Amenhotep, you Fly with your chariots, yon That Nuweiba beach. Yet, the walls of water crash Down upon you, and the Jews They flee to Sinai.
A Dream
There were laity surrounding a prophet, But a laywoman wanted to interpret,---she insisted. The prophet huffed to this laywoman, "But if I am unable, "I am good for nothing, for I am a prophet." Then, the laity all mocked, and drew knives to kill the prophet. But the prophet's Father saw just how wicked the laity were! So, the prophet leapt from the terrace, to escape his listeners' wrath And was met there, at the nadir, by a lengthy, blind snake. The blind snake was proud, and buzzed his knape, And was exceedingly wicked. The Prophet cried out to God And he was heard, and was delivered from the snake Through his foresight of the Snake's awful, wicked plans. Sure, the prophet had a little pride, but murder was never his intent; Thus will God judge the Laity who do this to a prophet, By driving him away from his apportioned lot. For if you make the prophet sorry for his job in this life, what shall he there gain?
Silly Dove
Oh. you silly dove. Your heart is a mind for love And you amble everywhere Searching for a heart to share In your beautiful heart... Simple things, in that mind dart To and fro, who shall coo like you And where to alight and find fruit? For you are unlike other birds You silly dove... for first Upon your mind is true love As is the innocence of a dove That first and foremost on her mind Is love, to be shared with in time. For it is so with all the righteous That they primarily search for lucious Truth, and deep seeded friendship And their Turtledove, with courtship They dance their mating ritual And finally, they come to mutual Acquaintanceship And finally the most intimate touch of relationship.
Judgmental
Of all the things I Hate in our modern world, I have to say there's Good, too. A man, being who He truly is, is not judged.
A Lament for Zion’s Prince and Prophetess
Oh, thou Prince? You say, "The meat shall stay in the cauldron." For, in your heart you figure it is unclean for the people To be plucked out of Zion, and taken to foreign lands. For, they shall throw a bag over your head, and dig through your walls And take you to Babylon, where you shall be killed and dishonored. For, you believe, "The priest shan't pluck the sacrificial portion "From the pot, while the sacrifice is being prepared, "So shall the people of Zion be behind her impenetrable wall." Ezekiel is saying, it is not so. You shall be taken alive, and killed. So also the Prophetesses, who do their vain dance, Trying to catch a soul with a pillow---I still cannot understand it And shan't be allowed to, for it is pure mischief and sorcery; No, it is but vanity, and delusion. You hop forth, and try to capture souls And you prophesy to the LORD's people vain visions to cause them sadness. They come to you for the truth, and you whisper to them, "Oh, you are wicked, wicked, a man of trembling!" But the LORD did not make him sad! Then, you go to the wicked man, and promise him all prosperity All freedom, all assurance in his vice, for he struggles with sin And you slyly smile that he has his demons and they rule over him Just like yours rule over thou.
Oh Peleg!
Oh, you Neolithic Civilization, With your bone furniture, Spread across the world, Worshipping your Venus. Even in the Americas Are you found. Until, you are not. Then, there comes the divide. Oh Peleg! What did you witness! Soon the Clovis civilization springs up But, what had happened? Where did The old World,---the worshippers of the Titans--- Where did they go? Greek Pantheon, Your war between gods and Titans. The eldest Pantheon, remnants are remembered. Slaughter, Grecia, the Semetic gods! Canaan, Carthage, Moab, Your gross Gods will be destroyed.
Thou Swallow
Thou Swallow, you fly within my breadth, And I ponder,---twice yonder you swoon,--- The curse which shall soon descend upon me. Yet, thou hast caused my foot to stir And my ambling to tarry, So that the carriage which was at my back Was saved from the other one careening down Front Street. So, by thy shrill warnings, thou hast caused me to be a blessing Upon some stranger I nary knew. For, by spying me, a pedestrian on her port side, It left just enough time to see the other car Which travelled at twenty-five knots. Had I not been there, I know not--- Perhaps it would have rent her asunder. I see no other way... but by providence's hand I walk with blessing, and what would be a curse is turned.
Fairytale
The shadow you are creeps from me; Eternal utterances, and restless sleep. I dream of you every night, The magic you spin to make the demons arise. You tell me to sit at your feet, And by thy shadow beneath thee. I walk for three hundred years Doing good deeds, voiceless, And I cannot be cheered. The songs of the elderberry sings so sweet, But you view me as if a woman Falling into a bog filled with leech. For you envision me as the one Who cast the bread on the ground To step on it with my new shoes proud, But then do I fall into the hell below And my only hope to turn into a bird and go home? Or, am I a lad, sailing to Eden And when I get there, I'm in eternal heaven Only to run after the beautiful bride And lose in one day my eternal paradise? Fairytales I sing to you Have not a happy ending, oh so very few... For I admit I have broken my trust In my own hands, so how do I love? If my life were Romance would I be Romeo? If my life were a tragedy, would I be Lear? If my life were reality, would I be Christian? If my life were a sitcom, would I be Brandon? So, give to me at least, my one happy story And I'll spin a fairytale so pleasant. For if my life were a fairytale, Would I survive? Or would I be the hare who snubbed the hedgehog And while running my eternal race die? I don't know.
I Cast My Crown
This Poem is about all my haters Inspired by Crown the Empire's "Menace". You call me a "worthless F*ck" I ask "Is that what you call love?" And do you love your brother enough? When you're alone, and wandering, And I'm in places you'll never see, We'll ask each other Why did God make us free? And when I look at you I'm going to know it was your attitude Which as a teenager, I admit I did have, But as a grown ass adult, I lost it all, Had I been like you, a hateful little worm, I still don't say you're evil But speak saccharine sweet Which causes me cancer Though we will never meet; Until that day when the stars all will fall And the sun snuffed out, My love is ignited for all... Where will I be? My verse is so pure? It proved God has loved me And you were so cursed? I still say, I love you my dear, And if you'd just listen I'll have you some cheer That if you simply would practice what you say you do preach You wouldn't be writing so many songs about me.
Native Cave Paintings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDu2rUoT2NM Zelinka, Peter. Mysterious Pictographs of the Southwest. YouTube.com, 2021. Web. The Human Imagination is priceless. It has great potentials for creativity. And even at this early stage in history, it could get very surreal. How ever much this is true, there's still common archetypes in these cave drawings. Giants. Bug creatures. Pinocchios---just humans with elongated noses. The murals were made around 1300AD, from what I understand. Which, at that time, the religions of the Americas had a lot of strange looking figures in it. You can see the Aztec gods and goddesses are very strange. These are no different. However, they might mean something different, which I'll get into. Very interesting stuff. Human imaginations at work... So, draw from the imagery common themes in human imagination. The sideways mouth of the giant 3:56 is something I myself have imagined. It's just something that turns up independently in my daily musings. I don't know why. But, there's also a common mythology of a World Tree in both Mayan and Norse cultures, which could have no contact with each other whatsoever. Why do they both have a world tree? I don't know. But, I think certain patterns of subconscious bring those ideas out, because only so much is possible for us to imagine. As great as this is, there's certain limitations on what we can draw, or represent with images. My favorite image is the negative space where there's a woman 6:04 underneath the armpit of the owl creature. She even gets formed into a body. This is some Grade A art. Definitely among the best I've seen, even for today's standards. Some other universal images are the Broad Shoulders of the Chiefs. 8:30. When we think of authority, we think of broad shoulders. You have to understand, also, that some of these images utilize negative space to complete the images. I'm looking at one right now, where I can see it's a man and woman, just by the negative space and what's not there. I can see the hair of the woman becoming more defined in the negative space of the image. I can even see faces cleft out of the rock, defined by some of the lines of the paintings (whether by natural erosion, or intentional, I don't know). Very beautiful. A testament to the human Imagination, and the Logos at work. It's just the possibilities. As much as is here, I don't really see anything new. You know what I mean? There's just a lot of common archetype and symbology and even though some of it is disturbing---the Shadow in all of us is disturbing---what is depicted here is a battle between the light and the dark. Twisted and enigmatic figures are overcome by nature. I think that's the meaning of this, too. It's a fight between subconscious fears and the peace and harmony of the natural and real world. In all estimations, it's a lot like my mythology of Fairyland. A battle between subconscious demons in all their grossness, (Judge not lest you be judged; and remove the log in your own eye before you see to remove the mote from another) and the real, natural and beautiful world.