Hidden here
In this ever-cold
Growing Darkness
I wait
I
The
Crimson Queen
Sending flames
Of Hope
Like floating leaves
Downwind
By moonlight
To those needing
Them
To cope
By running their fingertips
Up and down their
Naked skin
As the leaves land
Melt and merge
Within
While I watch
From my midnight gate.
Will you surrender to my flames
If I called your name
To purge all you hate
Before it's too late
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
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I felt a playground full of missed sensations tonight
For the first time in so long
The love songs
To my inner sanctuary have been plundered
By grief's harsh words
Filled with thunder
I can only hope and pray
We meet again
Some day
For rare moments
Sometimes appear under the sun
Moments to make your heart beat faster
Like a drum
So when
He Who Casts A Long Shadow Called
For you
With his wide smile of
How Do
I can still remember you saying
Love's a dangerous game
One of fire and no hint of shame
But we played it so well
So as I cross over
With he who has come
Always remember me and all the fun we had
Before it all turned bad
So today
I smile
Proud to have played
Proud to feel this pain
For when finding true love
You'll live forever
For someone special
Will always remember
Your name
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Missing your midnight
Embrace
With Mother Moon
Crying to
With beams
Of bright moonlight
Show you the way
Beseeching you
To lookup
In her glorious night sky
To see her clouds
Slowly part and start to play
To say
Come find
The old oak trees
That she's commanded to sway
As she asks you to follow
That feeling
That you hear in your soul
To help overcome
Your sorrow
Tomorrow
That bids
You to go
Before our life ends
To find my invitation
That glows
Crimson and red
A burning fire
Where fireflies dance
In delight
Hoping
You'd take the chance
To conquer your butterflies and fight
With chants of
I seek love
Into the burning
Pyre
So we can dance
Entwined
Just you
And me
To be
Reunited
Under her
Decree
As this old world
Burns
So
Will
You step into the magic
circle
The one made
By the Midnight Moon
That's eternal
So
We can wilfully
Sin
As we begin
With no rehearsal
When our souls embrace our inner power
Compelled
By this spell
As the watching stars
Yell
In this very
Hour
Underneath
Mother Moon's
Midnight
Witching hour
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Will you kneel
And call to me
To tell me
How you feel
In this winters snow
As the cold North winds
Blow
With an invocation
To build an unbroken seal
With a sultry prayer of hello
Will you still whisper
My sacred name
Wherever go
When all that remains
Is my old memories
That got wet
In the falling rhythms of rain
Like a pot of gold
At the end of the beautiful rainbow
I may be watching you
Moving below
From the high towers in Heaven
Following your shadow
Mixing with sinners as it goes
Walking through forests
And strange sideshows
Filled with tall pines of depression with such courage
Now I'm gone
To the Great Place Beyond
The falling
Weeping Willows
Up to here
Where the Eternal Light
Forever glows
I still dream
Of all the tranquil things
We used to do
Dream of holding you
Somewhere beyond these bluest of oceans
And in dreams
If you call to me
I'll come
To help us both
For we deserve
Salvation
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Hit the link below to hear my words narrated by the wonderful, Clinton R. Johnson, from Canada.
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Salute.
The spirits of long-lost souls
Do follow you
Ancestors
Friends
Enemies or nightly embraces
People from all
Ages and races
Helping you
To conquer or spoil
All you can do
Then reunited
Once more
In sadness
Or happiness
When you too
Pull
Through
To then line up
In the endless
Crowd
To watch
And encourage
Or haunt
Someone new
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Reading
Listening
To stories
My stories
Weaved in rhyme
Now captured in font
Forever in time
Voices and
Emotions
Invading and dancing
Like a young Fred Astaire
and Ginger Rogers
Within your mind
Their power to tempt
You to return
Growing in strength
Each day
You call my way
I know
For I sometimes feel you
Holding your breath
As you read
How do I know
This
I know
Because we share
The same need for
Spiritual bliss
The need of
Catharsis
Of the soul
The ultimate sweet
Kiss
I know you've suffered
Tragedy
Me too
Drank
Pain daily
Like cold water
Walked in seemingly
Endless rain
Me too
And it's why you return
Like Cleopatra returned
To Anthony
For some of my understanding
And sunlight
To pierce your dark skies
For we are now
Part of an extended family
Sunlight and understanding
To help return your smile
To tempt you
To stay awhile
For with time
From the ashes
Of whatever blasphemy
You've endured
Like the mythical
Blue Phoenix
You will rise again
In your own form
Of self baptistry
For all of God's flowers
Need to bloom
Even you
Sat or laid
In that very room
So when things feel
Like they're breaking
And your world starts
Shaking
Don't feel scared
But instead
Be prepared
Transformational energies
Are flowing
Like the Nile
To you
I can see
You've been absorbing
These lines
Walked in my psychic shoes
For a mile or two
So I've felt you overcome
Some fear
Try to burn all thoughts of
Blame or shame
In the Blue Phoenix
Rejuvenating flames
As you slowly read and
Transition from pain
Just know this
With catharsis
You'll return the purity
The light and strength
You were born with
Always embrace
That thought
Angels and Devils in
disguise
See you too
With ever-opened eyes
Just try to see
Which is Witch
Between all the truth and lies
And you'll be fine
We all have a backstory
Some sad
Some filled with glory
I don't know where you're from
But I can offer you
Something
Out of the Heavens
A gentle stroll around
My own Poetic Garden of Eden
For I'm just a narrator
A saviour visiting
Day or night
Materializing
In words
Like a friendly
Apparition
To help you grow
And know
My offer of Escapism
Is just a touch away
So take my hand
Whenever you need me
And I'll come
From the
Great Schism
Summoned by your
Souls drums
So you can hear
My voice speaking
In your mind
In rhythm
As I help you
Heal
For God so gifted me
The power
To feel
And so I now share it
With you
For free
To have fun
Now go to another
Free Gift
And read on
To escape whatever
Your self-imposed prison
And believe in
The Power of Cataphatism
Salute
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Definitions of cataphatism:
noun:
the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively
(e.g., God created Adam `in his own image')
I crossed over
In March
On the fifth
In the year of our Lord
1902
All these years
I've sat
Patiently waiting for you
I've watched
Our old world
Burn
Through the blackest of nights
Witnessed hearts bleed
With incomprehensible need
Seen corruption and
illusions unfold
As the seduced welcomed evil
Into their strongholds
Watched shining stars fall
Thinking of my fate
As I wait
Thinking
When will she call me
And walk through that gate
That I look to
Down that dark road
Every second
Whenever I think
Of you
I've looked in
Old memories that beckoned
Explored all the who knows
Linked to sin
Chased paper boats
With endless time
Just hoping
She's coping
In Heaven
And not broken
In the Deep Divine
But still
Perched
Upon this rock
I
Wait
Even though the Mendli
Think I'm crazy
But my old Love
Still cuts me open
Making me cling
To an old life
Dreams of a new beginning
So angels
Forgive me
But hear me
Quick
Take my hand
And lead me home
To her
Give me the Star Fire
If this can't happen
Or you can't do it
For I fear
I can no longer
Wait
For the opening of that gate
So let me cross the burning sand barriers
Step straight through the eternal fire
For is waiting for true love
The price worth this pain
As one
Moves on
And one remains
Show me a happy couple
And I'll show you the fire that ignites
And it's that light
That I pray
Keeps carrying me
On horseback
Throughout
All these
Endless nights
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Within your mind
That doorway
To old memories
Of life and death
Painted in indigo blue
With light and dark
Walked within it's rooms
To witness reality
And embrace a tragic thought
Life comes in the wind
Like a beautiful pure white feather
That gets weathered by life
Until it's smothered
By greedy
Dark lords
In wigs
Until gravediggers
Are paid
To dig
Some ask
Does Heaven watch
As lives are turned to grey ash
As people cry
As they are lashed
Does he
Who sits on
Golden throne
Not care
But sit
Crafting
Warm at home
As lives burn
Like Nero's
City of
Rome
But have faith
And now know this
For as red roses
In concrete grows
The seeds of hope will be sown
And when the seasons seem
Black
For whatever reason
High in the sky
The Lord will
Applaud and clap
And send
Angels
North
To defend
You
When you
Feel under attack
Or trapped
In a Principalities dark
Traps
Or whatever
You're going through
So know
This secret
And be spiritually
Grown
Have faith
Within these words
As they are known
Whatever you feel
Or suffer
Right now
Can be outgrown
So rejoice
In the winds of time
Leave the soft sands
In that room
Close
That old doorway
To life and death
Painted in indigo blue
With light and dark
For together
We stand
Hand in hand
To face
And conquer
Whatever
Is deemed your story
For with prayer
And Gods glory
We give love to those
We've lost
But still we rise
Tomorrow
To see the light
Of day
Whatever the cost
For those
Brave enough to enter
Their room
Of deep thoughts
Can never be bought
Only spiritually supported
And endorsed
By the endless
Bounties
Of the Lord
Now say after me
And don't pretend
Just whisper
My Lord
Hear my call
In times of pain
Sustain me
So your grace
Can remain
Give me courage
Guided by your Angels
Who know my name
Amen
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
