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Premium Member "Difficult Times to Discern"

We're all related to the stormy  firmament 

Trying to figure out if it's about to pour down. 

Or if the sun's just taking a long break. 

It's hard to tell what's real these days.

The clang turns up so deafening you can't 

Detect your own breathing and every divided

Wall is screaming  a different analysis of the
Truth.

It doesn't matter what lingo you pray in, the

Shade of your skin, or where you call home.

When the ground starts vibrating, we all reach

For the precise same thing.

Something rigid,  Something factual.  Trouble

Doesn't ask for proof of Identity,  A heart

Fragile sounds the same everywhere-

That tranquil,  heavy crack that makes you

Sit up at 3:00 am and wonder: Where do we

Go from here?
Up looks like down, right feels like left.

We look at each other directly

Clouded glass, forgetting that covered by it all,

It's just bone, blood, and a soul trying to find

Its way back home.

These are daunting times to discern; the fog is dense, but we don't  need a lantern to see the

Whole Alpine just enough light to take the

Very next step in alignment.

In order to discern To intentionally hurt that unintentionally hurts

In order to discern To intentionally hurt that unintentionally hurts
Wrap these spiritual vessel in order to discern
provoked and unearthed 
preying on specials
To intentionally hurt that unintentionally hurts

open wounds leak out worth
in drowsy pedals
that determine morals and ethics.
In order to discern
Reflections confirm
Veils harmonize wrestling with the unsettled
To intentionally hurt that unintentionally hurts


Discernment practice and rehearse
To bring balance to level.
In order to discern.
 
Perhaps it only ever occurred.
Spiritual and emotional wrestles
To intentionally hurt that unintentioanlly hurts. In order to discern.

Premium Member inherit the wind


We are inheriting Art and Arc 
Of trying to understand.  

How once, we were fingers, 
Born of the same common hand.

Miniatures born into this land 
Of thought.

Tactile each, and that ought, 
To have been enough.

But,

In the sound of each brushed whisper
Overheard in the billowing clouds,

We fought the thought
Of the popular injunction.

Loud as a newborn’s cry,
Yet rough
As an unwanted memorry.

We are the ones 
Still trying 

To Understand.


For Harry Horsman Lisa Ricci and I Am Anaya and You - Judging2

Dedication is to my Friends who avoid judging:

You are not the judge
But judge you must
For earthly matters and such
Leave hell to satan or demons
But Heaven in fragrances of your words:
Epitaph, apology, poetry, piety, congrats - - 
Even angels fall, why not us (Adamic) mortals -
When pride and ego explode in ungodly challenge!

NoTE:
Between writing, editing, posting this simple offering ... the good & bad in Me & of South Africa today, asserted themselves: our electricity brownouts & blackouts affect internet, editing, posting, and consistent connection. My one service provider, MTN, has been back today for a few hours now (after more than a weak of zero internet connectivity). You pay a price: seeing many versions of this JUDGEMENT poem. Shalom

Premium Member Who Has Believed Our Report

To whom has the hand of the Lord been revealed?
From where does He come? His movement is beyond
Known speed.) Also If you travel to the height of the sky.!
You will not discern His face, yet He will observe you
The plumb line is in his hand, by his breath the sea is parted
He is full of true light, yet He passes without human notice
He is full of energy, His way of travel known only to a few.'
To those He has chosen to reveal Himself before
Rest from studying Him now.. for He comes and goes
Yet never leaves those He has purchased bereft 
His character is  one of mercy, yet His decision is swift..' 
Finality Is His perrogative, all life springs from Him.!

Premium Member Who Has Believed Our Report

To whom has the hand of the Lord been revealed?
From where does He come? His movement is beyond
Known speed.) Also If you travel to the height of the sky.!
You will not discern His face, yet He will observe you
The plumb line is in his hand, by his breath the sea is parted
He is full of true light, yet He passes without human notice
He is full of energy, His way of travel known only to a few.'
To those He has chosen to reveal Himself before.!
Who know also they are but unworthy servants.'
Rest from studying Him now.. for He comes and goes
Yet never leaves those He has purchased bereft 
His character is  one of mercy, yet His decision is swift..' 
Finality Is His perrogative, all life springs from Him.!


Tree Truths

I
Two trees, two fruit
Thistles, thorns: not food
Good fruit - good tree
Bad fruit reveals tree-truth


II
Matthew 7 reveals heaven
As in Second Eden
Read "Revelation" - last book
Garden Truths, discern fruits

How Do the Blind Discern What Their Dreaming

Before I was blind there were dreams.
But seeing my dreams
before I could see, depended
on how much you could really see.

Blind before birth,
and what you have asked of me.
Having my, our, hearing dreams-
your perception
is sound, sound that is seen,
left more unsaid about me.

I still see to see in my dreams
as one,
where I'm still left alive.

What they must contain,
the colors within.
And sound, I can feel love's taste
and touch.

To remember one dream,
that one special dream, I still dream.
Thus when awake I can see her best
when my wife I then first met.
And how in my dreams, she will forever look to me.

Premium Member Discern Impulse

Discern impulse coming from soul
Soft whispers of conscience 
Know God merger is our true goal
Our heart’s luminescence 

To be clear and succinct
Rest animal instinct 
Let soul be by love inked

Ego repulse
Discern impulse

11-November-2021
Quietus

Premium Member Red Sky

Did you see My 'Red Sky' at morning?
Listen to the Lord's stern warning!

Is it loving to sidestep My truth,
To judge My words as uncouth?

To bow to the oppressor's greed,
For wont of material need?

While striving for earthly treasure,
Do your scales conceal true measure?

Watchmen are dissuaded to preach
About boundaries not to breach.

What My Spirit strives to restrain,
You cut His restraints to obtain.

It's all lies conceived in the mind,
Groping through life like you're blind.

You're missing My 'Red Sky' at night,
And you wonder what caused the blight.

Remove My rivals from your hearts!
They're not Sovereign, but upstarts.

There's no fear of Me in your eyes, 
So you fail to discern My 'Red Sky'.

Return to Me, regain your sight,
For My judgment is now in flight!

Do not neglect 'signs of the times',
Watch for My return - anytime.

For giving My 'Red Sky' at night,
Is always your Savior's delight.

Premium Member Discern the Truth

Dear soul, discern the truth, forsooth
Wait not for the said hereafter
Now or never, in body booth
End now, incessant thought chatter

Bliss elation greets cessation 
Dear soul, discern the truth, forsooth
Upon exiting stagnation
Silence wins, not the astute sleuth

Get rid now, of ego uncouth 
Clear light dawns, even as we yawn 
Dear soul, discern the truth, forsooth
Now, before this moment is gone 

How long will we reincarnate
Fleeting is life, soon fades our youth
Simply to pulse of love gyrate 
Dear soul, discern the truth, forsooth

28-June-2021

once more I failed the truth Poetry Contest 
Sponsor: Kai Michael Neumann

Premium Member Just For You, Discern

Journey Journal Page
JUST FOR YOU, DISCERN


Watch each word well
To cast your spell;

Love brings true light
To make things bright;

Think, say and do
What’s best on cue;

Be bold and kind
With peace of mind.

~~~~~~~~~



Leon Enriquez
29 January 2021
Singapore

Premium Member Journey Mind Map 22, Discern

JOURNEY MIND MAP (22/25) — DISCERN


Bear bleak boast
Taste taut toast

Sad thoughts make
A fond take

Spear good cheer
Purge odd fear

In a while
Spice new pile

~~~~~~~~~



Leon Enriquez
18 January 2021
Singapore

Premium Member Discern

Be discrete
Use words well
Discern buzz
Noise lacks bounce


Be mindful
Word goodwill
Discern touch
Sense binds reach


Be aware
Poise knows this
Seize bold choice
Live love brave


Be cheery
Jest feels good
Work your way
Greet here now




Leon Enriquez
10 September 2019
Singapore

Premium Member Discern

Be as a fool
A pawn or tool


Fool in a sage
A fine blank page


Sage beyond fear
As finesse cheers


Fear hides in dark
As terror Parks


Dark is the night
In strange black flight


Night sets the stage
To ink blank page


Stage your own show
Where new light grows


Show in fine style
A charming smile


Style thus dear fool
Such placid spools




Leon Enriquez
28 August 2019
Singapore

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