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1.4k · Mar 2022
painted desert
SøułSurvivør Mar 2022
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
saguaro flowers
I could sit and
paint for hours

there's time to write
but now I pray
look upon these
words today

they paint the desert
you will find
If only in
the poet's mind!


SoulSurvivor aka
Write of Passage
2017
1.4k · Jan 2016
phosphorus
SøułSurvivør Jan 2016
sea
foam
clouds
barely
hide
the
sky's
sea creature

the

MOON



SoulSurvivor
(C) 1/5/2015
just a crescent
the moon is
beautiful this morning

-
1.4k · Aug 2020
Color Me a Blackbird
SøułSurvivør Aug 2020
^¡^

Color me be a cymbal
Let me be a gong
Color me Coyote brown
Let me limp along
Color up my faltering voice
Let it come out wrong
Color me a blackbird
A deep & moody song.

Color me a minstrel
Let me be a knave
Color me a sinner
Who is yet unsaved
Color me a'weeping
Let tears come in waves
Color me a raven
Perched above a grave.

Color me a cloudy day
Color me the rain
Color me a carousel
That ol' circle game
Let me be a priest of straw
Let me see bloodstains
On songwritten pages
On my Christian name.

Color me a kite in flight!
Color up the strings!
Color me an angel
A rusty golden thing!
Color me a blackbird
Cuz, man, those birds can SING!!
Yes, even a blackbird has
Red & yellow on its wings...

^¡^

by Catherine Jarvis
Dedicated to Joni Mitchell.
As anyone who has followed my work knows, Joni Mitchell is one of my muses. This poem is about me attempting to emulate her. That must make God laugh!
SøułSurvivør Sep 2014
In the castles black with dawning
broken vessels hold the light
where the vassals stand a'yawning
woken by the dead of night

Songs to aging children, come
aging children
I am one!

Where the flowers whither rhythm
where the rhymes are drops of dust
metered moonbeams lie
within them
in their melodies we trust

Songs to aging children, come
aging children
I am one!

Can we only see the lanterns
lit for us by frosty dew?
Can we yet hear all the patterns
colors bled for me and you?

Songs for aging children, come
aging children

*I AM ONE!
SoulSurvivor
Catherine Jarvis
(C) September 25, 2014

Based on a song by Joni Mitchell
I strongly suggest listening to it
a more hauntingly beautiful
song has scarcely been written.
SøułSurvivør Nov 2014
That must be a
Halloween mask...

I know you're not
That good looking.



SoulSurvivor
This one's a cut on
behalf of Wolf Spirit...

Whoever is hacking him
better watch out!
1.4k · Jun 2015
>||time||<
SøułSurvivør Jun 2015
haiku**


the earth dancing out
sets stars and moons whirling so
clock hands clap every hour


soulsurvivor
(C) 6/22/2015
1.4k · Jul 2017
Guiding Star
SøułSurvivør Jul 2017
^
<   ☆   >
\/

I'm a ship
Upon the ocean
Pressed and frought
On every side
I'm distracted
By emotion
Drawn and pulled
By every tide

I have beams
Splintered and broken
I have mainsails
Ripped and torn
Never hearing
Your words spoken
I am weakened
And forlorn

I've been put through
Greatest trials
Storms I've made
With my own hands
I have sailed
A million miles
And been beached
On shifting sands

Then, at last,
In desperation
I looked unto skies above
There a Star was
In position
It was God's
Redeeming Love!


For a while I
Followed closely
Where'er the light led
Then distracted
My own boasting
Turned my helm
Yes, turned my head

I could n'er have
Heard the singing
Of the Star
So sweet and high
For the siren song
Was clinging
To my ears and
To my eyes!

Then I saw them!
Rocks so jagged!
The benighted
Siren's realm!
I saw whirlpools
Waves so ragged!
And I fought to
Turn my helm!

There in fervent
Desperation
I sent up a tearful prayer!
That's when Grace
Became my bastion
I was rescued
Then and there!

Now I set my
Golden sextant
To the Star I know is True
I will follow
Never exit
The Guiding Light I found
In You


Though I have
My certain troubles
It's a better life by far!
I do not steer by Polaris
But by my own


MORNING STAR



SøułSurvivør
(C) 7/14/2017
Sung to the melody of the old hymn
"Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing"

I've been pressing in to God as never before. He has been showing me areas of my life that need immediate change. I've been obeying Him... finally. What we endure to bring about positive change is sometimes excruciating. But in the end it's easier. Certainly a better fate than crashing on the rocks! It's a narrow path through VERY stormy seas. But there's always a break in the clouds... where Jesus stands, arms wide open for any who have eyes to see.

THE MORNING STAR

♡♡♡ LOVE YOU ALL ♡♡♡
1.4k · May 2015
anvil of the sun
SøułSurvivør May 2015
---

the desert lies in wait
the anvil of the sun
it's creatures know their fate
'fore the summer has begun
the heat will either ****
as surely as a gun
or folk bend to its will
the weather's cruelty to shun

the parched and dusty soil
waits for the summer rains
these will quench or spoil
flooding down arroyo drains
water weeps - the El Nino
great winds rip the plains
like an eagle's cry they echo
destroy in their refrains

the weather makes or breaks you
whether fire or killing frost
the farmer is the one who
pays the greatest cost
every year the price is dear
so much to be lost
temperatures to soar
the earth is torn or tossed

but the people of Sonora
already have begun
to feel It's powerful aura

the anvil of the sun


soulsurvivor
(c) 5/19/2015
every year hikers pass out
from the heat, and die in the desert

be warned - the sun is as Vulcan
not the character on Star Trek
tho he has pointy ears

HE CAN BE A DEVIL

---
1.4k · Feb 2015
Jolly Roger Grin
SøułSurvivør Feb 2015
---:$:---:$:---


There he goes
the Democrat's fool
the Republican's stooge
a New Order tool

He thinks his candidate
tells the truth
He's heading for the
voting booth

There she goes
those lies are glib
her female hero
promotes Woman's Lib!


For corporate governance
they're all in
They got that
Jolly Roger Grin!


There they stand
The brave Senators
The political nightmare
Dogs and curs

You're out of work
and in a jam?
Just email your
Congressman!

As far as our
Fearless Leaders go
they're no better
they're politicos


For corporate governance
they're all in
They got that
Jolly Roger Grin!



At the end of our rope
we choke and dance
but we keep our
political stance

We listen to their
clever quips
kissing babies
with rotting lips

But they are poisoning
the water we drink
the air we breathe
C'mon folks!
THINK!

We have power!
We have might!
We gotta think!
We gotta fight!

The Constitution's
eroding away!
The Bill of rights?
Ha! Gone today.

In the end
We could WIN!
There's 99 of US to only

ONE OF THEM


For corporate governance
they're all in
They got that
Jolly Roger Grin


SoulSurvivor
(C) 2/17/2015
See my new site art.
The political message
speaks loud and clear

---:$:---:$:---:$:---
1.4k · May 2015
city of pain
SøułSurvivør May 2015
---

streets twinkle
with the cars
the sky is granite
asphalt stars

trees die with their
stunted height
buildings grow
with urban blight

pine box slabs
of window's pain
glassy panels
city's stain

gritty mouths
feed dogs that bark
moist streets where
the world is parked

gravel streetlights
lend the night
darkened sidewalks

blackest light


soulsurvivor
rewrite (c) 5/12/2015
written 2014
At play with juxtaposed ideas.

---
1.4k · May 2015
steam
SøułSurvivør May 2015
---

in the
caverns
of my heart
darker
are the
persuasions
of mystery

toiling upwards
moist candle
in my
feeble hand

barely perceived
stalagtites
and
stalagmites
loom like
the open maw
of dragons

breathing
steam



soulsurvivor
(c) 5/24/2015
spelunking
1.4k · Jul 2015
conception
SøułSurvivør Jul 2015
~~~<«»>~~~

a
spilt
second
where
the
spirit's
spark
meets
conciousnes­s
and
our
pens
scribe

eternity


soulsurvivor
(c) 7/9/2015
time is very relative


~~~<«»>~~~
1.4k · May 2015
rain
SøułSurvivør May 2015
10W**

clouds
like wet grey garments
dripping
from a celestial
clothesline


soulsurvivor aka
Write of Passage aka
Invisible inc
Catherine Jarvis
5/4/2014
It's been raining here
A real blessing in Arizona!

---
1.4k · May 2016
Legion
SøułSurvivør May 2016
---

A man near the 10 cities
Was mad and bound in chains
He could break all of his bonds
But never his sin's stains

The Gerasenes was home to him
But he was still outcast
He cut himself with stones
He had a madman's caste

No one would come near him
For fear he'd take their life
He was stong & terrible
But naked and in strife
Due to his insanity
The stones became a knife

Jesus must have known
This man was in great need
He decided to travel there
So that prisoner could be freed

Seeing him the Madman ran
To confront Him there
The demons in him knew their time
Was up... and they despaired

"Please let us go" they said aloud
"Into the heard of swine!
Please do not send us far away
For it is not our time!"

"What is your name?" Jesus asked
And this was very wise
They could never lie to Him...
"LEGION!" They replied

"We are very many..."
And that was truth back then
A legion of footsoldiers
Was at least 4000 men

So Jesus sent them to the pigs
And there they entered in
The swine ran into water
And, of course, they could not swim

The people of the region
Were told by the swineherds
Of all that had just happened
They ran and spread the word

They went up to Jesus
And found the man reclined
Sitting clothed & normal
He was in his right mind!

"Please leave our coasts!" They shouted
"We want no trouble here!"
They were all excited
And some were in great fear

"Please allow me to come with you!"
No wish to be alone...
The now-normal madman
Was then told to return home.



Is Jesus' arm now shortened?
Or can He Heal and Save?
Can he make deliverance
For those now so depraved?

If that man named "Legion"
Could be healed at last
Perhaps you could be also
No matter what your past!

Ask him to deliver you
You can make a start
He can come to help and Save
And finally heal your heart!


SoulSurvivor
(C) 5/25/2016
I have been noticing a lot of writing about cutting and self harm. And a lot of writing about demonic subjects. Actually the two things go hand-in-hand. Please consider this story from the Bible. It is located in The Book of Mark chapter 5. I saw an interview with a lady who had been a cutter. She asked Jesus to help her. She had read the story of the man named Legion. She really related to it... And asked Jesus into her heart to help her. She is now married with two children. AND NO LONGER CUTS!
SøułSurvivør Jan 2021
I am not able to get the system to publish a lot of my writing. It seems other people aren't having that problem. Perhaps they DONATE MORE? I am not able to donate much because I'm on Social Security disability and I have a fixed income. Recently I donated more than I could afford. I'm still having this problem. I have many friends on Facebook. Perhaps they would like to know about this problem and find other poetry sites rather than hello poetry. I don't want to do this, because I used to like this site a lot and there are some excellent poets here. I have tried twice to inbox you, Elliott. You have not responded. Perhaps you're trying to force me off the site. You are not succeeding. Instead I shall take this to a higher authority. God. I pray for you. That your heart will be changed. That you will be blessed with everything I want for myself. But I will take this to Facebook also. I don't want my friends to be hurt by a site that does this to people. Thank you for reading.

SoulSurvivor
Catherine Jarvis
1/24/2021
If anyone else is having this problem please inbox me. Thanks.
1.3k · Nov 2021
The One Black Hair
SøułSurvivør Nov 2021
The one black hair
That WE create
The truth which
We manipulate
We try to
control our fate
Kings and queens
Lie in state!
We believe that
We are great
Brother, we
HALLUCINATE!

We think we can
Build up... repair
The termites nest
The spider's lair
The web of which
We are aware
Beneath our skulls
Pate brown or fair
No matter how
We wish or care

We can't make white
one black hair.


SoulSurvivor
November 2021
No matter how we try we cannot in the natural turn one hair white or black. It is through subterfuge and false manipulation chat we can do this.dyes or bleach. But we are NOT GODS! THINK ABOUT IT.
1.3k · Jul 2015
snakes
SøułSurvivør Jul 2015
10W


deadlier than a
puff adder's tooth
is the POISON PEN**


soulsurvivor
(C) 7/6/2015
The puff adder is the deadliest snake
Not because it's venom is the most
potent. But it kills the greatest
number of people

There are those slandering
others via the site message system
Where there's smoke there's fire?
That's the poison pen's favorite
kind of mindset

In the Bible character assassination
is tantamount to ******
1.3k · Nov 2016
Rejoice!
SøułSurvivør Nov 2016
I'll share a tune, I'll sing a song,
Raise my voice... please sing along!
With the angels! With the birds!
Let's be sure the Lord has heard!

Rejoice! Rejoice!
Let's sing a song to Him!
Rejoice! Rejoice!
The victory to win!
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Though some may find it odd...
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Sing praises to our God!


We've had hardships, we've had trials
But Jesus Christ still lives! He smiles
When we defeat our dreary foe
Depression flees! It HAS TO GO!

Chorus

Ol' Joshua & Jehoshaphat
Went to war, knew where it's at
They didn't doubt! But instead
Sent the PRAISE TEAM UP AHEAD!

Chorus

Rejoicing will bring change, you'll see
In Christ we have the victory!

Chorus


SoulSurvivor
(C) 11/2016
I'm feeling much better! If you're on Facebook look for my video describing how i beat depression through Jesus Christ... Thank you for all your prayers and good wishes! I appreciate you all! ♡♡♡♡♡
1.3k · Sep 2014
Trolls [Acrostic]
SøułSurvivør Sep 2014
Those who maliciously destroy
Reputations. They slime their way
Over the Internet. Completely
Lacking in courage, they go behind backs,
Lashing out at their victims with
Scurrilous versions of "the truth".



SoulSurvivor
Catherine Jarvis
1.3k · Mar 2014
Assertiveness Training
SøułSurvivør Mar 2014
I am Woman!
Hear
me

ROAR!!!

(Oops! I'm sorry... please?)

10W
Soul Survivor
Yep. I'm like this TOO!
1.3k · Jul 2015
paper soul
SøułSurvivør Jul 2015
---

poetry. folded into my back
pocket dark garnet pages are
left frayed and friable like
leaves on the bottom
of a teacup

poetry. stancion of
formed glass emptied of
its torch by breakage
each shard a grain
of obsidian
sand

poetry. lamp of a great
beast structure struggling to
find its way through the labyrinth
Minotaur myths blackness
camera obscura to a feast of souls
who's meat is dusty tomes
skeletons in tombs
choking on their crusts of
parchment owls

poetry. oil of anointing
for to wrap the Christian
alive as he burns in
the garden of
Caligula

i am poetry. all of these
am i. a paper soul clipped
from an origami bird's wing
frayed like a homemade
leaf but never

*empty
Thanks to Nat Lipstadt
and Shaunna Harper
for the inspiration
1.3k · Jun 2017
Gratitude List(ening)
SøułSurvivør Jun 2017
I have been grumbling
And complaining
I haven't thanked
The One sustaining
All my needs
The One restraining
Worse events
Than I'm retaining
I'm in need of
Some retraining

He is waiting
He is listening
For grateful heartstrings
Moist and glistening
For something He
Has seldom heard
A chord of thanks
In spoken word

Let us poets, as a crowd
Speak our thanks
Right out loud!
Of course, my friends,
You have a choice,
But read this poem
With your voice!

I'm grateful God
That You're there
I'm grateful I can
Breathe the air...

I'm grateful that
You made a tree
I'm grateful for
Our poetry
I'm grateful i have
Eyes to read
The inspiration
That i need...

I'm grateful i can
Take a drink
No muck and mire
For to sink
No sewage that
Brings death
And stink

That I have a
Mind to think
...

I'm grateful that
There's food to eat
No mud cookies
For my meat
I have a roof
I have a seat
I have shoes
Upon my feet...

I'm grateful,
Though there's
Pain and strife
I have this chance...
... for a good life!


There! You've READ IT!
All the while
Jesus listened...

*... and He smiled!
I'm not going to preach... much.

Haitian children were observed
Making mud cookies...
... and EATING THEM.

Even in the U.S. (Flint, Michigan)
The right of having clean
Drinking water was taken away!

We (I) have a LOT to be
Grateful for!

I'm going to visit
my father today. God willing
I can read tonight.

I want to thank all
My faithful readers...

♡♡ I'm grateful for you! ♡♡
1.3k · Jul 2016
Banjo Playin' Moon
SøułSurvivør Jul 2016
@===#

The arms of the trees
Pluck a banjo for the man
Hid on his knees
His Instrument's fan

Sets the stars a-twinklin'
If you have a chance
Watch the clouds dosey doe
Watch mountains dance

A saguaro he plays on
The spoons and the saw
The wind blows at tune
On harmonica!

Brighter than street lights
Moonbeams cut like a knife
Head like a melon
Larger than Life

Yep... the moon plays a banjo
Orion the fiddle
Owls they play metal string
The cat's in the middle

Playin' the drums
Just as loud as you please
Yep... the moon's playin' banjo
With the arms of the trees!


SoulSurvivor
(C) 7/18/2016
I know I wasn't going to be back until tomorrow. But I went back on my porch and saw the moon rising over the trees and it looked for all the world like the trees held the banjo and the moon was the head of a man! It made me feel so much better to be able to see that. I just had to share with you.

All your prayers are so appreciated. There are no words to describe how much. Your prayers went to the very Throne of God.

LOVE YOU ALL!

@===#
SøułSurvivør Jul 2017
Here's something you don't see everyday. Although I've seen it a few times before on my street... A homeless man pulling a bicycle which is attached to the most astounding construct! Made of bicycle wheels and plastic webbing, chicken wire and aluminum piping, this huge mobile container for tin cans, and whatever this homeless individual can scrounge to resell, is almost the size of a garbage truck! And carries probably hundreds of pounds of aluminum cans.

In constant danger from cars and trucks, this is an outstanding testament to human ingenuity and dogged determination. The man marches on, stopping occasionally to take a container to dumpsters looking for cans. Whatever he can find.

I asked him if he needed something to eat or drink. He just smiled and shook his head. "I need to move on." And I realized he probably takes advantage of the nighttime to do his searching, as it is too hot during the day to do so. I smile and wave and wish him blessings.

If I ever feel like I am put upon in this life, I should feel ashamed. This man has shamed me utterly. I've invited him up to my porch in the past. Giving him food and drink. He is a believer. And I've never met a more cheerful brother in the Lord Jesus Christ! But he doesn't take any credit for his outstanding ingenuity and Drive. He gives the glory to God. I have tears in my eyes as I write this. He was also an addict and finds it very difficult to find a place to live due to his past. So he sleeps on the streets and does what he needs to do to survive. And survive he does!

I say a prayer for this stalwart. His name is Ben. Will you join me in my prayers (good thoughts)? I think he deserves them, don't you?

♡ Catherine
I haven't been on site because my father had a new procedure done. He is also in need of prayer, good thoughts. I come on occasionally to check my messages and do a little reading. But I honestly don't have a lot of time. Thanks for understanding.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
1.3k · Sep 2017
The litmus test of love...
SøułSurvivør Sep 2017
... is loving in the face of

TOTAL REJECTION.


SøułSurvivør
9/10/2017
It has come to my attention that a negative post was written about me. I haven't read it, because i know of its nature, and know it to be untrue. I hold the author no I'll will. I hope he can find some peace.

♡ Catherine

"Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.

Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

Therefore,
"If your enemy is hungry,  feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals
     of fire on his head."

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."

Romans 12:9-21
1.3k · Oct 2014
God's own Truth
SøułSurvivør Oct 2014
@---@---@---@---@---@


Trying to use
willpower
to overcome an addiction
is like applying
topical medicine
to cure

HEART DISEASE!


SoulSurvivor
Catherine Jarvis
(C) October 5, 2014
I consider addiction
To be a
SPIRITUAL PROBLEM
A person who is
Addicted to anything
Has made that
Person/thing their
Higher Power
or
GOD
1.3k · Mar 2014
minimalist poetry...
SøułSurvivør Mar 2014
Japanese Garden

%%%%%♥
》》《
=========
Bonsai

Caligraphy
...
Idiocync
...
­Symphony


~~~~~~~~~^♥^

S~S
I have my android phone back
Now I can do more with the flow
Aestheticly
Thank you God!
1.3k · Sep 2016
venus de milo
SøułSurvivør Sep 2016
her
alabaster
beauty
   has
****** charm
an   elegance and   a
myst  ery which she   uses
        to your harm.  
             she is lithe    
       and supple
  attracts men
in swarms. but
she has a heart of
marble. so you'd
best stay calm
she taunts you      
and she   haunts            
you. she  will make        
alarms...  but she
  cannot hold you
        because she
             ♡has no♡
                 ♡arms
     ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡*

SoulSurvivor
(C) 9/23/2016
it's been a long hard day
so I'm relaxing with creating some concrete poetry. It is supposed to be the shape of the actual statue of Venus de Milo.

i hope this comes out!

evenings are the only time I can read
or write anymore. I'm not ignoring
my responses here... i simply
don't have time! I'm sorry!

♡♡♡LOVE YOU ALL!!!♡♡♡

-
1.3k · Aug 2015
mercy
SøułSurvivør Aug 2015
--------------------
\                  /
the quality
of mercy is
not strained
the dregs of
cruelty
n
e
v
e
r
drained


soulsurvivor
(C) 8/28/2015
In biblical times wine was
strained to take out the
bitter dregs of the grapes
Unstrained wine was considered
inferior and practically never
used. It was thrown out
So wine that was so pure it
had no need to be strained
was considered the finest

I'm sure sorry that I am not
on site as much as I would
like to be. I'm doing some
editing and helping a
friend write a book

I'm also a caregiver
for my elderly parents
1.3k · Mar 2014
The Devil's Disciple
SøułSurvivør Mar 2014
This poem is a TRUE STORY.
I strongly recommend that
You read the whole thing.

I was really broke one year,
I was in a test,
I had to pay the rent,
But I knew that God would bless.

I set up a yard sale,
To relieve the money bind.
I didn't know I'd be so fortunate
As to what I was to find.

A young man came by
On a beat up bike,
He looked so hot I gave him
Some water for his hike.

He took the drink most gratefully
But he seemed a little down.
Even though he was flirting
Acting like a clown.

I had a music setup
Playing some music for God.
He said something very strange,
And he was acting odd.

"I'm a Devil's Disciple,
The Motorcycle gang."
He didn't say it loud
And I could sense his pain.

He said his motorcycle
Was broke down, in the shop.
But he was a Disciple
His face set, in thought.

I was quite abashed.
And taken aback.
He pointed out his "teardrop"
I asked him, "What is that?"

He told me he had killed a man,
And assisted in the deaths
Of at least three other people.
These had been his tests.

Well, I didn't believe him.
I thought it was a brag!
But was taken aback again
When his face began to sag...

He began to cry!
Those tears were right on top!
He was to **** another man,
And he wanted to stop!

He said God despised him...
He would not forgive!
He could not take it anymore
It was no way to live!

I felt such compassion...
I could, in a way, relate.
Though I had never killed a man,
My average wasn't great.

I opened up my Bible
And showed him a few things.
I told him the story
Of Jesus' suffering.

I told him of His MERCY
Of His ABUNDANT Grace,
I could see the tears subsiding,
And a look came to his face...

I had something else to tell him.
The Spirit brought it up.
I was hesitant to tell him,
But the Spirit would not let up!

I don't know how I knew this.
To this day I have no clue.
I said, "You lost your father,
But it was not due to YOU!"

His eyes got big as saucers!
He was completely shocked!
I said, "Come and sit down here.
We really need to talk.

You've been living with the guilt.
It's yourself you must forgive.
Let The Lord Jesus in your heart...
It's time for you to LIVE."

So he took my hands,
And we said a prayer...
To my great astonishment
He nearly left his chair!

He cried out, "They're GONE!!!"
I asked, " What do you mean?"
He said, "All of the BAD ONES!!!
I JUST SAW THEM LEAVE!!!"

Well. I knew what he was saying.
I knew just what he meant.
There were DEMONS IN HIM...
AND AT LAST THEY WENT!!!

Because he received Jesus Christ
The monsters went away!
I will stand on this belief
To my dying day.

He put his arms around me.
I held him for a while.
He bawled just like a baby.
He was as a child.

When he was done weeping
He said, " I can no longer ****.
But I'm very much afraid,
It is the Disciples' will."

If not he'd be dead.
Which way should he go?
I said, "I don't need to tell you.
You already know."

He'd been on his way to deal drugs,
But he couldn't even score.
He had to stop with everything.
Couldn't do it anymore.

We talked a while longer.
What we spoke of I can't say.
But he did not come back to see me...
But I remember... and I PRAY.

WHAT I WANT TO SAY HERE
IS NO MATTER HOW YOU'VE LIVED,
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE...

JESUS CHRIST... F O R G I V E S !!!


S~S
I posted this due to a friend out there...
Maybe... YOU.
1.3k · Mar 2016
Healing Balm of Gilead
SøułSurvivør Mar 2016
Your gracious Light extends
You have Healed my brokenness
On You I can depend
You touched my pain with Loving Hands
Anointing hurts and woes
It's like a warm embrace and kiss
And Love that OVERFLOWS!
Thank you for what You have done
The Healing You have wrought
This kind of Restoration
Can't be obtained or bought
I need no Hydrocodone
I have no need for pills
I have my Balm of Gilead

And I ALWAYS WILL!


SoulSurvivor
(c) 3/10/2016
I can scarcely believe this!
I had two broken molars extracted
yesterday. Infection in my jaw...
... and woke up this morning... NO PAIN!

I DON'T EVEN NEED THE PAIN MEDS!!!

The Healing Balm of Gilead is the Touch
of Jesus Christ Himself! He came to me
yesterday before the surgery like a thought
in my mind. He said if I was brave and
went through with the surgery courageously he would BLESS ME. I had NO idea what form that blessing would take. NOW I KNOW! I called the surgery office to let them know about the numbness, I thought it was unusual.
The dental assistant said it was a speed up of the healing process. She had no explanation for it! BUT I KNOW!

Thank you all for your patience with me.
I have read very little of late.
God willing I WILL TODAY!

-
1.3k · Oct 2014
streetlights
SøułSurvivør Oct 2014
~

globes of light
hang from the trees
last vestiges
of today's rain.


soulsurvivor
1.3k · Mar 2016
Madman
SøułSurvivør Mar 2016
Across the water he skates with feet of clay. Frigid eels in his veins, they slither under his skin. His blood is volcanic ice. His forehead is an avalanche. His eyes are frozen atolls. His soul is made of liquid nitrogen. Dancing, he's the creature 10000 Leagues Under the Sea. At rest the iceberg that wrecked the Titanic. Don't come near him ladies. He comes off as a nice little cuttlefish. But he will lash out with his whip pads, ****** you into his ***** beak, and glomb on with every sucker he owns.
He's a real masher, the Disco Slasher, Mr Goodbar X 10. Comes off as a "Nice Guy".
Comes off as a "Friend". But watch out for his Frozen tentacles. They will be your END.


SoulSurvivor
(c) 3/10/2016
Another spoken word poem created by my voice prompted typing feature. It started out as a message about politicos and sort of changed enroute. Constructive criticism welcome.

I'm going to sleep now. Nite all.

-
1.3k · Aug 2015
hard rain
SøułSurvivør Aug 2015
based on a song by Bob Dylan

oh, what did you see
my blue eyed son?
oh, what did you see
my darling young one?

i saw an old man
with feet that were bleeding
i saw a young child
with eyes that were pleading
i saw an old frigate
it's sails black and rotten
a man on an island
who's soul was forgotten
a poet in chains, an artist in prison
a fiery phoenix who's newly arisen

and it's a hard... it's a hard...
it's a hard... it's a hard...
it's a hard rain's a'gonna fall

and what did you hear
my blue eyed son?
what did you hear
my darling young one?

a man played a trumpet
through teeth that were broken
i heard the last kind word
that ever was spoken
the tears of a whale
upon a red beach
the flutter of flags
the last truth to be preached
a man a'screamin
a maiden a'mournin
a valley a'drownin
a mountain a'formin

and it's a hard... it's a hard...
it's a hard... it's a hard...
it's a hard rain's a'gonna fall...

so what will you do
my blue eyed son?
oh, what will you do
my darling young one?

i'll throw my arms out
and shake fists at the sky!
i'll never stop asking...
i want to know why!
i'll never forget the man with the lie!
i'll fight the good fight...
and then i will *die!


'cause it's a hard... it's a hard...
it's a hard... it's a hard...

*
it's a hard rain's a'gonna fall!
soulsurvivor
8/25/2015

---
1.3k · Jun 2016
You Can Talk to Me
SøułSurvivør Jun 2016
When you're down and feeling scared
You can talk to Me
Of this life you weren't prepared
You can talk to Me
You feel your pain cannot be shared
You can talk to Me
You cried out and no one cared
You can talk to Me

A husband who has lost his wife
You can talk to Me
The searing pain cuts like a knife
You can talk to Me
There is naught but pain and strife
You can talk to Me
No owners manual for this life
You can talk to Me

You don't know what you can do
You can talk to Me
Your body beaten black and blue
You can talk to Me
Of real friends you've only few
You can talk to Me
Of rememberance only rue
You can talk to Me

If you're tired of your rut
You can talk to Me
All the doors are locked and shut
You can talk to Me
When life has literally kicked your ****
You can talk to Me


Talk to Me
'Bout anything
Talk to Me
Comfort I bring

Talk to Me
I'll always be
Talk to Me
I'll set you free

You can LIVE ETERNALLY!

You can talk to Me
You can talk to Me
You can talk to Me



SoulSurvivor
(C) 6/29/2016
Yes I used the four letter word... ****.
Joyce Meyer used to it when she said,
"Get off your "but(t)s"!

Jesus is there for you, dear friend.
He always has a listening ear.
He's always there. He never sleeps.
Talk to Him!

I'm there too if you ever need me. I've been on the low with several people. That's why I have not been reading. People need to know there is actually somebody out there who cares. Since I am Jesus disciple, which means I am his emissary & diplomat, and I pray for people here too, I would very much like to know your cares and burdens. I do read about them too. And I pray for your needs. But I would also like to talk to you via your messages on the system here. I have gotten to know many individuals on this site. I've even given out my phone number in the past. Very discerningly of course. But I have.

I love you all very much

♡ Catherine
SøułSurvivør Jun 2016
As sure as David wrote some Psalms
As sure as babies have to yawn
As sure as sunlight keeps us warm
You are my rainbow in the storm!

As sure as stars shed twinkling light
As sure as day follows the night
As sure as wrong opposes right
You've given me the strength to fight!

As sure as leaves fall down from trees
As sure as skies are blue as seas
As sure as Jesus set us free
You'll always have a friend in me!


As sure as flowers bloom in Spring
As sure as angels have to sing
As sure as Jesus is the King
You have given my soul wings!

As sure as reeds bow down and bend
As sure as Tempests have to end
As sure as Trails wind and wend
You'll always have a Praying friend!

As sure as leaves fall down from trees
As sure as Saints pray on their knees
As sure as Jesus set us free
You'll always have a friend in me.



SoulSurvivor
(C) 5/23/2016
I sent this poem to Daystar television network. They've always been very faithful to pray for me. But it could apply just as easily to Hello Poetry! You really are a wonderful group of people! Thank you!
1.3k · May 2017
502 Bad Gateway
SøułSurvivør May 2017
The bane of my existence
As a HePo writer
Every time I go to read
I get this stupid blighter!

Don't know what is up
What is going wrong
I have a reading backlog
10,000 miles long!

I'm really beside myself!
This is the last straw!
I want to read your poetry
Not test Murphy's Law!

Just be patient please
I'm under the gun
A LOT of folks
are out there

*And I will read everyone!
A lot of folks are having problems. Just part of being on this site, i guess...
1.3k · Jan 2015
testing the water
SøułSurvivør Jan 2015
~<>~<>~

i immerse my toe
then my calves
then my knees
thighs
hips
waist
*******
shoulders

before i drown in you

~<>~<>~
1.3k · Aug 2016
My Father's Story
SøułSurvivør Aug 2016
I won't be on site for some time. I'm writing the story of my father's life. He's 91 years old. In a power chair due to severe arthritis. Almost completely deaf and going blind. He can't read properly now and, being a very bright man, is filled with ennui. He doesn't know what to do with his time. I want to find out about his life. I know parts which I will put in this poem you are about to read...

My father's not a nobleman
Born a farmer's son
He has not the title Prince
In my heart he's surely one

My father is not tall of build
He's not a rugged man
But on his shoulders as a child
I saw the Earth's full span

My father is not wealthy
Has no Goods to share
But in my heart I know his worth
He is a billionaire
He is not a Wise Man
Has not those gifts to share
But he has a high IQ
Is bright beyond compare

Raised in the Great Depression
He ate the slop for pigs
Now he's a survivor
His grave cancer didn't dig!

He saw Okinawa
Eniwetok's grim atoll
Code named "Ivy Mike"
The Bomb landed on it's shoal

He went to MIT
Far 'above his station'
And he did it with a handicap
A 7th grade education

He is not a saint
He is far from 'pure'
But in my mind he's worth it
His tale should endure

So I will write his story
I believe it should be told
He is a curmudgeon

But he has a heart of gold


♡ Catherine
Thank you for understanding that I cannot read right now. This biography will be taking up most of my time. I will be writing occasionally and doing a little reading. But I want to finish this book before my father goes completely blind. We can communicate by writing right now. But he has a progressive condition which will take his sight from him eventually. And he has mild dementia. But he enjoys talking about his life and the times he lived in. I'm sure they will make fascinating reading. I just hope I'm a good enough writer to do it justice.

Please pray for me and my father.
1.3k · Aug 2016
The Dead Sea Rolls
SøułSurvivør Aug 2016
The Dead Sea rolls within its waste
Salt so sick you cannot taste
You will not find a fishing boat
The sea's so saline you can float
The water flows into its shores
But there's no outlet anymore
So there it sits. Its water rank.
It seems God cursed it, so it shrank.

There's another place that you can see
It is the Sea of Galilee
Fishing boats by the score
Of different colors line its shore
If seafood dining is your wish
They catch great numbers of good fish
It has the Jordan running there
And there's an outlet that is fair
And so it lives and gives to us
It is blessed and is not cursed.

Watch and see the greedy man
He has his ways he has his plans
He loves his wealth and hates the poor
Though they are starving at his door
He takes and takes and does not give
But that's no way for us to live
And like King Midas with his gold
He is cursed when he is old

Look and see his counterpart
He loves to give for he is smart
He shares his goods,
helps those who grieve
He does not give just to receive
Not only family, but the needy
He is wise he is not greedy
His river flows, has much to share
So he is Rich Beyond Compare.

He's as the Sea of Galilee
Full of life. Fair and free!

But the miser pays his toll
Upon his grave the Dead Sea rolls.


SoulSurvivor
(C) 8/15/2016
I heard a sermon about this once. I thought I'd share the idea with you. It is apt I think.
I have a lot to do today, but will be reading later on, God willing.

Have a blessed day!

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1.3k · Jul 2019
The Taste Of Prisms
SøułSurvivør Jul 2019
I take in the
Taste of prisms
With a tender tongue

Blue,  violet, verdant green
Magenta marvelous
Yellow, mellow light
The flavors of the sun
Shining through crystal
Covering my lips
Cherry red

The Taste Of Prisms
Emerges
Energizes
Enervated inspiration
And the ecru canvas
Comes alive with color!

CREATE!!
I've joined several artist's sites on Facebook and I'm getting very inspired to paint and draw. I want to see my canvas coming alive! Thus this poem...
1.3k · Jun 2015
the earth is bleeding
SøułSurvivør Jun 2015
rust and ichor

veins are lacerations
and ruptured
seams

no idyllic countryside
sinkholes and lava
from the skin
to the bone marrow
from the ribcage
to the deepest
HEART


the earth is bleeding
edged with scarlet
a septic wound

her nature spasming with
her groaning
whales die from their
weeping
sea life washed ashore
in their hundreds
of thouands
birds fall from the sky
white doves become
black as ravens
oily and ravenous
mass extinction
honey bees
will be
no
more
to
pollinate
anything

the earth is bleeding
war's bitter wine
seeps from every pore
of mankind

hatred the cup of
the world
the grail to be drunk
deeply
til tomorrow is
sated and
there is no longer
any blood
to
be

spilled**


soulsurvivor
(c) 6/10/2015
I've been off site

A friend does research on the
animal die offs and the other
plights of our planet

Only my faith in the Lord
keeps me from being extremely depressed

The fact is that we will never be able
to heal what we have done to
this planet. Wars are escalating.

Is there anything that can be done?
Well. I have a suggestion.

PRAY.

---
SøułSurvivør Jul 2016
Counting up the rhymes
Within the gears are clicking
The years redeeming time

I see beleaguered multitudes
I realize the cost
The confusion of the children
The Weeping of the Lost

I do not want to frighten you
Don't want your hope to die
But I cannot see you uninformed
Believing outright lies!

12 midnight is about to ****
Look around. You'll see the signs.
The world's a ticking time bomb

And it's 11:59...

*tick

tick

tick

tick

(?)
... making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil."
Ephesians 5:16

You may be wondering about my last several poems. It is my conviction that I'd be a Watchman on the wall. I tried to stay away from this type of work. But I can't. If I were actually a Watchman in biblical times and I didn't warn the people of Danger, I would have been killed. I feel the weight inside of my heart killing me by degrees. I don't want to offend anybody. I just want to let you know that something is around the bend and it's nothing Nice...

In God you have some protection. Without Him you are bereft. Your government won't help you. The power won't help you. Money won't help you. Only God. Please. Just think about it, okay? Thanks.

♡ Catherine

-
1.3k · Jul 2016
Cauldron of Evil
SøułSurvivør Jul 2016
The Witches stir a cauldron
Encased in rust and mold
In it is burning fire
And many screaming Souls

They do not see the witches
They do not smell the stench
They only fight each other
With words that make me blanch

There are higher powers
Who constantly make war
They love the low emotions
And Thrive when there are more

The Witches stir The Cauldron
And laugh when they do see
Their victims fight each other
As they do continually.

And they may keep on fighting

Into ETERNITY.


SoulSurvivor
(C) 7/6/2016
I had long footnotes at one time. But due to my most recent writing, "prayer for humility" I've decided to take them down. I want no words railing against others to proceed from my pen. That is part of the problem not the solution. May everyone who reads this look at Alyssa Underwood scriptural references below. They are very pertinent. Evil has created a Punch and Judy show here on this site. The protagonists are like puppets being manipulated by Machiavellian forces beyond their ken. We must always remember that we are not battling blood and bone humans. But actual demonic forces. They love to stir the *** and cause people to degrade themselves with hatred. Let's stop it now. Whatsoever is Noble. Whatsoever is lovely. Whatsoever is of good report... meditate on these things. Thank you!

♡ Catherine
1.3k · Sep 2014
Flame Rose
SøułSurvivør Sep 2014
etched
under my skin
flame roses
blister

scars
on the
palms of my
hands bleed
stigmata
thorns

my eyes
freeze to crystal
the tears around
my neck are
fashioned
in lace-black
obsidian

my lips
the color of amber
and fire
are vows
never
broken

my moons
are scarlet
my stars
are cold
my sun
is silver
and

beaten

gold



SoulSurvivor
Catherine Jarvis
(C) September 16, 2014
This just emerged.
I saw a photo
of a burning rose
and thought, "Aha! There's a poem
here somewhere!"
I saw the rose on the site of
Deborah Brooks Langford
1.3k · Jul 2017
My Prayer
SøułSurvivør Jul 2017
Reposted for a friend.

My Prayer

Oh, dear Lord,
Please give to me
The graciousness
Of an apple tree.
It shares its fruit
With all in need,
Regardless of their
Race or creed,
And spreads a
Dappled shade of gray
For weary travelers
On their way.

The courage of a badger,
O doughy soul!
You'd see a *BEAR

Running from his hole!
He has a faith
I do not know...
Without a Bible
To tell him so.


The conscience of
A growing pearl,
The greatest gift
In all the world.
It gets yet larger
With each day...
Although it has
No mouth to pray
.

The gentle acceptance
Of deep grass,
Which bends to allow
Your winds to pass,
Then stands again
With stately grace
To look once more
In Your sun's face.

The freedom of
A flock of birds,
For they have surely
Heard Your words.

The cheerfulness
Of a laughing brook,
Which will pass a
Boulder without a look!

The industry of
A little bee...
The good of his fellows
Is all he sees.

The patience of
Eroding wind,
It'll carve out beauty
In the end.

The humility of
A daisy flower,
It knows it's beauty
Will last but hours.

The love within
A mother bear.
To the end
She'll always care.

The resounding strength
Of a mountain range.
To these the centuries
Are not strange.

The wisdom of
An ocean deep,
Which will, forever,
Its secrets 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.
I haven't put my name to this because I don't know how much of this I actually wrote. I penned it in a treatment center in Willcox Arizona. I don't remember the exact date. It just flowed out of me. Nonstop.

I believe this little prayer changed my life. Because God is certainly trying to work all those things into my life. I have been through extreme hardships. Addicted to drugs and alcohol for many years. And targeted by the Church of Scientology for over 20 years. I am nowhere near where I would like to be spiritually. But I'm certainly light-years from where I was.

I reposted this for a friend. I hope it is an inspiration to her, and you, reader.

Please forgive me for not being on site as much as I'd like. My father is ill, so I won't be on site much in the next few days. Thanks for understanding!

♡ Catherine
1.3k · May 2018
His Cathedral the Sky
SøułSurvivør May 2018
R.I.P. Clinton Eugene Jarvis
~My father ~

The saguaro an altar
A tree stump a pew
He knelt in the garden
His church all that grew.

Cactus and succulent
Tenderly grown
Were all in his choir
For his ears alone.

From aisles of stone walkways
Stained glass in bright clouds
The sun was his mantle
The stars are his shroud

The lakes holy water
As a child he'd haunt
Skipping stones 'cross a pond
Like a Baptismal Font

Sat he 'neath the willows
To hear their prayer's sigh
The saguaro an altar

His Cathedral the sky.

SoulSurvivor
Catherine Jarvis
(C) 5/31/2018
Yesterday evening at approximately 9PM  my father passed away. He was closest to God being out in, and working with, nature. He was a Master Gardener. A member of the Cactus & Succulent Society.  I will write more about dad later on... Right now it's 5am and I've had no sleep. I'm going to try to rest. I'm handling the grief by writing... Remembering him fondly with words. Isn't that just like a poet...?
1.3k · Dec 2015
St. George
SøułSurvivør Dec 2015
Where are you, O valiant knight,
riding on your quest?
Capturing your deadly foe,
your metal for to test...

O'r the mountains lies the dragon,
secure within its lair.
It's gloating over victory...
it ate the maiden fair!

And so you mount your steed,
silver glinting from your spurs,
sally off to slay it...
avenge the death of her!

Oh! Is not this dragon beautiful?
Yes! An AWESOME prize!
With crystal wings and citron scales
and sapphires for eyes!

Emeralds on its sloping breast
rubies are its claws
fangs of alabaster
line it's fiery maw...

Perfumed incense, spicy smoke,
from its mouth a butane flame...
Once you've tried the dragon once
it is hell to tame!

Have you your armor fast secured?
Does the visor block your view?
You may chase the dragon
or it could be chasing YOU.

When will you turn and rend it?
Tear the ***** APART?
Strap your lance to your steed
and pierce it to its HEART?

Now, if you are victorious
you still must have a care...
for its blood is virulent
that cup you must not share!

You could quick behead it.
Mount it on your wall.
But it could poison you instead...
my! How the mighty fall!

So ride off in the sunset.
Leave the dragon where it fell.
It will slowly rust away...

and blow back into HELL.


SoulSurvivor
(C) 12/19/2015
"Chasing the dragon" is a term
commonly used by addicts to describe
the urgent need to capture the euphoria
of the first high.

I like to think MY Dragon is female.
Excuse the use of the swear word.
But she's a pure *****!

"Heaven hath no rage like
love to hatred turned. Nor
hell a FURY like a WOMAN SCORNED".

William Congreve said that.

And it is TRUTH.

---
1.3k · Feb 2015
love's branch
SøułSurvivør Feb 2015
==={♡}===


this morn I saw a feather white
fall to concrete. solid.  grey
almost as an aftersight
the westward wind
took it away

today i saw two butterflies
bright wing'd jewels
upon the breeze
how could a creature
such as i
be company
to such as these?

a tiny bird eclipsed my sight
a peridot with eyes of black
no branch had she
on which to light
but was not mindful
of the lack

my soul doth fly
with pain'd wing
for suffering my heart doth cry
my voice has naught to sing
my inmost self
is doomed to die

upon love's branch
i would delight
upon love's breast
I'd fully lean
but 'tis a divine oversight
i walk this world alone

unseen

majestic mountains will arise
and move to places
God has planned
before my heart
unknown. despised
will find
a proper
place
to

land


for landing's cause i set my course
for hills will part into a wraith
i have a will to take by force
i will fimd haven
in my faith


soulsurvivor
(C) 2/14/2015
I WILL NOT GIVE UP ON LOVE

~~~&♥&~~~
1.3k · Jun 2015
nocturnal
SøułSurvivør Jun 2015
~~~¡>¡<¡~~~

chrystophaise beauty
amorphous
night
phosphorous
lanterns
creating your
light

feather'd antenni
soft golden
eyes
a fairie
a wraith
a mask of
disguise

animate jewel
gently you
swoon
sentient sweetness
breath of the
moon

in the
somnbulent
silence
you
sing
exquisite
Luna moth

TRANCE
on the

WING



soulsurvivor
6/14/2015
~~~¡>¡<¡~~~
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