The Bridge
By K.O.Reuben
Copyright © by K.O.Reuben
Smashwords Edition
Smashwords Edition, Licence Notes
Dedicated to the bridge who stood in the gaping rift and reunited God with His creation
By extending himself and allowing himself to be stepped on.
I am a poem
I am a poem. God wrote me. Many will have an interpretation of me but I am what I was written to be, nothing less, nothing more. Some say I am a tragedy, while others call me an epic. Some say I am an elegy, while others call me an ode and others still, a sonnet. Many have their interpretations some are close, some are completely wrong but only God knows exactly what I am and who I am because he wrote me, he knows me better than I understand myself, themes, literary devices and all. I have only just learnt not to believe the interpretations people have of my being for they did not write, nor can they rewrite me or my purpose. I refuse to accept people's interpretation of me because I am what God wrote me to be- a great poem and nothing less. I am a great poem and God is my author.
Of true love
My vision is faded into all that is mentally blind,
What I want I search and obviously do not find.
For what I seek is not what I need, in a world dying in the dust,
All I need is You father in heaven- in Your word I trust.
The heart of my soul cries even though my flesh is for a time sated,
Nothing satisfies my soul except Your love, so I give mine though belated.
So let Your holy fire burn within me so by no impurity my soul be bound,
Your love is complete, final and enough and in me let it be found.
K.O.Reuben 2011
To my heavenly father, the one who loves me most.
I Can’t Explain
I can’t explain
But now I refrain
Death will no longer be my end
The keeper of my soul will defend
And I can’t explain
But now I feel no pain
I was blind
But He shined
And I can’t explain
From you I gain
From He who is life
Deliverer from strife
Rescuer of my soul
From the depths of sheol
And I can’t explain
How my spirit you train
You help me grow
With the love you show
I can’t deny that you are king
True life you bring
And I stand in total awe
For you perfect my every flaw
And I always wonder how it came to be
That you stopped, smiled and came to me
I am not worthy, I am not nearly enough
But you bring me forth and make me tough
So I can stand in any dark day
Call your name and smite evil away
And I wonder why you love me so
When you called me and I said no
There is this fire you put in my chest
And now I want to love without rest
You are irresistible and indestructible
You make incredible and you laugh at impossible
And the evil against you does gather
But Jesus before your name they SCATTER
And I can’t explain your mercy and love
Deeper than the heavens above
For you came down and died for me
You broke those chains I could not see
And I am saved but that’s not all
To me you lovingly call
You pour on me your holy spirit divine
And I am anointed beyond dreams sublime
And look how you keep me walking
When I am so weak, feeble and keep falling
And oh my great God I thank you for this
For I make my way to your bliss
And with me I bring praise
And with me my cross I raise
My brothers and sisters follow
With hearts full of love not hollow
And I can’t explain how
But I CAN now
And it seems I was more than lost
But guess what you went and paid that cost
And I am in shame of all the evil I’ve done in this life
But you forgive me more than a loving husband to a wife
About you I just can’t stop talking
I hold your hand and keep walking
For there is still so much to tell of your creation
And I ignore any silly imitation
For your are the one and only
And all others are just phony
And I laugh when people talk like you are dead
You are alive and kicking and more than in my head
And it seems I need to shout a little louder
And in the congregation of you be prouder
You bless me each day
And you throw my sins away
And people wonder why I smile
Because he washed away that bile
And by your holy stripes my sinful scars do heal
And challenged by Satan, my victory with your blood you seal
And evil is rife and seems deceptively strong
But no evil can survive you who cures all wrong
And oh my God in Heaven almighty I thank you for your son
Because since I followed him every battle in my life I’ve won
And it’s not by my power, oh it’s not by my might
But by your spirit of lord, you go before me so I don’t have to fight!
Logic and science is not enough to describe
And praise, art and music cannot ascribe
Your love and what you deserve
For my soul each moment you preserve.
My heart for you is on fire
And of my praise you will never tire
Your grace is all I need
And on your word I feed
You guide me to over evil victoriously tower
And your people with your word empower
I Am Your Creation
I am yours
A vessel of your grace and proud to be
Made in your image
You save me from the world
On my face I fall before you
United in Christ and willing to serve
Raised by your love and grace
Compassionate to my plight you are
Remarkable you are in every way
Every part of creation sings to you
All day I marvel at your wonder
To be with you is my ultimate desire
In your arms of love I am found
Omnipotent you are
Never to leave me alone
A New Heart
Broken no more
Each lost particle restore,
Every dent and crease vanish
Feelings of ill hate banish,
Doubt and detriment lose,
Love and kindness chose
Make indestructibility your code
And with it no weakness abode,
For what was shattered is now made anew,
Destined for a worthy one not a few
I shall compose for you a heart that will inspire
A heart of golden unquenchable fire
Blessed with the immortality of true love, it will be quenched no more
Your heart I promise to restore.
Journey
Lord I seek you, draw me near
Forgive my sins so I won’t fear
Give me strength so I can go on
Let my heart to you belong.
Each second is a blessing, each day a gift
Between us close the gap, an unholy gaping rift.
Lord I want you in my life, in my heart, in my soul
Lord give me strength to always be in control.
Sometimes it’s not easy and I fall
But when I need you, please answer my call.
I am lost without you, blind for you are my sight
You are a blinding beacon burning through the night.
All I want is to be with you, praising you each day
All I need is Jesus to guide me on the way.
Embrace
It is good to have you here
Here in the arms of my heart
It is warm and reassuring
To be wrapped in yours
Once dying of self-inflicted winter
Now saved and safe in your home
Living with you is all I have and want
Your grace completes me forever
You See Us
When you look into the surface of the waters you want to see us looking back
Your spirit hovered over the waters in the beginning, and you want us to be covered by your spirit now.
What we understand evil to be is a way of life and what you know evil to be is an absence of You O Lord
We have cultured ourselves to live without Your presence. What we call growth and logical reasoning, You call a lethal cancer of the soul.
What some call weakness, You call repentance, and what some call brainwashed and indoctrinated, You call faithful and blessed because when you look into the waters tinted red by your son, You see your son, then you see us.
In A Moment
Behold! I stood upon the fringe of creation and lo the universe was laid bare and naked before me in deafening silence and colour and combustion and every part of everything that is and is not I am witness to and the creative power of your breath installed in my being to animate me from conception ignites in my chest, sets my soul aflame chains of conform are shattered, broken and melted and I become a cell in your ever immortal body sovereign supreme and there I reach the conclusion to return to what I was made for, to love with the unselfishness of the richest beggar there ever will be in all of creation itself... for You loved me first.
BROKEN BEFORE YOU
The world says I am more than a man, that I by myself am strong
Yet I am weak without you Father, the world is so wrong
The world says I need you not, for I am self-sufficient and all wise
Yet you gave yourself for me and on the third day You did arise
The world says I don’t need you to reap or even to sow
Yet I see trees need light to live and to grow
The world says there is a light called reason in one’s mind
But yet I wonder lost looking for things I will never truly find
You allowed yourself to be broken completely, in my place
So today, in tears, I worship You, broken in pieces by Your grace.
-Christ allowed Himself to be broken for you, long before you-
You Send I
I know my person is far from what you designed it to be
So reset it, remould it and make me free
You send me into the fray to speak
Please make me strong, let me not be weak
For I am nothing without your power and grace
You bring salvation and pour on evil disgrace
I am your humble ambassador of your love
Please strengthen me holy God above
For I feel weak when I should be strong
And my voice withers when I behold wrong
Mighty father bolster me in your way
Teach me your word and what to say
Please mighty Lord be gentle for I am so feeble before thee
Open my heart to accept your spirit, my eyes so I can see
I am scared that I might step wrongly when I do as you say
So soften those I speak to; mighty, small, young and grey
Anoint me so I may be fit enough to serve you and talk
Like a child I am scared but so eager to walk
So Mighty father hold my hand so I will be confident and bold
And I will proclaim thy works and sing my testimony till I am old
The Bridge
Across the galaxy of the vacuum of your sparkling tears of joy that are now stars, I hear your voice a trail of cosmic dust glowing in the dark cold expanse that is this space-this space between us.
The gap is breached, you are safe. You can travel to me now, as much as your heart desires.t
By the eternal staircase, the bridge closes the gap over slavery in solemn solitude of heart and soul.
The bridge between us is unbreakable, a channel of hope that I will sail to you, a reassurance that you will continue to wait by the shore and sing for me.
I have closed the gap. We will be together again and the universe will dry its tears.
So you have come to the end of this book! With Christ it’s not the end but the beginning! So I say be inspired! Write, sing, praise his name and pass on the poems to your Christian friends and more importantly those who aren’t. Let them be touched, pray for them.
The greatest story is that God saw mankind in his sinful state and spoke and His word went before Him and became one of us to save us and returned to the father fulfilled:
“ So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55v11
Be inspired unto salvation.
Thank you for reading.
God bless
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