Greater Than

     Greater Than

His love is greater than
All my sin and shame
All sorrow and pain

His love is freely given
Always offered
Often refused

His love is redemptive
Washes me clean
Resores my place in Him

His love
Beyond understanding
Heals the mind and heart

His love 
Mixed with mercy
Full of grace

His love
Hope to the hopeless
Life to the dieing 

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-104A)

They Spill

                         They Spill

As the herd saunters by on the narrow road
They meander down the hill
Picking up speed as each hoof falls
Until they spill out in the wide pasture

Galloping free in the open prairie
Reminding of days long ago
When boundaries were undefined
And fences didn't divert the flow

Picture is of part of the mob running free. About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-103B)

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)

Roots Remaining

               Roots Remaining

In the quiet place where soul is still

Explore the places with resistive chill

After all these years roots yet remain

Believe its gone just to find I'm the same

Heart aches in truth of slow transformation

Wonder if will ever get to blind spot

Internal source, spring of trauma and pain

Until its drained, results the same

Oh God I am in desperate need of You

Invite You in to touch this place

You are my Source and well of Living Water

Cleans the pollution in my well

I choose to cooperate with You

Align myself with You

Surrender myself in this place

Into Your loving care and arms.

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-087A)

You're Gonna Be Ok

A little different blog post, a different form of creativity. Be blessed and encouraged as you listen.

Song is by Jen Johnson called You're Going to Be Okay. All images were taken by our family.

Dance with Me

     Dance with Me

Take up my invitation

Take the step

Co-labor in My creation

Follow My lead

Give and take in the dance

Fluid motion melding together

Gaze in My eyes risk the glance

Union purges and merges

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-092Z)

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)

Dance with Father

      Dance with Father

Take up the invitation
Surrender all hesitation
Experience a new sensation
Explore depths of salvation

Give and take in the dance

Fluid motion melding union

Gaze in My eyes risk the glance

Union purges and merges in the dance

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-092C & Z)

Volcanic

                   Volcanic

Dark lines streak across the sky
Mascara of creation smudges
As drops on cheek flow
Chest heaves in disappointment and grief

Hopes once bound in belief
Melted in the crucible of life
Distorted from intense heat
Liquefied and molten emotions rage

Years of dormant pain erupt
Volcanic raw emotional lava
Mount Vesuvius spewing destruction
Purging decades of pressure

Wrath of neglect and abuse
On display to the world
Only in purging will relief come
Exposed rawness tapped

Out of destruction seed of new life
Letting go of all that's been carried
Unbound to the past
Cracks the casing around heart

Love seeps through
Displaces false comfort
Prison doors open
Soul liberated and free

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-059Z)

Hazy Fog

            Hazy Fog

Central Illinois childhood
Creek frozen over
Sweeping off the snow
Ice skating

Like the hazy fog
Faint memories
As they surface
In the dark drive to work

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-086y)

Rise

                     Rise

Out of the ashes they rise
Daffodils and Jonquils bedazzle
Stark contrast of rubble
Dotted with beauty

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

Prairie Coastline

        Prairie Coastline

Bluff jutting up
Coastline of the plains
Camouflaged in the earth tones
Five deer move as mountain goats

Written about going through Mitchell Pass.

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-086z)

Give It Away

          Give It Away

Fractured places

Broken people

Broken relationships

Broken hope

Carrying brokenness forward

Cycles of sowing the wind

Reaping the whirlwind

Generations repeat to the next

Interpreting cycles and participation

Exchanging and giving love into broken places

Aligning with Truth of situation

Walking into the pain with salve of Father's love

Expressing Father's grace and mercy

His healing in the midst of cycles

His love while staying internally solid

Grace binds up fractured people

Love offers hope to thirsty soul

Mercy given instead of judgment

From Father's goodness received

Freely give it away

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-076A)

Laramie Peak

          Laramie Peak

Laramie Peak softly touched

Purple and pink fingerprints

Upon creations canvas

Captivate as day begins

A settling upon my being

In first moments of fuzzy light

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-078B)