Afflict Poems

Dear Life

...Oh, Life, a canvas of contradictions, a tale of strife,
I pose my questions to you, in search of meaning and life.
Why do the wicked thrive, while the righteous fade?
Why does evil reign, while go...

Lessons from Trees

...The winds that make the seedlings sway,
ensure that they upright will stay.
As fibers flex and tissues stress,
resilience grows as wind gusts press.

If trees are grown where no wind blows,
 th...

Plagued by Memories

...Cursed

I am plagued by things of the now: daily
physical aggravations for which
doctors have given me no cure.
Memories can’t afflict me
the way my body has
been bedeviled by
ail...

Steps Beyond Stagnation

...
Inertia's whispered promise: stagnation's dark shroud
We risk being lost in the undertow of untaken steps
Not all of us will wear the mantle of wealth
But inaction's chill grasp, we can all be p...

Hear My Prayer O Lord - Psalm 143

...
Pray to God, plead for His ear
look out for His answer for you
remind the Lord of His faithfulness
and of His righteousness for Him to do

God knows all about us with His eye
Satan seeks to b...

Hell is Going With Him

...

Relentless, empowering, with so many mountains to climb 
Remorseless destruction, given on those who idled around
Youthful years spent wasted on anger never worth its time
Pursued until driven...

ABSORBED

...You stepped into my life when I was wondering what love is.
For I knew only one aspect of the feeling, the emotion--
That connected me to me, my body, soul and spirit.

I didn’t venture, for fear...

Tedium of the times - II

...Languor, an idle mind’s self-induced rot
When meanings and motivations vanish,
Wants no more, nor wishes, whys nor yet what,
Not so kindles mind whose fires extinguish.

The doom of not-what-so-...

Rising Panic

...The heart that beats does scream as my chest tightens,
A sound so sharp it bleeds from me, my every will.
Hath only the mind to break my faith and frightens,
My soul under deep now slaved shall ev...

Lord God, You Are My Heart Checker

...June 26 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Proverbs 17-20

Key Verse – Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

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Inxs of Poison From Iron Maiden Scorpion Mamma and Ac Dc Charged Aries Papa

...Inxs of poison from iron maiden scorpion mamma and ac/dc charged aries papa

Although gainfully unemployed 
(fate now finds me receiving 
social security disability – 
for approximately 
the la...

Recovery

...loneliness doesn't torment, it matures.
so you must make the sun your lover.*
nothing in sight.
my heart whispers, "thank you."
how can it say this? why does it cut?
can anything afflict when ev...

Courage and Hope

...Airplanes slammed into the North and South Towers,
horrible screams rose and pierced the smoky air;
sirens wailed, the airborne enemy had stricken twice
to afflict death upon the innocent and unaw...

Abram, Abraham

...Now The Lord said unto Abram
  “go now unto a land that I will show thee.
 I will make of thee a great nation
   and through thee bless each family”

 He went forth the land of Canaan
   an...

Ghostly Shadows Set a Murky Stage

...A dreary sun shoots its milk-warm and colorless sun rays that
in this jovial season should be harmonious and radiant;
raves themselves are wearing the funeral dress...
they croak, lament, and crin...

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