Enlighten your soul
In search of beatitude
Lord’s own charity
Words enlighten the soul easily.
When the heart need not search for their meaning.
By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison
The morning sun illuminates my bedroom window causing me to awake
A breathtaking journey through the forest I am about to partake
Nature has invited to be part of their day
Promising to enlighten me with every step that I take along the way
The morning silence is broken by the birds and the animals welcoming me to the place they reside
The path ahead is a visual delight of multi colour leaves that seem to enhance my stride
To be alone with my thoughts and having nature as my guide
The trees with their branches waving at me in the wind, a true sense of pride
Many walkers with their high-energy dogs extend smiles and greetings along the way
The beautiful sights and sounds of nature are truly elevating my day
Whenever you can make the great outdoors and all of its splendor, make it part of your plans
Once you experience the mental clarity and the other health benefits it provides you will truly understand
When and how does the tumbler fall,
enabling our shift into sleep,
enlivening dreams we recall,
except for state of slumber deep,
greeted at morn, with a bliss squall?
prim and proper
showing Amish upbringing
she has chosen to live among the English
we see her plain ways
when she turns her white bows on her lacy socks show
enlightening many of us
So good is the night, beloved
May those haunting questions be answered by Our Father?
May he fill your hearts with those the answers you so inquired May God open up our spiritual Eyes enlighten us
That we lean not to our own understanding Jesus
For Father God you are a God of unity
Focus and peace
Please give unto us your clarity in Jesus name amen please,
12/14/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©
I am the light, like the stars at midnight.
I am the sun, that shines ever so bright.
I am light bulb that lightens any room.
I am a lotus in full bloom.
Do you know of a lotus? Full of mystery?
Birthed from water, mud, dirt.....
Has to first survive wildlife to bloom.
I'm that flower finally in full bloom.
Survived various forms of child abuse.
Poverty was the wild life for me.
But some how I stand so beautifully,
As life tried to break me..
A light began to shine through the cracks.
As I began to blossom and sprout.
God slowly whispered let your light out!!!
I am the light.
My heart is like a garden.
For in here there is life,
And the sweet smell of pardon.
That sets me free from strife.
The Lord knoweth the days of the upright:
and their inheritance shall be forever.
A candle that gives light,
Buring in the heart like a fire.
Claiming the sweet drops of rain
Showers of blessing
In, the middle of my pain
All my wandering ways addressing.
And the sweet smell of pardon
I have inherited in a garden.
Penetrating rays of vibrant sunshine
Pierce through the darkness
Night’s black cruelty, ruthless
Angst assuring the shadows
Of dismal confusion, hysteria
A phrenzy of muddy discouragement
The sun winks through snowy clouds
Breaking across the azure scene
Fulfilling the yearning for a whisper
Of serenity caressing the spirit
Coloring the heart in hues of compassion
Musical cords of soft inspiration soothing
With this brilliant light, the sun rising
Across the edge of a stormy past
Suffering the melancholy and peppering
Of powerful sparks, like fire glimmering,
Reaching through the darkest thoughts
To breathe flames of joy and insight
Almost like a song, the music plays on
In the waves of soft fluffy clouds
Where harmony is known as love that lives
On prayers of faith and hopes built by
Grace, amazing and alive, steeling
All worries and fears with deepest feeling
Sunlight enriches the delights of hearts
Who know Love is alive, a fire on the inside
Rustling with wonders, flavors of desire
Clever ideas that bring with them truth
Inspired by the heavenly hope we know
As God, the most brilliant light of them all
Love that is alive and thrills
Inspiration from the heart and soul
Feelings warming when there are chills
Encouragement to reach the goal
Soft and sensual, lights from within
Music that whispers through the azure skies
Yearnings that help us know where to begin
Stars that brighten lives with a blessed surprise
Truths expressed by brilliant hues of hope
Eternal embraces that enliven and enlighten
Reflections on the many ways we can cope
Insight into the spirits which will brighten
Enlivening breaths through the dance of life
Senses that bless and caress without any strife
Life's Myseteries Poetry Contest
Sponsored by John Hamilton
December 3rd, 2020
You have such beautiful eyes.
The kind that makes the stars
To shine with their devices.
They silently send me delirious.
When they conjure up such fantasies.
I drift along with them into haunting bliss.
When the phantasmic prepares my mind.
With images to mesmerized.
Within the trance, a world is refined.
Stirring with beauty in your eyes.
Spinning an intricate web of surprises
And capture loves ghosts in disguises.
The glance of grace marred the chaste
Convey me to a seductive place.
Where I can sway in your embrace.
In sleep, dreams are waiting to reveal.
All the sensation I intensely feel.
Deep in your eyes, they are concealed.
Emotional scale carefully cradled.
Feelings passionately scrambled.
Make the fiber of love come untangled.
Ambition thinks it has plenty of time.
Effects proving a rapturous countdown.
With a certain kind of secret weapon.
Nations avoided the truth they found.
Where hopes and dreams are intertwined.
Faith believes this will make us strong.
When virtual reality intrigues the mind.
We can be forgiven if we got it wrong.
Recognize out of the multitude we see.
Some familiar faces are hanging around.
That seemed to confound the mystery.
Reminds the world of the former home.
But this decaying world is not our own.
Warn of the realms with events not seen.
Polar axis shift, in cataclysmic succession.
Of pestilence, floods, plagues, and famine.
The countdown is approaching a deadline.
Money making is the new social media,
Thinking there is still plenty more time.
To gamble every dime and lived as inclined.
A new dawn is approaching the end time.
Sent from heaven for another realm to find.
That world is hidden in serenity more refine.
By a heroic star painting images on the mind
During 30 days of discipline (4 hour prayer in Johannesburg for all of August 2019), God's Holy Spirit led me to inspire "tired" prayer warriors:
"Good Morning! The reason it is GOOD morning, folks, is:
"Because God is GOOD to us, to Creation, we will have a good morning. If God is not good, you cannot hope for a good morning."
So, I may often say, "GOD MORNING," instead of good morning. In North America, I might be called "corny" for saying this ... but after you dwell on this "SPIRIT thought" - I could not really create it - you will be en-LIGHT-ened. PTL
Dressed in a fluffy fleece zebra suit with pink fringe I type my truth.
This minute’s truth. Maybe not the truth three minutes from now.
Flexibility is my middle name, and I am proud of it.
What did you say?
Let me ponder that.
Okay.
Changing this poem entirely now due to your voice.
Due to the things you are saying which lead me in a new path.
Your truth has enticed and enlightened me.
Your sage missive has snapped me up and blown me into another
Realm entirely, a realm I did not recognize or appreciate
Two seconds ago.
Wait!
What was that?
A notification of another new poem.
Something that sounds pretty interesting.
This is why I read poems
And why my mind is insanely
Happy about it.
Enlighten, encourage and empower
Let those words be uplifting
As you embark on your next adventure
Look for a deeper meaning
You have it all within
Just reach for the sky
Be the inspiration
Take flight and aim high
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