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Premium Member Darkness Grows In the Garden of Pleasantries

DARKNESS GROWS IN THE GARDEN OF PLEASANTRIES 

Meandering through the garden of pleasantries,
did you sense, the breathless pant of trees,
or hear, the violin seduction, of Cupid’s sentries,
or pierce the eyes, the blossom spread of luxuries?

Do tell of sandals, chains and locks lost in shrubberies!

O turtle doves, between your teeth, insolent mulberries.
Too soon succumbed to satin skin, fracas of discoveries.
The fruited-fountain of chocolate but noncommittal fudgeries.*
The shrieking tomb of sirens — seagulls sic the maggoty melodies.
The butterfly tresses of yesteryear sans curmudgeon cure of drudgeries.

You thought to toss away her sensuous beauty, with exorbitant lies.
No hope in her sea soaked eyes, salt preservative of glass flies.

4/14/2018

*fudgeries - fakes (made up word)
Form: Monorhyme


ByThe Spirits We Be

If we could sit on Gods throne, for just a day,
how many people, would we toss away.
 In our own vengeance, would we spare no pain,
with fire from hell, would we make it rain.
 Who would be left, who would we save,
and who might we bring back, from the grave.
 The truth is this, we sit on a throne each day,
as we cast our judgements, people get tossed away.
 In our own anger, hatred and pain,
our words of death, pour out like fiery rain.
 As many as we’ve destroyed, there’s as many that we can save,
bringing love to the heart, bringing back their life from the grave
 Take a look inside you, you know just how you feel,
when those words of death come at you, it’s the heart that they kill.
 Good or bad, right or wrong, night or day, life or death you see,
we’re flesh, and bone,  blood, and water, moved by the spirits, that we be.
Form: Rhyme

Passages

Often in life we have to let everything go.
All attachments will dissipate one day,
only the heart and soul survive the blow
of other fingers, other eyes
making judgments that are hard to realise
as they toss away tid bits we held dear
sentimentality... tokens of emotions
we carried safely inside through the years.
The token is just the physical reminder
of an emotion alive and well,
But it's not the token we carry inside,
which is good -
one day the outside will be gone.

Sometimes I wonder about other old women's lives,
the ones with the security of a warm home,
strong and loving family ties,
joy and laughter sparkling in their eyes.
But come on -  that was twenty years younger than I am
and I can't build a past from where I stand
at this moment, in my present state of mind. 

Tomorrow's always come
but today finds me paring away
at levels of choices, large and small.
I used to envy their security,
but not their blindness
not their closed mindedness
not their falseness nor their skills
in the labors of lying, stealing and blaming...
they are pro's.
But such is the path they chose.

I chose to spiritually grow.
Perhaps security was the price.

Premium Member Everyone Would Say

Everyone would say,  did you hear?
She's the one
She's too young
How irresponsible

Wearing smiles upon their faces, 
pasting labels on her back
Her sullied reputation,  
a newborn in her pack
How impossible

Everyone would say did you know that he has gone?

Mistakes she made, she'll be known to fail
Mistakes she made, will be known by all
Mistakes he made..........  well boys are boys
she made her bed, she had a choice
Every voice will say, oh well......

Everyone will say
Her choice, her bed, she made her hell
Who's left to blame?   Her fault, her shame, her belly swells
What was his name?  Well.....shame, shame, shame

She hears the words
She holds them close
She holds the babe that she will bear
She bears the babe that she'll adore

Bittersweet, was yesterday,
Regret, they say,  she'll toss away

A babe she bore......she holds with pride
This motherhood, she will not fail
Who once was frail.....she'll take in stride
And motherhood, she wears it well


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5/14/15 For Deb's Contest: Tam Lin

Premium Member Retribution Is Not My Dog

Retribution is not my dog

No bone- no contrition

just another child

who does not listen

nor pay attention.

 

Karma please let um slide

i really ain't mad ...

life has beat um down enough

please Karma let um slide.

Karma, excuse my soft heart.

 

Retribution ain't always worth

the worry that it causes.

Forgive my spiteful child.

May a mother's mind intercede?

Spare them the painful warts.

 

I love them enough to ask this of you

when they hurt i hurt too,

there is no win, win situation.

Just more reaping of the whirl wind

 

Let that negativity

that they have set in motion

be tossed into the mighty sea.

Let the salt of forgiveness wash,

and toss away their lies and thievery.

 

Karma please, on my knees

I pray forgive them all.

Spare all who have trust-passed

against my good-kind deeds.

Because I love them anyway.

and "retribution is not my dog"
Form: Cinquain


To All the Men I'Ve Loved Before

inspired by Julio Eglesias song March 9, 2016
Composed by Joan May Donnelly Ellis

To all the men I've loved before
Who found their way to my heart's door, 
I'm grateful to you, 
I've learned a thing or two,
From all the men I've loved before.
To all the men I once embraced,
Whose splendid presence graced,
My home with abundance of sheer delight,
And many a romantic night,
I'm glad I gave my heart,
To all the men I've loved before.
The sea persisted in her calling,
And the temptation was so strong,
Not knowing where I was going,
Desiring the unsung song.
To all the men who sojourned with me awhile.
I remember and smile.
You were such a charming guest,
And I wish life's best,
To all the men I've loved before.
To all the men  who pampered me,
With showers of admiration and luxury,
Cuddles beneath each starry night,
Sipping on wine growing giggly tight,
Such were the men I've loved before,
To all the men who held my hand,
As we travelled through Adventure Land,
Who forgave when I was cross,
Comforted when I was lost,
I shall not toss away a single gem,
Left me from these men.
In that moment when souls unite in harmony, 
I've soared with bliss in places of rarity, 
Tasted the nectar of sweet ecstasy,
On eternity's golden shore.
Time passes and all things change,
Circumstances force one to rearrange,
As youth evolves to maturity true, 
I'm reminded of yesterdays I knew, 
I will waltz until life here is through. 
I won't live with regret, nor forget, 
The rendezvous, au revoir 
To all the men I've loved before.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Are You Listening?

Are you waiting for a word that burns your heart like so much flame?
Are you waiting for a voice of thunder calling out your name?
Are you waiting for the world to shake as God reveals His plan?
Are you angry at the silence that you just don’t understand?

The Lord will speak in the silence of your heart.
Are you listening?

The world can be so loud, it can drown out the Lord’s voice
So that though you ache for silence you are drowning in the noise.
It’s easy to ignore the quiet song you hear inside.
And it’s easy to return to the noise in which you hide.

The Lord will speak in the silence of your heart.
Are you listening?

Take some time to listen in your hectic, busy day.
Toss away distractions, you may hear what God will say.
If you find that your heart longs to hear and know God’s holy word,
Open up your heart where His quiet voice is heard.

The Lord will speak in the silence of your heart.
Are you listening?
Form: Rhyme

Haunting Fruit and Innocent Wish-2b

Continued from 2A


My mind drinks in the smorgasbord that lays before me

Baskets of mangos, papayas, apricots 

Red and green peppers

Nuts and dates in white porcelain covered metal bowls

Spices in see through plastic bags

A stone bowl with unusual markings holds Cayenne peppers 

I feel overwhelmed by all the sites and sounds

Not sure where I should rest my eyes

Fully alive yet blind to all that I cannot see


So I close my eyes 

allowing my heart to  s l o w  down

calm, quiet, present

becoming one with my now

In that moment from the corner on my eye

I see a poor woman with her child

Turning towards them 

I watch as she places a few coins in a vendors hands

He reaches under his counter for the lesser things

The not so pretty and less vibrant things

things that someone like me would toss away

These rotting things she places in her child’s hands

His need temporarily satiated

His is a look of thankfulness 

Her look is one of sadness and wishes

Still she wears her tattered robes with a noble bearing

Myself I feel my shoulders slump

my abundance weighing heavily

my selfishness 

my lack of need

my lack of awareness 

This willful ignorance

This emptiness

This decaying from within

So I walk towards them

Reaching into my leather bag

As I fumble for my bills I slip

falling flat upon the dusty ground

my white robes covered in dirt 

I am bankrupt in spirit and hands

Invisible except for too the eyes of a boy

This boy is now in a man’s body

He is wearing a white thawb

me I am a small child in tattered robes

bare feet, soiled face

clutching to rotting fruit

The noble woman grabs my hand

Saying “Come Come my son I have much to show you!”

The man in white looks at her and asks “Do I know you?

She says “I am no one...

He reaches into a leather bag and hands her a few bills

As he walks away, she whispers “ wishes do come true.



Note: this is the work of Richard Lamoureux on my request. I am thankful to him for helping me in giving life to the topic
Form:

Gambling On Love

You are my addictive habit
Your love comes--I have to grab it
I really need an intervention
Leading to a conversation
About the way you hooked me in
Now each day I'm gamblin'
That my heart will never lose
If you are the one I choose
Luck was never on my side
Each and every time I tried
Taking a chance I'd never win
Another love would not begin
Each hand I tried would make me stumble
The cards I stacked would only tumble
Into one big useless pile
I'd toss away into a file
That my mind would not forget
And my heart would soon regret
Why can't I win at this game
Maybe I'm the one to blame
I do not know anymore
Come on luck just let me score
I need a love-- I will hold on
Till my unlucky streak is gone
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Retribution Is Not My Dog

Retribution is not my dog
No bone- no contrition
just another child
who does not listen
nor pay attention.
 
Karma please let um slide
I really ain't mad ...
life has beat um down enough
please Karma let um slide.
Karma, excuse my soft heart.
 
Retribution ain't always worth
the worry that it causes.
Forgive my spiteful child.
May a mother's mind intercede?
Spare them the painful warts.
 
I love them enough to ask this of you
when they hurt I hurt too,
there is no win, win situation.
Just more reaping of the whirl wind
 
Let that negativity
that they have set in motion
be tossed into the mighty sea.
Let the salt of forgiveness wash,
and toss away their lies and thievery.
 
Karma please, on my knees
I pray forgive them all.
Spare all who have trust-passed
against my good-kind deeds.
Because I love them anyway.
and "retribution is not my dog"

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