A Cold or Not?

A Cold or Not?

You know you’ve got it; yes, you do,

That doggone virus; bit of flu,

A subtle one, it makes me mad,

You know quite soon it will be bad.

Just maybe, yet, it’s in your mind,

A reason for this cough you’ll find,

A sneeze or two; you know not why,

Perhaps the cat was walking by,

Should change the furnace filter now,

A tricky job, but you know how,

The hardware store has filters there,

Decrease the dust that’s in the air.

You’re wife just had a simple cold,

You slept by her; a move so bold,

How did you think that you’d escape,

The covers o’er your face you’d drape.

You feel okay, you’ll be alright,

If I can make it through the night,

With trepidation I just froze,

I felt a drop up in my nose!

Peter Lowell Paulson

March 16, 2019

Christ Alone

Christ Alone

Christ alone,

How could they not know,

Perhaps they misunderstood,

Perhaps they wanted something else,

Perhaps,

It’s all there,

For those who have eyes to see,

For those who have ears to hear,

Not for a few,

Not just many,

But, for everyone,

Everyone,

Everyone!

It’s done,

Not, yet undone,

And, yet the words get twisted,

Not lost,

Just twisted,

Open my eyes that I may see,

Open my ears that I may hear,

You,

You,

More of you,

Less of me,

I must decrease for you to increase,

Until inside,

There is none, but you,

Until inside,

There is none,

Until inside,

There is,

Christ alone!

Peter Lowell Paulson

March 2, 2019