There was a zany, zesty Zebu that lived his
life with full of zest.
Out of the animals in the big wildlife reserve
he shined brighter than the rest.
He was never down with a big frown, he was
positive and enthusiastic,
So super uplifting that his positivity rubbed off
on all in his presence, his "go-to phrase was “
you’re fantastic!"
The zany, zestful Zebu from a wildlife reserve
in New Zealand isn’t gone.
Zachariah was his name; he was known for
his zestfulness and positivity, his memory
lives on.
* Zebu- The zebu, sometimes known in the plural as indicine
cattle or humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in the Indian sub-continent.
05/12/23
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Zachariah zoned zetetic Zacheus' zeal;
Zizz zooms zinger zombies' zest.
This man born of Zachariah and Elizabeth
who named him John as was told
by Gabriel who stood in presence of God
sent from heaven with a message of gold
Then 30 years later John preached
in the wilderness about the kingdom of God
emphasising the need for people to repent
as he prepared the way for the Lord
Many people came to John in the Jordan
to be baptised confessing their sins
but seeing Jesus he pointed to God's lamb
for his forgiveness came from the king
Jesus summed up John's life well
in John, no one born has been greater
than this humble man sent to forthtell
for he stood faithfully being no traitor
I have looked for you in every church, temple, and mosque,
but you were nowhere to be found. Where are you?
People praise your name, and pray to you in times of need.
You never answer, are you dead? or sleeping?
Please, tell me where you are so that I can find you,
wrap my arms around you and never let go.
You are all we need and all we have ever needed.
Where are you? My God.
~My child, I am with you. I have always been with you since the beginning
and I will be with you until the very end. I have never left you, but you will
never find me in a structure of wood and concrete. I am under every stone,
under every tree and in everything you see around you.
Just because you call to me does not mean that I do not hear you.
I will always be there when I am needed in the end to show my mercy upon
those who are sick and dying to release them from their pain and to give them
everlasting life free of pain and suffering in the Kingdom of Heaven.~
-Zachariah Field
When a Spirit leaves their dwelling time, wonders about finding no rest..
So they say within another day I shall return unto this whence we departed ?
Gathering seven others worse than themselves and the gesture there thus becomes
More evil as most assuredly it once was ? Peering into your glass these states; affairs
Children be their father's clarity, justifying her wisdom; hypocrisy lifting tainted's banner
Proudly amid such poison sharp this heartless tongue crawling through beware, the leaven
Cloaked a righteous cause; stained in hollow it's tombs whereupon they walk ? From loving
Abel to faithful Zachariah; slain betwixt His temple and your altars ? Godless, as brother like son....
But, their gates Hades shall not prevail against, love ? What you bind on earth shall be bound, in heaven.
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