Like paper boats
Colliding in the Eternal Ocean
We sometimes
Come together
In the commotion
And whisper
Have a Merry Christmas
As we share the First Law of the Chosen
By expressing our devotion
To other
Travellers
In the
Eternal Ocean
To help them
Not to feel unwanted
Or frozen
Merry Christmas
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Copyright John Duffy
I
Calliope say
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Use my two
Sacred keys
One
Silver for remorse
One
Gold for reconciliation
To enter a new kingdom
Riding a wild
Tennessee walking horse
To be cleansed by
My powers
And forces
Of redemption and salvation
To be divorced
From Sin
As you walk through
Your life
And all you meet
On its concourses
To be made righteous
To try to ascend to Heaven
As you conquer
The virus
Of pious apologies
And actions
Of those creating
Crisis
To blind and try to
Guide you
With poisoned words
Filled with typhus
To take more
And more boosters
Of sweet lies
And vaccines
Until your lifeless
Before you rise
Up from the dead
Like us
So I your eternal muse say
Let the poetry in you
Rise up
To fight
The corrupt
For your freedom
Before you stand
Outside
Waiting for his highness
Saint Peter
To open his silvery
Gates
To a new kingdom
For the worthy and
Righteous
So use and abuse my powers
Until you can join
Us
To encourage others
Just lost
In the swirling
Universe's Dust
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You were born
In late November
This I'll know forevermore
As I look back and remember
For we shall be together
In Nevermore
Even when Death visits
And offers you a drink of his sacrilegious dark wine
To end all your days
And time
We shall be together
Twinned
Pilgrims
In the silent memory of God
Lost somewhere
But together in the same spaces
In-Between
And as the soft capricious winds of heavens
Change and dance like a wild Anna Pavlova
Between us
Creating a moving sea of love between our souls
We shall know
In that instance
Holding hands
In the universe's
Dust
That we can sing and dance together
Forever
And be joyous in each and every form
For ours is a love story
Beyond the norm
A love story
Composed in multiforms
and kept safely
Beyond the Great Pillars
In a sacred tabernacle
On a mahogany shelf
By the Holy Oak Tree
By the Eternal Sea
This I know
Because
Before I was born
You were written
Into my history
By my spirit guides
And God
Just for me
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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
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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
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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
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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
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