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Do you see what I see?
In the light of the new day
While birds chirp
Expectantly 

Do you see the potential?
Of trying again
Doing it maybe a little
Differently 

A new day, 
Another chance
To try old things
Or something new

The favour and grace 
Of being woken up 
Can only be fathomed
When you witness
The sadness and heartbreak 
Of someone who lost a loved one

The what if’s and the wish I could haves  
Written on their faces

So if today you wake up sad, 
Tired of life and all its challenges 

Spare a thought - 
You are still needed

Someone still needs you
To be their shoulder,
Someone still needs you
To share in their laughter 

But most importantly 
You are still here by grace

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Premium Member Compendium of Favoured Forms

OPEN

Each
      chiselled
                     line
enamel
              images
to float
upon
            sounds
                       sans
                       rime
staccato
syntax
              align
                     symmetry
as
iambics
                  beat
the
drum
           of
                  vers
liber...
         ....tine
crosswise MATISSE
Your art          your notes         your style
So varied        so wise              so true
Opened           then drew          close to
My eye            my mind            my heart

My eye            my mind            my heart
To love            to learn             to know
Your craft        your theory        your technique
Forever           you made           so unique

crosswise-GRAND-DAUGHTERS FAIR
Your innocence          your purity         your smile
So open                    so natural           so wide
Charms                     enchants            awakes
My spirit                    my eyes             my pride

My spirit                    my eyes             my pride
Inside                       in wonder            in youth
To pray                     to gaze               to praise
In love                      in awe                of thee
quintile-SWEET VERSE
words too
familiar
or too remote
defeat the purpose of which,
he wrote

    was his

hidden
enigma
a step too far,
if no-one could open
his jar

Inspired by Johnson's famous dictum

sequence-THE COUNSELLOR
He
opens
hearts and minds
in sickness and
health-
He
draws us 
to himself
a quiet voice
we
hear
prompts
and reminds-
until peace we
find-
Then
fills us
with His word,
so we may be
heard

Fibonacci-faith quaternion
when
I
listen
God will speak

when God speaks
my mind
will
hear

when
the
open
door closes
light begins to glow

a new way
for me
to
go
An open verse
Will
my verse
reach your ear
      can
your eye
stay the course
      Does
unconvention
           confound
the rhythm
of your eyes
     Take
a deep breath
exhale and read
     between my lines
unphased
     by phrase and
     habitude
or human voice
The choice
          is always 
          yours if
my poem will
          be or is
not to be
a tune upon  
              your ear

The Favoured Son

The story of the devil
is the story of all men
we make mistakes 
the favoured son

Given to much 
the son becomes spoiled
believing everything
they say

We allow them
to get away with lies
the spoiled child
will twist the knife of hate

Thinking they above the rest
knowing you are in their pocket
they attack 
knowing you will support their faults

There is only one way
My way or the highway
the child making demands
breaking toys

knowing you are blind to their faults
God favoured the devil
treated the devil as his favourite son
the devil came to believe 

That he was better than God
the spoiled son
the favoured child
blind to their faults

we fail to punish their mistakes
we fail to push them to succeed
we put them above others
I watched as Jason refused to go to school

his Grand mother supported him
he was allowed to stay at home
other kids questioned his desire to play
when school was over

punching then his mother as support 
punished the child that had been punched
Jason grew up to lie
the spoiled son

you do your child no favour
all people should be treated equal
and yet they're not
treated equal expecting fair they learn to share

the favoured son turned against God
thinking himself better he fought for power
you are not good enough he said
I should have the power

God created the Devil
God favoured the Devil
God believed in the Devil 
only one hour before the fight began

We put our heart and soul 
into caring for our children
and then within a heartbeat
their actions can change your life forever


Favoured By the Winter

My chain of thought is cloaked in wisdom
As I breathe a world of ice
So shiny but without decision
Refracting light starts to entice

I let the flow consume me
I let my consciousness evolve
Far beyond my comprehension
My icy form starts to dissolve

Underneath the winter
I find the concrete earth
A shape misplaced by every season
The towering walls confuse my worth

I break into the statue
Of the thing that I’ve become
I see another empty dispute
There’s only one more statue that hides the sun

My anger turns to fire
I burn the towers of my pride
And as I settle what became me
I let the summer burn the things I hide

I wake into the winter
Cold without a cloak
But the ice presents me with its favour
This is the place where I find hope
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Premium Member Compendium of a Favoured Theme

CHRISTIAN QUINTILE
Habits
Ingrained die hard,
We need a helping hand
To disrobe,transmute our inner
Nature
with
Beauty
free from above,
Embedded in our heart
With loving kindness,ready to
Impart.
CHRISTIAN QUINTILE II
Jesus
Fountain of  life
Beginning and our end-
For all to see,was and will be
Our God
the
God who
is alive,active
And of the loving kind-
Available,accessible
I am
ready to
Transform
Renew,complete-
Changed in a moment into
New robes.

Christianity today
hacked
to pieces...
        marked with scratches
despised..
        and crucified,
  
...mocked..like Christ;

courage
            my friend
walk in His light ;

for in His sight,
our God of love..
                 Sees
       a pure,
         holy
           spotless,dove

CONFESSION
We like sheep have gone astray,
if He marked our transgressions
who would stand.Tempted,ofttimes
tormented,self-conscious,self-
seeking missing the mark;stepping
over the line,impulsive,doing what
we do want to do.Encouraged into
doubt,we deceive ourselves,listening
to the father of lies,’Til the Holy Spirit
convict us of this sin.Absolved by the
Saviour’s sacrifice I turn back again,
for I know whom I have believed,and
together we walk on.
AN AGAPE RESUME
Arise my soul, lay bare
this heart, give me lips
touched by God,ever
consecrated to Him.
A true and steadfast 
mind from higher radiance
caught.
The challenge from within ,
looking with a fresh mind 
true to life,to taste & see,
grow with the flow,a servant
heart ..here..to eternity
WHO AM I
His workmanship,a poiema,His masterpiece
bearing his signature mark,evidence of
His image,remembered,written on His palm.
Beloved, altogether lovely,sustained and by
His hands, our cornerstone, I live.

Premium Member Scriptures Favoured In Verse

he stands at the door    & 
                                    knocks
hear his voice?
                      let him come in
his realm
                is nearby

turn back
                & trust 

for as he was sent
so
are  you  & I

to tend his sheep
     disciple
       & reveal 

not by might or power
but
by
      the spirit 
                           within


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