What is this crazy world in which we live
Time enough to blame, no time to forgive
Mad greed for power has grown out of bounds
Caught in a dilemma are moral grounds
Ethics as guide, are long dead and buried
No house for poor, rich have mansions storied
Obsessed with creating wealth temporal
Unknowing any moment takes a call
On our deaths despite the medical care
Be carried to the grave with no fanfare
Vainful is our existence we know not
Life starts not in the womb but in God's thought
When it's time to go, in dust we mingle
No wealth gained will help no love can sprinkle
The elixir eternal that we yearned
Forever remained elusive ungained
Let us speak
no more of wars;
turn your left cheek
when struck and booed...
cleanse each other's sores
like a brother would.
Strife bears no rose...
carnage wears no garland;
Of what use is "these" and "those"
when Red flows through all veins?
let's make peace an eternal standard
and happiness'd have no stain.
Let Language be no curse
nor belief become a barrier
Colour is just a vainful force
of what use be these three?
Let's make peace our lifelong career
and love'd set mankind free!
“Two Flames of the Soul”
By Ren R. Royal
Although the world searches for why’s,
It is seen not by words but by action,
Vainful glories his heart denies,
The sinking sand of infatuation.
He shows such true and sweet devotion,
He never needs a reason why,
His passion is seen in the mirror’s reflection,
A heart so true shall never die.
A flame beyond the depths within,
A light that sparks the passion’s glow,
Where two hearts join the journey shall begin,
When you look into the eyes of the soul.
The eyes of the soul reveal the depth,
Beyond the shallow mind,
The tears of grace the soul has wept,
To a soul that once was blind.
This flame of passion is only seen,
In the eyes of the soul within,
Devotion shines its inward gleam,
The soul breathes a deep Amen.
All thanks to our Creator of life,
Through whom this passion burns bright,
A blessing of marriage, man and wife,
Two flames of the soul unite.
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