A temple bell clangs through echoing ears.
My vision today
could turn a green leaf brown.
Why do I tilt my head like a bird
just to see its reflection in
a muddy puddle?
Why the need to know
If mud is real or just a mote in my eye?
In your eleventh hour,
in your distress,
why did you utter that accusatory word, 'forsaken'?
Those unrisen words reverberate still.
Body temples crumble away,
the altar returns to eternal flame.
Knowing this, you still cried out.
As a bird's broken wing
un-fluttering,
yet not squelched,
am I.
I die not,
to long dead thoughts.
Forsaken, forsook, forgiven.
My fear of falling
makes me ever the lame pilgrim.
Will you walk a little away,
that I might feel your leaving?
I then might for certain know,
that you are my very own
sacred heart.
For I forget myself
in this long dream of existence,
though, all-unknowing,
I will surely
blunder into the light.
The Lord is mine
He's my God
He's mine, He's mine, He's mine
The Lord is my God
He's mine , He's mine, He's mine
Jehovah Eli wonderful marvelous
Jehovah Eli Savior Almighty
Jehovah-Eli created
God of all things
Your son is my Savior
And I am selfish borderline jealous
I don't want to share you with anyone else
Because O' God
You are, You are, You are
The Lord my God
Jehovah Eli
Hallelujah
And Father and Lord you are
my God, my God, Jehovah
You are the Lord my God
Jehovah-Eli
Hallelujah
12/27/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022
Eli snuggled up to his sweet winter snow pet
Squishing Mr. Bobcat as close as he could get
This day is damp said Bob, my fur is all wet
Mama won’t let you in the house though, that is my bet.
We can stay here and snuggle, so don’t you fret.
You are my favorite person, my best friend, my pet.
The ominous skeletal army advanced on the elfin couple
Sheenah stopped the handsome soldier
She indicated that she would join him in life or death.
His cause was her cause.
He gave her a gentle smile. You realize the sacrifice right?
Sheenah did, but he was worth it. She had seen him in her dreams.
His handsome face turned into a skeletal mask of terror.
She laid down and waited to be devoured or sacrificed.
Weirdly enough the skeletal army carefully stepped around her.
She watched them go, wondering what had happened.
It is enough that you were willing to make the sacrifice, he said.
His face was handsome. He had turned into an Elfin Lord.
I am Eli, he told her. And you are my new queen.
Sheenah, a faerie willing to lay down her life to join their cause.
Immortal now, she helped Eli lead his army to the edges of the valley.
They had people to collect, lives to straighten out, and lessons to teach.
She had never felt more vital, wanted or cherished.
Today was the beginning of her happily ever after.
Eli, he didn't
He always told the truth
How can you know that
Are you a sleuth
They give what they don't have:
Leaving their children to
the lion's paw to devour them,
while addressing the ills
of others' children.
1)Wroughting diverse miracles are they.
2)Skilled in elating words,
even bailing heart out from
turmoil's prison.
'Nemo dat qoud non habet':
Giving out what
they haven't used.
3)Bought a new bag
for your old bag is worn.
But you gave it out
to your neighbour
who has seven better ones.
While you pack your
stuffs in a polythene?.
Giving your cakes to dogs!
4)Taking care of another man wound,
While yours can't help oozing:
Even swarms of flies taking picnic theirin.
"Even if you have what you can't use. Life will not reveal it."
Dispose the heaps in your eyes,
That you may see clearly to blow off the
substance in other's eyes!
Heal your wound first...
And many will patronise!
17:2:12:20:19
Every Sunday we set time aside to hang out together
Just him and I...
We are the best buds in the whole wide world
And when my son drops him off at my front door I remember why
He thinks I am the greatest thing next to sliced warm apple pie
He thinks I am the greatest opera singer
And I am the best dancer too
Today we hopped around to some crazy tunes
The Beach Boys and some other oldies but goodies
This afternoon I sang him Bible songs and taught him
How to equally slobber on both shoulders
He is my golden ray of sunshine--My Elijah!
I think of him often
I rehearse what songs I will sing to him
I even write him into the story lines of my upcoming prose
Oh you should see his rounded pink nose!
He coos and he giggles
And when we lay down for a nap he wiggles and wiggles
Til he finds the perfect spot under my arm
I love being a grandma
And I love our Sundays together
Eli and lola--best friends forever!
Written by Gwendolen Rix
11-22-14
Poundering this profound moment prophesied centuries afore it's passing....
"In Progress." *
eli & oskar
fullända ett band mellan två individer
de går ut i natten
de har varandras sällskap skull och
kön, som belastning som kan förstöra så många
helt enkelt inte in i denna ekvation ---
hon ger honom med sin egen vaksamhet
korten har delats ut för sina egna århundraden av
ångest, men hennes visdom är stor och
hon vet att minst nu,
hon har en vän, hon i själva verket har så mycket mer,
hon har en följeslagare som förstår henne tillräckligt att veta
han kommer aldrig riktigt förstå henne &
så acceptera detta faktum, känner oskar på samma sätt,
att ingen annan än eli skulle ta sig tid att ens försöka
att förstå honom.
de trotsar den logiska död relationer, dessa två,
de trotsar samhället som vill dem att konvertera, så snabbt att
pessimism,
eftersom det stryper alla unga så väl ---
de trotsar alla "gud" som tydligt anses dem båda
"fördömda" från början &
ännu,
de är tillsammans &
det är vettigt.
Only a blind person MAY see beyond the dusk that blind clear eyes.
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