Lyrics, Lamentations & Love Songs*

You say “Be still” And I sit here in the silence Feeling alone Wish the fucking quiet Would bring peace But it just allows my thoughts To seethe  I know hope Doesn’t come From a bottle Or a person, those false prophets The social norms Or greedy pockets But mine is spent Trying to relent Wish I could be As solid as others seem Just want a little relief… 05/15/26 clc

Come When you’re weary Come  Rest your head The days  Seem unending And you’re Surrounded by a dread Tears Have their meaning Tearing down Jericho’s walls You Keep walking And I will make them fall When you turn Ever to me Let your spirit Be set free Into my hands I’ll hold you I understand I love you child I am with you All the while 05/12/26 clc

Where would I be? Without the saving power Without the sun in early hours Shining on me as if a flower Reaching up  In that breath That whispers soft my name I’ve heard it before Never the same Rising thoughts bring my face To where you are Where would I be? Without you I need you Desperately The heart that proves Life still marches on Like the drummer propels the song Deep and resonant like a gong Beating beneath Where would I be? Yet when I stop I clearly see You remain You are here Every day Where else would I be? 05/02/26 clc

Sunrise from on High Above the moon  Across night’s sky Tender mercies  As early morn Arise within us We are reborn To shine Echoing his light Taking each breath Holding tight We let go Exhale the dark Find our spirits Rise, embark Upon this day One step at a time We’re on our way… The Way of Peace. 05/01/26 clc “Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us, To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭1‬:‭78‬-‭79‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

The process of grieving  Life as it was Things I thought mattered  Left behind in the dirt Soul without meaning Broken within Told it didn’t matter But what if it did? Hurts sometimes linger  Yet they can produce a seed Of Redemption if tended Watered with care Soil tossed and trampled Just might open and bring Life from the dying If hope waters deep The pain of losing Might open to new Life if we let go breathe in a new need And grow. 04/22/26 clc

Heavy dose of sunrise Opening my eyes Stars have lost their luster Moon has said goodnight Morning breaks horizon Miles stretch before my way Up and traveling onward This, a brand new day Hope hasn’t left It sits right beside  As I continue on this journey Know my heart resides  Tho fear may come When dark tries to hide I look up To where my heart resides Oh, where my heart resides. 04/21/26 clc