A Sacred Voice Whispers

  

If today

You feel so lost

And endure so much pain

In just living

If today

Everyone looks down on you

With unkind eyes

That seems so black

And filled with total darkness

That appears so unforgiving

If today

You swim against persecution

Strong currents created by politicians

And dictators

And been labeled as

Homeless

Disabled 

Redundant

Too old

Poor

An addict

Useless 

Or just one of the many

Hidden 

Nameless 

Living below the rim 

In the shadows

And deemed to be unworthy of any Baptism of success

Because they label you as living within sin

Remember this

I too have felt your pain

Walked along those same dark long roads

I too have lived through and fought

All personal battles and wars

Until I got too bold with all I preached and knew 

Until I too was crucified 

Look up my life's story

It's still so well told

My advice to you 

Is simply this 

Keep up the belief

That it will be worth all those painful struggles

For in the end

Eventually, good things come to all those who truly believe

For in the end

You will find some form of happiness 

And when you eventually die

You will see God and he will embrace and forever remind you

He has always walked beside you 

Whispering 

Trying to give you so much strength

For you 

Him and 

Me

Have always been together 

For we were always forever baptized to be simply  

Eternal friends

Now say after me

Amen

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The Blues Busker Sings

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Some day 

I can only pray

You'll see  

The light we shared 

Was meant to be 

For within me too

As time shadows fall

I know within you 

I’ll stay too

Until I 

Hear the call

To walk beside you

Before the Fall

Hold your hand 

To fight the cold

To keep

That spell

Alive

Wherever we dwell

As lone souls

Yell

Some day 

I can only pray

You'll see  

The light we shared 

Was meant to be 

To set us free

Some day

To set us free

Wherever we dwell

As lone souls yell

For within me too

As time shadows fall

I know within you 

I’ll stay too

Until I 

Hear the call

To walk beside you

Before the Fall

Hold your hand 

To fight the cold

To keep

That spell

Alive

Wherever we dwell

As lone souls

Yell

To keep that spell 

Alive

Wherever we dwell

As lone souls yell

Some day 

I can only pray

You'll see  

The light we shared 

Was meant to be 

To keep

That spell

Alive

Wherever we dwell

As lone souls

Yell

To keep that spell 

Alive

To set us free

To set us free

Wherever we dwell

As lone souls yell

I can only pray

Some day

I can only pray

You'll see 

The light we shared 

Was meant to be

To set us free

For someday

All I can do is pray

(C)

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Disclosure - Finding Sophrosyne in The Off-Limit Zone

(A lone voice whispers.)

Like wild Autumn rivers

Flowing down Williams Hill

In a midday storm 

Here in Illinois

We once ran carefree

Over mountains

And all we could see

But before we could reach the deep ocean

Of binding emotions

The Dark Well of all Creation called you home

When something crept in and destroyed our devotion

Love I now know

Is such a fickle thing 

A spiritual joy

Held in two golden wedding rings

The Devil just loves to destroy and rejoice

Like a cheap altar boy

To separate love 

Like it did

When destroying

Paris and Helen of Troy

But now that I have found sophrosyne

I no longer wallow in suffering but now let hope in

I miss you, my love

Like the Sun must miss the Moon

For you were taken too soon 

Before our love could open to bloom

Cut short by something cruel 

In that hospital room

But I know we'll meet again

For The Lady of Providence read my cards

And said 

I'll soon be back in your tender arms

So until then 

Goodnight my love

Until tomorrow 

For our true love

Transcends all sorrow

(C)

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Sophrosyne is an ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence, purity, decorum, and self-control.

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The Preachers Voice

(A lone voice whispers.)

The Secret Council 

From The Nine Choirs of Angels 

Sit on the Sacred Astral Seats

Of The Holy Hyperdimensional Inquisition

Angels from Everywhere

Even from The Lands of Kem

Gathered by The Most High 

To guide all women and men

To try to live for a higher glory

For in the end

That's all they'll be

Just another brief story

In an endless sea

Of Earth's sometimes painful history

Now will you

Listen to me

For when we embrace God's grace

Tune our thoughts

To Gods thoughts

Abandon living 

Hypnotized by societies

Crazy race

Where we feel coercion to live willfully in sin

And selfishly 

Consume all with casual whim

But to strive to reach the light

Live day and night

In kindness

To earn the good life 

The Lord wants for your

Transform how you act

For by being given the gift of life

You're under a social contract

Now go and be blessed to 

Live well

Don't just be another

Accessory after the fact 

(C)

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Saul's Monologue

 

(A lone voice whispers.)

As divine gifts from so high above 

Cherish

Love first and foremost 

Repentance

Faith

Obedience 

Purpose

Fearless, and Prayer

The Seven Keys to Entering the Great Kingdom

As from below 

Look to the stars 

For hope and freedom

Wherever you go

For within each breath 

You take 

Each step you make

 

Time 

Passes

As you slowly enter 

Lord Leviticus Invisible

Gates 

And like a white feather 

From Fates Golden Bow 

Share your love  

With all you know 

But let not your love be weak but firm 

As your soul slowly learns

Let it be bold

To flourish

As you grow old 

For three times 

Twenty and ten 

Will go so fast 

In the blink of an eye

So leave some love 

Behind 

Before you die

So memories of you can last 

To be embraced 

When remembered and  told

For Father Time will soon come 

Calling

Sailing

On his ship 

Of Grey Skulls 

Like a thief in the night 

With Death 

Riding high 

Steering 

From the Bridge 

From here 

In The Great In-Between 

To gather souls 

For the Endless Cull

From every mountain ridge 

So don't be one of 

The lonely who lacked 

The Courage

To embrace 

Just something

Just something

Be it big or small 

To help their soul sing

Even though life

Sometimes seems to sting

(C)

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The Call to Uriel

 

 (A lone voice whispers)

Oh

Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael 

Angels more perfect than the setting sun 

Hear my immortal song 

And teach all children 

From all Gods 

Of every nation

The virtues of 

Right from wrong

Yoruba and

Tsovinar 

Nar of the Sea 

And all that 

Which sleeps 

Deep down below 

Tell them what they

Need to know 

And show them 

The way to go

Father of All Things 

Unseen or undreamed of 

Show them eternal mercy 

With your blessings of love 

With 

Something they'll cherish 

Forever 

And never wish to dispose of

I call to

Archangel Uriel 

Guardian 

Of The Elysium Fields 

Protect us all 

Before the midnight sky

Falls 

With nuclear war

With your heavenly shield 

As new dangers are revealed

Amen 

(C)

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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 all 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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Sister Mary Whispers

Will you open up the brass gates 

In your soul

To the experiential awareness of Being 

Through prayer

To explore a Sumerian Vision of Eden Revisited 

To absorb the eleven tasks 

For a Post-Covid shattered world to survive 

The Long Shadows of Black Rock 

The purveyor's doomsayers 

To condemn mRNA Vaccines Transhumanism 

In the Battle for Your Soul

With silent weapons 

Created underground 

For the Secret War on You 

The Event Horizon 

Prophesied 

Where seas open up

For the skies 

To cry 

Will you pray with me

O Mighty Defender 

Bathe us in the blue waters of salvation at all times 

Keep our souls holy 

And guide our daily thoughts  

Toward you 

So that we may be shielded 

From the dark clutches of the enemy 

(Now say after me)

Amen 

(C)

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Avalon Dreams

 

Although
I've now ridden on the back

Of the mystical White Stag 

Over the steep crest

The final green hill
Of Avalon 

To a new country
Down that old road

Although the Moon 
Riding high in the night sky

Surveying the stillness 

To now thinking
I'm where I belong 

And you're there
Just somewhere

Lost to me 

Fear not
For in another lifetime
Soon to come 

We'll drink some more red wine from the Sacred Jue 

And swim in Father Times

Neverending sea 

Where there are no farewells

And no goodbyes

For nothing is taboo 

For the power of our circle
Never lies 

It binds us
Eminently in two 

By an obligation that cannot be broken

Once spoken 

Into a niche 

A place of serenity

Between all worlds 

So hold strong 

As it pulls us together
To renew 

For in the silvery mists
We will be reunited in time again 

With a walk through the fallen down leaves

Of the Grieving Groves
Just you and me

To then walk into the bright glorious sunlight 

Smiling and singing 

Together
Forever and ever 

As St. Peter's
The Eternal Toll Keepers 

Golden bells
Start ringing 

(C)
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The Daltikia

(A lone voice whispers.)

If your hope fades 

And the world seems unrepentant 

Look for me in the stars 

Call to me 

For even though 

Where I am now 

 

Is too far to cross 

Whisper my name in any given mirror 

And I will come 

For my envoys 

The Metikia

Are within the scrying glass

Old ones with broken hearts 

Patroling the Demarcation Zone 

Between your world and mine

Black crows 

Hiding in the dark winds 

Of the 

Great Who Knows 

For in your loneliest moments 

Looking out of your life's window

Whenever you feel left behind by the world

Call  to me through my envoys 

The Metikia 

So I can appear in the shadows 

To hold your soft hand 

And together 

Endure any storm 

As the depressing winds 

Of humanity blow

(C)

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