Break point

I'm not superhuman, just trying to be human is hard enough
So don't exepect me to react perfectly to hard times
Anger and frustration are human but letting them consume you is not
Don't mistake my moments of fury for a lifestyle of madness
Don't mistake my tears for failure
If I were made to be calm and composed 24/7
Then there would be no examples of Friday garden prayers
Or lamenting before the tomb of a friend

Poetry from backpacking

Fire

Wind antagonizes the fire
Bringing roaring life to its dying embers
Flame soon leaps out on its own
Without the aid of billows

View

Cresting the ridge
Panting, aching, exhausted
A new part of creation is revealed
Its beauty greater than all I had seen before
All former views pale in comparison to this
All future views will be measured by this standard

What trail?

A map with no paths leads to wonderful places
Places off the established routs
Locations that offer incredible beauty

Of course at times it is a risk
Never knowing if a saddle is passable
Or if a lake or stream has fish

But the sense of accomplishment at reaching your goal
Outweighs the comfort of the trails
And out shines the merits of a standard hike

Prayer of Assurance

I pray to God,
'Send me a cure'.

I have a disease,
that leads me to doubt.

Your grace is sufficient,
if I just lean on you.

I must seek your ways,
to end my doubting.

Follow your will,
and life is sure.