Mare's tales aloft, I'm feelin' soft
Feelin' as wispy as what's blowin' cross
They come and they go, like all of these states
This will blow over if I will just wait
Penalty, Power, Presence
Reading God’ Word, revealed to me
I was under The PENALTY of sin
But how to atone for this injustice
I didn’t know where to begin
By accepting Christ, I was forgiven
Of sins PENALTY from the past
Atonement was made in my behalf
All my sins, on Him were cast
As I began to walk with Him
I found my way to be inferior
Faults and failures bombarded me
Only His way, was superior
Romans six, fourteen declares
There is POWER to overcome
Sins of the flesh, that still prevail
Until our earthly race is done
There will come a time when I will go
To be forever by His side
There, throughout eternity
This PRESENCE, will forever abide
PENALTY, POWER and PRESENCE
The three phases of God’s plan
Salvation from sins of all mankind
Ever since eternity began
By: Colan Hiatt = 2026
A heartbeat pulsating as living light
free from each and every limitation
I Am that dwelling in unbound delight
the source wherefrom arises creation"
Before a single name was given to the dark,
before time learned to count the stars,
a quiet held the void.
Not empty—just waiting.
Then something shifted in the cold—
a sudden warmth, a pulse,
not made of flesh or bone,
but humming like quiet lightning.
I am not the cage that holds my ribs,
nor the dust beneath my feet.
I slip past every fence we build out of fear,
spilling over the edges of what is known.
I sit inside the stillness,
unmoved by the rush of hours.
There is a stillness here that drinks from joy,
a deep, steady burning that never goes out.
From this stillness, everything begins:
the breath that moves the leaves,
the fire in the core of the earth,
the thought that becomes a world.
I am the hand that holds it all,
and the space where it floats freely.
reveal the path to Your presence
there I long to be
where the fullness of joy
now awaits me
saturate me with Your peace
make me conscious of Your presence
take me to that place Lord
where I'll dwell in Your essence
let Your goodness fence me in
surround me with Your grace
at Your right-hand forevermore
heaven's anointed place
saturate me with Your peace
make me conscious of Your presence
take me to that place Lord
where I'll dwell in Your essence
In God's present there's truth, power
and infinite wisdom
remove my sin, let me in
open to me the kingdom
show me the way
for in God's presence there's joy
make known to me the place
where His mercy will be deployed
saturate me with peace
let the Holy Spirit be released
surround me with Your grace
let me dwell in Your space
saturate me with Your peace
make me conscious of your presence
take me to that place Lord
where I'll dwell in Your essence
Jesus is our Brother
We are the broken cisterns
Jesus says “Come drink freely
From the Fountain Head” all listeners
Jesus is our Friend
Praises to Him sing
Jesus is our Savior
He’s our Prophet, Priest and King
He sees the seeing of all
He knows the knowing of all
He knows everything
So when you hear His call
Let’s glorify the Lord in all we say and do
Now change the "i" to an "o"
And look away from sin to The Son
And pray to the Tri-unity of the Three-in-One
?I stopped looking for You in distant skies.
You were waiting in the quiet all along.
In a hand that reached for mine without a word,
In the quiet grit to just begin again.
?You spoke through ordinary mornings,
And stayed through nights that had no answers.
I found You in shared bread, held tears, and easy laughter.
Not a blinding light—just a steady presence.
?The closer I came to love, the closer You seemed.
The less I demanded, the more I finally noticed.
Perhaps finding You was never the journey at all.
Perhaps it was just learning how to truly see.
The morning sun awakens in
your eyes,
And banishes the shadows of
the night,
The golden beams illuminate
the skies,
To fill my quiet world with
sudden light.
No treasure held within the
deepest sea,
Nor silver moon that sails the
midnight air,
Can match the peace your
heart brings to me,
Or compare to a grace so
pure and rare.
Through every shifting
season, cold or warm,
Your gentle hand remains my
steady guide,
A silent refuge from the
wildest storm,
When I am standing safely by
your side.
As long as stars shall walk the
endless sky,
My heart is yours, until the
oceans dry.
In the shadows of a secret silent sacred place
Almighty God is dwelling, in whose essence
I find my refuge and my strength
And deliverance from the vile and toxic waste
of a world of spreading pestilence.
Under the wings of angels, I am shielded
and swiftly guided and whisked away to peace.
The terrors of the night and the violent abuses of day
Of raging psychopaths no longer reach me, they are kept at bay
For God is my continual and everlasting habitation
Here there is no evil nor plagues of violent confrontation.
I have called upon His name and he did answer me
And I am with Him always in His eternal presence in eternity.
(my version of Psalm 91)
Father : Further
— by Poet Kim Jang-hyun (J)
Within the fallen memories that you keep,
Your nostalgia was a bird bound for the deep.
That lonely wanderer of a mystic bar,
Was, perhaps, a drifting and a silent star.
Your beauty, standing in Maya all alone,
Was a yearning presence you have always known.
At the edge of exile, where your tears are shed,
You were the seed of pain from which we bled.
Upon a strange civilization's unknown bower,
You were a fleeting, passing pasqueflower.
Immutable, though all the worlds may shift,
Your gentle smile was a fading, distant gift.
That endless world where Maitreya shall reign,
Was the secret truth that you alone sustain.
Beyond the mountain, here within our view,
That flower, surely, was a part of you.
The best thing about you is that you're my sister
My first friend, my best friend
I wouldn't want anyone else to play that role in my life
You play it perfectly
Every act, every sentence
Like you rehearsed it like such
I love being in your presence
Each moment with you is a memory I'll never forget
When we grow up, I won't see you as much
We'll go our separate ways
And probably only see eachother on holidays
But I'll always remember how our hugs used to go on forever
How we always seemed happier together
Cause when I grow up
The thing I'll miss most is you
The chair sits empty, yet it breathes,
A ghost of warmth the silence weaves.
The pen lies still, its ink long dry,
But I can hear his lists nearby.
The bed is hollow, sheets grown cold,
Yet stories linger, quietly bold.
The voice is gone, the laughter hushed,
But echoes rise where time has crushed.
I miss the hand that held my own,
The anchor lost, the light outshone.
Yet every wall, each room, each space,
Still carries fragments of his face.
He is nowhere, the world is bare,
Yet everywhere, I find him there.
In memory’s weight, in sorrow’s art,
He lives unbroken in my heart.
Graceful creature of the night.
Big hazel eyes to melt your heart.
Beauty reigning in the dark.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
your presence forever in my heart
You're awaiting the next minute
Precariously
The Now is sliding down your moment
like a tear
Sliding off your cheek
Passing of time saddens you
Until there is hope
And you sink into it like a fish
Deeper and deeper and deeper ...
Right Now is a an Ocean for your
Presence to encompass it.
With infinity floating within it.
It's easy to omit it when
You crave for the next
Tick tock of a clock.
There is always something to grasp
For.
There is always another word to be said.
Another step to be taken.
Moments are like gems
we look out for
Exciting until they actually happen.
You can not stop the time but
You find your way to soak
Into the Now within you.
Deeper and deeper until
- Although nothing has stopped really -
You
Finally did.
My love fun was the best, lifting my mood so high, I felt like I was touching the sky.
The day was so sunny, I felt your love in an instant, like the sun on my face, your presence made my day.
Your warm love was felt completely, it made each moment feel so deeply, like the ocean so deep your love is so deep.
When you looked into my eyes, I could feel all of your thoughts, making me have no need for words, like a breeze you are felt with ease.
Your warm love was felt completely it made each moment feel so special.
Every moment you held my hand, made me feel like a kid again, with no cares, and no tears, only love floating in the air.
Love fun, you are always the one, thoughts move like the sun and warming my days, and taking all the gray away.
Love you all the way, love you every day, you are the one, my love fun, you make all of me feel like I’m floating around on love fun.
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