MY HOPE MY HOME

you are my hope
you are my joy
you are my faith
you are my love
yet i take a long time
to say these things
i get caught up in this world
i lose the giver in the gifts

i know without you
i would be lost
i would be blind
i would hopeless
i would be without in this world

you are my tears

of joy
of pain
of regret
of repentance
of life
of love
of home

you are my smile
you are my laughter
you are my love
in the little things
in the quiet things
in the moments i am unsure
in the times i am confident
in the times i am stubborn
in the times i am broken
how did i ever live without you

you are mine and i am yours

i just had to say

i just had to let it be known
you Lord are my hope
you Lord are my home

Angel Barreto

A COMPLAINT OF GRIEF

i want to run
but i am frozen in place
i want to cry
yet tears seem misplaced
i am angry
and i don't know at what
i just want to be alone
but i need you
how i need you
oh i need you
this day seems to just drag
confusion and disconnection rule
i want to fight
i want to hide
i want to cry
i want to be comforted
no one ever talks about
this side of death
no one ever whispers about
grief's hard lessons
it holds a mirror to what you hold dear
to what you have placed on your altar
in all this turmoil
in all this loss
i still have You Jesus
i still have You

Angel Barreto

 

MY EYES LIFTED UP

i lifted my eyes
to behold Your glory
in the small little things
in the wonder of creation
i lifted my eyes
to behold Your beauty
in the eyes
of the redeemed
in the tears of rejoicing
o my Lord
o my soul
i mourn
i weep
i jump for joy
i laugh
i cry
at the thought of Your return
at the thought of Your return
i lifted my eyes
to behold Your strength
in my weakness
in Your grace
i tried to tell of You
but my words came out
filled with joy
filled with pleading
filled with wonder
filled with awe
of You my Lord
of You my King
of You my Savior
of You my God
i lifted my eyes to see You there
in my life
in my breathe
in my hope
in my life

Angel Barreto

 

 

DEATH AND SIN

and i sat with death in the air
smelled its fear
played its game
for hours on end
playing with grace
wondering
how was i gonna make it home
o death i feel your sting
o fear of the right thing
o fear of the Right One
and i turned my heart from listening
from a refrain of love
to a mocking laugh
and i knew my heart was wrong
yet i found myself sitting down
playing deaths game
letting sin reign
in flesh and skin
o to sit here in its stench
sin and death
death and sin
o to know that i am wrong
so far from You
who is so near
so far from You
who is so near

Angel Barreto