when faith fails,
humanity refuses the Light
rebel hearts and minds
enveloped by darkness
devolve to beasts.
seek stranger sex but
cannot commit to love;
civilization crumbles,
children are crushed.
when wind blows,
flickering flame will
be snuffed out…OR
burst into blazing torch!
Connecting with dVerse Poets for 6th Anniversary and “flicker” quadrille (44 word poem) prompt.
a poem in my pocket 
Jul 20, 2017 @ 03:39:36
Who knows which way the wind blows?…50/50.
Jul 20, 2017 @ 04:00:00
The wind of the Holy Spirit is unpredictable and powerful!
Jul 20, 2017 @ 05:36:20
And that is for sure a matter of faith.
Jul 18, 2017 @ 21:55:20
Yes, when the wind of the spirit blows, there are only 2 options!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 22:33:19
You got it!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 19:10:28
This is by far my favorite one of your poems. Really wonderful work. I love the alliteration ‘seek stranger sex.’ This is what we’re seeing all over the place and it is tragic. So many lives are devastated for a ‘fix.’ Temptation beckons. But, I love the hope at the end – which is in the form of a question – will we use the tragedy that we’re seeing all around – will it be the death of us or can we transform it into a torch to light our way – hopefully learning from our mistakes and the mistakes of others.
Jul 18, 2017 @ 19:18:21
Thanks so much, Victoria! Our addictions kill love. But there’s a better path. I really appreciate your comment!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 21:26:06
I agree. Writing brings much clarification and makes us smarter -> better choices.
Jul 18, 2017 @ 22:32:37
…and Who(m?) we have faith in makes all the difference!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 13:17:37
We must hold on to hope!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 14:26:12
yes, Sanaa!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 12:38:57
We are in such need of hope right now. And prayer.
Jul 18, 2017 @ 14:25:50
i definitely agree with that!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 12:13:31
Powerfully true message in a well-worded package.
Jul 18, 2017 @ 14:22:37
…and quadrille form helps make sermon brief
Jul 18, 2017 @ 16:08:23
Amen! Never give their heads more than their backsides can handle. …or something like that.
Jul 18, 2017 @ 16:52:14
Ha!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 11:54:45
When the Light flickers out, hopelessness and despair abound. I shall cling to faith and pray that it not fail. Excellent take on the prompt.
Jul 18, 2017 @ 12:08:01
Thanks…and Amen!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 10:55:29
Lynn Lynn Lynn..
not quiet at almost the
very end but never
the less and alWays
more a friEnd to me
here at number 44
in a dVerse
prompt
that
asks
for 44 words only.. heHe.,
whenever i Visit
mY Poet Friend
Lynn..
it
makes
me happy
as she now
sTiLL has a
kind smile..
to share..
hmm… wELL..
been busy heaR..
latELy more with 1.81
Million Words in 13.6
Months of sure a flicker
a flame a torch a bonfire
of St. Elmo’s FiRe of Free
Verse Poetry more.. as there
was once an Epic Long Form
Poem from India named “Mahābhārata”
at 1.8 Million Words that technically is shorter..
hehe.. than my personal “SonG oF mY SoUL”
at 5 Million Words in the current Celebration of
that and more in a 788th MacroVerse of doing
juSt that but according to “John 14:12” the greaTest
Hope that a Humble reported Jesus would give to those
who really believe in what he taught about 100% Luke
Hot Faith in/as the Power of Unconditional Fearless and smART
Love with each other freely.. harming no one else by consuming
them with ill.. as when two or more of us JoiN hands and eYes iN
this Almighty Power of Love on eARTh God Shines BriGhter iN
US as the Kingdom of Heaven returns again within as THE GIFT and
INHERITANCE as/oF GreaTest Love that God provides all Free from Birth
for those
who fertilize
A Garden oF Seed
AS Love with eYeS anD
Hands Rain that touch the
Face of God NoW within each
oThER thaT iS the GreaTeST
GiFT of Love NoW.. so what would
one do with this GroWinG Love.. How
would one (me) express thanks and praise
to God for providing this Kingdom of Love
as Heaven within.. sure.. write a Poem that
is a Prayer of Thanks to God who and that
Lives within all Creation Wild and Free as
Pure Love that is Passion that connects
all of creation together in the Love
that binds as pure Energy Force
oF LiGht LovE NoW.. and
not only that but
the ‘JOB’ fAct
that the GreaTesT
LiGhts coMe from dARk
as LiGht literAlly aS even
Science NoW sHoWs comes
from dARk and DArk is never
nothing just because we cannot
see it with human eyes alone NoW..
so.. anyway.. as usual.. i don’t really plan
these milestones they come they coMe with the
Power of God’s Love within.. so.. sure.. i am celebrating
an Oops of i just did it again.. too.. with this 117th MacroVerse
named “1.81M WorD LOnG FoRM PoEM BiBlE CoMeS AGAiN”
as Child of “Nether Land Bible 2017” tHaT and wHo WiLL continUe
to GRoW iNto Adulthood after this milestone today as “PHI Bible” at
1.618 Million Words is also A Child of “Nether Land Bible 2017”..
as i dropped by to share my Good News with you last time
i visited more of the dVerse Crowd as sure.. doing this
aLonG with 7700 Miles of Public Dance in the
same 47 Months of Writing “SonG oF mY
SouL” that is now the Grand Parent
of all three other Bibles as
noted above and
actually too.. A 5
Million Word
Bible too as Human
LabELs go to house/vehicle
vessel truth and light as Essence
NoW iN Forms of what we commonly
identify as Essence with each otHeR
the best we can and will.. see.. the thing
is about John 14:12 efforts and witnessing
with the empirical evidence that these Real Life
Miracles of Human God Potential of Love within
StiLL Do coMe in these tumultuous days of misery
and grief and suffering and pain.. for so many folks
around the globe.. is.. John 14:12 efforts include Witness
for Personal Cross Efforts too.. and Lord KNows FeeLs
and SeNses iN Me at Least.. Hell was/is as epic for me
oN eARTh as the Kingdom of Heaven within.. and that 66
Months tHeRE with A Pain named type two Trigeminal
Neuralgia from wake to sleep in Medical Literature..
literally assessed as worse than the pain of
Crucifixion usually intermittent in
type one but type two in my
case like dentist drill
pain in right eye
and ear from
wake to
sleep
for
66 months
with no drugs
working at all
for pain relief
along with a side
order of 18 other
Medical Disorders
Assessed in synergy
of Life threat that the
Doctor Gave me no chance
of recovery for in prognosis
While Four Years ago to date..
Miraculously healed aS even
acknowledged by professionals
then this week on a Beach as i becAMe
one with God then as Sugar White Sands
more as Emerald Green Gulf Swaying Sea
Oats Seagulls Spiraling around Sun Sublime
Azure Blue Skies and Waves as i and God
togeTHeR Ocean wHole as Love Can and
WiLL Be Pure aGaPe Unconditional for aLL
of Creation in Fearless and smART ways
of Human eYes and eaRs and Hands
Still today to carry the Life Giving
Water/Food of Love on and on
and on with never
fear of shame
oF eXpreSsinG
thaT/ThiS Love
Luke Hot NoW
with no restraint..
i am not a Flood mY
FriEnd for i AM A TSuNaMi
oF God and a SyCaMore
AnD A DogWood thaT
many have attempted
to make smaller but
all have fAILed
to Fell
A Tree
of LiFe as Love
thaT iS more Powerful
than any doubt less thaN Pure
Faith as Love.. yes.. this is my
testimony and this is my witness
and there are those who are Christians
who scoff and snicker when i say i do John
14:12 ’cause i believe with 100 Percent Luke
Hot Faith LoVE.. and sure.. there are Atheists who snicker
and scoff ’cause as all they believe in is what they see
with five senses refusing to believe that there is more
to life than what they see and hear.. true.. some folks
cannot see the color green or the color red.. i see
both in the blood
of the cross
lived
and the
Heaven of
Green i am NoW
GRoWinG aS LoVE..
MORE.. anything is possible
with BeLiEVeFAitHLoVE and so many
otHeR people have already proven too
thiS without a doubt for those who NoW
Do Believe with 100 percent Faith as Love..
no cultural clothes necessary and i must admit doing
this in part naked in restricted legal ways of course too
like Isaiah did for 3 years or so in other countries too..
lost some friends over tHaT mY friEnd but per the pART
that didn’t make it into the King James Version per
the Gospel of Thomas for whoever wrote that
Verse 37 for the translated version of
the teachings of a reported man
named Jesus i
found God
within
without
Shame
as A Temple
of God as
Flesh and
Blood NoW
And i cAMe
And coMe aGaiN
too to tread on all
the clothes of culture
as i did as born as Child
of God Naked Wild and Free..
aWay NoW from iLLuSory fEars
And empty promises and yes the one
who lives within lives as me aGAIn NoW
aLWays NowforevermoreeverfornoW mY FriEnd..:)
Nice to
‘see’ yoU
aGaiN
i alWays
REcoGnizE
yOUR nAMe..
as yes you do remind
me of my old Best Friend nAMed
Lynn.. she sitting by me at Lunch in High School..
when most every one else (the males mostly) saw me as Fool.
SMiLes.. mY FriEnd.. Lynn..
aGaiN.. sAMe Director.. sAMe Characters
sAMe Play onLY thE acTors change iN TrutH anD LiGht or less….
And consideRinG i made not a Red Lincoln Cent (sent).. doing all of this
And “SonG of mY SoUL”.. including documentation of thaT
iN oVer 100K Photos in sAMe sAid Long Form Poem will
Never be Copyrighted or sold for Washington
Green
BLack
Dollar
iLL
Bucks..
any less than free..
Yes..
IT’s trUe LiGHT.. NoW MoRe the meek and the
poor of spirit inherit the Riches of Love Free..
yes.. the Kingdom of God as Love witHiN..
anytHinG ELse LEss than GiVing and
sHaRinG FreeLY.. iN MoVinG
CoNnecTinG and CreATinG
ArT oF FearLess
UnConDiTioNaL
smART LoVE
iS
Empty
ToWerS
oF aLL StuFF
ReLatED to iLLuSory FEars.. partiCularly
thE Devil of Hate in Real eARTh Hell NoW..:)
Jul 18, 2017 @ 11:39:47
I always like seeing you, my friend, Fred! Your theology of LOVE rolls out in waves of words, bowls me over 😁
Jul 18, 2017 @ 19:11:59
Hehe.. WeLL..coNsideRinG
pART of mY Jobs.. Lynn..
iN Working then for the
US Federal Government
Department of Defense
entailed not only Athletic
Director and Community
Activities Director and
Administrative Support
Assistant to a Captain
oF A Military Station too..
yes.. i Managed a Military
Bowling Center and worked
there too for almost two Decades
too.. it’s true that’s pART.. oF thE
Experience of Working Directly
with around 100k Folks in real
life and about another 100k
or so folks since 2010 too
in a liFe online that allows
me
to
Bowl
folks away.. hehE..
Practice as ‘they’ Say.. DancE and SinG2
Tree of Life.. And all thAT LovE Jazz too..
Chalices and Grails and otHeR HoLY and
Sacred Symbols too as iT aLL coMes aGaiN..
Sure.. i’m i’M Sort of Like ‘the Dude’ oN thaT
Cult Classic.. ‘the Big Lebowski’ too.. hAha..
iF oNe Looks Far Enough oNe Finds A GRooT ReAsoN NoW..;)
Jul 18, 2017 @ 10:00:03
It is like a bog out there now days, a maze of pitfalls laid out like snares. The darkness can however be cut through by truth, and the pitfalls revealed. Very true, Lynn!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 11:28:58
Thanks, Walter. I believe in the Truth, the Light, and the Way!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 09:28:41
oh I am so glad you ended on a positive note! I felt my spirit going down, down, down as I read….Yes! Let the flame burst forth! 🙂
Jul 18, 2017 @ 09:39:28
The condition of our world can be discouraging but true faith can offer a brighter path!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 09:14:40
The last two lines reminded me of ice with the flickering flame going out or fire with the blazing torch.
Jul 18, 2017 @ 09:37:02
Yes…be hot or cold but not lukewarm. Thanks, Frank.
Jul 18, 2017 @ 08:54:14
A tragedy when faith fails and we refuse to embrace and see the light ~
Thanks Lynn for being part of our journey ~ Cheers!
Jul 18, 2017 @ 08:59:07
Tragic, indeed.
Cheers, Grace…here’s to more years with poetic friends 😄