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939 · Jul 2015
(th) inking
SøułSurvivør Jul 2015
~~~

i

the words spill
off the page like
water from the edges
of a flat earth

this way be monsters!


ii

curvature and the
intellect comes back 'round
guided by mariners
who know the point of
no return to reason


iii

isn't it ironic
that the sea change
becomes extant at
the point of no return?


soulsurvivor
(C) 7/14/2015
My sextant relies upon the
(Southern) Cross
939 · Mar 2014
Starlight
SøułSurvivør Mar 2014
ancient times for
the unfathomable deep

their burdens of history
the stars weep.


Soul Survivor
938 · Feb 2016
black & white
SøułSurvivør Feb 2016
black as fangs
wicked gargoyles
black as ravens
witch's coils
black as the crusts
upon Job's boils

black as patchouli
fragrant oils
black as skin which
took the toils
black as deepest loam-
rich soils

white as clouds
white as snow
white as light
upon the floes
white as stones
for games of Go
white as all
"good" things
you know

white as an owl
which kills, devours
white as mould
on food that sours
white as magic
ivory towers
white as sands
which pass the hours

black & white
as piano keys
which provide
sweet melodies
black & white
is what we
SEE
black & white
letters - decrees
black & white

as

POETRY


SoulSurvivor
(C) 2/11/2016
white isn't necessarily "good"
&
black isn't "bad"

I have an appointment this morning
I'll be off site, but will return
this afternoon to read
938 · Jul 2016
contrasts
SøułSurvivør Jul 2016
~~~<♢>~~~

olive green
Palo Verde
drape over roofs
of russet red

ochre houses
across our wide brown street
lavender
Texas Ranger
flower bed

oblique sunshine
glances off persimmon trees
sheets of clouds
Egyptian cotton
slate blue threads

black and white cat
sits by our neighbor's door
waiting to be fed

contrasts
of the morning
a pallet brush
painting

inside

my

head



SoulSurvivor
(C) 7/17/2016
Complementary or contrasting colors make colors pop! When laid against each other there is a vibrancy which can be paralleled only in heaven.

Red/Green  Yellow/Purple  Orange/Blue

What I wouldn't give for the time to paint this morning!

Thank You God for your glorious Creation!

Happy Sunday!

~~~<♢>~~~
936 · Jul 2015
aspiration
SøułSurvivør Jul 2015
~~~<·>~~~

O, dear Lord, please give to me
the gracious spirit of fruit trees
they share their bounty
with those in need
without regard for
race or creed
spreading dappled
shades of gray
for weary travellers
on their way

~~ · ~~

the courage of a badger
o doughty soul!
a bear is routed from his hole!
he has a faith i do not know
without a Bible to tell him so

~~ · ~~

the wonder of a growing pearl
no such beauty in the world
it gets yet larger with each day
although it has no mouth to pray

~~ · ~~

the gentle nature of deep grass
which bends to allow
Your winds to pass
then stands again
with stately grace
to look again in
Your sun's face

~~ · ~~

the honesty of a sky of blue
the color reflects the truth of You

the freedom of a flock of birds
they have surely heard Your words

the cheerful ways of laughing brooks
passing boulders without looks

the industry of a little bee
the good of others all he sees

the patience of erroding wind
carving beauty in the end

the ferocity of love in bears
mothers die to show their care

the resounding strength
of a mountain range
wind or rain they seldom change

the wisdom of an ocean deep
it's secrets it will ever keep

~~ · ~~

all these things, i do believe,
my spirit will, in time, receive
it is Your will i must accept
as i do the
KINGDOM
You have kept



soulsurvivor
Catherine E Jarvis
(C) 5/27/1989
rewritten
(C) 7/15/2015
I was a heavy drinker
on the edge of alcoholism

After a very difficult time in my life
I went to a treatment center
in a tiny speck of a town
Wilcox, Arizona

I had my first spiritual awakening
in that place. I worked hard there
cooking and cleaning toilets
I don't believe I've ever been
happier in my life

I wrote this poem while there
It still brings tears to my eyes

~~~<·>~~~
936 · Jun 2016
Peace Be With You
SøułSurvivør Jun 2016
Whenever you have trials
And trouble leaves so slow
A cloud seems to follow wherever you go
Remember that Jesus,
the friend of your heart
says peace be unto you

Peace be unto you
Peace be unto you
Peace be with you

Whenever you have hardship
You are in such pain
Jesus will sing you this lovely refrain
Remember that Jesus
The friend of your heart
Says peace be unto you

Peace be unto you
Peace be unto you
Peace be with you

He is The Almighty
Yet He is your best friend
He'll be right there with you
Right up to the end!
Remember that Jesus
Your Savior and your Love
Says peace be unto you

Peace be unto you
Peace be unto you

Peace be with you


SoulSurvivor
(C) 9/12/2011
I'm going to my wellness camp this morning... So I will not be on site for a few hours. But I wish you all peace... The peace that passes all understanding. The peace that only comes through the spirit. Let's try to put aside our differences today and just be peaceful in our souls. Therein lies happiness!

♡ Catherine

-
933 · Jan 2015
inner child [10W]
SøułSurvivør Jan 2015
~~~♥~~~

children draw flowers
on the inner walls
of our hearts

~~~♥~~~

soulsurvivor
And we will never be able
to wash them off!

~~~
933 · Feb 2017
painted desert
SøułSurvivør Feb 2017
palette
russet, olive hues
yellow ochre
bird's egg blue
vastness held
within a bowl
turned over earth
to heal and hold
moisture from
the morning rain
thus the painter's
eye is trained

cadmium white
a fan-like brush
sketch mare's-tail clouds
an artist's touch
far horizon
grayish blue
a woman reclines
in the ****
her form reveals
the breasting hills
her hips the mountains
hushed and still
mid-ground
blurs of olive cacti
the saguaro
rise like hackles
Palo Verde lie in lumps
yellow flowers
bloom in clumps
point of brush
tweaks out the trees
turn of branches
stippled leaves
small are they
to catch the light
but the moisture
loss is slight
ochre foreground
brownish stones
blue-gray shadows
light source shown
grayish purple
prickly pears
ocotillo
here and there
spindly with splash of red
barrel cacti nod their heads
buff highlights
bring out the sand
thus paint creates

this desert land


SoulSurvivor
(C) 2/13/2017
Spring morning after a rain.

In the desert the leaves of the trees are small so that only a slight amount of moisture is released.
SøułSurvivør Jul 2016
A choking and desperate voice reached my ear this morning. It was a friend. One of my best friends who lives in Michigan.
What she said was barely intelligible...

"Cath... Cathy... I'M D...YING!
C..C..CAN'T B... (cough) B...BR... BREATHE!
(cough. .. cough. .. cough. ..)"

Immediately I knew I had to be calm. I had to get her anxiety level down. In a very soothing voice I stated...

"Baby, you have to calm down. Sit down in front of a fan... slow your breathing. THEN I WANT YOU TO JUST LISTEN & AGREE...

I said a five-minute prayer with her. I first praised God for the miracle that He was going to bring about. For His miraculous nature. For his Power and Glory! I said I wanted to glorify Him with the miraculous healing that was about to take place!

Within 2 minutes she was breathing easier. She was not coughing as badly. And she could talk. Then I instructed her to go lie down with the fan on her and her back propped with pillows...

I called two friends to pray with me on a conference call. We all prayed together. We prayed like our own lives were depending on it! We prayed the Word of God...

"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man (woman) availeth much."
James 5:16 KJB

I called my friend 30 minutes later. She had been healed! She still had the congestion, but was calmly coughing that up too! She was beginning to blow the congestion from her infected sinuses!

So don't tell me God is no longer in the healing business. He most definitely is...!!!


♡ Catherine
Please pray for my friend. Her name is Mary. She lives alone and has no medical insurance or money. Her credit card is maxed out. She doesn't even have money to pay her property taxes this year. But she's trusting in God. And we have found over the years that HE CAN BE TRUSTED!

Also pray that the Day of Rage doesn't ignite full on racial riots. Please pray against the forces of Darkness that are undoubtedly going to use this demonstration to stir up chaos.
My hometown Tucson Arizona is going to have one of these demonstrations. Please pray for us!

THANKS!

I'm going to start reading now. Please forgive that I have not read your work yet! This crisis came about this morning and now I have a lot of catching up to do...

L♡VE YOU ALL!
927 · Dec 2015
VICTORIOUS!
SøułSurvivør Dec 2015
This is The Song!
It just came bursting out of me!
You can't imagine the MUSIC!
JUST GLORIOUS!
Try to put in your mind all
The old standard Hymns
and give them a twist...


VICTORIOUS!

When I was filled with doubt and fear
I felt You not - no Presence near

I was burdened - world worn
T'was then I was, by faith, reborn.

T'was then I fell upon the cross
T'was then I knew all was not lost!
T'was then I knew the Lord's Decrees
T'was then I fell upon my knees.

Through those dark days
and tortured nights
When I had lost the will to fight

T'was then the light so blinded me
All I could say was, "GOD SAVE ME!"

T'was then i saw You standing tall!
T'was YOU! My God. My All in All.
T'was then I knew I'm doubly blessed
T'was then I stood

VICTORIOUS!

And Christ will STAND AS KING AGAIN!
I cannot wait until that when!

He'll stand as King. Yes. Of this world!
His banner bright. His flag unfurled.

He'll stand a Monarch - fair and just...
He'll stand as God.

VICTORIOUS.


SoulSurvivor
(C) 12/29/2015
All rights protected
SøułSurvivør Dec 2017
It was a week of miracles
Christmas til New Year's Day
WWI was put on hold
And Peace had final say!

There they were in trenches
Only feet apart
German soldiers lifted song
Then the Brits would start

Singing Christmas carols
They lit candles for to light
The faces of the warriors
Who wished to
End war's night

One by one they exited
The trenches with hands raised
Saying, "Don't shoot!
We are unarmed!"
Then more & more... unfazed!

The shook hands,
Told Christmas tales
As every soldier sang!
They knew it was a miracle
And their laughter rang!

And so for a wondrous week
They shared this hearty mirth
It's a tale of greatest hope...

Goodwill and Peace on Earth!


SøułSurvivør
12/26/2017
<☆><☆><☆><☆><☆>
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
& HAPPY NEW YEAR!
<☆><☆><☆><☆><☆>
921 · Jan 2016
I'M SORRY!
SøułSurvivør Jan 2016
I was going to be on site
all day today, but

"The best laid plans
of mice and men..."

and all that...


I love you all, and will be
back when I can!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

♡ Catherine
SøułSurvivør Aug 2015
---

i'm going to be off the site
there is something I must write

while i may seem to be gone
i won't be able to be on long

don't be saddened. I'm not bereft.
i've not been hurt. I have not left.

there's a story to be conveyed
a friend who has a lot to say

i'm writing series for her right now
i have to research to learn how

my mom is better, which is good
but I'm still caregiving as i should

i've been in a sort of daze
because i've been off site for days

talking with people on the phone
doing all the work alone

I'm writing this post as i am
don't want to be the source of spam

i just want to let you know
'cause some folks felt the need to go

but I'm not under troll attack
i'll be gone *but i'll be back
I have a friend who is very sick.
She has a story she wants to
have published.
I've agreed to help.

♥Catherine
920 · Oct 2014
shattered
SøułSurvivør Oct 2014
~~~~♥~~~~




so you want my heart?
can you perform

microscopic surgery?



soulsurvivor
catherine jarvis
(c) october 9, 2014
Actually I could have a great
Relationship with a man
We'd have to be friends for
Years FIRST.  Then a ring on the
Finger second.  Then the
Cerimonial I DO
OTHERWISE I DON'T
919 · Dec 2015
adversity
SøułSurvivør Dec 2015
10W

plants
in
the
driest
soil
always
have
the
D
E
E
P
E
S
T

R

O
T
S


SoulSurvivor
(repost)
that's why a palm tree can
be blown flat in a hurricane
And then stand up straight after
the storm's past

it has one of the deepest taproots
of any tree

-///\\\-
919 · Feb 2015
the sky doth weep
SøułSurvivør Feb 2015
==<>==


porch

i watch the rain
crystal drops
off the eaves

drops fall
a beaded curtain
silabently hissing
as tho a spirit
from the
softly soughing trees
passes through

like the chest
of an asthmatic child


~~~

i will perhaps
paint today
the light is diffused
i guess i'll paint the rain

in blue watercolor

~~~

cars go by on my street
lighting up puddles
it's a bit dark yet
the taillights spark
in the bland pavement
sparkling jewels
on the showcase
of asphalt

the garden swoons
with moisture


~~~

my nerves singing
humming high voltage wires

as I sit i feel them
release

ping! ping! ping!

broken
electric guitar strings

~~~

like a devotee
i sink
into
the river
of
baptism

my mind
once smudged
with transgression
against the night
becomes
as snow
as light soaks
my robes
of repentance

~~~

in deliverance the sky doth weep
i pray The Lord my soul to keep



soulsurvivor
(C) 5/2/2014
rewritten 2/15/2015
Blue rainy day

~~~
919 · Jun 2015
I AM POET!!!
SøułSurvivør Jun 2015
Hear me* SCREAM!!!
I will split you
DOWN THE SEAMS!!!

I AM POET!!!
See me SHINE!!!
I'll make you SEE or make you BLIND!!!

I AM POET!!!
Smell the BREW!!!
I will not bow down to YOU!!!

I AM POET!!!!
******* INK!!!
I am CLOSER than you THINK!!!

I AM POET!!!
Touch my BRAILLE!!!
Even though I land in JAIL!!!

I AM POET!!!
See me FIGHT!!!
Know what's right!
I'll be a light in the night
I have a pen and I have
MIGHT!!!

I AM POET!!!
I am not WEAK!!!
Yep! I am a
JESUS FREAK!!!

I AM POET!!!
I will SHOW IT!!!
You all need me and you
KNOW IT!!!

I AM POET!!!
I am FREE!!!
Let me show you ways to SEE!!!

I AM POET!!!
SO ARE YOU!!!
You are
GREAT and that's

THE TRUTH.
>>~~~> POETS UNITE!!! <~~~<<

~~~
917 · Nov 2016
Emotional Flu
SøułSurvivør Nov 2016
If you ache in every bone
You just want to be alone
You toss and turn
You're sick and weak
All you want to do is sleep
Your favorite color becomes blue

Then you have emotional flu

If your muscles atrophy
And you are in apathy
You can't work up strength to eat
You are a wound from head to feet
Nothing's fresh & little new
Of pick-me-up's? You have so few!
It can affect both me & you

The bane of man... emotional flu


:-(
I've been struggling lately.
All that has happened in my life lately has really affected me. Please bear with me. I just don't feel like being on site right now...

♡ Catherine
916 · Jul 2020
Tear-stained Glass
SøułSurvivør Jul 2020
Saints look down
On the
Modern congregation

Color weeps through

[10W]
Catherine Jarvis
I love this 10 word art form. It was first started by J Donovan Carrasco. Great poet and photographer.
916 · Sep 2014
Fire Hydrant
SøułSurvivør Sep 2014
They broke the fire hydrant
to rain water on
the street urchins

the city's tears**


SoulSurvivor
Catherine Jarvis
(C) September 28, 2014
I got this inspiration
reading a poem
916 · Jul 2016
Whack-A-Mole :/
SøułSurvivør Jul 2016
Life's a game of Whack-A-Mole
You smack those suckers in their hole
Just when you've hit the rodent's head
He pops up somewhere else instead!

Life's a game of Blind-Man's-Bluff
But you can't quit
when you've had enough!
Red bandana 'round your eyes
Hard to tell the truth from lies...

Life's a game of 21
But the dealer's got a gun

Life's a game of Hearts or Spades
From the cradle

to the GRAVE.


SoulSurvivor
(C) 7/1/2016
Ain't it the TRUTH! :/

-
916 · May 2016
two masks
SøułSurvivør May 2016
two masks made
two masks sent
t'was a very strange event
one was clay
broken and rent
the other
rebar and cement

the concrete gave
a passing stare
had it's nose up in the air
the clay had runnels
lines of care
it was no longer
smooth and fair

yes
the clay had lines
and runnels deep
from the tears
which it did weep

the Hand which made both
tried the hearts
the concrete face
staid its cold art
the mask of clay
shattered apart

the concrete looked on
in destain
she would never feel pain

gently, gently
the great Hand tended
the cracked restored
and quietly
mended

what had been
weak clay and mesh
was renewed
and made
flesh

concrete had smiled
was now made small
for she saw
the
wrecking ball


SoulSurvivor
(C) 5/16/2016
God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble

Thank you my friends for your warm welcome back
I still can't be on site as much as I'd like
but will be here when I can

-
915 · Jul 2016
nychtinastic sirius
SøułSurvivør Jul 2016
mesa rises
a ship
sans sails

the moon
strips
the creosote
to blond
bone

it's errosion
causes
the desert to
ripple

beaches
hidden

tides
going
out
sea

nyctinastic
sirius flowers
open their
lazy eyes

the moon may
croon to
waves
dashing
on the
shipwreck

but

even the moon
makes
things


grow


SoulSurvivor
(c) 7/9/2016
dedicated to r
914 · Oct 2017
Delineating the Divine
SøułSurvivør Oct 2017
Universal unction
A beatific box
Friction in the function
A tutorial. A talk.

We winnowing the worship
We wiser for to seek
Here harrowing through
Hardship
We winkle out the "weak".

How holy is the hilltop
Which cannot help at all
How horrible the House of Pride
Which cannot help but FALL.

Please pray for persecution
Let them not stay their hand
GOD BLESS the repercussions!
The ground on which to stand.

I beg that I won't barter
Without nor yet within
I pray that I won't falter
I'll stand against the sin.

For the Church as it emerges
From underneath the waves
Surfeit in the surges
Gamboling in her grave

Wreaks havoc on true holiness
Divides doctrine "uncouth"
Gutting out the Bible
Laying waste the TRUTH!

The "Universal Union"
"All for one, and one for all"
"All roads lead to Rome"
How the mighty fall!

There are, in truth, just 2 roads
At the tolling of the bell.
The narrow to eternal life...

... and the broad road straight to

HELL.



SøułSurvivør
(C) 10/31/2017
I thought Halloween and appropriate "holiday" to write of the emergent "Church". Their masks of "love" and costumes replete with crosses around their necks.

I look for TRUE worshipers. They CARRY their crosses on their BACKS!

People will tell you "All ways lead to God".
Ironically enough genuine Christianity, to the folks who say this, ain't one of the ways. We Christians are "exclusive" and "narrow minded". So we are shuffled out of the deck!

NOT ALL ROADS LEAD TO GOD!

Sorry. Only Christ DIED to save humanity. He's the Way. The Truth. The Life.
The ONLY WAY to the Father.

I'm standing against the overwhelming tide of Unitarianism. I may be facing poetic death. But I won't drown. Nor will my house fall....

... it is built upon the ROCK of AGES!
910 · Apr 2015
kerosene
SøułSurvivør Apr 2015
---

the lamp is lit
but no light
flows / the
candle sits
and doesn't glow
the lightbulb gleams
but all is dark / the fire
spits a lifeless spark
the ember gives
no life no
warmth / there
        is no comfort ))))))
              on the hearth         ))))
        there is no life ))))))
when love grows
cold / the only prospect's getting old
---
910 · Nov 2016
the craters of the moon
SøułSurvivør Nov 2016
... .
....  .. .. ...
.. ...the craters.. ...
... ... ..of  the  moon.... ....
. ...they are   both high.. ..
... ..and                       steep... ..
....they                                 are.. .
... .both                              low and.. ...
..fearsome                               they are..
...craggy                           and deep..... ..
... .people look    at them in awe....
...lovers cry and spoon...
.. ... . nothing's quite as lovely. .....
... ..as the        craters... ..
... ...  .of the moon.... ...
.... .. ..○○ ○•°°○....  ...
....  ... ...


SoulSurvivor
(C) 11/15/2016
A nod to our Super-moon tonight
909 · Jan 2016
when
SøułSurvivør Jan 2016
when solar winds
cause a freeze
and ships have doldrums
due to breeze

when roses wilt
because of dew
and broken clocks
are always true

when soldiers all
return from war
and vow that they
will fight no more

when the Jokers'
call the bluff
and the greedy
have enough

when redwoods fall
without a sound
and the canyons
regain ground

when all these things
are proven true
then i will stop

LOVING YOU


SoulSurvivor
(C) 1/2/2016
Hope you had a great New Year's Day...
had to be brighter than mine!
I had the FLU! LOL!

I'm feeling better now, though.
Thanks for all the prayers and
new year's wishes. I appreciate you!
906 · Jun 2015
define: LOVE
SøułSurvivør Jun 2015
~~~=<♡>=~~~

How can you
describe pale blue
if you've never seen the skies?
Don't define LOVE
Lord, above!
Unless you have the eyes!

Is it a hex? Or perhaps ***
that drives us to the brink?
A little thing that makes us sing?
Is it all hearts in pink?

Voodoo hoodoo
what do you do
when you're not that strong?
You may say
it's springing May
and STILL have it WRONG!

Birds on a perch?
A Google search?
Is that how you define?
A little bee?
How can you see?
Where do you draw the line?

Is it a smell?
How can you tell
if someone has the itch?
Look in the eyes.
They can't disguise
They will always snitch!

So what's amour?
What's in store?
Is it a certain glow?
Don't ask me!
Can't you see?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW!


SoulSurvivor
6/15/2015
Dedicated to JP
His poem on Googling "Love"
is brilliant!
906 · Jun 2016
Heat
SøułSurvivør Jun 2016
Morning ushers in Del Sol
Of him we have no derth
He hammers like a demi-God
Vulcan o'r the earth

It's 9:16 already
And it will not be long
Before the mighty blacksmith
Holds the world in his tongs

He puts the desert over fire
'Til it's a white-hot sheet
Then the pounding is in earnest
It scorches in the heat!

Vulcan lived under the earth
But the hills, twisting, have spun
He now sails the skies above
The omni-potent

SUN!


SoulSurvivor
(C) 6/4/2016
They predict it's going to go up to 112 degrees today in Tucson Arizona. I don't know about anybody else but I'm staying inside! :/
906 · Sep 2016
gracefully
SøułSurvivør Sep 2016
i write

like a dance, swirling

ink on the page


if writing is an

art of motion

make

my

poetry



BALLET!



SoulSurvivor
(C) 9/14/2016
Based on a comment made to another poet who had perfected the art.


~~<♡>~~
905 · Mar 2014
Beautiful
SøułSurvivør Mar 2014
Beauty comes from inside
It's a truly tragic thing
that some people
feel the need
to have their
skin cut by the
surgeon to release it.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!



Minimalist
Soul Survivor
(C) 2014
905 · Jul 2019
Rain After a Drought
SøułSurvivør Jul 2019
Rain! Timpany sounds
on the roof and from the gutters
call me to my front porch.
Such music! Like little
silver hammers striking
the drumhead summer-baked
desert floor. Magical music
murmuring to my muse.

Petrichor, after an extended
dry spell, lingers. Nestling in
my nostrils. How could two
chemical reactions create
such delicious desert desiring?
Duplicity of dust and drought
with a wet, wondrous wealth
of water! Whew... hoo!

My eager eyes behold emerald
instead of dull khaki, brown
and olive hues, odalisque
forms of the prickly pear
will become plump in their
passionate love of
precipitation! Ahhhh...!!

What a joy to behold
the crystal curtain once more!
Small beads of moisture
form on my forehead
and fingers. Fascinating
to feel the hairs on my arms
stand up with the
electricity of negative ions...

Every sense is smothered
with summer storm extract...

ECSTASY!!!
904 · Dec 2015
venus blushes
SøułSurvivør Dec 2015
cloud's
marcelled
golden
hair
sweeps
over
peach
mountain's
shoulder

venus
blushes


SoulSurvivor
(C)12/19/2015
My dad never did go into have
his surgery. He needs an EKG first
to ensure his heart will be okay for it.

I'm very encouraged by all your
good wishes and prayers.
I'm certain he will be ok!
904 · Aug 2015
morning of 10,000 ghosts
SøułSurvivør Aug 2015
~~~


i looked unto
a seplechur sky
deepest dungeon of blue
wreaths of wraiths
beseached the hills
before the day was new

whisps of vapor
reaching up and out
ten thousand ghosts forlorn
all looking for the morning sun
wishing to be reborn

sad and lost
they wailed there
at the closing of the night
plain the pain and deep despair
magical the sight

i felt a tear
roll down my face
they were so pale and wan
i watched the sun rise
o'r the hills
looked back and

they were gone


soulsurvivor
(C) 8/13/2015
this poem was inspired by
clouds i saw a few weeks ago
an awesome sight
low hanging and wispy
just like ghosts

I'm only on site a short time
mom is still quite ill

thanks for your prayers
903 · Jan 2017
Frig & Frack
SøułSurvivør Jan 2017
A protest song inspired by sjr1000

Frig & Frack dance a dance
To see who is astute
They run an oil rag up a pole
To see who will salute

Nobody seems to see it
They just watch TV
Corporate's just overjoyed!
They can dance for *FREE!


They just quash the media
Build gas-guzzling trucks
People purchase in their millions
So Frig & Frack make BUCKS!

Nobody seems to wonder
Why water tastes so funny
Why their kids have cancer
Why... Big Oil's makin' MONEY!


Yeah... nobody seems to care a fig
Most people aren't that hyper
Now Corporate can laugh and jig...

...and we all Pay the Piper!


SoulSurvivor
(C) 1/16/2017
Please read sjr1000's poem
"Friggin' Fracking"
It's just scathing.
We need more protest & awareness of this!
The media ain't gonna tell folks...
That's what poets & songwriters are FOR!
900 · Jul 2016
My Sins
SøułSurvivør Jul 2016
I'm not a perfect person
I still have rough-edged vice
Although I've sought and I've been bought
By the Lord Jesus Christ

On my last poetry venue
I was sure a geek
I made many enemies
On the website Poetfreak

I was green as new-mown grass
On the internet
I also dropped my med therapy
Was as crazy as it gets

I posted several poems
Of suicidal bent
Not one person commented
Not one message sent

So I said I was in hospital
For suicidal thoughts
I even had an alias
Who said that I was caught

In a cycle of depression
That I needed help
I needed people loving me
Yes. I did this in stealth

Then I felt so guilty
That shame had so much clout
I posted an exposé of what I'd done
So the truth would come out

Most people were quite good and kind
They understood my pain
But some were mean and hateful
And my guilt remained

So I made another alias
His name was Steelrelease
I wanted for to be a man
So I'd have respect at least

And boy did that become the case!
You know how males are
They respect their stronger ***
It looked like I'd go far

But there were flies in that ointment
As it did ensue
I became so popular
The women liked me TOO!

I met a little teenager
Who was suicidal
A little waif of a girl
And I could not be idle

And so I befriended her
I had her full respect
I should have known the outcome
Due to my male ***

When I did discover
What she began to feel
I could no longer lie to her
And so the truth revealed

Again some stayed by me
For they understood
But others were quite vicious
In that poetic neighborhood

I knew that I would never have
Chances to write free
So I made up other avatars
Other people I could be

Again and again I was found out
And I became blamed
There was a poet "Lucifer"
Who thought I should be shamed

He made several postings
Detailing my sins
Had many of his own
But poets he did win

Though I was repentant
He hounded me no end
I tried to get away from him
But he posted again

Then all of a sudden
Some ****** SPAM APPEARED!
Under my own avatar
It was very weird!

Somebody had hacked me
And posted that foul spam!
I know I didn't post it
FOR I KNOW WHO I AM!

I guess it didn't matter
That I posted again
That I had not done it
But that poem did not trend
It really mattered not
I tried to make amends

I had written poems
For poets on that site
No less than 50 people
Got a special write

I did not do that out of guilt
For I found that I enjoyed
The gratitude of people
From my work so employed

In the end I left Poetfreak
For he kept up his stuff
Lucifer was ruthless
And I had had enough.

So that is my story
I have now come clean
Some folks are unforgiving
Some folks are downright mean.

But I was in the wrong, you see
So they still laid claim
To my very character
They still rail and blame

Here on this good website
I'm friend to age and youth
I don't do what I did before
And I tell the truth

But you all know that there is talk
By a crazy one
That I still have aliases
In many minds has won

I don't support this person
But neither do I blame
He is bold and he's a troll
But he's totally insane.

Please forgive me people
I want for you to know
Now I am quite honest
Wherever I go

I am a minded writer
And I am a part
Of the HP community
And I have a HEART!

So can you have compassion?
I want for you to see
I have a arranged to be so changed

Please folks. Forgive me.


SoulSurvivor
(C) 7/8/2016
Now I've come clean. Everything I said about it is true. Now. Can people start owning up to their own stuff? Please?!!
That's the only way this other situation on the site of Hello Poetry is ever going to change. It is only when people start to assess their own faults that they can see they don't have a leg to stand on with others business.

In the Bible it says character assassination is tantamount to ******. I don't know where that is. I'm not a Bible scholar. But trust me it is there.

Will folks just please forgive me so we can go on? I'm truly sorry for what I've done in the past. The past is the past. Let us bury it.

Thanks.

♡Catherine

.
899 · Dec 2015
Unfortunately
SøułSurvivør Dec 2015
I was born.
I am still living it down.




10W
SoulSurvivor
(C) 12/4/2015
I didn't WAKE UP in a bad mood...

:/
898 · Jun 2015
PLEASE READ THIS
SøułSurvivør Jun 2015
not a rant!!!

I have been writing and
DEEP IN PRAYER*
Also behind the scenes
on the site message system
answering questions about
things that I have posted.
Therefore I have not been able
to read a great deal. I don't really
read quickly anyway. Please don't
be hurt if I haven't read your work yet. I WILL. But right now I must
do what I am doing.

I don't mean to presume you care
if I read or not. I don't want to be grandiose. But I care when I don't
see a poetfriend for a while. So I'm
extending this message to let you
know that you matter to me.

AND I PRAY FOR YOU ALL.

Don't be surprised if you get a little
message from me on the site system.
There are some folks who are
on my heart.

THANKS !!!

♥ Catherine
I'M NOT DRIVING UP MY STATS
BUT WOULD APPRECIATE A REPOST.
898 · Oct 2017
I wasn't made to fit in!
SøułSurvivør Oct 2017
Here in this society
We're told we must
"Fit in".
Only then you'll
Stay in step
Only then you'll win.
I've never been
A "round peg".
I won't now begin.
I will not look
The other way
When people
lie & sin.
If you diss my savior
I'm sorry...
I won't grin!

So you think that
You can save yourself?
You have a "moral" way?
You don't need repentance.
You don't have to pray.
Friend, you will be tested!
There will come a day.


This is from a loving heart!
I don't carry a grudge
I am far from perfect
And so I cannot judge!

But when you hurt
The Lord's rep
You bet I'm gonna fight!
I wear a frown!
I won't back down!
I'll scream with
ALL MY MIGHT!
He saved me from
The second death!
He rescued me
From night!
He brought me
Out of darkness
Into His marvelous light!

Being Christian's
NOT a cakewalk!
It is NOT A GAME!
I will not stand
Aside and watch
Some people
TAKE HIS NAME!
Say it with due reverence!
DON'T SAY IT IN VAIN!


Some stay out of conflict.
But I'm gonna SHOUT!
I wasn't made to
"Just fit in"...

I'm made to
STAND OUT!!



♡ Catherine
'Nuf said

I'm sorry I'm not on site much anymore.
Personal struggle. Heard some folk are dissing the Lord, though. NOT COOL!
898 · May 2017
Purple
SøułSurvivør May 2017
Memories of bruises
Velvet fit for kings
In the petals of a pansey
Oily sheen of raven's wings
The inside of a geode
Tanzanite in rarest form
The color of a baby's face
Right after it is born
It is the color indgo
To red violet of wine
Tracing stormy sunsets or
Boganvilla vines
Plums and grapes
remind one
Of purple's strange appeal
The color of great bravery
A wound which finally heals
Whatever your mentality
This collage of purple hues
Is simply a mixture of

The colors red & blue


SøułSurvivør
(C) 5/2/2017
898 · Jun 2017
Broken Pottery
SøułSurvivør Jun 2017
I am hieroglyphic pottery
Broken before my
Time'd begun...
I tried to piece myself
Together, but found
The puzzle overrun.

I couldn't find the
Precious fragment
With which to keep
The water in...
It flowed out, yellow
And stagnant
Full of sickness
Full of sin.

Yes, I'm a hieroglyphic
Vase... a bowl with
Pictographs and runes
I'm whole now, you'll
Find this is the case,
I found the piece!
This blessed boon!

My hieroglyphics are
A summer scene,
The piece I needed
And I won,
Was the part which
Soared the heavens
The constant
Ever faithful

*SON.
Nope. Won't stop talking 'bout
my Jesus! Without Him I
would be dead in every
sense of the word...
897 · Feb 2017
Scientology or The CHRIST?
SøułSurvivør Feb 2017
This is an appeal to those
Who believe they are a god
Can you use your great power
To bring flowers from the sod?
Can you even handle life?
Don't you find it odd
You're not that great at OT VIII?
Is this where we applaud?

Can you create a sunrise?
Let's just raise the bar...
Can you spin the GALAXIES?
Much less light ONE STAR?

We all WANT great powers
It's simply our design
To be enthralled with Superman
But, brother, we are BLIND.
What happened to great empathy?
Why are we not KIND?

Yes, we all want to be as gods.
But the TRUTH is plain
We can't conceive a UNIVERSE
With our puny brain!

So your folks are in the movies?
In the tabloids? On TV?
Do THEY conceive a single moon?
Can THEY call peaks to BE?
We can only gain true power
Through the Trinity
Father. Son. The Holy Ghost.
They hold INFINITY!

Now I ask you. Can YOUR "Church" last?
Stand the test of time?
I put to you this blatant fact...
The CHRIST IS STILL SUBLIME!
For more than two millennium
He STILL has poets rhyme!

But most if all, how do you rate
In THIS point, hand in glove?  
You rail against your enemies
You TRASH the LORD ABOVE!
You believe in POWER. CONTROL.

WE BELIEVE IN LOVE.


Catherine Jarvis
SoulSurvivor
(C) 2/27/2017
The fifth in my series.

OTHER VIII: The highest level of spiritual
"Enlightenment" and "Power"
in Scientology. It is the product of many
many hours of *very expensive "PROCESSING"*

This is an appeal to those folks in
Scientology.

YOU'RE ON THE WRONG SIDE!

-
894 · Jun 2015
jove
SøułSurvivør Jun 2015
---

i
drown
in the gasses
of a jovian sea

on the
red spot of
Jupiter
and of the
twin moons
Io is my only
light

she hoves
a pale blue green
sea creature
in the
phosphor

swirling
like a dervish
the world of
a pervasive
and perverse
nature
wears black lillies
and widow's weeds

i
was
in the
past when
i looked up
at the stars
already gone nova

a connect the dots
roadmap
that is
nothing
but

*history
Thinking about perception
and how we process
what we see

As far as I'm concerned
we may as well be
on Jupiter for all we really
know of the universe
even our own planet

Most of history is a lie

---
893 · Apr 2022
What you need is love
SøułSurvivør Apr 2022
'm glad that I have forgiveness
I make so many mistakes
I walk at Great unforgiveness
I pray I have what it takes!

What it takes is love
what it takes is love
what it takes is love

Love is merciful. Love is kind
Love is give not take
Love has not an angry mind
Love Is Never fake

What it takes is love
What it takes is love
What it takes is love

Love forgets transgressions
Gives benefit of doubt
Love seeks not aggression
Love always wins out!

All You Need Is Love
All You Need Is Love
All You Need Is Love


SoulSurvivor aka
Write of Passage
2022
Christian song
892 · Sep 2014
Dumbbell
SøułSurvivør Sep 2014
Your bulging
pecs they are perfection
your skin it glows with oil
but you wouldn't lift a finger
for an honest day of toil.
Your abs are simply
perfect, boy
you are
really
[][][][]
[][][][]
[][][][]
[][][][]
an ace.
But I can
tell that you're
a dumbbell by that
look upon your face. An
anguished painful countenance
that speaks like a loud shout!!!
Your wife has had the nerve
to ask you put the f'ing
garbage out!**



SoulSurvivor
Catherine Jarvis
(C) September 18, 2014
This was HARD!!!
891 · Jun 2016
derelict temple
SøułSurvivør Jun 2016
you stand in line
for liquid bread
with your thin dime

newspaper matress
you lick your lips
a cardboard box
will.be your crypt

sad
forsaken
so forlorn
your façade is *****
tattered
worn

the gold was stolen
from your vaults
passersby see only faults

the picket fence
around your heath
is as broken
as your teeth

the many choices
you have made
have sunk you to
an early grave

you're self-abusive
destruction bent

your temple is a

TENEMENT
**


SoulSurvivor
(C) 6/17/2016
You can lend people a hand.
But they have to want to take it.
891 · Jul 2015
Laodicea, USA
SøułSurvivør Jul 2015
PART ONE OF THREE

"I know your works; you are
neither cold nor hot, I am about to
spit you out of my mouth.
For you say, "I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing."
You do not realize that you are
wretched, pitiable, poor, blind,
and naked. Therefore I council you
to buy from me gold refined by fire
so that you may be rich; and white
robes to clothe you to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen; and salve to annoint your eyes that you may see. I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent."

Revelation 3:14-19
NRSV

Most of what I hear preached from the pulpit today in the US (and indeed around the world) is this,

"When the tribulation comes, the church ("saved") will be raptured out and the lost will be "Left Behind" to endure God's wrath. So don't worry church! The "saints" will go into the clouds to be with Jesus!"

Bleeeeeep! Wrong answer!!!

Lies!
From the PULPIT!!!

That's not what JESUS CHRIST said above. Those who are not fit for the Kingdom will have to endure Satan's wrath! God's wrath comes later! To punish the wicked.

And, yep. There is JUDGEMENT.
R E P R O O F
C H A S T I Z E M E N T
P U N I S H M E N T


Where in the Bible does it say God is a softie? That HE can be MOCKED?
That He's a Santa Claus in the sky come to give lotto winnings to his "good" little kids?

I'm talking to the CHURCH.

We are preaching
FALSE DOCTIRINE. PERIOD,

IF THE CHURCH DOESN'T
R E P E N T
in sackcloth and ASHES
FAST and PRAY
like there's no
TOMORROW
(which there literally isn't)
they will take the brunt of
SATAN'S WRATH

For those who are found worthy there will be PROTECTION.
Read Psalm 91.

Thank you for reading all of this.
There will be three parts to this sermon. Please read them ALL.

THANK YOU!
~~~=<♡>=~~~
890 · Jan 2015
invisable
SøułSurvivør Jan 2015
~~~

It is all around us
a realm we cannot see
but unlike this weighted world
there we can be free

It is never subject
to senses yet untuned
it is like a vapor
lit only by the moon

another dimension?
perhaps this will explain
but you will surely know it
as an unseen rain

though it has all knowledge
it will only tell
those who practice wisdom
like the music of a shell

but you must place that cockle
to a patient ear
those who are impatient
perhaps will never hear!

you won't see see it glowing
with a human eye
but it is ever present
as real as you or i

though it is very lovely
through spirt-eyes is seen
it is the real world

our own is just a dream.


SoulSurvivor
(C) January 20, 2015
I wish I could say that
I have seen the spirit rhelm
(The side of light)
I saw my bible glowing
and shimmering once
When I opened it
But that is the extent of
My spirit-sight thus far.
I know that I know
It exists.
I pray to experience it again!
Jesus Christ is a real person.
And sometimes He
Manifests Himself to those
Who love Him in spirit and truth.
890 · Jan 2016
harrowing
SøułSurvivør Jan 2016
a song in 3/3 time

O, Lord, I've been in a prison dark
With jailers harsh and cruel
Searching for the smallest spark
This sentence overruled
I just hold to Your promises
Which bright and glorious be
I hold onto the precious light
Where I, in blindness, see.

Hallelujah!
Your blessings to impart
Hallelujah!
You're harrowing my heart

Though I am in the wilderness
I have no food nor drink
I hunger more for your goodness
I'm nearly at the brink
You put my shoulder to the plow
And I am weary, worn
But when a harvest you allow
It's then I am reborn!

Hallelujah!
You're working at the plow
Hallelujah!
My harrowing allow

Now I'm on the mountaintop
My hardships in the past
I look down at the growing crop
And I no longer fast
Abundant hope, abundant life
I bask in perfect grace
I've endured the deepest strife
But now I see *YOUR FACE.


Hallelujah!
Worthy is the Lamb!
Hallelujah!
Christ... the great I AM.


SoulSurvivor
(C) 1/27/2016
During the times of deep darkness
Know God is giving you a deeper
Hunger and thirst for Him
But stay faithful! He is harrowing.
And will plant a more abundant crop
In your heart as a result!

I'm back... I went through the book
Of unforgiveness and have closed it
Finally and forever!

HALLELUJAH!
888 · Dec 2015
fecund poets
SøułSurvivør Dec 2015
have minds like rabbits
and drink black

COFFEE!


[10W]
SoulSurvivor
(C) 12/29/2015
Can anyone relate?

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