Opportunities pass you by?
Plans never satisfied?
Expectations never fulfilled?
Chances never taken?
Goals set but never met?
Hesitation with regret?
Love promised but never knew?
It would seem your future
Is always behind you
Today I heard loud knocking I know not where it came I heard in quiet whisper The calling of my name
Today I heard a knocking The same as before Though not as loud I simply ignored
Today I heard soft knocking I know not where it started I pretended to listen Then I simply disregarded
Today I heard faint knocking I could barely make it out Its distance I could not measure For it seemed to resemble a round-a-bout
Today I heard no knocking It seemed to have gone away The whisper in my ear dolefully seem to say There will not be any more Todays ****************************** “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me. Revelation:(4-20)
Every string of black beads one must conclude Carries a petition of prayer that many bear One black bead following another until at last Each bead has been cast
One large bead held tightly in hand Praying that God would understand Waiting to see If He would answer their prayers
Ten small beads in just a fraction Setting off a chain reaction Carrying a petition through the air A pleasant odor of incense Into the heavenly atmosphere Falling to His feet Resting at the mercy seat
There are: Beads for happiness Beads for love Beads for health Beads for wealth Beads for a bright tomorrow Beads to take away sorrow Beads carried by the wind Beads to cover one’s sin
But beads are only beads And are soon dropped back to earth Broken and shattered having no worth For one’s petition needs only one condition To be in His will before He will ever listen *************************************** ‘Loyalty to God is alone fundamental, feelings. words, deeds be strong on the string of duty. Let the world tell you in a hundred ways what your life is for. Say you ever and only, Lo, I come to do the will of God!”
Destructive words never to be returned
Spread without permission
Revealed secrets
Others learned
Exposing private Affairs
Half-truths that spread doubts
Stealing ones good name
A tongue that controls the mouth
Slanderous
Baseless
Assassinates reputations
Murders character
Evokes hatred
Leads to premature judgment
Destroys confidence
No gossip
No quarrels
No jealousy
No hostilities
It’s from a deceitful heart
These thoughts have sprung
But a mouth that utters lies
Can easily be rectified
Once one has learned to control the tongue
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“Fire goes out for lack of fuel,
And quarrels disappear when gossip stops”
Proverbs 26:20
“In a false quarrel there is no true valor.”
William Shakespeare
Oh how I’ll hate the longing years
The years counted by drops of my tears
The years ahead that I’ll spend
The years of my life where I’ll pretend
That life has meaning and purpose for me
A life I’ll keep secret that no one will see
The time in my life where I’ll make-believe
Many I’ll fool
Many I’ll deceive
For no one knows what’s locked in my heart
The love I’ve stored
The love I’ve kept
The tears I’ve tasted
The tears I’ve wept
A life I’ll keep silent never to conceal
For no one listens
For no one hears
Oh how I’ll hate the longing years
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“What worries you,
Masters you.”
John Locke
(1632-1704)
Haunted by a delusive spirit
You become enslaved to false beliefs and opinions
You chase after untruths that tickle your ears
You distort reality contrary to fact
You discover yourself misled by your doubts and fears
No where to turn you continue the path
Along with others
Dismissing the aftermath
Never a cry for help heard
Never a word
You find yourself disillusioned
Fooled
Tricked
Duped
Into thinking everything is cool
You conceive wrongly
Being deceived all along
But for you
Wrongs are always right
Rights are always wrong
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“Facts do not cease to exist
Because they are ignore”
Aldous Hurley, Complete essays 2
You pretend to be what you are not
You feign reality
Continually
Cease-less
You role play life
That you invent
Fabricate
Imitate
Simulate
You wear a pretentious front
You attempt to deceive
A false showing
With false reasoning
While in your heart you believe
You play a make-believe lying game
With never a hint of shame
That we also play along
So why should we assign any blame
When we ourselves pretend there’s nothing wrong
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“God has given you one face,
And you make yourself another.”
Why pray to an imposter
Why hold up futility
Why claim misplaced loyalty
Why follow false reasoning
You speak lies your heart has conceived
You utter lies your heart has believed
You owe allegiance to
Things that are
Worthless
Impotent
Powerless
You kiss a piece of wood
You caress things you’ve obsessed for
You chase after flattering lips
With misdirected devotion
You’ll never know how fragile life can be
When you live out each day in vanity
They may go by many titles
But soon they become your secret idols
Do you morn for yourself?
Do you feel any joy in unrelenting pain?
Do you witness any gain?
Are you willing to see tomorrow
If it’s worth the pain today?
Pangs may seize you
Pain may grip you
Painkillers haunt you
Painless
Endless
Relentless
Whom do you turn to?
Life has no guarantees
No one is immune
Some tolerate others can’t
Some can rise above
Others descend below
Soon you come to realize
That life has no compromise
Only a choice
You can’t have both
But are you willing to surrender your pain
Into the hands of
Someone who is willing to break an oat?
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“Pain is the breaking of the shell that
encloses your understanding.”
Kahlil Gibran
