Resplandece la luz

Falta un poco para la Navidad, pero aun estoy meditando en la grandeza de la encarnación del Salvador...

La aurora bendita se aproxima;
Desarmará la noche que nos encierra.
El cielo se alegra y se arrima
A la fragancia sabrosa de la tierra.

Al ponerse se arrebata la luna;
Acaricia con su luz al Infinito.
Entre las estrellas, hoy resalta una
Que se acerca para ver al niñito.

Hoy el alba espanta la oscuridad;
Se manifiesta y resplandece la luz.
Disipa las tinieblas con autoridad
El Verbo de Dios, el Salvador, Cristo Jesús.

¿De donde has descendido, pequeñito?
Fragil e humilde, gurgujeando ahora;
Crecerás y nos salvarás, Rey bendito.
Mientras tanto tu madre te atesora.


© 2019 David Acosta Perez

Sonnet 21: Bright Morning Star

Morning Star, brightest of lights in the sky,
Illuminate me with your sparkling rays.
Embrace me, now, O Dayspring from on high;
Commune with me, and I will sing your praise.
Without you the night is an endless age,
A restless eon waiting for the dawn;
And I become an actor on the stage
Of hopes discarded in a dream bygone.
But in your gaze, in your resplendent light,
My meaninglessness melts; I am revived.
My soul escapes the cold, relentless night;
Earth finds its heaven, nevermore deprived
Of perfect love--and oh, that love is mine!
All stars will fade, but you will always shine.


© 2019 David Acosta

I'll Sing

I'll sing to the ocean and sing to the trees;
I'll sing to the mystical moon;
I'll sing to the raindrops and sing to the breeze
A heart-healing, soul-soothing tune.

And it will ascend--every note, every word--
A pillar of water and fire,
A love song for timbrel and lyre.

Crescendoing gradually, will it be heard
By seekers of temp'ral desire?
What feelings will my song inspire?

I'll sing to the mountains and sing to each stream;
I'll sing to the storm clouds above;
I'll sing to the wild, raging rivers agleam
A powerful anthem of love.

It will not seek refuge in half-hallowed halls
Where poets are outcasts oppressed,
Where vision is quickly suppressed.

It will not be silenced, confined behind walls,
Where dreamers surrender their dreams,
Diverting restorative streams.

I'll sing to the valleys that cry out for rain;
I'll sing to the sun as it sets;
I'll sing of a love that the skies can't contain;
I'll sing, free from fears and regrets.


© 2019 David Acosta Perez

Now the Road Beckons

The laughter of summer subsides tonight;
Autumn's harvest-sighs are drawing near now.
I'll choose a new path; the timing is right;
I'm certain I have nothing to fear now.
The signs were everywhere; I ignored them.
Now the road beckons; I can not stay here.
New dawns and sunsets: I'm moving toward them.
New worlds I'll seek; they'll replace this gray sphere.
To everything there is a season, yes;
But I never thought I would say goodbye.
Love separates what it can't coalesce;
There is nothing to gain in asking why.
One can not break an unbreakable spell;
And so, without further delay, farewell.


© 2019 David Acosta Perez

Visionary

You've been thinking about it.
You're planning, you're hoping
Somehow it will happen at last.

The time is now; don't doubt it.
Why are you still coping
With failures that lie in the past?

Go, visionary!
Don't say "don't;"
Don't say "can't"; show them;
Wow them with what you've got.
Soar, visionary,
Where they won't.
Take them there; lead them.
Success begins with a thought.
Take it from spark to megawatt.

You've been your own worst critic;
Too careful, too fearful:
Two steps forward, then three steps back.

Silence you're inner cynic;
Convert sad to cheerful.
Steady as you go; no flashback.

Go, visionary!
Don't say "don't;"
Don't say "can't"; show them;
Wow them with what you've got.
Soar, visionary,
Where they won't.
Take them there; lead them.
Success begins with a thought.
Take it from spark to megawatt.

You'll never know
All there is to know
In the land of opportunity
Unless you step out of your comfort zone.
You'll never go
Where you need to go
Until you choose to set the dream free.
Do it! Release it into the unknown.

Go, visionary!
Don't say "don't;"
Don't say "can't"; show them;
Wow them with what you've got.
Soar, visionary,
Where they won't.
Take them there; lead them.
Success begins with a thought.
Take it from spark to megawatt.
Write a new chapter; twist the plot.
Seek and find what you've barely sought.



© 2019 David Acosta Perez

Earth and Heaven

For many in this world,
Peace on earth is an elusive concept;
A distant, unreachable goal.

Our big, blue marble turns,
So we chase the wind and try to grasp it,
As if the wind could make us whole.

And the hearts of men are failing,
While the restless wind is wailing.

Someday soon heaven will descend;
Oh, someday our wounded hearts will mend.
Dark doubts and fears we will transcend;
Yeah, someday, when earth and heaven blend.

The day will surely come;
It will stretch out every temp'ral border.
Can you envision it somehow?

True love will overcome--
Transformation of the highest order;
All creation groans for it now.

Still, the hearts of men are failing,
While the restless wind is wailing.

Someday soon heaven will descend;
Oh, someday our wounded hearts will mend.
Dark doubts and fears we will transcend;
Yeah, someday, when earth and heaven blend.

Every mountain, valley and river
Will rejoice when death is overthrown.
Love will come to us and deliver
Creation from the bondage it has known.

Someday soon heaven will descend;
Oh, someday our wounded hearts will mend.
Dark doubts and fears we will transcend;
Yeah, someday, when earth and heaven blend.
All our sorrows will come to an end;
The hand of mercy he shall extend;
Can you sense it? Let your mind ascend.
Love will reign; earth and heaven will blend.


© 2019 David Acosta Perez

I Will Trust in the Lord

I can see them ahead of me,
Paths that lead away from the road;
But I don't want to turn aside.

A cold, dark voice is calling me:
He says he will lighten my load
If I will let him be my guide.

Not gonna listen to the dark deceiver;
Not gonna let him steal my joy.
He is a liar; I am a believer.
I'm gonna hold on to my joy.

I am a seeker, homeward bound,
A pilgrim on the Kingdom Road.
Why should I wander? I have found
The love the Savior has bestowed!
I had lost my way; I had given up;
But I have been restored.
Now I know his patient, merciful love;
I will trust in the Lord.

Sometimes the road can be lonely;
Sometimes it can be wearisome;
But I know in whom I've believed.

I hear the Spirit beckoning;
I am a child of the kingdom,
Resting in the love I've received.

I'm gonna listen to the Mercy Giver;
I'm gonna trust his gentle voice.
When I'm in trouble, my soul he'll deliver.
I will trust him; I will rejoice.

I am a seeker, homeward bound,
A pilgrim on the Kingdom Road.
Why should I wander? I have found
The love the Savior has bestowed!
I had lost my way; I had given up;
But I have been restored.
Now I know his patient, merciful love;
I will trust in the Lord...

I will trust in the Lord...

I will trust in the Lord.


© 2019 David Acosta Perez

Ponder the Path

This came together while I was meditating on Proverbs 4:

Don't let the liar lie to you;
He'll lure you in, and you'll get caught
In the trap he has set for you.
Don't entertain that wayward thought;
You know you do not belong to the night.
He wants to pull you away from the light.

Ponder the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be sure.
Ponder the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be sure.
Don't look to the left;
Don't look the right.
Fix your eyes straight ahead;
You're gonna be alright.

Where are you going? Do you know?
Is the deceiver calling you?
He'll call you friend, but he's your foe;
Turn from his twisted point of view.
Walk away, yes--run away, if you must;
Leave that liar in a dark cloud of dust.

Ponder the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be sure.
Ponder the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be sure.
Don't look to the left;
Don't look the right.
Fix your eyes straight ahead;
You're gonna be alright.

Do not enter the path of the wicked;
Do not walk in the way of evil.
Darkness is the way of the wicked,
So turn your foot away from evil.

[instrumental interlude]

Ponder the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be sure.
Ponder the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be sure.
Don't look to the left;
Don't look the right.
Fix your eyes straight ahead;
You're gonna be alright.
You're gonna be alright.


© 2019 David Acosta Perez