Infants begin
with closed fists—
white and red,
like the sun
about to rise.
They grow,
thumb resting in their mouth,
fingers curling around
the saree’s edge of the mother,
the sacred thread of the father—
building a small,
secure world.
A few months later,
with tiny movements,
gentle manners,
they reach for toys—
holding them close,
day and night,
whispering in their own language,
never alone.
A soft toy becomes a world.
Sometimes it is a spoon,
a cup,
a tumbler—
clutched for years
as a secret friend.
Sometimes a locket,
a ring,
a bracelet—
shining with unseen magic.
And now,
Doraemon walks beside them,
on TV,
on mobiles,
everywhere they go.
These bonds,
woven with innocence,
give strength,
bring laughter,
carry a quiet promise—
that joy will stay,
and life will be kind.
Categories:
secure, baby, birth, father, life,
Form: Free verse
Kiss me as you’d kiss a baby,
softly to show your love.
Touch me gently,
as you would someone hurt and afraid.
Hug me and hold me tightly,
that I might feel secure and protected.
Smile at me and laugh with me,
so I can see your joy and inner peace.
These are the things that sooth my soul,
inviting me to join you in a loving relationship.
These are the traits that will open my heart,
allowing love to flow freely.
Agree with me that we each have the right to be authentic,
and we’ll be free to be the best we can be.
Now two shall be one as passion is unshackled,
we shall frolic in unfathomable love.
Categories:
secure, heart, love, meaningful, relationship,
Form: Free verse
All things great and small
He made them all
God made them all
Those lives that are secure
Like a heart that is so pure
He made them all
God made them all
For salvation for the least
He gives them all a great peace
He made them all
God made them all
When you're in the valleys low
And you don't know where to go
He made us all
God made us all
Categories:
secure, christian, faith,
Form: Rhyme
When all our intimate poetry
has been spoken
and all the strings of our heart
have been strung
when hope is sustained without question,
will we invite passion's longing,
and welcome vulnerable emotions
to find promises of enchantment,
from the hunger in our tongue's rapture
that will carry our souls into a realm of lost time
and scatter laurels of roses and purple asters before us
to breathe in their fragrant scents
that linger on the breath of sighs
where wishes overflow, from their well
spilling red onto the glorious sunset
bathing our skin in precious moments of solitude
as we lay beneath the altar of the glowing sky
leaving a picturesque bounty of beauty
in our eyes of sensual serenity
that reveals our budding blooms of love
warming the open petals of our inner garden
from a tender transparent kiss
secure in the arms of love
Categories:
secure, love, romance,
Form: Free verse
To the East, to the West
bordered by seas
America seemed safe and secure...
Twin Towers up in flames
Her southern border down the drain ~
America's imperiled where before it was sure
Categories:
secure, america, confidence, fear, sea,
Form: Rhyme
I had a dream
We were so much happier than we ever were
You were holding my hand just the same
And we were dancing which we never did
You were looking at me so ever intently like you always did
And I was feeling so secure in your arms like I never did
The comfort
There wasn't any sorrow between you and I
No shadows loomed
No darkness crept
Everything felt so right as it always did between you and I
And you were better than you ever were
And I could see a path for us
We paraded the streets you and I
Hand in hand we did
And it made sense
Seemed like I had forgiven you for all the pain
But I questioned
How unlikely it was for me to walk the same road as you
I am sure I don't love you anymore
You don't mean as much as you did
I don't feel as lost without you now
Sure you had filled my universe before
Gave my life meaning and purpose
But I figured I could live without you
And I suppose that was the life lesson
Categories:
secure, angst, break up, lonely,
Form: Verse
Inevitable we’d shatter ourselves,
something so cool heated to combustion;
Soft fingers and a speeding pulse compels
wandering eyes to feed all this tension;
My breasts and my lips pucker into swells
suddenly there is one pure intension;
Bat my eyes and have you fall for demure,
held in your arms now so safe and secure.
Categories:
secure, emotions, feelings, lust,
Form: Ottava rima
A plea for freedom, not in vain.
Palestinians yearn to break the chain,
Yet Hamas' grip, a binding bane.
Frayed hopes tangle with despair,
Courage whispers in the air.
To rise against the darker crest,
And claim the right to freedom's quest.
Yet complexities tell this their tale,
History's wounds, a heavy veil.
Yearning hearts, a common theme,
Struggle unfolds, a turbulent stream.
In unity, a power untold,
To reshape stories yet unfold.
The choice to rise, to break the ties,
For freedom's call within their eyes.
Categories:
secure, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
I am SAFE AND SECURR IN HIM
I am safe and secure in Him
To be comfortable to be cared for and connected to others It's you Father I need to grow Higher
I need to grow higher
I need to find those Spiritual Mountains
To be comfortable to be cared for and connected to others
Cover me mine Jehovah-Jireh
I need to climb those Spiritual Mountains
Give Me Your Heart of Hearts to love others as such
Cover Me Mine Jehovah-jireh
It's in you Father I need to grow higher
Give me your Heart of Hearts to love others as such
I am safe and secure in Him
4/29/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2o23
Categories:
secure, analogy, caregiving, endurance, god,
Form: Pantoum
want to feel secure
put up with and endure
is the only cure
what we advocate
from position should vacate
find another mate
not love at first sight
of me cat did take big bite
with all of his might
Categories:
secure, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
These people I safely know
who like to healthy grow
fail to distinguish
between cooperative housing
and cooperative households,
cooperative countries
and communities
Which
as we all seem to know
although textbooks often fail to show
include cooperative gardening
and cooperative farming
and possibly cooperative
organic management
of a polytheistic living planet
without monotheistic competitive
monopolistic cultural intent.
In each interdependent case
we explore something together,
some primal trinitarian relationship
between healthy resilience
and safe transitions
and beautifully balanced
resonant energy
Synergy produces
co-arising fruits of sexual
sensual
and sacred exotic
erotic regenerate sensations
Further witchy wonder which,
like resonantly tasty
and fragrant,
richly brown and black
white and green
orange and yellow
red textured
robust stews
Cooperatively touch
and feel
and show
and thereby know
a primally sublime
healthy
safe
and beautiful homebrew.
Categories:
secure, beautiful, community, health, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
If I was a house I’d be detached
Secure in my walls, untouched
My roof angled against the rain
My windows, tightly shut, secure
My front garden neat, the back
Garden uncut, scruffy, untidy
My brickwork would be red
My front door council blue
My childhood had yellow doors
We never got the blue or green
My driveway would be long
Keeping the world outside
The gates would have a chain
Wooden panels attached to
The side walls, a gate cut
To enter the garden, via a path
A satellite dish juts from the wall
The signal welcome, the world not.
Because, if I was a house, I’d be detached.
David Cox 02/08/22
Categories:
secure, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
The man is the head of his wife
The same way the literal head
Is to the physical human body.
This means that the man or husband
Is supposed to love his wife,
To protect and nourish the same.
If the body didn't have a head
We would have to go look for it
For the body indeed needs one.
Otherwise where would the thinking
And the coordination come from?
Of course, the head too needs a body!
The head cannot walk or point.
It can't deliver food to the mouth.
It cannot write or play a guitar.
It also needs the organs in it:
The mouth, the nose, the ears, the eyes,
Without which it is but nothing.
The head coordinates its own body
And not the bodies of other heads
As a man is head of his wife.
Similarly he's a caring one,
Always seeking to please his wife.
How secure his wife thus feels!
It is the bible that laid down this law
At first Corinthians eleven, verse three;
But it says that the first head is God.
It also says that God is love
And what a provider that one is!
That is how the man is head!
Categories:
secure, care, god, husband, leadership,
Form: Free verse
I will never judge you with hatred or disdain
I will never cause you strife that you may in
peace remain.
God forbid anyone insult you or clip your
angel wings, I will stand in awe of you and
the wonder that you bring. I will knock down
all the walls that have made you poor, I will
help you take the leap and watch your spirit
soar. For you I wrote this insignificant poem
to tell you of your worth. You shall have your
portion and your cup, you shall be my friend
secure.
Categories:
secure, angel, best friend, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Shallow are of dreams the streams that flows through your mind and heart
High are the clouds of your brain your mind is as the lightnings strikes
Rocky is the road that your feet tread your legs walk on your body hosts
You are ignored yet you are safe and saved assured environmentally secured
9/11/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr ©
Categories:
secure, analogy, assonance, confidence, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
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