Wednesday, February 17, 2010

dabbling with fire

dabbling with fire

© Amanda E Johnson c. 2004

The quietness and solitude
The sunsets –oh! the sunsets!
Being alone on the top of the world,

so close to the sun, well -
i wish i could paint.


How is it that there is red wool
in the sky
scattered about
for miles and miles?


/
or
\


How is it that all the white clouds
are scattered in the blue sky for miles?

the art i see in you

the art I see in you

(not the art that is your body)

makes me cry.

(not because i’m sad but…)

it’s so beautiful
to see a grown boy love
from deep inside.

that is art.


written sometime around the turn of the millennium.
© Amanda E Johnson

On being a slave

I found this bit while cleaning my room... written approximately 2004? ... I knew i was meant to be a rapper or something ;)

On being a slave
~Manda Johnson

Sometime's it's not all it's cracked up to be
You know, seeing people shun you + me;
Pursuing holiness, faith, hope, + love
Trying to serve our great God up above.

It's not always easy; quite often it's hard
This living for Jesus thing hurts like a shard.
Dying to self more and more ev'ry day
Always re-learning our need to obey.

Falling down more + more, or so it seems
I find myself wishing this life was a dream.
Struggles for righteousness cut like a knife
Draining false emotion out of my life.

Yet if someone asked why I live This way
I know even now what my herat would say
All my ties to this earth are being spliced
As my heart is becoming one with Christ's.


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

projects as of late...

Lately I am (still) working on:

pillowcase dresses galore!!

sheet-strippy-quilts

afghans:
-Baby Rebecca (almost done!)
-Christee and Jordan (I can take longer on this one, because their wedding date keeps changing!)
-Vincent's 100"
-Kelli & Dennis
-Baby Weeks

Finished:
Christine and Buck!


projects as of late...

Lately I am (still) working on:

pillowcase dresses galore!!

sheet-strippy-quilts

afghans:
-Baby Rebecca (almost done!)
-Christee and Jordan (I can take longer on this one, because their wedding date keeps changing!)
-Vincent's 100"
-Kelli & Dennis
-Baby Weeks

Finished:
Christine and Buck!