(A lone voice whispers, crying into a silent night as a white candle burns)
I still miss you like seeing a yellow butterfly in the rain
This new pain may be indescribable, but to me, it's palatable
For without this indescribable pain
In time,
I'm afraid
I'll slowly forget losing you
(C)
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(A lone voice whispers)
With reflection
In this
The midnight hour
I light a white candle
For the one
Who once had me
Under her power
Driven by loves
Powerful desires
For us,
The Almas Perdidas
(Lost Souls)
Maybe like you
The
Left Be-Hinders
Who wallow and wade through griefs tiring waters
With a broken heart
After love says
Farewell
To then become new drinkers
From Depressions deep well
Praying love returns
With a ring of a lone bell
To see true love
Once more and say
Stay
Please
Don't go away
And melt my heart
Stay
So we are now
No longer
Torn apart
But like all pilgrims seeking God
In their own particular way
We know the bell will never ring
We know our hearts will never heal or sing
So we live
In a living version of Purgatory
Dying with each breath of decay
We take
As we watch and wait for our call
To join others
Now living beyond
Purgatory Great Gates
(C)
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The Letter
If there ever comes a time that you'll miss me
Read this
My handwritten soft kiss
The first time we spoke was like a hot summer in winter
You melted all that icy shell around my soul
As our higher selves whispered
To leave me lying uninjured
And as that once cold husk splintered
I knew then all my morning and night prayers had been answered after being heard
(C) Copyright John Duffy
The Watcher
(A lone voice whispers)
Someone recently said I was deep.
Is there any other way?
Shouldn't we look through clearer eyes like inquisitive new spies?
For I'm deep as all the known oceans
Eyes covering
All I see
Like a fast flowing
tsunami
My eyes bright,
Ablaze
With wonder
As my mind runs
Always creating as it
Ponders
From music
And melodies
Towards people
Films
And books
It's all those magical
Qualities
That makes
Me
Constantly
Look
A silent viewer
Standing hidden
In the shadows
Hiding its secret face
With no name
Watching
The world
Embracing
Its emotions
As timelines
Unfurl
I bet if you're reading this, You're just the same!
A true watcher
Hiding your secret face
With no name
Copyright John Duffy
#poetry #life
Foundation.
I read a piece regarding Egyptian mythology recently.
Its foundations created this piece.
A piece of poetry to serenade your eyes before my busy schedule begins.
Salute.
Would you pass
Osiris's Test?
(A lone voice whispers)
Have you once sat
Enjoying the setting sun
Like a beautiful spring flower
But as the petals slowly
Began to fall
As hopes
Hit a preconceived wall
Have you seen happiness
Call
Witnessed
Its plights
As it slowly
Succumbed
Like the first King
Of Israel
The one named
Saul
Slowly falling upon its
Sword
Have you seen people die
Endured never-ending pain
Been fractured
By loves emotions
But still, you rose
And walked through it all
Have you looked deep
Within the stars
Looked deep
Within life
Faced every challenge
Climbed every pitfall
However, like Jesus
In the Wilderness
Did the Devil
Sometimes
Appear
With his promises
And prayers
Spells and potions
Devil cake
And seductive undulations
For it's within those swirling tempestuous moments of doubts
Do we really find out what life's all about
Do we blindly follow the crowd to hell and damnation
Or rise to find our own souls salvation
Are we at the crux of it all
Simply
A multitude of choices
A symbolic conflagration of all our tales
Do we get weighed upon Osiris's scales
Against the feather of Ma’at
The Goddess of Order
Truth and Righteousness
To judge our ways
Do we sit in our
Watchtowers
Silently watching
Strangers and actors
In stranger surreal
Shakespearean plays
Issuing tickets and permits
As octaves and symphonies
Wash over us in waves
Have you once sat
Enjoying the setting sun
Like a beautiful flower
But as the petals slowly
Began to fall
As hopes
Hit a preconceived wall
Have you seen happiness
Call
Witnessed
Its plights and insights
As it slowly
Succumbed
Life can sometimes
Leave you numb
As you really look
But this life's your own
Beyond all doubts
And fears
You control
What eventually
Goes onto your scales
In the Hall of Final Judgment
After you plead your case to the 42 divine judges
To then watch the Weighing of the Heart’ ceremony
In that very room
Will you pass Osiris's Test and go to the Field of Rushes
Or will Ammit the Devourer appear
To drag you pleading into the dark
Into the bushes
(C)
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My early morning post relates to:
Assimilated Existence.
(A lone voice whispers)
Many of us simply without second thought, sacrifice who we are based upon peer pressure, social pressure or even political pressure.
When you were born, the world lay at your feet
Embrace that thought
Don't conform
You may lose things you deem irreplaceable,
but never lose you.
Through all the trials and tribulations,
the losses and small victories.
Be courageous.
In all that you do.
A lifetime of being a rebel to the system
Is so much better
than simply bowing down within its judgmental pews.
So constantly try to be strong enough to express your views.
And be humble enough
to understand what's new.
But utmost
Be brave enough
To just be you
(C)
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#inspiration #poetry #selfawareness
Is social media temptations new ultimate playground?
Have The Children of The Ruina, visited you or someone you know?
In the first darkness, they come.
The Children of The Ruina. (L)
(A lone voice whispers)
My soul was once taken in from the cold
To join a new fold
To then wear a small finger of yellow and gold
By a goddess who lived by the sea
Who just loved me
Like seeds love spring when they are summoned to make the land green
The most beautiful woman I've ever seen
We were as one as we strolled
As the years past
And clocks rolled
But then the Angel of Separation passed and put us to task
Sent temptation our way
To see if we would yield, fail or pass
And I'm glad to say we never swallowed its deadly pill
And even more
Love each other still
So in closing
Just know even if you're happy
There are those out there
Somewhere
Like the Angel of Separation
Who are jealous and will test your will
And offer you
Temptations lascivious pills
With a smile hiding a snarl
From the lost temple of Baal
So hold those you love closer than ever
In this
The new age of those who'll put your relationships to the sword
Those not blessed
By any known Lord
(C) Copyright John Duffy
Ruina.
Ruin, fall, destruction, downfall, ruination, overthrow.
Foundation.
With the world going through a dark phase, are there silent watchers hidden in the mists?
(A lone voice whispers)
Earth, wind, fire, sea and stone
Hear me
People
I
Therismos
The King of the Autumn Harves
The burning sword sent to light the way home
Who was commanded to flood the Earth
With divine energy and hidden stardust
Before the Great Sowing of All Creation
As Starlight
Took flight
Before manifestation
Sends
Such treasures
To be gathered
And reaped
Before Winter
Descends
The Harvest Moon
Opens the doorway
To my kingdom
So I can find
My way
To bring forth
All things
Which must come
To an end
For I'm
The herald
Of the three living
Multi-dimensional cycles
Birth
Death
Rebirth
Spring
Autumn
Spring
All in between
Are just fragments
Like the white stag
Standing alone in the forest
Eluding hunters
Who want to be
Nourished
So know this
As long shadows rise
In the East
As cast by the West
What your world
Does now
Could call my
Sickle
To bring
The second cycle
Sooner than later
For the Creator
To rid the hallowed fields
Of all life's traitors
The dictators
Haters
And all those dark
Crusaders
For I am the bringer
The singer
Who knows
Where this world
Goes
Therismos
One of Cristo'
Unspoken heroes
Hidden behind the veil
Always
Watching in the shadows
At the necropolis
Of Osiris
At Abydos
(C)
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#poetry
(A lone voice whispers)
Never succumb
Or lose that magical quality
Which quietly whispers
Into your dreams
As you softly sleep
Fight with all you are
Through all the struggles and confusion
Life presents
To keep that beautiful magic alive
We all desire a spark
A real connection
An ageless understanding
Forever aspiring
To comprehend and blend to
A whole new direction
Following no choices or preconceived
Predictions
Have you grown to be one of Life's dreamer’s
Singers
Musicians
Writers or poets
Are you but one of
The many
Timeless
Travellers walking upon invisible
Electric highways
Of lost unheard frequencies
Beguiling
Whatever the
Listener hears
Or the readers
Sees
Can this be one of your silent mantras
Blessed be
Come forth
Let me
Beguile the ears
Or eyes
Ride with me
Out of this lifeless world
Let's ride through
My Imagination
As the bleak nights or dark days
Forever unfurls
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