
You think the crowd decides success
But, no, it doesn’t
You are my safety net
In times of trouble,
If I fall
I fall back on you
At times the tightrope gets higher
The safety net seems so far below
I struggle, trip, plummet
I fall, fall and fall
Sooner or later, I land
I land in the safety net
Cushioned by Your love
Lost in Your love
~ Rachael Davison
18th January 2005
2:35pm
Tsunami
Waves of hurt
Waves of pain
Waves that battered lives,
Again and again
Those waves took homes
They brought suffering
They took lives and livelihoods
Those people lost everything
But just as those waves came in
So the tide will retreat
It may be along time
Before the sorrow fades
But it will, some day
Until then rise up and fight
The illness, the famine, the pain
And tonight
Turn on your knees and pray
Today
Slowly rising up
Ready to start a new day
Creeping up slowly
To new opportunities
Yesterday has gone
There’s nothing you can change
Thinking about yesterday
Jeopardises today
Live in the present
The past may haunt you
The future may daunt you
But live for today
Slowly crawling down
It’s time to say goodnight
Did you do your best today?
If not, do not worry,
Tomorrow will arrive soon
(But be careful, one day
It will not)
- Rachael Davison
12th January 2005
Poems from February 2005
Bad Days
We thank God for the good days
We curse Him for the bad
Why are we pleased for the happy days
But ungrateful for the sad?
For everyday is a day
Go ahead and seize
Don’t sit around and pine
Tomorrow may not please
Everyday is a gift
Don’t let it go to waste
Everyday is an opportunity
To use it make haste
Everyday, every breath, every heartbeat
Should be celebrated
Should be thanked for
Should be embraced
- Rachael Davison
26th February 2005
11:43pm
“We take the good days from God - why not also the bad days?” Job 2:10 (The Message)
Meditate
Come here and rest
Sit down and relax
Here there is no second best
Sit down and sigh
Take of your shoes
To your troubles say goodbye
Sit and wait
Just be with me
Listen and contemplate
What you say or do
Doesn’t matter
I’m just concerned with you
So, come here and rest
Sit at my feet
Here there is no second best
- Rachael Davison
26th February 2005 11:25pm
I wrote this one after seeing flowers left at a lamppost at the scene of an accident – I’m hoping this will not have to be used anytime soon before anyone starts worrying about me.
Don’t Leave Me Flowers
Slowly waving in the wind
The petals float away
Flowers left for those
Who have left us
Why do we leave flowers
At gravesides and fond places?
Who is it for?
‘Cause it isn’t for the dead
Just because they have died
Does not mean such beauty should die too
Flowers are for the living
They are grieving for themselves
When I die, leave no flowers
Let them all stand tall
Things of beauty
To be seen by all
I won’t need dead flowers
People need to see beauty
Leave the flowers where they are
They brighten up the world
If you want to pay tribute
Remember the good times
Smile and laugh, don’t cry
It was never a goodbye…
Rachael Davison
17th February 2005
12:15am
I Let You In
I let you in
Well, you let yourself
Like a thief in the night
You got past the razor wire
Paid no heed to the razor wire
You got in
But I let you stay
You made yourself at home
Among my feelings you camped out
Until, one day, you got fed up
You wanted out and out you ran
On the way out you tore down my walls
And let others see my soul
New fences have been erected
No one can get in
And I can’t get out
Is that what you want?
Maybe you couldn’t help it
I guess I’ll never know
I don’t want to
There is one gap in my fence
That is for You
Please come in
Walk past those silly signs
I’m begging to be let out
I’m begging… for love
Rachael Davison
17th February 2005
12:25 am
Heal And Show Me
Heal my hurt
Heal my pain
Even though I spit at your name
Show me forgiveness
Sent from above
Show me, undying love
Amen
Rachael Davison
17th February 2005
12:30am
Poems from April 2005
The Veil
Torn in two
Each side hanging limp
Once a mighty curtain
Merely threads now
The divide is gone
The barrier broken
No need for a special title
No individual date required
God with us all the time
The way it’s supposed to be
No silly laws or rules
Just God with us
And we with Him
Rachael Davison
10th April 2005
11:45pm
The Jar of Perfume
With a jar in her hand
And conviction in her heart
Into the room she walked
And knelt down
No thoughts of:
“What am I doing?”
She knew her actions
And broke the jar
She poured the perfume on his feet
The fragrance filled the room
She didn’t care what they thought
It was between her and God now
With great love
She dried his feet
Using her hair
He was her King
Preparing Him for His death
The death He died for her
It didn’t matter what they said
This, she had to do
Rachael Davison
10th April 2005
11:50pm
Poems from July 2005
Life
In the hope of tomorrow
And the fear of yesterday
In the miracle of life
And the grief of death
In the justice
And the persecution
In the laughter
And the tears
In the health
And the sickness
In the freedom
And the confinement
In the love
And the hatred
In the light
And the darkness
I am there
In all of life
Right beside you,
If you should take time to look,
Urging you to live
Rachael Davison
10th July 2005
1:17pmPoems from August 2005
One Boy’s Lunch
Five loaves
Two fish
Not much
But all he had
Five loaves
Two fish
A boy’s lunch
Not for five thousand
Five loaves
Two fish
Given with joy
Broken and blessed
Five loaves
Two fish
Given to five thousand
With twelve baskets left
Five loaves
Two fish
But given in God’s name
Fed a crowd
It didn’t seem like much
Just one little boy’s lunch
But tell that to the crowd
Who ate until they were full
God asks only for what you have
Big or small
Give it to Him
And watch it grow
- Rachael Davison
21st August 2005 - Romania
5:57 pm
A Leap of Faith
A leap of faith
Shakily stepping out
A voice that calls
And someone who answers
It’s rarely easy
Listening to the call
But it tugs and tugs at you
Until you follow with your all
A reassuring voice
A hand to steady you
And suddenly you’re in the air
Gliding though the sky(?)
There are plenty of scary moments
And times when you just want to turn back
But stick with it
And you will soar.
- Rachael Davison
19th August 2005
9:20pm
To Joel for the inspiration and trying to cure my fear of heights!