David de la Croes, 24 june 2013
You are the newest thread
in the tapestry of my life -
once neatly-patterned,
but now criss-crossed
and sig-zagged
with the vibrant strands
of your sister.
You, too, will be interwoven
into the fabric of my life
and be interlaced through
its brightness and hues
and be intricately entwined
and securely knotted
with one golden thread -
Love.
David de la Croes, 24 june 2013
Lime-scented orchard
flavours our luscious kisses
while gentle rain falls.
Love's salutation
awakens fervent longings -
desire cascades.
Gert Strydom, 24 june 2013
With a pair of compasses and a ruler
in mathematics almost the impossible is realised.
In mathematical quadrature
the structure of a flame,
even of a rose leave is captured
wherever we want to hang them
as mathematical equations in practical mechanics
where we draw contours as if they are elastic
while we do avoid real impossibilities
and try to fit everything into squares.
Gert Strydom, 24 june 2013
Now suddenly there are dinosaurs appearing,
and they do tread deep tracks and bite with their jaws
before they disappear again in the distance
and immediately you can realise the impossibility of this.
Even when people do say that dodo’s are appearing everywhere
and that they are walking through the woods,
then it becomes a great experience
but in the proof of it
a great lie is exposed.
It’s impossible (however you do try)
to only with a pair of compasses and ruler
construct an identical area
than that of a given circle
and so I can take this view further
as something containing impossibility.
Satish Verma, 24 june 2013
Effortlessly a desire erects
a monument. One flaw
demolishes the image. Stones,
ugly grass & a solitary tree
make the landscape.
Hundreds of seeds go back
to the earth's womb, never
to sprout. Heartbroken
I stand in the middle
of life, crumbling alone.
How can we change?
A splash of green
ingests a scissor,
that is not enough. A parallel tragedy
strikes. Sun and flowers
are gone, seeking a truth,
not yet conceived. A timeless
fire burns in the temple,
uncovering the heat,
edging towards us.
Freedom from long falls comes,
bit by bit in degrees.
Suffering remains the same.
We immortalize our smears.
The absolute truth
suddenly becomes a lie.
A myth which balooned
our minds. But brutal
sunlight has seasonal priorities.
Satish Verma
Devon McElveen, 23 june 2013
We are brought to believe that all history is true.
What is it that we are not seeing?
Why must we inscribe these falsehoods?
When will we remove these pages?
When will we shift from our naive ways
Worrying only of the present and future
While we forget the poorly forged pages of time.
What if we could change this past
Whilst building an ever growing future.
Will we, one day, be able to do so?
Devon McElveen, 23 june 2013
As humans we are unique.
Unique within our features.
Our bodies, minds and souls
Indeed unique creatures.
What is it that occurs
Once we lose sense of self?
In time we lose humanity,
That can not be helped.
Our minds and bodies,
Temporary parts.
Because it is our souls
That prepare for a new start.
Bob Gotti, 23 june 2013
All Christians will be gathered together, to be with The Lord forever,
So in this Hope Christians find, encouragement and peace of mind;
Through all history believers endured, through the hope in The Lord,
So, we are not shaken or alarmed, for in God’s Truth, we are armed.
We should never be deceived, trusting in The Word, we’ve believed,
The end times are revealed to us, through The Spirit of Christ Jesus,
Thus as nation rises against nation, we will trust in God’s Revelation,
God’s Word that will never pass away, is relevant to all this very day.
There shall be a falling away first, as the times wax worse and worse,
As many shall abandon God’s Truth, setting up God’s Final Reproof,
Christ, shall then rapture His Church, then times shall get even worse,
As the Holy Spirit is taken from earth, in the rapture of God’s Church.
Then all the world will see tribulation, as the Lord judges every nation,
As the wicked one of lawlessness, starts to reign in unrighteousness,
Then the second coming of Christ, in the middle of Satan’s evil strife,
As the world shall see Christ come, to totally destroy the lawless one.
Christ shall reign one thousand years, quelling all darkness and fears,
Then, that Eternal State we’ll enter in; a time free of darkness and sin;
This is why believers, dear friend, have total peace regarding the end,
As it will be the start of Eternal Life, for all men found in Jesus Christ.
(Copyright ©03/2013 Bob Gotti)
Bob Gotti, 23 june 2013
Because we follow “I AM’ today, we can courageously and humbly obey,
As The Lord God works through us, in Christ’s faithfulness, we can trust,
God will provide us grace and power, through every day and every hour,
As He helps us, at any time and place, through His power and His grace.
There’s nothing The Lord cannot do, this, as He guides both me and you,
All we need to do is follow God’s lead, as Christ takes care of every need,
We cannot do much on our own, but, through the power of God’s Throne,
Through any trial that we should face, The Lord supplies sufficient Grace.
We should remember and understand, we can trust God’s Almighty hand,
As The Lord God guides us, in this life, through The Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Even through the most difficult time, we should fully trust in God’s Design,
In all circumstances, great or small, The Lord above is in complete control.
Through the lives of both me and you, miracles today our Lord still can do,
Unexplainable things that alter our way, as The Lord works within our day,
This, as God shows those among us, the power and ways of Christ Jesus,
As God reaches out to every man, guiding other souls to His ultimate plan.
That one plan being God’s Salvation, His redeeming plan, for every nation,
So friend, all our fears and our pride, when following God, must be denied,
That in us God will live and preach, to all those souls God desires to reach,
This, as we live to share God’s Word, until God’s Salvation, all have heard.
(Copyright ©05/2013 Bob Gotti)
Bob Gotti, 23 june 2013
The Word of God can humble men, The Truths from the Great I AM,
When God’s Word we humbly heed, the Great I Am meets our need;
Also, if God’s Law is our pleasure, we, as a people are His treasure,
Committed to the God of Israel; God’s special people to do His will.
Through our humble obedience, we show to God our true reverence,
As we seek to instill in our family, The Law from the God of Eternity,
The Law received on Mount Sinai, that’s relevant today for you and I,
Eternal Truth, that’s part of our life, following The Lord, Jesus Christ.
The very first point in God’s Law; The Lord is The Only God over all,
Then no images we are to make, for with them God we may forsake,
Then from God simple and plain, His Name is not to be used in vain,
These Laws must not be ignored, as we determine to serve The Lord.
Today for God, we are set apart, as God’s purpose we are to impart,
Unto all the nations of the world, as God’s Truth, we faithfully herald,
While in our hearts God does install, His Commandants and His Law,
God’s Law through His Revelation; relevant this day, for every nation.
What Israel, for The Lord, was to be, God’s Holy nation for all to see,
Is what The Church must be today, to direct men to God’s Only Way,
The Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Who was God’s Perfect Sacrifice,
The God of Israel’s Only Salvation, provided for men of every nation.
(Copyright ©06/2013 Bob Gotti)
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