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Conversation With God

Knowing now God dwells inside,
to enjoy here, a joy ride,
it behoves us to behave,
gift of life, He to us gave.

To this end, our will we bend,
ear to conscience, with joy lend,
mood and mode, a carefree breeze,
flowing with nonchalant ease.

Holy Spirit breathes our form,
keeping it lively and warm,
so make time to chat with Him,
that soul’s light may never dim.

For Oscar On His 5th Birthday

Yours is a healing and life-giving balm
  that behoves me my merry thanksgiving,
I am by my own twist of fate becalmed 
  and I am wiser to wonderful things.
Memento Mori and Carpe Diem -
  there is much to see and much to begin
so live well and long that in years to come
  you not look back and muse what might have been.
Now if from your helping cause I abstain
  or when in lonesome brooding I am sad
in futile excess, I’ll beg once again
  to hear you curing say “I love you dad!”.
O’ wife and child it’s you and only you
that makes me love and do the things I do.


              Written: March 2005

Death In Beslan

Was first day of school when evil befell
  the town children who marched in happy tune,
and the school bell tolling rung its death knell
  for the dead and dying who died too soon.
Sadly there is none so Godless and none
  so dangerous as a fool with a cause -
no rest will come to the ghosts of Beslan 
  until the cause of peace gives hatred pause.
A schoolyard is not a theatre of war,
  no child a legitimate enemy -
are men’s hearts so black, rotten to the core
  that he finds refuge in atrocity?
What badge of honour behoves the wearer
to bear on children a reign of terror?


              Written: October 2004


Wrote this after the senseless school siege
at Beslan in Russia by Islamic militants. At
least 334 people died including 186 kids in
2004. Now similar atrocities curse Ukraine.

Lord of the Universe

Lord of  the universe
?==========

Yearning  long for the divine bliss
Your  grace on me will not be amiss.

My devotion to you is fathomless ,
No matter,the hurdles to go over  are  endless .

Traversing the  rocky path to cherish for the  cosmic vibe,
I seek your benevolence to peacefully thrive  .

You manifest in complete perfection ,
Which behoves me   to plunge  into the sea of devotion.

I now see  through the illusions of society ,
Let me drown in your love with all  my piety .

I wanna unravel  the mysteries  surrounding thee,
And  seeking  you ever  with a heart of  glee.

 copy right@ tej patnaik

You'Re Fired

As your immediate boss and superior
It behoves me to have to inform you
Your services are no longer required
A formal letter of termination will ensue!

It has nothing to do with performance
You've really done an admirable job
Believe me, I've tried hard to ignore them
The rumours from everyone's gob!

You've stepped over the line, my friend
With this affair that has people talking
Each time you walk through the office
Sure you've noticed people gawking

I've tried really hard to turn a blind eye
And attempted to keep it hush hush
But now I just can't ignore it anymore
I'm beginning to turn into a lush!

Normally it's not a reason for dismissal
But you've caused me to endure such strife
That I must consider this a special case
Coz the partner in this affair is my wife!

Vaporised Presence

Grazing contentedly in the meadows
Equal in light as also the shadows
Vacuumized presence draws in the current
Heightened potentiality vibrant 
Manifesting bliss within euphoric
Mindless of the outer din and static
Identity vaporised form throbbing
Electrified with love scintillating 
Nestled thus in calm of tranquil silence
Rapture bubbling as behoves innocence 

27-October-2020
(syllabic rhyme)

Cherished Children

A childs laughter is a precious sound, 
To watch them smile as they play around, 
Filled with gleeful giggles that resound, 
It will fill the blackest of hearts with joyful glee, 
As they run in the wind hair wild completely carefree, 
Not a single widowed worry whispering in there ear, No agenda no fear glowing with an innocent endear, There souls filled and glow with the purest of light, They truly are a precious delight to have in sight, 
To cradle such beauty within ones arms, 
Or encase there tiny hands in our giant palms, 
It truly is a blessing to be hold, Or so I am told, 
To have a child is a gift from himself up above, Created by the angles and sent down a beautiful dove, 
A child teaches us compassion, patience, and love, The unconditional kind that you behoves, 
There clever cheek filled with wit and humour, 
As they grow from toddler up to junior, 
With aspirations like being a zoo keeper in the future,  Or maybe a dancer, doctor or police officer, 
You pray its filled with happiness each and everyday, As yours have always been since there first birthday.

The Awakening--

I speak to the unhearted;
Whom seek to be imparted;
Broken and complete;
Seeking all whom our bleak;
~
enrichments gallery I shutter;
Nightmares have dreams I uncover;
It behoves me to raise my esteem;
Slightly embarrassed I sleep, I dream...
       the awakening

6/22/19
written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019

Lovelorn

Restless awakening behoves my mood
Unrelated, deep dragging thoughts conspire
Surely, my love's doubt of me misconstrudes
Why, my confessions of love all aspire

Depressingly, the day stretches ahead
Twelve hours, 720 minutes
Each passes, so.... slowly, I am so sad
Wrestling my inner demons, life's the pits

Her vision swims... no longer can resist
A text, I cannot believe one from her!
Reciprocate, by return, she does insist
Her love intact, she wants me to concur

To text..... dare I show again - to be dashed
No......what a bummer, internet has crashed!


8/20/16

Call To the Quarters of the Sage

Magnifying is your sight,
filtering your destination.
It’s odyssey to the legs
but you walked it with your gaze.
No more too long a distance
is thousands of miles away.
Your adorable gaze beckons
to the elements you require
for manufacturing words.
To your disposal they hasten.
Literary dexterity:
your alluring criterion!
It behoves me to tell you
to behold what beckons you—
it’s the quarter-gate of the sage!
You are welcome here, darling.

National No Bra Day

National No-Bra Day

You want to know why
The 9th of July
Is special so the guys say
You see red-blooded guys
Have opened their eyes
For National No-Bra Day
And here’s to the gals
Who improve our morales
By taking this day to heart
May your day be uplifting
With minimal shifting
And compliments off the chart
If this poetry moves you
Then it surely behoves you
To do less would surely be wrong
And it can’t feel much better
To simply unfetter
What you have kept fettered too long

Uncle Mike

A Firing

As your immediate boss and superior
It behoves me to have to inform you
Your services are no longer required
A formal letter of termination will ensue!

It has nothing to do with performance
You've really done an admirable job
Believe me, I've tried hard to ignore them
The rumours from everyone's gob!

You've stepped over the line, my friend
With this affair that has people talking
Each time you walk through the office
Sure you've noticed people gawking

I've tried really hard to turn a blind eye
And attempted to keep it hush hush
But now I just can't ignore it anymore
I'm beginning to turn into a lush!

Normally it's not a reason for dismissal
But you've caused me to endure such strife
That I must consider this a special case
Coz the partner in this affair is my wife!

© Jack Ellison 2012

The Twisting Mind

The Twisted Mind
It behoves you well to delve in the twists and turns of my mind
As my thoughts undulate through the passages before the truth you find
Do the Tarantula March and dance well through the space
Where processing thoughts and words mingle, dancing with such grace…

Each twist, each turn, each thought kicked high, and then cleaved down low
Thrown and tossed out, chopped and diced, then a new thought does grow
My mind is dark, then light as can be, loving and warm but searching to be free.
Free from what my mind tied screams, yet I know I have heard the decree…

So pick your dance and partner well, as you skip through my mind in a twirl
The conglomeration of thoughts and brainstorms you may just unfurl
Tread carefully all those that want to know what lurks inside
You never just know the Devil, may have just taken a new bride…
©~GG~ 5/10/2102

A Firing

As your immediate boss and superior
It behoves me to have to inform you
Your services are no longer required
A formal letter of termination will ensue!

It has nothing to do with performance
You've really done an admirable job
Believe me, I've tried hard to ignore them
The rumours from everyone's gobs!

You've stepped over the line, my friend
With this affair that has people talking
Each time you walk through the office
Sure you've noticed people gawking

I've tried really hard to turn a blind eye
And attempted to keep it hush hush
But now I just can't ignore it anymore
I'm beginning to turn into a lush!

Normally it's not a reason for dismissal
But you've caused me to endure such strife
That I must consider this a special case
Coz the partner in this affair is my wife!

©Jack Ellison 2012

Christmas Stars

Snow fell down one starless night
From out the plume of lonely clouds,
To decorate the land with white,
Adorn the hills with pallid shrouds.

The eyes that gleamed behind the glass
Watched the weather rage outside,
Saw the darkness come to pass,
Filled with wonder, saucer wide.

Then from the ether, from the swirl,
Through a split in clouded night,
A silver shaft impaled the world,
And lit the earth with vibrant light.

Upon the eve before the day
Iconic magic rose and shone,
At once the darkness cast away,
A Christmas star to wish upon.

In modern times of strife and war,
When hatred reigns a harsh regime,
It ill behoves us to deny
Our children of a better dream.

So on the eve before the day,
Make the demon year be gone,
And teach them of a better way,
Of Christmas stars to wish upon.

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