The starry night,
Put me on a Trailblazer,
Walking through a crowd,
Without making a scene,
Of all the people I have seen,
Is there a place where I have been,
To a corridor where I have been there since,
I give myself a triumphant glimpse,
Until the eclipse,
Overshadowed by the blink,
It is not what it seems,
I did not play a game,
For bringing myself to blame,
I am riding a flume,
I didn't see myself as playing the flute,
It is not my haute but my forte,
To be me in my shoes,
The right size is not mine,
For someone so kind,
I didn't mind,
To give up my thrown,
To others who are someone,
That I admired.
Raise your kids with love ?? and affection
Travel with them and share with them beautiful stories of people.
Children raised with negativity are hard to cure
They spread toxicity and bitterness everywhere they go.
Save the society from terrible disaster.
At the cost of my very own happiness
I was kept safe from the darkness.
But the way I was solitarily raised
Only deepened how I felt grazed.
I
Capitalists sell prayers and hope
From China, PRC, to you and me
In images and words: forward these
To all your contacts - such positivity
Yet we hear, embedded spyware
Comes with readymade China prayer
To Jesus or more often, "the Universe"
II
LORD, I owe my all to thee
My two children from a first marriage
And my current, S. African family
Blended families have challenges
Yet, You allow us all to share (Time)
- often at the last minute, LOL
As some youth seem to upset a schedule
To see they still have "love & first place" -
Jesus, help our youth, parents, guardians
Without thy Hand, we will fail more
In duty, stewarship, responsibility
To people, planet, parents-to-be
Bless this Day, this year; save us, purify us for GLORY ( amen)
One pastor spoke against "fwd-ing" messages
From WhatsApp, without knowing the source
In prayer, the character of the intercessor
Is as important as Trinity, God, subject of PRAYER
"I love you" was withheld
for lies weren't to be told.
To make this statement bold,
(too hastily expelled)
sin nature must be quelled.
Who can this task uphold?
Cautious with statements vain,
(no room left for error
as love's image bearer)
we claim not to attain
such love for truth of stain.
(Threat of the ensnarer.)
Yet we pray to show love
so that we may know love.
3-28-2021
HexSonnetta Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Emile Pinet
i will never
say i was ever
beaten growing
up but treated as
in a way as
an equal but
with caution
so to say that
if i were so to
say say something
obscene or inappropriate
then a slap was a given but
this i understood
but i have to say that
there was never verbal
abuse but a talking to as
to do you
know what
you just said
or even implied
so that i was
an open audio
book to be took
or taken for what
i said especially
after being able to
read books such as
1984 when it was only
1970
Well, well, well, well, this is the story of four holes
How's that for a real grabber my merry old souls
Ear holes, nostrils, and mouth
And another one further south
But my sheltered upbringing won't allow me to say *******
Raise Jubilantly
Love Gracefully
Well, well, well, well, this is the story of four holes
How's that for a real grabber my merry old souls
Ear holes, nostrils, and mouth
And one other a little further south
But my sheltered upbringing won't allow me to say *******
Well, well, well, well, this is the story of four holes
How's that for a real grabber my merry old souls
Ear holes, nostrils, and mouth
And one other a little bit further south
My sheltered upbringing won't allow me to say *******
Well, well, well, well, this is the story of four holes
How's that for a real grabber my merry old souls
Ear holes, nostrils, and mouth
And one other a little bit further south
My sheltered upbringing won't allow me to say *******
memory of happy childhood ... comfort along path of adulthood
19/08/16
Contest: monoku madness (John Hamilton) - Win 1st place
17 styllables (howmanysyllables.com)
Well, well, well, well, this is the story of four holes
How's that for a real grabber my merry old souls
Ear holes, nostrils, and mouth
And one other a little bit further south
My sheltered and cultured upbringing won't allow me to utter it! A––––––
© Jack Ellison 2015
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