Vicious eyes' light treads not on cautious lane;
Darkness befooled trust's will and cover sane-
Treasured joy embraces tears...
Lies fair; affectionate cheers
When dead living faith lacks comforting gain.
Befooled by our mind,
we’re now in it's bind,
afraid to let go,
head at God's feet bow.
Thought gives no relief,
conjuring belief
that we're mind-body;
a mere somebody.
Choice to be in trance,
piquant circumstance,
distanced from God's light,
shining within bright.
Dark thoughts put on pause,
frees us from fear's cause
that whence ego's shorn,
soul’s here now reborn.
Freedom's ours in ease,
provided we cease
feeding feral lust,
by thought forms unjust.
Love as our mainstay,
let silence hold sway,
guided by God's hand,
into pastures grand.
19-March-2023
"Has solitude ever led your steps down a forest path . . . "
Quote by Constance La France
Into the vapenouz woods of Voroznezh
befooled by the curvenouzh, twistezh woodwayl
Wandered witlezh in frenzhied askewness
lozhing my witzh in a labyrzhthine mazhe
Emergent in shzadoz a carnozhine Bedlamizh
gormlizh and gruezhome, ghazhtly and ghozhtly
mezhugga, wizhered, zhomewhat confuzhed
Geozhationary, zhtrange, it zhtood in zhe way
“I’m lozht,” I lamenzted in a zhin, zhaky voice
He bluzhtered and dizhered in unuzhal zhtyle
Zhen zhuprizhingly pointing in farzhical pozhe
“Eazh- Veszh is zhe way to your fazhaway home.
2. Quote #2 - Inspiration with a theme of - Nature
WRITING CHALLENGE - ''V'' Forms Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France
Written 11/16/22
pure pearl phobia
dive, drive, deep, deeper, deepest
shells with rough pebbles
11 June 2021
KEY FOR MYSTERY LOCK
There once was a clever sleuth named Sherlock
Made key from pipe smoke for mystery lock
Through hidden lens he saw well
Place where puzzle pieces fell
Befooled Watson hit his dumb head on rock.
January 29, 2019
Syllable count : 10/10/7/7/10
Checked on howmanysyllables.com
Though the attackers are many in number
The escaper is courageous and clever
So the attackers have failed to harm that
The escaper has befooled them in fact
Though the danger is dense and severe
The Strategic Manager is called the Savior.
Disappointment
My father's signature has been forged for I know his hand
Greed for squandering have made you fall to your lowest ebb
My temples blasted at the shame that we are of the same blood
I choked to know that your son dared to forge dad's will
The embarrassment gushed in my blood about trespassed relationships!
I was thorned in every nerve at your restless unrequited greed
How could my brother do so? Overpowered by his greedy half?
My spirits depleted as I weakened in the arms of my dependent mother
I had nightmares of her being murdered as my heart had been
Why hero-worship grandpa if his virtues of gender equality aren't followed?
It suddenly awakened me to life we didn't belong to the same family mould
Strangely you and your family that I immensely loved, became strangers
I signed the will with a heavy heave not because I was befooled,
But my nosedived soul knew that my father would have wanted it so.
You have been my greatest disappointment, oh my un-dear brother!
November 7, 2015
Contest: Dancing With Description
Sponsor: Casarah Nance
Beguiled
Befooled voodoo stained glass sainted stories
Embodied golden alter lies worshiped
Wined wafers body sanctified promises
Bloody nails thorn wooded idolatrous crosses
Burnt sacrificial crucifixions sinful feared
Confessionals
Used repented
Control
Pompous ignorant banners flying clandestine
Stolen heavens dangled carrot
Eternal peace
Self-rewarding
Love
Caesar’s dead laurels destined Roman spear
Rich laws indoctrinated poor uneducated
Continued centuries absurd pretence
Wealthy fat bloated
Beggars spirituality
Destroying sanities stolen festivities
Temples agog
Stone cathedral mosque prays churches
Grand established faith
Besotted light innocent
Ignorant backbones
Repudiated
Truth
Beguiled
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