Christian thoughts as Poems
by
Marge Mulder

My Heart BatteredBattered again, I contemplate. Is this what they mean?
"It will be there in front of you until you get it right.?"
Dost Thou seek to mend or rend?
Couldst not Thou be more like quicksand and
Not so much like hurricane in mine face?
Look into your heartStand outside your life and look into your heart
See if you can see what God sees when He looks in there.
He comes in and searches for what He needs from you.
And He DOES need you--your talent, your gift, your caring.
Petitions in PoetryAh! Wouldst that I be born again again.
That I may blameless come to Thee, to gain
WaterfallSummer, Winter, Spring, and Fall,
Water flows from the mountain wall.
Somebody built a shelter there
Halfway up in the mountain air
Around a pipe where the water flowed