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153 · Jun 2019
Stories Yet To Be Written
Michael Briefs Jun 2019
The crushing night draws near
but we huddle closer,
hands and
voices extended in support.
The raging fire shatters the
divide between safety and chaos,
but we burn hotter
for the peace we know,
the homes we built,
and the bonds that sustain.
The howling riot
tramples our culture as
our society shudders with hysteria,
but we keep our faith
in humanity high;
we look upon this trust as our
Stella Polaris,
our guiding light!
We will never surrender
to the fear, the dark
or the savage within
or without.
Nothing shall defeat
the beacon of truth
we hold in our hearts.
Nothing will diminish the
dauntless dignity
that arises from our core!
For there is a redeemed
future yet to be realized.
There are ingenious flights of creativity
yet to be cast,
and there are heroic stories yet
to be written...
In the end, right now,
there are humble hearts
-- our hearts --
yet to create beauty in the world.
151 · Dec 2017
Queen Audrey's Dream
Michael Briefs Dec 2017
The evening's vaunted kingdom is wisely
Ruled by a child.
Her eyes are bejeweled
With diamond-spangled dreams,
Her bewinged enchantment is wild!
Queen Audrey declares her royal fiat
And lets her fancy fly.
She gathers her legions, setting alight the sky!
She proclaims to her realm:
"Rise! Play! Shine and away!
Cross the heavens with speed but be not afraid!
I command the stars above me to slay the nightly shade!
Go forth, my army! Gallop to distant shores!
Herald the message I give you now, tell them
Simply, 'Stop all your wars!'
Grant your mystical glow
To the troubled world below and
Help them all to mend.
For when they look to their higher selves,
Their spirits will again transcend."
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147 · Jul 2017
Ever.
Michael Briefs Jul 2017
Do not take it easy
Except when you go to sleep.
Do not silence your voice
Except when you are listening to someone in need.
Do not surrender
Except when you give up your fear.
Do not stop climbing
Except when you are still, with God.
Do not lose your soul
Except when you share it with a lover.
Do not give up your passion.
Ever.
143 · Jun 2019
Coin of the Realm
Michael Briefs Jun 2019
How is it that we become great?
By never letting go of hope!
Great, by always reaching for our better tomorrow,
no matter what!
My heart tells me
to always look to that side of
the coin,
as it rises and descends...
the coin of fate twirling air-borne,
glittering high,
pinging out
that true harmonic ring
in a moment of outrageous possibility!
Michael Briefs Aug 2017
Tear open the demonic veils
That obscure the light of day.
Grasp at those entanglements
And rend them away!
The malevolent shade would keep you
In its numbing embrace.
It wants you to forget your name,
Surrender your will and
Distort your beautiful face.
The sinister shadow
Whispers lies to keep you afraid,
Withdrawn and dependent.
But you must never forget that you are
Born for freedom, resplendent!
Your unbounded birthright is permanent;  
You are a living treasure in a universe
Draped in a bejeweled firmament!
It is now the time to rise and respond.
It is your time to break these bonds!
Your elegant heart will guide you
Beyond the vampiric grave.
A new, bright, blessed existence  
Awaits you, outside your jaded cave.
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123 · Jul 2017
The Power of Becoming
Michael Briefs Jul 2017
Light within silence.

Light hidden
With the dark.

Inside, waiting.

Light quietly glowing and
Spreading outward, vibrating.

Soundless power –
Potential destroyer:
Rapacious inferno torching
Trembling boundaries,
Bursting through fragile frames,
And forging life anew.  

Seminal signs surfacing in vicissitudes
Of diversity. Quantum changes churning
In particle plurality, evolving perpetually.  

In the dark, within, you find….
There is something strange and
Flowering, flickering…
. . . . .    

Dulcet hearts within human enclosures,
Within homes, within rooms,
Emanating and penetrating.  
Their love exchanged from his
And her hands, hips, breaths --
Their child-like hopes and
Exhausted happiness
Expressed.  

Two entwined,
In undimmed human totality.
With voices that defy
The worldly cacophony and align
Chaotic multitudes into a symphonic singularity.
Harmony shaped in dissonant spheres,
A song of something strong and towering.

Sound with power –
Potential designer.  
. . . . .

We are coupled,
Communicating a tension
Between one and oneness.  

Our limbs, lips, labor and
Our laughter tell the story --  
Together, we are changing, churning
And evolving.

We are becoming us,
In the transcendent
And the universal --  
Yet, in our particular
Revelation, besides.

We discover this power in
Silence and darkness,
As we wait, hope, and tremble
-- Entwined with perpetual,
Penetrating light and love.

That radiant moment
When we find
There are no more
Boundaries.

— The End —