Long Restrains Poems
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...You make the soil soft
with showers, blessing
sprouting vegetation. (Ps 65:10)
What can cool my tongue
in drought but dew,
my flesh but rain?
I've longed for a fruitful heart,
a rock softened by misty spray
from the fountain.
In my dryness,
I looked up to the rock,
to the source of living stream
to wean me from leanness,
from famished thoughts,
blanched of noble ideas.
Blanched because the heart is dry
for lack of rain; far from
the Heaven's haven.
It pains to roam the wild!
It hurts to swirl in empty space,
consigned to caprice of storm.
Grace tethers me to Christ;
He holds the leash, restrains
me from the brink of death.
So I have hope—the hope of glory
when the trump shall blast,
when my worth winks in His glee.
Then I'll recall the drought
that drove me to his arms,
at the croon of grace.
© 2017 Celestine Ikwuamaesi
The answers deceive
The questions stand
The dancers leave
To track the sand
Round robin conspiracy
Threatens us all
The letters all lower case
The finality TALL
Butting my head
Inside of the line
Where does it end, Father
Maybe this time
The black and the white of it
The tall and the short
The poisons the same
One knife in the pork
New action may draw
What inaction restrains
What once again, once again
Once again drains
So back to the future
Back to the past
Choose not your weapon
You’ve had your last laugh
The wind’s in the vestibule
New breath in the hymn
Your darkness commands
What the light needs to win
The seven unsavory
The eight still to roast
The turkey unstuffed
Leaving room for the ghost
So ride away, ride away
Ride away all
The damage inflicted
This hammer a mall
The blood’s in the alleyway
Life beckons on
Death has been slaughtered
—as begins the new song
(Rosemont Pennsylvania: August, 2014)
Come now brother, lay your head.
The gates swing wide.
Your name is printed in the book of life.
Where demons no longer abide.
The mat on which you laid no longer restrains.
What you endured in the end,
What others saw with saddened eyes,
Is not what I know will ascend.
No smell of smoke and ash for you, my brother.
No gnawing of teeth or tearing of clothes.
No sufferance, no gripe.
No picking of flesh from vultures and crows.
You’ll be in clear skies and streets of gold.
Our mother to embrace and earthly father to see.
Distant, loving friends all gathered,
With love…oh the love and grace you will receive.
Sounds of trumpets blasts open the gates.
A loving embrace of a warming light.
“Well done my son,” Whispered in your ear,
A kiss upon your cheek from He who has all might.
No heavy weight, no broken stride,
Just open arms and perfect rest.
The long dark night is finally gone.
Peace to you, my brother; peace, my love, I profess.
Give me not time or day
For my life is set to fade
Dreams surreal into the realm
I live as If I'm alone on film
Kiss me not upon the lips
Shun me from your tenderness
Against the dawn dark prowls
I taste of past and swallow now
My body declines will my mind live
My soul succumbs my spirit rived
Into the black I seek light
Borrowed wings I soar to flight
Red the earth blue the sea
Heaven above forsake mercy
The gates are locked back I fall
Spiraling down Hell's wall
Dead faces refuse to see
No prayers to lift me
Blood streams from the wall
Stain earth restrains my fall
Devil nor angel free nor slave
I toss and turn within the grave
Beneath I hear the ground break
Demon hands my soul take
Into an abyss of roaring flames
I hear the whispers wisp my name
Against the will of my damned soul
I accept and let it go
Through mist of spirit vapor
From Satan's lung I escape her
As the fog kisses the shore
Back to earth I deplore
Haunting life I cannot be
Taunting beings without mercy
Taking down bitter souls
I mock the gift my hands stole
Naught seems so beautiful O as to see
Winter-wilted greens tender shoots to bear,
Thrushes in tune, triumph of trickery,
That see their eggs getting free foster care
Which, lets her sing through all summer till rains,
Flowers when bloom at their creative best,
The mood all around knows when no restrains,
To see the season reach climaxing crest.
But why, why all this juice and so much joy?
Harsh summer waiting is on ready wings,
Awaiting its reign this mood to destroy,
Yet, seasons’ beauty ends not just with springs,
E’en joys of rich monsoon turn unto cloy
That as ere ‘pon earth Eden’s delight brings.
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Sonnet | 08.02.2026 | beauty, joy, monsoon, rains, spring
Galoshes over my shoes
raincoat zipped up high
Umbrella to protect my head
but that puddle can't be denied
Splash! Splash! puddle jumping
Splash! Splash! puddle jumping
I'm not to blame
the puddle called my name
Let it rain let it pour
it's fun getting wet for sure
Splish and splash, Splash and splish
getting as wet as you wish
Dive right in dance around
getting wet like a happy clown
If mom ask why you didn't avoid the puddle
just smile sweet with a face a fuddle
Get wet get soaked
stomp that water fall and float
Laugh out loud while drenched
puddle jumping is fun cinch
Runny nose and slight chill
mom restrains the urge to kill
Off to bed covers tight
hear the raindrops deep into the night
Sleepy head fast asleep
cozy socks on little feet
End of rainbow slides into a puddle
happy memories our hearts cuddle
living in this flagitious society life becomes numb
yet we extrapolate irrespective reality till we become dumb
mental break downs and frivolous exercises of intellectual contempt
permeates a paradigmatic volition of unparsimonious content
we are axiomatic in our subjective minds as we conceptualize truths
but preconceived notions poison and impede the capacity of our fruits
berayed by the thick insulating cover of vitriolic and obligatory words
you can see with more than our eyes and hear more than whats heard
virtue and value will hurt you in battle
as expression and intention fight for domain
necessity and certainty like humans and cattle
like pride and despair both going insane
miraculous recoveries and extravagant claims
cognitive faculties misfiring as the mind refuses to aim
lost in translation as we wander our brains
a mental castration of parabolic restrains
feelings, opinions and emotions all subjective and chained
like a broken track on a bridge made for a 4,000 ton train
we refuse to abide by the laws in our hearts
as we accept solipsism in whole and in part
judgmental determinist with a maniacal skill
to violate logic and ignore the freewill
you recapitulate hate and promulgate lies
like maggots on a carcass embedded by flies
you are dead in your thoughts and dead in your walk
Trace the outline of your body with a forensic white chalk
to be dead in your mind is to be dead inside time
and if life is subjective theres no reason or rhyme
January 29 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 33-35
Key Verse – Exodus 33:21-22 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by.
FAITH IN GOD WHO COVERS US WITH HIS COMPASSION
God covers us with His compassion as we do His commandment…
Thanks be unto Him for giving us willing hearts to offer with commitment
We need His wisdom to understand by faith our role as ministry-complement
As well as His mercy that grants us contentment.
God covers us with His compassion as we engage in His sanctuary…
Thanks be unto Him for enabling us to declare His Gospel story
We need His hand for us to move on by faith despite attacking worry
As well as His knowledge that teaches us to cling to His victory.
God covers us with His compassion as we respond to His service-calling…
Thanks be unto Him for bringing us to His plan of divine sealing
We need His direction to choose by faith what is righteously fulfilling
As well as His warning that restrains us from unholy dealing.
God covers us with His compassion as we abide in His governance…
Thanks be unto Him for upholding us to stand by His guidance
We need His power to fight by faith worldliness’ disturbance
As well as His strength that helps us in our sin-avoidance.
God covers us with His compassion as we journey with His light…
Thanks be unto Him for protecting us at all sides by His might
We need His vision to behold by faith His divine insight
As well as His illumination that makes His plan for us really bright.
God covers us with His compassion as we reach His standards diligently…
Thanks be unto Him for setting us by His kindness lovingly
We need His truth to establish us by faith upon His doctrines steadfastly
As well as His purity that sanctifies us to serve effectively.
God covers us with His compassion as we cast our burdens to His care…
Thanks be unto Him for cleansing us to be vessels of honour in His stare
We need His Word to triumph by faith in advancing His kingdom’s welfare
As well as His favour that commends our sacrifice of our full share.
January 29, 2025
Enthroned on high. Some call him, " The man in the sky. " His form? Nobody knows...
Solar flares and supernovas are but toys to him! The expanse of the universe cannot contain him. If our solar system was a giant cinema screen, the Earth would be smaller than a pixel!
His unfathomable mind! His magnanimous, dynamic energy is so controlled! He contains and restrains his might! His creations are circular and function in unbreakable cycles.
He gives man the ability to comprehend and the opportunity to become his friend.
The Almighty!
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Source of fire and light,
The Universal Sovereign,
Keeper of The Flame.
Written 7th March 2022
For the " Pick-A-Title, Vol 29 - Poetry Contest "
Title (3) Keeper of The Flame
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Freedom sends wide field of thornless roses from its crown
A crown of victory over conflicts of people and nations
Nations aiming sweet liberty and independence
Independence in a democratic society and government.
Oh, freedom! You’re a priceless treasure!
You’re the greatest gift from our brave heroes
You’re God’s blessing from our brothers whom He’d blessed
We fight and pray for you with all our best.
Freedom delivers us all from any slavery and captivity
Captivity restrains us to fly and soar high without boundary
Boundary that divides brotherhood among countries
Countries that prosper only in unity, harmony and in peace.
Oh, freedom! You’re a priceless treasure!
You’re the most valuable inheritance from our ancestors
You’re God’s blessing from all brothers whom He’d blessed
We fight and pray for you with all our best.
Freedom waves its flag for us always after midnight
Midnight is a new day that’ll soon reveal its golden sunlight
Sunlight that shines brightly into our dreams and aspirations
Aspirations for freedom to ripple forever in all nations.
Freedom, you are the lasting song from our heart
The most delightful poem from our lips to recite
The liveliest beat for our feet to dance
While our eyes are fixed to your unfading expanse
Oh, freedom! You’re a priceless treasure!
You’re the greatest gift from our brave heroes
You’re the most valuable inheritance from our ancestors
You’re the hymn of every land kissed by the waves at the seashore.
March 22, 2022 10.03am