I do not understand why I cannot take up space.
I understand I'm expected to be eloquent, always filled with grace.
Perfectly positioned hair and makeup to cover up my face.
But if anything—anything—is out of place...
I'm just something to be shoved back into your crawlspace.
I do not understand why I cannot take up space...
I do not understand why I cannot take up room.
Only if you let me grow, if you let me bloom.
Something you wouldn't just push aside with a broom.
Let a woman feel, let a woman fume.
I do not understand why I cannot take up room...
Written by Lillyana Little
Love is the reflection of Our Father
Prayer is the engine of truth
The Lord Jesus calls the lost
He paid the cost at Calvary for everyone
What seems lost is most appropriate for His purpose.
He will make it possible when it seems impossible!
He joins you with God the Father and
Grants His Holy Spirit
We must know that the Lord Jesus Christ
Takes up impossible situations
He takes up impossible cases in our lives
He is the Supreme Leader of the Ages!
Therefore, if we have an impossible situation
We must remember that the Lord Jesus Christ
Takes Up Impossible cases
Simply bow your head and pray:
Lord Jesus, my case is impossible
Thank you, Lord Jesus, that you will make it possible!
Amen
Copyright © 2025
Mark Frank
No principality shall stand,
for God is ruler of this land.
Lord help us root for all that's right,
as we wrestle, each day and night.
Humble thyself before the Lord,
lay down your weapons at thy door.
Put on the whole armour of God,
stand firm in Christ, against all odds.
Buckle thy belt upon thy waist,
it shall be truth, that you sayeth.
Place thy great, righteous breastplate on,
and shoes of peace to walk there-on
Pick up thy shield of faith with pride,
boast only in the Lord, our guide.
Take Salvation's helmet of hope,
and Spirit's sword, the Word of love.
And now complete with armour on,
go forth my friends, disciple on!
And have no fear, be not dismayed,
for Jesus Christ, our ransom paid.
02.28.2024
Ocular hypertension and
A couple of jabs here
I read the letters on the chart and
Threw in the towel
But she was adamant
The connotations
Pay-per-view Las Vegas
Ears bitten
Jubba-jubba-jib-jab and
A bathroom meteorologist
I got the receptionist
In a headlock
I didn't kill Davey Moore
But I made another appointment and
Promised her the next time I was in
I would be the heavyweight champion of the world
Huck Finn
East of Eden
The Age of Chivalry
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Finis
Father gave his son the talk before he attended prom.
He gave him a severe lecture actually, many warnings.
About how people get carried away, and they get pregnant.
The boy was horrified, he had not even kissed his girl.
This was 1967, of course, when morals were alive and well.
Father said “and one last thing, son….you have to take up smoking.”
The son was curious as to why. The father had no reason, but was adamant.
Mother questioned father after the son left for prom.
“We want him to be a manly man, right?” the father stated.
He pulled out the Marlboro cigarette ad and added
“And a cowboy, if possible.” This was the way of the sixties too.
Nobody wanted to be the Indians back then.
Except me. I always rooted for them, to no avail.
Our world is darkened
by hate.
Each one of us can be
a light in the midst of
darkness.
By spreading love instead
of hate.
Or peace instead of chaos.
Or joy in the midst of much
sorrow.
Or doing things that unify
and not divide.
Or saying kind words
instead of hateful insults.
By doing this one will be
letting their light shine,
In the midst of much
darkness.
So take the torch and let it
shine through the darkness.
4/9/2021
Contest: Shine
Sponsor: Constance La France
I may not live for a hundred years,
But a hundred of my poems will be there to allay your fears,
And soften your tears,
Enough to give voice to these hundred musings,
As I make my way upstairs,
To have my poems
Checked out by past Masters,
Who once stirred our souls,
And won our hearts,
With poems that allayed our fears,
And softened our tears,
As we too took up our pens,
Aiming to be half as good as those poets,
Who we hoped made it up the stairs,
And not down into the pits.
But if I should make it to a hundred and can hold back the tears,
After a couple of beers,
I will assert one of my copyrights,
And you can recite the ninety-nine others,
While I look forward to more poem filled years,
Before I take that final trip up the stairs,
To reside among my peers.
As I sat within the Crowd
Watching a play
Jesus Resurrection
I saw on the faces of many
As tears came to my eyes
Little girl next to me cried
As my heart sank deeep inside
As a man.. Who portrayed Jesus
Was sold for some coins
They whipped and beat him
Tis ever so horrid
They then took Nails driven in both
His Hands and Feet
I sat there... tears ran down my checks
Watching this take place... within my seat
Thinking of how it had been
On The day... My Savior was Crucified
What they did to Him
What He went through
The Suffering the pain
Just so in this Life..
Us.. People.. Can Live with Him
Christ.. Our Lord
God Loved Us that much
That He gave His Only Son
To die.. On that Cross
For You and Me
So we can become Sin Free
What do you do for Jesus?
Come take up your Cross
Save Souls that are still Lost...
Come do it for Him... Jesus...
Out of the Love for them
Do what Jesus would do...
Forgive all others... With tender Love...
Shine Your God giving Light.. In someone's heart Tonight
Come to Jesus Christ
Receive Eternal Life
I cry to Thee sweet Jesus
for my burden is too great
Take this cross away from me
for I cannot bear the weight.
My child the road to calvary I trod
on painful and burning soles
I bore the cross upon a back
and fell beneath its load.
I lay my life down my child
so that you might live
I left you the Holy spirit
This is only mine to give.
Bear up my child
I walk beside you always
After the dark of night comes sunrise
At the end of the tunnel comes light.
For you my beloved the gates of Heaven are open wide
Angels will sweep you through in glorious Light
So live in me dear child
As I live in you.
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