Where upon the earth do I acquaint new life?
A Spirit who scampers upon a banshee breeze,
Unsure—anxious thoughts taking aim, rife, unmoored
Focus unsharp—a fog on a mountain freeze—trees
Seek hope, its landing unannounced, high and lofty:
A child, clay-borne, raised by morning’s star,
and bearing the velocity of love
Untainted, untrodden, undaunted, unstifled—
What nurtures freedom in a nature made for freedom
Time clicks; a moment slips, forgotten.
Hallowed, sought, bought, fraught—a chiefdom
Berean, listening without ears of cotton
Whispering, churning, turning, burning—wind
A persiflage ingested as thunder rumbles, grumbles
Persistence, resistance—conscripted in sin
There, a cry for wisdom, yet stuck—fumbled
Who? A father, mother, sister, brother—kin?
Progeny, cacophony—perhaps fools on atolls
All, forgotten tenets in interplanetary space
The medicament—far-reaching, teaching bleeding souls
Contrary to prevailing belief: to show no grace
Yet responsible life-stewards, a virtuous gift extols
Greater, higher—hope, faith, and love proclaim the Ancient Scrolls
Thunderstruck
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Expect the sudden
Pray for preparedness of heart
For time has power
When you’re spending
Pay out exact expenses
Do it first in your home
Perfectionism
Is daunting to execute
Excellence requires not
“Not down any drain!”
livid chef reprimands sous
fatberg prevention
Asters and euphorbias ... the latter on the A.T.
The Appalacian Trail for "global globetrekkers
Make God's universe a personal playground ...
Thank you for gardening: BJ Kelly, Vijay, Valsa
You give me joy in Creation, and poetry too
I begin this day with Jesus, & honoring U3 too
A diabetic to his steward
On the table is your sack letter,
Beside my unfinished tea, no better;
Four photocopies of it in my file,
Their original to be collected by you;
Sure evidence that your stewardship was all rubbish
And that, henceforth, I would to you be snobbish.
Your offence was the many sugar cubes in my tea,
For which I had painfully continued to pee;
A bizarre blood sugar level from the lab!
Pictures of my grave finished off with a slab!
Yours was a clever murder move,
My ceaseless tremors there to this prove.
You‘d tried to my door unbolt to an undertaker
And my journey begin back to my maker.
You may now go to my sitting room
For your last wage
But don’t fail to storm my bedroom
For your luggage.
And, please, do forget my clothes in the Laundry,
For even now, they badly sense my quandary.
To those who argue: Life is drifting floating away
Something we can’t keep
Neither Love nor happiness deep
To them I’d say:
Even though I borrow all I have, thus I have not
Even though I have nothing at all
There is no more, it is not small
It is everything, while I haven’t got
Preemptively some conclude: Life is lost
All is worthless, nothing is mine
The vault is empty, we die at any cost
Stewardship would argue: Only to borrow
Should not make us value sorrow
As Nature shaped a life less fine
C-ompetent
H-ead's
I-ntegity
E-xpresses
F-ine
S-tewardship
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
With God’s great love* are good works
Great service of willing heart
Obedience: great attitude
Faithful* stewardship.
*1Corinthians 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
July 22, 2019
So blessed indeed...
...Bestowed with God's grace*...
How's your stewardship growth?
*Galatians 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God...
March 23, 2019
Praying to be the person God wants me to be…
I desire for His hands to direct my footsteps
trusting sovereign direction through Scriptures
so as to lead others to His love!
By the mercy of the Lord, I serve as His faithful steward…
empowered along obedience bliss
surrendering to divine will, perfectly right
against my very own!
Midst struggles, I purpose to live for my Master…
vanquishing pride and defiant self
fulfilling my part in His kingdom-advancement
testifying of His goodness!
Here am I, praising the Almighty Who cares for me
thankful for His assured life eternal with heavenly heritage...
thus, my faith* strives to please Him indeed
in ministering to others, all by His grace!
*Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
June 3, 2018
Edited on August 29, 2022
2nd place, "Free Verse - Old Or New" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May; judged on 8/29/2022.
Cloud cover has slowly parted
billowing wisp's,has all but scattered
airy freshness scented clean
dome filled wonder,fit to breathe
Bathed by rain this day we gain
a moment clear,we must refrain
releasing toxin's,our precious oxygen
source of force,our pulsing engine
Change evolve's resume adaptation
this our cause to effect future generation
it may not be clear for all to see
stewards of the earth we must try to be...
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