They all speak in tongues
A powerful influence
No king resides here
Where I reside is more than just
a house; my haven's here -
a place to wash off worldly dust
and shelter those most dear.
From worries I can flee,
for at home I feel free,
and friends can welcomed be.
May love abide
where I reside.
A book of words, so big and bright,
Helps us learn, day and night.
It shows us meanings, one by one,
So we can understand, and have fun.
From A to Z, it's all inside,
A world of words, where we can reside.
It teaches us, how to say,
And helps us write, in a better way.
the unforgiven are those who reside
in the bliss of resentment
decades can pass and yet
they return to the repetitive accusation
the wind at the door
that never changes its tune
the one the garden rejoices in
when it leaves
the one in the furrows of the brain
where expectations run rampant
in possession of self-delusions
this is how existence should be
forgive, forget, and move on
are steps in the furrows
to heal that within
we learned that long ago from a cross
we were not meant to bear it
we were taught to conquer it
this is lost on the unforgiven
failing to forgive the reflection
where expectations birth resentments
decades devoted to the failure of both
the acerbic conversations of the unforgiven
are the entertainment of misery
for the emancipated who let God deal with it
Oregon 8/23
some hold on to things
those things that are forbidden beholding
physical material things
things held dropped lost and forgotten
but I have a real holding
I feel real meaning
I have real feelings
it's real but you can't see
it's real you can feel
Jesus wonderful
Jesus hope in the morning
hope in the noon day
hope when you're on life journey
and you're on the way His love
Jesus love
you can't see it yet
But you can feel Him all the way down through your morrow
morrow of your bones
6/28/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Reject not sweet musings memories evoke
Extolling elation our passions amplified
Assuage the fervid hints emotions stoke
That eternal vows once callously denied
Let bygones fade away on skyline bright
When your smile scintillates opaline skies
Being my delight of Venus every night
Blazing flame of desires glinting your eyes
“Share the hopes within you still
And hold the dreams that in you reside
Invite a kiss from parted lips
And trace the paths where hearts abide”
Awaken your impulses reveries fantasize
As nightmare of yore in womb of dawn dies
And ambiance of day, aspirations surmise
Where sparkles of amethyst glisten sunrise
Savor again missives your feelings confide
As pleadings of hearts doting souls revive
Let whispers of yearnings be your guide
While blossoms of romance fervently thrive
Entrust me your voice, music of my choice,
Strumming evermore rhythms of your song
In concert of my beats, it is you I rejoice
Pulsing my heart where forever you belong
May 28, 2021
Placed 1st: Choose your form 2 poetry contest
Sponsor: Joseph May
Placed 1st: All yours (June 4) by Brian Strand
Shed your fears onto me and let them wash away your sins,
The sacrifice of your innocent youth can free your yearning soul,
I am not the contempt that you were warned of,
I am the desire in your heart bound by your bloody veins,
I have felt your thoughts darken to where I reside,
Do not hide them from I that feeds you,
You know the thoughts I talk of,
The blackest ones,
The ones that dismay your very purity,
That scare your very being for fear that they should somehow leak out,
I know those thoughts,
I know them all too well,
Why torment yourself so,
Hiding behind masks of skin and secrets,
None of you speak truth,
Only that which liars deem prove you worthy,
But none of your kind are truly worthy,
How can you be when denial is your greatest strength.
I can ease your shallow burden,
If you will only let me,
I will lift the burden of living from you,
And free your desires from the weight of circumstance,
You will be born again,
Never to know the manacles of your misconstrued life,
A moment with me will be an eternity without inhibition,
Come join with us,
Release yourself,
Be all that you can be.
Feeding off my anxiety
Thoughts hidden from eyes to see
Reaking havoc on my sobriety
Poisonous chords biting at me
Crippling my mentality
Each step forward it's evil leaves no room for equality
I need to ignore the pessimistic reality
Of my mind's morality
Don't you dare smile rotten teeth full of cavities
Try and do what's right will just cause catastrophe
Your nothing and you think they see
That thier your only family
Without you they'd be set free
No more nagging agony
Of the life you dedicated to thee
you shut up and stop harrassing me
Your the evil that makes me plea
Thinking the worst of everything
Always doubting my every belief
Why do you alwaoys plant the seed
I'm exsorcizing you from my core
I will succeed and they will stand by me
God will save me from the reaping
Your darkness has cast upon thee
It's time for you to leave get the out of me
You no longer have power undoubtedly
I'm taking back my sanity
And setting myself free
From the demon that resides in me
We are almost fully into The Age of Aquarius
The golden calf of Taurus reigned 8000 years ago
Then Aries entered sacrificing lambs and rams for quid pro quo
Thus secrets inhibited Piscean Age and governments did overthrow
Was a child, a savior born, midst those turbulent millennial years
However, orbiting Sun's journey leaves Pisces when Aquarius nears
On the Vernal Equinox 2000 A.D. Is five degrees Pisces, but soon to leave
The cusp of Aquarius patiently awaits the Sun's visit gallantly to please
And the Sun rest in Aquarius for 2000 years, offering peace for humanity
Teaching scientific breakthroughs, giving to fellow men, lastly healing insanity
There are two thousand years before our Sun exits towards Capricorn's Age
Sharing altruism, in the eleventh house, Kingdom living, on the humanitarian stage
©K?? 2016 All Rights Reserved
5/30/16
her boobies had sagged
two boulders in a hammock
she is stony faced
03~08~15
Contest -Make me chuckle with a Haiku/Senyru#1 - PD
When twin souls living in their tranquil place
Where heart and mind reside
Oblivious to time and space
Circumstance, distance or weather
Like the moon that waxes and wanes
Even in shadows never changing
Love grows nurtured sublime
~*~
Tears subside,
hushed breaths draw ebbing tide,
soft virgin sands, un-walked and damp, shine.
A delicate filigree of silvery brine
brings an interlude where grief and beauty entwine,
gently swaying between now and then.
Thoughts of ‘remember when’
stir again.
Scattered far and wide,
bygones shimmer in rock pools,
scents on breezes ride...
elusive remnants of love
under bitter-sweet moonlight.
There is a place where reveries reside,
ensconced in time between the lows and highs,
where troubles disappear in ocean’s sighs
and hopes return with happiness inside.
Where shades of blue, and rose hues coincide
to nurture promises of sweet reprise,
there is a place where reveries reside,
ensconced in time between the lows and highs.
A haven to reflect on love’s divide,
recall that smile, the twinkle of those eyes
with fondness, then let woven dreams arise
with threads of gilded memories to guide...
this is the place where reveries reside.
**For Jared Pickett's Trois Par Huit /Tanka/Rondel contest
And I could feel;
The flicker in the light,
Of my prayers breathe, away.
Still I utter: “this was never meant...”
And dream another day.
Of a perfume swirl, my sirens lust,
Within a city drowned in fairy dust,
Up, magic bean of twisted stalk,
Not on dreams to tread, but, in dreams to walk.
For what’s left of my mind,
Emotions have gone astray,
My own pulsing,
I never knew this way,
...Could never feel inside.
How cruel we reside,
In someone else’s dreams.
If i held you apon the ledge would fear
ever drift into your heart.
Waves crash below salt kisses the wind.
Far from this madness we do depart.
The storm outside brings it's cold
casting doubts with fear.
ligthing flashes giving light to useen places.
Thunder crashes you question the voices you hear.
locked behind doors kept in a wooden box atop
the fire place.
He removes the mask
To reveal only to the darkness his true face.
Within the flames exists the ash of
my troubled past.
Ripped sails.
Dreams of light cant exist under skies overcast.
A single moment can be the breaking straw.
Whats left of the lion.
does reside in the cats paw.
A ghost to these sheets this
bed I no longer haunt.
A waltz at a forgotten balll.
Underneath the arm of another was it only to flaunt.
Dark circles under eyes.
Trapped in this hell I despise.
the midnightoil burnt on through the day.
Love conseals a promise that your heart does betray.
Echo's in darkness
to all but strangers I do confide.
Bleeding within in the emptyness my
true self does reside.
I wiped a forbidden tear away from my eyes
he says good girls should never cry
So I close my eyes so tight that my lids tremble
I am trying to symbolize a strong women
to my tribe but I hate that I must respect
men that I despise. A women's opinion means
nothing, and a man is god. I wouldn't dare
tell a soul this but when I sleep I dream
of America. I wish I could escape my home.
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