What is life but a passing glimpse into mortality,
Succored and soothed by some mysterious Deity.
We live, we love, we die,
Some of us struggle, others thrive.
Each person’s journey beautifully unique,
Some intersecting, most seemingly oblique;
The choices made define our path,
But chance and fate hold the last laugh.
Despite this truth we’re glad we’re here,
Greeting each new sunrise with hopeful cheer;
To breathe life’s air brings us delight,
Helping us heal from past suffering and plight.
The moral to be learned by one and all,
Is that after every storm and dreary squall,
The clouds part ways and the sun peeks through,
Followed by clear skies of the brightest blue.
Categories:
succored, death, heaven, hope, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
To see, or not to see, that, too, is the question:
Whether ’tis happier to hail heartless happenstance
With resigned reality, or designed denial,
Twice succored by seductive self-hypnosis—ay, there’s the flub!
For what follies would such fogged perceptions fashion,
And ought not fierce defiance fade if sense has flown?
Thus vanity, that shifty, false defector,
Binds cowards, all, to say we’d sagely see,
But seeing we’ve imbibed its boozy blindness,
In vain we half-close eyes, shake spears, exist.
Categories:
succored, life, parody, philosophy,
Form: Blank verse
Love of Life
As a child, I braved such illness of hurt and strife
Sequestered in pain with no where to go
I longed for that God would look upon me
And dreamt I would finally be free
To walk upon earth with fitness and health
Then in remission , I’m fit to awake
To feel the sun’s heat strengthen my bones
Succored by angels in time of need
Alive…with the taste of human life
To instill a plan to aid the interned
To help and heal and carry the torch
with groups of many to aid the impaired
For Life is meant to be lived for the blessed
Not to be left with the solely depressed
To live your time happy as you grow old
For the Love of Life is worth more than gold
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Sponsored by Janis Thompson
October 16, 2018
*I wrote this as an experience I had.
Categories:
succored, life,
Form: Sonnet
As the spirit of Lazarus, I animate. Reanimate, from a bizarre slumber to a palpitate night air. Gulf winds intrusively herding heavy clouds like spirit cattle, bearing arcane riders of esoteric threat. Even the paunchy feline whom lays upon my window sill like a tapestry, raises his head in diagnostic concern. Search the meager commorancy. Search the garden. Search the street. Search the air I breathe. Search the sky. Question the felines. Interrogate my own consciousness like a paranoid constable, inquiring of a delict event to come, or that hath already come. No evidence. Only my own spent cigarette that nursed my uneasiness and succored this dark morning probe of delirium and aberration. And now, with one final breath, cessation. Quiescence.
Categories:
succored, angst, anxiety, fear, mental
Form: Free verse
An angel
Her angelic aura came as a prize
affectionate heart kindled my soul
succored a subtle mind mellow wise;
She would often set a noble goal
for us to consummate and truly rise
Affectionate heart kindled my soul;
Aurora emerged into a bright sunrise,
Mured deep, candid traits of humanity
For us to consummate and truly rise;
Forbearance supplemented the fragility
In selfless sentiment, we were nurtured
Muted deep, candid traits of humanity;
Valiance in her core firmly structured,
Credence and perseverance twined,
In selfless sentiment, we were nurtured;
God sent me mother as I whined,
Her angelic aura came as a prize
Credence and perseverance twined,
Succored a subtle mind mellow wise.
Written December 27th, 2016
For contest by Debbie
Old poem entered into contest "terzanelle time"
by Joseph May
Categories:
succored, angel,
Form: Terzanelle
In his youth,
he was as Loyola,
a soldier, then he was converted
and became a priest.
He succored and strengthen
the Catholic prisoners,
uplifting their faint bodies
with a new spirit of faith.
After 20 years’ labor,
he was arrested and condemned
for his priestly character,
for true faith
and led by his oppressors
to martyrdom.
He was martyred
at York In 1597.
Categories:
succored, spiritual,
Form: Verse
Before the comets fall
Our GOD created all
Dawned a world raw
Earth made strong
Birth of Man's first home
Eve's plot, wrong
Kicked from gardens gate
Succored fate
Snake slithers into our home
Mankind's faith must stay strong
Blood spills blood
Lightning strikes cain raw
Evil latches on his brittle bones
Dragon's false law
Spewed from a false maw
Sin scorched all
Unbelievers shall fall
Christ saved all
Believe,
And dine in his hall
Categories:
succored, christian, inspirational, jesus, life,
Form: Rhyme
Soaring into the shelter of loving arms
Swinging from hilt of protective gendarme
Swooning in the clutches of ingratiaging charm
Succored by incubating touches so warm
Shielded by your barelled chest from pending harm
Soothed by your enticing, enrapturing smarm
Serenading smile; pulsating lips to your kisses conform
Swivelled contours my erotic impulses inform
Categories:
succored, romance
Form: Rhyme