An online site is, in no way, for the meek.
You must live in conformity, giving no cheek!
Worse, one must be a jolly gal. or smiling fellow.
Living in a pretentious world, all bubbly-mellow!
The masses loathe those, going their own way.
You must conform, or forego your right to play!
Writers must be individuals, and have their unique say.
To deny them this quality is indeed, a very tragic day.
8/15/2024
@Panagiota Romios
I
Often we hear:
Absence of fear
Will allow Light
And LORD nearer
I pray this: Lead Triune Light
II
We write wills
When fear fills
The human Soul
Yell: "Thy Will --
Soul be still" --
"Shalom makes me Whole
I rebuke non-light"
NOTE:. Most biblical teachers say "mind, will, emotions" constitute what is called "human Soul."
I
The man said, we are treated as children
By almost every tradition and religion
As with goblin, gargoyle, fairy stories
Socialized into fearfulness: losing memories, lives -
II
Jesus taught, "I have overcome!" Recall His Resurrection:
O death, where is your sting, O "sin" where is condemnation?
Whether one meditates on space, or my beloved "Sky-ness"
Humble gurus you prefer, Pursue Peace (Shalom of Jesus)
I
Gurus of all kinds speak of "space and ether"
To help us imagine Universal Consciousness
I would rather say "God" my sister, my brother -
But to continue conversing, let me use "Sky-ness"
II
When I began to imagine the "Ever I Am,"
I could look at the sky, day or night
Beyond bountiful clouds, or stars and I among
The space between, free of death, fleeting life
III
Sky-ness has allowed me nigh perfect fearlessness
When I die here, I will be everywhere
No longer confined in this trinity: body, soul, spirit
I stare at sky, become sky-ness, not YHVH or Yahweh
I am sky, all the canvas there ever is, space and canvas
Watching, witnessing, coloring Universal Consciousness
"Nothing to Fear"
"We never know when death will come,
so I cast my worries aside.
When I first heard the news,
my heart went numb,
and then the diagnosis I denied.
Finally acceptance came as I cried.
Sands are pouring through the hourglass,
but faith now saves me from fear.
The beauty of heaven waits and I have a pass.
At God’s plan, I will not sneer
as I prepare to approach a blessed frontier."
Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2012
This poem of Carolyn Devonshire exposes her faith, exclaims her trust in God, and expresses her perspective of death --- that it is not to be feared. I am personally blessed by this muse since it exhorts me to view death in a biblical way. According to 2Corinthians 5:8, “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” Likewise, this reverberates her comments to my poems, which I treasure as a Christian writer in being “vocal” about my spiritual beliefs.
August 26, 2021
Contest Name: Celebrating Carolyn's Poetry: An Uncontest
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
Fearless confidence,
perfect dependence.