anchor poetry, vol. 1
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poetry inspired by worshipping our creative creator, collected anonymously at anchor college service at the garden community church.TRANSCRIPT
PRODUCED BY:
POETRY INSPIRED BY WORSHIPPINGOUR CREATIVE CREATOR, COLLECTED ANONYMOUSLY
AT ANCHOR COLLEGE SERVICEAT THE GARDEN COMMUNITY CHURCH.
AVERT THESE EYES TO OBSCURE THE TRUTH
THE WALLS SPEAK OF TERROR
LIMITED FORTUNE, WITH LIMITLESS FEAR
GOD IS WHERE?
INJUSTICE GRAFTS TO GRACE
BLINDED EYES DISTORT EACH FACE
WAVES OF PASSION, YET NONE TO SPARE
GOD IS WHERE?
COMPLACENT DESTRUCTION, FRAGMENTED SELF
“IN HIS IMAGE”, THE NEIGHBOR IS SHELVED
CRUELTY RENDERED COMMON, NOT ONE WILL CARE
GOD IS WHERE?
IMMANENCE AND GLORY RULE
CREATIONS BEAUTY SPEAKS THIS TRUTH
GOD’S EYES FIXED, NOT DISTANT OR CRUEL
GOD’S LOVE DISPLACES THE FEAR
THE QUESTION REMAINS, “GOD IS WHERE?”
THE ANSWER SUSTAINED, GOD IS RIGHT
HERE.
SURRENDERSURRENDER
Y O U R B E A U T Y R E F L E C T S U S
Y O U R G R A C E C O V E R S U S
Y O U R G O O D N E S S I S G I V E N T O U S
Y O U R P U R I T Y D E F I N E S U S
Y O U R M E R C Y O V E R C O M E S U S
Y O U R T O U C H O V E R W H E L M S U S
Y O U R P E A C E O V E R T A K E S U S
Y O U R K I N D N E S S B R O K E U S
Y O U R S O N S A V E D U S
Y O U R L O V E S T O L E O U R H E A R T S
MY WONDER, YOU ARE, AS I UNVEIL MY HEART ON THE HAMMOCK OUTSIDE IN THE MOON-LIT DARK MY BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY I DESIRE TO KNOW AND SEARCH IN THE WORD AND THE TREES AND MY SOUL COME OVER ME, LOVE, AS I SUBMIT TO THE WEIGHT OF YOUR HEART ON MY HEART AND YOUR WILL ON MY FATE YOU HAVE STOLEN MY HEART IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT AS I WAKE UP IN MOURNING UNVEILED TO THE LIGHT AND NOW MY HEART NO LONGER BEATS INSIDE ME, BUT DWELLS IN THE HANDS OF MY LOVER, MY THEE I WILL MELT AT THE THOUGHT OF YOU IN THE ROOM AS YOU TAKE THE HAND OF YOUR BRIDE, MY JESUS, MY GROOM
YOU ARE MY ONE TRUE LOVE,
Ravish my very being.
The lover of my soul,
I am so in love with you.
MAY THIS HOLY COVENANT WITH YOU NEVER BE COMPROMISED, FOR YOU ARE MY LIFE, YOU HAVE MY HEART.
UNTIL YOU TAKE ME FROM THIS VESSEL, LET YOUR LOVE RADIATE.
THE FIRST LOVE OF MY LIFE.I live for you,
I breathe for you,I am yours.
THEY ALWAYS SPEAK OF GREEN PASTURES AND QUIET FLOWING STREAMS
BUT EVERY TIME I THINK I’M THERE I WAKE UP FROM THAT DREAM
I LOOK AROUND AND SEE I’M IN A JUNGLE OF COLD CONCRETE
AND IT’S STATIONARY AND MOVING AND ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF ME
THEN DWELLING ALL INSIDE MY MIND IS THAT QUIET FLOWING STREAM
AND MY IMAGINATION BUILDS A PASTURE OUT OF THE COLD CONCRETE
I CLOUD MY SADDENED VISION WITH A DREAM I WISH WAS REAL
AND MAKE IT MY REALITY TILL THE WORLD I NO MORE FEEL.
BUT LIKE THAT DREAM, I AWAKE, AND THE MASKING FADES AWAY.
AND THE SHADES OF GREEN AND BRIGHT BLUE WATERS SLOWLY SEIZE TO GRAY.
UNTIL ALAS I COME TO FIND THAT DEEP INSIDE OF ME
THE ILLUSION OF A BEATING HEART WAS REALLY COLD CONCRETE.
IS NOT THE WORLD IN WHICH I SEE THE MEADOWS BEARING GREEN
IS NOT THE RIVERS OF THIS EARTH I FIND MY QUIET STREAMS.
A HEART OF STONE CANNOT FIND THE BEAUTY CALLED TO SEEK.
THE PLACE I DESIRE MOST TO DWELL, FIRST MUST DWELL IN ME.
Take the way you are “supposed” to create, and do the exact opposite. God never gave us lines that we “had” to use to be considered creative
YOU ARE UNIQUE, AND SO IS YOUR ART.
Use color when
everything else is
black and white.
Find the border
and create until
you have passed it
c o m p l e t e l y .
DAWN AND DUSK TAKE TURNS CALLING OUT
COME AND WORSHIP
HIMMY JOY AND PAIN TAKE T U R N S C R Y I N G O U T
COME AND WORSHIP
HIM
You are myone truelove,
The loverof my soul,
The firstlove ofmy life.
I live for you, I breathe for you, I am yours.
Until you take me from this vessel,let your love radiate.
Ravish my very being.
May this Holycovenantwith you
never becompromised,
for youare my life,
you have my heart
i am so in love with you.
You whispered to me;with wind through the trees, leaves waving,shaking,
With streams flowingat my feet,Rushing Waters,
With birds singing the sweetest melodies,Whistling,“OH THE BEAUTY!”
Let me see your beauty,Your majesty,Your splendor,
In the dimness I see your face
Through my folli es you see my crown
You do not disqualify me when I fall
Instead you brush me off, you carry me back to where I belong
I long to see myself through your eyes
but my vision fails me, you never fail
I will put my crown on daily
Even when i don’t feel worthy
I beli eve your promises for me
THE GRAVITY OF THE WORLD PULLS ON MY BODY, REMIND�ING ME OF THE WEIGHT THIS WORLD BARES.
THE GRAVITY IS DARK AND PRODUCES NO LIGHT, SUCK�ING IN THE LACK OF LIGHT EACH ONE POSSESSES.
THE SON BLED LIGHT INTO THE VALVES OF GRAVITY, PUMP�ING HIM DRY TILL THE DARK BECAME LIGHT.
AND I STOOD UP TO DRINK FROM THAT SON FILLED VEIN, TO DECLARE THAT I DEFEATED THE FORCE OF GRAVITY.
AND I PROCLAIMED TO THE WORLD, THAT THE LIGHT DISSOLVED THE DARKNESS, BUT THEY LAUGHED IN MY
FACE BECAUSE I SEEMED TO BE SCIENTIFICALLYINCORRECT.
BUT AS THEY SAW ME RISE, AND THEY SAW THE LIGHT OF THE SON, GRAVITY FLED AND DARKNESS WAS CONSUMED.
THEIR LAUGHS BECAME MOURNING, THEIR PRIDE BECAME HUMILITY, OPINION BECAME REASON, AND JESUS BECAME
THEIR NEW LIFE.
JESUS BECAME THE GRAVITY OF THIS WORLD, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT BROUGHT LIFE TO SCIENCE.
3 in 1A DEEP LOVE
PERFECTIN ESSENCE& PERSON
E T E R N I T Y C A N N O T C A G E Y O UTHE GREATNESS OF THE UNIVERSE IS A BRANCH OF THE DIVINE TREE
THE MAN
STEPPEDOUT OF
ETERNITY &
WORE FLESH
Perfect inessence
& person
ETERNITYCANNOT
CAGE YOU
TRUTH INHABITEDHIS BEING.
MAY HIS NAME BE EXALTED AND SANCTIFIEDTHE APPEARANCE OF GOD'S GLORY
A TERRIFYING WONDER OF HIS BEAUTYA DISMANTLED STATIC OF TRUTH
INTO THE FLAMES OF REFINEMENT A WARMTH OF PURIFICATION
THE MOMENT OF AWARE DISPLACEMENT IN THAT ABSENCE GOD IS THERE
THE UNIVERSE CANNOT CONTAIN YOUR LOVE NOR THE STILL WIND SPEAK YOUR NAME
NOISE AND SILENCE BEAR WITNESSTHE GREAT SEA CANNOT DISPLACE YOUR FLAME
THE ETERNAL VICTIM, BARREN AND LAIDFREEDOM ELECTED A BROAD SACRIFICEA BRIEF MOMENT YOUR GLORY IS SLAIN
REDEMPTION UNBURDENED, TRIED, RECLAIMED.
FROM EXILE TO FREEDOMLIFE SWIFTLY OVER DEATH
DESTRUCTION'S SAGGING HEARTGOD'S LIVING BREATH
OUR TREMBLING CRIPPLED, A VOICE LIFTED HIGHINCLINE YOUR EAR, COMPLETE AND PRECISE
SILENCE REFINED, A VOID UNDERSTOODA PORTION POURED OUT, MERCY OVERFLOW
MAY HIS NAME BE EXALTED AND SANCTIFIEDTHE APPEARANCE OF GOD'S GLORY
A TERRIFYING WONDER OF HIS BEAUTYA DISMANTLED STATIC OF TRUTH
INTO THE FLAMES OF REFINEMENT A WARMTH OF PURIFICATION
THE MOMENT OF AWARE DISPLACEMENT IN THAT ABSENCE GOD IS THERE
THE UNIVERSE CANNOT CONTAIN YOUR LOVE NOR THE STILL WIND SPEAK YOUR NAME
NOISE AND SILENCE BEAR WITNESSTHE GREAT SEA CANNOT DISPLACE YOUR FLAME
THE ETERNAL VICTIM, BARREN AND LAIDFREEDOM ELECTED A BROAD SACRIFICEA BRIEF MOMENT YOUR GLORY IS SLAIN
REDEMPTION UNBURDENED, TRIED, RECLAIMED.
FROM EXILE TO FREEDOMLIFE SWIFTLY OVER DEATH
DESTRUCTION'S SAGGING HEARTGOD'S LIVING BREATH
OUR TREMBLING CRIPPLED, A VOICE LIFTED HIGHINCLINE YOUR EAR, COMPLETE AND PRECISE
SILENCE REFINED, A VOID UNDERSTOODA PORTION POURED OUT, MERCY OVERFLOW