. Poetry from The Great In-Between

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Giuseppe's Letter to Sophia

  


Would you meet me at midnight 

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Amore Mio 

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In the Green Forests 

Of The Great In-Between

-

If l lit a fire

To guide you

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After I invited you 

-

To sit and just talk about 

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All The Mysteries

Of Life

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Over ice 

-

Like 

The Trinity of Happiness

Sadness and Madness

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The three things 

Involved in all things 

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Things that could then turn into something  

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That could be so nice

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And then to count the flashing stars 

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Shimmering from afar

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While 

Listening to real Country Music

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Played on real guitars

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For within this invitation

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To Night of a Thousand Stars

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Insight

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Our first topic of conversation would be 

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As we looked at Heaven's Endless Door

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With 

Wonder

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Does true love even exist and live for evermore 

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And is there a chance for us 

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My Amore Mio 

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To walk upon its heavenly shore


(C)

Copyright John Duffy 


Amore Mio: Italian for my love.

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

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


Copyright John Duffy

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The Blues Busker Sings

Press play before reading.  Salute.



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)

Copyright John Duffy

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)

Copyright John Duffy


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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)

Copyright John Duffy


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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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)

Copyright John Duffy


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Monday, May 29, 2023

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)

Copyright John Duffy 


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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)

Copyright John Duffy 


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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)

Copyright John Duffy 


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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)
Copyright John Duffy 


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