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Though you possessed the moon and stars,
you are bound to fate and wed to chance.
Your lips deny they crave a kiss;
your feet deny they ache to dance.
Your heart imagines wild romance.
Though you cupped fire in your hands
and molded incandescent forms,
you are barren now, and—spent of flame—
the ashes that remain are borne
toward the sun upon a storm.
You, who demanded more, have less,
your heart within its cells of sighs
held fast by chains of misery,
confined till death for peddling lies—
imprisonment your sense denies.
You, who collected hearts like leaves
and pressed each once within your book,
forgot. None—winsome, bright or rare—
not one was worth a second look.
My heart, as others, you forsook.
But I, though I loved you from afar
through silent dawns, and gathered rue
from gardens where your footsteps left
cold paths among the asters, knew—
each moonless night the nettles grew
and strangled hope, where love dies too.
Freedom, is heaven’s refrain!
It is God’s wish for all --
God’s beaming, ringing, trilling
soulful proclamation!
Rejoice...rejoice! Rejoice!
Sin is defeated. Let all our muted trumpets, together, those of every righteous being
unplugged, proclaim unfiltered, infused with infinite breath, rejoice!
Hear all created miracles, undefeated,
thunder Our Lord’s victory refurbished~ Christ is your triumphant, divine expression!
As the Choirs of good angels soothe the once inflamed hearts and minds
of their demon brothers and sisters, rejoice! Restore now wondrous,
blessed harmony! From all sanctified kingdoms, will out foul sedition.
Loudly declare all dimensions free from adulterous imprisonment. Liberate
perfect essence from Murderous rebellion.
The steel shackles of sin are now
broken, dissolved. Rejoice! Rejoice!
Sing out...loud and clearly --
Fill earth with effulgent echo, radiating spiritual bliss. let all
unsettling sentiments of supernal
fragmentation once again purely solidify,
reconstituted, repealing man’s polluted, scathing
ways. Lands, rivers and seas…Rejoice.
Stars, moons and their dark spaces between, light with
brotherly gleam! Rejoice! Bid all lifeforms celebrate! Man’s carnivorous
appetite at last subdued. Tamed and
conquered. It is the Lord’s hour! It is man’s
redeeming hour! It is Father’s
Grace and love come full circle.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!
Satan, himself, humbled before
the Throne of God, in true
abidance and repentance --
Christ heals, mends all minds and
hearts. Projecting eternal happiness; countless blessings forever multiplied,
richly indivisible. Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!
February 2 Scripture Meditations Based on Numbers 19-23
Key Verse – Numbers 21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DELIVERANCE
Thank You for delivering me from sin-imprisonment
Whenever I call unto Your name in my miserable predicament
Especially during iniquity-attacks, bringing torment
That incapacitate me against spiritual involvement.
Thank You for delivering me from transgression-perishing
Whenever I cry for Your help in my weak languishing
Especially during frustrations caused by goal-crashing
That pull me away against divine refreshing.
Thank You for delivering me from filthiness-corruption
Whenever I cling to Your holiness in my fleshly corruption
Especially during struggles in health’s affliction
That debilitate me against faith-increase and good works’ fruition.
Thank You for delivering me from futility-vanity
Whenever I cleave to Your truth in my laxity
Especially during doubt-bouts and perplexity
That drive me against trusting Your authority.
Thank You for delivering me from materialism-worldliness
Whenever I come to Your throne justified by Your righteousness
Especially during craving sessions while tempted by lustfulness
That bring me out against Your will’s blessedness
Thank You for delivering me from abomination-idolatry
Whenever I cast all my cares to Your throne of glory
Especially during prayerlessness’ visits midst anxiety and worry
That thwart me against advancing Your kingdom’s territory.
February 2, 2022
We Are Not Afraid
Why should we be afraid?
If this were the case,
Then there would be no United States.
The founding fathers were not afraid
To face imprisonment or death;
General Washington led the Continental Army
To defeat British tyranny in America.
And if the Electoral College had not been constituted,
Abraham Lincoln would not have been elected.
And if President Lincoln had been afraid
Of the plantation owners, sympathizers,
And the Supreme Court justices,
Black Americans would still be enslaved.
And so, when bullied for political belief,
Remember FDR’s inaugural speech
To the nation during the Great Depression:
“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.”
Stand up and say, “We are not afraid!”
***
Notes:
1) George Washington(1732–1799) : 1st President of the United States (1789 to 1797)—no political party.
2) Abraham Lincoln(1809–1865) : 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865)—Republican Party.
3) Franklin D. Roosevelt(1882–1945) : 32nd President of the United States (1933 to 1945)—Democratic Party.
4) Sept. 17, 1787: The “Constitution of the United States of America” was adopted and signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
5) March 6, 1857: ‘Dred Scott Decision, aka Dred Scott v. Sandford’ (United States Supreme Court): ruling 7–2 in favor of Sandford. In the opinion authorized by Chief Justice Roger Taney stated that ‘Persons of African descent cannot be, nor were ever intended to be, citizens under the U.S. Constitution…’ i.e., Black people were not and never could be American citizens and therefore not protected under the Constitution.
6) November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected POTUS with 40% of the popular vote but won the majority of the electoral college with 180 electoral votes out of 303. One hundred and fifty-two electoral votes were needed to win.
7) The Great Depression (1929–1939): The Great Depression was a period of severe economic hardship, affecting the industrialized Western world.
Shall I dare think of him?
The darkest glistening eyes,inviting me to sin.
Profoundly lost, when soft sounds from his throat called.
Twas a full moon Spring midnight in Chicago.
My goose pimpled back caressed by warm brick walls.
Your hands on my hips,time carved,never erased.
A grin, wonderfully naughty, I will remember.
Closing my eyelids in a forever springtime night.
Yes, yes and yes...Then, no,no,and no.
His young butterfly, ever so softly moaned.
Enamored and lost in his twilight net.
Would that I could turn back the rigid times and be!
With you, your velvet-winged monarch butterfly.
Your most willing captive, most joyfully caught forever.
Come now...cast your net~my willing imprisonment.
February 9, 2020
Midnight PST
Being A Superhero ,Stop the crime and Save the whole universe:
Fight crimes and save lives.
With superpowers, one day.
Might save the planet!
Are we truly pure?
Innocent mortals that are attached
to the surfaces of Earth as if they
were are own....?
Are our souls truly filled with the
toxic sins that were passed down
to us from our ancestor so long ago?
The sins that have caused the flesh on
our bodies to decay once our time has come.
The sins that caused humanity to question
the true meaning of love and hate while secretly
we choose to go against the meaning thats
more important.
What kind of these biggest crimes or sins against humanity
Murder, Extermination, Enslavement, deportation, imprisonment;
Torture, Rape, Persecutions on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds , Enforced disappearance of persons, The crime of apartheid;
Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health;all are biggest crimes
According to International Criminal Court
And these all biggest crimes against humanity have soild punishment and may be punish like death.
life to you is a race
And you keep moving with pace
For every hurdle you scale
You find another few rails
And all that you chase
Moves quicker than your haste
And now you bow your face
In hate
Every footstep a mistake
Hard to erase
And when Every move fails
And it aches
Look within your base
With faith
You'll find in your suitcase
All that suits your case
And when you should embrace
And praise
If you embark on yet another race
Then you shall race, race & race
Until you come to understand
That life is beyond
My Understanding
Your Understanding
For LIFE is a MYSTERY
By Miss Aliza Kashmala Kiran.
Everything happened as though a dream,
Though it left in me a permanent gleam;
My imprisonment, for no fault of mine, was fixed,
Treason - they said - feelings in me got mixed;
Neglecting the National anthem - the F.I.R said,
Thinking of what's going to dawn made me dread;
News Papers had already foreseen my end,
Life imprisonment, to such persons, was the day's trend;
My advocate, though knew matters clearly, shun,
As though, in my case, intricacies, spun;
Nightmares in me, of dark cells, appeared often,
As though, I, from there, straight went into my coffin?
It's, then, my neighbor, whom I had hated,
For his social status, which, I felt, had outdated;
Who knew me well that I was, in truth, patriotic,
And felt how my life, then, had gone chaotic;
Being a legal practitioner, he took up my case,
Enabled me to be free from the clutches, by grace;
How would I ever in my repay him?
I felt like kissing him till my heart's very brim...!!!
13 February 2023
I Felt Like Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Charles Messina
Any would be dictator can easily
close down an open and free society.
In order to do so 10 steps must be put into play
and these 10 steps are in place in America today.
*
1. Invoke An Internal And External Threat
Mission Accomplished:
Our country is under attack by terrorists.
2. Create Secret Prisons Where Torture Takes Place
Mission Accomplished:
Detainee camps are in America and at the various off shore military base.
3. Develop A Paramilitary Force
Mission Accomplished:
BlackWater of course.
4. Surveill Ordinary Citizens
Mission Accomplished:
Our streets are now flooded with surveillance systems.
5. Infiltrate Citizens' Groups
Mission Accomplished:
Government moles have been documented spying on you.
6. Detain And Release Ordinary Citizens
Mission Accomplished:
This occurs at all airports over and over again.
7. Target Key Individuals
Mission Accomplished:
(eg., Valerie Plame, Drew Griffin, The Dixie Chick girls)
8. Restrict The Press
Mission Accomplished:
Many outspoken journalists are threatened with imprisonment or arrest.
9. Recast Criticism As Espionage And Dissent As Treason
Mission Accomplished;
Many protesters now arrested get charged with terrorism.
10. Subvert The Rule Of Law
Mission Accomplished:
Bush's bill signing statements has subverted US Constitutional Law like never before.
A PIECE OF MY MIND
“Let me give you, a piece of my mind,”
Is the saying, when you’re about to be told,
But there’s a lesson worth saving, many to learn
worth considering before releasing their scold.
Unbeknownst to the person if they only knew,
When saying all that they’ve longed to say,
The piece of mind imparted, can never be reclaimed,
And then there is hell to pay.
For in giving someone a piece of your mind,
You’ve empowered an occupancy,
An imprisonment that all parties now captured inside,
And are now under lock and key.
Not just the one who was emptied upon,
given the tongue lashing they received,
But the giver from the abundance of the heart who spoke,
Will suffer for their own words believed.
But only One there’ll ever be, that can break every chain
And set ones imprisoned free,
tortured minds that are living words spoken in anger,
causing pain, depression, and disease.
He is the Lord Jesus, Prince of Peace,
New life giver, to all in need,
restoring peace to all pieces, of minds and remnants,
of those imprisoned by their own words or deeds.
So if ever you have suffered giving pieces of your mind,
or have had pieces slowly chipped away,
for the hungry souls that have longed for freedom,
And to just see the light of day,
Light, Life, and Love have come to save you,
Jesus said I Am the Way,
The Truth by the cross demonstrating forgiveness,
Peace for peace, mine for yours to pay.
Sweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar [1460-1525]
translation by Michael R. Burch
Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest in bounty and in beauty clear
and in every virtue that is held most dear,
except only that you are merciless.
Into your garden, today, I followed you;
there I saw flowers of freshest hue,
both white and red, delightful to see,
and wholesome herbs, waving resplendently,
yet everywhere, no odor but rue.
I fear that March with his last arctic blast
has slain my fair rose of pallid and gentle cast,
whose piteous death does my heart such pain
that, if I could, I would compose her roots again,
so comforting her bowering leaves have been.
Desdemona
by Michael R. Burch
Though you possessed the moon and stars,
you are bound to fate and wed to chance.
Your lips deny they crave a kiss;
your feet deny they ache to dance.
Your heart imagines wild romance.
Though you cupped fire in your hands
and molded incandescent forms,
you are barren now, and?spent of flame?
the ashes that remain are borne
toward the sun upon a storm.
You, who demanded more, have less,
your heart within its cells of sighs
held fast by chains of misery,
confined till death for peddling lies?
imprisonment your sense denies.
You, who collected hearts like leaves
and pressed each once within your book,
forgot. None?winsome, bright or rare?
not one was worth a second look.
My heart, as others, you forsook.
But I, though I loved you from afar
through silent dawns, and gathered rue
from gardens where your footsteps left
cold paths among the asters, knew?
each moonless night the nettles grew
and strangled hope, where love dies too.
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