There exists a thin line
Between “you” and “them”.
To ask “who is them” is necessary,
Not asking shouts your capture.
But to ask “who are you”
Is to search for yourself
In places they didn’t expect you to look.
I said a thin line but truly, it’s thick
Knowing south when the rest only north.
In this game, losing your soul
Means taking with you the blind folded.
The ones who refuse to look the other way.
But…, thick or thin, does it really exist?
Now how about, “there exist a wall”
That separates the real and the current you.
This time the task to find
The material the wall is made of
Which will allow you to question and find,
The difficult but vital part of breaking free.
I said a wall, what if there exists nothing.
You see clearly the lines and the lies.
But you know the cost of disobedience.
And got tired of going where
The masses refuse to leave their footprints.
Tired of thorns of red zones,
You know the path, potholes and the truth.
Indeed there’s nothing, just an invisible border.
And you know it.
Know the stakes before the Show.
Risk all; let it go!
Courageously make that climb
Bring your spark in time
Life is much more than a walk,
A picnic or a jog in the park.
There's a Duty-Call from Above
With Truth, Life and to trust.
It's The Essence; the core to the crust
"But I don't understand!" you say,
"What would be the cost to pay?"
Authenticity: be faithful and true
With just the glimpse of happiness in you
Like fireworks bursting in air
Reveals The Essence: that we care!
Life and changes are hard
But fight regrets and fear retard
Be on an expert and responsible team
Persevering, sharing God's dream
Like a child inquisitive,
Learning, initiating and sensitive.
The Essence is also like a mother
Jumping up to help another,
Being sweet, kind and genuinely you,
Making others better too,
Bringing out the Best, no doubt,
With no time to "Chicken-Out!"
So live in the Essence
By your heart, in every sense,
Sophisticated, elaborate and extravagant!
Covering over us God's Love is bent.
You will see a new and better plan
If only to be still and listen you can!?
Thought of making a statue of you
Then had an idea that a portrait would be better
Remembering all your fine lines with no flaws
Your beauty of distinction
Perfection in your eyes by the artist
Your face glistens under the moon light
Beacons like the stars that twinkle
Paint in creation that everyone will see and admire
Your eyes will be painted in 3D
Capturing your moving portrait like a Queen
Color contrast
Image from the heart
Stand out
Inspiration you gave
First time we met
As the French say “Amore” on my mind
Your picture will be like a love story chapter that never ends
Captivated me
Through the different brushes of color
Relish the goodness and quality
Masterpiece reality.
Hare trapped in a bubble,
Too pained by the capture;
Yet chews its last supper.
Even joy precedes pains—
stop your stare,
dare to help.
Though I err,
spare some love,
wipe my tear.
Summer fair; fried foods.
Scents wafting through the air-
Making stomachs growl.
Thoughts come but do not linger
They flutter and flit faster than hummingbirds’ wings
In blips and darts
I know too well how swiftly they can dissipate forever
I write down my ideas fast now
Before they disappear
Once gone, they cannot be revised or revisited
Know the stakes before the show.
Risk all; let it go!
Courageously make that climb
Bring your Spark in time.
Life is much more than a walk,
A picnic or a jog in the park
There's a Duty-Call from Above.
It's simply just to fall-in-love
With Truth, life and to trust.
It's The Essence; the core to the crust
"But I don't understand!" you say
"What would be the cost to pay?"
With just a glimpse of happiness in you
Authenticity: be faithful and true,
Like fireworks bursting in air
Reveals The Essence: That we care!
Life and changes are hard.
But Fight regrets and fear retard.
Be on an expert and responsible team
Persevering, sharing God's dream
Like a child inquisitive,
Learning, initiating and sensitive.
The Essence is also like a mother
Jumping up to help another,
Being sweet, kind and genuinely YOU,
Making others better too,
Bringing out the Best, no doubt
With no time to "chicken-out"!
So, live in the Essence
By your heart, in every sense,
Sophisticated, elaborate and extravagant!
Covering over us God's Love is bent.
You will see a new and better plan,
If only to be still and listen, you can?
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The same unwillingness we share
To compare, poems fished the fairy
As it is searching for a rhythm
Dancing by the bright flare
Of the hearts capturing each other
Intense emotions flow from you to me all the way across town
For though what you say to me is only in text, I feel you all around
You touch my heart and open my mind, my senses running free
And if we should meet...
Just us two, you could run me to the ground
Capture (C) Susan Manley 1985
soul God will capture
what we heard about rapture
are certain and sure
when some men
forget the power
of women in bikini
on their beds,
it easy for them
to laugh at how
king David fallen for
a bathing woman.
August 18/ 2023
Don't miss me for I'm never very far,
glimpsing your days from a secret star.
I'm among flowers that grow by your side,
resting on rainbows when hoping to hide.
As stars sparkle in the misty moonlight,
should a lone one capture a naive night,
or, if the summer breeze ruffles your hair,
it's because, for the moment, I was there.
Music you hear in a soft, summer's breeze,
is our song I'm singing to sleepy trees.
If not there, I fly in a peaceful place
where love can exist in a groundless grace.
I often meet you in whispers of air,
the song of a bird, sunlight on the stair.
I'll caress you when time gathers us nigh,
Together we'll explore the seamless sky.
March 16, 2023
for Brian Strand's Number 1199 poetry contest
POTD
Many people continue to sing about some world states captured by some powerful business people, and
leaders of World…
“State capture ruling system is not a made in Europe...”
Let us look in the history of
the world to understand the author of the states capture and the imitators of that system...
As author of
some published books and other which are not published...
Years ago some dark “Black “powerful Emperors and Kings used to capture some territories in the world.
And imposed the captured leaders to do things according to their will and laws.
That was the
“Black Supremacy “
to mean the power of the black people to rule the World…
" The dominance of the black
nations in the World"
"The superiority of the dark peoples in the world."
" Many Europeans and North
Americans know about this."
So the Author of the state capture system and slavery are some powerful black” Dark” Emperors and Kings in BC.
February 01/2023
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe Mussabwa Chris
If pursuit gives me the joy
Why capture the butterfly?
Let it freely flutter by
Lovely until life’s envoi.
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