In a world fraught with sadness and anger…when it’s often hard to cope
Easter arrives to remind us…there is always room for hope.
Hope for a better world than the one, today, we see.
Hope that our goodness, not our cruelty, will shape our destiny.
It’s a reminder how each morning from the EAST…hope rises with the sun.
it’s believing there is light somewhere in the darkness
that one day we’ll look back and goodness will have done.
There is a reason on Easter morning we hear the robins sing…
They’re reminding us through nature’s song…the hope that Easter brings.
So as this Easter comes around…
my hope is for a world where everyone is free
where we can finally live together….in peace an harmony.
Where each and every one of us live a life…
so we will be remembered affectionately..
having left behind in everyone we touched…a treasured memory
So Happy Easter everyone…may this day broaden in it’s scope…
to include every day…as a time for love…a time for peace,
a time for understanding…
and…a time for hope.
Look into my eyes
Love to emphasize
Heart sincere
Love preservers
Having no fear
I want to hold you tenderly and close
Expect more than flowers
Together for hours
Every sip of wine being our love over the years
Every lifted wine glass highlighting our inspiration
Ultimate evening of you and I
Honor and pleasure of your company
Come close, closer
Romantic kiss and embrace
Lips to yours
I love you
Now and ever before
Affectionately and Deeply.
Hidden by shadows in plain sight,
is where I can find deep cover.
Take a no-name faceless lover,
allow heartbreak to lose the fight.
I did not abandon the night,
stars just no longer suited me.
Sunshine shields affectionately
leaving a hug inside my veins.
Not a trace of darkness remains
in the prose I was meant to be.
Shedding leaves
dropping old memories
Like cutting your hair
lessening your loads of care
The autumn rain
like a cool shower
washing away remains
of burdens that used to tower
The warm October sun
peeking through clouds of gray
lighten my step
with every touch of ray
Folks perceive Spring
as a season of renewal and change
as the birds sing
and buds from the ground raise
But the cleansing begins long before
in the Fall
before the white snow
has a chance to freeze it all
Like how one must fall
before they can rise
The trees demonstrate this
before our very eyes
Think of a butterfly
emerging from their cocoon
When the caterpillar first wrapped themselves
they didn't emerge so soon
That is why Autumn
affectionately known as Fall
is my very favorite season
of them all
Breakfast bells ring
In my stomach and
I go downstairs in the
Room where deliciousness
Resides with care and love—
Kitchen,
I stumble slowly
Sinking the moment all in
I take every step
Tap
Tap
Tap
I'm downstairs
My fingers wrapping
Affectionately around
My coffee mug
Which is also my mate,
Coffee, I pour from the french press,
And it goes like a spiral
Down in the mug as a whirlwind.
And then it goes gently down my throat
When I kiss my mellow mug mindfully.
Then my toast jumps out of the toaster
Like an acrobat,
Acutely lays on the placid plate
Waiting for me to reward it
With strawberries, cherries,
Or balmy butter or merry mulberries,
Or sometimes just like Winnie
I eat it with humble honey.
Afterwards, the backyard awaits me,
I amble amply,
Scatter some bread for my buddies—
Birds and squirrels,
While the wind greets me,
And they all gather round
When I read my poems,
Keeping them spellbound.
My desire is to savor the taste of your sweet lips
and wake the flame of passion asleep in your heart.
I'd brush the contours of your face with my fingertips
then paint your beauty from memory as a work of art.
If I could I would fetch you the moon on a spoon,
and a drink made of honey that I collected from bees.
To make you smile, a romantic tune I would croon,
and profess my love for you while down on my knees.
I would cradle you affectionately in my arms at night
and then languidly sigh while breathing in your scent.
I'd compare you to the wonders of celestial starlight.
With such burnished love, I would be placidly content.
I'd write sonnets for you to reveal what's in my soul,
capture the moon for you and leave it at your door.
I'd wrap it in stardust and tie it with ribbons of gold,
solemnly vowing my heart to be yours, forever more.
I’m having dinner with some friends. Affectionately known as “The Dead”
Staring at their faces, glued firmly in all places.
Who do you think your foolin? Your halitosis say it all.
Exterior defying test of time. As your organs quickly die.
One more drink, and I’m leaving.
I’ve kept up appearances and the peace.
Don’t get up, I’ll see myself out.
Love and kisses to you all.
It’s been a slice of heaven.
But, Im afraid if I stay a minute longer
Your faces will begin melting, from the the candle operas warm glow
Longing to witness the necklace of the horizon's dress,
Dreamer, as friends affectionately address.
Building castles in the mind's eye,
Imagery where fairyland dazzles high.
Woven in reverie, miracles appear,
A red carpet of bubbling desire draws near.
Swaying in the mystic ballet, I lose my senses,
As a flicker of light through the stillness dispenses.
Vision unfolds in kaleidoscopic hues,
As the spirit of the universe pulsates in blues.
Your eyelids close when you're wrapped around me
What are they painting behind the canvas? That mine see;
A portrait of a tortured soul released by you affectionately?
I'd draw myself in, but the imagery doesn't fit; no tailor in me, can I dress you in poetry?
Tepid water, you're an ocean complete, filled with steeped chamomile
You set the bar a line above my step below; I am calmed by whom you reveal
A morning dove of pain relief!
Destroyer, of all my disbelief!
When you sigh, it's the sound a lilac petal makes as it falls
Come here, you; while I enjoy the scent until morning calls
April 11 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Kings 1-3
Key Verse – 1KingsSamuel 1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO REDEEMS
OUR SOULS OUT OF DISTRESS
Praise be to God for redeeming our souls out of all distress by His:
Mercy and His grace
Might midst His greatness
Miracles along His goodness
Magnificence marked by His glory
Marvelousness with His governance
1Kings 2:3 Praise be to the Lord Who
commands us to keep His charge:
Alertly fulfilling His will
Always walking in His ways
Absolutely abiding in His Word
Assertively declaring His worthiness
Affectionately praising Him in worship
1Kings 3:10 Praise be to the Saviour for
teaching us to please Him with our:
Speech declaring our faith
Service of dedicated fervency
Sacrifice displaying divine freedom
Stewardship midst determined faithfulness
Steadfastness in soulwinning despite fierce foes. Amen!
April 11, 2024
Her heart was
whirling,
swirling,
twirling
inside the eye
of a
whirlwind,
so I
weaved words
to calm her rage,
because,
like an empathic eagle,
a poet is a
storm chaser,
unafraid of
human hurricanes.
A wordsmith word weaves
against windstorms,
decorating nebulous skies
with rainbow bridges,
kissing the warm balmy
neon glow of the sun,
softly soothing,
vivid vexations
through
intimate intrinsic artistry,
because,
a cloudless day
is a bandage wrapped...
Too tight.
Only a bard can
affectionately alliterate
the grip of grief,
as poetry can be the cure
to calm tempested trauma.
Ink is the mistress
to butterfly sentiments.
I will not stop the moths
from devouring you,
as long as they feed
on toxic thoughts.
I have made a home on the moon,
where stardust scribbles carry us to freedom.
March 21 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Judges 10-12
Key Verse – Judges 10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO BLESSES US FOR OUR SERVICE
Praise be to God for blessing us for our service that is:
Manifested according to His power against misery of sinfulness
Monitored by His providence, mercy and salvation
Managed through His principles of ministry-standards
Mentored upon His precepts along meaningful spirituality
Master-minded by His productive miracles, so sovereign
Judges 11:24 Praise be to the Lord Who
drives us toward Him for:
Sweet communion in prayer-fellowship
Safe company against perversion and filthiness
Sure commitment to pursue after servanthood-fruitfulness
Settled cause in protective faith
Steadfast choice to practice faithfulness
Judges 12:3 Praise be to the Saviour for
His deliverance we can depend on since it is:
Always timely
Absolutely triumphant
Affectionately touching
Assuredly tested
Affirmatively trustworthy. Amen!
March 21, 2024
Parading years of memory,
clearly ever, we were to be.
Emotions of stored treasury,
whenever you walk beside me.
Arm and arm wherever we go
for all youthful lovers to see,
shining in love's radiant glow,
whenever you walk beside me.
Time has taken physical toll
yet we gaze affectionately.
In familiar embrace we stroll,
whenever you walk beside me.
Parading years of memory,
whenever you walk beside me.
Feeling so blessed away from
thee abuse being battered taunted
today I sit with my two red poodles
brando and ruby they love me
unconditionally making sure I am
hugged affectionately constantly
sinfully indulging in my favorite chocolate
Toblerone bites sipping a warm
Glogg finally feeling safe watching
springtime form in a far off distance
over looking colorful homes in Lebanon
Summer here
in this year is too hot
I need an empty lot
covered by
green moss and shrubs
A gentle breeze
affectionately shaking leaves
and...
and you, the earth
open the door of love
and let me in
within...
me, a glowing myrth, the lovely slug,
plug me in,
the soft soil, the beautiful girl,
the inevitable woman,
the mother,
the wife,
the sister,
the one and the only receiver of pain
let me have a deep sleep
in your brain
It is too hot here, this summer.
Holliswood, New york
1 September 2018.
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