Short Chasten Poems

Chasten citizen
Glory in times of trials
accept discipline.
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“Beyond Reason”

Myth and reality,
The language of dreams,
A vision of god
Wrapped in creation scenes.
Myth and reality,
A visceral truth,
Unified dogma
A centrifugal spoof.
Scattered and atomized
Mankind searches
For an integrating structure
Bestowing meaning and purpose.
Methodological limitations
Chasten and humble.
In the final analysis
Ideologies crumble....

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A child's favorite balloon
taken rudely by the wind,
up and far over the hills,
never to be seen again.

Or brightly colored kites,
tethered to our tiny hands,
strings torn unforgivingly,
soar then to forgotten lands.

Nature's lessons, hard and cruel,
chasten children in its school,
teach their grasp on happiness
is fleeting. Such is Life's long rule....

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I sense some roughness, grey hairs strew
jagged eyebrows, jagged view
Lord, let me sense the pure of you
and all forsaken, is brand new!

A line now centered, frown's adieu
a grimace bent ~ toothless review
unholy glaring at construe
what made this fetished look of stew!

Some troubles notice, worries mew
a smile could hasten face's renew!
Oh, heart please chasten, comfort true
this look replace, with hope's redo!...

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With the help and confidence 
You give me, gives it a second thought. 
Sweet and genuine messages 
In your each gnawing gaze. 
You bring me up, when I tumbled down 
Like a breeze in air, you sail me all through. 
At the point when I get fizzled, you beat me down 
Much the same as an educator you chasten me out. 
With a companion like you, 
I became more acquainted with what companionship is 
For the genuine bond we share, I swear, 
Our great stream will never end....

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