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And now the night shades fall,
Day's brightness leaves sway for evening's gown.
Tall shadows join and darken all
And naught but spires remain of our old town.

This night, our herald of tomorrow's coming dawn,
Warmed by the heat breathed back from these old walls,
Now wraps close all deeds and sorrows drawn,
And soothes us as her darkening curtain falls.

Despise us not who sit and meditate
For 'neath thy cloak reason has its way
And comforts in those silent hours late,
The toils and hardships of departing day.
I would stay up late studying and the City of Oxford would disappear in the darkness. Night soothed my soul.
 Apr 2020 Max Neumann
Dasonofgod
At creation
Everything was in shape
The earth's systems jigsawed
The nature,in perfect form
Adam,the king erred
Earth in turmoil
The Globe in  natural anomy

To feed,man eats man
To drink,man ***** man
To move man rides  man
Pharaoh,ordained
Taskmaster of iron will
Human right  abused
Human freedom caged
A fresh alter is built
Alter of Corruption

Give us a Moses
To give us a Joshua
Who will disciple a Caleb.
Terrorism pervades the Globe
Jihadism,song of the world
Crimes,our neighbour
Diseases,unwanted guests
Our anchor,reeds they turned
On the alter of Corruption.

Ours,is an overheated alter
Fans by the wind of 'selves'
From all sides
Selves,Leviathans that feed
Feeding  our gods of Corruption

TO repress selves
Immune your soul
To insulate your  spirit
Displace the monster ,
The monster of Corruption
From the  root
Cleanse the  alter
The the alter of Corruption.
Deliciously loving you,
yet, I'm the
one that got ate up
and spit out.
So I lie on
an empty beach
like a broken sea shell,
while the lonely rain
pounds the sand.
Wherever light dispels the hate,
our poems rhyme at heaven's gate;
We seek the spirit of the night,
to cast away our painful plight.

With Jesus dying for our sins,
His holy wounds a sacred glimpse;
Of fateful death upon the Cross,
to build up hopes despite our loss.

Yet frightened notions may exist,
in minds and souls that still persist;
To turn away from sacrificial love,
and angels flying with the Dove.

Surrender toward the saintly sphere,
where songs are sung and lilies appear;
The glow of light shines into hearts,
which Christ will never tear apart.
A brief Easter blessing !
It's often said that hope is blind,
and fear is the willing force;
More tender than the grass of Spring,
our souls have felt remorse.

We've walked along these river banks,
perfecting just what to say;
And in the solemnest of words,
questions rise up day by day.

The cold and damp have given pause,
to stop the wayward thoughts;
Now our minds reflect a wanting of,
life's lessons to be taught.

It's a mystical world where we reside,
cherished poets speak of grace;
As stars dance through the Milky Way,
and snow falls down like lace.

Yet here on earth our problems seem,
much too difficult to discern;
The river's frozen hard as stone,
as we quiver, crash, and burn.

The answers lie among the clouds,
in natural elements of being;
There's solace in our beating hearts,
as we discover what's worth seeing.

A million folks have come and gone,
walking the river's narrow path;
When finally a mere glimpse of sky,
dissolves the enduring wrath.

Now hope that is no longer blind,
and faith beyond its measure;
Will ward off the destined downfall,
with answers which can be treasured.
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