Humility is so very hard to find
man is themselves have this great lack
for most of us think we're so great
the very opposite of a humble knack
Looking far and near to find one
many think they are humility-full
but the one who does proves they're not
for they smack of the opposite, so uncool
Learn from those who are meek of heart
thinking they are the least of all
not putting themselves out to the front
instead content being last no matter who calls
They are also those who speak seldom
using only words to encourage and lift up
not seeking to be critically rude
only happy to say little about your cup
Well, how does one sum this up?
be humble, keep yourself idol-free
think not great of your very self
walk the humble road with integrity
Inspired by Criminal Minds: Evolution. Damien and Jade's story. Great show and cast.
X marks the spot
By Michelle Morris
27/05/2026
Step through the door
X marks the spot
Lined up myself with
That red dot
She takes her aim
She makes the shot
Now I'm dead
Nothing to stop
All sins forgotten
All faith restored
My soul needs saving
It's time to soar
She's on the run
Again and again
My only connection
My only friend
She screams into the void
She's terrified but free
There's always a part of her
That will wish she was me
© Michelle Morris, 2026
404.
The Marks of the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church is one
Its supreme head is the Pope
Infallible & authoritative like the sun
The Catholic Church is holy
For its founder itself is Jesus Christ
The Son of God, so blessed is He
The Catholic Church is universal
Aiming to reach all nations of the world
Its dominion has gone international
The Catholic Church is apostolic
Propagated by the apostles of Christ
Whose mission is prophetic & angelic.
-11/22/2015
(Dumarao)
*11th Daily Reflection from Catechism Booklet
Souvenirs of child bearing years
The souvenirs of childbirth
Fingerprint markings on the fridge.
Tiny clues that betray mischief and secrets.
Slice of cake is missing.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
All I am is inked in scores,
each mark a wound that silently pours.
Expectations sit tall and heavy walls,
blocking the light and my own fall.
I am just a little child,
trembling under the weight of your hopes,
yet you call me worthless
as if my soul could fit on a page, tied to your ropes.
I am beyond the walls of your charts,
beyond the digits you cling to.
And yet, here I am,
tied to my grades,
while the world of me bleeds unseen.
Still bounded by my grades,
while the universe inside me quietly fades.
There is a solitude
at the core of beauty
that holds to a silence
when interrogated
by the mind. It stays
fixed in the moment
whilst I move
leaving the marks
from my grasping nails
scratched across time.
Each scar has a name, etched into my skin—
White lines barely visible on my pale arms.
There’s one for every heartbreak I ever got,
One for each battle I silently fought,
One for all the wrongdoings I had,
For every time my thoughts turned bad.
Each scar holds a memory, a ghost from the past,
Every cut done silently, hidden away after every tragedy.
The lines on my arms fade each day,
But the memories behind them refuse to go away.
Maybe these scars are signs of a warrior,
Signs of strength and resilience,
Marks of my unwavering diligence.
I don’t want the scars to fade—
Maybe I’ll fade with them,
The signs of power,
The signs of a survivor
Slipping quietly away.
My scars are a part of me;
Without them, who will I be?
Just someone who went through hardship
With nothing left to show for it.
The one true Church established by Father Christ is the Roman Catholic Church
It is the Church which our Divine Lord started when He picked the 12 Apostles
And made St. Peter as their head
We know that the Roman Catholic Church is the one true Church established by Father Christ
Because it alone has the mark of the true Church
A mark is a sign that points out something
The marks of the Church points it out as the Church which Father Christ started
The chief marks of the Roman Catholic Church are 4
It is one
Holy
Catholic or Universal
And apostolic
All are obliged to belong to the Roman Catholic Church
Is the some way
In order to be saved
Monstrously Machievellian
Demonic pedagogic
Ominously Orwellian
Demagogic logic
Fools’ Musk-ovite mules
Zuckerberg zeitgeist heist
Dickensian dystopia rules
Google last post bugle
Fossil fuels myopia drools
Bellicose Bezos blows
Bro-ligarchy mates’ malarkey
Unions demonstrate
Amazon defenestrate
Hades Gates hierarchy
In the dock
Murdoch foxy skulduggery
Poxy TikTok runs amok
Crass puns..shock thuggery
This lot don't give a jot
.
Bitter sh**ter Twitter
Greedier needier seedier
The death of mass media
X marks the spot!
X-Marks-the-Spot is a tickling game
Which is traced upon someone’s bare back.
In childhood, we played it and often it caused
A goose-bump filled giggling attack.
My kids got the treatment when bathtime arrived
And my grandson when he was a tot,
But it’s been a while since I’ve gotten the chance
To engage in some X-Marks-the-Spot.
Yet I came upon Henry, eleven years old,
In the process of donning his tee
And the canvas was waiting for X-Marks-the Spot,
Just the cue for a tickle from me.
“I remember this, Nana!” he said as he smiled.
“Can you write down the words?” which I did,
Just delighted to think such a game’s been preserved
From my long-ago time as a kid.
bear
tree lean
urinates
territory
marked
Some cats mark their territory with claw marks
Shredding your couch, putting gashes in your vinyl seats.
Other cats leave strong urine in their zone,
a warning to others to “keep out!”
My own cat uses her spray paints and paints murals
Some call it graffiti, I call it "aggressively territorial”.
"Show me your marks, my dear.", he asked his son,
Having not even passed his subjects one.
"Dad, I got zero in math
Following your trodden path",
The son replied hiding his feelings none.
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