One of my former instructors contacted me via Facebook earlier and shared with me a poem I'd written in 2000 that she'd just found. I'll share it with you.
Looking around from the pinnacle steep,
I saw a great field filled with many small sheep.
A voice said to me, “You may have all this and more,
If you’ll simply worship me on this high, rocky floor.”
I thought the thing through—and thought very well—
And decided this choice would land me in Hell.
Looking out from the pinnacle, the voice came again—
“I could make you the supreme ruler of men!
All would adore and answer only to you!”
But I did not want all of humanity to.
Then I thought of a fix that would fix him up nice—
“Sir,” said I, (and I never thought twice)
“You are insolent, intolerable, and filled with deceit!
Why, you just stood there and lied to me, straight through your teeth!
Tell me why I would want a field full of sheep.
Who do you think I am? Little Bo Peep!
And why would I want men to bow down to me?
Isn’t that why Christ died on the Tree?”
Then Satan just stood there with nothing to say
So, I said, “That’s all there is, so, I’ll be on my way!”
I bought a book. It is called 642 Little Things to Write About. Some of these prompts have actually created stories and I need a place to stash those stories so I come back to them from time to time. This also assists in procrastinating from school work.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Safe Spot [Emotional/Mental Abuse themes, Religious themes]
I see you there.
You lurk ever in my periphery.
Watching…
...waiting…
You wait for the moment.
That one moment in which I demonstrate
Power…
...thought…
It scares you.
It has always scared you.
I have always scared you.
You told me, once,
You wanted to be like me.
Bold…
...unafraid….
But you can’t be.
Not because you are not those things.
But because you made me bold and unafraid.
Your cruelty
Knew no boundaries.
Judgmental…
...hateful…
Love-less.
A person who has friends
Must first be friendly.
Compassion….
...empathy…
These I have, but you do not understand.
I didn’t care.
When your words meant to
cut…
…hurt…
I forgave you in the moment.
But I did not forget.
I did not then,
Nor now, require your validation
Of my life…
...of my person…
I am that I am.
#IStandwithCaitlyn
#INeedFeminismBecause
#BlackLivesMatter
#LoveWins
#IAmAnAlly
You pray for my soul.
A soul already bought and paid for.
Thanks…
...but no thanks….
Spend your energy on someone who needs it.
The boy in the street
Who was turned away by his parents.
Why?
...love…
….of another boy.
The girl in the halfway house
Who was turned away by her parents.
Why?
...fear…
She had been Greg for 13 years.
I see you lurking
In my shadows.
...watching…
…waiting….
All you will find here is love and acceptance.
A safe place.
A safe place
...for one…
…for all…
Forever.
You lurk ever in my periphery.
Watching…
...waiting…
You wait for the moment.
That one moment in which I demonstrate
Power…
...thought…
It scares you.
It has always scared you.
I have always scared you.
You told me, once,
You wanted to be like me.
Bold…
...unafraid….
But you can’t be.
Not because you are not those things.
But because you made me bold and unafraid.
Your cruelty
Knew no boundaries.
Judgmental…
...hateful…
Love-less.
A person who has friends
Must first be friendly.
Compassion….
...empathy…
These I have, but you do not understand.
I didn’t care.
When your words meant to
cut…
…hurt…
I forgave you in the moment.
But I did not forget.
I did not then,
Nor now, require your validation
Of my life…
...of my person…
I am that I am.
#IStandwithCaitlyn
#INeedFeminismBecause
#BlackLivesMatter
#LoveWins
#IAmAnAlly
You pray for my soul.
A soul already bought and paid for.
Thanks…
...but no thanks….
Spend your energy on someone who needs it.
The boy in the street
Who was turned away by his parents.
Why?
...love…
….of another boy.
The girl in the halfway house
Who was turned away by her parents.
Why?
...fear…
She had been Greg for 13 years.
I see you lurking
In my shadows.
...watching…
…waiting….
All you will find here is love and acceptance.
A safe place.
A safe place
...for one…
…for all…
Forever.
Friday, February 6, 2015
To Absent Friends
It wasn't fair.
It isn't fair.
The same name?
The same sweet sense of beauty?
...the secretly hated...
My love for you was pure and simple;
My adoration of you, platonic, from the heart.
I required nothing from you,
Save you be yourself as if it were your art.
You both could sing--
And now sing with Angels.
You both could laugh--
But you're silent now.
Both so handsome, so loving,
So alone....
One of you left with unfinished business,
Ripped from the world in speculations
of hatred, vengeance, and sin.
It was just a violent reaction to the loss of
A beautiful creature.
We had our differences.
The rumors will never cease.
I hope you realize now, that then
I was not the savage beast.
I would have moved heaven and earth
if you would have given me one more
kind word...
The other of you....
My friend. My darling friend....
Where was I in your darkest hour?!
I was too far...
Too far from you...
Too far to save you from....
Humans are cruel, uncaring creatures,
Fear that which they cannot understand.
I miss you, greatly, after fourteen years.
To know, and yet not, the reasons for your loss
Still hurts me.
Two lovely men, pulled from the clutches
Of this mortal coil.
Two lovely voices...
......Silenced......
It isn't fair.
The same name?
The same sweet sense of beauty?
...the secretly hated...
My love for you was pure and simple;
My adoration of you, platonic, from the heart.
I required nothing from you,
Save you be yourself as if it were your art.
You both could sing--
And now sing with Angels.
You both could laugh--
But you're silent now.
Both so handsome, so loving,
So alone....
One of you left with unfinished business,
Ripped from the world in speculations
of hatred, vengeance, and sin.
It was just a violent reaction to the loss of
A beautiful creature.
We had our differences.
The rumors will never cease.
I hope you realize now, that then
I was not the savage beast.
I would have moved heaven and earth
if you would have given me one more
kind word...
The other of you....
My friend. My darling friend....
Where was I in your darkest hour?!
I was too far...
Too far from you...
Too far to save you from....
Humans are cruel, uncaring creatures,
Fear that which they cannot understand.
I miss you, greatly, after fourteen years.
To know, and yet not, the reasons for your loss
Still hurts me.
Two lovely men, pulled from the clutches
Of this mortal coil.
Two lovely voices...
......Silenced......
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