This page will be dedicated to my own poetry. These are just rhymes swirling in my mind. Nothing to do with numbers per se. Perhaps they may be a blessing.
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EYES CAST DOWN
Onward he marches
Eyes cast down
Scanning the ground
Bearing his burden of sin
He quakes within
Each step another ounce
Each day another pound
All the good he failed to do
When he had a chance to
And piled his wealth high
Even to the sky
But the pains of the poor
He heard not their cry
To the sobbing orphans
He turned a blind eye
Onward he marches
Eyes cast down
Scanning the ground
The day approaches
Like a black cloud
Like a driving rain
Drenching the proud
He knows his ship can’t sail
Sin like ballast weighs it down
Another crashing wave he will drown
He took a wrong turn
Like a fish he took the lure
Temptation gripped his flesh
He spiraled into ruin
Onward he marches
Eyes cast down
Scanning the ground
A shadow hounds his feet
The darkness of his deeds never leaves
A dog whistle in his soul
Screams Murder! Murder!
Yet he does not know
The earth quakes
Rocks fall from the sky
The city burns
The wells are dry
His journey comes to the end
Every rich man
Every captain of the sea
Every great man
Mourns
All their wealth is no more
With the shards they scrape their sores
From the earth the righteous rise
to meet the LORD in the skies
Rapture! Rapture!
To see His face.
Forever! Forever!
To sing His grace.
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BAALZEBUB
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At night small lights gather great swarms.
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Into the gyre they fly up higher ’til wings tire
Finding no perch they fall back to Earth
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Each light marks a site where lies killed the flies
Memorial to the unwise. Plain truth before our eyes.
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O believer in Jesus. The darkness has come.
Wait for the Sun.
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At dawn there shall be a new World for you and me.
So bright. So free.
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The Sun shall ascend – Darkness meet its end.
We never die again.
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Until then. Beware the schemes of men:
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Come! Join our swarm! Be warm!
Bring us coin! We crave to purloin!
Take our name! Other light is not the same!
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You have been warned of the doom of the swarms.
Hold tight in the night.
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Great will be your reward.
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ONE ROBIN
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One robin in one tree. Not even dawn.
He twills and he tweets his mating song.
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The Spring is late. Robin must have a date.
So on he sings. And on he sings. Tempting fate.
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The tree is high. Robin’s seat is at the peak.
Yet the branches are bare. Not a bud. Not a leaf.
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Romance is all good and you claimed a fine tree.
But love isn’t free. What to eat if you’re hungry?
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No food. No nest. No robiness.
Only a Savior.
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O SCIENCE
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Daughter of the Prophets. Seeker of Truth. In your youth.
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With wide eyes you searched the skies. Measured and surmised:
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“Nature is not wild. But tidy. Well dressed.
“In predictable fashion the Sun rises and sets.”
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Your breath like a breeze parted the seas.
You found solid ground. Shamans? They drowned.
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With zeal to learn. Night candles you burned.
On the Ox and the Cam you trained a wise man.
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Your stature grew. So did your breasts. But
Who could woo you? The virgin was pledged.
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At first a patron chair. Courtesy of a Squire. Then
funds poured in. Build the Tower even higher!
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Gold charms on your wrists. You redoubled your trysts.
Before long. Virginity gone. A whore of Tyre.
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Your bed was free love for many mighty men. They
ploughed you with glee. For king and country!
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So you taught them to build bridges and boats.
Weapons and war machines. Castles and moats.
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Men of faith were agape at your fall from Grace.
Once a pious Princess. Now so unchaste.
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Then came the errors. You hammered them like nails.
Just pin pricks. But the Wind! Drained from your sails.
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“Man came from monkeys high up in trees.”
“No such Creator God. If you please.”
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“Just a matter of time” So you opined.
“A new creature is birthed. From a different kind.”
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“More than that. Male and female appear both.”
“The better a new species to multiply most.”
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No matter to you. Truth isn’t your goal.
But to reign as a Queen over men’s souls.
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Sweet children. At your feet. Learn to repeat.
The mantra of man’s glory. All his great feats.
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Then like the Greeks. They fight in the streets.
Fists unleashed. They beat one another’s cheeks.
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Survival of the Fittest. Is your Cry.
So kindness fled. And charity died.
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By his own strength. Every man will stand.
Let the sick perish. Let the poor be damned.
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Science is a lens. It sharpens the sight.
But if eye be blind. Day is as night.
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All your books in cozy nooks are nestled. Unread.
We watch TV, movies. Cruise the Internet instead.
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Irony of ironies. Pursuit of knowledge it seems.
Made us into dummies. Brains not so keen.
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O Science. You lost your way.
For your blessing. Who will pray?
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