All
poems are original material, written by yours truly.
Here on the website I will be posting background
information on the poem, such as what I think it
means, why I wrote it, etc. If you would like to
send me your own analysis of the poem, I would be
more than happy to post that also.
Poems
Young sun breaks upon a virgin day
Young
Sun breaks upon a virgin day
Upturned heads rejoice in glory
Severed dawn shines upon the lonely
Seasoned snores lifted in praise
Spry footsteps bring new life to the empty chamber
Laughter echoes and joy fills the air
Heavy footfalls accentuate the barren room
Tear falling on the floor shatters and dies forgotten
Shining faces lift in praise
Souls reach up and touch the face of God
Lowered faces glisten with falling tears
Spirit cries out to God for mercy
Eyes turn round and see pain
Sorrow joins praise
Frown turns to smile
Young Sun sets upon the Glory of God
Analysis and Background
This poem was written in 1993 one
Sunday morning during church, while I was at the Air
Force Academy. It's one of the more abstract poems
that I've written, because even I'm not sure what
I mean by it half the time. I understand what I was
trying to say, but when I read it, I see more than
I wrote. This is definitely one of those cases where
a poem takes on more life than its author meant. The
poem is written in opposing couplets. One couplet
talks about something good, and the next talks about
a contrast. There are images of worship throughout
the poem; I was in church after all. The end of the
poem was the joy that could be found if the people
in church could join the lonely, the lost, the hurting
in worshipping God. Jesus said that he came to help
the hurting.
