Upgrade

Upgrade my faith
Upgrade my heart
And make it love
Like You did that.

Upgrade. Renew
The depth of care,
Compassion, mindfulness
Wherever

I go, pick in
And then I see
The need, the pain
And misery.

Upgrade.

My selfish heart
Is swayed away
By nasty smell
Or look, or say.

I'm disgusted
By the mud
And dirt and germs
And poor heart.

I am.

How poor am I then!

Renew, remake,
May love go deep
Soak in the roots
And may they keep

The Savior's love
For renegade
For one abandoned
Disengaged.

My heart may break
For one like this
Or I'm broken,
I'm not His.

Andre Anokhin
18.08.2018

Restore

Consumed by You,
With You
And You alone,
I want...
I want to give my soul
To You,
To You alone,
Not to the worries of the world!

Forgive!
Forgive my disbelief,
My stinginess,
My grief.

Forgive, forgive and shut the door
For sin
In me, in Andre's mind.
Shut down.

My heart is melted by the threats,
By news disturbing world.
My motivation lost success.
My impulse is not strong.

Exhausted, tired or burnt out.
Just need to lay it down -
My head - lay on Your chest,
Your bosom, find rest.

Refresh, restore, the spring of life
Let burst from me into the light.
Restore. Renew. Please, give me strength,
When nothing's helpful. Nothing else.

Andre Anokhin
18.08.2018

The Soap

The soap is bleeding with a flavor,
With foam, color, growing thin.
The soap that cleanses, gives us freshness.
The soap that you and I so badly need.
The Soap.

Andre Anokhin
3.08.2018