Matrix Moments

Media Moments: Question, reflect, connect

Destiny Opens

My thoughts 
doorways to future
Opening my destination 
Neurons 
Stimuli
steering my direction,
Step by step 
Opportunity by opportunity 
with the focus 
of my meditations,
I choose
Not to stare into the broken 
But focus on the good 
Putting aside the distractions 
Putting them in flight mode 
Until habits that are life 
Form and Firm,
And in this who I am 
Becomes clearer
clarity shimmers
Pixel by pixel 
image by image,
Until,
I see my true self in God
In his eyes 
my reflection  
In his tears
His twinkle of fun 
His dilated pupils of love
In his heart me...
Princess, prince, child of God.

Starting Thoughts: How much does the power of small decisions open our destiny, our direction and connection with life? Is how we view ourselves is how we see the world?
Poem Topic Tags:
#doors, #focus, #god, #good, #habits, #identity, #image, #love, #meditation, #prince, #princess, #selfworth,
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
Poetry Christian on destiny, identity and choices.

Clear

Love the unfolding layers of Shrek's onion analogy - here is a reflection on the layers in me, in us, and of how God's love deepens us, reveals us, enjoys us.

In the purity
of my heart,
Cleansed by Christ,
unfolds my uniqueness
with evolving intimacy
revealing clarity,
As I action love
my awareness
of His passion
continually deepens.

#clarity, #christian #cleansed, #forgiveness, #identity, #intimacy, #layers, #love, #passion, #poem, #poetry, #spokenword, #videos
Our Identity unfolds in the love of God - Spoken Word.

Embedded Love

The Big Bang
The cataclysmic moment where 
time, material, state started,
and with these
amazing energies
God begins relationship
With humankind
Generations
With you, us 
Motivated by 
love infused DNA
God models true humanity
Models change
models deep-heart talk,
Models complexity
and simplicity,
How in the dark
light is born,
how in old age, death, pain, evil 
life moves on, grows, laughs, opens,
That is why God
First sent people,
prophets, leaders
the ordinary
to tell God's real story,
many kicked, beaten, killed
laughed at, scorned, excused,
and time revolved
eras and civilisations 
rose and passed
threaded through with 
questions of the why,
for God desires relationship
and let history run
in all its quality of decisions.

Finally, 
embedded in 
time’s crossroad,
God sent
the last One
the Close One
Chosen One
the personhood of God
God skinned
the Only Son
the last sent,
the one to
show true love and
be Worthy of love
the one who would stand
innocent, pure
Beyond time
to restore
to Take the judgement
of all sin,
Crucified as us 
to bring Earth's
Past, present, future
through grace
into love relationship with God.

And the resurrection power
Spoke
A new commandment 
that you love
one another, as yourself
As God deeply loves you,
walk in forgiveness
grace and honour
into your life
child, daughter, son of God
release the prophetic treasure
breathe words of gold
extraordinary people
telling God's story
releasing God's spirit
releasing his call.

#bigbang, #call, #christian, #cross, #dna, #history, #honour, #jesus, #poetry, #poems, #reality, #reallife, #relationship, #relationships, #spirit, #spokenword, #story,
How God

Puppet

Let go of the strings,
strings connecting you
to a false God
who you see
as the puppet master,
Controller
where He performs
manipulating you,
commands,
Laws...

He has
cut your strings and
let you go free,
and it pained God
to see you leave
His heart's desire
was still for you,
in all those times 
you turned your back, 
and then you realised
in a soul moment
you were made
in and for God's love,
hearing
His voice calling you,
turning back to 
your heart's home,
Turning to pure love,
Love beyond knowledge
new life love
Love deeper
Wider, more complete 
whole and beautiful
more powerful,
Love that crosses
the bleakness.

He runs to you
arms open
celebrating you
Loving on you,
wearing his searing scars 
because they tell his story,
Scars and holes
telling of powerful
resurrected love
poured out
cascading into your heart
bringing love's foundation,
Release and freedom again
to be true to yourself,
harmony
from the Anointed one
bringing Peace that 
flows inside out
A love that makes you vulnerable
To be an
Army of lovers
not holding back in fear
Of self
Of reputation
but rather being known
for your love
Unfolding love;
gold to your world.


#change, #christian, #controlled, #freedom, #gold, #love, #poem, #poetry, #prodigal, #relationships, #spokenword, #turning, #videos
Spoken word on how God has let us go free, but runs to use arms open wide - Prodical Son

One Answer

God's answer
to everything;
Love.

Success, failure
Faith, doubt
Upbeat, downcast
Ready, unready
Stress, peace
Going, waiting...

God's answer
to everything;
Love.

#answers, #christian, #doubts, #failure, #faith, #god, #love, #poems, #poetry, #spokenword, #success, #videos
God

Love Locks

Shoes dangling
from power lines,
swaying centimetres
From electrifying experiences,
Bras strung on fencepost wire
bleached by sun kisses,
Did they take them off
or pull them from suitcases?
locks fastened to wire chains
and support railings 
bridges locked heavy with
loves claims
creating troubled bridge
over waters,
structures groan under 
unforeseen weight,
the burdens of deliberate
yet careless love,

Metal metaphor.

Starting Thoughts: We love to love, love to proclaim love, love to think we are in love. How deep does our love really run, how much does it weigh, how do we really commit?
Poem Topic Tags:
#bridges, #careless, #fleeting, #love, #reality, #reallife, #romance, #temporary,
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

Erupt

Make and consume 
edgy memes, 
manifestos of destruction
dance on your own grave
fill them with
echoes of your
whirlwind hate,
broadcast them into
the voids that fill your life
the chat group
Video group
Friends unseen group,
similar minds
that cluster and harden
fears take hooks
take hold
take souls
Take minds
take honour
Until
one morning
evolving hate
erupts.

What does it achieve?

Nothing...
Makes nothing
destroys little
For this mind 
restless soul
does 
not understand
Destruction is 
a dead force
Their own mark 
on the world
temporary
Their own 
birth and death 
temporary.

Only One
in the defeat of death
life's ultimate destruction,
Only one in the triumph
of love can bring hope,
A resurrected life
bringing life
Real change
for the surreal,
Peace is only a 
permanent promise 
kept by-
Jesus,
found only in
the person of peace-
Jesus,
The light in the darkness
Fully defeating hate-
Jesus,
the restorer
neighbourhood carpenter
who came to save-
Jesus,
God's skinned
passion, mercy, freedom-
Jesus,
The powerful name
A light that
Shifting shadows
are changed by-
Jesus,
A true friend 
the first unshakeable friend
truth of God's relationship
with races and earth's people-
Jesus.

Starting Thoughts: Following the Christchurch Mosque shootings (terrorism) I wrote this as part of my reflections and processing of the event. Can we not just allow God's love to be the core of who we are?
Poem Topic Tags:
#death, #destruction, #evil, #hate, #jesus, #love, #nothing, #peace, #power, #socialmedia, #terrorism, #violence
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
Spoken word poetry on the need of the love of God in Christchurch mosque terrorism

Every Time

Every time
we speak/write/act
to separate
to blame
to tear down
to isolate
to gossip
to point
is it our finger
on the trigger?

Prompt
Where do we stand as individuals on terrorism? Reflections about the mosque attack Christchurch 2019.
Poem Tags
#crimes, #faith, #freedom, #god, #gossip, #hate, #humanity, #identity, #love, #murder, #poems, #poetry, #religion, #seeker, #spokenword, #terrorism, #themes, #together, #mosque, #family
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Shock

Repeated echoes
“You are in lockdown.
Follow lockdown procedure…”

How do you awake
to a new day
cloud thinning to
sunshine and blue sky
and suddenly 
remember the 
events of yesterday.

How do you
start the day 
with breakfast
eating a meal
on a chair
comfortable cushion 
safe in your house
when separate
in time and space,
separate to you
and your family
separate from values
you hope for,
this murder 
has stolen innocence
this cowardice 
has stolen strength
this hate 
has expressed itself
livestreamed itself.

How do you 
sickened
angered
grieving
raw
shocked...
speak out 
call out
live out
the heartbreak,
something remote
but close,
something confusing
yet seeking
the edges of clarity.

49 times the grief
90 times the agony
changing numbers
newspaper numbers
reflecting chaos 
triggering
greater family pain.

six hatreds
six tears
six thoughts
six degrees
of connected separation.

Prompt
With one quick call we plunged into lockdown at my school in Christchurch. Outside terrorism, stalked parts of Christchurch 2019.
Poem Tags
#crimes, #faith, #freedom, #god, #gossip, #hate, #humanity, #identity, #love, #murder, #poems, #poetry, #religion, #seeker, #spokenword, #terrorism, #themes, #together, #mosque, #family
Christchurch 2019 Mosque shooting Spoken Word Reflection

Together Tree

Leaf life 
time swirls 
Blown 
strained,
its hold in life 
precious stem communication 
with nurturing sap. 
Leaf battles 
storm vortex 
but around it 
friends 
company 
sheltering
overlapping , covering
each other 
from trouble winds. 
Seasons 
pass 
leaf colours 
change into eternity 
Christ's church 
planted 
by streams 
of living water.

Starting Thoughts: The most amazing group of people I know are those in our church who honour, love and relate to each other in the best way I have seen in our society. Not perfect, but a living, growing, challenging church open to new ideas and thoughts. It is awesome doing life with these people. Try church!
Poem Topic Tags:
#church, #cover, #creation, #friendship, #life, #livingwaters, #love, #storms, #streams, #tree, #troubles
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
The church is a tree of life by living waters - Spoken Word Poem
The church is a tree of life by living waters - Spoken Word Poem

Delight

The delight of
Love
that dances between
Father, Son, Holy Spirit,
Honour
that flows between
Father, Son, Holy Spirit,
Laughter
that bubbles between
Father, Son, Holy Spirit,
Eternity
that powers
Father, Son, Holy Spirit,
Dance 
in the fullness of the Spirit
in the power of Jesus Christ
in the love of the Father.

Starting Thoughts: We can discover so much from just a touch from the outflow of connection that comes from the relationship between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Love, joy, peace, hope and the power to live changed lives.
Poem Topic Tags:
#delight, #eternity, #father, 3honour, #jesus, #joyful, #laughter, #love, #power, #trinity
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
The love, power and laughter found in the Trining - Spoken Word Poem

Become

God’s wonderful
grace and love;
accept,
receive,
believe,
trust,
Be.

Starting Thoughts: Have we journeyed from acceptance of the wonderful grace to love, and are now truly being Christ to others?
Poem Topic Tags:
#grace, #identity, #kingdom, #life, #love, #mission,
Posting Tags:
#artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity , #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
Spoken Word Poem on being Christ ot Others.

Heart Weaver

With patient love
God knits hearts
pearl one
knit one
love infinity.

Starting Thoughts: How wonderful the love of God; patiently He weaves our lives into his love, creating a marvellous design.
Bible Verses: Colossians 2:2-4, Song of Solomon 8:6 , 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Mark 12:29-31, Ephesians 4:2-3, 1 John 4:7, 1 John 3:16-18, John 4:9-12
Poem Topic Tags:
#love, #patience, #god, #heart, #infinity, #see, #known
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
God

Past Future Fears

Every evil spirit
calls out,
Pulling, teasing the
tenuous fear threads
into willing and unwilling
fertile minds,
multiplying the chaos
with distracting crowd noise
media, screens, speakers
hovering, thrusting, spiralling
connecting the bleak web
Deceit deforms the humane
collapsing hope
suffocating reason,
sometimes just silence
becomes the lies
and the future becomes
the past.

The sun turned dark
the moon dealt blood,
the earth heaved
in an earthquake storm,

and the lies
tried to be the silence
shutting the word of God
the Jesus truth,
closing life itself.

The sundial
spun three days
of fear chains
over a world
that didn't know it
was waiting.
Chokehold manacles
bruising hopes and dreams.

259,200 seconds
ticked towards eternity
Enough time for
despair, perceived reality,
to vulture circle
the disciples
questions spiralling,
rotting hopes
like the body.

And above, outside
and beyond time,
God spoke
in a power beyond
black holes,
Jesus rose
death died
tombstone rolled
time resumed
and Jesus
danced a million
unfolding stories
into human futures.

Starting Thoughts: Fears crowded in, the sun bled, earthquakes shattered and the Christ event that would change our futures occurred.
Poem Topic Tags:
#christ, #cross, #death, #easter, #fears, #future, #hopes, #jesus, #media, #power, #resurrection, #silence, #truth,
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
The past has become the release of your future at Easter  - poetry spoken word

Significance

Undying love
an impossibility
a romance novel
a twisted pipe dream,
Can it ever be found?
Even the closest
to perfect human -
died!
Their love, their presence
their essence, personality, 
all of them random - gone
just a grass blade
weakened temporary roots
dried to a brown wisp
in nor-wester winds,
flaking, crumbling, scattered,
forever lost.
Endless days
short moments
fleeting seconds.

And love spoke
A powerful presence
on Earth,
The walking, singing, challenging
Love was birthed 
in frailty, 
in the midst of death
and the universe
was inexorably changed,
This extreme love
healed, restored, invoked, 
spoke truth, grace, life,
Transformed society
touched the untouchable
loved those who thought
they could never be treasured,
Said, "You are sons and daughters
of God",
And then evil killed
this ultimate love
tore it down
in the fears of people,
The fears of those in power
The fears of change,
death to a love promise
Just another lie, 
death to the completely innocent.

Dying, dying, grave bound
death's chains 
binding love in chaos...

And on the third day
Jesus rose
Love rose
Redemption, freedom rose
death could not hold Him
the undying love
Lived on, loved on,
The sacrificed love
searching love
forever eternal love,
the worst possibility
has become 
the best truth,
death has become
eternal life
in the power 
of God.
Alive in Christ
we stand
Life stories rewritten,
we are
the touch of significance,
We feel
God's heart lovers,
We have become
the royal priesthood.

Starting Thoughts: The temporary nature of life, are we just random? Can we have any significance and therefore hope in life? Can we discover in the worst possibility the best truth?
Bible Passage:
Mark 16
Poem Topic Tags:
#alive, #chains, #cross, #easter, #eternal, #fears, #identity, #life, #love, #perfection, #priesthood, #resurrection, #significance, #stories
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,
Can we find significance and hope in a random world? Poetry - Spoken Word

Opened

Your love
Updrafts my wings
Infuses my soul,
Brings a smile
to my lips,
Opens my eyes
to divine order
to divine appointments.

Acts 16:9-31

Prompt
The wings of an eagle leading to opening our eyes for divine opportunities. How do you fly?
Poem Tags
#christian, #divineappointments, #eagle, #love, #new, #open, #poems, #poetry, #reallife, #spokenword, #wings
Divine Appointments and Eagle Wings Poem

Starting Over

I wear a habit
Or is it the habit
that wearies me?
like our world
that whirlwinds
revolving histories
of war, prejudice, greed,
increasing rootless change
lost and moving values,
the same stealth spiraling
tunnels disintegrate my life,
mind tears,
Contained at first within me
Pieces of my soul
torn again,
floating on self sabotage,
habits creeping wreckage
Doubt, lack of something,
Fear and flight
take pains deeper.

Then despite my careful facade
trying to hide the turmoil,
The clawing winds
Escape through
My body, eyes, mouth
Starting destruction
around me,
In people and places I move
Driving deeper
turmoil, addictions within me
All for self
never good enough
but self important
choosing a world of
Wild Tornadoes.
I ask what do I value?
How can I change?
Do I want to change?

Replacing the old for the new
Knowing I'm not alone;
I go after Him.
I kneel before the Father
Centered on Christ
Looking into His heart
Being with, abiding in Jesus,
I ask for His love
of endless depth to flow
rivers of cleansing life
to heart and soul,
becoming rooted
and established
in amazing love,
new foundations of openness
in God and others,
New depths of prayer,
real infused living,
I stand stronger
immersed in power of
divine spirit and mind,
I share my thoughts, desires
I pray for grace, boldness
I step
into the character
I want to own,
To honour God, others, myself
Sooner than ever before.

Bible Verse:1 Peter 5:10

Prompt
The whirlwinds that devastate our lives? Are they worth it?
Poem Tags
#action, #addictions, #cage, #change, #christian, #destruction, #facades, #fear, #god, #habits, #identity, #intimacy, #kneel, #momentsintime, #poem, #poetry, #promises, #published, #quiettime, #spokenword, #stillness, #time
Starting Over Christian Spoken Word POem

Innocence

We know what
we are like...
living the life we
don't want to live,
Shadows of evil thoughts
tired spaces
hopeless odds
gambling with our souls.

Slicing into history
and future 
The Christmas Easter
peace child speaks,
"You are
Destined for innocence
Chosen to be
untainted, unstained,
justified
embraced
in my great love."

Yes,
seen through Christ's
righteousness,
Lamb of God 
slain
disconnected
risen,
sin's curse broken
Death's power shattered,
The great exchange
innocence died
for the new
creation of the innocents,
freeing you
from your thoughts
from your old nature
from the overwhelming,
finding forever
completion in Jesus,
receiving the precious 
free gift,
And you are
destined to live
in His life
in His established purity
in His endless love,
eternity depths for your innermost.

Transformed, total, real, spirit freedom.

Starting Thoughts: How does God see us? Pure, innocent, worth His Christmas, Easter precious gift. We can be transformed as we understand and are established in God's eternal love.
Poem Topic Tags:
#christmas, #cross, #death, #easter, #forgiveness, #freedom, #gifts, #innocence, #lamb, #nature, #power, #sin, #souls
Posting Tags: #artist, #christian, #creativewriting, #instawrite, #poems, #poetry, #poetsofinstagram, #poetryisnotdead, #poetrycommunity, #poetryinmotion, #spilledink, #spokenword, #typewriter, #videos, #wordsmith, #writing, #writinglife, #writerscommunity, #writerscorner, #writersofinstagram,

In the Water

We stand as 
family bonded together
white sand beach stretching
to emerald wave waters,
We speak of the
faith release
grounded and nurtured
in the generations,
awakened, gathered
mothered and fathered 
celebrated and shared,
Passed on
past to present,
We call forth the gold
from the blessing founded,
in the unfolded history
heritage from a thousand waves
that have curled 
to this moment,
and today we surf
catching rolling waves,
unforced rhythms of life
Enjoying the freedom,
Celebration, heart soul depths,
sharing each journey,
and now We call 
declaring God's power,
The wind of the spirit
to again stir the surface,
to breathe on the waters
grace for new faith
Creating anew and birthing
future waves
blessing the new riders
of generations to come.

Together planted in the land
firm stance on the beach;
In front vast, rolling fathoms 
and breadth of God’s love,
underneath our feet,
billions of small crystals
earth deep
the mix of fresh and salt waters,
behind us Southern Alps
standing strong on the land,
snow peaks in long white clouds
raining refreshment,
braided rivers of life to the sea,
Above blue sky dome
suspended invisible water 
billions of tonnes of his
lavish love
rain spirit 
waiting to fall down,
also now surrounding us.

We stand connected
on the beach,
infused, soaked by the water;
empowered by
the heart of Life.

Poem Tags
#blessing #christian, #church, #family, #generations, #god, #gold #love, #poetry #spoken-word, #water, #worship

Prompt
The blessing we can be to each other as family, passing on generation to generation, catching the wave of God's Spirit.
The blessing that can flow from genrations through family poem

On the Lips

On the lips
On the tip 
Of the tongue,
in the Facebook feeds
in comments
There is flood of Honour
Expressing God's love,
releasing, sustaining
the heart of God
His kingdom,
Honour flowing 
from the honour
in our lives,
bottom line,
You have the 
best for me,
I have the 
best for you,
You want to
polish gold in me,
giving life,
I seek the gold
hidden dimensions
In you
seeing the better,
encouraging new life
Fresh levels of love and gifts,
Not easy
but I won't
give up,
instead I'll 
give away the mindful
the positive,
I respond
to the call of
The power of 
the Holy Spirit,
As my mouth opens
I speak blessing
mindful of your worth,
for my God
died and rose 
for you
For all,
everyone has significance 
in the Father's  eyes,
and in faith
I believe my God
and honour God's 
spark in you.

Greatest esteem,
one to one
spread to others,
with Jesus honoured in
His rightful place.

Poem Tags
#christian, #esteem, #gold, #gossip, #lips, #love, #tongue, #poetry, #spoken-word, #bless

Prompt
How do we love others? Truly bring out the gold in them, seek the best for them. The challenge of love!
How do we bring out the gold in others poem
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