Monthly Archives: April 2016

You Were not Built in a Day

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You were not built in a day!
It’s taken your lifetime to get you this way!
You were not built in a day!

You can’t improve over night!
Sure, you get better, but still see a plight!
You can’t improve overnight!

Perfect in every way!
God knows the truth in the world he creates!
Perfect in every way!

You are a vessel of light!
Through moments and lifetimes, a Spirit so bright!
You are a vessel of light!

You were not built in a day!
But God is the potter, and you are the clay!
You were not built in a day!

Day 5 of
NaPoWriMo.

Adopted (Villanelle)

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Adopted to a kind of outer space,
We soon forget the land that is our home
To be a member of the human race.

We wear a mask and cover up the face
That God creates for each one of his own –
Adopted to a kind of outer space.

How quickly we take on the pressing pace
And work to please the world of flesh and bone
To be a member of the human race.

We push away the gifts and gentle grace
For what is seen and heard and touched and known
Adopted to a kind of outer space.

We try to carve ourselves a special place,
And build a life more solid than a stone
To be a member of the human race.

Yet even though we miss the warm embrace,
The God-within proclaims we’re not alone.
Adopted to a kind of outer space,
To be a member of the human race.

A villanelle
for NaPoWriMo day 4.

Also shared at
Dverse | OpenLinkNight #175

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In every challenge…

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This post from Purplerays inspired today’s
NaPoWriMo entry.
Thank you!

Challenge

Something to give
And good to receive.
Things to let go
And blessings to keep.
Challenge is change
But not what it seems.
Draw from the Spirit within.

Something to pick
And new life to grow.
Things to transform
And colors to show.
Challenge is work
Much more than we know.
Draw from the Spirit within.

Something to drop
And good to take up.
Things to pour out
To refill this cup.
Challenge is flowing
So don’t hold it up!
Draw from the Spirit within.

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– (~Zen Garden~)

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With or Without

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Instrument: Tempo – Seagull Excursion Folk Acoustic Guitar

1. With or without
Time and money
With or without
Hugs and honey
With or without
Being funny
I am here right now.
Refrain:

2. With or without
Work and sharing
With or without
People caring
With or without
Ever daring
I am here right now.
Refrain:

The great ascent to eternal life.
The big event when we realize
That the Truth is always ours to hold,
And God is living in the soul, every soul!

3. With or without
Stress and worry
With or without
All the hurry
With or without
Feeling blurry
I am here right now.
Refrain:

Repeat 1.

You are here right now.
We are here right now.
With or without
Be here now!

Refrain:
And the key, the key
Is to take this gift,
The one we call the present
And to be, to be
Someone who uplifts
And makes the great ascent!

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Without the Within

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Four Steps to “Be Here Now”

Can’t Take It with You when You Go

Web of Disconnect

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The worldwide web is wonderful!
It reaches round the earth
And disconnects the families
We’re given to at birth.

The worldwide web is precious!
It’s full of love and peace
‘Cause the grass is always greener
Where we don’t live and breathe.

The worldwide web is warming!
It comforts and it heals
Through blessed commiseration
For all of life’s ordeals.

The worldwide web is real!
The people say it’s so.
We plant the seeds together
So our agenda grows.

The worldwide web is wonderful!
A tool we can direct,
So may we cut the threads that bind
The web of disconnect!

Unprompted poem for
NaPoWriMo.

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We Are One

The Weaver’s Prayer

Threads of Creativity

Center

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Intelligent Lifeforce, Essence, Creator, Source
All Cosmic Conscious
Divine, Eternal, Infinite – Within Us!

—

Somewhat like
Haiku,
a “lune” is a poetic form with 3 lines. This variant is 3-5-3 words, rather than syllables.

Unless you’re writing one, these are best read and used in meditation or contemplation, and not analyzed! 😮

From the daily prompt for
NaPoWriMo!