My Boys in War

If my kids ever go to war
I hope they know what it's for
Wearing a uniform is but a part
of winning with knowledge and of heart
Live and die with all Christ's might
Freedom is the ability to DO what's right.

by Melanie Lynch-Evans  (I looked for  a pic off the movie Pearl Harbor/Ben Afflek (spell?) that has soldier boots next to a child's bare feet both kneeling and praying before Dad does to war...but I could not find it after an hour of searching).

Loneliness Haiku (a la carte)

Carving your name on the wall
      Your memory's ghost
    in the prison of my heart

by Melanie Lynch-Evans

The Cursing "Prophet" Haiku (a la carte)

"Growing older, you will see!"
Long you will have heard me.
   ~ Self-fulfilling prophecy~

by: Melanie Lynch-Evans

Truth Haiku (a la carte)

Truth, a gift you discover
     in quiet delight
   unfolds in a paradox.

by Melanie Lynch-Evans

Nature's Origami :)

Love Haiku (a la carte)

Love, a tumbled fleshless dance
            two butterflies
       Carrying His energy

by Melanie Lynch-Evans

Don't Hate the Puppets

Double minded people
allegiance unaligned
Spirits play puppets
with people they find

Against flesh and blood
we war not
but lies and fears
and pride we've got

On goes the drama
it's all about me
cut the strings
in Christ we're free

Free to love
behind the scences
trusting Him
in all means.

Melanie Lynch-Evans  2001

Red Carpet Moment

A lonely concrete walk through the city
Numb to hope, inundated with self pity
Her fragrant debut caressed his face
On a red carpet in a world of grays

Spun him around on the tips of his woes
Against his will, the desire rose
Imprinting her red sunkissed hair
with an accidental invitation to stare

Entranced with desire
warmth igniting to fire
in a quiet scream he stood
too far from the taxi's hood

That moment when ordinary is sublime
It leaves as fast as it comes in time
And all the love that's found alone
returns from what's not been known

Another time, again, they'd never meet
the red carpet ran out from beneath their feet.

Melanie Lynch Evans age 17 revised in 2012