what would have happened
If I never had met Paul
life was a lost cause
Paul beyond belief
does whatever he will want
is incredible
had known from the start
if i knew what i knew now
miracles could do
so glad is my friend
God has always been his guide
knows which way to go
beyond all belief
amazing all the losers
running for office
Have you ever felt a presence, in the shadows beyond the light?
Maybe a last impression, from a dark and lonely night.
A glimpse of the unexplained, in this world of ebb and flow.
Possibly a message sent, from another lost long ago.
Could there be some plane of existence, different from what we can see
A place our dead must traverse, sometimes felt by you and me.
Does our time here on this earth, end with our final breath?
Maybe there’s one last journey, in that hour beyond our death.
when all hope is lost
randomness regains control
~ time to befriend chance
Hope Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Mohan Chutani
Syllable counter PS 5/7/5
01/04/2022
Blessings bring brilliant and bright hues
Boosting breaths of bashful balance
Beckoning beautiful beliefs to bring
Benefits to believers who blissfully
Blossom in buds of bounteousness
Blessings brighten beatitudes that bring
Brave and breathtaking breezes of
Bubbling, brisk benevolence to the
Brokenhearted who brim over with
Boundless, booming, bold brevity
Breathing blessings better known as
Beloved, blissful breaths from the Bible
clarity is something that manufactures you.
all the meditation in the world makes you still,
but so does death, knowledge that comes from
being between life and death is the strongest mortar
for the bricks you would lay. Anyone can live,
Anyone can quit life anytime. It is the threshing,
those moments between life and death where
the grains of wisdom are separated from the chaff.
Two worlds collide in you: the inner world is
your tether to your God; the outer world,
a tether to your life. You may choose to follow
either lead, but you are the center of the pull
for each. Their tension is what gives you
your existence. It is also what makes each choice
inevitable. Mortality is a condensed version of infinity;
Cliff notes, so to speak: "to be or not to be".
Keep reading, but remember: words describe
existence. Beyond existence languages crumble.
There is a place that is beyond all belief. In this place
there is no need for knowledge. There is, in fact, no need.
There are teenagers knocking and ringing
the bells of the elderly nearby at night
waves of stealing cars and items of homes,
Clockwork Orange returns installing fear
but now it real and beyond belief
Armageddon near?
She crawled into her father’s lap...her lips were quivering...
there were teardrops in her eyes
“Some kids say they don’t believe in Santa...
they say it’s all a pack of lies.”
She looked at him with innocent eyes...
that snowy Christmas Eve...
and asked him quite directly...
“Daddy! What do you believe?”
“Oh, I believe in Santa.” he answered,
“As sure as I believe in you.
I believe in miracles and Karma
I believe fairy tales do come true.”
“I believe in love and friendship.
I believe in kindness and family.
I believe in God and fairies and angels
I believe in wonder and destiny.”
“I believe a higher power created the planets...
the stars, the sky, the sun.
I believe in the spirit of love
I believe there’s good in everyone.”
“I believe we should listen to the animals
I believe there’s magic in moonbeams
I believe that art is all around us
I believe in the beauty of our dreams...”
“As he looked down she was sleeping in his arms
which gave him some relief.
“And when I look at you.” he whispered...
I believe I’m blessed...beyond belief.”
There once was a fellow from Leith
Whose habits were beyond belief,
He'd bathe in custard
Whilst gargling mustard,
Then play the spoons on his teeth.
Entry for
A Limerick, Old or New:
Your personal favorite Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Andrea Dietrich
12/8/2019. Placed 3rd.
Grief Beyond Belief
In a life you live sometimes have to choose;
May be another's fault and you wonder who's;
Caused us grief,
Beyond belief;
My answers to accept they always did refuse.
Jim Horn
One mint balloon dreams ceiling
to keep it from the sky, and
such balanced vision
steadies days by and by.
Until one day it takes a breath,
emboldened by greater sight--
one great sea has turned all gold from all the light.
With eyes turned desirous to float ever high,
one mint balloon adopts a new flight.
We think of riches as bags of silver and gold
that can buy whatever we choose
And that happiness will magically follow
and never more will we sing the blues
But in life there exists something of far more value
than money, cars and diamond rings
We often overlook it as such
as we are so enthralled with our many things
It can't be bought and sold like jewels
even though it is extremely rare
It comes from where, we do not know
but upon arrival it fills the air
The heart may pound and the words one utters
may make no sense in human terms
We are totally defenseless to its power
as our action quickly confirms
But once we succumb to its magic spell
the world takes on a vibrant glow
And suddenly all that mattered before
becomes lost in its ebb and flow
And all at once we realize that
we have been truly blessed from up above
Life's grandest treasure has come our way
as we have found that thing called love
Looking through a full fridge
And finding nothing worth my while
Not giving a second thought
To the skin and bone children
Drinking from a swamp
With great big smiles
There's nothing good on TV,
We eat at the same place everyday,
And by the way I'm bored out of my mind!
But a scared little boy sees it all
Far away from the comfort of this hypnotic box
He gave his share of scraps to his younger brother
While his entertainment is watching
God paint pictures in the sky
(I racked my brain
Searching for ways I should be upset
Ain't one good reason I could find)
It was yesterday
I found myself and grimaced
It was today I helped out a complete stranger
And thought
"How silly of me to think
That was all there was to it...
Nobody's ever just found, we run too frantically
For all that nonsense.
We do the best we can
For as long as we can.
Though selfish beyond belief
I do think there is still hope for me"
I smiled in awe at the discoveries
Tomorrow would bring
This here what I feel for you
is beyond belief from what I see
my eyes, my heart, my spirit
doesn't decieve me unbelievably
we didn't see this @ first
but our souls always thirst after
each other, more than friends
much more than lovers, there's no
woman how could take your place
not in dis lifetime I'll never find another like you, in due
time we'll be side by
side its been a long time coming
but our hearts colliding was a script
pre written I made my final decision
Im giving my all to you with no doubt
you're doing the same, I went from the freeway to
changing lanes, patience will hold me over so with the
New Edition to bout our lives Its only right to ask can you
stand the rain
my emotions are running outta control
I can't wait to begold my queen for who and what she is,
we got that three strand rope and I'm proud to say I have
finally found my rib...
What about the body?
.
Life is…a
Healthier body…
heal.their body…
..........x
.
who's Lordes?
LordeeS ... I see
.
Te kowhao ... "a hole"
The night or darkness and te kow hao united and birthed the gods of nature....
.
whole realm
W hole real M
. of love.
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