TRUTH

She sat at your table

You laughed at her jokes

She saw then, but couldn't believe

It was all an orchestrated hoax

You invited her to afternoon lunches

But left her to find friends

Her presence made a difference

But not enough for the lies to end

She beheld the scuttlebutt 

You four crowded in static whisper

She was too white for your dark

Drink and tattoo parlors to appear a hipster

You received her flow of life

Inviting your leeches to glow bright

Siphoning energetic creation

So you could be THE light

She said nothing..just walked away

Hoping you would return in time

You did, with gestures of value

To ensure she was still in line

...to bow

TRUTH doesn't speak

She stands in LOVE

Scales in hand

Inside Mama dove 

Court is in session

Only WORD has the floor

TRUTH was never alone

Daddy God has cut the cord

...to lies

Written by Trudy Schrader on 03/29/2022

SOLE SOLDIER

Sitting on the bed

Where it all goes down

She wonders about

The color of her wedding gown

Lying in a cardboard box

Where trash is thrown

He contemplates living

Where he is sitting on an ornate throne

Standing in a crowded space

Where one is pressed to breathe out air

They see flashes of life

Where the heavens are alight with answered prayer

Day after day, moment after moment

Sole soldiers march without reason

Just making contact with territory

Idols stole with the grand act of treason

Numbness threatens to deaden tissue

As the nations of this world fall

Bowing down, finally to 

The King of Kings and Lord of all

LOVE sees and LOVE will not leave

Sole soldiers to simply walk and bleed

Gilead is the balm to heal the wounded weight

Of those who took the price idol worship laid

...never give up hope

Written by Trudy Schrader on 03-14-2022

DUNGEON LIGHT

Diligently searching

For a source of light

I began to walk and feel

In the familiar night

An old connection

Offered first aid

While I refused service

After the mess fear had made

He kept trying to lead

As I would emphatically plead

.....I NEED Light

Suddenly, I saw

The dungeon walls all around

Me...right there...in rags

Sitting on the dirty ground

Wait...light, framed

In a window up high

I jumped to my feet

And saw the lie

At the exact moment

Fear was relishing a win

I saw freedom

Awaiting in the wind

My soul jumped on a color

The rainbow within the light

I danced on green, pink, and red

Praising Daddy God for the dungeon night

Written by Trudy Schrader on 03-08-2022

 

WATCHING the WALL

Drawing closer to the stones

Culture has divided and built

Each one adding a block

Embroidered on history's quilt

Every time I come to view

The layers thin and blur

My memory garbled and worn

Nothing of life remains pure

How can one build without truth

On ground that moves and sways

Shifting dirt from Mother Earth

While waters flood and nothing stays

Why come to a wall...constant, safe

Wondering if experience is solid

At the end of the day, when one must weigh

All reduced to man's growing knowledge

Knowing is not enough, to breathe

Connection alone remains

All will fail or succeed

In the REVELATION man gains

...we get to choose

Written by Trudy Schrader on 03-01-2022