Poem: Already

Already 
Peace, be still
away from the madness
Find yourself
pray through the darkness
The spark that you were still exists 
don’t give in to suicidal abyss

Innocence never severed 
from it’s source of love
the hope that was purity 
present in each birth
Waits like a promise gift 
for every prodigal’s return trip

Infinity’s out of sight 
out of mind
because our eyes 
are temporarily blind
but just around the corner 
is rebirth 
time to claim your heritage 
and true worth

Don’t wait to apologize 
don’t wait for pride to subside
carpe diem my friend
time’s gate will forever seal
one day 
tomorrow might be the end

Get down on your knees
Ask earnestly please
for grace
realize with haste
Humility contains true power
power of the tender hearted

Thank God for all of life
everything was an opportunity 
to choose forgiveness and make amends 
do what’s right in God’s sight
don’t follow popular opinions

Save us God from this endless 
wanderlust status seeking waste
maze mind trap of ego blind mirage
Free us of this wicked brokeness
this illusion of always loneliness 

It’s all crumbling fast 
quiksand grasp
toppling sand castles 
like the arrogance 
of the Tower of Babel
aimless arrows 
boomerang backwards 

the body is a shell 
a temporal vehicle 
a ship sailing through the veil
of human experience 
it’s not meant to be worshipped 
it only encases the eternal 
soul’s spirit 

You can’t concoct a potion
or cast a spell 
to break the curse
vanity is worthless 
you can’t reverse 
cause and effect

we were created 
to be sinless
timelessly perfect
it’s a fool’s immaturity 
to replace God with ourselves 
that’s the apple of narcissism 

It’s an illusionary decision 
a shallow pool’s reflection 
truth ripples the delusion 
but the narcissist drowns 
in self-tormented obsession 
the dark mirror’s shadow illusion 

Ozymandius’s feet of dirty clay 
wisked away to homeless dust
crushed like infants’ building blocks
how the mighty Twin Towers 
plummeted into permanent graves
melted steel fused to murdered rust

911 was an inside job 
and the Judas mob 
aren’t finished usurping 
They think they rule this caged mess
They’ll face disgrace someday 
devoured by their own machinations 

Holy justice’s 
flaming sword 
is coming
and God’s children 
will shout ecstatic 
crowned faithful 
laureled with love
not proud 
just faithful 
just patient 

Blessed are the peacemakers
we that now suffer and mourn
persecuted martyrs will rise 
shining like sunrise newborns
praise God whom all blessings flow
the unsung heroes the quietly brave
will inherit the new earth 
rebirth 

One day heaven and nature 
will sing blooming fruit and 
true stars will radiate 
God’s wondrous creative joy
sparkling rings of rainbow promise 
and we will all be married again
to God all friends again reunited 
the grace of gratitude 
is a hidden flower 
a power visible to the heart, 
not the eyes.

Amen.