What lesson this, God's gift to humankind,
this nitid imago sent to spellbind?
Should I see through His eyes a thousandfold,
the dazzling blue flitting of love untold.
A grace. A gift from Heaven, angels sing.
This unspoken Truth of Hope on the wing.
Categories:
thousandfold, blue, butterfly, hope, life,
Form: Couplet
Vast wealth knows not it is poor
Poverty is never quite sure
Count children as a king counts gold
~ multiply by a thousandfold
Categories:
thousandfold, children, money, poverty,
Form: Couplet
There’s a rage that ignites when someone damages you
An uncompromising, bewildering storm within.
Your brain churns with thoughts of vengeance,
A thousandfold wrath ready to erupt.
But do you compromise your soul to feed the fire?
It’s all connected, yet so utterly disconnected.
They have no idea what they’ve unleashed
This inner demon clawing at the gates.
A thousand futures, a million seconds
Pain stretched in weeks, rage forged in years.
Why do they disrespect you to this breaking point?
You give your all, pushing daily to do what’s right.
Are their inadequacies a mirror they can’t face?
Does their lack of perspective cast you as the villain?
You tried to be the hero, the good guy,
To stand on the side of justice and light.
But the disrespect it grinds, it gnaws, it sends you spiraling
To a place where rage eclipses reason.
I want to shatter the star line,
Reach into the void, and grind gold for planet 9.
To fix this fractured atmosphere of fury,
Before I lose myself in the abyss of their disregard.
Categories:
thousandfold, anger, conflict, deep,
Form: Blank verse
That gorgeous girl I spy each day,
At the station where trains dance and sway.
A thousand glances, met her eyes,
A thousand words, none a disguise.
Her shoulders bear meaning, profound,
Tears of longing, softly unbound.
I’ve seen it all, a witness true,
Even before our first debut.
Destruction woven in destiny’s thread,
Unseen forces that firmly spread.
A grin’s corner pulled by fate’s hand,
Two paths converge as if planned.
In jest or fate, our worlds did blend,
Shared moments, beyond time’s end.
A thousandfold our stories weave,
Yet the ending’s touch, it does deceive.
Surprising, the absence of craving’s plea,
Smiles ‘neath ruins, wild and free.
Amidst the wreck, love’s truth remains,
In shattered pieces, still it sustains.
Categories:
thousandfold, break up, crush, cry,
Form: Rhyme
“Raptor of death! Wherefore seek'st thou me?” Poe's
Raven craves me during the hours of night,
an omen of despair that brings no light;
but instead gives birth to all my dark woes,
tears, doom, and pain that only God well knows.
At midnight, when the moon reaches its height,
Poe's evil Raven plagues me by moonlight;
then multiplies a thousandfold my sorrows!
O, where have I sinned and transgressed, dear God,
that I must suffer from this sad despair,
this disease of the soul (like a heathen unshod)!?
No matter; I'll write hymns for Thee, then bear,
and drink my cup of woe, grief, then praise, laud
Thee still: and wait for Thy help to appear!
Categories:
thousandfold, death, depression, faith, hope,
Form: Sonnet
You've been told.
Dirty laundry doesn't go on Facebook especially if
You don't want to get caught.
This was cold
By a thousandfold
You two blocked a family member from a family
Function. Then when confronted lied and tired to
Cover it up as an afterthought.
You've been told
Running your mouth about family and friends on
The internet will get you scolded.
You got what you sought.
This was cold
Your souls to the devil you sold.
When you took time from a family member who
Suddenly died and the person you blackballed
Is over wrought.
You've been told
Family is more precious than gold.
The sad part is you guys now have lost all of
Your family on this stupid plot.
This was cold
There is no way for her to be cajoled.
You both are filled with dry rot.
You've been told.
This was cold.
Categories:
thousandfold, bereavement, betrayal, computer, conflict,
Form: Villanelle
In a mountainous spring fed valley lived the
Unicorns.
These beautiful magical creatures were here to
Transform
A miserable life in to something to behold.
Their stories touched my heart when told.
About people who needed a complete life over
Haul
When the unicorn came to call.
They always brought happiness to each and
Every household.
Their stories touched my heart when told.
As the years came and went the job of the
Unicorns got distorted
So their missions got aborted
Not once, but a thousandfold.
Their stories touched my heart when told.
Categories:
thousandfold, absence, fantasy, fate, growing
Form: Kyrielle
Sleeping Beauty Turquoise with speckled white
Adorns a silver band to cast a spell
Worn to give a power to hand in sight
And share its story silent it will not tell
Its choice of colors range from green to blue
A gem of softer stone cannot be found
This sacred stone of courage kept in view
And laid among the dead in tombs they're bound
The Persian Kings adorned their royal gown
Of bluest turquoise without a vein of brown
And set in silver bands for a crown
For this gem their country was renown
The beauty of this gem is to behold
And kept across the ages a thousandfold
contest A Gem for Your Verse
10/22/16
Categories:
thousandfold, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Be still my heart, I’ve longed for these entries,
I must declare to write in euphony-
My ink has penned passion for centuries
and my vibrant poems bring symphony.
Oh LORD, you’ve gifted me benediction.
My rhymes have become my significance-
I compose verses without restriction,
my parchment says it’s no coincidence.
If journals reveal intimate feelings,
then thousandfold words I cherish so deep-
Sincere allowance for woe gives healing,
yet my adoration for life I keep.
Expressing my desires with quill in hand
attains yearning I’ll never understand.
Date Written: August 26, 2016
Categories:
thousandfold, blessing, passion, poems, poetess,
Form: Sonnet
Driving through the broken, potholed streets
Lined with houses spanning decades
Each with a thousandfold more character
than that of the cookie cutter impostors they call homes
I appreciate the creaks and groans
Much more than the sheen of granite stones
Value comes down to values.
What are yours?
Categories:
thousandfold, home, house,
Form: Free verse