George was to us The Deformed
And his bones The Malformed …
Then, to our rules he conformed,
After he was duly informed
And by us pointedly reformed
And-Lo!-George stooped looking deformed
Nor were his bones still malformed
For overnight, new ones had formed!
Just through his Conformity for Acceptance,
In him stifling Tiger of Resistance.
Unaware of life ahead tough
Youth captured in a photograph
Ambition beamed behind framed glass
Promised future a life of class
Nothing less would define enough.
Through scorching time I travelled far
Dragging life with burnt dreams’ deep scar
In twilight dust up the mountain
Distant from peak still I remain
Failed life from dust can’t uncover.
When time for the sun to set came
Looked at memory in glass frame
Dusk's grey dust tarnished the picture
False promise suffered the rupture
Reflects deformed me as I am.
March 24, 2018
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Deformed Thumb
Every time poetry when I want to write
Could never hold right hand real tight;
Thumb to me did look like a thimble;
Should this become my writing symbol?
Deformed thumb by God, He had made;
Writing received needs improvement grade
And He to me many times has said
You will have trouble buttering your bread.
Thumb like a thimble still is in my way
Then went to sleep after I did pray;
God hold my thumb so it won't tremble
And please remove this troubling thimble.
Thumb would grew large when it was warm
So God surgically fixed thumb's trying form;
Thumb with fingers great poems will write
Now that I can hold my hand real tight.
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James Thomas Horn
Sometimes life gives us severe shock,
Undermines the plans and does block,
The ways of wisdom leading ahead,
Reveals the hands that secretly mock.
An artist thought to paint an angel,
To use the brush for the masterpiece,
But could not conceptualize the image,
Beauty combining innocence, purity.
One morn, at last, he luckily found,
A child playing on the grassy ground,
Having angelic countenance and grace,
Incarnation he was of sublime serenity.
Painted he the angel with skill utmost,
And earned he the world wide fame.
And he after three full fleeting decades,
Thought for the second master-sketch,
Now not of an angel, but of a devil.
He sought for the image far and wide,
But could not find corresponding one,
Fate then led him amid the prison walls,
There inside met he a young wretch man,
With a devilish nature, face and frame.
The master revealed his intent to paint,
Tears came in eyes of the devil formed,
Said he, “Oh! Master it is a matter of woe,
You sketched me an angel thirty years ago.”
Sometimes life gives us severe shock,
Undermines the plans and does block,
The ways of wisdom leading ahead,
Reveals the hands that secretly mock.
An artist thought to paint an angel,
To use the brush for the masterpiece,
But could not conceptualise the image,
Beauty combining innocence, purity.
One morn, at last, he luckily found,
A child playing on the grassy ground,
Having angelic countenance and grace,
Incarnation he was of sublime serenity.
Painted he the angel with skill utmost,
And earned he the worldwide fame.
And he after three full fleeting decades,
Thought for the second master-sketch,
Now not of an angel, but of a devil.
He sought for the image far and wide,
But could not find corresponding one,
Fate then led him amid the prison walls,
There inside met he a young wretch man,
With a devilish nature, face and frame.
The master revealed his intent to paint,
Tears came in eyes of the devil formed,
Said he, “Oh! Master it is a matter of woe,
You sketched me an angel thirty years ago.”
Demonic jinn/gyn with it's evil pride
constant companion this coward hide's
serving it's purpose original rebellion
cause to create world of human hellion's
relentless pursuit of inner perversions
goal to effect our Godly vision
manipulating temptation,devious lie's
sadistic in approach as this goyim vie's
Engulfing soul's their sole mission...
No matter the cost in what's to be lost
no matter,ill-fated,humanity is hated
we must be victorious over the traitorous
their vicious attacks behind our back's
We might not percieve with our 5 physical sense's
we must open up our inner light lenses
they install jealousy,hatred and greed
instilled within' us is the love we need
must rid egotistical evil pride
in order for us to truly survive
strength and honor,knowing thy self
real riches within,our inner self wealth......
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