To go through the Great Passage was Noble
to feel that Sacred Flame that was lost
by the very Scourging it took to create it, not through the Light,
but through the Dark Crucible I found Strength, But by the Light
a Doctrine Of Fire
As is in heaven, so is on earth;
Democracy never went well for the foreigner on earth.
That serpent of old, well spoken in scripture,
Master of lies, deceiver and breaker of structure.
Democracy had him fall like lightning from heaven,
Absolute monarchy - sole authority in heaven.
Democracy - a system prone to fracture and strain,
Easily swayed, easily broken, again and again.
Highly preached, yet rooted in questionable feature,
Could it stem from that same old antagonistic creature?
A promising path, yet followed in blur,
Embraced without clarity of what truly occurs.
Democracy for Africa; a flame on the pyre,
A truth we desire; not an imposed attire.
Clearly not born from within; pressed from without,
A system we follow, yet scarcely about.
Democracy is not for all under earth,
Hereditary rule; the glory of empire’s birth.
As is in heaven, unbroken in worth,
So power stands whole; as is in heaven, so on earth.
Many are doctrine heavy but Kingdom shallow
With a mellow attitude, they become arrogant
Displaying the components of theory but
Their lives lack the practicality of the Kingdom of God
Doctrine heavy, Kingdom Shallow is a common mistake
These are the men who are generally fake
They speak a lot but do not know the Kingdom
They hardly know their KING
They sing but cannot bring themselves to study the Kingdom of God
They are doctrine heavy but Kingdom shallow
These men have a flock
But have locked themselves out of the Kingdom
Their lives lack the practicality of the Kingdom of God
Mark Frank
Copyright 2026
In my writes replies and poeming I often use a certain word
Therein..This word in truth 'is imput see.' Not sanctioned in
The current dictionary.? And yet the English langauge grand has
Been the work of tounge and hands, one of which is Saxon
West..Or Germanic..? If I pass the test? And 'im' within
Germanic tounge 'is the same as in.' Thats where I'm coming from , so from a plaited and interwoven vocabulary
Not formerly chosen.. Nor of standard till Alfreds day would be' he
An Saxon Anglo btw..I find two words are the same to use
In-put or Im-put to my peruse.'
“That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;”
Carried about by every wind of doctrine…..
Across the millennia,
discussing the lapse:
infra or sub or
supra, perhaps?
A logical ordering
somewhat rehearsed…
Did God have to wait
or work it out first?
Is He sin’s author?
His decree permissive?
Certainly don’t mean
to be dismissive…
A no to the first,
the next, some degree,
'tis mostly man’s pride
declaring self free.
These sequenced events
would seem ‘gainst His nature;
He knew and it was
in my nomenclature.
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H/T To Maurice Rigoler's Prelapsarian
Regalia awakens upon nightfall
Roused within rules proudly signified
Routine of midnight procedural
Robe wearer draped solemn dignified
Voracious moon grey devil face
Oak double doors crosses engraved
Vestibule commands reverence
Flung open so mortals can be saved
Behaviour carefully monitored
Moonshine in aisle to alter pointing
Father's guidance Penultimate
Spotlight slides jacketed anointing
Pulpit a pillar of scripture's page
Builds focus for lamp stuck fly byers
Formality chapters archaic sage
Impales twisted gargoyles on spires
Stitched into sleeves invisibly
Satin lining sheen hot cardinal flame
Shape of garment disciplining
Secure bounds by pockets contained
15th February
Fitting into Religion
When the mind is held captive
the body is the prisoner.
Kale Brereton
January 19, 2019
www.thefreethinkinghuman.com
"Does god take a daily shytte?"
"Of course not."
"But I thought god could do anything."
"He can."
"Even take a shytte?"
"I suppose so."
"Would it be magic shytte? Should I rub it on my body?"
"I don't know."
"If he was a goddess he could've given birth to the universe, but since he's a guy, maybe the universe is god's shytte."
"Maybe."
"So that's your doctrine? God shytte the world? That WOULD explain a lot. You're shytte, I'm shytte, the whole world is shytte."
"That's not my doctrine."
"But Jesus had to shytte didn't he?"
"When god became a man he had to shytte, yes."
"I bet THAT was some magical shytte. I seem to recall an Arabic Christian legend of people begging Mary for baby Jesus's dirty diapers and they smeared his gooey pooey all over themselves to cure leprosy and the pox."
"I suppose his shytte WOULD have to be miraculous."
"Yah you betcha, magic shytte, that's what religion's all about!"
E-vangelical
D-octrine
I-s
L-ord's
B-iblical
E-ducation
R-egarding
T-otal
O-bedience
Topic: Birthday of Edilberto Leongson, Jr (February 5)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Open the book of wars,
tally up the numbers of the dead
Close the doors to the peace talk room,
have no one record what is said
They don’t want you to hear about
the sacrifices that will have to be made
Somebody gotta die for the cause,
so order more body bags til the bill is paid
Leader Man,
go preach the doctrine of death
War Physician,
tell them it’s good for their health
Political Doktor,
sell people bottles of placebo Strangelove
Sadducee Coroner,
Pilate rinse your bloody latex gloves
Close the book on the last war,
most killed in the shortest time did it take
Open the pit to its bottomless core
Lovers of war, strange bedfellows do make —
They who started the nuclear fires,
let them get tossed into the brimstone lake
I am an African,
Not because of my colour skin,
Not because of my faith in Jesus Christ,
Not because of my education,
Not because of eating African,
Food day and night,
Not because I speak African languages.
I am an African,
Not because of my position.
Not because of my African surname.
Not because it is my birthplace,
Not because I married a beautiful,
African queen.
I am an African,
Because I love Africa,
Because I love Africans.
Because I have a vision to develop Africa,
Because I promote the African Union,
Because I contribute to open eyes of
Africans,
Because I teach Africans the history of glory
And dignity.
Because I am enlightening Africans mind and
Thoughts.
I am an African forever and ever.
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe Mussabwa Chris
young men in love
old in their memories
and what I do is
doctrine those stories
travelling through countries
where are all the women
that know the silliness
in my humor is my way
of expression of affection
to their glorious beauties?
The scriptures conveys divine revelation
within this is God's everlasting gospel
pointing one to God's only begotten son
the blessed saviour saving souls from hell
This Jesus Christ son of the eternal God
came down from heaven the son of man
teaching sound doctrine to all who listen
for this gospel is all His eternal plan
God looks to His own to keep His truth
holding it deep and close to their heart
for if they give up on sound doctrine
the consequences will rip them apart
The folly of following the worldly way
is falling away from redemption's path
denying God and His gracious love
for seeking the world brings His wrath
So hold sound doctrine firmly first
put the world behind properly dead
live for God for it's fullest value
real satisfaction in His living bread
("If sound doctrine is given up, the real Gospel of redemption by the blood of the Son of God is denied, worldliness follows.")
We battle and quibble over numbers,
twenty, or forty, or fifty-three percent.
The bottom squeals as the beast still lumbers
over their desperate bodies. Screams will rent
the air that no one hears because all fight
for their own small crumb and piece of turf.
Paperwork splatters blood against the light.
The casualties mount and the suits will laugh
at fools eating their own. They too well know
that the greater the battle among their minions
that much greater the profits that will grow
in their hands. No need for shared opinions
of how the peasantry has been bullied,
none seem to notice that they are enslaved.
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