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I Theme To List Toward Secular Humanism

I Theme To List Toward Secular Humanism ©ø¥

Mine excel leant
     powerfully pointed
     nonestablishmentarian
     outlook accesses
     prolix laced threads, whereat
     aye weave with zeal
spinning, sans metaphorical
     loom min esse

     cent invisible wheel
finagling, incorporating, and lurching
     sesquipedalian ward webbing,
     sans existential warp and weft
     asthma trademark seal
begetting poetic offspring
     for no rhyme, nor
     reason and less real

than an actual progeny,
     (das papa percolates,
     per predilection toward prolix)
     as poor substitute
     to apply seminal seal
if only...grace with
     a younger fecund wife,
     where becoming

     pregnant would ap peal
and be chronologically viable
plus said mother
     hood ambition would,
     (asper this 
     hypothetical scenario)
     might warrant me to inculcate,
     and if necessary

     take a knee to kneel
yet stopping short
     of any Machiavellian
     (cut throat...er rather
     umbilical cord) tactics to activate
     no explanation why
     hankering to create
additional "NO FAKE"

     fallacy aye in inflate
cuz, nothing compares
     to sire (with love) 
     heir or Harris heiress,
     and coveting father hood again
     a son or daughter
     even though pushing late
fifties, which age finds me

     to instagram, shutterfly,
     or snapchat with disbelief
aware that divulgence to experience
     such poignant pang mate
be attributed to absence
     of mine deux darling daughters
ah...juiced a small
     pipe (petty filed)

     whet dream wracking ma pate
no great expectations
     by dick ends
     for any physically
     intimate tete a tete

thus assimilate call
     of the wild crafting writings
     with my huff firm mitt heave
     gen till loin that doth undulate.


Salvation

Salvation 

(A lone voice whispers)

Do you believe in absorbing esoteric supernatural impressions 

To clear your pathways
Of all mental or traumatic depression's

To then walk down life's  metaphysical runways

Like a young Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel or an inspired

Paul Poiret

If so
Because I believe 
In you

Always be optimistic and open to being positive when exploring newer experiences

For true belief
Lies in the right mindset in all you do

To transform your soul into your best version of a sage or mystic

Allowing you to chase stars and wild Middle Earth dreams

To bind old mistakes and fears
To white metaphorical feathers 

To throw them into the healing fires within your mind

For their old powers over you 

In the unconscious rising smoke retire

As you learn which new bridges to cross

And which old bridges to burn

For sacred self-knowledge and empowerment is ubiquitous 

A chimera

A conjunction of wild beasts
Roaming wild

Living life through 
Eight letters called Salvation

Which to the child of the Revived

Like you
Cannot never ever be denied

(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Silent Inflictions

Childhood is a ship,
preparing to set sail,
but not all harbors are kind

the ocean a mysterious enigma.

Not all inflictions are visible,
some bruises remain invisible.
Not all trauma can be expressed,
so the past is buried - still breathing.

Ghosts resurface, with subtlest of hints.

When we are born,
we are 'freshly decorated' boats.
Preparing to set sail through unknown waters,
longing to venture to foreign shores.

Yet, what is hidden underneath deep ripples,
is not innocent, like my childhood heart -
powerless, helpless, defenseless.

An anthology of a villain and his victims

Sins of my father,
once plagued my mother's tears.
Her anchor became a burden of heavy fears,
so drought, dehydrated her river bed.

To escape constant waves of rage,
my mind set sail to seek safer shores. 
On my boat, I was my own captain.

Steps of thunder, 
followed me through turbulent tides,
yet, spirit found courage to row faster -
to this day, I've never known how.

Maybe, I could not let his blood define me.

I watched, in horror, as his terror,
drowned my petrified siblings -
I wonder, why they did not sail away,
were their anchors, consumed with reality?

When words struck like metaphorical daggers,
sirens of the sea, serenaded with songs of sorrow.
But, my soul knew the sun would offer redemption -
finally unchain me from the darkness of adolescence.

Through passages of life,
what was once a boat in troublesome times,
is now a ship, settled on stable seas.

Example for Inflictions contest.
Silent One
8 August 2020
© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Star Gate - Metaphor

Star-Gate is illusive, as Genesis is evasive
EL-OH-AOW-ARE-U, can this be true...
     "first human words"

In Earth's beginning, we begat to know, *WHOM*
was this keeper of our Star-Gate...
who then is WHOM? perhaps this answer lies
deep within a Tomb...

Einstein only lost his scientific atmospheric papers, this
has pushed us far apart, it would appear, while

(This is True}
Ivis Cartisha Archeologist provides a New Start
his trained-eye is caught by another tablet of
Hieroglyphics,*OUR FIRST WORDS* from our Heart
man uttered... Ra-M-ss also Th-Uth-M-s!
(This first word is Ramss, his beloved King)

Metaphor:

Through our Star-Gate blacken hue, our Black
moon... blocks your View...
your science takes you past our Sun, this is...
not Bright my Son's...

Star-Gate may be found off their opposite direction
that dark-side of your Sphere, it has no reflection

We are *WHOM* you seek, from your start, Why...
look in sun 'Bright space' when you depart...
pointing you over here WOW through...
Our metaphorical Star-Gate, Rates!.

Treasures In You

By George P. Lumayag
https://georgelumayag.weebly.com/


During the exploration period,
Treasures were the biggest routes of great explorers.
 
And, now, a treasure is the reason
Why I speak before you, Sharlaine on your debut.
 
It’s my pleasure to speak about treasures
That I wish you may have for a lifetime.
 
I have offered you a metaphorical jewelry box and a jar
For you to keep all your treasures.
 
Be open-minded, be compassionate, and loving
‘coz treasures are not only precious stones.
 
Try to consider good words
and sweet memories are also your timeless treasures.
 
You should share to all that such lofty reasons reside
To their minds, hearts and souls!
 
Happy 18th Birthday, Sharlaine!
Form: Couplet


Premium Member Splitting Sunsets

Sometimes my soul 
resembles distant horizons, 
like burning stars 
abandoned between
  dusk and dawn.

When the 
     sky hangs 
as heavy as 
    my hazy heart, 
I search for a sign 
from heaven 
   to soothe 
the somber sequences 
of nature blanketing 
   mountains of misery, 
as the spectrum of 
colors is full of deception.

Maybe the universe 
illustrates splitting 
sunsets within 
my murky thoughts,
As I'm oblivious to 
   the rhythm of 
riveting songs of spring.
I sing 
  tunes of autumn, 
orchestrated in 
   black and white, 
grey refrains remain 
locked as an encrypted 
  mystery of winter land, 
within 
   esoteric hieroglyphics 
blowing as 
   tornadoes of hurt.
I am envious of the 
sound of comforting rain, 
and clouds
   carrying chaos-
weeping reveries of angst.

But what if these
translucent tears 
and the anxiety I 
    try to hide,
fall like 
   mists of
        haunting memories, 
 to follow the moon-glade,
ruffling along 
  sterling ripples, 
unravelling 
 jasmine compassion 
across rivers of 
   scattered gems, 
would I then feel 
the light of love, 
 synchronize
a eucalyptus lullaby 
 that sketches 
amethyst amulets 
   through 
midnight fears,
to embrace these 
   fragile dandelion wishes, 
behind metaphorical
fields of periwinkle flowers.

My dreams are fading, 
whilst darkness whirls 
in unending circles.
I am barely breathing,
as the silhouette of
      a pale sapphire 
shatters into a 
       sea of sadness.
For you have 
   cast a shadow
upon the sun 
  within my mind,
and all that's left 
 in this eclipsed realm 
is the petrichor scent 
of healing,
 amidst 
  the dying petals 
in my balcony, 
  that mimic flames of 
life and betrayals.

Maybe, it is from 
  the aftermath of storms, 
we flourish rainbow 
    roses soaked 
in redolent incense-
roaming through 
an opaque canvas of clarity.

Goodbye and Good Riddance 2019

Commencement writing this poem
began December 24th: 08:04:03 PM
ended December 24th: 09:23:17 PM.

Soon Auld Lang Syne
sung bidding goodbye
adieu two thousand nineteen
uttered from every gal and guy
transfixing living mortals
with good cheer well nigh,
while awesome pyrotechnics
light up night sky.

All across world wide web
hope springs eternal
rocking and rolling creatures
woke out their hibernal
phase, where new year 
rings optimism jockeys
to thwart diabolical, infernal
offal, venal... bare beer bellies
race with full bladders
elbowing way to nearest urinal.

Infinitesimal metaphorical eye blink
yet,... utopian wishes
transcending personal resolutions,
while champagne glasses clink
booze legitimated, liberated

to quaff another drink
who knows mankind, and
all species may become extinct
climate change if anthropomorphized...,
a party spoiler rat fink
aye bet same phenomena,

that also caused human missing link
wild hypothesis, I admit
yours truly did misthink
merely speculating as
fingers spuriously plink

MacBook keyboard
upon completion, I will uplink
rhyme without reason,
than succumb to zeeland,
where dreams conjured courtesy
rapid eye movement lidded wink.

Though veritable stranger
to thee dear reader,
I read dull admit,
nonetheless hope ya summon true grit
threading thru maze of life adhering
to credos, dogma, ethics... mostly legit
yet take to the activist streets 
if necessary and ABSOLUTELY vote
if prior to election day,

ye complete eighteenth orbit
cuz, commander in chief,
he will not concede nor quit
power monger loathe
to relinquish presidency
grounding country into
Grade A s*¡t
(use your imagination, and
sure call this mister a twit.

All joking aside,
yours truly wishes ye well
write and share, cuz
no doubt you got lots to tell
plus the writing process

cathartic, fantastic, therapeutic
to express concerns, emotions,
far out predictions... eke quell
or greater than mine,
an ordinary garden variety fell
ho...ho...ho... within Schwenksville I dwell.

Circus Life

Circus Life

Inside, it smells like death and pain. 
And two beasts guard 
the heart of my brain. 
Puzzles and pieces 
scatter from the hilt. 
My spine breaks under
this mountain of guilt. 

Colors and feelings 
are nothing compared to 
believing 
The awful stench 
inside my head.
Bleeding with ink
and clouded with dread. 

Beast number one rears its ugly head
and says my dear, what do you most dread? 
Well, that's metaphorical 
and certainly quite volatile. 
But let me sit and think. 
I suppose, she replies, that what causes that stink
is my brain one day 
running out of ink. 

Beast number one 
guards feelings and reelings 
Beast number one roars 
Day after day, guards cycles 
and riffles. 
But beast number one, to me 
he just says
'These thoughts, they are 
just all in your head.'

Beast number two, 
well, she is rather blue. 
About all this pain, 
you see, she has it too, 
and above all she is 
most difficult to tame. 
But each day from her head
Reels the stuff that she dreads,
And lands in my heart, each day, it can't start.
But each day, it's the same. 

But past all the beasts 
And tricks and applause; 
Sneak under this tent, 
and do mind the claws. 
All mirrors obstruct her 
from the crowd. 
So she sees all her flaws 
and her thoughts are so loud. 

Too loud for the number one 
circus attraction. 
Step up, step two, gents,
she loves the attention. 
Watch her preen and 
watch her prance. 
My dears, lead her 
in this next dance. 
Her mind is far gone 
so she is your pawn 
to do with whatever you please. 

But inside, she roars 
And she fights and she pleads
For her mind to stop spinning 
so loud at the beginning 
And she tries too hard to fly
Away from this mess, 
away from distress. 
The funeral beds 
are laced with her dread
and she wonders just when 
she might die. 

So she creeps from the tent 
and she blinks in the sun.
And she sees people round her
preying off her for fun. 

But free, she can never be. 
For her mind is where 
she seems to be 
Till her very last dying breath.
Only she will be the master 
of her own death.
Form: Rhyme

Blood Tests At Labcorp Equals Vial Experience

Friday the thirteenth, (September
tooth house hind nineteen)
dark shadows winessed scads of bats
(base sic cully lobbing soupy Matzo balls)

eyeing yours truly as seldom seen
human sacrificial cuisine,
which dime a dozen story true story
red within tabloid National Enquirer 'zine.

Minus blood sucking mammals more averse
than bill collectors or insurance companies
bared fangs greeted yours truly courtesy
of bloodthirsty nurse
triggering instantaneous qualm
ordinarily, I dune hot feel averse
nor nain availing one arm or the other,

wherein needle tip doth stick
prominent vein, yet an idling hearse
unwittingly induced heightened alarm,
on flip Wilson side... sense and sensibility

awoke regarding no impact upon purse
anyway death could never as worse
compared to hand to mouth
dirty deeds done... dirt poor curse.

A deep inhalation induced relaxed state
courtesy ujjayi breath
filled lungs to alleviate
(yea right slim/fat chance analogous
to one sniveling, mutering, groveling...

writer wannabe called upon to curate)
quirky rhyming scribblings
attempting to pass muster
easily, joyfully, worthily...
declared poet laureate

hence hastily erected castle
in the sky fate
meeting divine heavenly lorded
tailor tete a tete

gradually alleviated helter skelter
mental condition within pate
experienced sudden calm
displaced initial panic, thus great
ecstasy donned "FAKE" trumpeting guise

knowing within short shrift
death would assimilate
me, while providing fancy feast
where Desmodontinae
would undulate

this vampire weekend,
aware I prevaricate
and horrible anecdote purely
meant to demonstrate
how believability easily
wrought to fascinate

(ha) captive audience,
he/she exhibiting skeptical trait
might doubt claim (mine), who as inmate
within human zoo forced to risk death
defying daredevil metier height
figurative tightrope walker I gyrate

balanced on iambic foot in toto
all the while able to coordinate
vaguely flowing continuity
eventually metaphorical
erythrocytes coagulate.

Just For the Sake of Saying Hello

Just for the sake of saying "hello"

Courtesy garden variety/generic common Joe
who strives to achieve becoming 
(even posthumously) 
an esteemed writer likened to outstanding poe
whit – perhaps illusions 
of grandeur must be reined in 
courtesy horse sense and Whoa!

A short time ago today
(the ides of March 2021)
upon returning from nearest LIDL
(located at 1831 E Ridge Pike,
Royersford, Pennsylvania 19468
Latitude: 40.1845 Longitude: -75.5360),

I realized too late the opportunity
to exchange pleasant greetings
with another resident (a young man,
who shares a similar physique
to yours truly).

Preoccupied removing comestibles -
predominantly nine plastic
gallon jugs of distilled water
(tightly packed within large suitcase,
which luggage formerly
belonged to Boyce Harris - papa)
the notion occurred
(ex post facto).

Cursory aforementioned observation,
(viz forfeited interpersonal opportunity)
unexpectedly impetus awoke
regarding said unnamed bloke
(who I've seen scant
number of times before)
friendly exchange thus didst evoke

idea to craft poem,
cuz pleasant demeanor
generates figurative chain reaction
livingsocial among other
(mostly elderly) folk
here at Highland Manor
this credo to befriend others I invoke

(by Dickens) with little
or no great expectations
motivates me to risk
playing game of life no joke,
but good humor a masterstroke,
one generic American notes tis oak
kay for yours truly not to poke

intrusively, (albeit rudely
he thinks) and possibly also stoke
antipathy by ignoring
formalities of pleasantness
in either case saddle and yoke
me with unflattering
nom de plume.

Additionally I will allow
enable, and provide tolerance
if recipient of mine genuine
companionable intent
declines overture as potential
future bosom buddy
and/or sounding board,
plus will defend self
against blistering, excoriating, scathing...
metaphorical nonetheless hurtful assaults

against mine brow
will not figurative undermine
paltry self esteem, but endow
redoubled effort to risk
making acquaintance(s) and consort
with persons who cross my path
their nose in the air
trumpeting arrogance and how
never be deterred toward livingsocial
such personal promise I vow.
Form: Rhyme

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