Penances Poems | Examples


Body Ails Yet Spirit Soars

BODY AILS YET SPIRIT SOARS

I know where I am due to be going
Despite my sins for which I’ve paid
I have ailments that cause me pain
But at least I’m still considered sane
Even with the penances I’ve made
The river that takes me, is flowing

I am merely human with many flaws
But salvation has not been denied
The recent changes have been tough
Survival with dignity will be enough
There’s a future when one has died
I know my body ails yet spirit soars
Form: Rhyme

The Amalgam of Pain

I am concerned with the structures that sustain the universe, 
with the mighty river of time, 
the tablature and the compass of souls 
dispersed in their endless penances, 
the enigmatic smile of doubts 
overlapping the fragility of certainties, 
the detestable silences that precede painful decisions 
and with the thick amalgam of pain 
that poisons our days with the most varied enigmas.

What worries me is the shock 
when I wake up from the nightmare of living, 
the need for millimeter precision 
in counting the steps until the freedom of not thinking, 
the innumerable precipices 
that surround any and all will of the mind 
to keep away from the fainting, falls and stumbles.

What I am concerned about 
is the indifference of entities or deities 
that could undo the deception of atoms 
in condemning us to finitude, 
constantly and habitually 
expressing unmistakable signs of contempt 
for creatures who have given them a supposed superiority 
over their own destinies. 
my concern is about the extension of the shadow
that negatively illuminates the path 
we should follow under the light.
the rest don't worry me.


Ccp Turtles Grassing Line

my latest anti CCP turtle poem--



CCP Turtles Grassing Line
China’s virtual hotline
Report online remarks
Slander Communist Party history
Crack down “bygone nihilists”
Party’s 100th centenary July

Grass line allows society report
Netizens “twist” Party’s history
Attack governance policies
Denigrate national heroes
Deny superiority radical socialist nation

Clandestine motivations old nihilistic parodies
Malevolently garbling
Denigrating contradicting Party history

Internet operatives administering people
Devotedly report dangerous info

“Historical nothingness” public doubt distrust
Chinese Communist Party’s earlier dealings

China’s net forcefully censored
Overseas social media networks
Search engines news outlets forbidden

Penances persons conveyed
Netizens prison lawful punishments
Placement content acute
Nation’s leadership procedures antiquity

Legal amendments folks
“Slur smear invade on” memorial
China’s national heroes’ martyrs
Face three years gaol
Form: Verse

Premium Member Perspectives

Positive outlook brings
Permanent joy and peace
Purity of mind, heart
perpetual fine-art
Perfection possesses
Pursuits and penances
Philanthropy be life 

04/08/2021
Form: Verse

What Taylor Sang

You are blue
And hopeful for new
Remember what Taylor sang
When she said “Begin Again”*

Now you met him
Such a difference 
From paying your penances
For all the ex’s annoyances

How wonderful is appreciation
Without qualification 
Forget the last guy’s negativity 
About your creativity 

Now you know one who likes
All your quirks and your vibes
Gets all your laughs
Doesn’t ask for polygraphs 

How were you so mismatched
With that guy from the past
All those years that went under
While you missed out on wonder

Chalk it up to bad judgement 
And forget all those contests
Tried to prove you had love 
To one who only knew shove

Enjoy this sweet time
You’ve found one who chimes
We learn from our pasts
It gives us a map

To chart new courses
And fight off bad forces
Point your sail to good waters
Collect the best now from others

*reference - “Begin Again” - song written and sung by Taylor Swift
Form: Rhyme


I Let You Go

I let you go I have no remorse
 Your selfish actions I will not endorse
 How many women have had a love demise
 You're lying in bed but no compromise
 
Your soul is sick your heart is burnt out
 No blood in your veins but a septic gout
 You bled us dry depleted our finances
 Gorge on our labor to the devil pay penances
 
You conceited arrogant malfunctioning male
 Lies dropping from your lips like winters hail
 Bedding the innocent and unsuspecting fawn
 Your condition spread out on the world's front lawn
 
You said this is healing and a new beginning
 But they were just words empty of feeling
 You ask what it is I need you to do
 Nothing since I can't trust you to be ever true
Form: Rhyme

"a In Between" 52508

nice little things~
good little things
that go please
in the light

 bad little things~
wrong little things
that go taking
in the night

 only the righteous~
only the bad
who is left in between

because good little things
can't see with out
a night light

and the bad little things
always go bump in the night

so what a in between to do
but make the devils come
after you

its been fun now
i must go
and hell awaits you
so you must
be on your away
there will be penances to pay

and you may ask
who might i be
and i only can say
a in between

maybe a goodie
not real a baddie
but a pushier of
sins just the same

 and what will my father
do when you reach
your laid out place
why not one little thing
you may your only
little heated fiery place
by
just the little bad things
you do

so ta-ta
i can't say its be fun
but i can say
were your going
you will have lots
of fire to light your way~
and think
of all the little bad things
 you've done~

by:lyricvixen

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