The golden days begin to fold,
A starlight collision takes the night,
While shadows bleed in waves of gold,
And burn the velvet out of sight.
The dreamer kisses a shattered sky,
As sunlit rays bleed over hills,
And phantom vessels wander by,
To wash the pain of what it wills.
Deep in the soul, a siren cries,
A feline shadow shakes the bone,
Beneath the drift of starlit skies,
The spirit answers with a moan.
Death a solemn promise
is a thief in the night
who with no sign of remorse
steals all the light
or by day does away
with the warmth of the sun
where once we were many
then there were none
arriving unasked take it to task
and your fate into account
fight for the right to live a little longer
make the amount of every breath count
While I in solemn silence sit
Sad, forgotten and desolate
She comes and simply with her wit
Dispels the gloom, regret and hate.
But she lives only in my mind,
For in the grave she’s long confined.
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The spiritous sky rests in veils of light,
A mystery to show great courtesy.
In his heart, he's faithfully a Star's Knight,
Rooted in green, he lives life earnestly.
Behind the Elders, the moon casts backlight.
As rambunctious winds dance and go swirling,
This lone enchanter loves the fiery night,
Where ancient trees are eagerly curling.
He sees the Grove dressed in regality,
This solemn Knight with blue eyes mischievous,
Unbound from nature's own mortality,
Dancing in felicitous synthesis.
By dawn, no shadow dare interfere,
Lest, the night will reprise such Cavalier.
SOLEMN SABBATH
(Alone in You)
Father Alone in you
In your solemn
In your ever present quiet
Your peace, love and joy
Solemn SABBATH
Nothing but you *Lord*
Remember that in the quiet, you can find peace, love, and joy, and that God is always present, waiting to connect with you.
2/15/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2024
Scriptural reinforcement:
- Exodus 20:8-11: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy...For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day."
- Psalm 46:10: "Be still and know that I am God."
- Matthew 14:13: "When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place."
Blessed
Happy
Sabbath Day
SOLEMN SUCH THIS A NEW DAY PRAYER- December 16 2024
Solemn this such a new day prayer
All Father Elohim
Creator of all and everything
We awaken
With your breath in us
We awaken under your covering
Filled and surround
With your joy, peace your love
Mercies grace cries Holy, Hallelujah
Abba Father Daddy we’re thankful
~
For this such a new day
All you’ve given and all you do for us
We your children adorn and love you
It’s so you whom we soul trust
We Kings and Queens
To God be the Glory
Your purpose your will in our life;
Your story
Your grace ever thankful
Abundantly sufficient for us always
~
Good new day brethren
Thank you for your covering
Covering us
We appreciate you
Though we don’t always show it, we do
The God who sees all knows
And He will do it
For His greater purpose
12/16/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.
Written words by Candace Rodgers 2024©
You often are anxious
'Bout what tomorrow wombs
Bearing in your burly bosom
The scrap of fractured dreams, plus
The plight of postterm pregnancy
Occasioned by a closed cervix uteri.
And another year is gone again;
Sailing on a silent sea
With the wings of time flapping
I let a solemn bell toll
For the sum we add is the sum we lose
And man counts up to time limit.
But would fractured dreams mend
When fires are not dead?
For though fulfilment seems to sojourn somewhere faraway
Still, the spirit seeks with ardent tenacity.
When hope is not forsaken
Would the child come to birth?
Whether yes or no,
On earth dreams may crash
And hope, clouded forever in illusion;
But in dreamland beyond the earthly cares
Where man's soul delights in forever bliss
A never failing promise remains for us.
Hear my fervent promise
made wholeheartedly as Aphrodite's passion,
Adonis.
my love is pure
wholly fulfilled without ration
assure
allow
love's chaste fashion
vow
Hear my fervent promise
wholly fulfilled without ration
vow
If it's not broke!
Why fix it up?
Let it sleep in!
Just being, as is!
Guys,do you know what is an oath?
An oath is a solemn promise or assurance Do oath and vow is similar? No,a vow is merely a personal pledge
But an oath is a promise made before the head
Nowadays ,oath is merely a declaration or it may be a verbal promise only
If you take an oath you will follow it at any cost Do you know, a liar is always lavish of oaths Parliamentarians take oath before the constitution. Will they swear to exercise their functions with dignity, conscience, independence, integrity and humanity ? Where there is a mental reservation. There's an official oath.
In Your Brilliant Light, I Say This Solemn Prayer
O' lord help me fight these dark, troublesome midnight blues
these blacken currents that trouble my grieving heart
I want to be right and walk in a good man's shoes
Truly destroy, break evil completely apart.
O' lord give me support, the courage to fight well
may fight with my all, with my truest, faithful might
Send this wicked scourge back into unholy hell
open the way to bring in truth and Holy light.
O' lord I thank you for the strength to fight this war
may heart give me power to enemy defeat
I ask you my lord, be with me to cross that bar
Destroy this black wickedness, those that steal and cheat.
I pray you my lord, sees my willingness to serve.
I have the truth and in your light, the faithful nerve.
Robert J. Lindley, sonnet
Jan 10th, 1972,
The storm subsided among lost cries
Blurred picturesque of ruined brides
I see as I await my muse
In the solemn solitary sunrise.
That he made me an ordinary unknown identity
Neither mystical nor unique
As one amongst the ordinary lot
Aware that most of the guests attending the posh do
Raise their chins and reluctantly say hello to me
In the split second, drops the chin and whisks away
Believe me, I neither blush nor feel hurt
Because I am, what I am
Not a dish prepared on special order
Some may even call it the leftover
But for the long-standing unfulfilled desires
Between you and me over the invisible hot wires
To honor the dignity of the sacred love
Keep always an honorable distance
Just look at me with your sparkling eyes
Silently conveying without opening the lips
Solemnly and silently, just shrug your shoulders
A pure simple graceful gesture
Yet most of the time tearful
Fair thy well… Goodbye Goodbye
07 January 2023
2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 24
The carpet has two sides
The upper surface with patterns
The underside plain
It describes two worlds
The rich and the poor
The dignity and the informality
The solemn and the ordinary
The authority and the civilian
The high reputation and the low reputation
The publicity and no visibility
The difference makes the two extremes
Unroll the carpet red and shining
You're the king or queen of that moment
Rolled up the carpet dull and dusty
You're yourself or a step lower
Why not
Always be a figure that live
In the hearts of people
With or without the carpet
Like God who is the almighty
Of all mankind
Irrelevant of man's origin
The old lonely basket weaver
Keep weaving in a moody silence
Great soul always suffers silence
One eyed after an accident
Do a living by weaving baskets
Children are awed into silence too
Weaving baskets
The bamboo pieces
Criss crossing
No carelessness or else fingers hurt
Only hard work, pains, tiredness and sorrows
Being criss crossed tight and firm
No one can help and disturb
Silence speaks the loudest voice
No whispers
I hope God will help him
In his solemn silent world
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