Matt's Wonderful World of Poetry and Running - Romance, Religious, Life, Prefontaine, Hellriegel

Ripped Away
Stumbling in your religion to the point you feel lost and alone without your faith
Spring 2002

Life
About abortion, sanctity of life, and society's shortcomings
Winter 01/02

In This Beauty
On a retreat when I found the beauty of God in small things and new I couldn't do things on my own
Summer 2001

Keeping the Faith
Realizing that you make the hard times even harder by turning away from God and vowing not to anymore
Summer 2001

Parody
How I portray myself so godly and yet I am not and how I will strive not to do the same in the future
Summer 2001

Dodge the Dagger
Thinking over your life and realizing how much God has pulled you through and out of
Summer 2001

The Race
Do we all really try to run to win the race of life in God's eyes?
Spring 2001

Start Singing
Focused on doing the right thing for God in such a corrupt society
Spring 2001

Retreat Poem
Focused on the real purpose of a church retreat, the purpose we should have in our minds
Winter 00/01

Long Overdue
How amazing was the love of Christ to die on the cross for lowly sinners
Winter 00/01

Image Breaker
Go against society's pressures for sin and wrong-doing and live every part of your life God
Winter 00/01

The One
To show how hard it is to follow God's path and how we must keep trying
Winter 00/01

Them, Me
How many times do we ask how God could do this to us and yet we are not close to the worst off?
Fall 2000