I'll Fly

I'll Fly

Lord let me never forget

That you made me to fly

From earliest childhood

I’d dance and I’d sing

And you promised me more

That my heart would take wing

When I flounder and doubt

Because somebody said

Don’t listen to her

She’s got a big head

Well, my spirit was pricked

And the “God-air” seeped out

I was puzzled, I’d ponder

But my folks said “I’d pout”

But the child in me knew

That I’d fly with ease

Sprinkling stardust about me

With each “thank you and please”

Please make me whole, Jesus

Hold me and array me

Then I’ll fly with the eagles

No person or thing can delay me

12/27/10

Drowsy

Drowsy

Drowsy, drowsy, drowsy

Not scattered, tight, or blousy

Pod puffs floating in the air

Settling on the lashes tips of nose,

The hair

No need to explore or analyze

Fine to simply sit and close your eyes

All is safe and gently moves along

To and fro-ing easily

Like the cadence of a well known song

12/17/10

Walk With Me

Walk With Me

Comrade Jesus, walk with me

Outside forces just let them be

The essence of our life is sown

In serving you, Christ, you alone

So, take of me, Jesus

What you know

This vessel made of clay

And make of me Jesus

The seeds that grow

Your eyes, your ears

Your hands this day.

First help me serve the birds

Only goodness and kindness shall

Follow me all the days of my life

3 08 07

I'm Reeln'

I'm Reelin'

I’m reelin’

From a feelin’

Of faint heartedness

Surrounded by cinders

My rooms just a mess

Must my mind and my heart

Give sway to the blame game

No, wrap me in a cocoon of love

Lined in gratitude’s

Velvety folds with the burlap

Lining massaging my quills

Quills, spill, thrills, trills, hills

Chilled by

Nosy, defensive, reactionary

Sarcastic, rejoinders

Nurtured by honest, open-mindedness

And willingness

Sacrifice makes a splendiferous

Fertilizer of the soul’s goodness

Expansiveness blossoms and fruits…

11/17/10

My Hearts Voice

My Hearts Voice

My hearts voice

Unable to be silent

Stir me within

Bring my soul to rest

In your deep content

River of grace

Flowing into every fiber

Of my being

Awakening, reviving

Restoring, acclaiming

Total resurrection

How precious to address

The soul-stirred repentant sinner

Embracing our womanly essence

Standing in awe

Rejoices in silent exuberance

Not a fragment left untouched

Precious moments hidden in

Him of night

A gossamer radiance in the dawn

Rippling to the surface

Nothing strained

But stretched

To behold

His playful flirting

With a mischievous passion

Now you see me- now you don’t

3 30 07

The Secret Places of my Heart

The Secret Places of my Heart

Come shine your light

In the cobwebby corners

Of a heart that is willing to

Grow today

You uncover a gem

Where once was but dust

A loaf where was only a crust

Come dwell in that place

And fill it with warmth

Where once was gloomy and bare

And the cold made the shivers

Run right up my spine

While my head said

I’m abandoned and spare

Hold my hand and my heart

While I bleed out my wrong

The pettiness, shallow and vain

Clear the air, clear the room

Where used to dwell

Where I once lived, sullen with gloom

Oh, shine out your light

While eyes sparkle and glow

With a smile on my lips

A light stepping heart, and a head

From which beauty and truth flow

Oh, great spirit, giver of life

Birth in me an acceptance

That all your gifts are good

Even the spider on my bathroom

Floor and maybe, I don’t have

To move it, or fear it.

Comfort me and it, oh God

of laughter

1/13/11

I am in a Good Spot

I am in a Good Spot

I am in a good spot, Dot

Hope you are too, Lou

This is a spiritually fit place, Grace

Nothing more to do

  How about you?

Reaching and touching

Is what we do best

Grieving all  our loss

Working with the rest

Finding our safe places

Solitude’s a choice

Loneliness is human

But it doesn’t have a voice

When I use the tools

And choose to work the steps

Fear doesn’t rule for long

I’m on a gently upward curve

Not plunging to the depths

Despair and degradation

No longer has my name

Each day’s a resurrection

Though it may feel just the same

As every day before it

I’ve new eyes to see

New ears to hear

Together we’ll explore it

Namaste

Grateful for peaceful acceptance

Of love’s freedom and possibilities

I can always choose love and

Letting go of another’s response

To my “leading with love”

Dona nobis pacem

1 30 11

Light

Light 

Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,

For the gracious and compassionate and righteous one

What a switch from God to cherish and

Welcome your darkness – a time for grieving

Losses to find the shimmering satin

Edged illumination of acceptance

Flowing graciously into hope in

Your time, Lord.

What is upright, Lord?

Is it a truly honest person?

One without an agenda

Nothing to prove

Simply welcoming each new

God grated circumstance

As an opportunity to grow

To experience adventure

Feeling the assurance of your

Holding my hand

Emptying out of self – centered fears

Will I appear foolish, unappreciative?

Needy, ungracious, boring, less than?

Hold me upright, Lord

Let me witness to your goodness

May I co-operate in my own completion

And

Giving glory – out-pour the stewardship

Of love and compassion

How your grace turns self-righteousness

Into righteousness

And stubbornness into gracious surrender

An attitude of gratitude

A posture of submission

Can turn a steely, selfish heart

To hear God’s new commission

11/7/07

An Update on This Blog

Good morning to all who stop by here!

I am the one typing these poems but this blog is not my voice.  It is the voice of Kack Nugent.  These are her poems.  She has trusted me to sort through her journals and choose which entries can be shared with the general public.   The poems I'm entering currently are from the fifth journal I've sorted through.  I haven't finished entering half of them yet.  I volunteered to do this because Kack is in her 80's and technology is not her thing.  It is never done as a chore. That's why I'm not consistent.  I often create the titles although  I don't actually edit the poems but I will put in a missing word in another color and sometimes if she hasn't decided which word she wants to use, I will enter them all in parenthesis. The dates at the bottom of the poems are the dates that I gleaned from the journals on the day they were written.  I truly believe that anybody who writes as prolifically as Kack, is meant to have their writings shared with the public. 

Sincerely, Carmen Davis

My Heart

My Heart

Sadness and gratitude

Occupying the same space

In this hopeful attitude

I can see His face

Is there more inside my heart

As I turn this corner?

I can feel His solace

As I learn to mourn

Letting go of superiority and

Confusion

Thinking I’m an authority

Keeps me in illusion

I don’t know what he is made of

Analyzing keeps me stuck

Wandering in a fear locked maze

Life becomes a bitter haze

Leaving judgement to the courts

And the ones who see their ilk

Frees me from the pain of disdain

Life can be a skein of silk

With which Higher powers than I

Weave a tapestry sublime

I can rest in peace and hope

Lessons learned while others cope

Trusting in His perfect time

5/18/07

What Sustains Me

What Sustains Me

All my assurances are waning

They support me less in what I know

Relaxing in His arms in what sustains me

I move in peace and wonder slowly by slow

The steps I take are not the ones that

Man made

But ones He held out to the wounded heart

The things to do if I would be His

Handmaid

Begins with simply listening for my

Part

The tableau is not one of my directing

I’ll stand in place where only I

Can stand

His smile tells me that He’s the one selecting

My role will be to hold another’s hand

The business that others find attractive

My heart tells me for me is but distracting

In silence and in awe is where I’ll stand

Till He doth gently lead me by the hand

 5/13/07

Letting Go of Sadness

Letting Go of Sadness

Letting go of sadness

Grief and laughter

Hand in hand

Walked the beach

Toes deep in sand

Grief had cried an

Ocean of tears

While laughter became

Solace

Up and down

Through the years

Letting go of sad

As a garment that no longer fits

To stand naked

Before a world

Ready embrace

And seam up

The perfect cloak

Of acceptance

Other wounded souls

Healing their own scared spirits

At the flame of my confession

Knowing nothing about nothing

Experiencing that I am

A much beloved child of God

Close the door on

Entreaties, excuses, explanations,

Defenses, blather

2/3/11

Grace Dissolves

Grace Dissolves

Magnified

Vilified

Satisfied

Glorified

The natural order of flow

Let nothing impede, deter, interfere

Allow all deterrents to crumble on

Their own nebulous foundations

Grace dissolves the ersatz mortar

Acceptance is a more flexible bond

Strengthening the natural order

In a firmer foundation

Of gentle growth

Not a hast anxiety based

Cover up solution

2/10/11

Free My Mind

Free My Mind

Unclench my hands, Lord, to receive

Your grace

Free my mind, Lord, please

Compulsive thoughts erase

Release my heart dear spirit of love

What a powerful source of energy

Is ignited, bright, wafting in

It’s new essence, accepting the

Empowerment of your ever renewing

Creation – death and resurrection

A generation of hope floating

New life carries me

3/14/07

Awe and Wonder

Awe and Wonder

What’s a mountaintop experience, Lord?

Answer my question, if you please

I’m your child who wants to climb

Here, take my hand and gently squeeze

When I see a fresh perspective

Ah! That is a nod from you

I am not the world’s detective

Challenging another’s view

I can just feel awe and wonder

At the splendor of each day

No fear at the storm’s loud thunder

The cleansing rain will show God’s way

I must take the time to ponder

Pause and rest from time to time

Will a cloud burst keep me stranded?

Interfering with our climb

I don’t need to plan the journey

You will point out caves and manna

For our shelter and our food

You will care for our dear Hannah

We will see it’s for her good

We must each our mountain climb

Spending time with Him alone

But we sing our praise in chorus

Finding notes that blend our tone

3/4/07

Comrade Jesus

Comrade Jesus

On your time table, comrade Jesus

Let me walk with you

Welcome those who climb the tree

Because they’re short in stature

Welcome as you’ve welcomed me

Revealing thus my nature

Comrade Jesus, release fear

That I’m not enough

What I’m short on- you supply

For you know just what I need

Material things need not apply

Word of God fill more than stuff

Comrade Jesus, help me now

In letting go of pressure

Outside forces slow me down

In my walk with you

And I’ll miss the clarity of love

That expands my view

Since time and tide wait for

No man

I’ll seek timelessness and go with the flow

2/28/07

Divinely Motivated

Divinely Motivated
 

Oh, the joy of the heart that

Relies on His power

That can rest in His presence

Peace flows hour by hour

Oh, the joy of the soul that is filled with His hope

For He wastes not a thing

Gives us courage to cope

Oh, the joy of the mind

That relaxes in praise

Pouring forth from Its lips

All the length of its days

Oh, the joy of His creature

That he has called good

For the wholeness wells up

From His own sacred food

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Dear Kack,

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Love, Carmen


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Real Needs Driven

Real Needs Driven

R eady, respond, responsible

E ager to listen and learn

A ble to hear the next right thing

L ove always (self – God – others)

N earness to you my God

E ver seeking goodness – seeing beauty

E ager to really listen and focus (goodness)

D etermination to give and receive affirmation

S imply surrendering – The next right thing

D angerous for me

R eality is blurred

I ntuition and imagination need to be honored

V ictory over baser instincts

E mpty self of judgement of loved ones’ choices

N egative thinking (omnipotence) abates

A Prayer to Abba

A Prayer to Abba

Goodnight, gracious Abba.  Thank you for a spirit of gratitude permeating my being.  I await your guidance tonight.  Thank you for the gift of life, of light, of time.  Peace and hope surround (my friends) please.  Thank You.

Sorrow Stretches the Heart

Sorrow Stretches the Heart

Oh, sorrow come and stretch my heart

That joy the more may enter in.

Let all my senses grieve each loss

So Christ may come and dwell therein.

Make me alert to others pain

To honor it and be for them

A Christ-like presence in their midst

To bring them back to peace gain.

Oh, sorrow come as surely T'will

And open all our hearts to grace

For only in our brokenness

Can we find Christ's own human face.

Be still my soul and rest in Him

And steep in all He offers thee

Then carry forth His warm embrace

In healing others

You'll healed be,

2003