Spiritual Poems by Ellen Kozisek


A Time to Die

There is
A time when we
Must die and join our God
In Heaven; Let's think about it
And smile


This poem was inspired by the music of Night Ranger and is dedicated to Jack Blades and Jeff Watson, and to God, who is the source of all music.

Surrender

I lie down.
I listen to your music.
Everything else disappears.
I surrender to the music.
I become one with the music.

As I do, I connect with something more.
Your music becomes a pathway.

As I experience the music,
I experience our Lord.
As I become one with the music,
I become one with God.

Your music is a gift.
Through it I touch the greatest gift of all.


Prayer To My Lord

I thank you for the friendship
That you have shown to me
And all the gifts you've given,
May I use them faithfully.


Prayer After Losing My Love

Lord, be with me
As I get over the loss
Of the one I love so.
I need you now
To take the pain away,
Or make it a little less.
Help me learn to live without him.
I need you to carry me.


I've loved him for so long.
I thought it was enough.
But now I know something was missing.
I gave all I could give,
But it wasn't enough.
I never really gave me.
I never surrendered.

But now...
Now everything's changed.

I've learned to surrender.
To give up all.
And it's a wonderful thing.
In giving up all,
My deepest desires have been fulfilled.

Thank you, Lord.


Prophet's Lament

Who?
Me?
No, Lord.
I don't want to.
I'm scared.
Share myself?
Share that?
It's too hard.
I can't.
But I have to.
I can't say no to you.
To lose you
would be the worst of all.
Yes, Lord.
I will.
For you.


I love you.
I love all that you are.
My inner child loves you.

The broken places in me
relate
when you share the brokenness in you.

And yet, I see, you are strong and beautiful.
As, I have come to realize, so am I.


I don't know how to feel.

Should I love him?
Should I hate him?

He makes me react.

angry
alive
hurt
in love

He makes me long for... something

For you, Lord.

He makes me fall in love with you.


I don't need you.

I need to see beauty,
Like the beauty I've seen in you.
I need to feel alive,
Like I do when I think of you.
I need so much that I've found in you.
But it's not you that I need.

I don't need you.


See also:

Journey to Jesus

A collection of poems
by Ellen Kozisek


Ellen Kozisek -- About Me

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©2005 Ellen Kozisek
Created: April 5, 1998
Updated: July 13, 2005
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