To disrobe the lion’s ego,
would be to destroy a charismatic higher light
dethrone a regal rightous dominance
denounce a fierce protective energy
with pride of a warrior, never repudiate royalty
forswear fealty is to renounce a king of truth
whilst in his den, uncloaked he and his lioness
of regal virtue, love eternal and loyalty
when you engage with ultimate hierarchy,
roars of authority warn and ward risk taking rivals
with gifted instincts, a supreme stubborn strength
and a keen bond and respect for his own
an affectionate and generous warmth
confident yet cautious in their garden of Eden
defeatist disrobes the ego, only when defeated
deep within the soul, we yearn for substance
a spiritual substance sustaining us
the creature sustains as messenger
deeper significance beyond physical form
depicting qualities from the universe
butterflies symbolize transformation,
the turtle patience, the elephant a mighty sooth,
the lion links divine wisdom and perceives truth
In seas of early green where sunshine gleams
And Central Texas winds it's rugged ways,
Our bluebonnets bloom from quiet dreams
And paint the Spring in rich, recurring rays.
They bend before a harshly shining sun
Yet seldom yield to drought or chilling cold;
When winter's bitter northern blasts are done
Their royal blue bright petals will unfold.
So, too, the hearts that claim this sacred land
Beat firm and true as troubling tempests blow.
In proud fealty the steadfast people stand,
United by the hallowed bonds they know.
No bitter storm can make their honor yield;
They stay as true as blossoms in the field.
How thou hast shaped me, and increased my life,
O Rose! Before, I was a squall, a storm
of melancholy and dark, bitter strife:
a soul already lost like a vile worm
on a dry sidewalk on a hot, sunny day.
Without hope or joy, without faith or God,
I spiraled, and at risk of losing my way,
my hateful heart thought thoughts that none can laud.
But O, dear Rose! Reformed by thee, made whole
once more by thy bottomless love and wide-browed beauty,
I am a new being fashioned by thy sweet soul,
and now transformed through thine unwavering fealty.
Rose, my storm was broken up by thy light,
so that I'm no more a worm in God's sight.
Urge for Loyalty in service
The fealty Of taking badge pride
Vest no cunning brigade aegis
Fits in thE atmosphere of a better slide
Length of great passion
The wOrth of hampered green
Host the Voyagers wit caution
Gist thE sail save wave's careen
The center Lead of vaults
The crease mime lOgo of chime
Standing still against inactiVity waltz's blame
To aiding thE earth's issuing assaults
The pace of Lasting bond
The fear Of children's want
Stage aboVe the stake of tricky end
To wEigh the comely oath savant
There is no curse for the Least
There is nO cuss in adultery
Self loss accustomed drunk's saVory
But a no go loosE for liars amidst
Thou hath boLdness emit on earth
Averse nOthing opaque bearing the cross
To peace seeking doVe's directories' worth
Boosting Eon's hope crosswise
Whichever is it
Nothing worth more
Only love and love hit
Situating outward cares cum bore
When on mother earth you fall
Pass off no hatred
Cry all you can but stand tall
Above darkness influences that can be afforded
Love’s Goodbye
Those who ask
no questions
offer the greatest
comfort
Those who speak
inscriptive
tell the biggest
lies
Those who pledge
no fealty
to themselves
dishonor
Those who bear
no greetings
doomed to love’s
— goodbye
(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)
Misfortune Contrives
It’s in fashion
to wear
your heart
on your sleeve
A French poet
alarmed
that love may
deceive
Bleeding a wound
that
misfortune
contrives
Alone
in deception
your love
— circumcised
(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)
Epiphany Of Time
Once
you wrap
all existence
into this moment
You will
understand the
difference between life
— and its living
(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)
Father forgive us for being forlorn and falling
Father forbid us for continuing in our fractured and failing faith
Father forgive us for being on a Pharisaical frequency, our felonistic fealty
Father be firm in fermenting the old form and forming the new form
Father help us from faith to sight, to stand still and from fumbling and flight
Father thaw the frozen chosen, free the former and ford with the free
Forgive us all for forgetting to forgive family, friends and frisky foes
Father fence in the fiendish of all foes, frown at our flash and Flemish giant holes we fancy
Father forgive the frantic and fatalistic fray, pray tell Father don't falter
Freed from our sins by Jesus our Friend, Founder and Forever Fiddly
Father under Your feathers we can fly freely over the frame of Your fields
Father freeze our fleeting feet, flesh out the futility of fake fossil flack
Father fix our philosophies and our philandering, our fantastic fudging of facts
Father finally [and again] forgive us our frequent fallacies of faltering finitude
Very easy
Easy to be thankful when things are pleasing
So fidgety
When nothing goes as planned and life seems overwhelming
More shaky
In difficult days when you can't seem to do the right thing
Extra huffy
When lacks the right attitude or pray the right words while in sin
Flightly tip
Thankfulness and gratitude are not easy on those days
Truncate trip
They are even more important than when nothing delays your goodness
Be unique
When alone or lost
Be oblige
When you know you are not
Don't brag
Truly God is always with you
Cancel shrug
Misused grace is a sin too
May ravage
From direction you have no clue
Get wedge
To almighty then no need to struggle
Have mercy
When I struggle with my human nature
Share sympathy
While earnestly I get astray embracing culture
Release pity
When your dictates demand me torture
Behold fealty
Lord, I know not my future
Though it’s still partly cloudy in this street
& everybody follows the king’s fleet,
I’m following you to the ends of this world,
where I’ve replaced everything with your word,
I remain elsewhere like the empty plea
because you’re that fire burning inside me.
Though those agencies that create duets seem
to believe that a system employing well over
2, 000, 000 couples with infusions of bright visions
will need certain clearly specified characteristics
with objectives & noting costs to protect the new moon.
You’re that whirlwind blowing everything away,
that’s why in this play, I pray not to be the next prey.
I’m too late this morning & I won’t catch any bus,
though traders in their market won’t understand us.
To them, we’re actors in a tragic-comedy stage.
& we made a bold decision to try out the phage.
Give me your hands for a warmth of touch
& I won’t be in operational form in that skutch.
Give me your mouth for a kiss
when I listen to your coos.
Give me your whole body for burying me completely
when I pledge fealty.
The foreign fiend, of feckless faith and folk,
Is feigning fealty to our fair fortress;—
To force his form and fold on finished fact,
He’ll find fit fashion of fetid fetish.
i don't think i deserve a second chance
you could pull away at my string
unravel me, make me dance
and that would be too much for this stasis of mine
frozen in different snowflakes of time
each bearing memories, asking for tithes
demanding fealty, a bended knee
lest they warrant me another execution
so ill sit, fester, let the salt enter
whilst i try to escape this wasteful brine, all of my own making
my own tithe
As she lay fetal
under constant oblivion
exposing internal frailty.
I declare love’s fealty.
As he creates
the chatbot code
my circuit heart beats no less.
I drown silence and confess.
As he destroys
the covenant above
murdering blinded trust.
I expose his dark lust.
As she lay sunken
inside sullen reflection
lamenting paradise lost.
I calculate ultimate cost.
As he pleads
on prostrate knee
seeking my pity still.
I craft new code and kill.
Everyday hero's going to capture some zero's up in the
Mountains where theres lakes streams and fountains
Where a war never comes, yet they oft beat on its drum
Where theres wealth health and a blood store.' Thats
Un-modified to be sure.' Only the best if they need some
M n r a less is more see.' All they need is your fealty.!
Be quiet as ordered. While is sown worldwide disorder
From Nigeria to New Zealand, how their minions love stealing
These vampier's gorge on your feelings, in ecstacy they're
Reeling..' filling nations with notions' sickness by potions
While you just cower in the corner' with less than jack horner
As the plums rich they; are taking (while your mind they're baking)
Can you remain waiting? while your freedom they're taking!
A prince of the air.? As well; as of realty, a younger twig to whom
Some proffer fealty.. Has gotten much attention in a
Certain area; thing..While Julians life is upon the scales.! Will some changes ring?? These scales
He owns in part, as he sits on Wales..Incumbent royal' a
People leader.? Advocate of fairness or just w e f pleaser??
Maybe I'm pathetic
as I heel by your door
waiting for more
knowing there's not much
of anything in store.
But I would wait for you
forever and a day
I can't take a hint
I'm just not clever
that way.
If I was a millionaire
I buy you the moon
so it could
shine up in the sky
Just for you.
But I don't have that much
I do the best I can do
I wish you would see
my love Is a gift
that I offer to you.
I wish you were a genie
because I have a wish.
I wish my love was
valuable to you.
like a priceless jewel
but I'm afraid
I'm just a fool.
I love you more
than I can express
and I know
that at times I'm a mess
but when you talk to me
I feel blessed.
So please
never give up on me
as I pledge
my fealty to you.
If I lost you
I don't know what I do.
Now do bear with me, for a moment ,please?
I shall not write vacuous poetry on my knees.
The approval of the crowd, is unbearable to seek.
I am truthful,and no, I will not turn the other cheek!
So when you find me as silent as the evening star.
Know that there is more to life, than poetry is life”# cookie jar!
I love to pen about the ingredients of a joyous or grim reality.
For~ to be true to life and one’s own soul is joyful,spiritual fealty!
11/21/2023
Special Dedication to A. Scorpio
Thank you for believing in me, my friend. And
acknowledging my spirit for absolute truth in
poetry…..There can be no dignity of the human
soul ..if we are threatened for telling the truth.
That is the warning that civilization is ending .
All despicable dictators know this technique.
Putin, Xi, Stalin.Hitler.All were killers of free
speech. Poets are not court jesters!
Tens of millions dead …unknown numbers in
prisons as I write.
~Panagiota Romios~
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