Voices in the Night

(A lone voice whispers)

My only love

May you remember me 

As I soar

With a heart that gleams 

Like a rare Atlantis diamond

My love 

Even though separated 

By this Great In-Between

Which for you 

Alone in my incredible memories cathedrals 

Alabaster halls 

I still scream for

I know one glorious day 

We'll be together again 

For I'll climb all known or unknown mountains

To find you 

For a new start 

To ask even the highest gods and goddesses 

The Elementals of the Universe 

Why we were so tragically torn apart

Swim the Black Rivers of Golgotha 

Filled with pink shoals of ravenous piranha

To reach the edges of Sheol or Nirvana

Death might have taken me so strongly

Extinguished my lit candle 

So wrongly 

But Love exists forever

When found 

Lives on with delight Into the longest of dark nights

Even if one walks on Heaven's high ground 

Or underground in Hell 

Or just stuck in-between 

By an occult spell 

Fate might have led me to stand on these grey ash-filled shores of Death 

I may now sing 

Poetic lullabies 

Lost in The Second Kingdom 

To the watching 

Gathered in revolving circles 

Lost souls

Where 

With time 

There comes 

Judgment then freedom 

Molded to rise up to Heaven

So here 

O Sacred Muse 

I'll wait in your memories gardens

Since 

I am yours 

A true love story

Standing alone on these 

Yellow shores 

Waiting by Purgatorio 

Black ornate gates 

For you to arrive 

The only woman I loved 

When I was

Once alive

(C)

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The Tale of The Penitent Man

 

(A lone voice whispers. Looking skywards.)

Oh, my old love of anything linked to emotional heresy

Do you still miss me

You 

Regal deceptive beauty and queen of all tempestuous ecstasy 

Who guided me by sinful blindness and fornication

To be my own worst enemy

In a deep physical need for things of physical substance and for sexual security 

Bound to one 

Or two persons 

In greed 

And that's why I was deplorably cursed 

To wander lost 

Until The High Trinity in Unity

Told me 

Dost Thou in our presence 

Abide by our sacred ways 

To in penitence 

Rise with morning praise 

Recant 

And burn out 

All your old sinful heresy 

So we can rejoice 

And reign in Thee

Num sigillum nostrum ad sanandum accipis?

(Will you accept our seal to heal?)

Now as I hear angelic anthems 

Awakened in the sanctity of forever silence 

Enriched with gifts of piety for clarity 

I cry 

Oh Hear Me 

Thou Almighty Kings

Hear my praises 

Each morning as

I rise 

Before sunrise 

To kneel and sing

For heresy is a dangerous red and golden ring 

To wear

So I swear 

Fealty 

And whisper 

In the low hours 

Praise be to The High Trinity in Unity

All heavenly hosts 

For welcoming me into their blessed community 

To commune for purification with

The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost 

(C)

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Foundation of the piece.

I recently met a once-broken man, who found his salvation in a new found faith. 

Salute. 

Friday Inspiration

 

 Sometimes in Life when things appear unreachable

When the dark clouds of despair takes us, and we sometimes will it 

To lead us into the Dark

Because we feel totally lost and unteachable

Sometimes

Belief in our own innate powers of self-recovery through strength

Faith, determination, knowledge, and conviction

Can help to lead us back into the Light

Away from dark thoughts and a self eventual 

Crucifixion 

Believe in yourself

That inner voice always cries

 

You can create miracles.

The foundation of the piece is based on faith.

A belief that whatever your religion, as long as you have faith.

You'll never walk alone.

Salute. 

(A lone voice whispers)

Smile and in those loving eyes

I am reborn

So

Faith Hope and Charity can reach so deep inside 

To break the chains of a weary heart

A sacred truth I now know

For 

You welcome me like the early morning lights

A Spirit 

Always standing strong

At the center of my life

My guardian and precious keeper of my lonely soul

Indomitable and so easy to find

With Faith renewed 

I'll face the world knowing that smiling reflection

From within my shiny bathroom mirror

I know is you 

Watching and protecting as I grow spiritually 

To always try to 

Push through 

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Need a prayer in 2023?

  

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Salute.

(A lone voice whispers)

Let there be a bright light to strengthen 

And revitalize

You

In the name and in the presence of The Almighty

Of which we are all reborn into 

For Eternity 

Through the sacred power of the Holy Blood

Once sacrificed for me and you

And so many others

I COMMAND the four winds to summon 

Archangel Michael 

To with his mighty flaming sword 

Remove all dark energies 

Manifesting 

Around me or my friends' 

And any unseen energies 

That secretly binds

As all that darkness is absolved 

Into the ether from whence, it came 

I call upon

Archangel Gabriel 

To summon God's strength

And the blessed 

Violet Flame and through 

Ablution 

Cleanse our energies 

And remove all illnesses 

And threats to our mortal being

To once again 

Bathe us all in the 

Pure White Light 

From the Almighty's 

Great Halls and to 

Fill up all our Future Rooms 

With so much revitalizing 

Energy

I ask Archangel Michael 

Through the Almighty's grace 

To purge all the afflictions 

From kind souls as they go into the world 

To do the Lord's bidding

In this very moment as all this 

Dark energy is released 

I pray for divine salvation 

Freedom and enlightenment 

For all birds need to fly

Not to just hide 

All alone in the wings

For we all have a glorious song

We need to sing

In the name of the

Almighty 

So be IT

Amen

(C) 

Copyright

John Duffy

The Song of ἄλγος

 (A lone voice sings)

I never wanted to cry

But then 

I always remember

 

I still hear

The sweet sound of your voice 

That I last heard in November

While out in the worlds cold noise 

And

It's why I sing

Old Glory 

Glory 

Glory

Hosanna 

Behold

O thou 

God of Old

Grant me some grace 

That comes to power 

To unfold 

Old Glory 

Glory 

Glory

Hosanna 

Behold

Send me 

Blessed 

Gifts of frankincense and gold 

Give me patience 

To see my old story 

Retold 

Old Glory 

Glory 

Glory

Hosanna 

Behold

Like a a blade of grass 

Grows through the cold 

Old Glory 

Glory 

Glory

Hosanna

 

Behold 

Old Glory 

Glory 

Glory

Hosanna 

(C)

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ἄλγος • 

(álgos) n (genitive ἄλγεος or ἄλγους); tmhird declension. pain (of either mind or body), sorrow, trouble, grief, distress, woe quotations ▼ that which causes pain.

Dreams of Escape

(A lone voice whispers)

Is it nearly midnight

Wherever you are 

As society falls into geopolitical pieces

And are those invisible ideas 

Falling like wet Autumn leaves 

As you dream about a new terrifying 

Babylonian future

While searching for a panacea

In the middle of all this crazy world's 

Dystopia

Is it supernaturally quiet 

As you look online

And do streets beneath your darkened windows

Run riot and dance 

With feverish violence 

Like in France 

As all sinister-looking shadows 

As big as Goliath 

Stand naked and bare 

Whispering about the Coming of a preplanned Dark Utopia 

And does the sweet scent of a new escape 

From their planned oblivion 

Twenty Minute Cities 

Where people will worship a new God 

They term Melancholia

Linger and follow you 

Like a loyal shadow 

Everywhere you go

Warning in slight gestures and manifestations 

To look out for a newly conjured smiling Hell 

Summoned by old pagan distorted Politikia 

Whispering dark spells 

On Podiums 

For the Dum Dums

About a seemingly welcoming warm universe  

To live within 

But one that will receive you into its kingdom 

In a black hearse

To blend within its long sensuous green grass 

To hide entwined in its long shadows forever 

In straight authoritarian 

Lines

As recent citizens of its false heaven 

Where forgiveness is ever never offered or given 

Do you read to dream of escape 

Or are you just happy to stand in straight lines 

Blinded by social media

To be herded 

Like cattle 

Through Authoritarian 

Red and Black Gates 

(C)

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The Apostle of Sin. Seeking freedom.

Title: 

The Apostle of Sin. Seeking freedom.

 (A lone voice whispers)

Watching the old world through my rust 

Encrusted Scrying 

Mirror 

My blood 

If I had any 

Would be green with envy 

For when I see couples happy 

A baptism of souls meeting

The lividity in me burns 

So slow 

Like an inquisitor's cruel act of Abacination 

Surrounding me within a lone cloud

From the Darkness of Hell itself 

And with a long night of

Squeals of demonic delights 

Ahead

A legion of guttural voices singing out like Beniamino Gigli

Under meager skies 

Chanting dark spells 

I now know this place 

I'm in 

Resembles Hell 

A heavy breathing consciousness 

Where the heartbroken live within 

Especially us 

Baptized to greave 

Through acts of Self-immolation 

Caused by the dark temptations of sin

Destruction

in which there is no love 

Left 

But only green envy

The price I now pay in Purgatory 

Now I've gained entry

As my eyes remain open 

With my soul praying to break free 

Now just cursed 

To just pray 

With frenzy

She doesn't forget me 

But remember 

No one alive is pure 

For we are born 

To be corrupted by love 

For no one is one hundred percent 

An Innocenti 

For even you 

Beyond the sacred shores 

Of The Ferryman of Hades 

River

You'll sin too

It's not an accusation but a confession 

And it's why I speak 

Hoping to gain resurrection

(C)

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Michael's Voice

 (A lone voice whispers)

I wandered far after losing my reason to live 

Very young

Lost in a strange wilderness 

From nineteen-five to nineteen seventy-seven 

I read books 

Studied Carl Jung and sung 

Rock and Roll in a folk band

But as I got older 

My heart now stung 

Remained cold

Locked in hate 

Since my parachute 

My only love 

Had entered The Great Black Gates

And all things hideous 

Found a place in my broken hearts 

Shopping cart

But late night 

As the last breath of night blew 

Right out of the blue 

God whispered 

"Micheal 

It's time to step out of the cold 

And come back 

To the fold

Time to leave the curb 

And hit the road 

For mind and flesh cannot hold out forever 

From me

Stood at the edges of the Great Cross Road"

For when God has a way that He liberates

With a cry of:

Look for me 

The LORD of Lords

And feel my gift of courage 

To fortify your weary heart 

So before you die

Open up and be nourished

So your heart and spirit can heal

Slowly sense 

Those high walls come down 

When my love for you 

Replaces fear with tears of joy

To no longer feel 

 

Cold 

And as wet as winters storm 

Inside

He told me to pay attention 

Before I died 

To watch the skies

And as he said those spellbinding words to set me free

I looked deep into his eyes 

And knew he meant no harm

That day 

My old life left me 

At five-thirty 

Since then 

I wasn't spiritually dirty 

His torch lit my way 

Through the old maze 

Shrouded in darkness

For now 

I'm beautiful 

A reborn fallen angel 

Like so many 

Who once walked

around living

Only to be tempted by danger 

But now I feel a strange sense of freedom 

And now that old pains gone

I'm going to climb to the top this kingdom

Climb Sheol's snow-covered mountain range

To try to find and see her

Braced by the current winds of change 

Carrying me across this new Age

Those old words of wisdom 

I've written on this page 

For all those wanting to escape the cage of rage 

Before they too enter a new Interstellar Exchange 

Look for me 

The LORD of Lords

And feel my gift of courage 

To fortify your weary heart 

So before you die

Open up and be nourished 

(C)

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The Tale of The Oath Sayer

(A lone voice whispers)

I wish I could show you such magnificent things 

Things

I've seen

Here in 

The Great In-Between 

Wonders 

You have never witnessed before

But I'd have to go back on my pledge 

A covenant

Made when I stood between twin guards 

Perched on a high ledge 

When I walked through a dark door

A sacred contract 

So sacrosanct 

That even to say the terms of the Vow 

Would rupture this 

Version of Now

For ultimate security is so rare

Yet when that pledge is made 

As Brother Sun 

Descends 

Sealing lips 

With wax from lit candle sticks

Arianrhod Goddess of the Moon and Stars 

Lady Silver- Wheel 

Commands 

All that feel 

To kneel 

In her mystical fields 

Of burning lanterns 

Filled with yellow kerosene 

To be exalted by her exquisite gifts 

Porque benditos son aquellos

quien se aventura

De buena gana

en las tierras oscuras

de aventura

-------

(For blessed are those 

Who venture 

Willingly 

Into The Darklands 

Of Adventure)

----

For in those lands of fables and spectacular dreams

 

Souls 

Young old 

Or fair 

In here 

The Great In-Between

With sacred oath took 

Carry her green and blue leather passport 

Stamped with 

Consort and Follower of The Great Silver-Wheel High Court

To anybody 

And everywhere 

And its why 

I'm reading this to you 

Using your voice 

For us 

Oath Sayers 

Can cross all boundaries 

Without permission 

Or noise 

Trying to tempt those 

Curious 

To make the same choice 

Just whisper 

3 times 

Arianrhod 

Goddess of the Moon and Stars 

Lady Silver- Wheel 

I pledge my allegiance 

Forever to you 

When I enter 

The Great In-Between 

So mote it be 

And soon 

You'll join me 

To see the incredible things 

I've seen

Just you wait and see

(C)

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Canto Dreams

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Salute.

(A lone voice sings)

Within grey cloaks 

With eyes 

Wired shut

I remember

A night 

We ran to our room 

New lovers 

After Sabbath

On Sunday noon

Making wild promises 

To watching 

Sun and Moon

In rising smoke 

We

Swan 

Happy in loves 

Deep Lagoon

Before Death struck 

With his sharp harpoon 

And so now 

I walk 

Choking 

On Sheol 

Sand dunes 

Condemned for eternity 

To dream 

Of entering 

That room

 

So now I 

Sing 

For Second Kingdom 

Where soul of man 

Is cleansed for freedom 

Made pure 

To go to Heaven

In wisdom

O sacred  

Is Deaths 

Dying day's decay

If God could see me 

He'd sing 

You did it your way 

And that's price 

Of love 

In Purgurto 

You pay 

For

O sacred  

Is Deaths 

Dying day's decay 

A soft kiss 

To open 

New gates

To where 

Beloved 

Memories 

Play 

(C)

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