your communications firm is cockamamy ! I could complain but that
would be indelicate .
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 17–23, 2026)
Hearing, but not truly listening,
Points flicker like fireflies, elusive, fleeting,
A dance of light that’s hard to catch and hold.
I yearn to be heard, yet I must learn to listen,
Let the words unfold, not just aim and win.
To coax the point, let it take flight and grow.
Then, perhaps, we’ll find a common ground,
Where understanding blooms, where meanings are found.
A dance of light that’s hard to catch and hold.
To Coax the point, let it take flight and grow.
The End
I miss the night;
so waverly;
I am not promised,
breath lying here horizontally;
in my bed 3/4 there dead;
My consciousness is blurred;
my dream state a reality centered;
speak to me Father;
in my subconscious;
merrily in the blackness;
sometimes there's dreams and visions;
I am knighted the black and white scenes;
IN MINE DREAM SPEAK TO ME LORD GOD AS I DREAM
that are coming to me;
visions of God talking to me;
Communication and direction;
speaking unto me how;
So big am I how shall I be;
So warned yet is still;
I house His breath;
Dream on talk to me God;
Dream on give me vision;
MINE DREAM SPEAK TO ME LORD GOD AS I DREAM
Dream on give me songs;
How long shall I dream;
as you talk to me;
it's so seen that I just lie here;
dormant and in do revenant Dream On...
In me speak Lord Speak
11/1/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2023
A necklace pendant
A key pendant
A gemstone pendant
An amulet
A cross
All are signs of love or adoration
From eyes to hearts communication
A gift or a possession
A memory or a remembrance
A sign to remind or a sign to consolidate confidence
Invaluable not because of
The commercial value of the pendant
But just the sincerity of the person behind
The feet never lie.
I do not ask what she means
But I think about what she has said for over twenty years.
The feet never lie? The feet never lie? I stare at my feet,
Wishing I had asked. Wondering what stopped me.
I have my doubts about you.
Gulp.
It is my thesis committee chair.
I do not ask what he means, because I am terrified.
I keep silent, wondering. I have wondered for twenty-two years.
I have my doubts about you.
Hm……
I have my doubts about you.
Casual comments.
Probably long-forgotten by the ones who uttered them.
They have had a profound effect on me,
Making me realize that I needed to ask.
Wondering what stopped me.
"Communications"
And so it started the day we met
conversations encounters embraces
Sharing stars of hopes and dreams
fill both days and nights with light
And so it continued from that time
touches of love with soft whispers
Placing fears to fade and fly away
we turn to devices to hear our voices
And so now it shall never end
be it text mail or any phone
Check all communication devices
on the other end will be me you see
SkyWatcher
09-18-18
BABIES CRIES COMMUNICATIONS
babies cry when there're
hungry, wet, or in pain this
communication
4/27/18
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.
Copyright © 2018
Talk to each other
Everything completely
Trading off who wins
Call,clarify,crave
CONTACT !
Consult,commune,converse
CREATOR !
Candid,clear,commit
CONFER !
Confide,confess,consider
CO-OPERATE !
Confrere,comrade,commonwealth
COMMUNITY !
COMMUNION ! CHRIST ! CHURCH !
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