Age hasn’t softened me
Weakened me a bit, perhaps
I speak of a truth I’ve earned
Cherish the right to speak it
Often to the trees and stars
Sometimes cursing those in cars
I ponder often the mystery of
Whose truth is truer
Can all truth’s be true
Or must one concede
Tap-0ut in accepted defeat
My mother told us
“the truth only hurts when it’s supposed to.”
A mentor told me
“the truth is true and all is well
Unconquerable life prevails”
A less reliable figure told me
“kid, there’s a bit of a lie in every truth”
A cynic once shouted
“if a lie of the blackest will save ya
Then lie while ya have the breath in ya”
Therefore
I lie in the truth
Telling artfully truthful lies
Teasing forth from the unaware
The truth of their lies
And what lies in their truths
A HARDEN HEART NOW SET APART SOFTENED-
All I had was a heart of stone;
My Father came along and molded it
Made it soft, softer than clay
Remade me whole, a better way
All I had was a cold, cold heart
Jesus came along and warmed it up
Now I am a part of His fresh warm breath
He placed me upon His chest
A harden heart now set apart softened
Once I had a stony heart
Made of stone and so ice cold
Elohim remade me new
Abba Father renew
Now with a heart of spirit
My heart eyes have been reviewed
Now I see things brand new
A harden heart now set apart softened
Remade me whole, a better way
He placed me upon His chest
Now I am a part of His fresh warm breath
My Father came along and remolded it,
Made it soft, my heart softer than clay
A harden heart now set apart softened
10/07/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
please let me know how you feel
if my love your gonna steal
my hearts been broken way to often
from words and lies that were spoken
in a soft and loving way
that just left me in dismay
I'll listen very carefully
the way you are speaking to me
is breaking down my hearts defense
into a million shattered pieces
each honest syllable decreases
the cold I ever used to know
my broken hearts staring to grow
stronger with each hug and look
you're a very clever crook
stealing away my past
like a magician that has cast
a spell over my mind and soul
completing my happiness goal
from a true reality
powering your love on me
O' Holy Father come close to me
In awe let your consuming fire
Rejuvenate me
Spark and fire, your desire
You will you way, your purpose in me
~
Come purest spirit embrace me
Let my, mine burdens escape me
Saturate encapsulate come and guide me
Surround me with your guidance FATHER renew me
~
Old gentle Spirit rain on Me
Teach me keep me in guiding me let me be
Like an eagle eyes structured hone
Renew in me my spirit soul heart softened reborn
12/22/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023
Their house was harsh with colors and shapes.
But then a bunny was left, her name was Ms. Lapes.
The house began to soften and turned into pastel hues.
A new loveliness presided all over the place, eliminating all blues.
I walked through a fire
It scorched and it licked
But my heart remains soft now
All the charcoal bits flicked
What remains is just sadness
At the thought of all loss
Though the flames served a purpose
Burned away all the dross
My hand held another
She got lost in the heat
Want to turn around, rescue
But the mission's complete
I can wait and be hopeful
Pray and hope that she might
Through the smoke and the debris
Emerge cheery and bright
I admit being anxious
As she shouted out 'go'..
Yet this fire we started
Once it smouldered so slow
So my heart it is softened
Not encrusted and black
I just long that our friendship
Can make it's way back
Softened attention, our meditation,
in a space-time dissolved continuum,
wherein presence shows no hesitation,
to shed off ego spawned residuum.
Reworded, let’s say there’s nothing we do,
except to remain poised thus in silence,
mood and mode joyous as bliss beats renew,
in a realm free from thought borne violence.
There is no room here for desire or fear
and in fact ego having receded,
we see the world appear and disappear;
with our will to God fully conceded.
This, oh hermit, is the in-between zone ~
Pastures of bliss mists, where our soul has flown
why worry
God provides
all we need
optimise
attention
love aligned
life is short
waste not time
gentle touch
29-January-2023
Tricube
Sitting quietly, breathing in and out
Centred presence feels blissful and complete
Bliss strobes within let out a silent shout
Our vaporised self’s awash at God's feet
Time ticks away but we are oblivious
Grazed by bliss mists, we feel its benign burn
Ignition within is continuous
This play is enacted in body urn
When life beckons us, we go out to play
The game is simply embrace and release
To the cadence divine we gently sway
Flowing gently as does the morning breeze
There being no one here to weigh and size ~
Each breath we take, is imbibed in surprise
13-January-2023
Softened attention releases tension
Taking us to another dimension
Not too far away, for it lies within
Peace beyond measure, free from thought flow din
Where bliss and wisdom mark soul's intension
At this juncture, it's worthwhile to mention
Silence holds secrets for soul's ascension
Make oh hermit, fickle heart free from sin
Softened attention
With ego cravings out of contention
We feel our auric field slowly strengthen
All's enabled no sooner we begin
Fears and desires fade, to ego's chagrin
Our heart’s joyous, free from apprehension
Softened attention
11-October-2022
Softened attention
Why would we dispose
fragrance of a rose,
uplifting spirit,
judging not merit?
Yet it is clinging,
to echoes singing
meanings we infuse,
as of our heart's muse.
Memory recall
stifles the bliss squall,
since we interfere
with love sparks that spear.
Though with feet on ground,
as free soul unbound,
each pulse we cognise
sans the urge to size.
Rapture all the time,
with bliss currents rhyme,
which we celebrate,
in monk-mode sedate.
Gratitude oozes
without excuses,
as we so entwine,
with bliss beats divine.
Grace fortuitous,
yet continuous,
signals we're a mist,
casing to resist.
Dance within our form,
takes us by the storm;
nodes with joy gyrate ~
we collaborate.
Our vaporised self
sings hymns to itself,
one with That oneness,
in staid gentleness.
This world of space-time,
is where gongs love's chime,
throbbing day and night,
for our soul's delight.
06-July-2022
As you move,
Be humble in your development.
Leaving a softened Wake
So for those with you,
May experience the Joy of Peace.
Not an easy task,
Considering how the world
Is so easily provoked ;
Into violence
Into hatred
Into division...
The provocateur is hard at work,
Trying to sabatoge the work of the Soul
And the Spirit's journey upward.
Do not be afraid
Do not fear
Do not give in to the negativity of the world.
As you move,
Be humble in your development.
Leaving a softened Wake
So for those with you,
May experience the Joy of Peace.
Our pristine doerless intent to connect
self with Self in the void of emptiness,
animates attention to so detect
subtle bliss currents, in vibrant stillness,
melding presence in the sea of oneness.
As we draw in the divine elixir,
our in-form nodes dance in joyful caper,
flowing blissfully without resistance;
soft and easy becomes our souls gesture,
reflecting innate, bubbling innocence.
19-May-2021
Curiosity killed the cat, they say
but if we do not ask, we will not know.
Do we not, to the music, gently sway?
Let then our searching, be in stillness slow,
as open heart, scent of love does follow!
Awaken, oh hermit! Watch attention,
guiding it’s flow, in soft meditation,
wary of pitfalls, as ego urges,
threatening to block our bliss elation.
Be one with bliss within, as it surges!
26-November-2020
This,
right here,
mind body,
is where we are.
Not negation then,
rather embracing truth,
shift into the heart centre,
feeling therein bliss that canters,
we embrace, hold and softly release,
divine offerings with nonchalant ease.
All it takes is thought rested awareness,
wherein attentive in no-thingness,
we imbibe bliss by osmosis.
Thus one with the universe,
joyous, we sing our verse,
moment to moment,
moments entwined,
with divine,
feeling
love.
25-October-2020
Sub Categories
Looking for the formal definition, structure, and history of this poetry form? Visit the Poetry Dictionary entry below. Then return to explore how PoetrySoup members bring the form to life through their own poems.