I stand before you Lord
I surrender control
I bow down to you Lord
I acquiesce to you my soul
anoint me with oils
grant me perfect peace
Anoint me with oils
let my faith in You increase
let Your righteousness and mercy
In me prevail
let Your Holy Spirit in me
continuously dwell
anoint me with oils
grant me perfect peace
anoint me with oils
let my faith in You increase
consecrate me Lord
shield me from the enemy
make me over, take me over
with your boundless energy
eradicate any inequities
set me up right
shape me, remake me to now
be acceptable in Your sight
anoint me with oils
grant me your grace
my Messiah, my Redeemer
perfectly in place
anoint me with oils
grant me perfect peace
anointment with oils
let my faith in You increase
.
I accede to you Lord
with obedient behavior
I thank you Lord
for giving me Jesus as my savior
anoint me with oils
grant me your grace
my Messiah my Redeemer
perfectly in place
anointment with oils
grant me perfect peace
anoint me with oils
let my faith in You increase
IMPERFECT ROSE*
the imperfect rose,
once vivacious and colorful under the summer sun,
its petals are now wilted, its colors faded and gone.
its time has passed
its dance is done.
the imperfect rose cries many petals,
last vestiges of her beauty wait for the wind to carry them to their rest.
each petal papery and thin
lies on the lush green grass, its veins blushing
glowing pink in the setting sun and to silence it doth humbly acquiesce.
even in decay, the imperfect rose holds a certain grace,
a reminder of glory days now past.
rose petals may be temporary
but are eternal in memories of love and sharing
enough to weather the storm, to outlast.
the imperfect rose
has thorns that make one bleed.
forgive the rose of its imperfections with compassion
for of her thorns the imperfect rose doth gladly concede~
we are all petals of imperfection, might you accede?
*Note:I originally posted this poem at Poetry Soup in June 2025 then deleted it. It’s my original creation and was not plagiarized (poetrysoup.com/poem/imperfect_rose_1738035)
Love falls in place timely
You think things beautifully
You may do things carelessly
Hold feelings in place truly.
Love brings two people together
Regardless of differences live ever
Going through tough times never surrender
Mistakes are easy for a forgiver.
Love persist who believe who pursue dream
Dream in city is expensive but can be tame
Courage is fearless, love don't be ashame
Lovers always go break chain to be fame.
Love makes your steps synchonize
Always jive in every situation nice
Not afraid to sacrifice and not accede on lies
In extreme danger life is given as prize.
Carpet
I accede to
licking the suburban carpet clean under
my bed following the
resignation of
my vacuum.
Free yourself from the manacles of food and drink
Accede with God for a holy covenant
Silence yourself away from the mundane to pray and unthink
Temperance is paramount in this divine moment
The future is unknown,
events therein unseen.
Void is the crystal ball,
whose eye promises all
the answers to enthrall.
The future is unknown~
even the best guesses
using all past data,
fall short, and they include
the alpha and zeta!
The future is unknown,
traveling toward us
with unstoppable speed;
days spin past like a storm,
and we, helpless, accede.
The future is unknown,
the choice is ours to make;
hide in a dark corner,
or embrace the journey
and not be a scorner.
Nothing Like The “Fifties”
Miracle Man
8/18/2023
There once was a time
political parties merely disagreed.
Now neither party chooses to be civil
until the other will accede.
So with red face they wrangle
awaiting another abate.
Today, it seems disagreement,
is synonymous with hate.
Mind and heart get wedded; physiques get attracted;
Love, bond, and affection hold hands in one accord;
Infatuation and romance are compacted,
Intimacy, passion, and commitment concord...!
Building bridges of fidelity they proceed,
Bathing in streams of fondness and admiration,
Positive perspectives and forgiveness accede,
In physical psychic charm, they find elation...!
Wedding bells, for lives of merged minds, peal endlessly,
Moments spent together become celebrations:
Physical touch and gentle kiss go zealously,
In mutual help and keep there's no negation...!
Marriage, when heart and soul are one, is paradise,
Though it seeks from each, a bit of self-sacrifice...!!!
Were I to swim to the edge of the sea,
what splendid scene should await for me?
Would I behold the legendary town
with glittering brick roads and king’s famed crown?
Could I uncover the truth in the seed,
win a place in the king’s absolute creed?
Anoint my body, in sticky sap drown,
paddle to Guatavita and dive down.
Arise from the waters clean as a bead,
to the fest of El Dorado I’d lead.
No other exists so gilded, hands down,
an existence of gold — building and gown.
I’d join with the Muiscan folk, indeed
take up residence and full life proceed
to build again a foundation so sound
that none could purloin the gold around.
World befallen by avarice and greed,
best forgotten I hardily accede.
To such golden place without up or down
I’d ever exist in paradise found.
// The Fallen Leaf //
Time has come, let me accede
for this fall is long than the lived ephemeral
have seen it all, had it all, all that's enough
had accompained both light and dark
seen every shade and tint I can,
bounded between sky and earth, I have tasted rain
I have felt sun's charming touch,
rocked by air, to its mellifluous melodies I have twirled
its time to let go this yellow veined carcass
let me see what lies beyond, the celestial unknown
give me a little push, let me skydive blissfully
by the time I kiss the earth, my soul will be freed.
- Kindred K
Goals Are The Legs Of Dreams
Written: by Miracle Man
January 30, 2021
For years I subsisted on transparent dreams,
then God enlightened me with this fact.
Ambitions without goals would remain futile wishes,
and wishing would get me nowhere, I had to act.
Then I posted my goals on a bathroom mirror,
where each day I was prompted to read.
I visited these goals daily measuring my success,
God has blessed my life since choosing to accede.
“A man must have his dreams-
memory dreams of the past, and eager dreams of the future.
I never want to stop reaching for new goals.”
Maurice Chevalier
Cold cloak chills
my aged bones it
belies
those crimson eyes
those smoldering orbs
those smoking windows
of despair
and yet
I draw closer
I capitulate
I accede
in the knowing
of what is
and what was
and what will
never be
with one touch I’m
asphyxiated
emasculated
entombed
my ashes
barely glancing
your frozen ground
your dead horizon
your nuclear dust
before they are
pulverized
obliterated
behind the echo
of your
terrifying laugh.
(click on the pic to preview my poetry book!)
Neighborhoods burned. Riots laid them to waste
The world is tense with racial dissension
Judgement by color leaves an acrid taste
But God offers hope through intervention
He created us with skin, dark and fair
No one has the right to question His plan
We should ask for tolerance through prayer;
and accede that we are the race of man
On God, we should rely with faith and trust
Because living in dread and constant fear
will end with more hardships and a life trussed
and shackled by things we should hold most dear
We stand on the threshold of tomorrow ~
Better without prejudice and sorrow
September 6th 2020
A Better Tomorrow
Sponsor: John Hamilton
N ights hungry nourish ones
I nterested parties accede
G ready diner's images, yum!!!
H ot coffees improved caffeine strewn
T raditional diet feeds pork back
O rganization outside restaurants
U sual snacks urban grub
T rendy pubs typical menu for a, night out
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2020
Prayer Life
Written: by Miracle Man
12-14-2019
We all encounter days without feeling God’s touch,
Seems prayer isn’t reaching HIS heavenly throne.
Sometimes our heart ponders are we asking too much,
It’s then God reveals we’re never walking alone.
On those days when God seems to us most distant,
We examine ourselves to determine what’s wrong.
If we, in our prayer life, will remain persistent,
God will nudge us back to where we belong.
Prayers shouldn’t be uttered only for a need,
But we should also be found giving God praise.
For it was unto HIS will we decided to accede,
And it’s unto HIM that our palms are raised.
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