#5: Heal Me

Poem number 5 in my quest for 1000 poems
in 365 days. I tagged it, #1KP22. That's 1,000
poems ín 2022.

Lord, heal me

And I will be healed

Reach into my weakness

And infuse wholeness

I will not be afraid

Cause You are my praise

I will not be ashamed

Cause I trust in Your name

Let me wash

Where Your healing fountains

Steadily flow and gush

Let me touch Your grace

I want to see Your face

Heal me

As Your springs wash over me

Lay me down

Where the waters are still

Lay Your hand on my brow

Shatter this crippling pain

Wracking my mortal frame

Touch my life

Fill me, Light of Life

Put darkness to flight

Make me a vessel of health

And supernatural healing

Filled with Your breath

And the touch of Your Spirit

Send Your word

And deliver me from my affliction

Lord, heal me

And I will be healed.

Akpan

#4: Conscious Syllables

Poem number 4 in my quest for 1000 poems
in 365 days. I tagged it, #1KP22. That's 1,000
poems ín 2022.

Spitting words
That leap off the page
In the wake of bombs
Verbs that raise the stakes
Legible, audible
Shrapnels of syllables
That erase the disease
Just when it thinks peace
In a time when plowshares
Are hammered into spears
My words will be there
Every iota
Down to the omega
Shaping lilts of the musical
With the functions of a miracle
Words
That topple wars
As snug as a slug
In the lungs of warlords
These are the words
That spoke the worlds
With concrete foundations
Into concrete manifestation
These words
Will defuse A-Bombs
I am a man of peace
And when I speak
My words declare war
On the enemies of peace
When I spit phrases
Things are no longer at ease
My words
Are mighty rushing winds
That create the miraculous
These words
Are weapons forged
Against cohorts of darkness
I'm spitting words
That have power to transform
Ain't no dime n' nickel words
My words
Move the world.

Akpan

#3: What A Friend

 

Poem number 3 in my quest for 1000 poems
in 365 days. I tagged it, #1KP22. That's 1,000
poems ín 2022.

What a Friend
Giving to the end
It's more than I'll fully comprehend
Yet it's more than enough knowing
That He is
A Friend indeed
No other Friend
Befriends like my Savior Friend
No other Friend
Took away the weight
Of my sin and shame
What a Friend
To have in time of pain
To hold my hand
When I walk on sinking sand
What a Friend
To provide and defend
To suffice and lend
His Everlasting Arms
As a shield against harm
Sticks closer than a brother
Bears me up on His shoulder
I have a Friend
Who abides forever
He is my Strength
A shelter and boulder
In the storm of the desert
Help of the helpless
What a Friend
In a friendless orb
He does not pretend
When He shows His love.

Akpan

When You Think It's Over

 

1KP22, means 1,000 poems ín 2022.

He'lll put you over
Just when you think it's over
He'll offset a shower
Trust the Great Provider
He'll bend you over
To make you surrender
So He can put you over.
He lifts up hands that hang down
And makes the feeble knee sound
He is the Great Jehovah
That means, the ‘I Am That I Am,
‘I Will Be Who I Will Be.’
And when He gets you over
Straight up, you're gon' see
That you are a testimony
He makes crooked paths straight
He'll make your mountain a plain
And split your Red Sea down the middle
He'll walk you thru
The eye of a needle
Your strength He'll renew
So you can mount up like the eagle
He walks on the wings of the wind
Nothing's too hard with Him
He'll put you over
Just when you think it's over
He'll offset a shower
Trust the Great Provider
He'll bend you over
To make you surrender
So He can put you over.
He'll give you cover
Under the shadow of His wings
He is the Giver
Of every good and perfect gift
Don't tryna be clever
He's only strong when you're weak
He'll never leave you
In your darkest hour
He'll not abandon you
In the midnight hour
If the storm brings the thunder
With one word He'll put it to rest
His peace is like a river
Relax and watch God manifest

Akpan

Abundantly Able

1KP22 Poem #2
I'm trying for 1000 poems ín about
365 days. So from now till December, I'm
flooding this blog with pure poetry.

He'll put you over
Just when you think it's over
He'll offset a shower
Trust the Great Provider
He'll bend you over
To make you surrender
So He can put you over.
He lifts up hands that hang down
And makes the feeble knee sound
He is the Great Jehovah
That means, the ‘I Am That I Am,
‘I Will Be Who I Will Be.’
And when He gets you over
Straight up, you're gon' see
That you are a testimony
He makes crooked paths straight
He'll make your mountain a plain
And split your Red Sea down the middle
He'll walk you thru
The eye of a needle
Your strength He'll renew
So you can mount up like the eagle
He walks on the wings of the wind
Nothing's too hard with Him
He'll put you over
Just when you think it's over
He'll offset a shower
Trust the Great Provider
He'll bend you over
To make you surrender
So He can put you over.
He'll give you cover
Under the shadow of His wings
He is the Giver
Of every good and perfect gift
Don't tryna be clever
He's only strong when you're weak
He'll never leave you
In your darkest hour
He'll not abandon you
In the midnight hour
If the storm brings the thunder
With one word He'll put it to rest
His peace is like a river
Relax and watch God manifest.

Akpan