sELF-CONTAINED STRUCTURE, KEEPING OuT THE RAIn
the skull constructed to keep the brain
Protection hair comforts and connects
Electric...
Packaged woods, ply, particle boards
Calcium rocklike structural fleshly boles
DNA, what I'd just say;
Ivory solid as a rock
Eclectic...
I've tasted the waters,
I've tasted the lands
I've held my peace
I've folded my hands
I prayed within, without and above
All I see is Agape LOVE
God is mine, greatest covering;
He will never stop being my, mine
ROOF TOP!!
08/24/26
WRITTEN WORDS BY James Edward Lee Sr. 2026
I whom is a rock
solid composed
of stiffened compressed Earth
~
Solid as a rock
I am held in the palm,
of your hand I dwell
Chipped horizontally thrown
Skipping the pond and lake
Waters I am strong
~
I am the eye the rock that
The surface that land
Stands on top I am solid
Let's go I don't float
I fall down down
in the waters I drowned
~
I am solid first
Stronger than dirt
A pigeon and mammals perch
Stronger than dirt and sand
I am solid as a rock
Eye whom am a rock
1/18/26
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2026
High above the ocean
Below being a sandy white beach
Easy to watch
One can sit all day and observe
The beach goers, Swimmers and Surfers
The ocean view stretchers for miles
One can reflect back in time
The simple and plan life
No riches in thought of Robin Leech
The Lonely house had fancies
A house with a roof and a place to sleep and eat
Just the fruits of one’s labor
Ocean to house
This lonely house had nothing before it was brought
It looked like shack filled with nothing
Once a dweller brought, it was given new life
Renovated having everything in what a house deserves
A place to be proud of and everlasting living
It took patience and of course the right contractor
Specifications were right and all the construction equipment needed
A lonely medium house because a much bigger house
Where one can admire and enjoy for life
Solid foundation
A dream through reality
No longer a lonely house
House friendly with no mouse
A house back then
Showing what solid as a rock can be
Calm breezes and relaxed souls
The aroma of sugar and spice
What could be so nice.
Something Sweet
I want something sweet
Pestered by my brain
It’s like a recurring tweet
I am trying to refrain
Something sticky like toffee
A gooey dessert of delight
To eat with a cup of coffee
Resisting with all my might
A chocolate bar or wafer
To ease my craving buds
Apple would be much safer
But it tastes like fairy suds
I am waiting for 4 o’clock
The Sunday shops stop calling
My will as solid as a rock
My glucose level’s falling
The pride of not succumbing
A passing of this test
I should be very happy yet,
My brain’s becoming a pest.
David Cox 13/04/25
Raised by his grandmother,
He understood the depth of life at a young age,
He delved deeper into existence as he turned each page,
Life was like a book before him.
He often asked intriguing questions,
Ones that made people wonder and ponder,
His mind was a blooming field,
Time facilitated the yield.
His grandmother told him stories about the night,
How it had concealed people’s light,
She told him about the mysteries that traversed its meadow,
And the treasures that hide in the shadows.
He dropped out of school,
His hands became his tools,
Penury wasn’t a setback,
His grandmother cried that she couldn’t support his education.
He stood like an Iroko tree,
His hope was as solid as a rock,
Although turbulence sometimes rocked his boat,
He had learned how to keep it afloat.
He was devoted to his grandmother,
He kept her teachings to heart,
He was desolate when she transcended to the beyond,
Life became a still muddy pond.
Gradually, he sailed across the sea of his grief,
He prospered in his craft,
He found love along the way,
Together they embraced both the grey and fray.
March 30, 2025.
Lord, you have helped me to stand
Always at your command
You have guided me through
Your uplift is my continued pursue
You are my life insurance
Your policy is my influence
Your words conquer all
Even when you call
Solid as a rock
I am one of your Flock
I stand
Upward praise
Your amaze
Sometimes I don’t understand
Your teachings concrete
You are who I seek
Don’t let my spirit go weak
Satan always defeat.
Closely watch as those hardened hearts
Solid as a rock blood yet still pumps flows
Stagnated loves frozen disguise as beating fawns
Ringing like metal clanging iron bells
Open eyed blinded open mouth speaking lies
Who am I to have grace
Humanity grace compliance
Running destination race
Ain't no denial, just faith placed
Harden heart softening up
Once hard as diamond and gold
2/23/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr
When things hit the pan , and I was down and out
You were there with just a call
I seem to be always in a jam, you are there to pick me up
My girlfriends seem to DIss you, but when I needed a shoulder to cry on they were never around!.
Knowing words will never change our relationship ,
So solid is our bond, it has tested the test of time.
I have your back , you have my back.
We have all corners covered
Solid as a rock that's what we got
It bold and strong , we got it going on.
Author Dana Redricks
January 18, 2023
When I think of you it's like you're a chocolate treat, a little bit sweet, and a little bit sour. You're the perfect combination of pure delight. When I'm sad you always seem to be able to make me feel alright. Long days and long nights we spend hours talking on the telephone, and though you're far away you're always close to my heart. A friendship like ours will never fall apart. Just know that you will always have a special place in my heart. Through the good, and the bad our friendship stands firm, solid as a rock, because our friendship is built on Jesus Christ.
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The little tiled roof across the street
owns a porch light that I would like to meet
She lives on a slant but her evenings are good
because what lives inside is truly understood
She hovers like a true roof of polymor propylene
with angles that are sharp but very clean
Built like a brick, solid as a rock
I can watch her closely from Fort-Knock
The little house across from my home
it looks very much like my own
we are neighbors with little distance
but I never come close enough dance
The little tiled roof across the street
has her porchlight on when we greet.
the common stone is useful
though others seem to mock
praising up their special gems
not solid as a rock
there we have the flowers
for everybody's needs
though holding all together
is solid rock and weeds
solid rock and weeds
useful coarse-grained grit
turning soil fertile
yet, he is not worth it.
She was never perfect. She was the definition of 'untamed lover'. She had difficulties with herself. Hard situations made her solid as a rock, her words rumbling like thunder, anger like a roaring tiger. She was always protecting her vulnerable side. The side whom she never shows him.
Well, he thought she was something dark-full of mischief and a dangerous being. But, he still loved her in ways she never expected.
He was the first being to slowly make her mask fade, wishing he would also be her last resort.
Realizing they were two different people like the sun and moon, distance may be their hindrance but it was worth keeping-the love.
For the first time she felt vulnerable, she felt attacked but she let it flow. She let it show. She let it go. Slowly one by one, her darkest pieces unveiled to him
Saying,
"I hope you get to see the truth"
Wishing to be accepted without her facade.
PERPETUAL LOVE
My love for you is like a ship on the sea
Unerringly gliding toward its destination
It sails on a course to you from me
Onward it sails night and day
No storms can arise to deter its way
It's a love that's fueled by determination
A love that is unconditionally free
Whenever it arrives at the chosen port
I will securely moor it at the dock
And just as a judge rules in a court
The verdict will be carried out
You will never have reason to doubt
My love for you is as solid as a rock
As secure as a well manned fort
9 August 2018
For the contest sponsored by Laura Loo
More than life than it's self
More than love there's nothing left
And my call on my last breath
I remain on the test
The test of faith
Has left me waddle, wavering
But I won't fall
Lord I'm on top
And I am solid
Solid as a rock
And I shall not break
What am I but a stone
You will never leave me alone
I won't fall
Lord I'm on top
And my body infected
Birth in sin now I'm cured
Redeemed my the blood of the Lamb
I remain on the test
The test of faith
And my call on my last breath
I am now repentive and eternally blessed
And my call on my last breath
I am now repentive and eternally blessed
In your eyes, I’m a nobody
Not much worth a look
Left unnoticed in one corner
Where no one saw me weep
Do I look unappealing, I wonder
Tried flashing a bright smile
Under the blinding noon sky
But still your eyes avoid mine
And you look past way beyond
Do I look blurry, I wonder
Finally, I caught a glimpse
When you tripped on my sore foot
But your gaze seemed ablaze
As if I was a lump on the road
Do I look frail, I wonder
Forgotten and uncared for
I felt exhausted and weak
Under the heat of the sun I rested
Till the storm passed through the night
Must I hold on, I wonder
One thing though is certain
I may be bruised and broken
But the love I have for you
Remains solid as a rock
5 April 2018
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