Covid Dreams

I might make this into a new track. 

Praise Be

Press play before reading. 

Salute. 

,

(A lone voice sings.)

O Succumb

O Succumb

For he comes

To the sounds

Of Heavens drums

To lift

All feelings 

You hold dear

O Succumb

For he comes

O Succumb

To the sounds

Of Heavens drums

To lift your spirits

Some

And to numb

All fears

Or tears

Around here

O Succumb

O Succumb

For he comes

To the sounds

Of Heavens drums

So dance 

Till dawn 

        

Dance        

For you were

Born

For love

To live on

So sing

So sing

Along

So sing

Sing along

O Succumb

O Succumb

For he comes

O Succumb

For he comes

To the sounds

To the sounds

Of Heavens drums

To the sounds

Of Heavens drums

O Succumb

O Succumb

So sing

So sing

Along

So sing

Along

To the sounds

Of Heavens drums

Praise Be

Praise Be

Hallelujah 

For he comes 

So sing 

So sing along

Hallelujah

For he comes

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

                   

The Crimson Queen

 

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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The Christmas Anniversary

 

 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

  

The Christmas Ghost

 

The Spell Caster

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

The call to true love

 

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

Hey You!

 At the end when you look back, in that transitional moment, will you be happy how you lived? 

Hit the link below to hear my words narrated by the wonderful, Clinton R. Johnson, from Canada. 

Click below. 

Salute. 

The Ballad of Introspection

Do you believe in GHOSTS?

(A lone voice whispers)

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

We need to talk

I see you

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')