Short Refinery Poems

Licking flames 
Rage...
Heat penetrates,

Ashes smolder...
Purified stone
Emerges....

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I met an angel this day and he shown bright in 
Words for sharp were this words like refinery' s
furnace He did speak for love is for all
for it is the hand that Moulded
the clay and breath in fire
the fire from the stream 
Of wisdom untold 
unheard to 
men
love
for
love
 is
God
1Joh 2:9-11...

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Cherry Blossom 

An ocean of pink and white 
Waves are her petal bed
A sprinkle of beauty
A gossamer spread

Untrammelled they fall
Down to kiss the ground 
Refinery"s best in show
Flutterdown everglow

Not by fluke was fondness captured
Lying luckily , eyes raptured
Twas here not by chance
Basking in her Flamboyance 

thank you...

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Book
there is in the mind of thought
untold, unseen
powerful engineer of life
comes timely
in the perspective of life
like the pure buddy
like the loving child
like the scholastic old
like the experimental theory
it comes to us
but need some
refinery
adjustment
adaptability
let the life be a light of book


27.07.2020 Chattogram...

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In my pain, I have gained
In my shame, I got a name
In my loss, I never was lost
In my penury, I went through the refinery-
              there my destiny was revealed

 And who would have thought all along that a slob from the slum could have the 
guts to leave the ruts to be a king with a ring on a throne and cant be dethroned 
by any imaginable human effort....

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From opposite heads I hear crackles
you call me larry, even though I am Hilary
with my presence, lots of hate sprinkle
both minds convert to a dirty granary
forgetting that every problem can be tackled
to hatred, silence is an auxiliary
friendship suffering a swollen knuckle
but all these should soon pass a refinery
forgiveness cures the broken ankle
and makes life less complicated and ordinary...

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Refinery

For every truth I’ve sought, and found
I then discerned more lies around;
For every grace I got from God,
Received a scourging with His rod.
For love, and friends, and company,
Night vigils, fasts, and agony.
For coming closer to the Light,
My sins exposed upon the height;
Once mere clay, and sod, and mold,
Now glitter precious flecks of gold.

                          JVB   Orlando, FL 1994...

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Take me away from myself 
where I can breathe 
no smoked refinery air, 
somewhere else. 

I cast a lonely wish 
to be someone else 
possessed of life 

it never materialised. 

I cry an empty shell, 
mouthing, moving in circles, 
decreasing as I radiate 
never to brush the shore. 

Let my sweat lie upon you 
one more secret time, 
sacrifice my heart, 

I court fulfilment. 

Turning blind eyes 
snaps me, breaks my heart, 
turning away 

I die....

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