Before you ask
The answer is no
I will never surrender courage
For a place of defeat and storage
I will not abandon faith
For a worthless attachment to an uncertain estate
I refuse to relinquish love
For a well-fitted but counterfeit glove
I cannot renounce my goal
For a destination that ambushes my true role
I will not forsake confidence
For a river that runs with polluted opulence
I refuse to discard determination
For a chance to keep company with resignation
I dare not part with humility
For a life that grants honor to futility
Before you ask
Rest assured the answer is no
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7NKJV
W-Wise men do not hate knowledge
I-Instead they fear the Lord and seek wise counsel
S-Shunning enticement from sinners
D-Do not keep company with corrupt people
O-Outside wisdom calls LOUDLY in open squares
M-Make the fear of the Lord your starting point when seeking wisdom.
Write! Anything. Be a dream writer
Write poeticly. Be about a spree! Take
Vacation from mundane. Be
Astounding! Astonish YOURSELF!
HAVE WORD WEALTH! I am LONELY
COME AND SEE. Visit me! Be just
Like me! This me. Keep company
With me. WRITE with me
PROLIFICALLY! These
Poetics here is JUST THE BEGINNING
OF THE SPINNING! come! Be like me!
WHO Can hide from WORDS? We use
Them often everytime we speak we
Write we seek.... we answer we dream.
Luxury and experience poverty! Heeey
Be a poetic ROMANCER Commander!
Even STAND UP FOR POETRY! DREAM
Your poetic dreams! One verse one
Word at a time. Multiple words with
A rhyme or a line. Reach extravagantly
Be extreme! Write dreams! Think
Poetry in the seams. BE A SOMEBODY!
Write everything Out there over everywhere.
Write Those far thoughts and memories
On the minds of Gods! Think hard
Think things eternally allways Write
What has not been written. Take your
Craft seriously. IT IS TABOO TO DO
LESS! Well now YOU HAVE ALL MY
BEST!
Everyone tells us what to do when a cherished-Love-one dies.
So, I will just suggest that one should not allow themselves to grieve too long. Spend your waking hours reading and remembering The many years you were all together. When you return to your normal routine at work, school, playtime. get close to people and find new friends, Call a friend when you are in doubt of something.
Have a Prayer Circle in her name and visit with God often. He will direct your steps each day. We get so use to the Earthly body, and so when we don't see it around we get lonely. There are three of you to keep company. Cherish this time together. At Holidays which can be the worst, Light candles and sing songs.
Keep close to one another and always remember when a bird flys by, or a dog barks at you, it might be her saying Hello.
Wishing you all the best for a Happy, Healthy and Loving experience in the years to come.
As simple as its breathing
Is this logic expelled
And as natural, by tot:
"Since we, as one, this world share
To keep company with
Cuddly lion, why not!"
Friend or Foe-- Knock, knock, who's there? Stop playing those stupid games with me. Don't I know you from somewhere? We could have carried on a conversation a very long time ago. Who are you? " Friend or Foe," You act as though you know me, I'm wondering did we keep company before, this I just don't know. Who are you? " Friend or Foe," I really need to know? A confidant, a sweet retreat. Are still there? Why do I even care? Will you just answer me? Don't just get up and walk away, either answer yes or no? Are you " Friend or Foe." Do just need me for a place to lay low or is there some else you'll just not trying to show. Could you answer this: " ARE YOU MY " Friend or Foe."
An awkward place to keep company with
A wonderful height as I’ve never been raised
A monstrous place if fall and bleed
A balcony night that I’ve never been
Night in the balcony is so sweet
As the soft wind touches me
Like gentle kisses all around
Went to a dream and came to ground
The stars twinkle bright to give me light
Stars and fireflies compete as a fight
Moon came giving a lovely sight
Wonderful glorious balcony night
The moonlight hugs the trees so tight
I see it from the balcony which is so high
Then that light touched me too
I felt happy as dream come true
(Austin, TX, 1955)
Mother writes me
From Korea
Ravaged by the war:
You are so blessed
Living in America
Land of peace
Land of plenty
I mumble:
Mother
I eat two raw eggs
In the morning
Three pieces of Wonder bread
For supper
To save money for tuition
I’m very hungry
I’m also very lonely
I eat my eggs and bread
Sitting in front of vanity mirror
To keep company
With a person in the mirror
But I’m determined to succeed
And make you proud
Please stay well until I return
Focus on the now and here
Mindfulness speaks crystal clear
Conscious awareness sees choice
A deeper finesse frames poise
Keep company with silence deep
Feel how stillness transcends sleep
Be awake and aware now
Start right here as you know how
Sanctify your sacred space
Meet your dear soul face to face
Intention attracts blessing
Start with deep understanding
Be always mindful of peace
Let compassion never cease
Leon Enriquez
15 September 2019
Singapore
At a Boulevard cafe
sits a man near a the park
where pigeons
without corn keep company
to someone completely
solitary...
In the café bar uselessness
from someone who elegantly
sits alone ...
In the air the memory
of a figure that
does not occupies the
space of a soulless
body in front of an
empty coffee cup ...!
When they see a lone mien with no chum near,
They say I may be fraught with a crippling fear;
They feel I am just another remorseful creep,
Battling guilty pangs many soul-inches deep.
Truly feeling external eyes can hardly see
The countless faithful mates seated here,
Who form the cordial knot of hurting pals,
Constant friends twined by self-same tear.
Unknown to any passerby's inexperienced ear,
Here keep company varied doleful ditties dear.
They genuinely treasure and far cherish more
Men who firsthand share in the sufferer's woe.
They guess I'm a warmth-forsaking introvert now,
With no measly thirst for truly affectionate hearts.
Little do they understand the solid concept at play,
Tested design to wander in solitude's calming arts!
Doubtless more faithful companions shall be found,
In low caves of loneliness than in a feasting ground.
The Nectars of Love
Let your love fall, that I may wallow
Let your tears drip of inner essence
Entranced by the nectar I swallow
As I engulf and taste your presence
***
Let your beating heart keep company
The emptiness that entraps my being
I’m a string vibrating in your symphony
Forever echoing festal forever freeing
***
Intoxicated by your juices made wine
For the gods pour down their nectar
Indulging in grapes of the orchid vine
Seducing our souls a haunting specter
***
The nectars of your love are ingested
And the fluids of my heart arrested.
Sept.05.2018
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Hello foolish human
Why are you here?
I look at you and I smell your fear.
I should kill you
But my belly has had its fill
So walk with me human if you will.
You watch me closely human
Are you entranced by my fur that is white?
I suggest you do not touch me for I have fangs and I do bite.
I normally do not keep company with those whose don’t walk with all four paws on the ground.
But perhaps this chance encounter will prove useful to us both somehow.
My family will not welcome you.
Humans are our worst enemy.
So expect hostility of the upmost extremity.
Do not be afraid human I did not bring you here to die.
My pack must meet you to know you our under my protection.
I am their Alpha and they will follow my direction.
Now that they have smelled you they won’t forget you.
Come now human it is time for you to return to your home.
Next time you in this part of the forest just remember you are not alone.
The Ultimate Prize
There are failures who express truth as the belief in others
And litigate with Jesus Christ to absolve themselves of blame,
Because success to them is in the visions of jealous minds,
And their approval is valued as if they control destiny.
Foolish heart, set your sight upon God and place love above pride,
And be not a worthless flutterance grasping for altitude;
Set for yourself the ultimate prize and seek eternal life,
And shun envy’s definition of Christ from misleading you.
At the guest’s table, earthly treasures you believe to be the answer,
Where the consequence of decision is discarded as irrelevant.
At a predetermined time, your compromise will be rendered,
As your demeanour is exposed and intentions declarant.
In the halls of justice, mercy is extended by forgiveness;
Look in His direction with confession as a prerequisite.
Be wary of entrapment and do not keep company with the faithless;
The ultimate prize of eternal life is the gift Jesus gives.
***
References:
Matthew 26:17-30.
Mark14:12-26.
Luke 22:7-38.
John 13:1-32.
I gaze across the balcony
With none to keep company
The art of the twilight
The painting that was drawn right
In the darkness of the night
When I look upon the abondoned streets
Waiting for the chatter of feet
Hour by hour, the ticking goes on
Waiting for the bright light that was gone
In the darkness of the night
Only a caravan to pass by
With the tapping horses to the bars untie
The wind whirling around the corner
And the dim light which would come out sooner
In the darkness of the night
I shall wait for the day to arrive
For which I shall thrive
In the darkness of the night
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