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Mary....
how did it feel,
when the Spirit of God overshadowed you?
And God within you began to grow?

Joseph...
how was it to know
you must raise the Son of God,
not your own flesh and blood?
Were you afraid to fail,
as so great a task before you stood?

Shepherds...
how did you feel when you saw
Heaven opened in glorious, blinding Light,
with myriads of angels
singing in the night?
Did it fill you with fright?

Wise men...
how was it to travel
through dust storm, heat, and cold,
mile after mile,
following the Star
wherever God would lead?

Donkey...
how did it feel to carry the mother of God
upon your back so broad?
How did it feel to watch Him laid in a manger bed?
So humble.
So small.
So mild.

How did it feel for all of you who witnessed
His humble, yet glorious birth?
Were you filled with awe and wonder?
At the meek beauty of the King of Kings,
born in a stable?
Did you bow before Him in reverence,
and worship Him?
For He who was laid in a manger bed of wood,
will later die for you upon a Cross, so crude.

This Child you look upon
is the Saviour of everyone.
So yes....
Gaze.
Look upon Him.
With awe and wonder.
The Son of God in a manger.
The Son of God.
Your Saviour.
one of the Orient’s oldest
and most beautiful important cities
inhabited for thousands of years
by generations after generations
of craftsmen, merchants, artists, dynasties,
famous architects of all styles and religions,
the western end of the old silk road
home to over 2 million citizens
until not long ago

a few weeks of modern warfare
were enough to destroy
what hundreds of generations had built
for their living as well as their sense of beauty

     rockets exploded churches, temples, and mosques
     artillery pulverized ancient palaces and new houses

     barrel bombs and poison gas
     killed the people

on tv we now see acres of urban wasteland
miles of rubble with no life
except for occasional tanks and soldiers
proclaiming victory over these ruins
in the name of a dictator whose regime
has become a puppet in global power games
no matter what the cost in lives or things

     to destroy is easy
     building things up is hard work

     with friends like these
     who needs enemies
For this ancient city as it used to be, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo
It might be painful
It might be disdainful
It might be lightning
It is so frightening
Could be the thunder
That has my number
It could be Jesus knocking
concerned about my mocking
It could be my future
or my lack of culture
It could be those fried reasons
maybe it's Jackie Gleason
It could be the hollow
that always seems to follow
me into the night
so black without any sight
It could be a light
from my star at height
tumbling through the heavens
or bread that is unleavened . . .

All I know is it just happened
while I was here just napping
Have you ever suddenly realized a truth that just comes out of the blue .
Boredom and extra time is by my side,
As cognitions dwell on painful events.

Historical and present moments eat up my thoughts,
Thinking how these circumstances can affect destiny.

Depression and anxiety kicks into gear when pondering fate,
Wondering if a secure future is bound for glory in my life.

In order to protect myself from the unknown riddles,
I must stay active with my body and mind throughout the day.

Letting the brain explore new ideas by reading books,
Or moving my muscles through an exercise routine.

Staying occupied due to hobbies of enjoyment is key to sanity,
Always making sure that I’m busy by activities which produce smiles.
 Dec 2016 Mishael Ward
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Chest pains
 Dec 2016 Mishael Ward
J
Putting cigarettes in snowbanks, who would have thought something so pure would cause chest pains
Would you if
Could you with
A gift of any wish
Granted / Change
Beauty
Or what they deem to be
The ugly in humanity
Simply (for one's own comfort)
To see and to shape
Satisfactorily
It's property

Metamorphose

So suppose you could impose
Your willing whim on man
Or make refined
These grains of sand / to cry
Change sweet sugars
To sour lime
And with this power on a dime
Create your heart
To love / to shine
And shape the world
With peaceful times!?

Still, rain will fall and war:
Often loudly screams to be
Consistently and capitalistically
Disagreeing discord
Ever more......

But if you could
And if you should
With every beef and steer
Against the odds angst and deep
Defeatists' endearing fear
Educate the darkness
How it can be lifted by
A single spark,
Would you

If could you

Should have

With a gift
Of a single wish:
Recognize Our Heart
A good place to Always

Start...


*(Stay true for you are Art)
There is a figure whose
words slash at my chest,
another who roars in my ears,
another who slams the dice down
on the table with the hour glass glued on it,
I see fire, blazing and burning red
in the depths of life itself,
so teething and displaying such power,
burning the universe down to ashes,
igniting the flames of time,

So how is it that
they are still blind to it all,
don't they know of water, of crystal clearness
glassy tears and full blue moons,
snowy capped mountains and
and twinkling empathetic stars,
don't they think to change, to rise up
towards the changing tides,
letting go of small things and
swallowing their pride...

Because they're not gods,
they're not kings, they are all humans,
all individual flawed unique beings,
why do they hate each other so much,
why do they create disgusting assumptions
and flock to their man-made groups like
birds who can't get along with
others out of their territories,

why can't they try
to catch every tear the universal soul cries...
because of them.
I know. I understand. And I won't ever change. I'll always be there. I promise.
~Dreams are what you wish~
~Full of joy and all your love~
~Let me sleep once more~
When you wish for something to come true turns out to be a dream...
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