Self-appointed mouse king was a huge success
He crowed to the world, standing on a robin’s nest
We rolled our eyes, for we know his personality well.
Some stuff he brags about doing are not so very swell.
Humbly I come before thee
mercies abundantly
righteous are you so
perfect and anointed
justice appointed, Amen
6/30/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©
"Appointed Hour"
My palm started itching
I knew exactly what was coming,
Woke up motivated and intoxicated by hope.
Change is on the way
I am talking major shift
that will cure the eyes of the blind ,bring movement to the paralysed .
All l have been praying for is closer like the sun on a cloudy day , waiting for the blessing scripted in the stars.
What's meant to be ,shall be .
Let it rain!
God wants to see man giving utmost
importance to His commandment
no matter what condition
or state his life is in,
so he will not be
disappointed
in his hope
for the
grace.
Deeply immersed in dispassionate thought,
Of that moment which comes but once amidst
The whirling storm, daring Hannibal fixed
His eagle eye upon the chance and caught
The glory old Gods didst offer unto him;
He who kept his head whilst all others failed
Has known that instant demand from within:-
Fury borrows frenzy as needs avails.
Should all men, at some such appointed hour,
Find themselves at their own fast closing
Gate,
Then bravely toss the dice and chance
With fate...
For what worth mere chance if not empowered?
Better die as Hector dragged by the heels --
To be borne back homewards laid on
Your shield!
I go back,
reversing imaged time
to when I felt
and knew untrammeled internal space
responsive within external
eternally immortal times
of Earth's regenerative history.
For some,
less fortunate re-imagining,
comparing rights,
contrasting lefts
I hear no such winning exterior ecopolitics
with winning internal empowerment
and self-investment
since emerging from EarthMother's
redundant DNA nurturing womb.
But, for a few,
a time of peace
recalls a later conscious memory,
a time of courageous and curiously restoring justice
to those few relationships
showing early signs of uncreative tension.
These, unusually blessed
with resilient confluence,
may not recognize each other
and yet search for their potential bodhisattva peers,
returning to these childhood experiences
to remember slowly regrowing what went right
and vulnerably wrong
for restoring peace-filled justice
within and without
ego/eco-empowering tipping points,
wealth of healthy co-redemption
For all wombs,
their plantings and yieldings,
now still searching
through past generations
still incarnate in wounds and reweavings
birthing future health-seeking regenerations.
The lights in heaven for seasons, in time, all shall know we are but men.
Her mother wears the marks of her father’s cowardly abuse;
To make it through another day, by noon, his mom is full of juice;
The divorce is getting ugly, hatred gets in the way of compromise;
The children becoming victims, to no one, should come as a surprise.
The courts are overworked; the docket is full of domestic contests;
Lawyers are appointed to represent the parent’s selfish interests;
The children are overlooked; what help can these kids possibly get?
Well, that’s where you can be the hero as a Court Appointed Special Advocate.
Just a few hours each month to spend talking to a child,
Caught up in the middle of domestic incivility in a world gone a little wild;
While everyone else is worried about the adults in these domestic legal fights,
The CASAs, as volunteers, help ensure we don’t forget the children’s plight.
If ever you have asked yourself, “What little can I do?”
If ever you have wondered, “What charitable work should I choose?”
If ever you have wanted to thank karma for all the good that you get,
I highly encourage you to become a CASA and help children who are less fortunate.
Hatred comes from within, as hearts are turned
Whipped by empty reflection
From a mirror they hate
Standing in town squares, they preach cold venom
Revel under lights they crave
Only to make money
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