I held the broken pieces tight,
Afraid of what the empty space would bring,
Confusing the shadows for light,
And clinging to a bruised and brittle thing.
I prayed for eyes to truly see,
Then turned away when truth began to speak.
Making excuses, bargaining to be
The anchor for a bond already weak.
How easily the heart defends
The familiar ache of carrying what is gone,
Calling it love when someone bends
The spirit until quiet peace is torn.
Yet mercy worked beneath the grief.
The sudden silence wasn’t cold neglect;
It was a shelter, a swift relief,
A sacred wall the Father did erect.
Not every traveler along the way
Is meant to walk the path where grace resides;
Some doors are closed so we don’t stray,
Some hands unclasped to stem the rising tides.
So now I loosen every plea.
I yield the ache, the wondering, the strain
Trusting God, who rescues me
Who never creates a hollow space in vain.
© Deborah Seale 2026
A field of blue
For who?
US or you
If I red, this right
About the American white
Knight's
Field of blue
Seeking justice true
Using a vigilant eagle eye
Persevering every try
Proudly raising the flag high
It flies
Message sent
Throughout the forging valley's tent
Watching old glory touch the stars
Blue field defends its red, white bars
Healing any freedom scars
Fifty or thirteen
It all means
The same
When one claims
An independent life
While piping the fife
And banging a drum
Feeling welcome
Under the blue sky
Where the American flag flies
High
Sounding the call
Down at the mall
Holiday sale all
Month long
Playing patriotic songs
Before debating what is wrong
Making us blue
Wondering exactly what is true?
That is how we act
And if you do not like it, go pack
Ah! Times Square won't see
America's Birthday Celebration,
the arrogant mayor has decided to ban it
with a silly, pathetic proclamation
to increase our wrath!
We thought that America came first,
be ready to face a gloomy day,
a sparkless night, hearts in disarray;
don't ever invite the Devil
to plot and disunite,
don't let enthusiasm sink too low,
our patriotic flame won't flicker
in forgetfulness, but forever it will glow!
Seeing the American flag wave
in the splendor of lights:
it's glorious, it's so grand!
Celebrate America's birthday
without intimidation,
it's your birthright,
make Lady Liberty happy,
make her proud,
excite the crowd,
she'll smile from admiration;
she'll firmly stand
against each enemy!
Yeah! Whoever defends
this emblem of precious liberty
is so blessed, is so free!
Yeah! Sing the Anthem, hold hands!
Ah! Times Square
won't see at its door,
America's Birthday Celebration;
the arrogant mayor
has decided to ban it
with a silly, pathetic proclamation
to increase our wrath!
We thought that America came first,
be ready to face a gloomy day,
a sparkless night,
hearts in disarray;
don't ever invite the Devil
to plot and disunite,
don't let enthusiasm sink too low:
our patriotic flame will not flicker
in forgetfulness,
but forever it will grow!
Seeing the American flag
wave in the splendor of lights:
it's so glorious, it's so grand!
Celebrate America's Birthday
without intimidation,
it's your birthright;
make Lady Liberty happy,
make her proud,
excite the crowd!
She'll smile from admiration,
she'll firmly stand
against each enemy!
Yeah! Whoever defends
this emblem of precious liberty
is so blessed, is so free!
Yeah! Sing the Anthem, hold hands!
Just to keep up with a new style, while the Sand man sticks to a plan to hence understand the sentence one tense to be rinsed as the Grinch defends his tent in a pinch despite its foul rotten odor of a stench mouthed one voter who was NOT that dense in past present and future tense hence the bench warrant quarantine latrine screaming beanie baby trading card retarded jarred smarties party past time hardly hardy bartering shotgun runtime bubble covered in Nick at night slime time grime crockery stole bike spike Lymes disease treaty spiked seizer sky high geyser lightning bolt jolt soda colt cold shouldered boulder scolded holding smoldering diamond ring rugged bug-eyed smuggler tug of war tare of a care bare share holder folder to be both bad and bolder like gold oil and drugs with extra hugs and butt plugs underneath the rugs for the fuzz buzzing love jugs whatever that was or wasn’t but not my cousin nuzzling the guzzled puzzling Charlie Sheen screaming ice cream machine that feeds a team and the b team both green beans and brings the fiends back to their gene’s roots and boot scooting things... Let us see what else life brings. The Time is NOW! POW!!!
Love does not retreat,
Stands firmly a pillar!
Protector of the fold --
Defends, fiercely harbors --
Soul’s physician and
Healer – love, before
The first heartbeat and
Will carry into eternity
Come our sphere’s final.
Love is lavishly devoted.
Serves a higher nature while
Keeping compassion for man’s
Lesser --
Blossoms,
Attracts and
Elevates, a concentrated messenger
Of Divine Presence infinitely evolving
Purest manifestation --
The crucifixion, a cruel example!
Christ~ Love’s perfect personification!
Universal love, creation’s ever expanding
All-Mighty Physical/Spiritual Objective --
When everything else fails, love will be
There to pick up man’s calamity
Pieces. Creator and redeemer. Love is always
And forever. Both Captor and Liberator.
crow walks fence
checking out birdfeeders....
mockingbird defends
Damn, Times Square won't see, at its door,
the glamor of America's Birthday Celebration;
an arrogant mayor is banning it with anger,
with a silly explanation to distract attention!
We all thought that America came first,
be ready to face a gloomy day,
a sparkless night,
hearts in disarray!
Don't ever invite the Devil to plot and disunite;
don't ever let your enthusiasm sink too low:
our patriotic flame
will never flicker in forgetfulness,
but forever glow!
Seeing the American Flag
wave in the splendor of lights:
is so glorious, is so grand!
Celebrate America's Birthday,
without intimidation,
it's your birthright;
turn every shout to delight!
make Lady Liberty happy,
make her proud,
excite the crowd:
she'll smile from admiration!
Won't she stand
against each enemy?
Yeah! Whoever defends
this emblem of precious liberty
is so blessed, is so free;
sing the enthem, hold hands!
“There is no one to understand and nothing, indeed, to be understood. I have no cause and no effect. How shall I say that I am conceivable or inconceivable? I am free from disease—my form has been extinguished.”
First we believe that we are this
feeble form, this body-mind,
then dwelling in heart we sense bliss,
a pulsation divine aligned.
With bliss in permanence ingrained,
the mind is instrumentalised,
whence beyond space-time, Self unstained,
as our essence is realised.
Ego squashed, Self alone remains,
as both the dreamer and the dreamed,
so once we are freed from thought chains,
suffused with bliss, we are redeemed.
Fals self gone, karmic bondage ends,
as we yet witness flow of life,
heartbeats God’s love and light defends,
our quintessence always bliss rife.
Change what feels sad,
heal the wound that bled;
show your passion for Valentine:
shout it with endless pride,
declare the sweet promise;
be be all mine, regardless
of risk and price.
Roses come in many colors,
I choose the ones I desire,
the ones that are
as red as these lips..
seeking your kisses,
so ready to set me on fire.
A true Valentine defends love
with all his mind and heart;
nobody stands in his way,
he won't hesitate to pray,
protecting what
seems fair and right:
never esembling
a dry, useless clove.
Believe me, whoever stands
for love is blessed by God
in some unexpected ways,
he has felt the painful rod
he bever lies, he never cheats:
his battles are won withouth fears.
Show your passion for Valentine,
make me feel the bliss,
nothing can be taken for granted;
every minute shouldn't be wasted.
Pride, exalting man
Way, way above
Feigns no such relationship with
Brotherly love
Whose lookout, through him
Defends in fear
But sets off this bad reaction:
Hell's truth makes clear.
An office is entrusted,
not owned.
It exists to shield the powerless,
not to comfort the powerful.
When the law bows to wealth,
justice becomes decoration.
For power without virtue
is only permission to harm.
A guardian who defends the guilty
learns too late
that titles do not cleanse the soul.
The cries of women
do not vanish in silence.
They wait.
The suffering of children
does not expire with time.
It records names.
Authority is not measured
by loyalty to power,
but by courage to oppose it.
History does not ask
why one complied.
It only notes
that one did.
To abandon conscience
for position
is to lose both.
And now the people ask—
not in anger,
but in grief—
Do you possess the weight
this office demands?
A title cannot confer honor
where conscience is absent.
So the question lingers,
heavy as history itself:
Are you fit to guard the law,
when the law needed guarding
from you?
And when memory speaks,
it speaks without mercy.
Not as accusation—
but as fact.
The bright royal metal gets a reverent treat,
Heated and beaten softly in several ways till
The beloved, pampered design comes up;
While the weaponry one has a different destiny,
Burnt and hammered rudely with no scrutiny ;
Then the upshot is for uncertain use put up;
The former always adds more to the usual skill
As the latter is destined, it's modest end to meet;
True it is that the one defends and serves hard
But the other is only dicey, needing good guard
The crux of time decides the claim to real regard
A tool in need marvels more than the one starred..!
The deeds and words of show spire somehow
Yet a needful , timely aid towers much above.
Devolping a blueprint
this guy is "Championship
Material"; A scientific display
in full display of both men's
Ability. Due to there likeness
there display is equal, only due
the "Championship Advantage"
The "Champions Advantage" is
Seen through how the champion
defends. "A hand over the lions
cage, might give advantage to the
cagey experienced guy: if the challenger
makes him quit or hurts the champion
It gives him advantage to the board of
directers .Tokens and same tokens only
Gives the challenger reason to challenge.
A clear decisive defeat gives either challenger
reason to go on: or gives champion reason
to dismiss. A champion is dethroned, a worthy
Challenger gives reasons for a champion to bragg!
I know who this man of means is...
I know who this man is
with so many poses and possessions...
This corporate man.
incorporated, all bodied...
I know his intimate afflictions,
his fears and his needs...
I know his struggle not to be a living legend,
But a real man...
Not to become an icon so not to lose,
his legacy of humanity...!
I know he knows the evil do, perpetrate
this easy...
He knows the cruel trap that
brings unhappiness...
He knows the deep boredom
of having everything, possessing everything...
Hw knows about morbid desires
from the enemies who want to naked him suffer...
From the eagerness of the false to enjoy
his flashes, possessions and attributes!
I know who this man boy is,
bold warrior who fights and toils
so as not to lose simplicity...!
I that know this simple side well
of complicated life... the normal way
of taking things... I declare and affirm:
I am a friend who defends this person
and his integrity...
His honesty !
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