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"holies" poems
Passover Moon's ****** hue eclipses the ordinary in veils of miraculousness obscure rouge halos illume elliptical arcs guiding footsteps in a righteous exodus across troubling waters forsaking hovels with painted doorjambs dripping lambs blood Mezuzahs bleat memories holy murmurs bespeaking lamentations of ancient hosannas our desperate supplications flesh out a distressed humanity seeking deliverance from the vengeance is mine Elohim may it be nigh we wait watching for an always faithful Good Deliverer to honor the covenant to lift despair with a liberating yoke lugging leaden burdens Oh Holy of Holies banished in the wisp of a bitter herb our distended bellies fill with unleavened grace sweet droplets of manna consumed with extreme gratitude arriving at journeys end to promised lands fully satiated and free to rest in sanctuaries of radical hospitality luxuriating in an infinite abundance for all sojourners Selah Music Selection: Big Mama Thornton Go Down Moses Oakland 4/15/14 jbm
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Apr 15, 2014
Apr 15, 2014 at 5:15 PM UTC
Blood Moon
Within the Eternal Sea of Light Stands the Tree of Life Of seven branches, seven roots Each a mated pair Crowned in white Light My Spirit rests Along the shore. Where the flowers sing their songs Listening to a Symphony I have not heard before. Tazim, Tsum All flowers sing their songs. Oscillating Undertones and overtones A rainbow of petals in "Om" Sounding Multitudes of Love. Elohim, Jah-Jah! Yahweh Hashem! Creator Father Mother The First Trinity Now, in Unity Stands. I give you my raging canyons Wind torn spirit, haggard body Broken heart & soul. Stepping into courage Hand in hand. Lengthening inhalation Slowing it's release   Breath of Life! Moving into the expansive Show me the Light. Sweet mercy! I am weightless In the green fields and rolling valleys Tumbling among the rocks into still waters Ashes of past pain Afloat in silence. All is white within Light's embrace Traveling 90 degrees to the right Flow into the Sacred Heart. Within the Holy of Holies Is a rainbow Where thousands upon thousands of colors Each root within the seven Stands the Tree of Life Of Seven branches, seven roots Each a mated pair Along the shore Where the flowers sing their songs Listening to a symphony I have not heard before. Within the Eternal Sea of Light Crowned in white Light My Spirit rests In Harmony's rhythm In Unity Divine. I am In Unity Divine. Enfolded in Harmony's rhythm My Spirit rests Crowned in white Light. Within the Eternal Sea of Light Listening to a Symphony I have not heard before. Where the flowers singing their songs Along the shore. Each a mated pair. Of seven branches, seven roots Stands the Tree of Life Where thousands upon thousands of colors Is a rainbow Within the Holy of Holies. Flow into the Sacred Heart Traveling  90 degrees to the right within Light's embrace All is White. Afloat in silence. Ashes of past pain Tumbling among the rocks into still waters. In the green fields and rolling valleys I am weightless. Sweet mercy! Show me the Light. Moving into the expansive Breath of Life! Slowing it's release   Lengthening inhalation Hand in hand. Stepping into courage Broken heart & soul. Wind torn spirit, haggard body I give to you my raging canyons Now, in Unity Stands The First Trinity Father Mother Creator! Yahweh Hashem! Elohim, Jah-Jah! Sounding Multitudes of Love. A rainbow of petals in "Om" Undertones and overtones Oscillating All flowers sing their songs. Tazim, Tsum Listening to a Symphony I have not heard before. Where the flowers singing their songs Along the shore. My Spirit rests Crowned in white Light. Each mated pair. Seven branches, seven roots Stands the Tree of Life Within the  Eternal Sea of Light
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Dec 12, 2021
Dec 12, 2021 at 8:42 PM UTC
Ascension
Within the Eternal Sea of Light Stands the Tree of Life Of seven branches, seven roots Each a mated pair Crowned in white Light My Spirit rests Along the shore. Where the flowers sing their songs Listening to a Symphony I have not heard before. Tazim, Tsum All flowers sing their songs. Oscillating Undertones and overtones A rainbow of petals in "Om" Sounding Multitudes of Love. Elohim, Jah-Jah! Yahweh Hashem! Creator Father Mother The First Trinity Now, in Unity Stands. I give you my raging canyons Wind torn spirit, haggard body Broken heart & soul. Stepping into courage Hand in hand. Lengthening inhalation Slowing it's release   Breath of Life! Moving into the expansive Show me the Light. Sweet mercy! I am weightless In the green fields and rolling valleys Tumbling among the rocks into still waters Ashes of past pain Afloat in silence. All is white within Light's embrace Traveling 90 degrees to the right Flow into the Sacred Heart. Within the Holy of Holies Is a rainbow Where thousands upon thousands of colors Each root within the seven Stands the Tree of Life Of Seven branches, seven roots Each a mated pair Along the shore Where the flowers sing their songs Listening to a symphony I have not heard before. Within the Eternal Sea of Light Crowned in white Light My Spirit rests In Harmony's rhythm In Unity Divine. I am In Unity Divine. Enfolded in Harmony's rhythm My Spirit rests Crowned in white Light. Within the Eternal Sea of Light Listening to a Symphony I have not heard before. Where the flowers singing their songs Along the shore. Each a mated pair. Of seven branches, seven roots Stands the Tree of Life Where thousands upon thousands of colors Is a rainbow Within the Holy of Holies. Flow into the Sacred Heart Traveling  90 degrees to the right within Light's embrace All is White. Afloat in silence. Ashes of past pain Tumbling among the rocks into still waters. In the green fields and rolling valleys I am weightless. Sweet mercy! Show me the Light. Moving into the expansive Breath of Life! Slowing it's release   Lengthening inhalation Hand in hand. Stepping into courage Broken heart & soul. Wind torn spirit, haggard body I give to you my raging canyons Now, in Unity Stands The First Trinity Father Mother Creator! Yahweh Hashem! Elohim, Jah-Jah! Sounding Multitudes of Love. A rainbow of petals in "Om" Undertones and overtones Oscillating All flowers sing their songs. Tazim, Tsum Listening to a Symphony I have not heard before. Where the flowers singing their songs Along the shore. My Spirit rests Crowned in white Light. Each mated pair. Seven branches, seven roots Stands the Tree of Life Within the  Eternal Sea of Light
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The essence of the pure spirit The path to the Holy of Holies Inbuted with the Holy Spirit My Soul roams in a world of darkness Dear God allow your light to shine thru me Let your prophecy land upon my shoulders Allow your parables flow thru my mouth Heal my soul from my worldly afflictions Do not delay Lord for I am weak Silence consumes me When I was naked, you clothed me When I was hungry, you feed me When I was lonely, you accompanied me Lord, your hands created me in my mother's womb I thank you for my 26 years of living You are the living God I praise thee For your Kingdom be sustained forever You are King of Kings Lord of Lords May your Holy Grace fall upon us Please forgive us for our evil transgressions Deliver us from Evil I pray Lord...Amen! ©Franko the Christian Poet
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Apr 23, 2016
Apr 23, 2016 at 2:19 AM UTC
You are my Rock, Jesus
These are my knees Lord Cracked in a daily attempt to win your affection These are my hands Dear Jesus Callused by one another in an oft futile longing for an answer This is my throat All Mighty God Made rasp and torn from a constant calling of your praises This is my neck Oh Holiest of Holies Strained in a forever upward gaze searching nightly for a sign And these are my eyes Son of God Charged with searching for you in the stars With directing my feet towards the purpose you have given me Oh Lord These are my eyes thought blinded after years of failing to find my path in the constellations But blind these eyes are not Oh Sacred Lamb For these eyes Creator of all that is good See the bunions on these feet from a lifetime of walking atop your great magnificent earth In an effort to survive And these knuckles Carpenter of Nazareth Are bloodied by the labors of man, for men, for the service of man's world And this tongue, not of Satan, but of your creation Oh Lord Is twisted in a defense of my undying devotion to your love and to your empathy And this back Oh Heavenly Father Has been made ******* Not from the weight of your cross in an attempt to share the burden of your sacrifice No Lord This back is broken from the weight of being a father to man From the burden of society And from the weight of the home I keep Though I would never Lord Son of God Question your ways As mysterious as they seem As they are your ways Creator Guiding Light of Man Nor would I have the gal to belittle the accomplishments of our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ I must ask with my knees planted firmly in the earth My hands clasped And my gaze towards you Oh Lord Son of God Holy Shepherd What good are the golden streets of heaven if my feet can not walk them And what of the beauty in the pearly gates if my back can not afford the strength to open them And lord how could I ever face you if my knees The knees from which I pray Oh Holiest of Holies Creator of the moon and the stars the heavens and the earth How could I ever face you if my knees can no longer kneel before the feet of my King I could never I would rather stand in the face of Lucifer himself Than fail to kneel before the will of my God For that I could never do And what then Lord What would you have of me then
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Oct 9, 2012
Oct 9, 2012 at 3:16 AM UTC
Dear God - An Atheist's Prayer
These are my knees Lord Cracked in a daily attempt to win your affection These are my hands Dear Jesus Callused by one another in an oft futile longing for an answer This is my throat All Mighty God Made rasp and torn from a constant calling of your praises This is my neck Oh Holiest of Holies Strained in a forever upward gaze searching nightly for a sign And these are my eyes Son of God Charged with searching for you in the stars With directing my feet towards the purpose you have given me Oh Lord These are my eyes thought blinded after years of failing to find my path in the constellations But blind these eyes are not Oh Sacred Lamb For these eyes Creator of all that is good See the bunions on these feet from a lifetime of walking atop your great magnificent earth In an effort to survive And these knuckles Carpenter of Nazareth Are bloodied by the labors of man, for men, for the service of man's world And this tongue, not of Satan, but of your creation Oh Lord Is twisted in a defense of my undying devotion to your love and to your empathy And this back Oh Heavenly Father Has been made ******* Not from the weight of your cross in an attempt to share the burden of your sacrifice No Lord This back is broken from the weight of being a father to man From the burden of society And from the weight of the home I keep Though I would never Lord Son of God Question your ways As mysterious as they seem As they are your ways Creator Guiding Light of Man Nor would I have the gal to belittle the accomplishments of our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ I must ask with my knees planted firmly in the earth My hands clasped And my gaze towards you Oh Lord Son of God Holy Shepherd What good are the golden streets of heaven if my feet can not walk them And what of the beauty in the pearly gates if my back can not afford the strength to open them And lord how could I ever face you if my knees The knees from which I pray Oh Holiest of Holies Creator of the moon and the stars the heavens and the earth How could I ever face you if my knees can no longer kneel before the feet of my King I could never I would rather stand in the face of Lucifer himself Than fail to kneel before the will of my God For that I could never do And what then Lord What would you have of me then
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The many moving things, moving scenes; that are stuck in between my eyes. Look at life; and it's fragile creations, through the window's glass. Held on the weight of time, those holding onto their past. But it all must change; from the old seasons to those anew. The many winters of cold, soon surpasses on the grass. So many pictures, so many little things, and so many moments. All caught in the prettiness of an everlasting flower. A tower plant, trying to kiss the glorious sun, the Son of Man, and the sweetest rose. The holies of all holies; resides inside of me. Walking the testimonials upon my feet. For how far have I gone to seek? I've seen blackness, as a changing tide of darkness. A ***** sheet; barely covering the littlest sin. But there's still the greatest of all light within. _A Christ within me._ How are my eyes shut to the window; and their curtains covering itself on a dream? A dream to be free. _Freedom of will._ _Freedom of speech._ _Freedom to choose peace._ I scratch the tiny hairs under my chin, biting the collar of my shirt with my dry lips. There's no duty to being empty all your life. No command to live that way, or any sort of drill. But there's a thirst on my tongue,   running down to my heart. My spirit's cup is waiting to be overfilled. And to go on and spill. I as myself, only long to be spirit filled. Holy Spirit come inside of me. _A thousand pictures in the window,_ _and I only long for the one picture of Him._
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Mar 12, 2022
Mar 12, 2022 at 1:31 PM UTC
Thousand pictures in the window
Climb into bed and... Hearth embers of body heat circulate, Tourists on self-guided walking tours, Exploring the cabalistic eighteen chai holies of the Human body, temple depository of spark divine. Heat sparkles cross over the isthmus of Touching Toes, Continental negotiators, swapping free heat for icicles, 2 X 10 interstitial connections, now land masses filled, Global warming credit trading par excellence Fingers, jew wandering, exiled to freedom, Intertwined within soft-edged, graying sea grasses, Coverlet over pounding chest, Hands illegally mining tousled head hair,   Nestling, nesting, without proper permits Lick away the rumbling hoarseness Coating a neighboring sleepy throat, Gate crasher bringing surround-sound comfort, Seeking to seal and still the groans, Escaping prisoners of the ills of the wearied mind Your favorite parts inspiring, demanding Song, word, drawing or simple quenching, Tonic of revival, an affirmation of self, Existence proofs met through need I write this for me, for her, for you. Suckers for iron pyrite, most will skip this polemic, What you don't know about me could be a Hit show on prime time cable TV. Like a cute commercial that makes you smile, For a product you'll never buy, I write this for me, for her, for anonymous you, I am the voyager, you the ****** Middle of the night envisioner, Re-writer of The Gift of the Magi,^ If I die today, I leave this as my last Will and Testament, Just another love poem You'll never read.
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Jan 22, 2014
Jan 22, 2014 at 10:59 PM UTC
Just another poem you'll never read
Climb into bed and... Hearth embers of body heat circulate, Tourists on self-guided walking tours, Exploring the cabalistic eighteen chai holies of the Human body, temple depository of spark divine. Heat sparkles cross over the isthmus of Touching Toes, Continental negotiators, swapping free heat for icicles, 2 X 10 interstitial connections, now land masses filled, Global warming credit trading par excellence Fingers, jew wandering, exiled to freedom, Intertwined within soft-edged, graying sea grasses, Coverlet over pounding chest, Hands illegally mining tousled head hair,   Nestling, nesting, without proper permits Lick away the rumbling hoarseness Coating a neighboring sleepy throat, Gate crasher bringing surround-sound comfort, Seeking to seal and still the groans, Escaping prisoners of the ills of the wearied mind Your favorite parts inspiring, demanding Song, word, drawing or simple quenching, Tonic of revival, an affirmation of self, Existence proofs met through need I write this for me, for her, for you. Suckers for iron pyrite, most will skip this polemic, What you don't know about me could be a Hit show on prime time cable TV. Like a cute commercial that makes you smile, For a product you'll never buy, I write this for me, for her, for anonymous you, I am the voyager, you the ****** Middle of the night envisioner, Re-writer of The Gift of the Magi,^ If I die today, I leave this as my last Will and Testament, Just another love poem You'll never read.
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i hear the whistle of a mockingjay  play every time someone says your name. a rebel girl in a patriarchal world  defying the absurd iterations of hyper-masculine  oppression that manifest themselves in solipsistic displays of impotent aggression. how do you muster the compassion  to forgive seventy times seven? i want to learn to love like you. the white noise fades away when you and i fly down the interstate. the breeze teases  your hair, the sun kisses your face the way i'd like to. i hope you hear my voice every time one of our favorite songs gets stuck inside your head, singing in time to the rhythms of love requited.  have faith in me. and i'm trying hard— real hard—every day not to lose my temper  with these circumstantial quandaries  that leave us wondering whether or not  we should press pause. instead i'll climb the mountains  of your vertebrae so i might find a resting place in the holiest of holies.  if only i could shrink myself down, dance between the synaptic gaps of your brain cells,  i could see reality through your eyes—  twirling like twin nebulae, galaxies inviting me to endless epiphanies. i want to lose myself in your universe. your courage is infectious. when i hold your hand, i summon the strength to smash the State  and all the arbitrary authorities   trying to dictate the limits of liberty, that instigate injustice and propagate malice. it all just falls away until it's you and me, forever us against them all. you're like Hermione, time-turner included, feeding the homeless,  leading a women's health group, acting for a short film,  directing a play,  writing a novel,  all in a day's work.  and you breathe white-hot fire  when you fight for the disenfranchised  recognizing that those who are neutral  in situations of injustice have chosen the side of the oppressor and it's quite  impressive how you stand-up for the little guy or invite the social acolyte over to your table to have a bite of whatever  vegetarian dish you cooked up last night. i see you on the silver screen, in each new book i read , in every single note i sing, latent remnants in recited rhymes  of poetry from the one and only Bukowski: i found what i love  and i want it to **** me.
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Dec 28, 2015
Dec 28, 2015 at 7:54 AM UTC
mockingjay
i hear the whistle of a mockingjay  play every time someone says your name. a rebel girl in a patriarchal world  defying the absurd iterations of hyper-masculine  oppression that manifest themselves in solipsistic displays of impotent aggression. how do you muster the compassion  to forgive seventy times seven? i want to learn to love like you. the white noise fades away when you and i fly down the interstate. the breeze teases  your hair, the sun kisses your face the way i'd like to. i hope you hear my voice every time one of our favorite songs gets stuck inside your head, singing in time to the rhythms of love requited.  have faith in me. and i'm trying hard— real hard—every day not to lose my temper  with these circumstantial quandaries  that leave us wondering whether or not  we should press pause. instead i'll climb the mountains  of your vertebrae so i might find a resting place in the holiest of holies.  if only i could shrink myself down, dance between the synaptic gaps of your brain cells,  i could see reality through your eyes—  twirling like twin nebulae, galaxies inviting me to endless epiphanies. i want to lose myself in your universe. your courage is infectious. when i hold your hand, i summon the strength to smash the State  and all the arbitrary authorities   trying to dictate the limits of liberty, that instigate injustice and propagate malice. it all just falls away until it's you and me, forever us against them all. you're like Hermione, time-turner included, feeding the homeless,  leading a women's health group, acting for a short film,  directing a play,  writing a novel,  all in a day's work.  and you breathe white-hot fire  when you fight for the disenfranchised  recognizing that those who are neutral  in situations of injustice have chosen the side of the oppressor and it's quite  impressive how you stand-up for the little guy or invite the social acolyte over to your table to have a bite of whatever  vegetarian dish you cooked up last night. i see you on the silver screen, in each new book i read , in every single note i sing, latent remnants in recited rhymes  of poetry from the one and only Bukowski: i found what i love  and i want it to **** me.
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Big Red Empty But not for long Socks Rapidly shot in Just like a basketball at the buzzer Boxers next Shoved and forgotten Undershirts crisp and white Blanket the bottom like snow Colorful shirts Folded and at attention Mimick a soldier at ready Are deployed in The warzone Long pants Almost forgotten But, not quite Athletic shorts Scrunched up Ready to jump at a moments notice Swim shorts are strewn over As a makeshift barricade between Regular and Fancy Comfortable Collared shirts Zip Unzip Another pocket IN go phone chargers! IN goes computer charger! IN goes deck of cards! As fast as the eye can see Zip Clip on The black bag of magic Toothbrushes Toothpaste Dental floss Retainer case Last but not least The most holy of holies Deodorant is Gingerly, gently slid into place All Effluvia of The Travelers Trade Zip closed
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Jun 26, 2013
Jun 26, 2013 at 12:29 PM UTC
Effluvia of the travelers trade
As two whose love, first foolish, widening scope, Knows suddenly, with music high and soft, The Holy of holies; who because they scoff’d Are now amazed with shame, nor dare to cope With the whole truth aloud, lest heaven should ope; Yet, at their meetings, laugh not as they In speech; nor speak, at length; but sitting oft Together, within hopeless sight of hope For hours are silent:—So it happeneth When Work and Will awake too late, to gaze After their life sailed by, and hold their breath. Ah! who shall dare to search through what sad maze Thenceforth their incommunicable ways Follow the desultory feet of Death?
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Known In Vain
Man cannot live by bread alone Yet souls were sold for food To be enslaved by those who chanted “God is great, God is good” Shackled together With the Devil as their bride In his view they lived In his laughter they died The vortex of inhumanity ****** them to their grave The ship pitched forward without remorse With no wake except an uncaring wave There is no sound at the bottom of the ocean The moon pulls the tide high with prejudice The flowers wash ashore far from away from hope The barnacles feed at the tomb of injustice Where hands are extended to one another To touch stone that once was flesh The holiest of the holies rise again In memory of a voyage that we pray was blessed What suffering must a man endure That he cannot rest behind a white picket fence? Instead with nothing to live or die for We wonder of God’s will acting at man’s expense We will never forget our past whether right or wrong And we will plunge the depths to discover what is true No monument at sea will ever forgive our trespasses And no shame will wither away in the ocean blue
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May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 at 10:15 PM UTC
Black Souls Made The Ocean Blue
1431 poems in ye old inbox, genteel knocking, whispering thru stolid front door love me a little lot, little lot, love me? this is not mere work product, collegial-laid upon me for gentle shared, for pre-review, Nottingham Forest arrowed, bow shaped pithy comments, these are the holy-of-the-holies attention-me-crystal-cries, prayers, wry observations, nature collations, me and thee adorations, heart rendering screams of need, these are the moments in your life raw-roughened gifted or threaded smooth cursed, but tendered unto my caring. (an aside: perhaps you understand better now why woman-in-the-moon imagery, red bowed, grapefruit tasting hearts, all the lovelies, word shape shifts a/k/a Imagery language delights! but time-using, confusingly confuses, and has been erased from my own poetry frame) gnawing doubt me routs, god gave me humans, and gave them speech, to bring me closer to him thru them. somewhere in those 1431 essays of labor, dashed off, handcrafted, pithy or poor, just might be the one justification for my opening my eyes this poetry someday Sunday sun-day. put the cofe on (saving letters, saving time, deleting unnecessary e's from my life till when I am dying on all-on-that desperate e-n-ee-dy day). loaded my shotgun heart with loves and likes, yellow thunderbolt bullets firing, and considered yourself notified I'm a-coming over, shoes on the cofe table, breaking taboo's gonna read 1431 and when dining done, gonna pay attention to my muse, my woman, cause she is the original e, that provides the raw materials, in ye old nat-box, that lets me love ever one of them, she is the e in me and me will be in you, starting now.
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Mar 30, 2014
Mar 30, 2014 at 6:57 AM UTC
1431
1431 poems in ye old inbox, genteel knocking, whispering thru stolid front door love me a little lot, little lot, love me? this is not mere work product, collegial-laid upon me for gentle shared, for pre-review, Nottingham Forest arrowed, bow shaped pithy comments, these are the holy-of-the-holies attention-me-crystal-cries, prayers, wry observations, nature collations, me and thee adorations, heart rendering screams of need, these are the moments in your life raw-roughened gifted or threaded smooth cursed, but tendered unto my caring. (an aside: perhaps you understand better now why woman-in-the-moon imagery, red bowed, grapefruit tasting hearts, all the lovelies, word shape shifts a/k/a Imagery language delights! but time-using, confusingly confuses, and has been erased from my own poetry frame) gnawing doubt me routs, god gave me humans, and gave them speech, to bring me closer to him thru them. somewhere in those 1431 essays of labor, dashed off, handcrafted, pithy or poor, just might be the one justification for my opening my eyes this poetry someday Sunday sun-day. put the cofe on (saving letters, saving time, deleting unnecessary e's from my life till when I am dying on all-on-that desperate e-n-ee-dy day). loaded my shotgun heart with loves and likes, yellow thunderbolt bullets firing, and considered yourself notified I'm a-coming over, shoes on the cofe table, breaking taboo's gonna read 1431 and when dining done, gonna pay attention to my muse, my woman, cause she is the original e, that provides the raw materials, in ye old nat-box, that lets me love ever one of them, she is the e in me and me will be in you, starting now.
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My return trip, feels like a new beginning New sights and sounds, to rediscover. Judaism’s heart and soul lies within the city. Winding streets and twisting turns lead to the Kotel, the Holy of Holies. A religious center and my core. The cultural hub, tossed salad, or melting *** of the religious world. Burqas and Tallit, Tzitzis and Crosses, try, oh they try… to coexist.
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Aug 19, 2013
Aug 19, 2013 at 7:49 PM UTC
Mt. Scopus
The plaintive surround can rinse the deep space crush of Hubble's score. A fast-paced bandit's sable cloth homing the absurdum of a priceless presentation...eyes unawares wending brilliant ways abruptly announced. The common Light is not passable-- but is in love with eyes...the holy of holies--rarefied districts commencing willful overexposure.
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Dec 24, 2012
Dec 24, 2012 at 3:16 AM UTC
Hubble's Score
I have rebuilt the temple. I sense its arches supporting my weight, Grace and power surging through my core. I have rebuilt the temple, A holy of holies resides in my soul, A place of prayer as it unfolds-- I pray for Him to lend me sight through open ears. I have rebuilt the temple, Reignited each sacrifice of old-- No longer severed grace gone to waste, No longer inside me a contradiction of faiths, Freedom and beauty rise now from my flames. I have rebuilt the temple, Though its shell still stands-- A strip of land, Desolate and serene. I have rebuilt the temple, For it had to be burned, It had to be cleansed, It had to be purged. Its gold's destiny was to ignite And it indeed was set alight, Its flames, long extinguished, Consume my mind in fright. I rebuilt the temple, Its sacrifices' horns stood sentinel, While we awaited their blast And paid cold cash in exchange for soiled souls. I have rebuilt the temple, Adorning it with bands of faith And simple beauty and lights with which To guide in sunny nights. I have rebuilt the temple, I break bread in its empty halls And drink immortal wine And answer the angel when he calls, In the midst of his eternal watch Over a box of long- forgotten treasures. We have rebuilt our temples, Woman to woman, keep my words, Let none flow from your lips To reach undeserving ears, For a woman's wisdom is her might. I have rebuilt this temple in my heart, Its incense fills the corners of my soul, The holy altar stands ***** within my mind, And when I die it still will stand and does forever glory.
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Mar 7, 2013
Mar 7, 2013 at 4:43 AM UTC
The Third Temple
I have rebuilt the temple. I sense its arches supporting my weight, Grace and power surging through my core. I have rebuilt the temple, A holy of holies resides in my soul, A place of prayer as it unfolds-- I pray for Him to lend me sight through open ears. I have rebuilt the temple, Reignited each sacrifice of old-- No longer severed grace gone to waste, No longer inside me a contradiction of faiths, Freedom and beauty rise now from my flames. I have rebuilt the temple, Though its shell still stands-- A strip of land, Desolate and serene. I have rebuilt the temple, For it had to be burned, It had to be cleansed, It had to be purged. Its gold's destiny was to ignite And it indeed was set alight, Its flames, long extinguished, Consume my mind in fright. I rebuilt the temple, Its sacrifices' horns stood sentinel, While we awaited their blast And paid cold cash in exchange for soiled souls. I have rebuilt the temple, Adorning it with bands of faith And simple beauty and lights with which To guide in sunny nights. I have rebuilt the temple, I break bread in its empty halls And drink immortal wine And answer the angel when he calls, In the midst of his eternal watch Over a box of long- forgotten treasures. We have rebuilt our temples, Woman to woman, keep my words, Let none flow from your lips To reach undeserving ears, For a woman's wisdom is her might. I have rebuilt this temple in my heart, Its incense fills the corners of my soul, The holy altar stands ***** within my mind, And when I die it still will stand and does forever glory.
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She watches the collision from a distance because compassion is resistance, because somewhere inside, behind the elder-blossomed petals, in the broom closet of her holiest of holies, I found the soiled shards of an old, abandoned mirror. And when I put it back together, my frame was no more captivating than it appeared in my younger years. So I broke what I had repaired. And I ensnared what bits I thought would sell. Oh, to be lost within a fractured self. Adrift above puny parallel worlds just long enough to catch myself blink. Bored, and with a growing fear, I let them disappear beneath the lid of an alley dumpster. Freed, they left my mind's eye roaming aimlessly, scraping moss from surfaces forgotten, leaving a trail for me to follow, meandering off into tomorrow. And as the flakes of rain, turned stem and stalk, have drawn the dreamers to that path, the mats of woven plants they lay betray our wishful thoughts to trace the trails of yesterday's greats. What it would mean to find that sacred place abreast this body molded from the darkest parts of space.
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Jul 11, 2012
Jul 11, 2012 at 2:31 AM UTC
*** and Schrödinger
Maybe this is the moment of realization that will give me reason. Instead of keeping your picture under piles and piles of books, and empty cigarette packs. My tables and my shelves and my counters are cities of bottles. The Burning Angel Seraphim Alcohol kisses me, I feel her warm tongue in my throat. No one can caress my mind as you have. No once can slow it down enough. Your necklaces are still broken. Beautiful silver chains that glimmer in morning sunlight, and shine at noon. If I throw them in the river, if I throw them in the sea. Your Necklace Your picture all so easily gained are not easily lost. I want to throw them from this moving car. To lie and rust on the roadside. I cannot bring myself to do it. I cannot put the picture in the fire because it calls to me in words uknown; pulling me back to that which I no I have no part. You are a seraphim. Let not me see your feet in the holy of holies. Your eyes are two coals that burn a terrible glow, yet they soothe me in my dreams. They call to me with the thick voice of incense. I will find the space between us is a great void Parting and parting us for ages to come I will watch you in the glowing of the heavens In the glow where dreams are true
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Dec 8, 2011
Dec 8, 2011 at 10:36 PM UTC
Seraphim
you say it like it's my fault like i shook you goddess of earthquakes and my fault lines etched into my face don't give you the answer you're looking for? you look upon me like an alien like some creature who crawled forth from a darkened alleyway to burn in front of you and pull you a moth to the flame Icarus flying too close to the sun you melt when you're in my arms and i in yours i can see the beeswax of your eyes slowly turning to a viscous liquid a rain-shower of that infernal desire emotions that ***** like needles piercing veins to slam home a neon poison higher than ****** to know my power and hold that pulsing dripping heart of yours within my secret place my holy of holies and all i want is to tear the veil and expose the bare truth no more hiding in the shadows a divine face you cannot look upon i imagine god gets lonely what is the meaning of a beauty that cannot be seen? that will consume every part of you with a single glance burn your eyes to charcoal the only smoking remnants of those bottomless brown cups of coffee that swirl in your irises i consume the world around me more more more more more more if left alone i would eat your heart a feral animal the pure incarnation of natural rage thunderstorms in my eyes and lightning bolt curls blood-stained lips still dripping with your 98.6 degrees that same fluid which rushes to your cheeks when i shock you yet again though you shouldn't really be surprised anymore if you know what's good for you don't look at me
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May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015 at 3:14 PM UTC
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you say it like it's my fault like i shook you goddess of earthquakes and my fault lines etched into my face don't give you the answer you're looking for? you look upon me like an alien like some creature who crawled forth from a darkened alleyway to burn in front of you and pull you a moth to the flame Icarus flying too close to the sun you melt when you're in my arms and i in yours i can see the beeswax of your eyes slowly turning to a viscous liquid a rain-shower of that infernal desire emotions that ***** like needles piercing veins to slam home a neon poison higher than ****** to know my power and hold that pulsing dripping heart of yours within my secret place my holy of holies and all i want is to tear the veil and expose the bare truth no more hiding in the shadows a divine face you cannot look upon i imagine god gets lonely what is the meaning of a beauty that cannot be seen? that will consume every part of you with a single glance burn your eyes to charcoal the only smoking remnants of those bottomless brown cups of coffee that swirl in your irises i consume the world around me more more more more more more if left alone i would eat your heart a feral animal the pure incarnation of natural rage thunderstorms in my eyes and lightning bolt curls blood-stained lips still dripping with your 98.6 degrees that same fluid which rushes to your cheeks when i shock you yet again though you shouldn't really be surprised anymore if you know what's good for you don't look at me
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Down and out, broken like so many burned out automobiles Yet blazing infinite with immeasurable conviction & Rapturous with the weight of destiny Manic hysteria drove them off the overpass Hipster Valkyries raised them to avant-garde Valhalla And the eight o'clock news made messiahs of the lot Nirvana sold last weeks newspapers on the side of the highway Rolling with a sweet glimmer of a shark toothed smile On the horizon hunting for a high that can't ever be attained Holiest of Holies on a red lipped mountain top Or a supermarket bathroom stall scrawled with ****** madness The Lord's Prayer in black ink, brutal and simple There were misty eyed girls on the morning train to some great and unenviable elsewhere And by night the crows circled six times, once for each of the dead end dreams swallowed that day Candid and conscious, where the wild ones roam the city Burning the flags they wave and waving the flags they burn America's sweethearts on the run from the police Sawing at heartstrings like bows on a twisted violin From the mountains to the valleys the winds screamed senseless in their joy Liberation and the kiss of a lipstick Judas were on everyone's mind Martyrs a mile a minute, a dime a dozen Down the line the angels wept gloria mundi For the sinners sung with passion, the saints stoically mourned The revelers and the rioters and the street kids looking for a ride home The toxic kissed stars that set the city lights the shame And the masochists, blessed with a gypsy goddess' double edged kiss And broken down like so many burned out automobiles Yet blazing infinite with immeasurable conviction & Rapturous with the weight of destiny
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Dec 19, 2014
Dec 19, 2014 at 2:59 AM UTC
Rapturous
Down and out, broken like so many burned out automobiles Yet blazing infinite with immeasurable conviction & Rapturous with the weight of destiny Manic hysteria drove them off the overpass Hipster Valkyries raised them to avant-garde Valhalla And the eight o'clock news made messiahs of the lot Nirvana sold last weeks newspapers on the side of the highway Rolling with a sweet glimmer of a shark toothed smile On the horizon hunting for a high that can't ever be attained Holiest of Holies on a red lipped mountain top Or a supermarket bathroom stall scrawled with ****** madness The Lord's Prayer in black ink, brutal and simple There were misty eyed girls on the morning train to some great and unenviable elsewhere And by night the crows circled six times, once for each of the dead end dreams swallowed that day Candid and conscious, where the wild ones roam the city Burning the flags they wave and waving the flags they burn America's sweethearts on the run from the police Sawing at heartstrings like bows on a twisted violin From the mountains to the valleys the winds screamed senseless in their joy Liberation and the kiss of a lipstick Judas were on everyone's mind Martyrs a mile a minute, a dime a dozen Down the line the angels wept gloria mundi For the sinners sung with passion, the saints stoically mourned The revelers and the rioters and the street kids looking for a ride home The toxic kissed stars that set the city lights the shame And the masochists, blessed with a gypsy goddess' double edged kiss And broken down like so many burned out automobiles Yet blazing infinite with immeasurable conviction & Rapturous with the weight of destiny
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All this time I had thought it was rock versus air and then came the day we exchanged names, because there was no other way because all those others we adored were no less than infinite and you cannot trap sunlight in your hands. Our communion was instinct, a song from the deepest cave and our love is like the friction of bowstring against violin, there as long as green vines continue to crawl up bricks. There as long as the cynics ignore the saws of radiant light that cut through the fault lines of their enemies skin. Our love is the final resort of metaphors, the place they go to rest in peace, the farmers overalls. You greet me without a smile, at your front door, paint chipped, hair that tells the story of your difficult day and I remind myself that means and ends are both offspring and kin. We met like they all do, second glances, eyes wearing the best kind of suspicion, an exchange of names, insidious and innocent. Today I encountered the most holy of holies, all cloaked in ordinariness, sawdust, flowers, and paper clips, and our love is like any other, making us feel as though that we are the last to witness it .
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Jun 4, 2013
Jun 4, 2013 at 7:38 PM UTC
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there's no couching this effort... celluloid film jitteriness of memory... akin to a centipede thrumming about a dank cellar. i can not vacuum this stead... with mind over matter...you are It...the holy of holies afforded me. noteworthy, and uncelebrated...we are-- as far's love's itemized. incommunicado, and legendary-- our poetic licenses bestowed upon one another...years would go where they go...and concerned parties would head-butt the genesis/apocalypse of our Go...minus been. my love's no recourse to lovelessness... (for you...that is) for...i'm drawn to a picture, picturing overexposure. Hardening, hard, and harder times felled atop us...now help me lift.
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Dec 8, 2013
Dec 8, 2013 at 2:13 AM UTC
Picture, Picturing Overexposure
God cut Existence into eight even slices.      God was Italian, after all...      Rome, and all that...      Jesus was a fluke... But the wine trick was good. So God passed out the pizza to the worthy:      A slice to the Needy-      A slice to the Humble-      A slice to the Rich (But he picked off the pepperoni.) God gave a piece to the dour, unbaptized;      A slice to the children-      A slice to the Fallen      On their way to Hell (It's a long ride, and God is Forgiving). God looked down into the box at the Last Piece:      Angels hovered, drooling...      Seraphim, Cherubim,      Arch and minor-winged First Born Salivated above the Cardboard Holy of Holies. God just laughed and shoved it into His Omnipotent Mouth.      And He Screamed!      Rivers ran dry!      Oceans parted! **** cheese is HOT!"
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Jun 20, 2011
Jun 20, 2011 at 8:25 PM UTC
The Last Piece
What's in the first? What's in the second? Ancient heirloom, toothless smile. What's in the fourth? What's in the fifth?  What's in the sixth? Seventh? A ring. What's in the second? What's in the third? Papers worth millions. What's in the fifth? What's in the sixth? Seventh? What's in the first? A key to fortunes. What's in the third? What's in the fourth? What's in the fifth? What's in the sixth? Seventh? What's in the first? What's in the second? Keyring. What's in the fourth? What's in the fifth? The holies. Seventh? What's in the first? What's in the second? What's in the third? What's in the fourth? Old Bangle.What's in the sixth? Seventh? Gold, gold, it's gold. What's in the second? What's in the third? What's in the fourth? What's in the fifth?What's in the sixth? Faith.
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Jul 20, 2015
Jul 20, 2015 at 5:01 PM UTC
Mailboxes | Art-poem
This life I lead These paths I follow Sometimes run deep Sometimes grow shallow All through the muck And murky mallow Reveals a dark Disturbing hallow From whence it came Begins again Alone Alone Not nare a friend I scream to heavens Holies past Who curses thee Whose fist has wrath With nare a sound Or slight response Again begins My hellish haunt
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Apr 24, 2015
Apr 24, 2015 at 1:01 PM UTC
Path
"Let us rebuild, so that, we may be no longer a reproach",… it is just business/ Nehemiah spake put this on your business card directly, in spirit, to David Barton, inspirational director, for many a proud warrior for truth. Jesus lives, we rise, we agree, in me. Where lay the Kingdom of God, back then, when he is recorded as having said, I will, my will being done, abide side any who hear the knock, as an innocent, or a lying, cheating scoundrel, that's the good news, war has never worked, peacemaking all ways works, one on one. Honed most point, tip to tip... touch spirit face to spirit face messenger to message, dare we say in the presence of at least as many as have testified to seeing grave dwellers walking, most certainly there was darkness, and that curtain, between the holiest of holies, and every day sanctity, ripped… rippity re-occurence right down the middle, opening all reality to the Wizard of Oz's most esoteric special effect on the ensuing Easter audiences, seeing it, over and over, until the metaphor, the riddle becomes dabar, a very humble word translated many ways, see:: Pens with motors are more powerful than swords, of any sort… logos significant cannot loose dabar yah, we in this form minding manners men agree to abide beneath, but but but on good advice, from bar mitzvahed friends, dead and living, the use of labor, during interesting times, as mobs to make unified mind form encase believers in situations indisputably dangerous, used right by godfearing law enforcement officers, right used by a leader exactly, to the hairs on his head, like the guy on television who crashed all those casinos.
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Jun 14, 2025
Jun 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM UTC
Flag Day Preparade Anticipation Jitters
"Let us rebuild, so that, we may be no longer a reproach",… it is just business/ Nehemiah spake put this on your business card directly, in spirit, to David Barton, inspirational director, for many a proud warrior for truth. Jesus lives, we rise, we agree, in me. Where lay the Kingdom of God, back then, when he is recorded as having said, I will, my will being done, abide side any who hear the knock, as an innocent, or a lying, cheating scoundrel, that's the good news, war has never worked, peacemaking all ways works, one on one. Honed most point, tip to tip... touch spirit face to spirit face messenger to message, dare we say in the presence of at least as many as have testified to seeing grave dwellers walking, most certainly there was darkness, and that curtain, between the holiest of holies, and every day sanctity, ripped… rippity re-occurence right down the middle, opening all reality to the Wizard of Oz's most esoteric special effect on the ensuing Easter audiences, seeing it, over and over, until the metaphor, the riddle becomes dabar, a very humble word translated many ways, see:: Pens with motors are more powerful than swords, of any sort… logos significant cannot loose dabar yah, we in this form minding manners men agree to abide beneath, but but but on good advice, from bar mitzvahed friends, dead and living, the use of labor, during interesting times, as mobs to make unified mind form encase believers in situations indisputably dangerous, used right by godfearing law enforcement officers, right used by a leader exactly, to the hairs on his head, like the guy on television who crashed all those casinos.
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