Tuesday, February 9, 2010

As I Lay Me Down To Sleep

As I lay me down to sleep
My spirit and body spent and beat,
May slumber come both strong and deep,
What dreams may come be fully sweet,
And all the while my soul He keep
As joy and hope my sorrows meet.

Beneath the Sails

When I look out to the sea
My heart grows sails and begins to flee to thee.
The clouds that stain the satin sky
Only increase my need to find affinity,
Eternity, the yet unseen, undone, long-decreed,
The answers and secrets in the hands that bleed,
I need to see the face of the man who sleeps,
who sleeps beneath the sails in the raging sea.