Oh God save me
From the substance
That are dangerous
But I think they are pleasurable
Liberate me from poisonous substances.
Oh God save my soul
From the things
That are wrong
But I think they are right
Broaden my awareness
Sharpen my intuition
Guild and lead me to glory.
Oh God restore me
Restore my lost glory
So, I won't be telling old story
That I was once on top
Just to feel among
I want to light up
Any room I enter.
Starfall where visions bloom into bliss.
I lift my gaze into the stratosphere,
Seeking knowledge to bless
The mind, the spirit, the soul.
By the light of day,
Through the darkness of night,
I strive to see more clearly,
Asleep within my dreams,
Yet awake with the passing hours,
Clutching the words
That rise straight from the heart.
A letter from you
Lights up a fire
Come write to me
Let's light up the city.
Shine it,
that little light
of yours that's flickering,
Breathe into it and let it shine,
your lovely little light
in a dark world,
LIGHT UP
Faced with dangers that linger in uncertain times,
Time and again, we’ve danced the spiral climb.
Who controls the strings, the sacred rites of flight?
The unseen hand beneath the veil of night.
Wi-Fi whispers through walls we can’t see,
A.I hums in algorithms, beyond ones and threes.
Empires fall, their ashes cradle keys,
To truths whispered by Templars, dragons, and seas.
Atlantis drowned, Antarctica’s icy embrace,
Anunnaki, Nephilim lost in time’s chase.
Do we leap? Do we fight? Or let mysteries be,
And accept that the unknown is humanity’s plea?
A light shines brighter than the northern star
The brightness illuminates my heart
No longer do I feel darkness
My perspective is shifted to mirror ambition
With my new outfit, I embark on my journey
Lost within vibrancy & saturation, my mood transitioned
An understanding of subjects that eluded me
Blurry vision is now crystal clear
Taking in the outside ambiance with a heart full of content
Calmness flows through my veins
Light, my day is a result of your presence
~My hope is set in a candlelight
lit up by the light of Jesus shines
11/4/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2023
Amidst the tumult's fierce embrace, I alone must make a stand,
A symphony of will within my mind.
No chains of fate, no darkness can,
As boundless spirits upwards soar, in it's destiny where I make my stand.
Beyond the tempest's roar, I find my way,
With purpose forged, I greet each day.
Through trials untamed my shadow cast,
I rise unbroken, resolute, steadfast.
The universe unfolds, a canvas inked in stars so wide,
And on it, dreams and hopes collide.
I am the master of my destiny,
My heart, my compass; my strength, indures.
In every heartbeat, in my every breath,
I've conquered fear,
life and death, until I live again once more.
The dark rooms in one’s mind unlit,
One is heading straight for a pit:
Will not take long the spot hit
While the injury just won’t fit!
Then, for dark rooms of the mind sit
As things about them have been writ
By pens with more goals than wished with,
Knowledge conjured and teeth won’t grit,
The–seen–with-the eye not a slit
And moved legs won’t fall into pit..
My time I’d given Charles Rycroft
And my anxieties just got soft;
On Neurosis supremely coughed,
Where contributors can have bluffed
Why pen, if just only is to be adored?
For just creating only poetry, ethereal and planetary?
We live on this earth, so beset with misdeeds.
Should a poet dare write of these, and be afraid of poor reads?
Fairy tales, and princes are indeed, in some of our dreams.
But we turn our backs on our country’s most wanted needs.
Like hunger, murder, or worse, making our children, into binaries.
Poetry is your chance, to be one of this world’s hopeful luminaries.
12/22/2022
Light up the room
So bright
That darkness can't hide.
Demons can't play.
So we can fight the darkness.
And be okay again.
So the light can shine through
The broken parts of
That feels like we
Can't go on any more.
night
light up
the
world
with
her
black velvet dress
ghost white pearls
and
ruby red shoes
that
dance
throughout
the
twilight
while
night
light up
the
world
One person can light up a room.
I have seen it, and it is wonderful.
People can be sobbing, wailing, keening.
But one soul with the heart of joy
Can come in, and re-do everything in an instant.
People who did not want to feel a glimmer of joy
Are suddenly smiling through their tears.
It often happens during funerals when a grandma arrives.
firefly lightning
bug behinds his abdomen
wings fly whistling
~
at in the dark sparks
special parts attract sexist
to glow at pre-night
~
lit, light up like a,
flashing billboard on and off
fly with abdomen
~
emitting light flashing
turning on off during flight
glowing in flight
7/2/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Giving to others, is really a gift to you.
Letting them know you like a poem. is always a good thing to do.
What's the point of doing holding back?
You might as well stay asleep in the sack.
We pen endlessly about love and passion.
But hold back with poet friends, a depressing fashion.
Do what you can, to put a smile on another's face.
Many here do, with love and grace!
Bless all who do, such great friends are you!
It takes only a minute or two
5/4/2021
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