Line of inquiry:
“death approaches but we have no regret ~
when God questions us, we will stand erect."
Though ailing on my deathbed, someday I will be
no claim to fame and glory will I seek for me.
No title of greatness nor prize of stardom won
for nothing truly remarkable in life have I done.
I shall not whimper if death hovers, nor shed a tear.
It is not my lack humility or a merciless God I fear.
Aware of my faults; He knows I've things to regret
No angelic halo circles my head, nor divine coronet.
If near death, I should feel His presence in command,
I'd prostrate myself before Him, for I dare not stand.
Down on my knees in praise, is where I'd belong
I'm but a grain of sand, a human who's done wrong.
No questions does God need ask. He knows my heart.
Faith in Him is my bulwark, my haven, my rampart.
I am not a worthy soul to look upon my Creator's face,
On the verge of death, I'll rely on His mercy and grace.
OUR CLAIM TO FAME
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Line of Inquiry: “death approaches but we have no regret ~ when God questions us, we will stand erect”
Now I stand upon the precipice of my waning years,
Outwardly gazing upon landscape I created.
Releasing sobs, my burdened spirit weeps,
Exiguous wisdom upon my brow.
God's gentle guidance, my ego refused to embrace.
Redemption comes with God’s tender mercy and grace.
Eternal encore for soul forthcoming, weighs heavy upon my mind.
Thunderous voice asks, “Any regrets?”
Standing erect, I reply, “Though flawed, I lived; I learned. No regrets"
"Remorse? Yes, but no baggage. No guilt. No shame....my spirit's claim to fame."
Line of inquiry:
“death approaches but we have no regret ~
when God questions us, we will stand erect” Unseeking Seeker
Though death approaches, should we be afraid
and to the grave will all mankind be bound?
It matters not that bodies are decayed.
This earth for us is but a testing ground.
Possessions, trophies, and our mortal glories
mean naught to God when one day we stand
before Him! What matters are the stories
written in the Book of Life held in our Lord’s hand.
Love and kindness are our claim to fame
when at last we meet the God of Light.
With no regrets and reverencing His name,
with utmost gladness we shall stand upright.
OUR EFFERVESCENCE-
Line of inquiry:
"conjoined with the whole
we play our life role
exuding a scent
granting love consent"
~
Filler so her soul was bubbling over wit joy;
Elated under pressure emotions escape;
Livid and lively simultaneously embroiled;
Bouncing from inner emotions escapade;
Espoused smell forth the scent of order despair;
Aroused by the turmoil of no one cares;
She’s soul delighted, and excited;
Buoyancy spirit feels energy harmony united;
She solely engaged in a shared purpose;
The water and blood in her heated to the surface;
8/30/25
For Our Effervescence Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
Line of inquiry:
"conjoined with the whole
we play our life role
exuding a scent
granting love consent" - Unseeking Seeker
How wonderful if like a fizzy drink
we all would sparkle with effervescence
which with love’s divine aroma could link
us all together with the florescence
of a spirituality so sweet
that with great excitement we’d be spilling
over in our talents with desire to treat
one another with love. Oh, how thrilling -
using our life roles to lift each other
as the world’s creator would have us do,
for everyone's our sister or brother!
Life’s burdens we can help each other through
if kindness we show more than simply speak.
Exude the joy and brightness we all seek!
Line of inquiry:
"conjoined with the whole
we play our life role
exuding a scent
granting love consent"
Hope in us glows
triumphant as our faith grows
spreading peace of blissful blessing-flows
along God's grace to defy doubts and subdue woes.
Love from us does shine
radiating nature of the divine
as we strive to stay inside compassion's line
marked by kindness, freed from jurisdiction of "only mine."
Joy midst us is surely contagious
as we treat all the Lord's creation as indeed precious
forgiving and caring for one another, prayerfully conscious
always wishing the best for each other to become victorious.
Line of inquiry:
"the essence in us is the same as the essence of the sun."
by Unseeking Seeker
Sun is the center of the universe, the main source of light
Designed by our Heavenly Creator, with all His power and might
For He, our God is the light and in Him, no darkness at all
His Light was made to generate the sun’s life-sustenance role
And dwelt in every soul when He gave life to us, His people
To be good stewards of His creations, so in sins we won’t fall.
Essence in us is the same as the essence of the sun
Missioned to make our life God’s reflection to others…shine!
For He, our God is the light and in Him, no darkness at all
Created in His image, like Him with the sun, we’re so beautiful!
Holy Spirit is God’s dwelling light in us, giving hope like sunrise
Glows at sunset through prayers, tomorrow is a blest surprise!
Line of inquiry: “the essence in us is the same
as the essence of the sun”
Dweller of Our Heart
I can’t hear its crackle or sizzle. What am I?
Swaddled in the all-encompassing wisdom
of light; it burns slow. I develop: a seed to die.
My eyes move as my head spins around the world.
There are only so many spaces my foot will land;
not on the moon; moonbeams in my burnt-orange hair.
Warm-blooded rays reach out and touch; skin to skin.
I illuminate someone else’s countenance with my smile.
My Summer eyes grab hold of theirs; a plum blush.
When Winter comes, I’m far-removed ; housebound.
Still, I will be replaced; it's not me. What are they?
Line of Inquiry : ' The essence in us in the same as the essence in the Sun.'
Soul is dweller of our heart
Feel the ecstasy and essence.
Supreme soul to make me alert
just assuring its existence.
In birth-death-after life, soul shines.
Soul is dweller of our heart.
Staying in heart, soul to brighten
our path, never leaving apart.
Soul holds the power to exert
in trouble, grief or any need.
Soul is dweller of our heart.
Soul entwines me : It's fact, indeed.
Similar to essence of Sun :
Essence of the soul to impart.
Energy of soul sure to run -
Soul,zz is dweller of our heart.
(Line of inquiry: “the essence in us is the same as the essence of the sun”)
Sunrays warm my blushed cheeks--
calmness of daybreak dream's sweet adieu,
daylight spills through the meadow,
raising closed buds into bloom.
There, in sereneness before the world wakes,
the golden light whispers with gentle grace,
not just light, but presence—
ancient, not in sight yet felt,
it speaks not in words but in warmth.
There is no outcast, no distant star.
only brightened the wanderer's path,
This is the dweller of our heart.
Shining through flesh and fragile thought.
I remember when I listened:
I know my heart is not in flames,
But forged in stillness.
I'm not broken,
I'm not alone.
Line of inquiry: “the essence in us is the same as the essence of the sun” Unseeking Seeker
We are as the sun,
for in us is a light.
It’s the light of One
omnipotent and bright.
This essence – this glow -
we should appreciate.
We must let it grow
to burn all hate away.
Imagine if we all,
with our love lights showing,
could create a ball
like the sun’s and glowing.
Heaven on this earth -
it's possible to be
when we realize worth
in everyone we see.
We can be victorious
when kindness we impart,
mindful of the glorious
Dweller of our Heart.
Dweller of Our Heart 8-7-25
Line of Inquiry: The essence in us is the same as the essence in the sun.
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Dweller of Our Heart
Light dwells in my core
Through ambivalent nights
Light and solar fire,
The incorruptible first breath of Aurora’s blush.
Born in the same chrysalis of the refiner’s flame,
Before the birth of light,
Crafted in birthright,
We rise together
And draw breath from the morning star
We are consecrated in the Eternal’s dawn
My soul knows your light as you know mine.
In everlasting dawn
We live and move
Oblivious to frost and ice
Mesmerized by the rapture of grace
And like sunflowers,
Blooming in a never-ending summer,
We turn in the same breath
To dance a unison
With our Creator’s face.
We, reflections of hallowed perfection,
Know harmony
Yoked by caritas
I feel your marrow
As a soulmate
As we compose one fire song,
Given to us,
In harmony,
By the Spirit ~ dweller in our hearts.
Line of inquiry:
"hearts set up a vibration
echoing as wordless intent
mind translates in symbols
flight of our soul’s ascent
is intent then a stirring
of soul with God conferring"
My one heart as a part of humanity's great heart,
spiritually holds the indwelling God presence as sought.
A human hold shiftily slants and grows knots tied fraught
with false-held, gloomy feels that egos and fears impart.
Divine truths dawn in our souls thru imagination,
not from human workings but graces gifts in-working.
Imagination can stop fears from falsely out-working
and foil mankind's believed limits of false accreditation.
In still solitude, spiritual truths as held in our being
meet our consciousness, our divinity's hidden place
in which our indwelling Christ gives ALL with God's grace
and intellect joins intuition too seek a soul's true freeing.
Through spiritually held faith one is belief aligned
in God's power, greater than any fear episode
man may encounter or engineer to earth upload.
No one or thing can malign what our Father designed.
My faith would never crumble feeble as styrofoam
when the worst that could happen is I'd get to go home.
Line of Inquiry
- track where lies the fulcrum of the fragrance of a rose, then likewise find within, your soul.
People murmured, she’s the rose among the thorns
When they saw me playing with my brothers, not alone
Same line was heard more often around
When I raced with little boys, just to get a crown.
Then, I always sang the prayer song of my mother
Asking God to make me grow and bloom like flower
I felt God’s abundant care as my bud bloomed
Into a rose in my community started from home.
As first child and single rose who’d dawned so early
Petals’ exquisite hue displayed more prominently
As floral leaf burgeoned, sprawled... satiated their eyes
My doubt on fragrance, can they smell or feel me inside?
Then, I sang my own prayer song with fervor in my room
Asking God to help me track, diffuse my fragrance’s fulcrum
After a while, I felt God’s unceasing light and reply:
My child, my love's generosity with joy's in your soul, shine, emit, fly.
Line of inquiry: track where lies the fulcrum of the fragrance of a rose, then likewise find within, your soul. By Unseeking Seeker
From whence comes the fragrance of a flower?
At its fulcrum, the floral organs
attach to the stalk, which has poked
up out of the earth to sprout
the beautiful petals -
that sweet-scented face
which I adore
in the form
of the
rose.
My
soul is
like the rose.
I am planted
on this earth, but I
need proper nourishment
to fulfill my roles. Heaven,
please let your sun reign down on me.
My soul, like that of a rose, provides
no sweet fragrance without enlightenment.
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