Christian Punks

remember
when you used to cast aside the hypocrisy.
remembering everything you hated about Christianity.
deciding to not be like that
remember why you became a christian punk
remember the zeal
the unmitigated passion for God
reading the word and believing
having hunger pains
wanting more and more of God everyday
the words no compromise on your lips
circle pits of worship
giving all for the cross
remember what it was
how it felt
what it still is
the family
friends
cornerstone festival
a glimpse of heaven to be
remember what it was
who ya was
what you wanted to be
notu
dbc
have you forgotten
the fire that made you gold
that consuming fire that made you whole
nothing mattered except being with him
again I say
pick up your cross

the pressure is on you
to stand for what you believe
remain again
remain in your first love

mermate

she'll be cool
she'll be great
love n chips
fish no more
less one more piece of bait
lovely mermaid
swiming mate
in this wave I caught
the perfect mermate

Currently Playing
Aaron Lee Martin
Album
Self Titled
Track
The Long Journey Home







Indeed I am

it was so clear to me
that day
now its but a memory
remembered but not lost

I held
it
in my hand
then once was
former
no longer am
it would seem that I'm remembering a memory
something certain
appearing
then slipping away

so do I travel my wilderness
forgotten
walking alongside pity
or do I let myself know
what I know
I know
I am

Currently Playing
Aaron Lee Martin
Album
Self Titled
Track
The Long Journey Home








a thing a person would love


you're pretty
and I like some things about you
the thoughts I have about you
the conversations including you
the times I talk
knowing I have a listening

and when you sat
sun laying in your hair
my heart glistening
the funny way the light hit your eyes
a lovely thing to see
unknown before to me

and our talks be a might giddy
straight things
entertaining a foolish romance
my heart winning
a beauty
your name
a welcome thing
a word and never spoken thing
newness
in a single thing

Currently Playing
Aaron Lee Martin
Album
Self Titled
Track
The Long Journey Home







heavenless

so it was in the distance
like a pied pipers lullaby
he heard the melody
a soft smelling serpentine
sweet
low
but invading every part of him
with every step it grew
marching alongside it commanded him
a feeling he'd dreamt to know
all at once perplexing yet completing him

his feet began leaving the ground
inch by inch he no longer knew his home
forsaken to him
above him
less sky
below him
everything once certain to him
no longer with him
closer to the serene
the swan song grew
metaphors and cool rain in summer
loving sunrise coupled with new romance
searching
but nothing could compare to this
searching
a feeling so indescribably matchless
yet he could barely feel it
all but two words
heaven he said
glorious

to my pit he went for me

this day
it occurred to me
to the depths my friend went
this he did for me
down a winding treacherous staircase
with speed to certain doom
darkness bent his body
taking on the shadows
a darkness never known to any so dim

but to him the cost was counted
to die he said was gain
so he went for me
falling for my shame
to the depths he went
just to save me from a fall

oh that rugged cross
at whence he bore all my shame
that rugged cross that rugged cross
a fall made for a king

Bold New World

we ride our bikes
we live a healthy life
sunglasses gone now
we dont wear them at night
around the world
its a rigid political frame
choking the air
making all aware of the warming global exchange

In a nothern america or the middle of Iran
regardless if you're a youth in China
or a messenger in Japan
its a bold new world
many made into a state
smashing up the levy
foreign cry insulted
poor men turned bait

its a world unsided
in a direction gone downhill
leaving us wondering
if we've been given the short change
the quandry of sane men made ill



Author's note: for Kym

War Morn

young and ambitious
I was full of courage
I wished to go and fight the war
but where shall I go?
what's more how shall I fight?
so thus began my query

with a limp a hop and a voice too meek
I started my question marked journey
to the head office I went
and started my search
to question the generals of war

to fight he said
all you will need
is a mind to conquer hell's vengeful fury
now off with you boy
ask the men on the field
for their scars will tell
stories a plenty

so off I went to the sergeants of war
to further stretch my query
now one sergeant was helpful
with a face full of dirt
ears gone from all the shells and gunfire
all you'll need is a loud
triumphant yell
with which to celebrate the victory
now off you go to the front lines of war
there the privates will give your ears plenty
but pay attention quick
or you'll be sure to miss
the crux of this violent fury

hurried I rushed
into the eye of the wave
war never looked so bloody
it was there I met a private worn and spent
courage beaten bent but not bloodied

the private looked in my eye
and with one simple phrase
emboldened everything about me
he said to triumph over this war
you'll need know one simple thing
the victor
will have to die
for many



Author's Note: why am I a Christian? It is a powerful thing to know what true love is. So much so when you find that perfect love nothing in this world can ever compare to it. You in fact find yourself getting up everyday prepared to die for it. His sacrifice becomes yours. Not simply because you read a story and realize oh this is what I'm expected to do. But moreso because you see Christ's sacrifice and realize he died for the war going on inside you. Then all at once you see that it simply must end because you are waging a war with the very lover of your soul. One must ask why they would wish to destroy themselves by rejecting perfect love.

John 14:27

Currently Playing
Eric Serra
Album
The Fifth Element Soundtrack
Track
Leeloominai




one thing you missed


one thing you missed
is that I love you

what I told
but you didn't hear
is that when you wake up I adore you
when you go to bed for those 8 hours
I miss you
when you don't want to be bothered
I'm thinking about the times
we were in communion
and in those times I shut mine eyes
and wait for you
slowly crying I die for you

on cold nights
I want to be warmth to you
when you rejoice
I'm victorious with you
my friend what I'm saying is
I've dedicated my life
to you

remember

seasons change
but admiration remains
eternity fits
a lasting friend


Author's Note: God Speaks. Listen.

Currently Playing
Flee The Seen
Album
Doubt Becomes The New Addiction
Track
right before you dissapear

Record Label
Facedown Records



my own heart led me astray

it was mine own heart that set me astray
led me that way
far from that day
in california where the trees did shine
and on your feet I did lay
I can see it clearly now
it was so blue
the air so clear
then being a different day
then being opposed to today

but I'm waking up now
I hear you now
no longer reclused
trapped in a dungeon of my own making
I know now
it was my own heart that led me astray

fellow

when you look up
direct at the moon like you're the first
you're alive
when you fall in love like the last two lovers on earth
the only two who ever did
you're alive
to breathe in the Adirondacks and cascade down that mountain
with wow
you're alive
to awe
to sacrifice
to stand in brotherhood with men
you've been made
alive