FAMILIUS-:-
boon
dear
bosom
watercolored
figures
a FAMILY GATHERS
real life
intimacy
rooted
adorned
naïve art
of the VAST BELIEVERS
painted
folklore
scene
portrait
resemblance
La Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona, Spain is being finished after 144 years
I'm not a Christian, but can appreciate the labor of love and majestic design when I see one. I, however, find this magnificent cathedral completion being a bit late as the surrounding times had irrevocably changed
The work is finished, took so many years
Time comes for admiration, prayer, cheers
Construction's done, scaffolding's coming down
With folks be flocking way from out of town
In glory of their Lord but also land of Spain
Yet being so late, street riffraff’s in disdain
For Muslim crowds nothing but a joke
No quiet piety these steeples to evoke
Oh, Europe, Europe, one could never know
Why you admitted, nurtured and let grow
Without common roots, rejecting Mothers' Grace
A savage foreign horde of fiendish angry faith
They fill your streets, demanding Sharia
From places far, they made the ‘aliyah’
A malady, from which there’s no recourse
Sad alteration of mankind’s future course
As time flows, a church of yellow stone
This splendid site is bound to stand alone
Eyewitness, symbol-speaking, through her eyes
Of Western world corruption and demise
March 28, 2026
Família
Sempre
o maior dos
apetites
humano
é a
simplicidade
e a
familiaridade,
juntos;
despertam
a fome
por clareza
e por fazer
com pouco
mais e mais.
Sagrada Familia in Barcelona,Catalonia, Spain
began construction in 1882 AD but strain
of wars and life was an energy drain
Still under construction
City's holy structure will gain
people's approbation
Caín
Resentido, egoísta y violento
Hijo de Adán y de Eva
Amaba el reconocimiento,
recibir grandes favores de
Dios y vivir a su manera
Odiaba que otro obtuviera
mayores logros,
que no lo honraran cuando
hacía algo y que le reprocharan
Creía que Dios no era capaz
de descubrir, juzgar y condenar
el mal, que dando poco se podía
recibir mucho,
que en la adoración no era
necesario dar algo bueno
y que había que destruir
a cualquier si chocaba
con los intereses y
aspiraciones personales
Su caso hizo entender a
los hombres que hay un
Dios justo que no tolera
la maldad, el abuso
y la violencia
contra el prójimo
Su gran deseo fue que
el Señor no lo castigara
tal como él mató a su hermano
Nació en las inmediaciones
del Huerto del Edén
El Asesino
When the world began we started as one.
One family, one people, that’s how it was done.
Jealously and pride drove us apart,
Great nations then fell, the horse and the cart.
Hatred and murder sorrow and pain,
Even today blood falls like rain…
When the world began we started as one.
One family, one people, that’s how it was done.
Was it a name or the color of your skin?
Was it your nation? Where do I begin?
You may sound strange or look different to me…
Look past these things, lets live peacefully.
When the world began we started as one.
One family, one people, that’s how it was done.
The Jeanie in the bottle one wish gave to me,
World peace was one answer but I said, “One family”!
A people full of love, with out hatred or fear.
Though we’re different lets all draw near…
When the world began we started as one.
One family, one people, that’s how it was done.
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