Surrender to the sound
The silence that speaks so loud
When I'm alone all the voices shout
The sounds of crowds drown them out
Why do they seem so far away?
Why do they insist on speaking?
Even if I run forever and so far
I can't escape the way they are
For they are a part of me
They belong to who I am
They can't be lost or fought
Who are they? They are my thoughts
miðvikudagur, júlí 13, 2011
mánudagur, janúar 24, 2011
Glorious Ruin
Alistair Begg came to convo at LU last Friday. Something he said has stuck in my mind. I have been unable to get the thought out of my mind. The beauty of the idea it strikes in my head. I wrote this while thinking about it:
Created in perfection
Glorious image of the Devine
Fallen disaster
Made to live eternity
Designed to perish, to need a Savior
Broken and dismantled
Devoid of the Origin
Remnant of the forgotten
Remember what you were
Glorious
Realize what you are
A ruin
January 24, 2011
Charissa Gil
miðvikudagur, september 15, 2010
Piece for LAMP
LU has a magazine that publishes poetry, photography, essays and short novels that are submitted by former or current LU faculty, staff and students. So naturally I thought I would submit some poetry and photography. But I would like some help.
Please just write a comment here or e-mail me at cagil@liberty.edu to tell me what are a couple of your favorite poems. It will be so hard to decided what to submit and your opinion would help tremendously.
Thank you so much!
Charissa
Please just write a comment here or e-mail me at cagil@liberty.edu to tell me what are a couple of your favorite poems. It will be so hard to decided what to submit and your opinion would help tremendously.
Thank you so much!
Charissa
miðvikudagur, maí 26, 2010
A brighter light
'Tis a blessing in disguise
this robbery of life from the young
We see it and cry
yet, it is the essence of longing
The fountain of youth,
it has been truly discovered in this
How many grew old searching?
their life disproving their search
There are those who will be forever young
those who never grew old on this earth
The fountain of youth
it is the cup of death
Do not shudder
it is nothing you can seek and find
It lies only in Divine will
And he appoints to whom He desires
Those around us who have this mandate
to be in our minds forever young
They seem to live more than others
their flame never dims
The flickering of a weak flame
it is never their fate
It is bright! Shining for a time
and then snuffed in an instant
But while it burns
There is a brighter light among us
These lives are truly lived
truly given as a gift
Let us treasure and remember
the forever young
They stay, unchanging in time
like a song repeating but never growing dull
A brighter light! A richer life!
A sweeter tune that never grows old
Time cannot change their face
death has conquered age
Live on, oh young!
Forever in our hearts as so.
this robbery of life from the young
We see it and cry
yet, it is the essence of longing
The fountain of youth,
it has been truly discovered in this
How many grew old searching?
their life disproving their search
There are those who will be forever young
those who never grew old on this earth
The fountain of youth
it is the cup of death
Do not shudder
it is nothing you can seek and find
It lies only in Divine will
And he appoints to whom He desires
Those around us who have this mandate
to be in our minds forever young
They seem to live more than others
their flame never dims
The flickering of a weak flame
it is never their fate
It is bright! Shining for a time
and then snuffed in an instant
But while it burns
There is a brighter light among us
These lives are truly lived
truly given as a gift
Let us treasure and remember
the forever young
They stay, unchanging in time
like a song repeating but never growing dull
A brighter light! A richer life!
A sweeter tune that never grows old
Time cannot change their face
death has conquered age
Live on, oh young!
Forever in our hearts as so.
fimmtudagur, febrúar 04, 2010
From A long time ago...at least it feels like a long time
I'm bored...lets see if my mind can spontaneously come up with something worth saving.
What to do? Oh, what to do!
The mac lab in use seems like a lame excuse
Homework is due and there's a chance of snow
Class may be canceled but I still don't know
My brain is like a calm sea
Nothing on the surface, but everything beneath
Can I sink and stir up the thoughts that lie at the bottom?
Can I pull them up and find a word to rhyme?
No, I guess not! This is getting worse by the minute,
Its horrid but I just can't get myself to stop!
Only half the lines even rhyme!
Its sad to say that I have all this time
And nothing to do, nobody to talk to
Nothing to read and no one on fb
I will quit here before I make things worse,
The content of this poem really seems quite perverse
To make anybody waste their time with reading this,
just has to be a sin
The end in sight, time almost spent,
I guess, I hope that I win!
OK WOW! So I am so tempted to ditch this trash...but something in me won't allow it. Guess I'll laugh about it later.
...later (4-17-2010) Really, looking at this now its not that bad...kinda funny and so I'm going to post it. :)
What to do? Oh, what to do!
The mac lab in use seems like a lame excuse
Homework is due and there's a chance of snow
Class may be canceled but I still don't know
My brain is like a calm sea
Nothing on the surface, but everything beneath
Can I sink and stir up the thoughts that lie at the bottom?
Can I pull them up and find a word to rhyme?
No, I guess not! This is getting worse by the minute,
Its horrid but I just can't get myself to stop!
Only half the lines even rhyme!
Its sad to say that I have all this time
And nothing to do, nobody to talk to
Nothing to read and no one on fb
I will quit here before I make things worse,
The content of this poem really seems quite perverse
To make anybody waste their time with reading this,
just has to be a sin
The end in sight, time almost spent,
I guess, I hope that I win!
OK WOW! So I am so tempted to ditch this trash...but something in me won't allow it. Guess I'll laugh about it later.
...later (4-17-2010) Really, looking at this now its not that bad...kinda funny and so I'm going to post it. :)
þriðjudagur, desember 15, 2009
"for you"
A poem I jotted down the other day. I folded the paper and it has been in my back jeans pocket for like 2 weeks. I figured it was about time to post it.
Hands clasp,
I look up
Kind eyes,
pleasant smile
We talk,
as though old friends
The formality of handshake,
passes, fades
A warm embrace,
takes it's place
How sweet!
A new friendship
New, yet mature
from many words exchanged
A word, a touch,
a look, a smile
I wait for our next meeting...
December 1st, 2009
Hands clasp,
I look up
Kind eyes,
pleasant smile
We talk,
as though old friends
The formality of handshake,
passes, fades
A warm embrace,
takes it's place
How sweet!
A new friendship
New, yet mature
from many words exchanged
A word, a touch,
a look, a smile
I wait for our next meeting...
December 1st, 2009
mánudagur, september 01, 2008
mánudagur, október 01, 2007
The Real AngelInnocent and blind
Captured in a trance
Memory is still the best
Waiting for a return of hope
Father's angel, that is you
Not the one you think
He is not as he seems
He is darkness itself
Seduced by you
He is enthralled by your beauty
Trying your hand in his own
Feeling a touch he has never known
October 1st 2007
þriðjudagur, september 25, 2007
Angel in Hell
Angel in Hell
Malicious, mad, manYou cold, thirst for blood
seductive Spirit
When will you realize what
you really are?
Adept toward evil,
your mind gone mad
With self pity
She called you an angel
but Heaven was not your abode
Rather, the dark caves
of your mad wanderings
Yes, even the pit of Hell
you called yourself rightly
Cold and starved, hardened by grief
as you said, The Angel in Hell
C.A.G. 9-10-07
föstudagur, ágúst 17, 2007
time...
Its time I put something new on here but I don't feel like transferring anything right now.
Maybe I have one that I've never posted...think so...nope. Just have to think of something now I guess.
Time...
Hours, minutes, seconds...
what is time to lock us in its grip?
We are bound by space and matter and...Time!
We can't escape, it holds us
we must run by it, live by it
Love by it and die
That is the tragedy,
for time to let go we must die...
Maybe I have one that I've never posted...think so...nope. Just have to think of something now I guess.
Time...
Hours, minutes, seconds...
what is time to lock us in its grip?
We are bound by space and matter and...Time!
We can't escape, it holds us
we must run by it, live by it
Love by it and die
That is the tragedy,
for time to let go we must die...
miðvikudagur, maí 16, 2007
Forever Untold
Even though there aren't any comments on the last 2 posts *ahem* I thought it was about time to put a new one on here.
Hiding in a dark,
stormy place
With lightning
bursting all 'round me
Waiting here
for what? Surety
Looking for myself
looking for my life in yours
It is hard to see
clouded by many thoughts
Doubts of your concern
of my care; Is it real?
I am tortured
with many thoughts
Why can't we
just be honest
No, it can't be
I will hold on
Possibly die
waiting for you
My story,
Forever untold
4-9-07
Hiding in a dark,
stormy place
With lightning
bursting all 'round me
Waiting here
for what? Surety
Looking for myself
looking for my life in yours
It is hard to see
clouded by many thoughts
Doubts of your concern
of my care; Is it real?
I am tortured
with many thoughts
Why can't we
just be honest
No, it can't be
I will hold on
Possibly die
waiting for you
My story,
Forever untold
4-9-07
föstudagur, maí 04, 2007
There's no Sunset in Virginia
This guy did a much better job than I did.
It's a really pretty song...you should go on you tube sometime and watch the video.
The Tv, replaying like a broken record
The image, its numbing, another record broken
More question, no answers, left to imagination
Alarming, disturbing, what are the implications?
All Alone, and all at once, we ask why they had to die
There's no sunset in Virgnia
the Earth is standing still
The mighty may have fallen
The pain never will
Thers's no sunset in Virgnia
You see it in our eyes.
But if there is no nightfall
The sun will never rise
The candles are burning, blocking out the darkness
By thousands they flicker, light and sorromw linger
The silence is deafening, reliving consternation
Reminder, that violence cut short their aspirations
Now as one, we take a vow: Protect the light for better days to come
There's no sunset in Virgnia
the Earth is standing still
The innocent have fallen
Our pain never will
Thers's no sunset in Virgnia
The vigil keeps the light.
We all need the nightfall
Or the sun will never rise
All at once we look up to the sky and remember all the ones we left behind.
As the sun begins to set the sunrise sets us free
Let the sunset in Virginia
So the earth begins to move
The victims we remember
As the pain will keep it tue
Let the sunset in Virginia
So the healing can begin.
I survuved this nightfall
So the sun will rise again.
by: Evan Mack
It's a really pretty song...you should go on you tube sometime and watch the video.
The Tv, replaying like a broken record
The image, its numbing, another record broken
More question, no answers, left to imagination
Alarming, disturbing, what are the implications?
All Alone, and all at once, we ask why they had to die
There's no sunset in Virgnia
the Earth is standing still
The mighty may have fallen
The pain never will
Thers's no sunset in Virgnia
You see it in our eyes.
But if there is no nightfall
The sun will never rise
The candles are burning, blocking out the darkness
By thousands they flicker, light and sorromw linger
The silence is deafening, reliving consternation
Reminder, that violence cut short their aspirations
Now as one, we take a vow: Protect the light for better days to come
There's no sunset in Virgnia
the Earth is standing still
The innocent have fallen
Our pain never will
Thers's no sunset in Virgnia
The vigil keeps the light.
We all need the nightfall
Or the sun will never rise
All at once we look up to the sky and remember all the ones we left behind.
As the sun begins to set the sunrise sets us free
Let the sunset in Virginia
So the earth begins to move
The victims we remember
As the pain will keep it tue
Let the sunset in Virginia
So the healing can begin.
I survuved this nightfall
So the sun will rise again.
by: Evan Mack
miðvikudagur, apríl 18, 2007
The Tragedy of April sixteenth
We are here to help
here to stand
Here for those in need
The commonwealth
of all who care
to pray for those who grieve
A tragedy
a great loss
No one could predict
Taken by a madman
thirty two by count
Brave were all
all who were lost
And all who yet survive
No one could know
none dare think
that this thing would be
But here we are
mourning now
because of 33
Who would do
such a thing?
to hurt so many lives
They'll never forget
this April 16th
they're gone forever now
We can't take back
but we can hold on
to all that we still have
I may not know
the pain you're in
or just how it may feel
But I know
that we must stand
together side by side
If we want to make it
through another day
So commonwealth
of all who care
pray until you die
For madmen such as these
to never take more lives
Pray for strength
pray for hope
That in a better place
All who believed
are there now
and trust in Gods great grace
To sanctify
this Nation
it is never too late
To return
to what we once knew
"In God we put our trust"
America, America
hold fast to all you knew
And keep the lights still burning
keep them pure
and true
So when next April rolls around
you will not forget
The ones who gave,
the ones who died
and hold them in respect
It may be hard
to realize
that you will smile again
But together,
with God's help
we will never die
copywrite by Charissa Gil April 18th 2007
here to stand
Here for those in need
The commonwealth
of all who care
to pray for those who grieve
A tragedy
a great loss
No one could predict
Taken by a madman
thirty two by count
Brave were all
all who were lost
And all who yet survive
No one could know
none dare think
that this thing would be
But here we are
mourning now
because of 33
Who would do
such a thing?
to hurt so many lives
They'll never forget
this April 16th
they're gone forever now
We can't take back
but we can hold on
to all that we still have
I may not know
the pain you're in
or just how it may feel
But I know
that we must stand
together side by side
If we want to make it
through another day
So commonwealth
of all who care
pray until you die
For madmen such as these
to never take more lives
Pray for strength
pray for hope
That in a better place
All who believed
are there now
and trust in Gods great grace
To sanctify
this Nation
it is never too late
To return
to what we once knew
"In God we put our trust"
America, America
hold fast to all you knew
And keep the lights still burning
keep them pure
and true
So when next April rolls around
you will not forget
The ones who gave,
the ones who died
and hold them in respect
It may be hard
to realize
that you will smile again
But together,
with God's help
we will never die
copywrite by Charissa Gil April 18th 2007
sunnudagur, apríl 15, 2007
A place
You've been a good girl Grym; so I'll give you another one to comment on. lol
A place where
many frightened people pray
Yet a place of beauty
some confide in the cold stones
Flowers garnish them
the words are read over and again
Faded and cracked
mourned over and old
Many generations
many people brought together here
Here all are one
United in one thing
The bond of living
to loving dead
When the wind
through the grass whispers
Why are we afraid?
this is not a place to fear
This is where memories collide
a place of unrestrained feelings
Do not shy away
smile for your heart
Keep it alive
sorrow weighs us down
I relish my moments
in this place
A place to reminisce...
4-9-07
A place where
many frightened people pray
Yet a place of beauty
some confide in the cold stones
Flowers garnish them
the words are read over and again
Faded and cracked
mourned over and old
Many generations
many people brought together here
Here all are one
United in one thing
The bond of living
to loving dead
When the wind
through the grass whispers
Why are we afraid?
this is not a place to fear
This is where memories collide
a place of unrestrained feelings
Do not shy away
smile for your heart
Keep it alive
sorrow weighs us down
I relish my moments
in this place
A place to reminisce...
4-9-07
þriðjudagur, mars 20, 2007
A Noble (or not so noble) Confession
New...but not improved. Well here it is...I said I'd post it before too long.
A desperate attempt at recapturing a lost moment, reliving a lost dream, rewriting a lost poem:
I think of you
as I gaze accross the stars
Even though we're far apart
I can feel your presence
Across wide galaxies
through endless time
Our love will keep us together
I will come back to you
When I see your eyes
your love shines through
Forever gazing accross the skies
I dream of us together once more
I see your hurt, pain
what is it my love?
we once were together
even when accross the stars
I see your life fail and wain
before me you lie, pleading
What have I done?
Is our forever so short?
Is it my fault,
the cause of your sorrow?
Oh my love! If ever you again
can reach to me accross the heavens
I will hear you
if I can ever make up for the loss
I know I can't, I've done so wrong
Nothing can fix it, but I beg mercy
I will turn again
to the path I once trod
To the deeds I once knew
I will try to make right
But alas! For my poor soul
it is too late to bring you back
When now I gaze and search the stars
I no longer see your smiling face
Only my memory
can replay the image of you
When I was once your love and all
I have failed, but perhaps we my meet
When beyond the stars
and spaces between I travel
then may I find you again
And again hold you, my love
Feb. 18th 2007
I don't like the way I ended it...it really is rather abrupt. Well...I'll just have to get over it I guess.
S'long,
Chrysler
p.s. Shouldn't there be a line somewhere about "not living without you"? lol
A desperate attempt at recapturing a lost moment, reliving a lost dream, rewriting a lost poem:
I think of you
as I gaze accross the stars
Even though we're far apart
I can feel your presence
Across wide galaxies
through endless time
Our love will keep us together
I will come back to you
When I see your eyes
your love shines through
Forever gazing accross the skies
I dream of us together once more
I see your hurt, pain
what is it my love?
we once were together
even when accross the stars
I see your life fail and wain
before me you lie, pleading
What have I done?
Is our forever so short?
Is it my fault,
the cause of your sorrow?
Oh my love! If ever you again
can reach to me accross the heavens
I will hear you
if I can ever make up for the loss
I know I can't, I've done so wrong
Nothing can fix it, but I beg mercy
I will turn again
to the path I once trod
To the deeds I once knew
I will try to make right
But alas! For my poor soul
it is too late to bring you back
When now I gaze and search the stars
I no longer see your smiling face
Only my memory
can replay the image of you
When I was once your love and all
I have failed, but perhaps we my meet
When beyond the stars
and spaces between I travel
then may I find you again
And again hold you, my love
Feb. 18th 2007
I don't like the way I ended it...it really is rather abrupt. Well...I'll just have to get over it I guess.
S'long,
Chrysler
p.s. Shouldn't there be a line somewhere about "not living without you"? lol
miðvikudagur, febrúar 14, 2007
No one else will do...but you
Hey, I know its mushy...but it is Valentines Day.
Following after shadows
gathering up my dreams
I realize no one will do,
But you
An evening...after midnight
gazing at the stars
I know that your the only one
That can fill my heart
This empty hole inside me
Only you can fill
Make it whole again...
As only you can
No one else in my mind
no one in my heart
Of all the people on the earth
Only you will do
No one else but you
to walk by my side
to travel a lifelong road
with me
If you never come
I'll be left alone
Because no one else but you...
will do
Another spontaneous inspiration from the mind of Chrysler the Great.
Following after shadows
gathering up my dreams
I realize no one will do,
But you
An evening...after midnight
gazing at the stars
I know that your the only one
That can fill my heart
This empty hole inside me
Only you can fill
Make it whole again...
As only you can
No one else in my mind
no one in my heart
Of all the people on the earth
Only you will do
No one else but you
to walk by my side
to travel a lifelong road
with me
If you never come
I'll be left alone
Because no one else but you...
will do
Another spontaneous inspiration from the mind of Chrysler the Great.
laugardagur, febrúar 03, 2007
"The short poem"
There...I finally wrote a short one!
All
A smile, a word
that is all I have of you
All you ever gave me
I need more, but you deny it
Why do you distrust me?
All
A smile, a word
that is all I have of you
All you ever gave me
I need more, but you deny it
Why do you distrust me?
fimmtudagur, febrúar 01, 2007
Mara, Mara
Listing through the reeds
a breeze blows your voice to me
I remember so well when you called
Now I call you from accross the other shore
Mara, Mara, mysterious whisperings
They call to me through the tall grass
But when I come, there is no one
Oh Mara, the face I once saw smile
When you peeked at me and beckoned me to follow
When we ran free through the fields...together
What has happened? I was long away
And now I come back, but you are gone
Mara, Mara, your mem'ry is but a shadow
Your sighing voice haunts me
Have I failed you Mara? Are my Journeyings vain adventures?
Your silhouette wanderes through the forests...Mara, I was not here for you.
Now I must lay me down to weep and mourn
Do you frown on me from above? Does my sorrow make you happy?
Are your listeneing to my laments or is my voice forever muted?
Wrote that just now.
a breeze blows your voice to me
I remember so well when you called
Now I call you from accross the other shore
Mara, Mara, mysterious whisperings
They call to me through the tall grass
But when I come, there is no one
Oh Mara, the face I once saw smile
When you peeked at me and beckoned me to follow
When we ran free through the fields...together
What has happened? I was long away
And now I come back, but you are gone
Mara, Mara, your mem'ry is but a shadow
Your sighing voice haunts me
Have I failed you Mara? Are my Journeyings vain adventures?
Your silhouette wanderes through the forests...Mara, I was not here for you.
Now I must lay me down to weep and mourn
Do you frown on me from above? Does my sorrow make you happy?
Are your listeneing to my laments or is my voice forever muted?
Wrote that just now.
þriðjudagur, janúar 23, 2007
The sound of crying
greets my ears
Why? I do not know
there is sorrow in the land
Why must this earth tremble,
why do sorrow overcome it?
Is there no path to peace,
no road to Heaven?
The world groans,
in pity we mourn over it
Is it our fault?
it is Satan's greed has caused it
He lusted for power
gain it he did
But decieved is he who thinks,
"I will be like the Most High"
His power is short,
his reign is limited
He will die,
cast out, punished for life
The in a perfect world,
we will walk the earth
Free and happy,
all pain will be gone
9-22-06
This one still has no title, just can't think of anything.
greets my ears
Why? I do not know
there is sorrow in the land
Why must this earth tremble,
why do sorrow overcome it?
Is there no path to peace,
no road to Heaven?
The world groans,
in pity we mourn over it
Is it our fault?
it is Satan's greed has caused it
He lusted for power
gain it he did
But decieved is he who thinks,
"I will be like the Most High"
His power is short,
his reign is limited
He will die,
cast out, punished for life
The in a perfect world,
we will walk the earth
Free and happy,
all pain will be gone
9-22-06
This one still has no title, just can't think of anything.
miðvikudagur, janúar 03, 2007
The Night will End
Blackness, shadow
Dark clouds blot out the light
Dimness, gray vapor
The hopeful grow weary
Tears, suffering
Many have fallen
Pain, sadness
More will die
Grim fear, dim hope
The weary begin to fear
Fear, anguish
Do not succumb, there is hope
Light, peace
The dimness fades
Strength, hope
The patient are renewed
The sun, valor
These showed courage
Faint not, keep on
The cloud passes over
Wind, strength
It lilts past, breathing
Mercy, hope revealed
The darkness has faded
Look! The East
The skies brighten
Hope, peace
Once more has come
Weary ones, rest now
The night is over
Inspired from something Sam said at the end of The Two Towers. He is so awesome and said some very profound things. I wish I could remember the exact quote. It was really beautiful.
Dark clouds blot out the light
Dimness, gray vapor
The hopeful grow weary
Tears, suffering
Many have fallen
Pain, sadness
More will die
Grim fear, dim hope
The weary begin to fear
Fear, anguish
Do not succumb, there is hope
Light, peace
The dimness fades
Strength, hope
The patient are renewed
The sun, valor
These showed courage
Faint not, keep on
The cloud passes over
Wind, strength
It lilts past, breathing
Mercy, hope revealed
The darkness has faded
Look! The East
The skies brighten
Hope, peace
Once more has come
Weary ones, rest now
The night is over
Inspired from something Sam said at the end of The Two Towers. He is so awesome and said some very profound things. I wish I could remember the exact quote. It was really beautiful.
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