a king

Lord, we need
a king.

we want one so
desperately that we
have learned to make one
from nothing.

why, Lord, does not this
in itself
cause in us
a deep dread of kings?

are we truly so
stupid?
so lazy?

Hammer

Lord,
Your words
are a hammer
battering our
slow hearts...our
lazy souls...our
prideful wills...

like the blacksmith's
hammer,
Your words...when
we hear them
push us to where we
otherwise
could not
would not
go...
into LIFE.