Lord how you slap them, with scripture.'
While they keep closed their eyes.'
Remainig in blindness, all signs denied.'
The small book that John took.'
From the angel; before Gods own eyes.'
Tells all to repent.' Condemnation deny '
None shall see His Holyness without Changing inside, into timlessness be ever
Born anew, from taking Jesus as your Lord
True.'
The Black Box
They came to the house
for the wrong reason.
In the end…
They didn’t care,
any address would do,
as long as the reports were made,
and the numbers taken down
before the beginning of the next shift.
They came,
and they tested
and then they required adherence to the law.
What law?
The one law they painted into place for us…
from our lost imaginings,
and faith spent wrongly.
Together, trapped in the moment,
a single instance in time
that refused to pass to the next.
Nice words…
are echoed,
as if sung loudly in a cave,
dark with shadow,
and then immediately swallowed up…
in silence.
Fights, lessons in public places.
Brawls and beatings to show control,
where there is none…
and never will be.
Scuffs at first,
then real marks are ground onto
and then into the surface.
Marred deeply…
Becoming part of solid stone,
which will show
again with each days passing,
into forever.
“Ask yourself..., Who are the speaking about?”
In my adolescent years sin ruled my soul.
I was a young boy under Satan’s control.
I was relieved,
when I believed.
He forgave my sins and made me whole.
Born Again
Miracle Man
2/6/2025
Better if birth didn’t take place,
than never being born again.
God gives us new birth through His grace,
and with new birth forgives our sin.
I wept until tears refused to flow again
I thought by being with someone who is born again
It means all will be well
Well! Right here! All is not well
I'm wiping the slate clean
I've been sleeping in the dust left by memories
The world's new budding green whispers to me
Wake up
I've become something beautiful shedding away the violence of my transformation
In the light of your eyes I finally feel
Warm again
“Ye Must Be Born Again”
Miracle Man
2/17/2024
We can’t out give God,
nor can we be saved by works.
It takes a rebirth!
I feel like a phoenix's and I'm am wise
I spread my wings and take to the sky's
With my feathers blazing with flames of fire
Seeking out thermals to make me go higher
I turn to the sun I can't feel the heat
I cannot die I cannot be beat
My fire buns out but I feel no pain
You see I'm a phoenix I will be born again.
I laid my fate on the mat of my heart
And walked the path for a brand new start
Unto a place that I once knew
I tried to tame the morning dew
Buried my past under a rock
Ignored the scorn and docked the mock
Dug my future, planted the seeds
Killed the pests and all the weeds
All that I wanted was peaceful life
I walked away from trouble and strife
The chance I had could only be one
Once I slipped, it could be gone
So I endure the prejudice and hate
I must be willing to make the wait
For the rising of my morning sun
To blast the cast and have my fun
Born again
Uplift my soul oh God
Cos I can't continue always
In my old deformities
Strength my path in life
And wash my grieves away
Abide with me always and
Take my shadow away from
The tables of iniquities
Be my companion in this troublesome era
Let my ego be of humanity
Otherwise keep me humble from falling
Tear my old clothes of foolishness
And filter my destiny with your grace oh God
Born again
Fight against those who fight against my life
Never leave them in peace
Whose plan is to devour my peace of mind
Stand up for me were am weak oh God
Rise up to my rescue when am in trouble
I don't want to be part of the makers of vanity
So plead my case with love oh Angels of grace
Revive my dying stars oh God
Clean up my energy again
To live up and fulfill my worth on this planet
Take me out from traps of illusion
And remake me new just like am
Born again
In Christ I am
made right by Him
blessed by grace
Born anew*
by the Spirit
my counsellor,friend
and guide
On a future day**
to be
changed in a moment
with a new resurrection body
to reign
as promised
with Thee
&
then
your face
to see
* Feb 1987
**First Resurrection tba
Born Again
David J Walker
Ok,
He created the world in 6 days
And then rested,
Which I am sure He needed
After such a task
But I am not Him
My gestation took 18 years to complete
18 years, 208 days when My birth began and
Delivered 8 weeks later
All mean and green and fearless
basically hairless
ready to kill or die
Ok,
That 6 days might have been 6 million
Or maybe 4 billion
I don’t really know
All I needed to know
I learned in the 8 weeks
Before I was born again
Humming Birds
Colorful, fast-moving...
race car engine, birds.
They move like dart fish,
but in the air.
We stare... at their passing.
Coming and going
and going...
and going!
I leave them juice in the feeder,
like rocket fuel they fill their tanks.
I see them and then they are gone.
But..., they will be back.
Red, green, and even blue,
I tell you..., true.
There is something special
about everything that God has made.
It simply takes time to see,
the miracles clearly,
when they are moving so quickly by.
Whimsy, and real...
Like paper flowers,
let loose upon the wind...
to catch like kites,
and to fly,
straight...,
to the moon.
I
Sleep and Infinity, Sleep & Resurrection
Thank You Father, Son Jesus, Spirit:
You did not owe me this day ...
II
When I awake. I remember gratitude
As slowly I gather the Past -
Thoughts, recycled emotions, that's ME
I HAVE CHOICES ... Redo addictions
Coffee (or worse, for the needy); Prayer
Is my way to say, I AM A RESURRECTION
Could I seek to follow The Way, Truth, Life
III
Every waking from naps & sleeps is a gift
Like the resurrection
We are born again in those moments
Will u remember & tell Life: I'm grateful
IV
This morning I will thank my LORD, Shalom
I am awake. I am An Awakening
Hot cascading non-stop tears
From well-founded disturbing fears,
As The Mist from The Mysterious clears
And A Date for A Death nears
For A beloved One, very Dear,
Whom they would his flesh fear
With a clean or dirty spear …
Later, it was his son who did
From a concealing bush he’d hid
And later towards quarry slouched
While he by a fireside crouched.
Should he this report to The Police
Or to his Born-Again Wife Alice?
Ted’s capture is certain by The Former
To no escape route a newcomer …
Alice might start a Forgiveness Drama
Or Ted hit with a plastic hammer.
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