Best Existent Poems
your love is like a
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lantern
one moment it burns so bright,
it's so warm..
so warm that people step right in
then...
once they loosen their grip
it grows cold,
small,
distant....
almost non-existent
~3/18/18~
Why depend on external things, when it's all within?
Your power, your radiance, and hope therein.
Navigate the highs and lows, without fear,
You're worthy, more than enough, let that be clear.
Rise up, open your eyes, and soar high,
You're the guiding star, lighting up the sky.
This special gift won't lose its shine,
Guiding you towards heights, so divine.
It brightens your soul, illuminates your mind,
Your inner light, a beacon for all humankind.
Self-existent light Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
"Let there be Light!"
and so there was...
Without the Sun?
How so? Because
Our Father unfurled--
the Light of the world
The Sun and the Moon
--He created... soon--
but Light "self-existed"--
before Sun rays enlisted!
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:-D (See Genesis 1, and John 1)
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May 27, 2023
Self-existent light Poetry Contest!
Deadline: Monday, June 26, 2023
Sponsored by- Unseeking Seeker
YAHWEH comes from the Old Testament
where this was one of God's names
it's based on the Hebrew name JHVH
which, from the Hebrew 'I AM', it came
YAHWEH has always and ever been
totally self-existent, completely alone
being self-sufficient, absolutely in no need
dependent on no one, on His own
YAHWEH is the creator of all things
in heaven above and here on earth below
every living thing indeed He has made
creating mankind in all from head to toe
YAHWEH knows everything and everyone
all of the past and all that's to come
we can trust in all He has said
in His word, picking up every crumb
YAHWEH is God who came in Jesus
to this earth to deliver mankind from sin
on the cross, Jesus was cruelly crucified
for man's redemption, He did truly win
YAHWEH, as God, will come again
one day in His future forever to reign
this old world, He will wrap up
then this God of eternity fulfils His claims
I have lost my track, all around I see only darkness.
Is it because my eyes are blind folded or my sight impaired?
I grope and stagger, not knowing where my next step leads.
This miserable plight leaves me greatly despaired.
A thick veil has been drawn all about me,
Hindering my sight. What I see is ink blackness.
I wish to move into a world of light and life,
A blissful state of better awareness and gladness.
I know there’s a light at a distance, so bright and blinding.
It's more powerful than the light from all lamps.
I plead God to direct me to that light hidden from my view.
Allowing it to penetrate my being, filling up all empty blanks.
* * * *
He whispered- “Why search for light when it is inside,
Tear off the shroud and you’ll see the self-existent light”.
Rising to a new awakening, I looked inside, saw my ego,
Hung as a curtain over my eyes, veiling my sight.
The very moment I fell on my knees and ardently prayed,
“Let the waves of light pass through every sinew and bone,
Of my being and tear off the veil obstructing my view,
And lead me to light, never making me stumble in a dark zone”.
God graciously heard my prayer and beams of light fell on my way.
Felt I was floating on the crest of the waves of delight.
Along with this new insight, colours and tunes poured in endless cascade,
And my whole being got soaked in the lustrous beams of light.
May. 9. 2023
Placed Second in Unseeking Seeker's Poetry Contest
Platos dualism…
Laertius' "magi”
The most noble say we are an extraordinary event
And I agree with their logic and sentiment
An opportunity occurrence heaven sent
We are an awesome manifestation
We clearly embody an abstract incarnation
In His image complete systems of software emulation
The source energy, burning light, heat, oxygen
A flame ignites testosterone in the equation, estrogen
Essence sparks imagination, particles in circuits charging
Our sensors switched on, physical phenomenon's
Immanuel Kant contrasted it with noumenon's
A thing that is in itself sensed by humans
That which cannot be a direct observation
A world with what might be a spatial dimension
Möbius noted it rotates onto its mirror-image realization
Ruling that it is a universal mind bend
Something unseen to us and a god send
A conscience is alive and will transcend
Grasp the form of order among us, become analytic
These the concepts of the transcendental aesthetic
Leaving what’s not genuine or natural, synthetic
From experience discussions well-reasoned
Born with a formula programed and seasoned
Encrypted to crack codes to play roles in treason
We very well maintain the skeptic stance
Jesus a glitch to some who have no acceptance
But when focused and in a meditative trance
We embrace what is a peaceful coexistence
Bursting when the cosmos quest exploded
Interrelated tech terms, intelligence encoded
Beliefs of the understanding Empiricus’s philosophy noted
Martin Luther's theses, religious revolution then toted
Over conclusions that are only opinion
A servile dependent or a minion
The results will send us into oblivion
Has shown us that by suspending judgment
And by refusing speculative argument
Estimating the quality of worth and engagement
One achieves the state of ataraxia
Good conduct and the practice of eupraxia
Generating good health and euphoria
And through research and great finds
What philosophers teach and is best for mankind
Suspend judgment and attain tranquility of mind
There are two of me, yet there is only one. The happy one and the sad one, but they are in fact, one person. The mind is broken in two, which is then broken up into even smaller fractions, but it is still one mind. The confused one, the knowledgeable one, yet they are the same. Inside of a brain clouded by depressing thoughts, of which new ones are added every moment of its observation of this strange place the "normal" ones call their world. A place that creates a mindset which can only be described through confusing poetic like sentences, sentences that the mind believes no human would be able to understand, for the understanding of these sentences would mean that another mind in this strange place has a similar mindset and similar thoughts to it. Another mind that understands this would know, it would know of the secret messages hidden within this strange poetic message. It would know the identity of this mindset that the mind is caught up in. It would know this minds view on the world. But, it would also know, that there is another mind like it, it would try to find this peculiar other mind and it would be disappointed with what it finds. For, there is no "other mind" here, just an empty hollow of madness and sadness. Yes, technically it would be finding a fellow depressing hollow, but, would it really want to find another like itself?
Where the devils prevail ungraciously,
And where the fire blazes unceremoniously,
Hell shall be forever existent.
Where anger highlights imperfection,
And where imperfection be only anger,
Hell shall be forever existent.
Where sight be lensed falsely,
And where perception be dawned with jealousy,
Hell shall he forever existent.
Where all beauty is all ugly,
And where all ugly is viewed as beauty,
Hell shall be forever existent.
Where the shadows replace souls,
And where souls pose hollow,
Hell shall be forever existent.
“The shadow is the greatest teacher for how to come to the light.” — Ram Dass
A spring that never runs dry of life's water
Style is void of people and full of air and matter.
In stillness, there is both blankness and creativity.
Life's sense, love, and do halcyon deeds activity.
Bearing arrows are drawn toward the center.
Roadwork left the major way bare; don't enter.
Something that is anchored to the ocean floor.
Self-versus-non-self is one of light and core.
In this haze, my plans have gone utterly awry.
A thing uncontrite, not the haze of this day.
Akin to the breeze that blows past given rocks.
I was dreaming over agape running flocks.
A golden avian was singing a tune divine.
The foliage slowly blocked my sunshine.
I held on, and soon I was able to reach the sky.
Despite the bizarre lure of his blooming sway.
In search of light, I split myself from the stem.
Making me opine of being just the same as them.
My stem grew and got strong after it was left.
Due to the roses and lilies in this lush cleft.
Love's voodooism creates an aesthetic rhythm.
The flow of love is a balm for an awful time.
Where did you grasp this grazing, recluse?
Stars gleam with a glorious charm diffuse.
Shadows teach how to reach brightness.
Hope is seeing the light despite the darkness
The brightness within cannot be quenched
Be the candle that can never be drenched.
5th Place Contest Winner
Written: May 27, 2023
Self-Existent Light Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
We all have light inside us.
The good Lord put it there.
Sadly there are many
whose light they do not share.
Each person’s light will flicker
deep inside the soul.
Choosing to ignore it,
you cannot be made whole.
You never want to look into
the eyes of those whose light
died out (or never even flamed).
Their eyes are black as night.
We can’t expect just overnight
our light to brightly glow.
We have to nurture it each day
and help the light to grow.
I’ve looked into the eyes of those
whose light shines easily,
Their self -existent light shines love
to everyone they see!
June 5, 2023
for Unseeking Seeker's 'Self-existent light ' Poetry Contest
"Our seasons in life, like chapters in a book change, ebb and flow:
but, a light deep within us, though dim at times: always exists."
Quote by _Constance
Since a young child I have been a storyteller,
often, with just me and myself in imagination;
and now, today I am a writer- story "teller" ...
My tranquil spirit and soul always spinning a creation;
yet, my existence, my words, and telling can cause agitation !
Oh, they complain you have told us that a thousand times,
and how can we be sure this is really your reality?
I do admit quietly- that my words change sometimes ...
But, my message is existent! Lies, lies, they reply with brutality;
attacking me- my writing, existence and personality !
Little do they know that a light burns bright within me,
though, when I am hurt it becomes translucent and dim;
but, no matter what insult- I bend like a tree ...
My words written or said shining like a crystalline hymn;
and my imagination, aglow, ablaze, luminous to the brim !
I don't ratify this fake party,
I intend to rid it of failure
to the glory...
I don't approve immobility
of our friendly relationships...
I wish warm beds,
and fire in love...
I don't appreciate life
painted in pictures on the walls,
Desire to paint the story of life...
It's not enough for me to contemplate
beauty sparse...nature dead !
I wish to expose the total beauty
which exists in everything... !
Before there was time, there was God.
Before there was light, there was God.
Before there was anything, there was God.
God Himself is The Self-existent One.
The only Self-existent Light is God Himself.
In Him is no darkness, nor ever has there been
any darkness connected or associated with God.
There was a time when the world was void of physical light,
and total physical darkness covered the face of the deep.
It was in this state of 'nothingness' that God, being the
only light, broke the silence and said,
"LET THERE BE LIGHT".
From the time that God, The Self-existent One,
spoke light into existence, the universe has never
again been without light. The Self-existent Light
could be termed an attribute of The Self-existent
One who caused the sun, moon, and stars to light up
our physical world. That same Eternal God, through
Christ lights up our spiritual being when we believe
and put our faith and trust in him.
052623PSCtest. Unseeking Seeker. Self-existent Light.3P
love in love
with thy heart
spawns bliss beats
oh hermit
hush thy blush
whence thus grazed
as the child
of God’s light
thy soul shines
28-January-2023
Tricube
In the deepest darkest sea,
where sunlight is non-existent,
the deep-sea angler fish lures its prey
with a bio-luminescent bait
made by its symbiotic bacterial mate.
Deprived of light from above
it emulates the mighty giant sun,
teaching it a thing or two
about self-existence
and self-sufficiency.
A tiny micro-star
shines so bright in the cold
deep, dark, dank depths
with insistent, incessant,
self-existent and confounding,
bio-luminescence.