JZ UNLEASHED

A Families woe's
 - if left untold
may claim a
strangle hold

So better we
 - whom do
take heed
Surrender our sorrow
 - to Thee

And in doing so
we lift-up
 - our love for
Jimmy Z



A Son
A Brother
An Uncle
 - a Friend
Pure Love for us
 - had he

Yes, us!
"The Least of These"

THIS Humble
Servant heart's desire
 - was to
simply please



A Contractor
A Carpenter
 - his business
was a ministry

Transformed houses
 - into homes
while impacting lives
 -  for The Throne
James did so!
WILLINGLY



He shared His
Experience
Strength
And Hope
 
Helpfuly led
any newcomer
  - still struggling
to cope

and like his smile
  -  bursting forth
You'd learn to work it
  - 'cause of your WORTH

His personal investing
(in us)
was such a Blessing



And finally a Waterman
 - who's stoke today we honor
Taken too soon
 - yes?
Nor should we question our Heavenly Father

A decision made
 - at The Lane
To paddle or to hitch?

This proud man
 - followed God's
perfect plan
 - and never considered which

For Surfers know
 - when pushed
below
Up His Leash
 - we must climb
And as we cling
 - to The Vine
Through our Strife
God's hand
WILL
 - lift us to
Eternal Life



So like James
We should each
keep growing
 
In Christ likeness
 - as did he

And be certain
of your future
 - knowing
 
Jim has been
 - gracefully
set free

DEVINE INSTANT


In that moment
 when our eyes met
you've since said
  a plan was set


Two spirits
  Kindred
Chaos
  Survived
a Coupleship entered
  our lives collide


Vows shared
  Tender
Wedding rings
  Exchanged
Trials
  Prevailed
True Love
  Remains


Grace
  Understanding
Patient
  Kind
Passion then contentment
  Loving You
Sublime


Outside ourselves
  beat hearts
a Daughter
  and Son

Two Devine Instants
  Weld our souls into one


Happy Birthday Kitten!

uRloved

Happy Valentines Day Kitten!
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Circles of Light
Surround and Expose
-
Our Love Deep Within
For Those Once Held Close


Around Love Comes Back
To Those Whom Do Sow
-
Though Left, Not Forsaken
In Trust We Must Grow


Like Dusk Before Dawn
And Light Before Day
-
Our Paths Merge As One
His Plan is Our Way


I Pray For This Daily:
So His Will It Must Be
-
I Commit Unto You
His Love Sets Us Free

Gods' True Gifts

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Protected beneath a canopy
of Redwoods clustered high
Needles fallen - cushion footsteps
My path to God is softened

Mist gathers - drops fall
tapping slowly - telling time
Gentle breeze - bending ferns
God is reaching towards me

Slivers of sunlight -
Grace sent from above
His light does shine inside
my once forested mind

Enveloped by calm serenity
Prayers He alone granted
Nourish a vision of healing
i experience your presence

/edj
17.12.2007
Redwood Grove - Botanical Gardens
at the University California - Berkeley

HAIRY BIRTHMARK - to moi
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Letting go is a gift for myself
if i choose
to end an addiction
of internalized abuse

at a young age i thought
shame was mine - alone
constantly replaying memories
to understand what I'd done

the chaos, the lies
love cast aside
myself i dispised
in-difference i saw
when i looked in my eyes

complicated my life
old behaviors worn blind
sought any relief
to get out of my mind

fought all, did drunk, been coked, smoked rope...
groped, felt, bent, prone, all chillingly bare
yet never emotionally exposed

till bottom hit – not once - twice - three;
got chained and fired, drop kicked-out.
got to pay the price
my only friend  - a JD - to whom i pay a fee
plus a mortgage and rent
yet for only me

Higher Power never left me
in His hands my life's re-newed

This pain's mine – it WON'T hold me down
that i am alive to FEEL IT is a miracle - devine!
my brain through spiritual growth - retrained
and self-worth i WILL re-claim

i choose to trust – My Lord completely
in His way – Give Praise And Glory!!!
Walk this Path - in His light
Join us on our Eternal Journey...

Air_Borne_Again
[slammed this one out at 30k ft. on HawaiinAirlines]


Altitude at Three Miles High
Island Bound - Bouncin a 767

Time Zones Drop Bye
Closer Now To My Heaven...


Above the Cloud Line Provides the View
That Restores my Personal Perspective
Urging on Self-Reflection
Priorities Renewed

Having Lived So Far - on this Journey - Life
Recognizing Now
The Hardest Route
Need Not be Traveled Twice

Call it my 3/quarter Life Crisis
or simply my Refrain
Condition of my System - Considerably Insane
Chemical Afflictions Scratching at my Brain

Adapting to a Learned Culture
Counting Steps that Count XII
Higher Power Provides New Meaning
And Deliverance from HELL

Damnation Through Self-Seeking
of Needs Which Can Never be met...
I Wipe Clear my Ego
with Eyes Freshly Wet

I Stand in my Path
Littered with Sorrow
And Reach Out to Embrace
... a Sober Tomorrow

Four on the Floor Now
Gentle Landing - Coming Still - End of Roll
The End of Generational Addition...
My Legacy for All

ej4.0

Reboot - retool - reflect
i've fooled no one
admit my defects

Alone but not lost
Myself I must find
my families pain is the cost
I am no longer blind

The journey toward healing
is the path I now follow
forgiving my yesterdays
a trail littered with sorrow

live for today
learn a new way
committed to becoming
a spirit triumphing

Mindful of consequences
released from self doubt
deliverence through knowledge
of what I'm about

The love I deserve
and soon will reclaim
can only be realized
when I choose to abstain

Never Lost



Instincts geared for FIGHT or FLIGHT

'cause anger came both day and night...



By playing games and seeking adventure

I hoped the memories I would remember

and praying that eventually
your eruptions would cease -
even if temporarily...



Your gentle kindness were sometimes present
but like a currency - money fast spent...



Laughter ceases when running scared

tears flow fast while welts turn red

and despite the fear of being tossed

my childish nature was never lost...



Kids will laugh, smile and joke

even when their losing hope

'cause somehow in life we still must still cope...



The onslaught of your verbal beatings

burn a script that skips -

- just keeps repeating

reverbrating deep within my soul

so early in life it took its toll...



I'm healing now
with my wife, son and daughter
and grateful to share their laughter
My time has come
I have become

a father that...


never lost



... his will for fun!