Where I Land

Sometimes I come across things that are so beautiful, I wonder if there's anything left to paint or compose.

Painted by Akiane Kramarik at age 8, Prince of Peace.

 

Perhaps I wanted to catch it
perhaps not

But one morning
an eagle dropped a diamond

And right then
with my faulty brush
full of my own hair
I wanted to paint

I wanted to paint the wings-
Too late - they flew away
I wanted to paint a flower
Too late - it withered

That night the rain
was running after me
Each drop of rain
showed God's face
His face was everywhere
On homes and on me

I wrung out the love
to make the red

I wrung out the stumps
to make the brown

I wrung out the trust
to make the pink

I wrung out my own eyes
to make the blue

I wrung out the seaweed
to make the green

I wrung out the nightly pain
to make the black

I wrung out my grandmother's hair
to make the gray

I wrung out my visions
to make the violet

I wrung out the truth
to make the white

Today I want to paint God's face
IT'S NOT TOO LATE !

 

~Akiane Kramarik, from her artist website.

 

The second beautiful thing was the cover art and song "Where I Land" from JJ Heller's album The Pretty and the Plain.

 



 

You’re different from the way I thought you’d be
But here You are… in front of me.

So full of light I watch it overflow,
A lovely mystery…

 

And I am, lost for words.
You’re more than I deserve.

 

You have a way of stirring up my soul.
Did you know?

When you hold me in your arms the way you do,
It feels like coming home.

 

And I am, lost for words.
You’re more than I deserve.

 

And when I cannot stand,
You are where I land.
Where I land…
Where I land…

 

You will be the keeper of my heart,
Until my final day.