The stature of the oak tree
Measures holiest if judged
By natural proximity to sky
But will never reach heaven
And thus by ego of man,
That which extends beyond
But not upon highest
Must be leveled to uplift mankind
Axe to trunk yields the great length
The most capital for human venture
To build the path he may climb
Faith in founded access to sky at last
What we know of uplifting oak
Begs us to recall the sequence
That while man constructs the stair
Too is oak in which he will be buried
For the sacrifice of dear oak
Who was exalted in godly breath, light
Promises that thou who dare tear down
May be buried low, below root, below feet
And when river rise, when mankind pride
In terrain built higher still
It is man who shall sink deeper
As oak, most faithful, did not defy own nature.
I know not your will our pain suffer
tear soaked ground
Fill with empty coffins of decaying past,
no one's home; soul gone away
Vulgaris society like yesterday's dreams
Hatred killing blood shed streets run
Love no more, independence of oneself
Is it not ourselves we save our own
Bones wasting away six deep in
Is it not of diversity we pull strength
Everything we kill we wipe DNA to life
What is purpose if we abandon reason
Once a nation founded on moral respect
Bitten by snake's venom piercing blood warm veins
Does a one not hate of their own accord,
despising everything good
Are we better ancestors, same battle since dawn
Good vs evil, war only you make difference outcome
Blood warm, resurrection Jesus; infinite mind to peace
AN ICYMORONIC POETIC FREEFLOW
ICE, living its coldness,
In ice-cold bloody murder, Ice-cold bloody murder;
Coloured accents iced:- Cancelling out free lives;
Even native borns iced out; Executing liberty:
Due to their disposition:
Oximoronic!
Ice-cold murder is legal:
A country stolen and founded by immigrants
Can now freely ice-out people they call immigrants:-
Deprived by country and elsewhere
For deeds and actions I didn’t do
Suspicious here, not welcomed there
You can imagine my worldview
You’re privileged to move around
Your peaceful countries waged no wars
I’m privileged to go without
The double standard world of yours
You think of nation seeing me
Though it’s not me but your projection
You’re talking to contemptuously
I only mirror your reflection
In Wonderland founded by bandits
Stands a glass house where I live
Break it to shatters, I won’t mend it
Just bear in mind I cannot leave
By circumstances I couldn’t manage
And to be honest, no one could
I am dehumanized and savaged
And you all set and understood
I’m not complaining, but just telling
The facts of living that I find
Funny enough to rhyme, compelling
Your short attention to unwind
I am a laughing man of August
I am a crying man of March
When spring blows off the winter dust
I click some photos to enlarge.
The bastioned confidence of quarried pride
Conceived no ingress save by iron decree;
Yet vesper-dew, where noiseless graces bide,
Tutored the adamant to clemency,
Till lichened liturgies, by increments unseen,
Unthroned the obdurate from its sovereign mien.
The littoral catechised the granite's bone,
Not with assault, but sacramental wear;
Each undeciphered ripple, one by one,
Absolved the precipice of all its air,
As though the meekest ordinance of tide
Could loose what catapults had never tried.
Thereafter—vision trespassed into sense:
A child, ungarlanded by name or throne,
Inclined his silence with such innocence
That altitudes remembered they were sown;
The mountain, recollecting elder birth,
Relinquished all pre-eminence to earth.
Then every fortress, founded upon weight,
Began to expatriate its ancient claim;
The stars themselves postponed their sovereign state,
As though eternity had altered name;
And what no conflagration could dissever,
One feather of the Infinite undid for ever.
SLAMDUNKING POLITICAL POWER MONGERING
A country founded to escape royal oppressive ruling,
Now seeks to become greater than its motherland was:-
In doing so, the present-day POTUS has finally discovered
He cannot constitutionally take away legal voting rights:-
However, he’s attempting to stack his deck illegally to do so,
Via an unjust constitutional amendment called Redistricting:-
This oppressive amendment would reduce oppositional voting power;
Thus, in opposition to this red-decking, it’s time to slam-dunk our trump cards!
Fun is found in Freedom
For finding friends is Fortuitous
Fun fails founded from formulas
From Freedom fun finds foundation
Freedom forever funds fun
We are to remind you of your
Singleness.
It is full advisory or just to let you
Know you are single.
The chocaletes nice!
That damn duck was the best!
The sides were fabulous!
Two servings of dessert!
Wine is fine, and almost Devine!
But if you think this changes
Our status, then you crazy!
You are still single with me
Looking to another!
Finger snap to mean conclusion.
Tell your friends, some of them
Want some of this too!
We can still be friends, I like
The romantic stuff, but you are
SINGLE. I was gonna wait til you
Founded someone, and egg ya'll
On to marriage, yeah the gifts is
Mine, talk that stuff if you wanna
But more would and will keep these'uh
Hips ah grinding!
Why y'all wanna have ah goodtime
when all I gotta do is say no and spoil
It for ya! No class scumbottom guys
Buy the best gifts!
And the only reason I said anything is
Cause you told me not to eat my chicken
with a fork. I slurped the soup too!
“Heart thoughts are profound, hindsight aches and hope is obscure.
I’m craving a great adventure — one that leads me back home.”
—Donna Lynn Hope
Homesickness
Harried bumps in the road
Oafish swish-swash on tracks
Merrily the swipe of Bavaria
Eagerness to wolf down baked goods
Stranger dangers seem far away
Illicit pranks of broken down water closets
Chiming of bells, bells, bells
Killing time by rubbing off soap from hands
Numb-founded at pratfall
Eager to move from place to place
Soon…soon…be still and let God move
Seas separate kin like whites and yolks
396.
The Catholic Church
The Catholic Church –
Founded by our Savior
For the glory of our Creator
The Catholic Church is superior
The pioneer & supreme body
Of all members of Christianity
House of prayer & worship, a spiritual sanctuary!
-11/10/2015
(Dumarao)
*10th Daily Reflection from Catechism Booklet
Since it was founded over 200 years ago the RNLI has saved over 146,000 lives at sea, often putting themselves in great danger, I salute those brave men and women, those guardian angels of the sea.
Quote by poet.
The R.N.L.I is an old institution,
of volunteers who save lives at sea,
of them I have nothing, but admiration.
Six hundred of them have died tragically
since its formation two hundred years ago,
always remembered for their selfless bravery.
They venture out in heavy rain, fog, and snow
with hurricane force winds and 70-foot waves,
only experienced crew are chosen to go.
Many volunteers lie in watery graves
often taking risks that end in tragedy
brave men and women, heroes of the waves.
The lifeboats are a registered charity
and survive because of your generosity.
Megalopolis Jones
couldn't succeed, but not for lack of tryin'.
So, he changed his name to Brian
and founded the Rolling Stones.
The staunch and steadfast Reverend Jesse Jackson
American civil rights activist, aka Action-Jackson
This biggie and brave man, coined “Keep hope alive”
Founded The Rainbow Coalition, and that’s no jive!
Blessings, Rev. Jesse Jackson
3/6/26
What evil genius
had this brilliant idea,
of one ply toilet tissue
for cleaning our rears.
No doubt during use
there's a well founded fear,
of a finger break thru
and a real nasty tear!
Let me be crystal clear
with regards to our rears,
yes, for all and for one
still some work to be done.
What we know to be true
paperwork left to do,
and I know for this guy,
it won't be one ply!
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