Feel them in my tendons
Hear them in the quiet
See them in the wind
Smell their fragrance
A constant in my life
Like a steel manacle
Arrested and limited
I must pay the price
Sins from lives past
Karmic justice served
Grow I must or else
Be trapped hereafter
So I speak the truth
I am compassionate
Eschewing victimhood
Pleasing higher beings
Take Me Higher
A rush of wind, morning breeze the fresh cool air speaks to me,
hands lifted to the heavens pulling at the air come sweet Holy Spirit
I feel you there.
Waves of heaven rush in, they clash my soul HALLELUJAH peace unspeakable,
Joy untold.
Higher, higher take me higher still until your presence is all I feel.
Higher, higher take me higher till my cup overflows and all that’s broken does heal.
Deanna Malone
Emotions that have casscaded
I have never felt so overwhelmed
If not a whirpool then blockaided
My head goes round and round
Feels like that l have now faded
Some where into the back ground
But also l am feeling more jaded
The fact happiness is unfound
When moments of clarity invaded
Even if its by the slightest sound
Going through the motions unaided
As by my very thoughts l am bound
Follow up to solitude writtem n¨ january 2025
She'd seen photos of the Earth taken from space
But a photo couldn't capture the majesty of it
She wanted to make that journey
She had to wait a bit
Then on a moolit night
She took a ride in a moonbeam
To see what Earth looked like from space
She had already seen the photos, but she deemed
To see it from a higher place
When she finally reached the moon
She looked back at Earth
She was so awed that she began to swoon
A gem glowing blue for all its worth
In all of the universe where stars shine bright
The Earth is a jewel, a beautiful sight
It moves through space by God's design
The universe is ruled by a power divine
When she rode the moonbeam back to Earth
She was all aglow and filled with delight
She had seen God's glory and his might
As stars twinkled above, shining bright
“Higher Love”
When my world burned
I was drowning,
knowledge became borne
from the wisdom of failure,
It ate me up and consumed me,
bit me with its sharp nine-inch nail teeth
like a vampire,
ravenous, straight into the blood-rich heart of the matter.
I understand things are being delivered, regularly,
travelling feverishly into the minds of all,
some acknowledge truth, most ignore -
it's simply torturous - for most - to believe;
The great programmer
has turned the key inside me,
my mind ignited burns foolishly
walking on water
upwards
oblivious
to the Unknown;
vibrations unseen
fearlessly power me on;
whatever comes,
I am more than prepared;
less than you, you assume.
Perhaps you don't know me at all.
Do Your worst,
bring It on -
Love.
Candide Diderot ‘26
“…and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.”
The bombs rain down Iran do pound
Because of renowned nuclear mound
We know no warheads will be found
Israel America forever together bound
Self crowned as another nation downed
Who are the terrorists it does confound
Veracity & truths are ruthlessly drowned
Audacity pretending the reason is sound
Mendacity as we see treason all around
Pugnacity and military rapacity abound
Hound everyone who's been browned
Might is always right so tightly wound
Astound taking moral higher ground
Have you ever had a day, you wished you were dead,
what makes these thoughts pop up in our head.
It has been a while since it came to me,
but I was already dead, I just couldn’t see.
My whole life washed down the drain,
but to then, be cleansed of its reign.
How this life can change in a second you see,
and those things we lose, sometimes sets us free.
If you keep those feelings, in your heart,
in life, it will be hard to find your part.
Sometimes, the people places, and things,
have their very own, deadly stings.
I no longer wish these thoughts, you see,
my heart belongs to God, the way it should be.
All kinds of these thoughts, that comes to mind,
trust in Jesus, and you will find.
A life that is worth the living, you see,
that’s why, He died for you and me.
To take these thoughts, and turn them around,
they will set you upon, higher ground!
Will you try to do something higher than impulse or ego?
Title:
Being Human
(A lone voice whispers)
Will you deny realizing your desires and self-serving needs for a higher moral, religious, or selfless purpose?
Will you try to put your comfort and will behind trying to help others by being kind?
And not being brainwashed by the circus?
If you can, reach out your hand.
We are as one… we are true humans.
(C) Copyright John Duffy
I want to dive deep into my soul,
to search for answers profound and unspoken,
answers that stir awakening within,
that unsettle complacency and breathe
new life
into the quiet chambers of my being.
I yearn to travel beyond familiar horizons,
to embrace new ways of thinking,
to unlearn what no longer serves
and relearn the courage to see differently.
Each obstacle blocking my growth
becomes a threshold to cross,
each fear a lesson demanding honesty.
I press forward—sometimes faltering,
yet resolute—toward a higher calling,
where becoming matters more than arriving,
and the journey itself reshapes my soul.
Zin Uru, I Am Ever Of Light
So High Above, like a Heathen of the Night
where the Stars they run, there I take Flight
my Soul Glistens Erudite,
Through Hymns and Quatrains, I Sing Songs
Through Valor and Courage, the Forge of Psalms
Through Epics and Fortitudes, I Carry On
Torch in Hand, I Illumine Strong
Where Diadems they Glisten, no words are Sung
there Heaven has Risen, Under The Sun
and a Great Hymn is Heard, Ever Beyond
where the Celestial makes the Sacred Bond,
Up High, Into the Fetters of Night
I Gleam Electric Like,
I Beam in Rays of Gold and Violet Light
Cuz I'm So Illumined Bright,
Far Beyond the Doors Of Perception
Into the Emerald Gates Of Intercession,
where Dreams become Realms of Greater Things
It Seems, To Be, in Celestial Blessings
and Yes, The Only Way Out, Is Up Indeed
Take Heath, through the Passage Of Sovereignty
where Kings and Queens, take Steeds, To The Sun
and by The Higher Way, find the Omnipotent One
Balloons! Balloons!
Yellow, red, blue and green;
Purple and orange also
There to be seen.
Breaking your thread
They go beyond the sky,
Yellow, green and red
Seem proudly flying high.
Seeing their adventure,
Dream rose within me;
A pilot like character
Ever I wished to be.
Red, green and yellow
seem the classmates of mine;
Others had to follow
With faint colors and shine.
Because of my dark skin
They keep me apart;
And gossip I had been
Neither pretty nor smart.
Is there any black balloon
Kept in by mistake?
Went I to enquire soon
Balloon shop near the lake.
Asking for the black one
Peeped I over his basket,
The vendor picked up a fine
Matching my skin perfect!
Curiously I asked
Whether It could fly,
He made me relaxed
Saying every color goes high.
Filling up more helium
He threw up to the sky,
Beating the other spectrum
The black went much high.
"Son," the vendor said,
"It's not your color
That makes you fly higher;
It's what your inside are
That crown you the greater".
The Darks not so dark when it's lit by a spark, and a flood cannot drown us if we're in the Ark.
The wolves will not bite us, all though they might bark,
they're still way behind us, (they had a head-start.)
The snow cannot freeze us, our glow is too warm...
The Bees cannot sting us, all-though they may swarm.
A Cell couldn't cage us, our kingdoms inside.
Our feet touch the ground, but our souls fill the sky.
The Clocks cannot age us and neither can time,
we laugh in their face and continue to shine...
If Our power is Love, then our weakness is none!
How can _____ be the end - its not even begun!
A canon fires
a man is deafened
But in memory
— the music plays
(Dreamsleep: October, 2025)
To the higher ones
Receive my praise
Receive my adoration
Receive my thanks
Receive my gratitude
Receive my dedication
Receive my tributes
Receive my royalty
Receive my love
Receive my sacrifice
Receive my attribute
Receive my poems
Receive all my respect
Receive my appreciations
Receive my songs
Receive my prayers
Receive my sorrows and makes it a power
Receive my grievances and turn them to happiness
Receive my quest and protect me from a dying world
Receive all honour and protect me from my enemies
This call is only
To the higher ones.
Higher meditation
Out of touch is out of sight
So let silence be the key
Penetrate through the depth of darkness to catch a light
Remember let silence be the key
Higher meditation
There is a voice in silence
If you listen in silence a revelation is sure
So be endowed with focus
Maintain your direction towards
The voice in silence
Remember it revelation
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