FATHER TO ELDER SON: ONCE MORE AGAIN
I am your father;
Let me not be a bother,
Nor your enemy:
Please come and visit with me;
My time here will soon not be:-
The compass of God,
Has never led one astray;
Satan’s does—each day:-
Be in God’s navigation;
And love’s resurrection:-
Have mercy on me,
And forgive me for my sins
Against God and thee:-
Love you more than you can know;
Forgive me before I go:-
Forgiveness of me
Is not about forgetting;
It’s about mercy:
For the pain you’ve given me,
God knows, I’ve forgiven thee.
I’ll die loving you,
I have lived life loving you:
God guiding me on:-
And as death takes me further,
Pray tell, greets from your brother:-
You are the ones who gave me life, Mom, Dad
You are the ones who held my very first steps
You are the ones who lifted me each time I fell
You were my entire world
One word changed everything
A stranger's claim became the truth there
No one listened to my silence
No one saw my tears
I never ran away, not once
I never bowed my head to shame
I never pleaded to tell my truth
I simply let time be the answer
Even today, your place remains unchanged
My respect for you has never lessened
Yet the trust that was broken
Still lives inside my heart as a wound
May truth reach home one day
May the shadow of falsehood step aside
May I become your son once more
May love never lose — not ever
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We are called home once more
By Michelle Morris
17/02/2026
There is this longing
Deep within our souls
It ignites our hearts to remember
It helps our hearts become whole
The people who touch our lives
They become part of our bones
Our hearts and souls and DNA
They are where we find our home
Every moment we share together
Every blessing that is formed
Its warmth spreads through our bodies
Our connection is forever dawned
But nothing human lasts forever
We're here for a handful of God's years
We can only hope to make the best of them
Celebrate the wins and the tears
We are called home once more
We are starlight and stardust formed
Our eternal souls know better
Being human isn't our norm
We are meant to soar in space
In the Universe God made for all
We are called home once more
For us Heaven celebrates evermore
©? Michelle Morris, 2026
Dead stop
Footsteps ring out
How hollow the flagstones
Sharply the box is dropped downwards
Grave sealed.
every
word
from
the
start
yet
i
shall
pluck
them
from
my
heart
every word
to
cleanse
the heart
once more
So swiftly do
the years pass by
Wherever do they go?
If only we
could gather them
together in a row
Within each one
I'd stroll along
reliving them again
The laughter
and the songs we sang
would never see an end
But truthfully
such things can't be,
save in our memories
And thanks to you
we have such sweet
remembrances as these
That fateful day
that comes to all
has knocked upon your door
And so, dear friend
we part for now
until we meet once more
© Michael Wise
1-3-26
* I lost a dear friend on New Year's eve. This is for her. If you lost any loved ones recently, this is also for you, and in their beloved memory.
Connected to love
inside I found God above
He sought my eyes
He found I was blind by lies
Under the chains of death I remained still
Faithful to Love to free me from my spell
No doubts I am filled with silver eyes
Copper bones and Golden sight
Truth in the marrow I am bound to Love
Waking deep in the cave I have found my self
Home on earth not above the clouds
Tabernacle with man tents of life for me
A home on Earth Outside I have a silver maple tree
I love to show my tree and remember my dad
He passed away many years ago and I still love him
Temple rumors they still think I want sacrifce
I forgive sins because I love my family not their pains
Rejecting truth in Love doom in stay silent
Love is My creator I am true to My God who is my hope
I was led by an alien girl from outer space who wanted me to board her ship
Her father was our Captain and he loved me and her both
I trusted with her the first day because I knew she could go fast
We went to another world I became world champion to earn her love and marry her.
A bright light sat on a throne I could not see The emperor of worlds
I knew Love gave me my life I knew she was my sights.
You say you’ve heard it many times before
But maybe you need to hear it once more
It sure hasn’t changed to the way that you live
There’s not been a change in how much you give
Have you ever tried to live life for real
Instead of just living from thrill to thrill
If you listen closely to what is said
It will change the thoughts running through your head.
Clear water serenely waves
towards the shore
In your hands you hold a book
filled with Mystical secrets
and as the sun goes down,
you read on
as the sky quietly turns
from pink to crimson
over the calming blue sea...
Rushing waterfalls
gush forth
from a tall silent mountain
an outpour of water,
right into the open mouth of the sea.
You sit on the sand,
lifting your hands
to heaven,
folded in a Padmasana position
wisdom arrives
at your heart's door...
I can hear it crawl towards me
In the infinite moving dark
Claw turns to slither
Echoes without placement
Each sound closer than the last
My heavy breath giving voice
Breath cool on my face
Rancid in deceit
If I open my eyes
I can give my fear form
Not a muscle working in unison
Eyelids like ancient divers leaded boot
Stuck in the silt
Heart and breath in explosive race
Face to something not quite face
Don’t look
Let me see suns grace
Once more
I
saw
the swing
old and tall,
and I remembered
as a child how I loved to swing
higher and higher until my feet could touch the sky.
I sat on the worn canvas seat, and then slowly, so slowly began to soar once more.
Home
Songs
Love and nature
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Period of composition (Bangla): Nineteenth Vadra, 1346
Period of composition (After Christ) September 5, 1939
Place of composition: Shantiniketan
Again and again, looking back to thee, once more,
Days and nights these foamy churns awakened, in parables, mind approached out there, rested on armrest
The verses and the divine bell, awakened on the festive zeal, with the foamy quest on a tempest
The raga-based vibes, orbiting around the tides, ecstatic zeal
From the deepest a sound diphthong, to eloquent most trochaic meandering trail, a hymn
Bhoirobi the three with the sixth, the festive fair of Ramkeli mela, Purvi, armrest, strumming along the whim
Along the foamy tempest through the golden jubilee, joyous, eloquence in ragas through vibes resides in a song, songs among
Floating through the trail of thine, intertwined mine, meandering we
Songs among these will begin a journey to nowhere, in bliss
Trochaic, greenery, forestry, serene, motherland, a yesterday belongs, in tap dance
Along the way the must and the bohemian wind and unbridled they
Tap and tap on and tuned in, around a finely attuned may.
6:13 PM
8-28-2024
Romantically symbolic for sure
Munch's metaphor takes the floor
here in the Dance of Life*
so many are especially rife
You are the only one who listened
The only one who took the time
When there was nobody
You came along I made you mine
Words are just words
If they don't come from the heart
I so want to express how much I love you
And what you mean to me
But even when
words come from my heart
I never know where to start
A moment away from you
Is still a world apart
Looking Into Your deep smiling eyes
That takes me floating among the stars
For they tell a story
A dream I never thought could come true
Thanks to you
We all dream about our first love
So wonderful and so sweet
No greater love had there ever been
But no one has ever made me feel
Those warm treasured memories
When we were just seventeen
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