William "Mark" Parry is an Artisan Architect, Poet and Educator, living in Northern California's abundant beauty and strange contradictions. IdeaStudios.com is an architectural practice founded in 1988-in Kenwood California. ArtisanArchitecture.com is a brand advancing his interests in Artisan Architecture, historic and architectural education and preservation since 2012. On worksofwords.live he has shared his poems, musing's, inspired thoughts, photography and personal reflections on life, truth and spirituality since 2015. All operate under the umbrella of William Mark Parry Architect P.C. A Professional Corporation registered in California in 2002. May you be blessed along your way; finding abundant life while learning to walk in the realms of wonder.
Dappled light with the razor’s edge of cutting shadows, Dawn has gone now; morning yet wanes. Place within my skull a new thought; a new appreciation of your work, Your hand in my life and my time. Rip away the fog and dismay that are my thoughts, My actions and plans are … More Dappled Light
My Tomb Oh God break forth once and for all. Break forth from the tomb of my doubt, Break forth from the tomb of my apprehension, The tomb of my comforts that are the cancers of my self-serving soul. Break me forth into true life! Your life glorified, in my mortal flesh, … More My Tomb, Your Life
Flayed before the throne of God, My heart, My soul, This emerging, this growth, this transformation It is hard, but good. Flayed before the throne of God, Gratefully; Truth manifest as the flesh quivers before His power, I am undone, yet he is released. It is good with my soul, It is good. william mark … More Flayed
. Eternity waits. It waits longingly for those trapped in time, Eternity waits. It waits for all troubled souls, The broken-hearted, The wanderer’s longing for a home, Eternity waits. It waits for the faithful, Waits for the hopeful, Waits for the lonely, Eternity waits. It waits for us … More Eternity Waits; two
Eternity awaits, us trapped in time. We the living ones with hope. We who know the author of time wait while trapped within it. Those fortunate ones who have gone before, wait for us. We go to them, they can not come to us. Us who wait on eternity, it comes to us, … More Eternity Waits; one
Becoming True, Is it up to me or up to you? Am I what you think, what they think, or what I think? Am I my true self or a fiction of my, or their, imagination? What am I really and who decides what is true? It’s about you, not me! He said, ” I … More Becoming True II
Pained by the loss, Pained by the suffering, Pained by the brokenness, Pained by injustice; Pained? How long, how much more can we take? Sweet release come to me, fill me with your grace and mercy. Be in me what I can not, fill me with forgiveness. Spirit of Truth come to me fill me … More Pained
Swimming against the tide? Standing on the other side of acceptability? To oneself be true, you alone can be you. Do not act in order to compel the respect of persons you do not yourself respect. Return to the center of things: “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things … More Swimming Against the Tide?
A song I sing for the Creator Supreme, of love and loss, the captivating cost of reality. Truth works out, love works in, peace is wrought by struggles through sin. We wrestle and strive to overcome vanity and pride, Yet life is had when we turn aside to trust. Love works it out, truth works … More A Song to the Creator
Being again, at last. Being in true life – Thy will be done. That is life, true life, being in the flow, being in Your time! That flow of life that is peace, presence and purpose. You give what is outside of me, outside of us, outside of this broken world system. It is Your … More Being Alive
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