TO BEING NOURISHED IN OURSTORY
Black History Month fades,
But not Ourstory:
It is eternal:-
Reflect on it all the time:
Your spirit ever nourished
I’ve grown sick of happiness. It’s sugar, candy for drunken children
I wince at wholesomeness. It’s flour, dry and tasteless as life itself
I’ve never loved the truth. It’s salt, melting my innocent snow
There is a cancer in consequence. Like yeast, converting me at gunpoint
Romance is fickle, fleeting. Like butter, such a slippery slope
And yet it all comes flying in like karma from out of left field
We swallow it down whole like fresh bread from heaven
and survive to see another moment as fine as this one
You ask why I chose you.
I thought you knew!
I chose you like clean air
Because you refreshed my existence
I chose you like the ocean
Because you regulated the climate of my spirit
I chose you like the sun
Because you nourished my heart’s daily routine
I chose you like the soil
Because you filtered the waters of my life that keep me clean
I chose you like the sanctity of tears
Because you supported my focus and cleared my vision
I chose you like laughter
Because you elevated my mood and provided a mirror for my decisions
You ask why I chose you
Without you I was quite capable of becoming the best version of my soul
But together we merged two lives that rendered us one and whole
I thought you knew…my soul chose you
as flower flourished
was fed and had been nourished
would love forever
Horn Haiku
Nourished by the Lord in His love-filled nest
E v e r l a s t i n g I i f e my soul does enjoy
Nurtured with Christ’s g r a c e, lacking never
I n s u r e d to p r e v a i l, fighting sin illness
Triumphantly f u l f i l l i n g assigned tasks
Ascending for progress with f a i t h ’s armor.
Grateful to the S A V I O U R* for His goodness
A n c h o r e d a m I upon W o r d ’s assurance
Redeemed v e r i l y for reaching-out route
R e s t o r e d toward spirit’s revival reign
I g n i t i n g fervent blest s e r v i c e impact
Directed against u n b e l i e f, pride, doubt
O p t i m i z i n g divine k i n g d o m offers.
*Jude 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
September 14, 2021
Dear Ma'am Neth,
God be praised and thanked for your life dedicated to the Lord.
A blessed joyous birthday to you. You're a blessing... Psalm 103.
Blank verse in Acrostic form
the sky opens and you rain down on me
lightning flashes across my sky
your thunder rocks my world
my petals open, nourished by each droplet
and you root yourself deep inside of me
never, have I known such happiness
forever, how long I want this to last
not an annual that blooms then dies
but a perennial constantly self renewing
I bask in the glory of your love
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