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i am not my institution or magistrate
am not my place or time or relevance
i am adolescence of forever
besieged by triviality
i am wisdom of eternity past
mastercrafted in seashore sand
i am and not yet
a manifest flux of the unchanging
a sabbath-walk from omnipresence
recalling time forgotten
i am someone you once knew
and never to be again
i am here and gone
LOOK UP
on the greener side
there's no wasted time
our every breath redeemed
on the greener side
nothing's lost
that was ever meant to be
on the greener side
we cannot fail
our mistakes are programmed in
on the greener side
why say goodbye
we'll be together again
cry my brother
tears of joy
redemption draweth nigh
rise my brother
another day
your eyes upon the sky
and the greener side is greener still
than any green we've seen
and the greener side is closer still
than we thought that it could be
on the greener side its warmer still
though chill be closing in
and the greener side is better still
than ever you imagined
hear my brother
the gospel call
wherever you may lie
take care my brother
though sorrow fill
your eyes upon the sky
THE FLOOD
im looking for shadows 'cross a photo negative scene
so blinding is the transparent conversation
no color can survive the exposing x-rays
im listening for quiet 'mid a heavy metal din
whose amplified blast rattles my soul-bones
ultrasonic profanity relentless bleeds my ears
im inquisiting liars among honest brutes
probing beneath the deceptive surface
sheltering tendermercy from a hail of naked truth
im hunting for traitors in patriot land
careful not to stir the enforced unholy peace
the thought police are sniffing for anything pure
im panning for lions round a flock of wild goats
how encouraging it would be to hear a roar of strength
tearing apart the flesh of the wicked
MESSAGE RECEIVED
o mourning dove mourning dove i hear thee and understand
why thou weepest in the forsaken corners of no-mans-land i
share thy sorrow my gentle friend and it is not lost on me
that the great spirit appears as a dove you are manifest
here to sing the sorrows of lost joy to the unhearing but i
am here and i hear and i do bear witness of thee this
lonesome eve that thy message is heard and thy prophecy
true o hasten the morning my mourning messenger when we
shall mourn no more
OMNIPRESENT
did you once know me?
do you remember the things that i said to you
so long ago?
i wasnt as good with words then
but i couldnt say it any better
i dont remember your name
or what you look like
you are outside the field of my snapshots
but your spirit effects the light meter
throwing off the exposure just a little
so that those frames shine brighter
through the dream-distance:
beside me in haunting afternoon highlight
watching me through grasshopper eyes
and butterflies carried by summer wafts
rising from dusty roads
your enchantment occupies the lonely places
under the leaves just beneath the jungle canopy
in the dull aluminum sheen of sliding door frames
opening to empty patios
in the damp dark green underside moss
and mountain watershed ravines
closet corners and attic rafters
under the bleachers with the gum
and popcorn and soda cans
anywhere really along the fringe of human activity
where attention is wanting
where there is loneliness
where you are needed
your Purpose settles in the dormant spaces along the
perimeter of vanity's pathways.
US
who are my tribe, my people, my kind
where do i go to find welcome warmth
and like minds on the same track got your back
and standing by lending hands extended
of solemn respect for sacred trust
whose violation wounds
but forgiveness is eager to mend
a friend you can't lose though you choose
looking everywhere for careful eyes
i've come to prize the preciousness
of the rare communion of two
of whom i have found few
but one of us more than ten of them
is better time spent even so
it is our bent that love is best lent
and the synergy of the family is greater
than the sum
for each one fits in a special niche
no one else can fill imagine the thrill
and jubilation
when heaven is come and all the nation
is put together into one marvelous whole
APART
will you call me
brother someone
let me know
where you have gone?
will you sing me
brother someone
words of wisdom's song?
remember me?
remember me?
do you complement my melody?
whats a moment
brother someone?
theres no time
where we are from
whats a lifetime
brother someone
if i cant find love?
remember me?
remember me?
do you synchronise my chemistry?
will you help me
brother someone
find the place
where i belong?
will you join me
brother someone
when the day is done?
remember me
remember me
RESIGN
you are saddened by what you see
you do not belong here
no one takes you seriously enough
such that you have even doubted yourself
surrounded by dogs you find no place to rest
no friend to trust
you hide from them
go along with their foolishness enough to pass
but neither you nor they are convinced
you are not one of them
you are better but they do not respect your betterness
in fact they ridicule it as weakness
you are your own best company
and your companion with you always
you may or may not know his name
but he is there has always been
many say they know him
but you are not convinced
everything here is polluted
you find nothing pure
even yourself you would cleanse
youve made many mistakes
only fueling their relentless assault
breaking you down
you are surrounded by weakness
you would be rescued by mighty justice
you believe in something they dont
you may or may not know what to call it
truth?
love?
these are vague words which they use foolishly
contaminating their meaning
you were never comfortable with their brutish ways
though you may have succumbed to their pressure
and been stung
they would make you one of them
but neither they nor you can do that
you belong to another club
another race another kingdom
dear friend, you are one of us
welcome home
we are the kindred stream
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erikpeter
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even so come Y'shua Messiah
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