("Before the Door", 2023, original encaustic)
Before the door
I thought my life was in a rut.
Before the door
I thought I was trapped in an endless circle.
Before the door
I thought no matter what, this was it.
Before the door
I hadn’t met you.
(3/20/23)
Far above you, quartz jewels.
Beyond real.
Heavenly stars everywhere.
Xeroxed millions of times.
Zooming past. Creating glowing visions.
What divine inspiration.
Underneath karmic night lights.
11/2/21
I stand there, poised, a statue,
holding my paintbrush to my temple;
waiting for the lightbulb of sentiment to wash over me.
Then, like a distant star shooting across the cosmos,
or an injection of adrenaline into an arrhythmic heart;
my thoughts become as clear as a summers day.
The canvas mirrors my minds picture,
a time stamp of today;
igniting an old flame whose embers Iong presumed dead.
It is like time has ceased,
I have reached the eye of the storm;
my thoughts no longer an affliction of my mind.
I coat with a deep turquoise, the colour of the Asian coastline.
I build with an emerald green that coats the summer leaves.
I flavour with the purest white, like that of untouched snow.
The sun leaps above the horizon,
my nights work draws to a close;
the fire of my heart dimming with the dawn.
03/02/2020
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D-ivine inspiration from God
I-s the gift of Holy Spirit;
N-ever ignore the Lord's dissuasion,
G-et your soulapt and fit.
A-nother divine inspiration
B-rings brightness to the dark;
R-elaying the message that life
I-s not a walk in the park.
G-o to the house of worship, make a humble supplication;
O-n January thirty-first, ask God for divine inspiration.
Never having called upon His Name as now might be time to start
So even with those feelings of shame he felt something in his heart
In facing one of life's biggest test knowing he couldn't do it alone
And realizing it to be for the best, perhaps a little Light had shown
As down on his knees he knelt with overdue tears in his eyes
In telling the Lord how he felt he would soon begin to realize
As for all those times he had fallen never once did he reach out
Though each time God was calling it was blocked by his doubt
But this day was different in seeing what he never saw before
In knowing what it had meant and in feeling it so much more
And as on he would continue all those tears now began to dry
For deep down inside he knew the answers to his every why
He is doing well today in fact he is so much better than before
For he learned how to pray and opened such a Glorious Door
Now it's just seems second nature such a Love he never knew
But if you are still unsure, than just see how it works for YOU!
Job32:8
But there is a spirit in man:
and the inspiration of the Almighty
giveth them understanding.
We seek divine inspiration
Impatient with our confirmation
Tainting our aspirations
Staining our conversations
Ruining our reputation
loathing our aggravation
Reaching but separation
Teaching ourselves frustration
Journeys without a port
Athletes without a sport
Mommy's with no support
Helpmeets but no cohort
Take breaths one at a time
Theres depth before a climb
Regrets easy to find
When patience is declined
Gathered thoughts
Like a lotus blossom
With a thousand petals
Each petal containing
A new experience
Each having a
Unique varied shape
With a different shade
And texture to match,
Yet all nourished and
Nurtured through the
Same sacred source
Past, present and future
Existing, evolving together
Within the realm of
Endless possibilities
A co-creation with
The divine spirit’s
Subtle guiding light.
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