Best Foundation Poems
“...we achieve true wholeness
by embracing our fragility...”
Jalaja Bonheim
i had
no script
no actors
no stage
instead let me direct this life
my life
stage the words
add a subtle dramatic tone
with fragility
once the foundation is built
i'll work on emotional recall
work in the layers
does it sing
does it dance
does it make you think
does it make you feel
you can design the most beautiful building in the world
but with no structure it will not stand
for this one i start with the word
"I"
yup that’s a keeper
next go out on a limb
"Love"
it can't be all about me
so i finish
with "You"
yes you
‘what happens when you open your heart?,
your inner strength becomes an outer foundation.’
For anything that is built in life’s domain
Love is actually the sweet foundation
Though finding it, often a tricky campaign
It’s the basic blueprint for our salvation
While not brick and mortar or earthly terrain
Such strength it provides without hesitation
It’s all that I am and forever will be
Love is actually everything to me
8/7/17
The winds can blow,the earth can shake
and floods can wash away
All things not rooted in God's love,
they have no power to stay.
Build your house upon the Rock
It is the safest place.
It is a firm foundation
poured out by God's grace.
Poured by love and set by grace
in Christ and His commands.
A house that's built on Jesus Christ
all things it can withstand.
Let your roots grow strong and deep,
put total trust in Christ.
You'll find your heart is filled with peace,
and love, and joy, and Light,
Hush little one I see and hear your tears
If only I could comfort you and squelch your fears.
I feel your fists pounding against my walls
I'll be with you no matter what trouble befalls
Your foster mother will one day have to face her fate
Don't let her teach you the meaning of the word hate
You are a wonderful child and have done nothing wrong
You must not let her break your spirit, please stay strong
Ignore her vulgar words, let them wash over you
Don't take it to heart, it's definitely not true
The bruises she inflicts will one day cease
I feel your anguish, use me as your release.
Make your dents on me to ease some distress
Frustration and anger you should never suppress
I want you as strong and solid as my own foundation
Please don't succumb to her inflicted demoralization
One day you'll be grown and will have a heart of gold
But for now my walls will watch, listen and always enfold.
Sponsor ~ Black Eyed Susan
Contest Name ~ If These Walls Could Talk.
‘Space is fathomless
O clouds drifting on winds!’
Said the growing shoot:
'For reaching goals unbound
Dig your feet in ground'
the arguments and the spittle
they are our muscle
the curse words and the raw harshness
they are our multivitamins
the accusations and the confirmations
they are our truth serums
the holding on and the letting go
they are our inspiration to work
the laughter that we share
the positive memories we declare
the forward movement with the freshness of a spare
the quality time now handled with thorough care
building blocks are heavy
cinder blocks are heavy
roadblocks are challenging
around the block is challenging
the doghouse and the worn sofa
inspires contemplation and marination
the circle drives and the cooloff walks
inspires strategy sessions and blueprint brainstorms
the attention deposits and the attention withdrawals
inspires infinite lessons and next time remembrances
the long talks and the informative conversations
inspires the next day and the next workload
simple assembly still takes time
simple maintenance still takes time
the screw and the screwdriver can still cause callouses
the hammer and the nail can still cause callouses
however and nevertheless, it all can never go wrong
as long as God is the Foundation on which the Bond stands strong....
Wait for your turn, don’t be too hasten
Adam are so deceitful,
Cruel, heartless and despotic.
So also Eve, her attribute are worsen.
To all Eve:
All they are after is your
Beautiful gown and if you
Don’t submit it to them.
They will take it by force
With unpeaceful pleasant
When a man, who can’t afford
To buy a car, ask you out
At a tender age.
Tell him to go away from you
And get his car.
If the man can afford a car
And come to you again.
Tell him am not ready to be put
In a family way
“I want to be more educated”
But you may just accept him
As a mere friend and be caution of yourself.
Eve did you know;
Anything you wear attract men
So be caution of your dresses.
Your footsteps attract men
Be polite with your footsteps
Your posture attracts men
Let your posture be of sincerity
Eve did you know;
You don’t have to be in a hurry
Finish your educational background
And make sure you are well respected.
Education is your right not a privilege
So accomplish it.
If possible read from the North of
The world to the south of the ocean
And to the East of life bargaining
To the west of indies.
Then you can be ready to accept
And face men of your choice
If possible make sure you have
a means of livehood, it beneficial
to you and your family.
Oh! Eve you are the salt of life
Without you no Adam
Eulogy be unto you?
To take the place of greatness you build and create
You give and you take but the outcome is great
To build up a castle it takes up the time
I have to relax
I have to unwind when I'm feeling this knot that shoots pain through my spine
and the emptiness flows through aquarius signs
Though we're star crossed lovers you ask for the time
So I'm standin at bedrock and can't help but cry when the resources cut just the land will survive
Too battered to grow but to nice for the temple
Foundation of life, house of zen supplemental
You ask what you miss and they give you a smile
And say to be great you must walk one more mile
Where the angels will dance while they fall in the trial
Of the pothead who thought he could change as a child
To the one who played games never changed he was wild
To the core he was bored so he ruined the style
that would build up his castle and then he repent
As I walked down the road though, an angel was sent
She said to redeem and be free from the lies
And the only real way you will feel peace inside is to give up your soul and reenter the light
And help all you can everyday til you die
The heart in the open its rotten inside
So I gave it to her to be safe through the night
And I wandered the dawn and I reached the twilight
I sigh to myself cuz this cannot be life
Lifes what you make it though lifes only basic
Your mind is your castle
You're that close to greatness
We Need A Godly Foundation!
Very seldom do I hear
any complaints.
Regarding the lacking
of godly restraints.
It seems like many are under
some kind of a "spell."
What's right or wrong?
Many can't even tell!
Where are the godly leaders
this nation needs?
As the heart of this nation continually bleeds.
Many pastors provide
very little discretion.
Pretending to be "Godly" ...
no godly direction!
No wonder many people don't
know what to believe.
A lifestyle of lying, drugs and
sex is what they achieve.
In their lives, they have
no "godly boundary."
Many carrying a load of "dirty laundry."
To those of you who want
satisfaction and victory too...
There is a "godly compass"
that's freely offered to you!
This "godly compass,"
is God's word! A solid foundation!
Which speaks of HIS love
and his gift of salvation!
If you’re in a direction,
with no true meaning.
It's in the direction of Jesus
you need to be leaning!
You don't have to live in
emptiness and defeat.
Jesus' grace and love will
make your life complete!
By Jim Pemberton 07/25/15
Building strong foundation is a game
find an edifice of beauty and admiration
pull it down and laugh heartily
let your engineers do the work of your mind
then celebrate and thank God for anointment
Best work done through time survives not
another builder comes to the stage
no structure is left standing in shame
they are given dignity by destroying
then celebrate and thank God for anointment
Do you think original Rome is alive?
Do you think original London is alive?
Do you think original Africa is alive?
Hey, look at the sky and the answer drops
then create more troubles to build strong foundation
Those that make history in this world
seem good destroyers of the present
when the present mourns their birth
the future celebrates their conception
then celebrate and thank God for anointment
"honesty's the foundation pillar of truthfulness of human beings"
The day United Ways
slurp some Reality Stew
we will change this name
to The Same Ol' Competition Way;
cheering for ever-more community support
with the same constituency
we are teaching to over-power each other
for both community support and service.
Our United Way systemically grows
a Divided Fail.
The day our Philanthropic Foundation
absorbs some multiculturing fertility,
we will learn to ask whose foundation is this really?
Are we a Foundation of inclusive cooperation?
A Foundation with Golden Rule
applied to all species living now
and in our global future,
incarnating through our Elder species
for mutually optimizing regenerative purpose?
Are we a Philanthropic Foundation
created by people
who deeply cared about sustaining life's integrity
for seven generations?
Perhaps even more?
Are we more a Foundation of confusing mobbed competition
for scarce resources,
or a Foundation for regenerating abundant contentment,
goodness,
beauty,
wisdom,
optimized economic policies for cooperative
ecological health and well-being networks;
for minimizing suffering and exploitive commodification,
economic decomposition of Earth's natural elements and systems;
a pro-life Commons
racing to win diverse harmonies
before losing our dreams
of teleological faith
and ecological hope?
Could we become a Foundation for optimizing public policies
for mutually cooperative mentoring
of vocational choice,
of permaculturally,
organically,
integrally,
multisystemically functional, maybe even deeply creative, families
and thereby communities?
We stand within this permacultural Foundation
for cooperative mutual-investment guilds,
consumer and producer networks,
Climax Communities
for growing global consciousness of eco-balance identity,
Earth Care as Self and Other Care,
revolutioning this ReGenesis Foundation,
with both interior and exterior landscape applications,
both YinTime and YangSpace eco-function metrics,
mutually mentoring Earth's polyculturally cooperative eco-logic.
the pantomiming madman squeals appeals
as tall gray shadows elongate along the wall
like black-hearted judges brewing venom
within their jowls bulging and anticipating
the reaping of tears and tremulous wails
the growl of steel-bars and the verdict of iron-doors
molds monsters masticating pheromones of trepidation
as the silent song of degradation infects ears of prisoners
dripping nightmares into their brains wading in masks
the jolting alarm of roll-call roiling disjointed curses
falling into the melody of servitude marching in syncopated
perpetual motion as granite guards grind their hard jaws
scanning with silver mirrors pupils expanding and contracting
inside hellish universes of the condemned fingering fissures
hemorrhaging light illuminating scales of a screeching snake…
Very seldom do I hear
any complaints.
Regarding the lacking
of moral restraints.
It seems like many are under
some kind of a "spell."
What's right or wrong?
Many can't even tell!
Where are the moral leaders
this nation needs?
As the heart of this nation continually bleeds.
Many chuches provide
very little discretion.
Pretending to be "Godly" ... yet no moral direction.
No wonder many people don't
know what to believe.
A lifestyle of lying, drugs and
sex is what they achieve.
In their lives, they have
no "moral boundary."
Many carrying a load of "dirty laundry."
To those of you who want
satisfaction and victory too...
There is a "moral compass"
that's freely offered to you!
This "moral compass,"
is God's word...a solid foundation!
Which speaks of HIS love
and his gift of salvation!
If your life is filled with hurt,
and has no true meaning.
It's in the direction of Jesus
you need to be leaning!
You don't have to live in
despair and defeat.
Jesus' grace and love will
make your life complete!
By Jim Pemberton
If heartaches seem to surround you,
or if you're troubled at every hand.
Be thankful your foundations solid,
that you didn't build on the sand.