You've not been so dark, as dims
Of you, this appraisal.
For a world, for a time, bad, sad
"A priviledge, home, to call".
Nor so much a soul-crushing
As discourages it
Out of this fondness: " Worth each
Two-way needy embrace.
Whilst as Love's own nurturing place
You and me now merit".
Inside, the insidious vine, hee haw but nay said the gainsayer so soothsayer mop the floors of tearful laments the festoon of frights is Halloween spent and dear precious stones are fitted for first the most precious must endear but one truth and wallop the cavern of delightful awe so sortilege discourages the pointed shaws.
faeries guard the gate to Nirvana Valley
looking like models from Fashion Row Alley
their magic discourages evil hearts from wanting to stay
Feelings of repulsion compels them to run away
the faeries do not have to do anything except be.
Their goodness and kind souls scour people you see
how do you get them to leave? To vanish? To go?
the wee ones and children do not ask; they know.
bison-decisive way
to kill
mosquitoes
§
fire up
those patties
§
not
before eating
the reborn
fish feast
of
Yellowstones’s Spring
§
believing
naturally that
bison’s
dung-scent
discourages
the buzz
§
curbs
madness of
interloper’s
adventuring
§
withstanding
the stench
not
wasted
Laws of Physics and Humanity #1 First Law (Inertia) Sponsor Dilly Dally 1-14-25 Objects at rest stay at res unless acted upon by an outside force.
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Humanity
The gravity of inertia,
Jealous force,
Weighs down the heart
Paralyzed in fools' gold -
Grounded in resistant exhaustion
With flightless wings.
The weight of pressure
On dreams
Discourages footsteps
From optimism –
Ambitions petrified,
Abandoned in the grip
Of paralytic obsession,
Vacillates in stares
At the blank canvass of comatose,
Numb with indifference
To change.
Hope flees
Unable to step right or left,
North or south,
Up or down,
Chained in detachment
By relentless conflict,
With universal ambivalence.
Yet,
Bound by these stoic bonds
The soul still dreams,
Reaches to dazed stars
Pointing north,
Waiting release by the humanity
Of the Prime Mover
In perpetual motion.
delicious delectable divinely dipped donuts
drizzled during denny’s delightful dinner
denny’s dieting daughter Denise deliberately discourages diners
devouring dipped donuts deemed disgusting
digging in delightfully is Denny’s demure daughter Debbie.
Being a teenager sucks
Why did i have to grow up
All of the moods swings and all the voices
Saying i can never keep up
Sometimes i hate my mind
It discourages me most of the time
If i ever want to achieve something
I’ll usually be out of time
My feelings make me confused
I cant find a suitable muse
To give me inspiration
Or match my outrageous views
Sometimes I’m really afraid
I think i might be insane
Turning to soliloquy
When I’m frustrated with my ways
Have you ever gazed into someone who has bitter eyes…
In spite of all the good you do and with many tries..
They don’t choose to change how they look at the people around them everyday..
Leaving others feeling like there in the way…
Because all that does is discourages and causes pain…
For everyone who is trying to be a part and helping you again and again…
Show some love even if it’s just a smile every now and then..
And turn those bitter eyes away and let the friendly eyes back in…
Or live life alone and wonder why no one’s there when you rise..
All because a heart of pride and a pocketful of lies…
When you are down with low mood
You can recover if you are shrewd
When someone discourages badly
No doubt he behaves very rudely
In case you accept discouragement
Your mind indulges in bad-Government
When you now face a severe loss
Great anguish let it not cause
Losses in life are of course common
Never worry about it truly great men
Just analyze the loss with concern
Take remedial steps by being stern
Every problem has a solution
So never develop confusion
When by anxiety you are hit
It makes you sit feeling unfit
Depression aggravates trouble
Making mood bad and terrible
Hope and optimism and dynamism
Perpetuate finely sacred enthusiasm.
Before, the little nudity
excited body and spirit...
Exposed nudity today
discourages any sensation
Brightness peeps into
yellowing net curtains;
brief wafts of a semaphore sky.
An elderly lady has planted her mind
in an apartment,
lightbulbs burn out, are never replaced;
sunshine squints through thin drapes.
Daily she shoos the world away,
discourages rumors
of unnecessary things.
Mail piles up
on her unwelcome mat.
Maybe the world doubts,
Discourages, crinkled brows.
You belong in strength.
Before everyone else,
dreaming of heaven
and blooming with desire,
poet rhymes with pleasure
the road to heaven.
No matter, even to Hades
poet goes first; rushes back;
tells the gruesome news;
and dramatizing the scene,
discourages evils.
Poet enjoys being a guru:
he gently kisses a flower;
smells the fragrance of love;
sighs like a furnace;
and models how to live love.
The beauty of the flower,
blooms with cocks’ crow
and flies away with sun’s fall,
yet words by a poet
never, ever glooms,
but blooms at every moment.
Nov. 28, 2020
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Depression unarms me, steals my strength,
Eliminates my joy, depletes my energy
Depression tackles my immune system
Encourages shingles, discourages me
Depression leaves me in an unnatural state
of disappointment, discouragement and despair
Depression takes over my life, and steals my happiness
Depression leaves me sad, for no apparent reason.
Depression unarms me, steals my strength
My faith is the only sliver of hope I derive during this state
My belief that things will get better, my hopefulness
Are the only things that keep me alive during depression
By George P. Lumayag
https://georgelumayag.weebly.com/
It seems angels in Heaven discourage devotees to use their phones
During novena masses at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño.
An angel says, ‘No selfie…, no taking of pictures…
And no live broadcasting on social media using cell phones.’
Metaphorically speaking, there is no signal in Heaven.
No phrase in the bible - to use your phone to transmit your prayers to God.
It is because that communicating to Him is an earnest wish in word or thought.
There is no telco nor there is no business in Heaven!
What the angels of God want is to set your phone in silent mode.
The church discourages devotees from using their phones
To ensure the novena masses will remain solemn.
There you can see the loving angels singing in a sober mood.
Viva Pit Senyor!!! in a thunderous mood.
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