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Poetry Wrote Over Several Years on Spiritual, Religious, and Devotional Subjects. |
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Devotional Poetry My Search I Into the mystic realm, I let my mind take flight, Over stone strewn highways, I search the endless night. I was the Wanderer, Looking for a goal, And the Seeker, Searching for my soul. I walked the roads of idle fancy, Paths of material delight, Stumbling over stones of vain imaginings, In my search for the light. A voice deep within me cried: "Here doesn't lay your goal, Upon these darkened pathways, You'll never find your sou." II Into the mystic realm, Again my mind took flight, Over well traveled highways, I search the misty twilight. I was a Seeer, Seeking an unknown goal, And a Stranger, To my own soul. In this realm of half-light, I strolled the roads of tradition, Picking my way carefully, Through the shadows of superstition. Still from within came the cry: "Not in this realm is your goal, Upon these half-lit pathways, You'll never find your soul" III Into the mystic realm, Again I took flight, And walked the paths, Where God has shed His light. I walked the hallowed highways, Trod by the Prophets of old, Strolled the ancient paths, Strewn with nuggets of pure gold. This is the wondrous realm, Where all paths become one, This is the glorious land, Illuminated by God's sun. Through the Word of God, I have found my soul, In the Messenger for this age, I have found my goal. Poet's Note: ▼ |
Morning Prayers August 24, 2023 at 8:19pm 1
Dawn
Rays of God's new day
scatters the forces of night,
send into hiding
the creatures of darkness,
and bestow new life
on all who turn to the light.
2
On The Eight Day
The eight day dawned bright
With humanity reborn
Into God's new world order
3
Daybreak
Why does night deepen?
To fight day's rising splendor!
Why does the sky bleed?
The glory of the Beloved!
Who scatters dawn's rays?
The atoms of its beauty!
What makes morning cold?
... [Read more] Immortality December 30, 2018 at 1:04pm Immortality
I am the atom eternally evolving.
An atom ascending,
through composition and decomposition,
the degrees of matter.
I am the water always flowing.
The water breaking
against the embankments of creation
overflowing from the pools of spirit.
I am the flame forever burning.
The flame consuming
in its adoration
the passions of existence.
I am the light continually shining.
The light dispelling
the darkness of separation
and uniting the components of life.
I am... [Read more] Virtues (19 Poems) January 11, 2019 at 10:59pm 1
Purity Defined
Purity is the freedom from corrupting elements.
Is this achieved by withdrawing from the world?
The way to achieve independence is to live in society.
Freedom doesn't come from withdrawing! The only thing that comes
From receding from association is loneliness.
Corrupting influences can be found even in monasteries.
Elements that contaminate are everywhere!
2
Search
The door closed tight to everyone
Save seekers of the truth
I opening no... [Read more] Poems Dedicated to Robert Hayden August 16, 2018 at 9:53pm Bird Song:
To Robert Hayden
"He became an adherent of the Baha'i Faith when he was a young man and remained true to it."
From a Literature Text Book
On the boughs of the Tree of Life
the Nightingale sings,
His voice echoing
beyond the gates of paradise.
Rising and falling,
like currents of air in a hurricane,
His melody
invites humanity
to enter the garden.
Some don't hear
the Nightingale's song
and walk past
the gates of salvation.
Some hear the ... [Read more] Impressions: To Kahlil Gibran December 11, 2018 at 11:20pm Impressions:
To Kahlil Gibran
A poet!
The universe resides in his heart,
while through his mind echoes the music of the spheres.
His words
are wells of clear fresh water
that creates a thirst for knowledge.
He speaks
to the restless spirit,
intellect, mind, and soul.
He is a mine
producing gems
of rare and priceless beauty.
{dropnote:"}Poet's Note:"}I'm not sure when I wrote this poem. I wrote when I was reading the words of Mr. Gibran.
... [Read more] Religious Questions on Prayer June 12, 2018 at 11:30pm Religious Questions on Prayer
I
Who Do We Pray To?
Judaism
To God.
Christianity
To God,
The Father,
The Son,
Or The Holy Spirit.
Latter Day Saints
To God,
The Eternal Father,
In the name of Jesus Christ.
Hinduism
The Lord;
The names used doesn't matter;
Go may be worshiped in any form desired.
Islam
To Allah,
Who has no beginning and no ending,
Wo always will be,
Who begets not and neither is He begotten,
He is the Lord of the Word,
... [Read more] New Day June 7, 2018 at 11:21pm New Day:
Meditation on the Revelation
of The Bab and Baha'u'llah
Why is the sky pink?
Mirrors reflect dawn's splendor.
What sets the dawn ablaze?
The glory of a new day,
Kindles the sun's bright beauty.
How does the sun shine?
With incandescent grandeur,
Rays of living light,
Generate mercy's warm beams.
Why does the sun shine?
To waken the nightingales,
Whose melodious words greet,
Perfection's dawn.
Where does the nightingales sing?
... [Read more] Victory Poems April 10, 2022 at 8:09pm 1
Victory's Price
True victory
can only be achieved
through sacrifice.
2
The Victory
To win the victory
we must daily struggle
through resisting brambles and vines
that block our way,
that pull us down,
and continually hold us back.
To win the victory
we must hourly plod
up mountain paths
strewn with stones and pit falls,
through obscuring clouds
to the unseen crest.
3
Success
To attain the object of her quest;
The seeker must never rest,
... [Read more] Outside Myself June 4, 2018 at 11:12pm Outside Myself:
Meditation on Detachment
Speak! My silent companion. Speak!
The words you overheard,
that phrase that takes me out of self,
and lets me fly like a bird.
What! You say there is no such phrase!
How do I free myself,
become detached from matter's chain?
You must forget yourself!
You must step outside yourself,
become separated -
separated from the problem and the results -
or remain incarcerated.
If you're emotionally attached,
to either messenger
o... [Read more] Contemplating the Return of Christ June 3, 2018 at 10:39pm Contemplating the Return of Christ
When Jesus comes,
the Shadows depart.
Inscription On Scottish Castle Wall
When Jesus comes,
concealed in the clouds of glory,
accompanied by battalions of angels,
hidden in the veils of light.
The Universe explodes
generating a new creation
and giving bright to a new race of men.
the Shadows depart.
The sun of divine truth
dawns on the horizon of faith.
The Kingom of God on Earth
descends with the New Jerusalem
and out of the ashes... [Read more] 19 Meditations on Spiritual Evolution February 19, 2022 at 7:37pm 1
The Stream of Change
We dwell within the stream o f change,
either a stones or fish.
The stream erodes the stones away,
carrying their grains to the sea.
The fish,
within the currents embrace,
swim to the sea.
2
The Blissful
Where are the blissful?
Sheltered by God's Primal Word.
3
Knowledge of God And Self
Knowledge of God shows
the immortality of
humanity's soul.
Knowledge of self is
the station experience
bequeaths to the soul.
4
Saints
... [Read more] Stainned Glass Curtains June 3, 2018 at 7:45pm Stained Glass Curtains
Stained glass curtains
Separate into granite chambers
The Books of God
Stained glass curtains
Isolate in the own chapels
Faith's Children
Stain glass curtains
Shatter as the echoes of an unseen power
Reverberates through stone corridors
Stained glass curtains
Shatter uniting in a single covenant
The Books of God
{dropnote:"Poet's Note:"}This was written sometime in 149 B.E. The inspiration was meditating on God's ancient covenan... [Read more] Tests and Difficulties: 19 short poems July 8, 2023 at 4:27pm 1
Overcoming Self
Thread by thread I sever the strings
That manipulate and entangle
That dominate and strangle
My soul's independence.
2
Sand Storm
Lost in the desert of self,
I can't se beyond the swirling sands
of my own selfish desires.
The sharp grains
of my vain imaginings
tear to shreds my concept of self.
3
Tests of Faith
Salvation doesn't end the struggle!
Once faith is confessed the tests begin:
Walking barefoot over broken glass;
Swimmi... [Read more] 19 Metitations January 19, 2019 at 2:57pm 1
Security
I rest secure
within Thy Covenant, O Lord,
Safe from the darts of idle fancy
and vain imaginings.
2
Sacred Silence
Sanctified from the tumult of materiality,
Mind reposes upon the sea of tranquility,
Blessed with the hush of contemplation,
Floating upon the current of meditation,
Contemplating the revealed Word of God.
3
Self-Improvement
The effort made by the individual
to unlock her own human potential,
and discover her true self.
4
The Scent o... [Read more] The Nightingale's Song June 2, 2018 at 7:52pm The Nightingale's Song
As the sun set on the vernal equinox,
The Nightingale raised his voice in song,
Announcing the New Year's arrival,
Proclaiming, above the clamor of battle,
A new day for humanity:
Earth is one country,
Humanity is one race,
Worshiping God
By many different names.
Even as the battle gaged the world was changing,
New life, new growth, a new reality,
A new race born out of the womb of faith,
A new humanity, nurtured at the breast of love,
Is prepar... [Read more] The Spiritual Significance of Merging Galaxies May 31, 2018 at 7:59pm The Spiritual Significance of Merging Galaxies
Spiral arms embrace
the evolving landscape of reality.
Passioned pairs
move through cold hydrogen;
collide,
merge,
coalesce
into a single elliptical identity.
Opposites love:
female and male,
positive and negative,
existence and nonexistence,
enery and matter,
diversity and unity
become symbols of spiritual evolution,
and progressive revelation,
as concepts of divinity
merge into a single essence.
{dropnote:"Poet'... [Read more] 19 Questions Answered in Poems January 7, 2019 at 3:54pm 1
What is America's Destiny?
America
your destiny
is to lead the nations spirituality.
2
What Is The Path of Guidance?
The path of guidance
is one of love and compassion.
It has been the path
from the beginning that has no beginning,
It will be the path
to the end that will have no end.
3
What is Spiritual Evolution?
Motion desires advancement,
water walking across the narrows of reality.
The colors of faith embrace,
as the little dreams of lovers expand ... [Read more] Millennium Theology May 30, 2018 at 10:18pm Millennium Theology
Judaism
The End of Days,
or the Time of the End,
conjures images of both life after death
and the Messianic Age.
The Messiah,
a human and not the Son of God,
has yet to come;
the dead await resurrection.
Christian
At the Second Coming of Christ
God will bring the word to an end;
then everything will be made new.
Hinduism
The cycles of creation,
have different incarnations.
In the beginning
the universe is recreated;
the last ag... [Read more] World Citizen: To Dr Sheil bushrui December 11, 2018 at 11:14pm World Citizen:
To Dr. Sheil Bushrui
"Which country do you like the most?"
"The one in which I am when this question is asked!"
World Citizen:
The hall mark isn't love of country,
but love of kind.
Mother country isn't a place,
it's a state of mind.
To become a refugee once is unfortunate,
to become a refuge twice is...
Three time s a refugee,
is there symbolic meaning
in this reality?
"Peace is not an issue of signing treaties."... [Read more] How Will World Peace Come About? March 8, 2022 at 12:53pm The Way World Peace Came About
Women,
rose from beds of conception,
and labored to birth an new humanity
unscarred
by the prejudices of war.
They stood
hand-in-hand
before the tanks of death
and refused to give
the fruit of their wombs
to the armies of nations.
{dropnote:"Poet's Note:"}I wrote this on 14 Qawl 160 B.E. The inspiration was gender equality and world peace.
... [Read more] Dawn-Breakers (19 Poems) January 31, 2019 at 2:33pm Dawn-Breakers:
To Those Who Sacrificed Their Lives
For The Bab and Baha'u'llah
1
Dawn-breakers of a
new day they ascend out of
Stygian darkness.
Each releasing
in a single energy burst
the power of twenty thousand candles.
2
The living letters
of God's Holy Book consumed
in the fire of love.
3
In dawn's scarlet light
purple blossomed Chaste Trees bleed
for Baha'u'llah.
4
Moths attracted
to God's ancient religion renewed... [Read more] New Age or Time of the End (19 Poems) February 25, 2019 at 9:41pm 1
The End is Coming
Preparing for the end of the world,
Really is quite exhausting;
Eventually you have to ask
And ponder the question:
"What did Christ actually mean
by the end of the world?"
It is a pertinent question at this time.
Events are coming together that point to the end!
2
New Creation
The eighth day dawned bright,
with humanity reborn
into God's New World Order.
3
New Phase of Evolution
Illuminated through the knowledge of God,
and led ... [Read more] My Soul Speaks (19 Poems) January 12, 2019 at 12:47pm 1
Wings
I want wings
to lift me beyond the bonds of earth,
and let me float upon thermal currents.
2
The Soul Speaks
I was created,
believing in humanity's immortality!
This is a creature with unique abilities,
a larva upon the material plane
at death it becomes a lepidoptera freed from its pupa case.
I stepped out of eternity,
born into physical reality!
I became a creature blind to its own spirituality:
A larva newly hatched from the egg,
See the pupa as the e... [Read more] Requiem for War December 27, 2020 at 11:34pm 1
Requiem for War:
Peace Lords
Rising
out of the ranks of the disenfranchised
poets conquer
through the power of their words,
through the light of their tongues,
and through the fire of their speech
the minds of children
destined to be weapons in tomorrows armies,
thereby, depleting
the battalions of warlords.
2
Echoes of Distant Drums
I hear the echoes of distant drums
reflected from towers of steel and glass
descending through layers of brown air.
I hear the echoe... [Read more] Practicing Faith May 25, 2018 at 9:43pm Practicing Faith:
A Metaphor
I ascend out of Earth's atmosphere,
go beyond the gravitational limit of the sun,
step into the interstellar medium
and inhale the vacuum of the void
knowing that subatomic particles merge to form
oxygen molecules to fill my lungs.
Clothed in the fabric of deep space,
I walk on atoms of cold hydrogen,
look into the hear of dark nebula
and see in it the light of unborn stars,
with planets orbiting.
I watch planetary bodies grow:
build from th... [Read more] |
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