Long On your guard Poems

The Lay of The Best Man - Part Five


Have you heard about the bespectacled man who wore his glasses to bed?
Because when he awoke mornings his dreams were all blurry in his head.
And what about...

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Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, “You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about...

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My sweet child
My daughter
Be on guard
Be on guard of the man
Who plays on your heartstrings…
Not with flirtatious smile
Nor with flexed muscles
Not with devouring eyes
Nor with intellectual prowess
Or clothes so fine

No, these you can resist
You can...

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Faith, The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

How is your faith, will it hold up under life's weight or would you fold from being worldly controlled or, do your faith...

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Lies. All lies
You are lying 
But do you also realise u are lying to urself
Who have you become
Where have you gone
And look how you are right now
You hang out with liars who normalise lying
They lie...

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The other night we took a pottery class and I wish I could convey…the excitement we both felt with our hands immersed in clay.

In some ways we felt like kids again…perhaps that’s the appeal…as we...

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An Ancient crazy Ox, 
Once had a whacking job,
Breaking on the dance floor,
One too many holes to show!
 
A sleepy grizzly bear on four,
Drinking ale with a drunkard 
boar,
On board a rocking Boat with 
one...

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To My Friends…From Brooks

I know it’s hard to believe
In this poem of mine
That I find it very difficult
To spin the right words to rhyme

The amazing gift God gave me
Of so many friends who cared
Through all...

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With all the hype on 2012
Are we heading towards our hell
The calendars predict, a drastic change
They coincide, now aint that strange

Should we believe that this is the end
With signs all around, that we can’t mend
Or...

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Gothic Pets

Must of conjured up three demon cats from the depths of hell
What Halloween mischief does their presence foretell
Cat-lions roar, mincemeat!
Kids scared off with no treat  
I think I’ll keep my new pets around...

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Walking down the path of life,
the path splits. Left or right?
You make your choice, but the
the path splits again. Left, center, or right?
Again you choose and continue
life’s journey. Again and again
the path splits, becoming
more and...

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When in her best behavior:

    she smiles so sweetly
    and she loves so freely;

    she speaks so softly
    and she adores so dearly.

But...

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Where are you running to child?
                             ...

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Be assured your gardening secrets are held intact, never to be revealed, due to the magic faerie code.
Confidences among the lilacs are kept through this world into the next one, secured by these flying orbs.
Faerie...

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A Dog's Life
By Roy Merritt

He likes to pee on trees and smell his neighbor's ***
He likes to chase balls and roll 'round in the grass
And sometimes fight with others and have to run away
And still...

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POINT 
 
Against this concept you should be on your guard.                  
A point is exact uncompromising, harsh, hard:
It...

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What is a friend? I will tell you.
It is a person with whom you dare  to be yourself.
Your soul can be naked with him.
He seems to ask from you to put on nothing, only...

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Lord bless the little children
Each and every one
Protect them from corruption
And all the bad things done.

Let them keep their innocence
Let them keep their love
Let them keep anything
That comes from up above

May they live life happy
May...

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Life brings us many temptations
but God has His remedy warning take care
listen well to His counsel so clear
to ignore them shows a mind so bare

The Lord God Himself loves us so much
showing His care saying...

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This is a day of real deep declension
the clouds look to be drawing near
Jesus warned us of such an evil day
when mankind will have much to fear

This world has consistently rejected God
more and more as...

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The black man has had a life full of trauma
Forget what you heard save the drama for your mama
When will the struggles for the black man end 
When we will come together as a people...

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Listen to God that's sure wise
for He knows you inside out
His way is narrow but always true
a sure fire blessing without doubt

Every day without fail be watching
on your guard listen at heavens gate
for God shall...

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You catch them hanging out
Pretty much on the edge 
Of the cranium
Where they like to lay their eggs

They keep you remembering
All that you should know
If you need to have a name
They go by the mindful

Once...

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You catch them hanging out
Pretty much on the edge 
Of the cranium
Where they like to lay their eggs

They keep you remembering
All that you should know
If you need to have a name
They go by the mindful

Once...

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The Moaner.

Too many cooks in the kitchen they're bound to spoil the broth.
Too much soap in the bath tub it's over-run with froth.
Not enough coal on the fire it needs stoking to keep you from...

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