Atoned Poems | Examples

Infinite Spirit Of Light

Like echo attenuation the song plays on...
The flesh shall wither, but, the spirit shall live on..
A vessel burning bright soaring free in flight
To dwell in the Holy kingdom of infinite light...

For now we wait until that chosen day,
when all we have collected and all we've paid
Is presented before God upon his heavenly throne
In mercy and strength for all atoned

Glimmers and glimpses in our mind we retrace
Every word we have spoken and every act we've displayed
Awaiting that moment of God's Holy fire
To take us beyond the dark black mire
To dwell in spirit with wings to soar 
Endless and forever to dwell with our Lord...

The mystery of you

when we're together holding hands
and in a world completely of our own
the tenderness I feel for you
outshines the moon and sun

it's in the way you fill my heart
with caring warmth and goodness
i savour the virtue and integrity
of a soul that's sweepingly atoned

and that gentleness is all the sweeter



AP: 1st place 2025

Overexertion

Perpetual
Intellectual
Mother
Just another
Smother, then cover
“Too weak to recover”
“Be our good maid”
“Just to be betrayed”
“Don’t give her a voice!”
It’s not love if there’s no choice.
To deal with perpetual self-assertion
The old sisterhood of overexertion!

Sarah Baartman
Wu Zetian
Cleopatra
Anne Boleyn
Joan of Arc
Sophie Scholl
Sylvia Plath
Marilyn Monroe
Micaela Bastidas
Yang Guifei

Fate bestowed a bitter gift
A curse more grave than death’s drift
A life where they were lured and torn
Left gasping, alone, forlorn
Once the universe had lost them
Cruel hands never let them astray
Their trials, none atoned
Their weary souls never left alone

Battles fought, voices shorn
Our bodies spent, our spirits worn
No rest, no vindication, no excursion
Just the classic sisterhood of overexertion!

UNREQUITED LOVE

I could ask you to stay,
But there's really nothing to say,
I guess we naturally grew apart,
But it still hurts in my heart.

I tried getting you to notice 
that I was still there,
But you made up your mind
And didn't care.

No one told me about this pain,
Tears have fallen from my eyes like a rain,
I'm at the point where I feel nothing but shame,
With you is what all I wanted to remain.

You never told me that you loved me
Nor did you say you don't,
Holding onto you was a sin 
And now I'm being atoned.

I'm tired of living,
Yet so scared of dying,
May be things are good for you,
But look at all that I've been through.

I kept questioning like why didn't I leave yesterday?
Why did I let things that way?
How are things going to be?
Since there's no more you and me?

N now you've left without a goodbye,
I've got no energy to even cry,
No matter whatever it may be,
One thing will always remain true,
The fact of the matter is that
I'm still into you... I'm still into you!!

THERE'S A WIDENESS IN GOD'S MERCY

Down the corridors of mortal existence 
He pursued me without ceasing,
Never yielding in his search of the lost,
Nor flinching from the wounds he carried 
To gain admittance to my broken heart.

Out of a love beyond finite understanding,
He poured his abundant grace 
Like a cascading fountain,
Showering me to cleanse and heal.

He gave himself for me,
When he brought his heavenly kingdom 
To reign within, where 
Once I ruled in my life.

Nothing compares to the mystery 
Of God's holiness being implanted 
In this empty vessel
Because of the sacrifice of one pure Man
Upon a cross of guilt and shame.

I can only surrender to his invitation,
Knowing I am known 
Since before the dawn of creation -
Made in his perfect image, 
Now restored in gold.

If by thought, word or deed 
I mar the redeemed body,
I am impelled to confess 
Before him, who stands in my defence,
Since he has atoned for all my sin.

At peace in the presence 
Of him, who is the Prince of Peace,
I look to a time out of time
When I will be in eternal glory
To bow before him as Lord of lords 
And King of kings -
My brother and friend.

A Diamond Mined

Reducing a book
down to one chapter

Reducing that chapter
to a paragraph honed

Reducing that paragraph
to one lasting sentence

Reducing that sentence
 to a word
— truth atoned

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

Call To Country

Remember our freedoms, lest we forget
The price of liberty and of surrender.

Tyranny cannot trample the people
Lest our future succumb to infamy.

Carried: our flag over our enemies
Our land secure as soldiers we buried.

Pray our allegiances will never bend
As we stand firm for American ways.

Let founding principles be cemented
Cured and secure, and forever be set.

Brave as one loyal to God and country
Live committed and resolved to the grave.

Atoned by the soldiers who gave their all
Their names on white crosses and sacred stones.

Sound your commitment, all citizens pledge
To stand resolute and to country bound.

Dread is no option, allegiance required
Make bravery soar and division: dead.

One nation is ours to love and defend
One life is yours and your obligation.

Jesus Walked

"Jesus walked this lonesome valley
He had to walk it by Himself"
Even though surrounded by disciples
He walked it by Himself  

Jesus stood up to fiery trials
He stood up by Himself
Even though He had disciples
Jesus stood by Himself

Jesus faced the establishment
He faced them all alone
He was the only defender
He stood by Himself_God atoned

He was surrounded by followers
When He healed the sick and blind
When the tide turned against Him
He stood all alone

Aretha

Once she performed it
she made it her own
With joy we all listened
and marveled atoned

Endowed from the heavens
the Angels in awe
Her spirit celestial
your nerve endings raw

A voice for all seasons
Grand Madam of sound
To search for a lifetime
her like never found

While crossing each genre
she made time a slave
Her stylings eternal
— a gift heaven gave

(For Aretha Franklin: January, 2024)

Songs of Soul COS No 9: ABAB

As the sun sinks past a white picket fence,
still, toils an ingrained meaning all had sworn,
past distinct dead plus dying, still, naught sense,
prostrate souls taxes, lain of blood-stained worn.
Behind atoned stones built by measured hands,
preserves naught abandoned lead their resolve,
strengthen the talents, challenge tyrant stands,
conquered presumption masque as they evolve.
Since childhood days, artlessness goes caprice,
it sparked this wayward inaneness they craved,
grip naught like festering mid-shadowed peace,
tarnished stoked o'er wars honor of the brave.
Life's freedom o'er all harmless they bestowed,
absent of pride -- gave their lives ... those they owed.

Abandoned

“When life traverses the path of agony the birds in the 
yearning sky show the flight course out of the feeling of 
being abandoned” – Quote by Poet


In the garden path, forlorn and entranced you walk,
dawn’s seraphic sky embraces you with silken hue.
I feel my heart fly there high with the dove flock,
you won’t be lonely, for I won’t ever leave you.

In the desert dunes you trail lost and desolate,
follow the melted mirage moving out of your view,
reach the verdant oasis where you will find me wait,
you won’t feel you’re dismal, for I won’t ever desert you.

On the silver sands of the satin beach you pace alone, 
the waves adorn your feet with pearly pattern new.
You feel my heart’s rhythm as I make you my own,
you won’t be adrift, for I won’t ever forsake you.

On the stream of love you sail away from agony,
in the plateau of yearning anchor your life atoned.   
You hear in murmuring ripples my heart’s symphony, 
you won’t be dismayed, for I won’t leave you abandoned.

I Dub Thee

Being self-titled
aristocrat pure
Heraldry solemn
 liege a du jour

Knighted in fealty 
 loyalty’s throne
Crusading triumphant
—honor atoned

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)

Calvary Made the Resurrection Inevitable

Prophecies spoken, Jesus is the Art of Perfection
History cannot forget the resurrection
The Cross of Resurrection needs close inspection
The Bible reveals that this matter is certainly not inconsequential
Based on our faith, Calvary made the resurrection inevitable
You cannot kill something when the Spoken Word is Alive Forever!

The death of Jesus is unique because of His Resurrection
No other leader came back from the dead and
We live our lives in His Resurrection Power

The tomb was empty
The absence of Jesus’ body
Presented His enemies with a problem!
No corpse could be found
Jesus of Nazareth rose from the Dead

The Resurrection makes all the difference in our lives
Jesus atoned for our sins on the Cross!
Many thought that He would remain in the Tomb
Many thought that His Name would just pass by but
God raised Him from the grave and therefore
History cannot forget the resurrection

We thank God the Father that He will raise up the saints
Because the Resurrection makes all the Difference

Mark Frank

Copyright ©2023 Mark Frank

Count On Me

Do not count me a sorceress, Lord,
or a diviner interpreting the moon,
do not count me among the harlots of Babylon,
laying waste amid the ruins.

Do not count me a stranger, Lord,
unrelated  by distance alone,
count me, Lord, a child of the King,
whose sins have been atoned.

Do not count me as complaining
facing trials that made me strong,
count me as one in humble reverence
and count the praises in my song.

Do not count me as proud of haughty
or unobedient to thy will,
count me as one ever listening
for your voice,
for your call.
Father...
   Father,
count on me.

Extempo

He was vulnerable
 only in the present
The past and future self-deposed
their fantasies atoned 
Moments claim unto themselves
a singular refluence
Strength unnumbered past the count
—battle lines rezoned

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

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