Think Before You Accuse

Where is the light that shone in your eyes, brightened your smile and lent
cheerfulness to your voice?
Has Suspicion, Anger, and Disbelief,  left you embittered and without a choice?
How often must the rain fall, before the Sun is allowed to shine?
From what dark place and upon what grounds, have your suspicions led you, to
state, that THIS work is not mine?
Why have you treated me unfairly and with such egregious contempt and disdain?
Perhaps, you reveled at the thought, that you were going to serve me... a delectable
and simmering dish of Pain?
I ask these questions, because I truly cannot begin to fathom or to understand...
Your misguided and ill thoughts, unceasingly begging... to make a grandstand.
There is neither merit, or an iota of "Truth", to the volley of accusations
you have thus made...
Undoubtedly, the voracity of such a pursuit, was an attempt, to call a spade a spade.
Ahhh, how sad it truly is, that you have demonstrated such a tenuous grasp on reality
Yet, it will not suffice to answer the question...What have I done,to deserve all this negativity?
Do you think that I am incapable of penning a poem, engaging in profound literary discourse or
speaking in prose?
Why should I be compelled to prove myself to you, when you can't distinguish your toes from
your nose?
You cannot confine and attempt to define me according to your misguided perceptions
It only bespeaks of a disconcerting need on your part to exercise some form of rejection.
I am more sad than hurt...that the real truth of the matter is that you do not KNOW me.
You never did and most likely you never will.
5/30/2013

Yesterday's Door

When we hold on to a painful memory
We never truly allow our hearts to be free
I ventured forth to open yesterday's door
Yet, fearful of the pain, I'd feel once more
As if in a trance, I  reached for the doorknob
Whilst my heart shuddered back, a painful sob
I flung the door quickly, until it was opened wide
I tried not to look. Oh, how I wanted to hide!
Here, I stood in front of Yesterday's door
Like a weary ship, abandoned and wrecked
upon a rocky shore
I didn't want to look and I didn't want to see
But deep down inside, Oh, how I yearned to be Free!
I opened my eyes ever so slowly, but to a great surprise
A promise of a New Dawn....Love's New Sunrise
I basked in the warmth of its wondrous glow
With a revelation, to which I now....Know
The truth about LOVE is quite simple and plain,
LOVE, in its true essence....is never in vain.

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Freedom's Quest

Voices of dissension echo across the land
As Freedom boldly makes a stand
In Truth and Justice do we afford
To brandish the light of Freedom's sword
Unshackling the chains of Inhumanity
IS but a step towards...Being FREE
First, we must... unlock and unbind
Ideas that enslave the spirit and mind.
Tell me stranger, can you recognize her face?
To what purpose, do you seek Freedom's embrace?
At what price and length, will you commit your life?
To rid humanity of  its Ignorance and Strife?
For World Peace.... and hopefully in return
A chance for Freedom's truth and eternal flame to burn.

*Dedicated to all soldiers of the United States Military Forces. International Armed Forces, and those Fallen Heros and their families... who paid the ultimate price and sacrifice, in defending the right to be FREE.
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Only In God's Hands

Sometimes in Life, we are dealt a difficult hand
Nothing is coming up roses, and things are far from grand
MISERY, a constant companion, invades our thoughts
each day
DOUBT, a relentless stranger, coaxes our hearts to stray
BITTERNESS, a vile accomplice, dictates the words we say
We have but only to place our troubles, in God's loving hands
Shouldering our burdens, to where our Redeemer's Cross stands
The TRUTH, is plain and simple, yet for many, it is hard to see
That God, without fail, has always been there, for You and for Me
In our weary and  darkest hour, we will need him all the more
For GOD is a beacon of steadfast HOPE, that guides us safely ashore

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