September 17, 2012

Poems 8/27-9/16 (42)


“Strength of Stones”

cji

8/27/12

Boulders and huge rocks

sheer cliffs of granite high

descending in cascades

breaking into pieces small

now but the stones seen

once mighty now fallen

once dominating now lost

wherein once I was young

but now am I found old

my strength of youth

the strength of stones!

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"Nothing Found"

cji
8/31/12

Searching everywhere known
yet nothing found to be seen
craziness to be all around
shrinking minds and dustbins
coal cars carrying all away
blackness erasing all white
blending into the wood work
searching everywhere shown
yet nothing found to be seen
seeking the impossible possible
costing lives to the invisible
truth simple, plain and clear
yet nothing found able to glean
when searching wisdom lost
ignoring and belittling all!


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“Heart to Heart”

cji

9/1/12

Are we one with Father

do our hearts seek truth

have our minds sought

having equality with each;

Our mission ever to reach

seeking those to be taught

whether old or the youth

being one with Father!

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“Feelings”

cji

9/1/12

Not for ourselves to find

yet feelings or promptings

vibrant and emotional

telling us to take actions

guiding us for others all

caring and thus sharing

become actively involved

nurturing tender sisters

children and the families

never selfishly prepared

but spiritually ready to do!

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"The Generations"

 

cji

9/1/12

 

Throughout the millennium

thousands of names known

generation upon generation

understanding the eternal

seeing into the past/future

binding within all without

families never to end

generations yet to come

finding truth and light

higher knowledge the goal

saving every single soul!

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“Vacuous"

 

cji

9/1/12

 

Drifting in the nothingness

eternal and unforgiving all

calling in the space of time

wondering of why the silence

none to hear or respond again

wandering alone and lost

mind without thought forever

unable to focus or remember

past and future in emptiness

vacuous and unrepentant

drifting without any feelings

cold and iciness within!

 

 

“Vanquished”

 

cji

 

9/1/12

 

Broken on the battlefield

swords lost or cast away

without ammunition gone

bayonets held at the throat

vengeance is for the victors

desolation for those lost

envy and persecution found

making one pay the last coin

giving no forgiveness eternal

lusting, burning and maiming

slavery to all who are today

vanquished from the field!

 

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"Testimony"

 

cji

9/2/12

 

Each Sabbath Day tomorrow

thus another has come to live

gathering wisdom or knowledge

feelings to warmth beginning

the spirit prompting to righteous

implanting within each soul

a testimony of eternal love

for the Savior Jesus Christ

and His Father - our Father

thus another day each to live

in testimony of every tomorrow! 

  

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“Randomness”

 

cji

9/3/12

 

No reasoning or understanding

just aimlessness/randomness

millions to die without knowing

bullets, bombs, shells, etc.

randomly some other aimed

taking life without thought

wars and raids and terrorism

one here is taken another left

guilt of why not me but them

reality unable to register

cruelty of the randomness!

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"Fellowship"

 

cji

9/4/12

 

Gathering in one circle

each able to see another

covenants and promises

friends and companions

families which are eternal

fond remembrances 

and histories yet to make

futures full of dreams

filled with forever warmth

feelings and emotions

fellowship engenders

of love and of life!

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"Wickedly"

 

cji

9/5/12

 

Viciously blows the winds

ice and hail beating down

gleefully and wickedly

the evil of men/women

driven by power and greed

only themselves to feed

none ever saying, 'amen'

found more despicably

in their lusts to drown

limply now are the winds!

 

When all is said and done

wherever men/women go

passing into the grave

rotting and decaying away

their will the wicked stay

their own ending to pave

never the Celestial to know

losing all and not won!



Job 21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are amighty in power?

8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the aorgan.

13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as achaff that the storm carrieth away.

19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he arewardeth him, and he shall know it.

20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall adrink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

22 Shall any ateach God bknowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

26 They shall lie down alike in the adust, and the worms shall cover them.

27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall arepay him what he hath done?

32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth afalsehood?

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"So In Thought"

 

cji

9/6/12

 

Impressions of another time

escaping into new space

entering time zones faraway

heavy destructive rains fell

flooding and raging rivers

mind wandering all about

so in thought lost in space

remembering a first date

moments within the storm

racing into the fields open

facing towards the sunlight

feeling the moon's chill

so in thought I'll remain

remembering, forgetting

finding new and the old

reflections of light in space!
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"Terrible Majesty"

 

cji

9/8/12

 

Profusions of wonderment surround

the heavens aglow with brilliance

sunsets and sunrises magnificent

showing falling stars to enlighten

comets and asteroids in design

lightening and thundering above

terrible in their majesty of breath

covering and surrounding earth

giving the air and the winds all

embracing heavens view of love

understanding full obedience

wherein we're allowed part!
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"Gentle Slopes"

 

cji

9/9/12

 

Tranquility of the Sabbath Day

putting away all of the worldly

reading one’s own scriptures

pondering the eternal in awe

feelings in harmony of quiet

hymns and lessons learned

reclining on the gentle slopes

wherein life is meaningful

our Savior us acknowledged

His atonement was for us

and this day is just for Him!
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"Hardened"

 

cji

9/10/12

 

Turned away from the light

molten steel freezing hard

no longer free to move

losing consciousness quick

darkening the room of space

time slipping away gone

my heart and mind lost

hardened feeling cold

emotion drained away

turning away from light!

 

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"Harrowing Valleys"

 

cji

9/10/12

 

sheer cliffs to climb

quick flowing rapids

towering waterfalls

wind swept pathways

forever upward to go

seeking the mountain

then into the deep

harrowing valleys

found alone and lost

giving of wonder's awe

descending upward

in understanding awe

reaching beyond grasp!

 

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"Scorneth"

 

cji

9/10/12

 

Good men to die alone

fields vacantly staring

the dirt crying of blood

souls ascending away

some descending too

the living scorneth all

forgetting the eternal

abusive and destructive

forgetting the worthy

abhorring the wicked

worshipping nothing!

 

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"Fly by Thy Wisdom"

 

cji

9/10/12

 

Take wings within thy soul

grasp unto the righteous

hold thy staff in safety

control thy tongue always

fulfill thy dreams of day

put aside thy foolish lusts

take time to reason out

understanding of truth

fly by thy wisdom increase

calling always upon Father!

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"The Last Piece of Glass"

(September 11, 2001)

 

cji

9/11/12

 

Amid the rubble and wreckage

bodies and carnage all quiet

(dancing and singing - cheering

3rd world nations and China)

ignoring human life and worth

having attracted without feeling

(celebrating for what - victory)

weeping widows and orphans

families and friends all alone

smiles frozen - space and time

tears left as ice on the pond

touching - clutching - deafly

settled all amid the past

wherein the child newborn

budding the infant flower

movement of the mariposa

all until silence only felt

as the last piece of glass!

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"The Last Piece of Glass (2)"

 (September 11, 2001)

 

cji

9/11/12

 

Passing into the past quick

memories so short and fast

January or February gone

December hurrying to come

freezing rains and icing

no longer the screams

just the silence of awe

nightmares and loneliness

wishing one more smile

a hug and a warm kiss

orphans and the widows

weep silently each moment

wherein seeking once more

to find the last piece of glass!

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"He That Contendeth"

 

cji

9/11/12

 

Rebellion and anger

raging against freedom

the pricks piercing

thorns and briar's

humbling and painful

dragging up the hill

fighting the truth

he that contendeth

loses so much time

questing the light

never being right!

 

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"Out of the Whirlwind"

 

cji

9/11/12

 

Spinning out of control

darkness in the room

sleep unwelcome waits

dreams to nightmares

shouting, no, no, no

then flung side to side

thrashing in terror

fear and anger as one

fighting all who've come

out of the whirlwind

winter and cold sheer!

 

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"Disowning Judgment"

 

cji

9/11/12

 

Forgetting all taught

my mind racing void

learning going away

none to listen more

wisdom wasted alone

disowning judgment

while still being quiet

remembering no more

teaching forgiveness

hardened hearts

without feeling more!

 

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"Sinews of Stone"

 

cji

9/11/12

 

Claiming of strength theirs

intimidating all around them

neglecting to be thankful

bragging unto to the world

rejecting wisdom of others

saying light is their own

till fragile in their death

found broken shattered

having sinews of stone!

 

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"Bones of Iron"

 

cji

9/12/12

 

Hardened years in battles

brittle in the decaying sun

no longer manned to fight

just the skeleton of times past

as warriors unburied alone

silence with acceptance now

bones of iron strewn about

future explorers to wonder

pondering the loss of life

softened tears in battles!

 

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"All Things"

 

cji

9/12/12

 

Wanting to be cohesive

yet thoughts not to obey

measured beats of drums

hallowed trumpets play

enduring the endlessness

where all things begin

then losing way to end

remembered thoughts

struggles now to obey!

 

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"Supplications"

 

cji

9/12/12

 

Asking none to understand

seeking no sorrow of tears

entering into the vastness

where dreams merging

old and new surrounding

then in humble prayers

making my supplications

wanting to escape again

no longer in the summer

feeling the chill in air

slowly advancing again

into the Decembers there

which all most receive

on bended knees found

asking Father to hear

my humble supplications!

 

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"Continued Thoughts"

 

cji

9/13/12

 

Amid the world's chaos

hatred and full madness

found continued thoughts

now eleven years away

supposedly past and over

yet who has forgotten

many have now forgiven

but known have forgotten

the mind dwells all alone

images and reflections

nightmares without end

as continued thoughts!

 

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"Raining Glass"

cji

9/13/12

Amid carnage of the day

where many gave up life

smoke - flames leaping

the dust of ages found

rising from the ground

sanity not any keeping

only the harrowing strife

with raining glass today!

 

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"Terribly Difficult"

cji

9/13/12

Reasoning lost in reality

massive thoughts heard

pounding and shouting

upsetting and disabling

unable to comprehend

heading into the chaos

defenses useless now

terribly difficult reality!

 

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"Exceptionally Difficult"

cji

9/13/12

Trials just beginning felt

an unjust world known

all emotions strangled

screaming in the past

futures lost within awe

exceptionally difficult

rational thinking gone

yet each to awaken

light streaming loudly

making the world false

costing so much life

costing so much life

exceptionally difficult

for any to comprehend!

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"What Should Happen"

cji

9/13/12

Poseidon arising from the sea

Thor's anger and his hammer

Zeus and his great dominion

General Grant and Washington

Founding Fathers and all of us

striking awe and fear once more

yet like impotent kittens nothing

sending Marines letting all know

while our weaknesses show

without preparation nothing

and all Americans are sore

or they should be so thus

harrow our future's empty gun

lamenting as Satan's minion

reflections within a slammer

the USA no longer now to be:

Yet arising from the ashes

valiant women and men

bearing arms of the right

freedom's banner to hold

no longer quiet but bold

bringing forward light

valiant women and men

newly formed from the ashes;

We know and realized all

that this wickedness to end

what should happen now

against serpent and cow

we've a message to send

our strength to fully recall!

Copyright © 2012 – cji

 

"Remember the Battle"

 

cji

9/14/12

 

We dwell in the past too often

yet never to forget the battle

as we age we remember clear

that which was long ago done

while the present loses focus

our minds refuse all clutter

sacrificing sanity for rest

accepting common sense

otherwise confusions chaos

remembering the battle oft

softens our fears in tomorrow

remember in the past alive

knowing the future not sure!

 

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"Scales and Pride"

 

cji

9/14/12

 

Weighing the differences

denying the evil inside

hanging morals/virtue

that there is no future

the grave is the ending

nothingness to nothingness

secure in some false pride

which denies all knowledge

turning out the light of truth

in favor of reckless youth!

 

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"Caldron's"

 

cji

9/14/12

 

Over-flowing with oils fire

burning all within reach

boils and scorching earth

withering the last of lives

no sacrifices understood

harbors surrounded in flames

the siege compelling terror

plague and pestilence

wherein the purification oft

lost in the insanity of war!

 

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"Smoke Rising"

 

cji

9/14/12

 

Nearing the trails ending

no fort or village in sight

just slowing smoke rising

ashes leaving in breezes

nothing left to be found

no life - no bodies any

desolation and waste

no supplies - no water

thus continuing to travel

leaving behind all lost

lingering only smoke rising!

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"Heart Firm as Stone"

cji

9/15/12

Unyielding to the tempter

holding fast to the rod

valiant and steadfast

armor clean and pure

heart firm as stone

withstanding all evil

remembering well truth

feelings of eternity felt

while on knees knelt!

 

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"Pot of Ointment"

 

cji

9/15/12

 

The battlefield strewn

bodies mangled distress

angels administrating care

Balm of Gilead healing

a pot of ointment used

gently and carefully

applied to the wounded

shattered endearing

men, women, children

causalities of war!

 

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 "Dust and Ashes"

 

cji

9/15/12

 

Silence encompassing each

harsh lessons all to teach;

 

Terrorists crowding about

hauntingly in fear to shout;

 

Dust and ashes collected

victims random selected;

 

Burning fires unattended

filling the air undefended;

 

Breathing unable to do

life ending slowly true;

 

Yet many life to pursue

eternal life known true!

 

 

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"Hidden Counsel"

 

cji

9/16/12

 

Un-attending the Sabbath Day

lost is the Lord's wisdom oft

gone the Spirit fled away far

vacant left is the emptiness

wherein is unfound the fruit

the hidden counsel of God

needed for each of us here

mortal probation so short

to be found in hiding lost

shadows of what could be!

 

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"Hearing in the Ear"

 

cji

9/16/12

 

Pricked by the Spirit full

clarity of hearing known

a still small voice whispers

into my senses and being

thus hearing in the ear

the Father's voice sheer

extending my soul awake

my whole being to warm

comforted and embraced!

 

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"My Eyes Seeth Thee"

 

cji

9/16/12

 

So much is so unknown

yet promised each to find

searching and praying

going into the deep woods

far away and all alone

seeking what is needful

then my mortal sleeps

and then all seems light

my eyes seeth thee now

extending my hand towards

yet not yet my time come

thus in living I know truth

understanding the deep

literally Scriptures true

lovingly and eternally

that thou knows me too!

Copyright © 2012 – cji

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