Hope knows

Romans 5:5 "And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."

Hope

knows no shame

it sees no fault

it believes in all

Everything

is accountable to hope

with its grandeur of possibilities

Challenging

our hearts and heads

to not feel the ground

of weighty gravity below

But

to lift up toes

to reach the height of breeze

We must see you

Before we feel you

Hope

Heaven on Earth

This poem is based on how we as humans assume that we can create a sort of heaven on earth with all of the best possessions around us at all times. I find it humorous how, especially as Americans, we try to sort of create an eternity based on what we might need, as in stores that never close and have everything that anyone could ever need or want.

Heaven on Earth

We think we are heaven

with our all-day hours

and extra large portions

The camp we've built

could never be invaded

Our fridges are filled

with favorites from above

our manna lies in a drive through

Planning for forever

we save and worry and save

building on our days

Must we try

to create a creation

that has already been Created