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Premium Member Baptism Of Jesus

Asceticism and realism were embraced in baptism.
The era of waiting is gone. Emmanuel exists.
The spirit in him fluttered into doves of optimism.
Mercies fell amidst musing humanity like mild mists.

The graces with which he descended from the highest heavens
Radiated like a thousand moons. People stood perplexed.
The sun rose from all directions, against solar sessions.
Philosophies and theologies have become complexed

Does a ruby, sapphire, or topaz need a fire test?
Does the one who's born without sin need baptismal cleansing?
Designs, yet devised by destiny, need to be re-dressed.
Doesn't all disciplinary decay need dispensing?

He's the one who comes to take away the sins of the world.
By his ransom, the freedom of creatures will be unfurled.

Premium Member Reputations a Freed Verse

REPUTATIONS

reputed
&
most moving
devotion
most
 magnificent
  housed
in a  frame
  to be seen
in another
sensibility

representitive
 aspects
of  asceticism
a moment
of instant
canticles
 elements
of nature
none
can escape

a nervous
commitment
 to  ruffling
 a few feathers

a life changed

Premium Member Essence

Isn't the thing that makes a thing a thing that thing's essence?
Concrete being within the being which is quintessence;
Atman, the nucleus, is the essence of human life,
That protects, like a shield, the human selves from every strife...!

Jesus Christ, the Lord, is the essence of the Christian way,
Mystical asceticism makes our minds in truth to sway;
Service to the beings becomes the essence of great saints,
Way to perfection leads to joy, though has many constraints...!

The sun and the moon shine with the brightness of their being,
A flower blooms and sheds its scent at everyone's seeing;
Each being in its consciousness lives and lets live others,
This is how the universe goes on though no one bothers...!!!


A Whole Day Spent Saying Sorry

Can one a whole day spend saying 'sorry':
Can man fill with 'sorry' back of lorry?

Methinks it would make a sight gory
Craving 'longest sorry' for one's glory:
Someone quite like you hairy or furry
To with 'voiced sorry' your favor curry...

It was a full day of it to a boss
By a stretched woman fearing sad job loss;
She had, too, written an apology,
Which had permitted some tautology:
"I'm working singlehandedly alone;
No great help from calls with my handset phone".

Really, alone bearing a most cruel cross
Once, a rolling stone gathering no moss.
Then, work she left for Evangelism,
Lately struck by its rare magnetism;
Preacher's new message Asceticism:
Man should be snubbing all cynicism...

Her boss was shocked that her last name is Ross.
He'd met twelve Ross that tried nothing gross.

Still Empty

Closed shattered the walking desert!

Moving airy mind in the open sky
finds the wings

Everything is there
In this universe, a full of adolescent beauty

No, I really didn't bring anything
At the wharf of primordial unearthly female genitals

In the convergence of enjoyment
I am a beggar

No, I have nothing
Being an anchorite, I am rapturous

In the verse of longer song,
In the deific rhythm of ektara
love comes, love goes
to the unknown confused noise
The poetic mind is empty with the antenatal river
So, still sings in the guise of asceticism

15.10.2020 Chattogram

Premium Member View From the Prism of 'Ism'

socialism  communism  fascism   despotism
  buddhism  catholicism  hinduism  zoroastrianism  
territorialism  colonialism   imperialism   expansionism
positivism  relativism  behaviorism  existentialism 
  adventurism  escapism  negativism  nihilism
puritanism   fanaticism   extremism  terrorism
   sexism  chauvinism  ultra-nationalism  jingoism
hedonism  epicureanism ~ stoicism  asceticism
   patriotism  heroism  altruism  idealism
activism  idealism  individualism  exceptionalism
  atheism  deism  monotheism   paganism
optimism  pessimism  cynicism  romanticism
  atheism secularism  humanism  utopianism  
hypnotism  mysticism  exorcism  surrealism 
   ~ and what if there were a schism in each and every 'ism!'


Trying To Get To Cleanse

It has been a while since I've seen a smile
asceticism   to clear out bile 
Now all the while  I sit and wile,
 the hours     away cause I'm all about  play.
lemonade  maple and pepper
to rinse away the sins of my wasteful existence
Of eating **** and getting tan; of  missing school and   having senseless   intercourse.   .
I stopped calling friends I stopped eating food.
I only drink syrup, lemons and fire.
I start to meditate when the day starts I can't wait; but how long will it last with out bowel movements;  am  I really human?
	 I'm on day 5 and having nightmares after surprisingly  mild  hunger pains; I'm tearing open my chest  for an alien to bed down with straw in my empty intestinal track.
I start to eat again too soon, call back up my *****y girlfriend, and quickly gain 20 pounds of      fat.
Now I'm a realist no longer conscious; I threw out my resume, I gave up on cosmology.
I don't  go outside, I envy the man who dies; I'll never try again.

The Magical Rainbow

The magical rainbow appears in the blue sky after the rains,
It is a vista of hope in the dark and pains.
The magical rainbow comprises of seven colours i.e. vibgyor.
Each is significant in its own manner.
Violet signifies royalty(bravery and loftiness).
Indigo underlines authenticity.
Blue highlights peace 
Green the colour of vegetation and prosperity.
Yellow signifies brightness
Orange the colour of asceticism.
Red remarks bravery and temper.
Night follows the day,
making all cheerful and gay.
Darkness follows the light.
Encouraging all, to the evils fight. 
Happiness follows the sorrows
Which none can lend or borrow.
Sometimes sun and sometimes rain
Buffeted all alone in the mighty ocean of
grievances and pain
When all the hopes dash the ground and arises
a feeling of low.
After the rains up above the sky shines the magical rainbow.
It is a lantern in the dark.
Its appearance is as sweet as the words of a lark.
Its colours are each of a different meaning
It is in disguise to us a blessing.

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