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At twelve forty-five, the clock struck one,
and when it had seen what it had done,
after sixty more minutes flew,
that timekeeper struck two.
It never learned, next to the shelf:
"Always keep your hands to yourself",
so, it continued its violent spree.
An hour later, it struck three.
Reinforcements came through the door -
but, too late, that timepiece struck four.
We could only hope to stay alive,
when Big Bad Ben struck five.
We knew we were in a terrible fix
when that chronometer struck six.
Three went to hell, four to heaven,
when that outsized watch struck seven.
The FBI came to investigate
when that mad sundial struck eight.
The national guard stood in a line,
and the ticking demon struck nine.
I prayed it would never happen again.
Just then, the awful beast struck ten.
When I cast my eyes up to heaven,
that hunk of gears struck eleven.
Into the hour's nature, my mind did delve,
as the clock, time's agent, struck twelve.
A riddle: how much blood did it spill?
Seventy-eight, it would kill.
And now, by order of fate's decree,
time is racing after me.
So, when I hear the clock strike one.
I know it's time to run.
Psalm of praise
Oh Jah, we laud you
for your magnificence
as the one and only true God
and Sovereign of the universe.
Your splendor is beyond
our imagination and your glory
surpasses all conscious thought.
Even so, you take notice of us,
mere mortal man, less than the dust
on your celestial scales are we.
We are less than nothing
and yet you dignify us
by granting us to be
made in your image.
How we need to abound
in your marvelous qualities
of love, justice wisdom and power,
to be able to help those who oppose you
and deny your existence,
and your Authority.
Only because of your humility and mercy
do you continue to sustain us here
on our earthly dwelling place-
we are so undeserving yet by your grace,
your undeserved kindness
we exist and move and breathe.
Our very lives depend on your mercy,
your loving care is evident
in the beauty of the sun
as it rises and sets,
marking the limits
of our days and our nights.
We marvel Sovereign Lord,
at how marvelously we are made,
not only us but the everlasting cosmos,
how you have ordered
their existence by your command -
and by your dynamic energy
all continues to function precisely
and harmoniously as you have designed.
You the great Timekeeper,
have all things under your control,
and for all things there is an appointed time,
all according to your will and purpose.
How we rejoice at the prospect of life everlasting
in a paradise earth, when all things
will have been restored back to perfection.
Hallelujah, praise Jah,
all you heavens and earth,
and and all who enjoy Godly
peace in his everlasting glory!
September 16,2019
John Derek Hamilton
abecedarian
God is absolute; God is able; God is almighty.
God beckons; God bestows; God blesses.
God is the Creator; God is the Christ; God is the Comforter.
God designs; God directs; God delivers.
God exonerates; God encourages; God empowers.
God forgives; God is faithful; God is forever.
God is good; God is great; God is grace.
God hears; God heeds; God heals.
God initiates; God invites; God intercedes.
God is joyful; God is jealous; God is just.
God knows; God kindles; God keeps.
God listens; God lingers; God loves.
God is masterful; God is merciful; God is majestic.
God nurtures; God never fails; God numbers our hairs.
God is omniscient; God is omnipresent; God is omnipotent.
God is patient; God pardons; God provides.
God quiets; God quickens; God qualifies.
God is real; God is right; God reigns.
God is strong; God is sufficient; God is sovereign.
God is timely; God is timeless; God is the Timekeeper.
God is undeniable; God is unchanging; God is unending.
God is victorious; God is vigilant; God is vast.
God is worthy; God is wise; God is waiting.
God x-plains; God yearns; God is zealous.
written Augst 31, 2014
THEY SAID HE HAD A POOR ATTITUDE
HE WAS A SORE LOSER
A PERSON WHO TRAINED HARD
AND FOLLOWED COACHES INSTRUCTION
BUT WOULD SELDON TAKE DEFEAT IN STRIDE
HE WAS SEEN BY HIS FOOLOW COMRADS AS
A PERSON YOU WANT ON YOUR SIDE
BUT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO COMPETE DIRECTLY WITH HIM
BECAUSE HE LACKED A MORAL SENCE OF OBLIGATION
HE WHIND LIKE A BRAT.
HE'D CAUSE HIS PARTNERSHIPS TO LACK FOCUS
HE'D OFTEN BE SEEN WITH
FOES OF HIS FREINDS
CAUSING THEM TO NEVER REALLY TRUST HIM
HE LACKED A SENSE OF DIRECTION
AND WHEN THOSE WHO SAW COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS
WOULD BENEFIT BOTH
HE'D DO SOMETHING TO CAUSE VICTORY: BUT HE LACKED
THE STAY-IT-IST THAT TEAM WORK NEEDS
TO HAVE A COHESIVE GELLING.
WE CELEBRATED HIM AS BEST IN THE WORLD
THIS WAS DONE WHEN HE BECAME THE
FIVE TROPHY CHAMPION DEFEATING
A MAN WHO WAS SMARTER, TALLER, FASTER, MORE AGILE
AND SOME SAID MORE CUNNING.
HE SAW PAST HIS FAULTS AND DECIDED HE WAS THE BEST IN THE WORLD
AND ALL HE NEEDED TO DO WAS DEFEAT THE CHAMPION TO DO SO.
HE DID: SEVERAL PEOPLE WISHED HIM DEFEATED
THEY CONSORTED, PLOTTED, SCHEMED, AND EVEN CHALLENGED HIM
BUT ONE MAN SAID HE WAS EQUAL IN STANDINGS TO
THE MAN THE WORLD CALLED CHAMPION. a FELLA THAT REPRESENTED THREE COMPANIES AS CHAMPION, WON HIS SIXTH CHAMPIONSHIP FUSSING THE TITLES CREATING
A NEW NAME FOR HIS REPRESENTATION. SIX COMPANIES CALLED HIM CHAMPION,
HE REFUSE TO DEFEND THE BELTS SEPARATELY, AND HE
PUT IN HIS CONTRACT UNLESS HIS COMPANIES WOULD FULLY TRY ON NATIONAL TELEVISION TO SUPPORT HIS EFFORTS AS THE ONLY
AND TRUE COMBINED CHAMPION, HE WOULD FORFEIT THE TITLES CAUSING ALL SIX COMPANIES TO HAVE TO DEVELOP TOURNAMENTS.
WELL IT WORKED
SOMEONE SAW A PROFIT IN WHAT WAS HAPPENING
AND 11 COMPANIES CAN TOGETHER FOR ONE NIGHT IN COSTA RICO.
THEY CALLED THE EVENT
"NTAEUS'S CROWNING" THE MAIN EVENT WAS CALLED CROWNING ARTAEUS" THEY WRESTLED FOR 56:59 MINUTES WHEN THE TIME KEEPER RANG THE BELL.
HIS CLOCK HAD BEEN OFF SET. SOME CITED INTERFERENCE. bUT THE TIMEKEEPER HAD BEEN SWORN TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OF MORAL CODING.
BOTH CHAMPIONS THINK THE BOUT WAS AT A DRAW WERE SUPRISED TO HEAR, THE THE ATHLETIC COMMISSION SPEAK THE WORDS aNTAEUS vECTOR" WHICH MEANT A RESOLUTION HAD TO BE MADE. THEY DECIDED ON A TEN MINUTE CONTEST.
BOTH COMATANTS WRESTLED TO A DRAW.
Each leaf is a lyric,a hymn; each petal is a melody,a prayer for return. The King Protea, royal and still, holds its face to the sun like a proud son of of Africa saying,'' I can survive fire, drought and wind- still I bloom''.
King Protea
burnt hills whispering-
the protea unfolds again,
queen of rebirth's crown
The Fynbos sings in many tongues. Its scent fills the valleys from the Cape to the Karoo,a low and endless choir reminding us that beauty can both be fragile and fierce.
The Fynbos (The Lowland's Breath )
soft winds brush the hills,
fynbos holds the rain's memory-
small flowers,vast memory
The Baobao,the ancient one,stands in the North like a monument to time-thick trunk wielding the secrets of millenia, arms wide like welcoming all creatures of the plain.
The Baobao (The Timekeeper)
beneath the old shade,
The ancestor speaks in wind-
silence with heartbeat
The Fever Tree grows ghostly, by the rivers, where the spirits of elephants and herds come to drink; while the Marula gives both fruit and story-for beneath its branches laughter, love and song have long gathered.
The Marula (The Joy Giver)
fruit falls,-laughter rings
children and elephants dance
summer tastes like peace
God is here; God is there; God is everywhere.
A- Absolutely able, that's who Almighty God is;
B - beckoning and bestowing blessings to winners.
C - Creator, Christ, Comforter, He's a Triune God
D - designing a way to deliver sinners.
E - Exoneration, encouragement; God empowers;
F - forgiving, faithful, He reigns forever with care.
G - God is good; God is great; God is grace.
H - Healing, hearing, heeding when we trust
I - Immanuel, He intercedes with insight daily.
J - Jesus is joyful and jealous and just.
K - Knowing all, kindling our hearts; God keeps on
L - lingering, lovingly listening to our prayer.
M - Masterful and merciful God is majestic;
N - non-culpable, non-evasive, non-partisan,
O - omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent.
P - Patiently He pardons when our sin is done.
Q - Quieting our qualms, God qualifies as
R - ready and real with righteousness to spare.
S - Strong, all-sufficient; God is sovereign as
T - the Timekeeper - truly triumphant, He is
U - undeniable, unchanging, unending.
V - Victorious and vigilant, vengeance is His.
W - Worthy and wise; God is willing to wait.
X - Xenial host, he extends mercy's heart
Y - yearning for us to yield and be yoked.
Z - Zealous for Zion, He set Israel apart.
God Himself is the blessing we share.
written July 18, 2020
Beata Agustin's contest: Share Your Blessings Poetically (Abecedarian)
Gleeful happy joyful jubilantly wonderful exciting times
Unknowing about pandemics, upbeat feeling climbs.
Two-thousand-twenty sobering, history unprecedented.
Wishing China bat-eating fetish never invented.
Family laughter disappeared suddenly January weekend.
Hugging, kissing, contacting, unacceptable, distance recommend.
Turning USA upside downward, Covid-19 virus, dreadfully awful.
Society unbelievably vulnerable, saving family ultimate waffle.
Willingly educated medically, socially emotionally, mostly ready.
Epidemiologists attempt delivering materials timely, steady.
Many seeking antiquated untimely methods, yearning nostalgically.
Brilliant refreshingly, newfangled ideas prancing forward magically.
Answers forthcoming furiously, quickly, distrust poisoning recipe.
Many wishing timekeeper resetting calendar daybreak hippie.
Gleeful happy joyful jubilant wonderful exciting times
Unknowing about pandemic, upbeat feeling climbs.
Let God Be All Things
Written: By Tom Wright
2/13/99
Let me be your day's illuminating light
and when complete, I'll be your night.
I'll be the sun that keeps you warm,
I am the wind, the eye within the storm.
I am the moon set in your darkest night.
Let me be the one who takes away your fright.
I am the tree that stands so tall
and yet the rain I am, that from the sky will fall.
I am the cloud in a lazy summer sky
and that small voice, that often you ask, why?
I am the flower and I'm the blade of grass
I'll often be at school, the teacher of your class.
I am the bird that flies about so free
and in the pretty song it sings, you'll find me.
I was the stranger along a dusty road,
the one you failed to help, by sharing his load.
I am that brother, in need of a drink,
knowing beforehand, each thought you'll think.
I am the child, both starving and sick,
I am the timekeeper, recording each heart's tick.
I'm the homeless person found on the street,
at times, the policeman, found walking his beat.
I'll be the unknown face, in every crowd,
for those unborn, I'll be the voice, that cries aloud.
I'm the ear that hears the things you say each day,
I'll be in that smile, that blesses you, along life's way.
When your end comes, I'll be your setting sun,
And at Heavens sunrise, there too, I'll be the one.