To All Who Sleep

this winter's night the town is silent
dead as autumn's fallen leaves
to all who sleep, the hours are fleeting
(clocks are given hands of thieves)

-- c.j. noel

Embers

I'll find our fire despite the storm
          And I may fail, but I'll have tried
                    For those old embers never died
                              Three years have passed, and still they're warm
                                                              
                                                            -- c.j. noel

The Reason Why

I lost you once, but this I vow:
I'll make you mine again, or die;
And I don't know the when or how,
But love is all the reason why.

-- c.j. noel

You are my Recurring Dream

If the heart can dream,
Mine dreams of you;
Has my dream a chance
Of coming true?

Must the words we said
Three years ago
Stand against the love
We yearn to know?

-- c.j. noel

Lost and Found

"But God commendeth his love toward us,
in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
-- Romans 5:8


I was losing my direction,

Like a compass spinning ‘round;

Yet before I sought Redemption,

By Redemption I was found.

-- c.j. noel

Soldier's Promise Broken

I'll return when the fighting finds an end
And this long, dark road leads me home again
I'll return from the wars of distant lands
And I'll hold your face in my shaking hands

Oh I'll return, I'll return...


-- c.j. noel

Drawn in Ink

You I cannot erase,
Though I've honestly tried;
For I drew you in ink,
And it instantly dried...

-- c.j. noel (2010)