Need A Covid Prayer in 2023?

Oh Lord

Remind me to

Smile

Because by

Your divine grace

In the face of

Covid and

All it embraces

I'm still alive

A privilege denied

To many 

Who have

Suddenly died

Remind me

I've so much more to give 

As I still live

And with your bright 

White stars 

Lighting my way

At night

To show me the beauty

Of doing my spiritual duty

To light a candle of hope 

In someone

As they repent

To ascend

As they cope

To wipe their tears away 

Today

And to make your love grow stronger

Longer

Everyday

To undo old wrongs

It's why I kneel to pray

And whisper

You'll come

Visit and stay

Amen

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

 

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Here's to you..

 

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 

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

Calliope

 I

Calliope say

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

(C)

Copyright John Duffy, 

2024 is going to be a big year!

Ode to Anastasia

 

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

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

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 Heaven'ss drums

To lift

All feelings 

You hold dear

O Succumb

For he comes

O Succumb

To the sounds

OHeaven'sns 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 Heaven's 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 Heaven'ss drums

To the sounds

Of Heaven's drums

O Succumb

O Succumb

So sing

So sing

Along

So sing

Along

To the sounds

OfHeaven'ss drums

Praise Be

Praise Be

Hallelujah 

For he comes 

So sing 

So sing along

Hallelujah

For he comes

(C)

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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