I smile like an angel in the light,
But shadows whisper in my mind at night.
A silent war no eyes can see,
Two souls are living inside of me.
One speaks of love, pure and bright,
The other burns with hidden spite.
One wants peace, calm and true,
The other craves what it shouldn't do.
I walk with kindness in my face,
Yet darkness follows every trace.
Not a monster, not divine,
Just a human lost in time.
So if I fall or if I rise,
Don’t judge me by what meets your eyes.
Because the truth you’ll never see—
The greatest battle is within me.
Call it the Charlie Kirk effect
But for not being a Christian, recently
I’ve been hearing a lot of Bible quotes,
Quotes which I can easily take to heart,
Like the parable of the wheat ripening
In the field
While the weeds also ripened
All around.
It’s not a matter of just wanting one and not the other
And getting our wishes as if they had that power.
It’s a matter of recognizing both,
The difference in the seeds and their causes,
And appreciating how both the crop and the weeds
Are part of our nature, and both will be abundant
When we reach a crisis point of fullness,
Internally as spiritual beings as we struggle
To live the truth within our conflicted nature,
And externally as material beings as this conflict
Plays out in wars, domestic and foreign,
As both sides struggle for survival and dominance.
It’s easy to know which side will prevail
Since one side is of Life
And the other of death.
We might be self-deluded which side we’re actually on
But in the end it will be crystal clear.
Life and death after all
Cannot be confused.
(10/12/25)
Stand straight don't look down. Face the sky not the ground. Be you know who you are. Set goals shoot for the stars. I'm my brothers keeper. / I'm my brothers reeper. I'm gonna teach you everything I know. Pay attention I'll show you how to play hoes I'm not your hero let's keep it real. Walk your own path get off my heals.just remember your in control. Listen to me because I know. Bro seriously give me some space. No you can't hit this move out my face. Make life a party drink and get high. Knock a chic off thank you goodbye.Stand straight don't look down. Look to the sky not the ground. Damn you bugging what's the deal. You don't want this demon and that's me being real. This high is special like floating on air. Hit it slow dude there's not much to share Fine go ahead come meet your doom. One 2 ready set boom. Look at him look at what you created. Hold him up steady now it's you that you hated. His demon your demons are now one in the same. His addiction so strong he lives life in pain.. Narcan after narcan a ending so tragic. Stand up look at it, your brother in that casket. I'm My brother's keeper /I'm my brother's reaper.
His lips are the west gates of night
His lips are the east gates of light
Bursting night and light, we say thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
His height is the five depths we view
His height is the ten skies of blue
Deep chasm and sky’s tower, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
He sits on wheels of fate that binds
He sits on the wheels of blessed winds
Wheels of stars, wheels moved by wind, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
Has a burning scroll blistering
Has a burning scroll flickering
Destroying flames, cleansing flames, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
His hand holds a wolf with no love
His hand has an eagle and dove
Earth bound demons, sky angels, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
His eyes are the black stars of might
His eyes are the sun in its light
Dead stars and twin suns that shine, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
Comets shaking, planets falling
The earth shaking, the skies crawling
When Jesus the Splendour comes, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
We must stay away from the night
The bondage of the prince of might
Lord guide us to you; we say thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
There is a Cherokee proverb that can lead to our success or our downfall
It tells of how there is a battle of two wolves inside us all.
One of those wolves is evil…an evil wolf who cries
for ego, anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority…and lies.
The other wolf is good…and throughout our life…in our maturity or our youth
cries out for joy, peace, love hope, humility, kindness empathy…and truth.
For every individual, every one of us,…the Cherokee concede
the wolf who wins the battle…is the wolf we choose to feed.
I believe our country is facing that same battle…
two wolves are vying for our heart…
I believe one wolf wants to bring us all together…
while the other wants to tear us all apart.
It’s time to cast our vote for the wolf we want to lead…
It’s time to look into our hearts and decide which wolf we’re going to feed.
I see this election as a battle for our soul, for our country…
for our democracy….
and now I sit and wait and hope…
a majority of people are feeding the same wolf as me.
Right
Versus
Wrong
Good
Versus
Evil
Saint's
Versus
Sinner
God
Versus
Devil
2 Side's of the same coin
Both human frailties
In equal measures
Because we dared to pleasure eat from the eden garden apple tree
The Batman and the Joker,
good verses a crazed twisted
evil. An unpredictable ticking
time bomb, yet the Joker has
risen to the one true crime lord.
The Batman is rising while the
Joker is despising his true heart.
He means to rip the Batman apart
from the inside, tearing a the heart
where true love resides. The Batman
may be "The Dark Knight", but his
heart beats true with love and justice
will be ignited.
You are in the lights,
Parents in the stands.
Is this your night?
Well, that depends.
You are the star,
Everybody needs you.
You did your part,
But now you're black and blue.
It's not coming back,
You have to let it go.
You get so much flack
Because they just don't know.
You can't go on.
You feel so horrible.
It's hard to be done.
You were so hopeful.
a constant war
rages inside
a good side
a bad side
a good side
a nice side
a gentleman side
a respectful side
a loving side
everything I
want to be
a bad side
a mean side
a rude side
a disrespectful side
a hateful side
everything I
fight against
both exist
share one
consciousness
simultaneous existence
thrown out of balance
both existing
both competing
for control
complete control
one selfish
one selfless
one good
one evil
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