The Swimmer

 I'm not yours 

Like it used to be

Now I'm just lost 

Swimming 

In rough seas 

Clutching onto your memories 

Like a broken tree 

To keep me afloat 

In this now 

Gentle breeze

But I know 

When I really look 

At that tree

My old love 

Loved to be quiet 

Loved to be loud

 

Loved to be kind 

But 

Sometimes 

in the twilight 

Lost and floating at sea

I also know 

Her old

Love still blows my mind 

Wherever it takes me 

Wherever I go

Even though

It's like a tree 

Covered with a philosopher's

soul disease 

As I look for शम्भल 

Also known as

Śambhala 

In the lost lands of 

Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring

A mythical place 

I now float to 

Where the brokenhearted 

Gather in huge burning 

Paranormal circles 

To sing 

(C)

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The Christmas Prayer

 

There's an incredible woman I once knew 

Who suddenly appeared
One Sunday afternoon 

Right out of its
Ether and Blue 

We lived and walked on kind or mean streets 

Made of fire and ice
In all known weathers 

It was like rare miracle
A true unique paradise 

Before our happiness
Paid the fatal price 

For like all good things 

We came under attack
And The Principalities 

Destroyed it with their dark knife 

Worried
Vexed
Harassed
Irritated
Confused

And frustrated 

We fell like lightning from our heaven 

Never again
To be together 

But then a low whisper Came to me

Skipping and dancing
Like Heidi 

Throughout all the inner corridors 

Of my mind 

In a dream
With no name 

It whispered

Say these words 

When day breaks or when the night falls 

To cleanse your soul of anything dark 

That calls 

Lord God, my Protector and
Savior 

I pray for Your protection and salvation 

As my days and nights left
In numbers 

Fall 

For you are my shield
My place 

My refuge and under Your wings 

I pray for peace against all those things 

The Principalities use 

So I can look past that darkness 

And remember the love
I still have for my muse 

And then it faded
Like a setting sun 

I wrote down that prayer
For it lingered so 

Begging to be captured
In case others needed to hear 

Or know it's rapture 

Its powerful song
To help right old wrongs 

For I see her now
Standing so strong 

In visions 

Like Deborah in The Old Testament

Heaven sent 

As I thank the Lord
Day and night in prayer 

For the strength

In making his Presence
Felt 

To then revisit memories
That never left 

Those beautiful ones
I still treasure 

The ones we
Created and
Forever meant 

(C)
Copyright John Duffy 

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Do we get visited by those we still love?

(A lone voice whispers)

I always used to wonder

Where do  

Robins go to sleep

Then one dark night 

Within a deep all-consuming  

Lucid dream

At approximately one o'clock

A beautiful deity  

Appeared out of the mists

Wearing a blue and white coat

Holding a Lily  

And a shining lantern

Across its shoulder

A golden trumpet and a branch from Paradise

On its golden belt  

Hung a scepter and a silver scroll

As it strolled towards me

Within my illustrious sleeping streams

A strange palace of absolute darkness

Where no birds  

Flew or squawked

It's mysterious ever watchful  

Eyes

Held me firmly transfixed

Like  

An ethereal heavenly hawk

Its bright white orbs  

Swallowed me whole

As it whispered  

Words

I'll remember  

Until I'm old

Within the light of day  

We appear

Your beloved and even I

To watch over  

And visit you

To see and follow  

All that you do

When we  

The blessed few

Waiting in the new 

Spectacular 

Bright white lights

In the glorious cathedrals of Atmos 

Shadowy arch

Cross over  

When allowed a brief time

Before we are eventually  

Reunited in a new form

To rejoice in hymn

Within your All Highs  

Divine Church

Depending upon  

The faith of your choice

To visit those we still  

Love

To leave a sign or sing  

A sonnet

Happily with echoes of our new voice as we too mourn  

  

Then in here  

At darkness

In  

The Great In-Between  

A place you all visit  

Whenever you fall asleep

In deep dreams  

We always appear

For real spiritual shapeshifters

Like us

Never really sleep

We just transform into Robins

Through a supernatural technique

For sometimes they are merely vessels

We use

Just one of our everlasting souls keeps

So if you see one  

And it sings

Looking straight at you

Remember this

It's a just a beloved love one

Maybe even me  

Archangel Gabriel

Channeling  

Through

And with that beautiful closing  

Line

It disappeared quietly

Back into the receding winds that whined

Of the Hidden Divine

And when I awoke at eight

I'm sure it met me

Sat on my garden's old wooden gate

My beautiful friend

Who loves to sit on the washing line

Whispering and singing

Hello

Sending shivers and  

Tingling

Shooting

As I remember that dream

All the way

Up and down  

My sinuous  

spine  

(C)  

Copyright John Duffy

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(A lone voice sings)

Hosanna 

Hosanna

 There's a dark hole 

In the middle of my soul 

And my beloved mother 

Still lives in there 

And I carry her 

Around 

Everywhere 

I go 

Hosanna 

Hosanna 

She climbs out at midnight 

When sleep 

I can no longer 

Fight  

Hosanna 

Hosanna

And sits on my chest 

Dressed in her Sunday best

Always

Hidden right out of sight 

Hosanna 

Hosanna 

Whispering 

Strange spells 

That bind me 

In total bondage 

To an old age 

When she once lived 

Hosanna 

Hosanna

And we were so happy 

Together 

Especially at Christmas 

When life 

Still 

Had so much to give 

Hosanna 

Hosanna

But now she's died 

And instead of saying 

Goodbye 

And sending her crying  

To The Dark Lands 

Of No Sound 

Where I'll forever 

Miss her 

Hosanna 

Hosanna 

Lost in a fissure 

In time 

Where the Black Nightingales 

Fly 

I just carry her 

Around 

Now

In a dark hole 

In the middle of my soul 

A beautiful place 

 

Painted

With memories 

And home 

To a stunning spirit

I've always known 

Hosanna 

Hosanna

My mother 

Who I'll carry around 

Until the end of my time

And when I'm called 

To The Dark Lands 

Of No Sound 

She can climb out 

My soul 

Hosanna 

Hosanna 

So we can run around 

Hand in hand

Singing songs of happiness 

Filled with 

Hosanna 

Hosanna 

To break the silence 

To echo into eternity 

All over  

Those sacred grounds

As we wait for 

Strength 

Reassurance 

And his holy spiritual 

Guidance

Singing 

Forever 

Forever 

Forever 

Hosanna 

Hosanna 

Hosanna

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Channeling Yeshua

 (A lone voice whispers)

And so I left my old safe world

On Christmas Day

Behind

And looked for a new one 

In the dark and deep realms 

Of a broken mankind

Sent by my 

Father 

Most High 

To teach 

Before I died

To try to save all those 

Who for salvation 

In the Wilderness

Cry

To change the unconscious vibration of Humankind

And all that 

I could touch 

Reach 

Or find 

Sent to bring 

Peace of mind 

To the sick 

Disabled 

Blind 

Or those held 

In bondage 

By the grip of evil 

Spellbind 

My birth name 

Was Yeshua 

Once sent to tear down 

The old ways 

And give birth to hope 

On Earth 

From the ruins

Glad to meet you 

And so I ask 

In the words of your popular tongues 

Spanish 

French and English

¿Me vas a acoger -hoy y todos los días- para tratar de salvarte del pecado?

Allez-vous m'accueillir - aujourd'hui et tous les jours - pour essayer de vous sauver du péché?

Are you going to welcome me in - today and every day - to try to save you from sin?

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

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A Christmas Angel called Serenity

  

(A lone voice whispers)  

Like a heart's favorite childhood melody

She appeared to me

Walking harmoniously  

Like Lady Serenity

Straight out of the shadows of the fading lights

As the clouds parted  

As if asked by Moses

In the dark skies  

At midnight  

All she asks for  

She said  

  

With her bright glistening eyes  

No man or beast  

Can deny as time  

Flies  

Her opulence and grace  

Lit up my face  

When she appeared at my staying place  

And if she's feeling kind  

And kisses you

On your cheek

Like she did mine  

So gently

With a candy-sweet smile

That glows with tints of eloquence and obsession

That's so deliciously elegant

You'll feel a subtle transference of energy

A synergy of goodness and kindness

Tied up in a bow

That will follow you  

Like a rainbow

Everywhere  

You go  

Have you too  

Seen this elemental testament

To spiritual redevelopment  

Yet  

For now this  

If you haven't

Angels do appear  

Every day

To the mournful guilty or truly innocent

To try to answer prayers  

Which are heaven sent

For prayers  

Sent up to the clouds

Must be answered  

In time

And never declined

To try to stop the torture and torment  

In someone's mind  

So this Christmas  

Find some time  

As it flows  

And who knows  

The Angel who looks like Lady Serenity  

Could appear to you  

And give you a gift

To carry forever

Into eternity  

No matter where your life  

Goes  

  

  

  

(C)  

Copyright John Duffy

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Calvary Dreams

 

(A lone voice whispers)

I heard your voice
Today 

On Christmas Day 

That old well-loved

Familiar sound 

 
Whenever 
I pressed play 

So soft and sweet
I couldn't sleep 

But stand still
Weep and repeat 

Why does God
Give you such grief

Whenever
I hear her voice 

To then stand still 

In disbelief 

And then I remembered
Calvary 

A dark place
In human history 

Hanging
Painted 

In so many
Art Galleries 

So much wrong
Done to one 

So strong 

One crucified
For Mankind 

To sing a new song 

A new song
So all
Could belong 

To the light 

When their time came 

And they could no longer fight 

So now
Whenever

I hear your sweet voice 

Or your name
On Christmas Day 

Like today 

That familiar sound 
When I find the courage 

To press play 

To reminisce
About my true love 

On that special day 

And her incredible captivating spirituality 

I just know you're safe

Smiling down
Looking my way 

My beloved
Still loved 

Wife called
Valerie

Because Jesus died
For me and you 

Even though
Crucified 
By Evil 

But never alone 

At Calvary 

So we could all rise 

With the call of the
Golden Trombone 

To atone
To then enter 

Our true home

Under Gods 

Super Dome 

(C)
Copyright John Duffy 

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If Poetry had a voice

So

Exploit 

Use and maul me 

As your spirits mouthpiece 

To create your masterpiece

All you who are depleted or weighed down 

With emotional or spiritual grief

And I will try to grant you 

A precious taste of celestial release

So you can discover a consecrated constitution 

To lead you 

To much-needed sacred grounds 

Of respite and inner peace 

© John Duffy 

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A Passage from The Book of Tobias

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Friendship.

 

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