YAHWEH comes from the Old Testament
where this was one of God's names
it's based on the Hebrew name JHVH
which, from the Hebrew 'I AM', it came
YAHWEH has always and ever been
totally self-existent, completely alone
being self-sufficient, absolutely in no need
dependent on no one, on His own
YAHWEH is the creator of all things
in heaven above and here on earth below
every living thing indeed He has made
creating mankind in all from head to toe
YAHWEH knows everything and everyone
all of the past and all that's to come
we can trust in all He has said
in His word, picking up every crumb
YAHWEH is God who came in Jesus
to this earth to deliver mankind from sin
on the cross, Jesus was cruelly crucified
for man's redemption, He did truly win
YAHWEH, as God, will come again
one day in His future forever to reign
this old world, He will wrap up
then this God of eternity fulfils His claims
Source of luminescence, perfectly bright
God Himself is the self-existent light
Radiating to us always, day and night
To reflect His image with great delight…
Having such light midst compassionate sight
We can show blest goodness and kindness-might
Defying obscurity of hate’s fright
Illumining us to choose what is right…
Lord, help me to shine with grace, that’s my plight
As I abide in You toward faith-height
Hide me in Your shadow when pride takes flight
Enable my light* to fight deceit's blight.
*Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
June 9, 2023
8th place, "Self-existent light" Poetry Writing Premiere Contest
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker; judged on 6/10/2023
Self-Existence Light Contest
Poetry Contest Deadline: Monday, June 26, 2023
Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker |
Self-Existent Light Poetry Contest
Where has all the illuminating light fled
Is as if I have long ago been dead
I have awakened to blinding darkness
I hear no more, no sound, only deafness
O'lord come back my heavy heart so grieves
This blackness this tragedy will it leave
Help me, help me, life has no meaning now
The pasture out back is full of dead cows
O' dear light, my love will you please return
I am dying, all my body now burns
I bow in a much needed prayer now
Please my God, please, please again show me how
Suddenly the clouds part, our dear Lord speaks.
Fear not, for Heaven, I will give you a peak.
32 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entere
Self-Existent Light
Beyond the sight of imagination,
Invisible of alpha and omega,
Unseen your non-existent borning daystar
Glory and splendor collide,
Pure sinew of sublimity
Source of ceaseless heartbeats
Flame without source,
Robed in resplendence.
No vacuum!
No space for ebony!
No consummation!
No cradle!
.
Divine edgeless clarity
Perpetual renewal of resplendence -
Wholeness illuminated,
Spring of radiance
Eternity’s original mystery
Needing neither tinder nor spark
Light – essence of the Eternal
Eternally coupled fission and fusion.
Fleshless eternal incandescence
Uncontainable virginal day
Infinite dynamo of electric brightness,
Ceaseless and incorruptible,
Self-contained chalice
Of always,
Chrysalis of incensed endless fuel
Shines from within Perfection.
Pure light
Pure love
Pure font
Undimmed Eternal
6-8-23
Contest: Self-Existent Light
Sponsor: Unseeking Seeker
Clumsily checked for the switchboard to put on the light
whence I suddenly caught a ghost at mirror sight;
Promptly like a lizard I hugged the wall really tight
which modestly stood startled toward my right;
Fretting and sweating I counselled my might
for the sake of convincing the spirit dressed in white;
And somehow tactfully managed to flee away from any horrific bite.
Ouch, somewhere deep within my insight
embers slowly kept leaping forward to ignite;
Now while sitting down to write the experience met tonight~
I realized abruptly that it's all nothing but self- existent light! (conscience)
7 June 2023
Submitted to: Self-existent light Poetry Contest
Sponsored by unseeking seeker.
Underneath the gunky brew
There is a concrete floor.
Underneath the floor
Lies 3 snappy alligators.
Inside each of those alligators
Is a soul
Twitching against death and survival.
Adjacent to the gator stands the gator hunter
Leaning against a parapet
Of lava rock and sea salt.
In the cottage,
Down a mile,
Hours later,
Gator meat and black-eyed peas
Were fed to 2 sooty children,
Whose self-existent light's burned aglow
With the smell of the meat-smoke
Wafting up their noses.
“We bear disparate lights. Faith and persistence fuel its glow.”
Quote by _ Poet
There's a glow in our chamber,
There’s a lamp in us,
Its light tunnels through our midnight,
Faith and persistence fuel its shine.
The light we carry,
Tarries in our slumber,
It halos our passion,
Brightening the hidden places.
Unseen by us is this existent light,
Seen by others is its reflection,
Unknown to us is its strength,
Our sojourn reveals the unknown.
This light wanes,
As our hands grow feeble,
The light transcends,
As we ease into the night.
June 6, 2023.
We all have light inside us.
The good Lord put it there.
Sadly there are many
whose light they do not share.
Each person’s light will flicker
deep inside the soul.
Choosing to ignore it,
you cannot be made whole.
You never want to look into
the eyes of those whose light
died out (or never even flamed).
Their eyes are black as night.
We can’t expect just overnight
our light to brightly glow.
We have to nurture it each day
and help the light to grow.
I’ve looked into the eyes of those
whose light shines easily,
Their self -existent light shines love
to everyone they see!
June 5, 2023
for Unseeking Seeker's 'Self-existent light ' Poetry Contest
"Our seasons in life, like chapters in a book change, ebb and flow:
but, a light deep within us, though dim at times: always exists."
Quote by _Constance
Since a young child I have been a storyteller,
often, with just me and myself in imagination;
and now, today I am a writer- story "teller" ...
My tranquil spirit and soul always spinning a creation;
yet, my existence, my words, and telling can cause agitation !
Oh, they complain you have told us that a thousand times,
and how can we be sure this is really your reality?
I do admit quietly- that my words change sometimes ...
But, my message is existent! Lies, lies, they reply with brutality;
attacking me- my writing, existence and personality !
Little do they know that a light burns bright within me,
though, when I am hurt it becomes translucent and dim;
but, no matter what insult- I bend like a tree ...
My words written or said shining like a crystalline hymn;
and my imagination, aglow, ablaze, luminous to the brim !
The luminous spectrum of the omnipresent light
envelopes my self-obsessed essence unperceived.
I devise the free-will precepts captivating the ego
within the confines of the conjured self-deception.
As I saunter on the slimy slush of cardinal sin,
the stigma of murky derision debases the self,
the soul is stifled by the secret corrupt clutch,
in penance I feel the pernicious pangs of pain.
I escape liberated from the dark abyss of anguish,
traverse through strata of solemn consciousness.
That’s when the door of the inner sanctum opens,
where the lotus blooms suffused with divine glow.
The sensual space within shines with stellar radiance,
and flashes with the flaring brilliance of billion suns.
On my self-searching odyssey at the edge of eternity,
the inner galaxy makes my soul the self-existent light.
___________
May 31, 2023
Contest : Self-Existent Light
Sponsored by : Unseeking Seeker
Why depend on external things, when it's all within?
Your power, your radiance, and hope therein.
Navigate the highs and lows, without fear,
You're worthy, more than enough, let that be clear.
Rise up, open your eyes, and soar high,
You're the guiding star, lighting up the sky.
This special gift won't lose its shine,
Guiding you towards heights, so divine.
It brightens your soul, illuminates your mind,
Your inner light, a beacon for all humankind.
Self-existent light Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
God knows
I’ve tried
To put it out
Doused it, stepped on it
Locked it in a dark place
Denied its shadow
Surrounded it
With mirrors
To blind its “self”.
And yet it shines
Screaming
Through the cracks
Of a timeless tomb
Whispering in the silence
Of denial’s din
And still I flee
The essence of
This “self-existent light”
©5/28/2023
Self-existent light Poetry contest
Unseeking Seeker - sponsor
Soul’s self-existent light,
that’s made in God’s image
is veiled by our ego,
which by slowing thought flow,
we can here now forgo.
Soul’s self-existent light,
is what we truly are
but if we wish to see,
surrender paves the way,
that head and heart agree.
Soul’s self-existent light,
glistening like the dew,
glows in our heart centre,
where we can feel bliss beats,
urging us to enter.
Soul’s self-existent light,
borrowing God’s power,
pulsates by day and night
and pure of heart can feel
the Holy Spirit’s might.
28-May-2023
Before there was time, there was God.
Before there was light, there was God.
Before there was anything, there was God.
God Himself is The Self-existent One.
The only Self-existent Light is God Himself.
In Him is no darkness, nor ever has there been
any darkness connected or associated with God.
There was a time when the world was void of physical light,
and total physical darkness covered the face of the deep.
It was in this state of 'nothingness' that God, being the
only light, broke the silence and said,
"LET THERE BE LIGHT".
From the time that God, The Self-existent One,
spoke light into existence, the universe has never
again been without light. The Self-existent Light
could be termed an attribute of The Self-existent
One who caused the sun, moon, and stars to light up
our physical world. That same Eternal God, through
Christ lights up our spiritual being when we believe
and put our faith and trust in him.
052623PSCtest. Unseeking Seeker. Self-existent Light.3P
"Let there be Light!"
and so there was...
Without the Sun?
How so? Because
Our Father unfurled--
the Light of the world
The Sun and the Moon
--He created... soon--
but Light "self-existed"--
before Sun rays enlisted!
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:-D (See Genesis 1, and John 1)
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May 27, 2023
Self-existent light Poetry Contest!
Deadline: Monday, June 26, 2023
Sponsored by- Unseeking Seeker
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