God spoke and created.' Commisioned Moses, and other
Prophets who duly narrated.' Men asked for such.' Yet soon changed
Their minds.' When comments and guidance didn't match
'With their kind' in piqu'e and rage they oft, were at odds with such intruders.' They of course blamed God.' They raised up alters to 'climate forces' worshipped trees; stars;
And watercourses ' then they took Gods son sent in Love
To crucify after kicks punches, whippings and shoves' they
Put Him to death' as (their solution final) yet Gods one
Always life.' To such is rejection and denial?
Though everything is made from atoms.
Everyone someday meets their eves.
soft rain revives like
liquid gold but tsunami
annihilates life
5/7/5 syllables
Written 12th June 2019
Premier
Contest Name: MagiCicada 13 or 17
Sponsor: Maureen McGreavy
24 May 2020
Contest Brian's Choice T
Sponsor Brian Strand
2nd PLACE
Life or Death – What’s the Meaning
One day we will all wonder
What was the purpose of our thunder
Life is very short and fleeting
Death we are all heading to meeting
Once we are all said and done
What is the meaning or purpose of either one
It’s just a question I sometimes ask myself
When I look at everyone else
DAMO
Does your good
outweigh the bad
Is the balance
happy or sad
Is your intention
right or wrong
Does your prayer
turn into song
Does the blame
weigh down your heart
Can your light
outshine the dark
Can the joy
exceed the pain
Does one word
your soul reclaim
Will His grace
forgive your sins
Will new life or death
—begin
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2018)
Up or down
forward or back
Polarity ends
in a panic attack
Start, stop
the stillness portends
The middle a wasteland
lost years of pretend
Before or after
in front or behind
Timing entraps
with the devil’s design
Salvation, damnation
souls to contend
To live or to die
—to start or to end
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)
Light pushes up against my guarded window
attempting to uncloak what lies untouched
warm amongst the darkness, the silence, the unknown
life of the living, the giving, but still alone
Where are you as my insides burn?
When I am here pushing but for what?
Death calls with a chance of revival
A saving grace from a failed suvival
No more replays of the same mistake
Searching for something I cannot shake
Take me now,
for life has spit me out
Take me now,
death come hear my shout
Death is dark,Life is light ,and light shines brighter than the night-Live
PS: For Silent One's Contest: Death,Life Or Both One Liner.
To live is not to stare at a sterile space
but to embrace those who tussle your hair.
10/14/2016
Life Or Death
In my immaturity humiliations embarrassed me to death, yet I yearned to live.
October 23, 2016
For Laura Loo
Second Place- Contest 3
( Submitted and judged on October 14, 2016
Life Or Death)
Bloom in life until your last day, entering shadows of death without angst.
For Life Or Death One Liner Contest
Sponsored by Silent One
Second Place
October 13, 2016
Slow the barrel tumbles, with a heavy hand I feel the trigger and my heart click.
If you would keep death at bay, celebrate your life each day.
For the Life or Death One Liner Contest of Silent One>/center>
In spring the beautiful flower blossoms but withers away in the fall.
10-13-16
Conest: Life Or Death
Sponsor: Silent One
Living spares no time for goodbyes, pray save them for the dead...
Life or Death One Liner Contest
Sponsored by Silent One
10/13/2016
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