black is the great mystery
before the explosion of light
dominating a universe history
of an advancing spectrum fight
the colours of light are dancing
since the dawn of space and time
does black welcome romancing
could there be a marriage sublime
black plays it's cards close to chest
to sentient not giving much away
it's singularity they try to test
but black ensures night follows day
the sentient flirts every night
when eyes close, and black reigns
in dreams a teasing of it's fright
the soul of sentient remains
patiently black waits in the shadows
plotting it's most grave of role
to finally overcome the light it knows
in the dawning of a black hole
In Germany's dusk, the fourteenth century fell
Disorder in the shadows, and village anger will swell
Where towns blossomed once, now chaos reigned
All rights tangled, privileges weren’t gained
Classes divided, old alliances torn
Princes and estates where conflict was born
Fields and workshops, commerce and trade
All swept up in strife that no one could evade
Country folk suffered, their fortunes declined
Feuds and famine ominously combined
Villages vanished only names remain
Echoes of lives lost to hunger and pain
Unrest and lawlessness, violence and fear
Only the strong could persevere
No ruler to unify, no guiding hand
Germany's turmoil swept across the land
So peaked the chaos the harbingers said
The way of order whimpered and fled
They would not do the same in The Western Land
They learned from how Germany had mistakenly band
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wings unfold
the air feels strange and bold
one life dissolved inside its cocoon
to its own nature and God was highly attune
now floats through air and sky, God’s heavenly pontoon
trusting, it glides over mountain range
God, its wings shall sustain
faith doth reign
I took a walk around the sphere
Just to break them spells
I spoke with mother nature
Then she gave me her words
Words of blessings
Saying; as you want it do it and so be it.
I took a flight to the sky
So I'll be so fly
I spoke with the father sun
Then he gave me his words
Words of inspiration
Saying; shine unapologetically.
Then I took a walk within
Just to speak with me
So I can pick up my spirit from within
The he in me said;
When you conquer your mind
You've opened the world of possibilities
Make sure you put into use your abilities
With your capability you'll reign in the world of possibilities.
From the ridiculous to the sublime
it’s all in the mind
Severe depression or ecstasy unbound
one’s a mind unhinged, the other’s sound
Be it a sunny outlook or forever rain
look to the influence of the brain
Yet neither can fully explain ~
addiction to heroin or cocaine
Deep within a pallid night
moonbeams sing of shadow's flight.
A rippling cloak, on loam snow fell,
placed to herald winter's knell.
Whispering winds on bloodless lands,
a cold caress of unseen hands.
Wisps of shimmering snow entrance
atop the blanket like a fairy's dance.
Quivering boughs of pine and oak
vaunt slender limbs 'neath a silvery cloak.
Bare and black and laden with snow
the windswept beauty of branches held low.
Through murmuring limbs the wind did gust,
blowing spectral kisses of frozen lust.
The moaning zephyr to dark realms fly,
chasing silvery mists beyond the sky.
Towering empyrean on horizon burn,
blue fires of brumal sapphire churn.
Flickering stars of crystal light,
celestial sprites of an enchanting night.
Pale citadel over midnight looms
Cast blue shadow on Arcadian tombs.
Moon's kingdom alight with chill desires,
crown the hold of winter's spires.
Death strikes with its wicked grin,
Deep grief and sorrow it brings,
Flights to heaven then begin,
When our souls fly without wings,
Each saint bears a halo ring,
They reign there as queens and kings,
With Angels near a calm spring.
Contest title: What Happened After
Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud
Date: 18th July, 2025
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Placement: First
They brought them back in the Age of Dust,
when crops failed and gods went quiet.
With DNA teased from marrow’s crust,
they rose--reborn, and violent.
In glass-born labs beneath dead cities,
the scientists whispered hope.
“Guardians,” they said, “not beasts nor pity,”
as they cut through time’s old rope.
But the wolves remembered ice and blood,
the hunt, the pack, the kill--
they moved like ghosts through ash and mud,
with a hunger time couldn’t still.
The world grew wild beneath their gaze,
old fences fell to claw and fang.
The sky turned gray for endless days,
and silence bloomed where children sang.
We learned to speak in signal fire,
to tread the earth with care--
for the alphas ruled from mountain spire,
and no one dares go there.
Now laws are written in howl and tooth,
in scent and scar and chase.
The price of playing God, in truth,
was the loss of the human race.
They roam where cities used to burn,
where glass lies sharp in bone--
and every full moon, we return
to pray they leave us alone.
Behold, a servant became king!
In Tirzah, he made a killing.
While the army was away-
Behold, King Elah's doomsday!
Zimri came and struck him dead,
Baasha's sin came to a head,
None were spared belonging to him,
Zimri killed all of them.
His rise in status would not last,
Earth shook due to this contrast-
No change in nature his undoing,
A fool pays for his misdoing.
Omri comes to claim the throne,
Zimri's support was overblown.
His doomsday choice is suicide,
Fire was kindled - Zimri died.
Behold, the parade of evil kings!
Omri and Tibni, the offerings.
Omri's support provided the win,
Encouraging Israel to sin.
Exalting oneself is foolish,
And planning evil is ghoulish.
Such a king can only feign-
Behold, the seven-day reign!
The government is no longer farcical
Most intelligent ones have ceased laughing
Mein Kampf is in the rulebook now
Our new dictators have it down pat
Censor anything they do not believe or advocate
Jail or kill those who protest
Control the media
Target a specific group
Be ruthless in pursuit
Intimidating and bullying; forcing their will on the rest of us
There will soon be goose-stepping in our streets
People will humiliate you
People who don't want your best
People who are against you
People who don't know your worth
People who don't know who you are
People without humility.
People will humiliate you
People who wants applause
People who wants attention
People who wants power
Some for fun
Most for belittling
Others just because of their inexperience.
People will humiliate you
People who wanna be above you
So they can use you
Rule and ruin you
Bend and break you
Tame and shame you
Just to make you bow to them reigns forever.
Soul Energized We're
Energized Drops of Reign
????Soul Energized We're
Energized ?? Drops of Reign
Each drop of rain says His name
Each drop of rain praises Him, reigns
Every pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter
Fillings of each creek, streams, valleys and craters
Ever so Every Soul pores, pours
Shedding spores moisture
Droplets of Heavens spots of dew drops
Every window that gails breeze that sails
Is a breath of life
Every small burst of breeze is Our Father's breath
His ?? lips speak life ??
His words bring forth life
Everything He spoke forth, speaks of
Becomes just does!
(Becomes)
Every light that does shine
He begins it in Him
Soul energized energy multiplied
Confidently He's so provides
We're the image of Him; Elohim
And in Him (were) we're...being
Soul Energized we are drops of Reign
10/28/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr & The Corinthian
dedicated to "God is Speaking Ministries- Janeen Brown "
The students couldn't wait
until the fat lady sung,
so some heaved rocks
while others slung dung..
Bonded by the beat from
an umbilical drum,
protesting in the streets
as one, Hashina's authoritarian regime
was overcome.
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