The ornate ocean of purple foam Flows through the arboreal accolades Of seaweed forests among the turquoise Sway of the lumbering ocean currents Which follow through the periwinkle sky And the pelicans and petrels fly in their whining Serenades to the stars in the evening sheen of Golden sunsets, cascading to the sublime shift of melancholy Blue and red, to the purple setting sky Beneath the horizon of musky dirt which Spans as purple mountains above the sandy beach Nigh that arboreal forest of seaweed Which in the now darkening night fades To a black world filled with the sharks and fish Doing their dances among the crest of the sunlit End, in the green flash of a perfect day Upon the horizon of the ocean.
Category: Poem
Heraldry
In a deck of cards there are
Spades, Hearts, Clubs and Diamonds.
Each displays the heraldry
Of the suit, and which family
It belongs to. Each suit will
Represent universal
Qualities of human beings'
Activities on the earth.
Hearts symbolize courtship; love---
Spades mean industry; labor---
Diamonds luxury; wealth---;
Clubs represent conquest; war.
The Red represents passions
And Black represents toils.
In Chess, the pieces will be
Black and White to symbolize
Dark's struggle against the Light.
Each representing royal
Armies and their offices
Taking to the battlefield.
Light always is advantaged
In any struggle between
The two, so it will move first.
Black, representing darkness
Will have to be on defense
For ancient in the man's id
Is fear of the Predator
And the Predator stalks at
Night. The herd animal and
All good occupation find
Their activity at day.
Thus, the archetypal struggle
Is the children of the Day
In conflict with the children
Of the Night.
These archetypal
Meanings of the ancient games
Are like this for a reason.
Marcelles
Canto I At the ides of the Roman Republic The Consuls made sacrifice to the gods. They buried two Romans and two white Gauls Killing them as a human sacrifice To bring the Romans fortune in their war. Thus, out went those two consuls to conquer And make war on the Gauls, to purchase tor. There arose over Rome three distinct moons As the rivers ran with the stink of blood. The peoples thought this an omen from their gods, so they sent word to Flaminius And that slovenly blackguard Furius To come back, and not to engage their foes. Yet, word was not heeded, and they fought Gaul. They returned, so brought themselves dishonor For a God they did not know sent evil Wonders over the land, to make Rome's folk Repent of their doings. They thus heeded The sign. They shamed the two consuls who put Those four women to death, to pluck their souls Into She'ol for the sake of reaping A sign from aught their idolatrous gods. Yet, from LORD JHWH came the awesome Sign, and with it the stench of rotten blood. The peoples feared, and so put Marcellus As the Roman Consul, and sent him to Battle the Gauls in the dark-green forests. Canto II There came to the war, where Marcellus found Himself with few men in numbers. Come hordes Of Gauls numbering ten-thousand horsemen Over the ravine! Marcellus was so Outnumbered, having a decimate halved of The force of the Gauls; thus, on the day of Battle, he rode his prized warhorse, without Pride, but rather had a fear of the force In front of him. The thunderous hooves of The Gallic horsemen pounded through the woods Shaking the branches off the trees, which scared Marcellus' horse. The horse turned to face The East, toward God's temple which was being Built by a peoples hencefar unknown to Roman might, who would one day be ruled by Them and their empire. The horse was stayed And thus Marcellus prayed to the unknown God, "God of the Sun, the true God over "All heaven and earth, if you save me this "Day, I shall offer you the oblation "Of Feretrius, and give it to you "My greatest spoils of war, Oh Heaven's "King!" Thus, when he turned his steed he bolstered And told the men he offered oblation Thus to consecrate the battle, but to Hide from them that his steed had winced in war. It came to, that from the woods emerged the Gallic forces, who numbered twenty times The number of Marcellus' soldiers. The horses readied to collide with his Yet from the horde emerged the Gallic Prince Who wore an armor of Gold and Silver Purified seven times, which was inlaid With webs like that of a spider, and etched Into it were fine gems of sapphire Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Topaz, Bronze Links and Onyx; Amethyst and Coral. Marcellus saw this as the oblation And so smote down the warrior with his lance. What followed was his train of troops rushing To aid him, and they smote down more warriors Than any victory in Roman times Past, present or future. Thermopylae Was a battle rivalled only to it Which was fought by Pagans in their many Wars. Thus, Marcellus had defeated Gaul In battle, with petitions to the LORD.
Dear, Sam Harris
Dear, Mr. Harris For a man who murdered, there is no hope in this life. Such a man, having no hope, ought better well to murder even more and suck life's pleasure from its very marrow. He ought to rape. He ought to pillage. Because there is no moral expungement for the crime. Not under human agency. Such a man, if put in prison, ought to escape prison. He ought to slaughter and pillage, and seek every ounce of pleasure from life that he can. And, such a man, only killing him could suffice to end him. The very crime he committed then be levied on the executors of his judgment. It's only the logical outcome of such a man, having no way to be forgiven. And such a man has existed many times throughout history, and has pleasured himself with young girls, men's wives and even men and boys. Never suffering in their life, always being rewarded by his cohorts. They live in Africa, they live in Russia, they live all over the place, such men. And without Hell, such a behavior is logical. Without justice, of course you're not stupid enough to believe that it'd create less suffering in the world to allow such behaviors to exist. Therefore, justice is easy to believe in. Yet, it's so hard to achieve, as half the world's conscripts and nuclear weapons belong to such men as these. In what way would change such a man? It's only Christ. Who offers forgiveness, once and for all, and saves one, giving one a motive to live and therefore be beneficial for man and neighbor. As, the logical outcome for anyone who has murdered---knowing they will suffer for twenty to forty years, and without a plan for redemption---is only to reap as much destruction on the world, and therefore gain as much pleasure as they can. It can be only hedonism. Now, you understand the man I'm describing is wrong. Inherently, such a man ought not exist---and such a man is rare who'd be even capable of this. And this is evidence of the conscience of man, yet in that conscience lies the proof of God's existence. That most men are restrained by it. Yet, a slow backslide has occurred in other cultures to completely erase the conscience in large swaths of humanity. The conscience is by no means universal, and it can be inured or even removed. If Christ's forgiveness does not exist, and His law not preeminent, and His truth not supreme in the hearts of man, then what follows is the kind of man I just described for soon it would be necessary for all men to be murderers just to survive. It'd be the Cave Man wandering the desert, impregnating his wife, eating her fetuses, raping her---and there's no evidence that such a man ever existed, but rather the contrary is more often proven, that man from his inception---because we also observe it in the beasts---had compassion. You might say, "Aha! You've only proven my case." No... I have not. For a world of predators has existed in Rome and Tenochtitlan, where there was utter lawlessness and the complete indulgence in humanity's vices. So, there has been such men as the cave man just described. But, we know such a man is wrong because he creates suffering. Yet, to some men suffering is pleasurable, and such a man is often a murderer. So Christ is necessary for human kindness. To solidify the gaps in our justice, and to give men a hope beyond the Earth. Or, something to fear. For without it, man goes astray. Not because it's a fantasy to help men be better men, but because it's true that there must be eternal justice for a man, whether he be good or evil. And one principle of the Scripture is that all men are evil, for we cannot see the suffering we cause, but it inevitably is true that we do cause suffering. For it is compulsory. Thus, eternal salvation must rest upon Christ and Christ alone, for we have all caused enormous amounts of pain, and we are all guilty, so we must all likewise be saved by one Who was not. For the only way to redeem man, is to accept he is fallible, and therefore, give ourselves over to the knowledge that this world is cursed, and is not where we are meant to be. I go round this cycle to help you understand humanity more completely, and why you must be wrong. For, yes there are tidal waves, and yes there are starving children. But, those children starve---the gross majority of human catastrophe---due to insufficiencies in human kindness, and and a defiance of the Sabbatical laws which tell man to rest, and his land to rest. For, there is a command to rest in the Bible, and it's an important command. To rest in Christ. Because such a man needs Christ, and so does justice, and so do all of humanity's pleasures rely on there being a God, for what we've found in human agency is precisely the vices I just described. And those peoples who are rejuvenated by Christ, it shows that the very pleasures of love rely upon it. Yet, there is also pleasure in sin and because of that, there ought to be a hell.
Modern Wisdom is a Piano Tuner
Modern wisdom is a Piano Tuner, Who, knowing that slight variations in The piano's pitches---making them slightly Unsymmetrical---Makes a more pleasant Sounding piano scale. They then augment This knowledge as a general rule of Life---without first understanding that a Basic knowledge of the symmetry gets One closer to the object, than having None at all.---This, our wisdom and folly.
My Search for Absolute Truth
At the beginning of my journey I wrote stories about Utopia. I had planned it To create a working society. I had also destroyed that society. I also was steeped in number theory Throughout my tenure at High School. I understood numbers are subjective And are simply arbitrary placements--- Yet, when arranged they create symmetry And patterns which can be predicted with absolute certainty. I took Music Theory courses And found that symmetry was on a piano; I found that symmetry was in nature; I fond that symmetry---later in life--- Was also in aesthetics. Then, while sitting in my little guard shack, Drinking excesses of Green Tea, Air Conditioning blasting at its highest level, I took a piece of string and a quarter And I wrapped the string around the quarter. Then I measured it. It came out to about 3.14 inches. I then realized Pi is the diameter of a circle Whose circumference is one. Later in life, I bought Euclid's Elements And I studied them. I found certainty within the principles Of forming triangles, And later I would study the Quadratic Equation Picking it apart to see the formula and how it works. I would then study the principles of Calculus Then the principles of Phi, E and Pi. Discovering within them axioms of truth. I then discovered that same precision When reading William Wordsworth. That he conveyed a precise meaning; Yes it was layered in nuance, It was layered in obscure names of places and people, But it---with their associations of history--- It conveyed a certain message which was Undeniable. There could be no misinterpreting it When the language was studied And the words were taken for their meanings. I then studied Confucius, Mozi, Lao Tsu, Aristotle, Socrates, Plato,--- I read the mythologies of Greece The mythologies of Britain, The modern novels and literatures Of the last five hundred years. I discovered within them were principles That validated themselves through self evident Evaluation. And the closer they came to self evident truth The closer it resembled the LORD's. For within the logic of these writers Were the proofs of their arguments. That within their essays, novels and poems The self evident truths were proven. Then I found that even when an artist was obscure A meaning could be found. I found when someone spoke It could be understood No matter how complex it was. For truths are shared, and those same truths Being shared prove a universality of truth. That if one understands the truths And if given the right amount of education and time. The truths are there expressed Regardless of whether someone understands them or not. That truth is permanent, unwavering, Existing outside of us, and only to be discovered. That even within the meaning of words The mere fact that they are comprehended Validates an objective, metaphysical world Bound to a material world. I then discovered that in moral philosophy The Golden Rule was paramount And was itself a universal truth. That it was persuasive above all other truth And that from it, could be established a moral system. Yet I also found disagreement--- Yet, in the disagreement there was a certain degree Of Truth, that even if not expressed or persuaded Presided over our conversation. In effect, I found humans discover truths Both moral and physical, Yet there are truths they will not discover on their own. It became clear to me, that if I were to be a Christian, I must see if the truths discovered by these other philosophers Lined up with the truths I found in the Bible. And they always did. I found invisible strings Of connective tissue linking all events in the world To a moral philosophy which the great sages had observed. Yet each of them were wrong in very specific ways But only one man, Jesus Christ Had discovered the whole of truth... Even when He said, "I come not to bring peace, but the sword." That there is a time when even good men must fight. For overreaching all truths Was that sin creates suffering in the world. And that is why it is sin. For the more people sin, the more people suffer, Until cataclysmic shifts in societies, by wars and purges and pestilences Created by belligerence or negligence Whether it be by the people's sociopathic aggression Or their mistreatment of the soil to bring on famine or locuts, Or their laziness which causes the environs to be foul and dirty And thus creates disease. For Thomas Jefferson said, "We hold these truths to be self evident," And lo, truth is self evident. For truth, if we tap into it, Is a means to prevent the human race from suffering. And if we tap into that truth, We eerily find, more and more, it validates The supreme command of scripture. For the atheists say, "God cannot be Omniscient, "Omnibenevolent, Omnipresent, and Omnipotent." They would be right, except if God Himself Dwelt in Three Persons, which each could Attain to these attributes all at once And exist separate, yet equal and also altogether one. And I had found, in the end, That my search ended with the Man Jesus Christ. For what He lived, and died, and suffered, And conquered, and raised from, It is a story which resonates with the ages And all of the knowledge of civilizations. It all resonates, in a collective whole, And when one takes all of man's theories And cognitions, and ideas and bring them together--- As men collectively can pinpoint every truth all the time--- All of the mythologies, all of the knowledge, All of the stories, the histories, the rapid shifts in mankind and their movements, All knowledge, source and wisdom, It all becomes hinged on the one fulcrum Of that Man Jesus Christ.
Sherwood
He speaks his sermon upon the lector Stool, which raised his foot in the height of air; He was then taken to Vanity-Fair. He preached the word of God; with spectators Furious; with the local prefectures, Who petitioned the bobby to arrest Him by their wicked tongues of flatteries--- And so against England's laws they rebelled. To the prison he was taken, and showed Himself locked in the dungeons, so confined He, within that station---steep bruise---was smote. While wicked Parliament through rebel plight Pleads for racial violence to make blood flow--- That England by her fraud turns law to show.
Trojan War
Helen of Tyre Write the story Of the Trojan War; Tell of that great Nebuchadnezzar's Besiegement of And the breaking in Of the inner wall With that horse of Mythic Legend.
The Rainbow
When the Lugbutqs chose the Rainbow They tempted God, saying, "You shall never destroy the Earth again." Thus, they marched with pride. Yet, the scripture says our world will be destroyed by fire. Last night I saw a great war Where those on the left and right Fought their bloody war. And soon, a Super Heroine Launched the weapons of fire. For, judgment is lost, And none know right from wrong. And this unloving culture Cultivated by the Lugbutqs Will erupt in the fire. And we, being man, Shall enact God's judgment on our own.
The Trinity
In order for God to exist He must exist in the form of the Trinity. The Spirit and Word are omnipresent Holding together all creation. The Son validates God's Omnipotence That He can Indeed Limit Himself Yet also simultaneously increase His own power. And His Omniscience is found in the Father Who exists as the Ancient of Days Who bestows wisdom---the First of God's Creation--- And His Son, the Word Made Flesh, Who gives man thought. Thus, if there were a God He Must exist in Three Persons In order to not contradict His attributes. And He cares about who you sleep with Because He cares about love. There can be no love in casual sex. For monogamy between a married man and woman Is the most beautiful thing on the planet. And that God is Omnibenevolent, First God comes to reconcile the World And second God comes to Judge it. For justice must have both mercy and punishment.