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(“The Cave of Unknowing”, 2012, original oil)
As The World Burns
As the world turns
The morning soap operas play out
In print and film, song and dance
Showing on every screen
A world ablaze with fear
Disease, famine, war and rumors of war
Programming the programmable
While I sit in my room a cocoon
Surrounded by dogs
All sprawled out on chair and sofa and floor
Asleep at ease and peace
Filling the house
With their own therapeutic vibe
Beyond worry at least as long as they dream
While I watch and wait
Soothed by their dogged oblivion
As the world outside turns and burns
And I grow just a little more uncomfortable
Filling a delightful cocoon that I know
Must eventually open
Into a great unknown.
(12/11/24)
Thoughts of a Border Collie While
Pondering a Bone
Mine, mine, mine, I think
as I drip drool on the floor.
Bloody meat clings
tenaciously to the hard bone.
White fat, like veins of gold,
marbles the red treat.
My owner is thawing this delicious
delicacy on the counter.
I watch and wait with longing
as I think of the animal odor.
Sharp canines will soon tear
and rend all from the cow’s femur.
My probing tongue will pull the tangy,
succulent marrow from its hiding place.
When all has been eaten, it will
become my favorite chew toy as
I will gnaw, gnaw, gnaw until not
one atom remains.
Then I will lay back in the cool shade
and realize I am a lucky dog.
Blue Moon tonight which is very rare
It happens on New Years Eve once in nineteen years
Will you be watching to see if it peeks through
In New York City, Albany, or Calimazu
Maybe in Ormand Beach, Florida
Utah, Alaska a state so fair
How about in the United Kingdom
Africa, Asia, Malayia, or Bonnie Scotland where
It may shine on ice and snow
Or rain reflecting streets
Somewhere on the desert plain
Where the sidewinders sleep
Will the clouds part for just
A short time for you and me
So we can see this phenominum
That will be such a treat
I will be watching and hope
For just a peek, if only for a moment..
That would be so neat
My day will be filled with excitement
As I watch and wait
This could be the night
That I might stay up late
Sit out on the porch in the cold
Hoping to share with you
A night of anticipation
Of a moon that is blue
Will it cast a shadow
On my gray gray hair
Or hide all the wrinkles
That shows my character
So that youth is reflected
On this night so fair
On this night so rare
On this night to share
On this night be there
(Some explanation of Blue Moon. (1) Earth close to sun-so earth gets more sun and moon
will be brighter. (2) Moon will be closer to earth so seems larger. (3) Full moon rises to a
point nearly opposite the sun and because sun is low this time of year the full moon will rise
particularly high. Blue moon is not blue in color but two full moons in one month because we
do not use lunar calendar but one devised by man. Last blue moon on New Years Eve was
l990 and next will be 2028 or every 19 years.) (There are several explanations how the term
came into being but I will let you look it up.)
Form:
(A lone voice whispers)
With reflection
In this
The midnight hour
I light a white candle
For the one
Who once had me
Under her power
Driven by loves
Powerful desires
For us,
The Almas Perdidas
(Lost Souls)
Maybe like you
The
Left Be-Hinders
Who wallow and wade through griefs tiring waters
With a broken heart
After love says
Farewell
To then become new drinkers
From Depressions deep well
Praying love returns
With a ring of a lone bell
To see true love
Once more and say
Stay
Please
Don't go away
And melt my heart
Stay
So we are now
No longer
Torn apart
But like all pilgrims seeking God
In their own particular way
We know the bell will never ring
We know our hearts will never heal or sing
So we live
In a living version of Purgatory
Dying with each breath of decay
We take
As we watch and wait for our call
To join others
Now living beyond
Purgatory Great Gates
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
We live our lives not for this world but for the world to come.
So follow not your worldly ways but the paths of Christ, the Son.
What seems so long, our days on earth, a blink of the Father’s eye.
So listen, heed His holy voice and to His will comply.
A thousand years within His sight are like a moment gone.
Yet patiently we watch and wait for the breaking of the dawn.
We contemplate our fragile lives and we trust in God alone.
We thank Him for the love and grace and mercy He has shown.
To Father, Son and Spirit blessed we offer every praise.
For every hour of every day we all stand before their gaze.
Take pity, Lord, Your servants cry. How long until Your return?
For You alone do our souls trust. For You our bodies yearn.
"Even so come quickly Lord Jesus!"
"Even so come quickly Lord Jesus!
"Even so come quickly Lord Jesus!"
"We know that you are coming back some day and we'll fly away."
"We know that you are coming back some day and we'll fly away."
"We know that you are coming back some day and we'll fly away."
Jesus is coming back again for all of his friends.
Jesus is coming back again for all of his friends.
Jesus is coming back again for all of his friends.
"We are to watch and wait until that glorious day!"
"We are to watch and wait until that glorious day!"
"We are to watch and wait until that glorious day."
"It's gonna be a moment to remember when the Lord comes back and takes his children away." "It's gonna be a moment to remember when the Lord comes back and takes his children away." "It's gonna be a moment to remember when the Lord comes back and takes his children away."
All of God's children are going up in the rapture. All of God's children are going home some day. All of God's children are going up in the rapture. All of God's children are going home some day. All of God's children are going up in the rapture. All of God's children are going home some day.
When the Lord Jesus Christ comes back in the middle of the cloudy air.
Will we be ready? Will we be there? When the Lord Jesus Christ comes back in the middle of the cloudy air. Will we be ready? Will we be there? When the Lord Jesus Christ comes back in the middle of the cloudy air. Will we be ready? Will we be there?
"When the roll is called up yonder I'll be there." When the roll is called up yonder you'll be there! When the roll is called up yonder we will all be there!
Love in Christ Jesus!
Roxanne Lea Dubarry
Roxy Lea 1954
Roxy 1954/ October Country
July 06, 2020
MOONGLOW 1
Moonglow mantra
Translucent moods;
Unnoticed eclipse
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Watch and wait
Somnolent feelings;
Drowsy awakening
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Bubbly fest
Nice gathering;
Party moods
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Lingering voice
Chocolate ganache;
Happy greets feisty
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Dazzling dose
Dessert aplenty;
Brain freeze moments!
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Mall crowds here
Cars on show;
Savvy choice
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Stray feet zigzag
Offers to go;
Clearance sale
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Create new verse
Exploit word lines;
Buzz fickle rhymes
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Watch how you sense
Free flow nonsense;
Fickle offence
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Leon Enrique
19 Septembet 2015
Singapore
I watch and wait
Sitting on the bank
Of the deep green pond
Humming a soft song
The pearls in my body
Begin to set
Now I know
There’s nothing to fret
My mind was a bedlam
My heart askew
Now all is silent
Now I shan’t move
I trail my hands
Along your face
The silhouette of my love
Taking me to that place
You were lost
But now are found
And now my mind
Is safe and sound
The fairies laugh
The lambs doth cry
Because I’ve come
To weep a goodbye
But thou shalt not weep
Not over me
For I am not lost
On the deep dark sea
Not on earth
Not in heaven
But somewhere out there
Where I can hold him again
Giving some of yourselves
for the right cause,
will be immeasurably meaningful
to your spirits longing to be helpful...
There's a great consolation
in knowing that
every little joy
you bring...means
a lot to somebody;
there are many tasks
that you can undertake,
however difficult
they may be for you; don't
watch and wait
for a disaster to happen
to come to their aid...
prevent it by paying it
more attention...
Giving some of yourselves
for alleviating someone's pain
is a small contribution
out of the goodness
of your generous hearts:
that grieve when tragedy strikes,
but rejoice when souls are spared;
there's so much you can do to help....
Once upon a summers eve
I happened upon a faerie tree
Saw an elf wiping off his delicate sleeve
He wiggled his pointed toes at me.
How dare you come to spy on us?
He gave me a look of pure disgust.
I apologize I said, I did not mean to cry.
He said “I shall send you away, bye and bye.”
I did not know what this meant I should do.
Never having met the fey in the outdoors before.
I decided to stay, and watch, and wait. Wouldn’t you?
I watched faeries for an hour, maybe more.
Best day of my life so far.
I loved it more than a runaway star.
The fey embraced me and gave me an honorary name.
In their world now I have a teensy bit of fame.