. Poetry from The Great In-Between

Sunday, August 9, 2026

Redemption

(A lone voice whispers) 



Haunted by demons

Judged by the religious


I walk the path of the righteous


For God doesn't just treasure those loyal churchgoers


He really seeks those broken 


Words reflecting a powerful theme of redemption. 


Showing a struggle between human judgment and divine grace. 


Suggesting that true faith lives in the broken and the seeking, not in the flawless.


For when the religious crowd judges you. They rely on outer rules and clean facades.


For they miss the inner battle and inner Demons.


As you carry past scars and deep struggles. 


Feeling haunted by mistakes or doubts


But still courageously try to walk the Path of the Righteous.


Still trying to do what is right. Walking forward despite the pain.


For with Divine Grace. 


God values the broken heart. 


He wants those searching for healing over those who think they are already whole.


Overcome by Pride. 


For pretending to be perfect blocks true growth. 


And admitting your flaws opens the door to grace.


For overcoming Shame. Demons lose their power when brought into the light.


 Seeking salvation is an act of courage, not weakness.


For true Righteousness is not a badge of honour.


 It is a daily choice to turn toward God while broken.


Blessed be.


(C)

Copyright John Duffy




The man in black

 


One for my visitors


 

Are you ready

 



Don't miss me...

 


Remember me

 


Saturday, August 8, 2026

The Spirit Guide

 


(A lone voice whispers) 


I’m the low whisper

Heard so faintly


In the frequencies

In-between


I move through winds of change

In your metamorphosis


Callin’ you back from sin

If you just let me in


Singin’ love songs softly

Helpin’ hearts to mend


Guidin’ lonely lovers

Back to where they began


I’m the ocean

You can swim in

The warmth when you feel cold


Though I walk in silent spaces

I’m stronger than you know


I’m your spirit guide

Walkin’ right by your side


Through the dark and the light


I’ll be there every night

I’m your spirit guide


Though you can’t see my face

When you call out in prayer


I’ll be there

In that place


I’m the strength you carry

Like steel deep in your soul


A midnight sky that’s shining

A treasure you can hold


I’m the smile on your lips

That shiver down your spine


That gentle touch you feel

When love comes right on time


In every tear you’ve cried

There’s a blessing close behind


A voice that never sleeps

Always right on time

 

I’m your spirit guide

Walkin’ every road you take


Through your fears and your faith

Through every heart that breaks


I’m your spirit guide…

In the silence I remain


Every whisper you hear

Callin’ out your name


Ohhh

When you’re dreamin’

I’m the river flowin’ through


Plantin’ seeds

Helpin’ you become you


A purple flower growin’

In your life’s stream


Followin’ you

Through every dream


I’m your spirit guide

Through the wild and the calm


On the tides of your life

Keep on holdin’ on


I’m your spirit guide

Sent from up above


Every step that you take

You’re surrounded by love


Though you may not see me

I’m always close by


A secret friend

From up high


And someday

We will meet


‘Cause I’m your eternal…

Spirit guide


(C) 

Copyright John Duffy


The Ghost of Love

 



(A lone voice whispers) 


I may be a memory... Of Christmases past..


Of wonderful times... That still linger...

And still last...



I may be... A beautiful lost sonnet...

Echoing in the distance...


Making a quiet noise...

Across fields..


Of forgotten golden dreams...


An extraordinary love song...

You may still hear...


Above the nightly screams...


I may be...

A low whisper...

Speaking comforting...


Illuminating truths...


Within your beloved mind...


A treasured memory...

You still revisit...


Maybe...

All the time...


I may be all these things...

And so many..


Many more...


But even though...

I'm not standing beside you...


Anymore...


Just remember...

It's you...


Only you...

I'll always adore...


All my treasured memories...

May feel painful...


As they come rushing through...

Those familiar doors...


Yet when the tears arrive...

And old shadows gather..


Know that I am near...

Waiting beside the unopened rooms...


Your heart still fears to enter...


A light beyond the doorway...


A hand within the darkness...


A gentle voice...

Among the silence...


And when forgotten emotions...

Rise from the depths...


Like waves upon a moonlit shore...


I shall walk beside you...

Through every hidden corridor...


Every trembling memory...

Every sacred wound...


For I am not truly gone...


I have simply learned...

How to watch over you...

From here...


And whenever you remember me...


Look beyond your sorrow...

And listen...


For my love still lingers...


In the quiet spaces between worlds...


(C) 

Copyright John Duffy


The Blue Apocalypse

A whisper from a soul trapped in a cold, lonely purgatory.


Conjured from someone burning with fire in the falling rain and snow. 


Someone trapped between pain and numbness, fighting a blue apocalypse while an empty void tells them not to feel.



(A lone voice whispers) 


Sometimes…

These ripples…

Of purgatory fire…


Still burning…

After I died…


Sometimes blowing out


These ripples of purgatory fire

That burn deep inside


Like a raging inferno

Before I died


The suffering…

Of standing here alone


In this ever-falling

Soul-purging rain


Compelled to think

By forces unknown


I remember…

A long-forgotten name


Echo waves from yesterday

Wrapped in pleasure, wrapped in pain


Still I’m forced…

To remain…



Burning in the rain

Fire in my veins


Heaven feels so far away


Still I rise through the pain


I’m burning in the falling rain and snow

Trying to heal what I don’t know


This blue apocalypse feels so real

But the void keeps telling me… don’t feel

(C) 

Copyright John Duffy

Are you still here?

 


You never will ever know me. 


For I'm beyond anything you've ever felt or seen. 


Just writing strange stories from the Great In-Between. 


Does this resonate? 


The words just flowed for you to absorb. 


Maybe I am writing about you as I feel you. 


(A lone voice whispers) 




Mmm… yeah…

Blessed be. 

Velumbound


Oh…


You are my book of revelations

Every page, a divine creation


My alpha… my omega

My rebirth through every weather


You’re the rhythm in my heartbeat

Soft and sacred when you hold me


Life and death inside your eyes

Heaven wrapped in your sighs


And if you walk away from me…

Oh, what would I be?


If your faith in me is gone…


Tell me how do I go on?

 

You’re my hoooope… and my jooooy


My night… and my daaaay

Don’t you ever drift away


You’re my liiight… when I’m loooost

The only truth I can’t deny


You’re my reason why

Oh stay… stay… don’t fade away


You’re the song my soul can’t destroy


My hope… my joy… 


If you leave, I’d be in shadows

Dancing with my broken echoes


Every prayer would sound your name

Every tear would fall the same


You’re the fire in my silence

Calm within my storm of violence


Only you have ever known

The child inside I’ve never shown


So if in me you don’t believe…

That’s all I’d ever need


To fall apart, to lose my way…

Don’t let love just fade to grey…


You’re my hoooope… and my jooooy

My night… and my daaaay


Don’t you ever drift away

 You’re my liiight… when I’m loooost


The only truth I can’t deny

You’re my reason why


Oh stay… stay… don’t fade away

You’re the song my soul can’t destroy


My hope… my joy…


(Oh baby…)

You’re the one…

Playing chords straight through my heart…


(Yeah…)

You loved the soul inside of me…

Set that little soul free…


Don’t you know… don’t you know…

You’re everything…



You’re my hoooope… and my jooooy

My night… my day…


Don’t you ever walk away


You’re my liiight… when I’m loooost

My truth… my flame…


Calling out your name…


Stay… stay… right here with me


You’re the only love I can’t destroy

My hope… my joy… 


(My hope… my joy…)

Don’t leave me…


(You’re my night… my day…)

Stay… yeah…


(I bet you couldn't stop reading. You do know I... Well, I'll leave it there.) 


(C) 

Copyright John Duffy


Redemption