Original Intent

Original Intent

 

Rush from the moment

woke to rib removed

there you were watching

reflected part of me

 

Gaze upon one another

curves and peaks discover

no shame in curiosity uncovered

knowing what parts removed

 

Gift of companionship and lover

union before the Fall

no greater or lesser between

walk in cool with God each day

 

Tend the Garden

of the other's soul

intimacy in another realm

flow of together in bliss

 

Other worldly covering

transparent beyond vision

synced in harmony

freedom to love and be loved

 

Poem 20-184z

#highplainspoet, #westernnebraskathoughtsandlife, relationship, intimacy, union, restoration, reconciliation

 

Trying to imagine what Adam and Eve's relationship was before the Fall. Then further, what does redemption from the curse of the Fall look like for us. Since Jesus redeemed us from the curse, what parts of Eden are available to us today. What parts of intimacy have been redeemed and reclaimed, living beyond Genesis 3 in redemption.

Rooted Passion

Rooted Passion (18-184A)

Desire lays just below
ready to burst forth
Awakened after harsh winter
and parched spring

Refreshing rain sparkles
hard heart now supple
Hope revives love
roots gone deep

Commitment (18-110Z)

Commitment (18-110Z)

Committed to work through

Emotional separation and distance

Loneliness cracks open soul

Touch expressionless

Desire to be known

Even in moments of pain

Even in moments of turmoil

We don't have to put distance between

Pushing through relational distress

This is what love looks like

Security

Security (18-061B)

Full moon reflects my love

Softly exposing winter's sleepiness

Blinds vulnerably open

Silky shadow glow fills our room

Intimate memories rendezvous

Warmth wraps me

All we are embraces me

Securely in our yesterdays, today, and tomorrows

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (18-061B)

Endings

Endings

Somber heart

Aches with longing

What yet can be

Story yet to be told

Each day is a page

Volume of a life

How it ends

Depends on the Source

From which I draw

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-122A)

Out of Ashes

Out of Ashes

In the ashes
clank of nails
Clinging to the magnet
Passion of attraction

Intimacy's attachment
Pried off magnet
Five gallon bucket
Half full of nails

Back and forth
Over nine square feet
Invisible force draws metal
Out of the ashes


About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-132B)

Blood Red Rose

Blood Red Rose

 -i-

Blood red rose

Satin petals invite

Whiff of scent

Evokes memories of beauty

      -ii-

Blood red rose

An invitation

A bid for more

Vulnerability offered

       -iii-

Blood red rose

Redemptions call

A silly flower

Heart that bleeds

         -iv-

Blood red rose

Spring in the air

Love's double edge

Risk and reward

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-080I)

Sifting

                    Sifting

A season of sifting

Where what can be separated is separated

Undone place where fallenness exposed and stripped

A shaking by Truth out of loving kindness

Either makes, breaks, or both

Pleasing to Father that turn and not harden heart

Softening and tenderizing of heart and being

Like meat through a tenderizer

Meant to soften and tear away

Oil of the Lord applied and worked deep

Tenderized so seasoning becomes inseparable

A flavoring of sacrifice pleasing to Father

Pulling close to Him

Allowing His hands to press deep

Becoming all He created me to be

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-090B)

Sunrise

           Sunrise

Brilliance of sunrise
Magnified on glittering snow
Gratitude for another day
Another opportunity to live with You

Expressions of beauty
Swaying of pines
Snow crusted movement
Catches my eye

Sharing the moment
With my love
Brief moment of expression
Hoping for better days

Pressing close to You
What do You want to say
How can I express my love
In ways meaningful to You

Hope requires action
Love revived in connection

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-007B)

Unconditional

     Unconditional

To live in Father's love

Unconditional expression

Engulfing intimacy

Safe in His presence

Walking together in that space

Husband and wife free

Shame no more

Joy to explore

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (16-350B)

Guardrails

Thoughts about staying between guardrails.  Heard the term many times applied to putting "guardrails" in place in your life.  The implication is to stay within the boundaries by using some physical device, devices of our strength, try harder, more discipline.  Perhaps there is even a better way.

I think about C.S. Lewis's book The Horse and His Boy in the Chronicle of Narnia series.  When Shasta is crossing in the fog over the mountains, Aslan puts himself between Shasta and the cliff, the unseen hazard.  Aslan always putting himself between the edge and Shasta.  Shasta never aware of the danger in the blinding fog.  After Shasta makes it down the mountain, then awareness of the hazard that he just traversed and the protection that was provided without a "guardrail."

That is a different type of guardrail! It's not a guardrail.  It is a person, a relationship that guides and directs, not follow this checklist, or do this.  Just a conversation that keeps forward movement, maintaining relationship and movement.

           Guardrails

Physical barriers,
Keeps on road,
More than this to life,
Not about rules and lists.

Move beyond the reflectors at the side of the road,
Attunement to voice of Spirit within,
Accepting internal guidance,
Path to deeper intimacy.

Shifts in relating,
No longer settle barriers,
Defined by connection,
Trust and freedom from within.

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet.