| Above and Below |
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Underneath man's driving need Lie sex, and politics, and greed, Controlling the vices found behind The weakening of the human mind. The origins of this quest for power Are but vain attempts to stay the hour Which looms above all mortal heads, That every man, in some way, dreads: When last he draws his final breath To begin the life we've labeled "death". |
| At Penuel |
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Face to face Blinding light Sacred place Holy night Desert wall Lillies white Cedars tall Rest and flight All things new No more blight Morning dew Son shine bright Waiting done And the fight We have won Back our right Man is free Given sight He can see Ephod white Love is King Man of might Signet ring Seal two tight |
| Babylon |
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Curious creature giggles in darkness Sinister angel created by dreams Irresistible moonlit seductress Icy laughter undoing heaven's seams Destroying Babylon standing below Casting shadows, wreaking mortal heart rift Enters as lover but exits as foe Catching the tail of a skyward smoke drift |
| Circles |
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There, Where The soul of origination Leads to heartbeat And memory spirals past Future circles complete Destination and purpose At last, will meet! |
| Combustion |
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Treasured friendship Suddenly combusts Like an ember Ignited by the wind's breath Where once glowed The warmth and comfort Of coals Now blazes a flame Of such perfection And beauty It scorches all who come too near, uninvited |
| Crone |
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when i think of the elder goddess i think of all that is cozy and warm and deep the epitome the culmination of all she has lived and loved and hated and hoped this is sweet autumn fruit! not easily-bruised spring fruit or thick-skinned summer fruit |
| Deception |
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Simple untruths Told for complicated reasons Can never be persuaded Back into the nothingness From which they came The only redemption Is revelation and acknowledgement Which is the soul's regretful Declaration of humanity |
| Electra's Garden |
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The Garden of Eden The Wilderness forsaken: Two lovers entwined together Ringed around by the serpentine hedge The fire within and the cold without All three upon a precipitous ledge.... And three are one... and the one are three... and all of them are both you and me!! |
| France |
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Strawberry fields in eastern France Even survived the war S. warS. trenches tanks tunnels mud and dirt and death we all survived the war S. warS. Our WarS. killed us all All of us killed all us today is not That Day that day is Over but everything that comes Comes Again coming again does not always come the same S.omtimes it goes. go S. |
| Icarus's Garden |
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From what beginnings is such chaos made In the midst of idyllic paradise Which crushes seeds of hope carefully laid Once the sun finally conquers the ice Jealousy grown to envy madly blooms Amidst the poison of the weed called hate Dark sky above, as an empty soul looms Over the product of misguided fate Friendship and comrades both lose this fight When the lonely garden succumbs to blight |
| Jesus and the Buddha |
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Jesus and the Buddha Standing hand in hand Both bringing rays of hope To all foreign lands Humbly teaching truth, Charity, peace, and wisdom Meant for each of us No matter where we're from So why can't the leaders Of this confused world See there is no need For the stones that we all hurl? |
| Jonah |
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Wicked seeds seek for a sign Worm and blight, withered vine Cruel sun blasting on their head Without love, the wind is dead But anger is not heaven's way God sent love to save the day Shining Son on cursed tree Broken hearted slaves set free |
| Judgment |
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You judges and evangelists And all you wall street bankers, too Hypocrites avoiding mirrors Toilet paper stuck to your shoe Don't think you are obliged to judge The acts and thoughts of another When you haven't examined self Don't place labels on your brother |
| Justice (a.k.a. JUST US...) |
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Just Us... ...we are the only justice in this broken dream of freedom Just Us... ...with impunity and malice, devising rules by greed, not wisdom Just Us... ...blindly seeing just one side, with no eyes for what is real Just Us... ...denial of those outside, left alone to reason and feel Just Us... ...living in a false world of order, enforcing laws with hidden fear Just Us... ...unable to cry "No Quarter" and admit the truth so crystal clear Just Us... ...choices made with money, no thought for those without option Just Us... ...unknowing of the sad funny lives many bear without question Just Us... ...no rest for the wicked and weary, sparing no deed, good or bad Just Us... ...suspicious and leery of pleasures we have not had Just Us... ...self-chosen and righteous, ruling our own delusional peace Just Us... ...to admit error is tortuous, for fear our comforts might cease |
| juxtaposition |
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all life is sacred all divisions are man-made life is death is life so virtue is bad is good is evil and right is often wrong truth be known all good sons fall from the start freedom will only take flight when unity raises a flaming Phoenix from the ashes of duality and schism |
| Madame Fortune |
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One day Fortune wears a kindly smile But the next she hideously frowns And the Fates that do her bidding Are no more than mechanical clowns Look deep into Destiny's glass Are you fooled by her illusion? Lady Luck's movement of the present Holds no sway on the conclusion |
| Megiddo |
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Three times at Megiddo ought to be enough Three transfigurations; heavy-duty stuff Saints are marching in to call this blind-man's bluff Put away your 'armistice' and false-born pride Cast away the fear from which you seek to hide Look no more to borders; time to look inside You are not alone, not even in your mind Freedom's easy path is one so hard to find Choosing self over righteousness means walking blind Can you face the fact that we are all the same? Will you agree to disagree? Cease to blame? Life's course here on Earth has naught to do with shame. |
| Moonflight |
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Amid the jangle of the teeming turmoil, From the midnight depths of ocean gardens- To heights that diabolism cannot spoil, I watch as night falls, when darkness hardens The softness cast by shadow's pewter glow. My desire to fly sends invocation To the ethereal lunatic Queen. Ignitable in my supplication, I cut my tepid bond with earthly scene, Leaving man and his troubles far below. |
| Mourning Glory |
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Marble masons make millions On man's mission to memorialize With monstrous, meaningless, monuments Meant to manufacture memories By means of morbid maintenance |
| Once |
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A sailor I must once have been My life spent tossed upon the sea At ease amidst the rowdy din Toil, sweat, and a heart set free Intoxicating briny air Mist lacing each breezy caress All my senses fully aware Of a time sweet, blue, and endless |
| On Dancing |
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When the music captures your will And the beat courses through your veins Your soul will have to get up and dance For joy will not be restrained. All miseries will come to an end And pleasure cannot live without pain In order to be truly cleansed One first must be stained. |
| Questions |
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Do you follow the heavens? Or does the tarot guide your will? Perhaps you gaze into crystal, Heart open to what's revealed. Do you feel that destiny Is our own we each create? Will you travel half the way To shake the hand of your fate? |
| Rome |
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Bees love honey Man loves money Goddess Earth Gave man birth And a home Man built Rome With the thought He owned the plot But man's a fool Still in school He must learn Rome will burn |
| Shiloh |
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Last night I dreamt of standing in Shiloh The waters around me swirling and white The sky was dark with an electric glow No sun, no moon, the darkness was daylight Before my eyes our world became un-made And God, Himself, reached out and turned the page Revealing that which had underneath laid Appointed before the start of this age I had no fear of being swept away For I stood upon rock, not melting clay |
| Starlit Pathway |
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Some say it's only a dream world A playground built for just one Observed by souls with wings unfurled Whose leaden feet have forgotten to run These critics of my free flying fancy Are blind to the magic of air And deem variance from routine too chancy Preferring to be weighted by care They know not the delight of adventure Embarked upon in fullness of night Relief from the sun's harsh disclosure On a path lit by the stars' light |
| Three |
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This is beyond Destiny and faith Love will win Horus and Isis Will be with Osiris Once again i's and imagination Magi adoration Unites kin |
| Three Haiku |
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Glittering lost leaves Sparkle down to golden ground To warm winter's feet Pale moon, enigma Knowing all secrets of men Silently she smiles Sunlight bends the hours Stretching the afternoon's dreams Within its magic spell |
| The Tower |
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Fair forgotten lady Keeping the faith High up on the tower Small flame of candle Ever wakeful while you watch Hope and heaven provide the power |
| The Truth Behind the Facts |
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I have no appreciation For any incarceration Aimed at rehabilitation While causing dehumanization Man's appointed establishment Chosen to sit in judgment Intended to rise above sentiment Is borne of discontentment Methods used to desensitize Instead will only demoralize While pushing us to rationalize Away from truth we must realize Justice is our premise to constitute We assume the right to prosecute Blindly our own souls we persecute When we sin against Man and execute |
| Twist |
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You say what's right is "this" Yet I believe in "that" And so much truth you miss Your ego's grown too fat There is a twisted end To this worn-out worldly tale You'll see your pride has thinned Standing at the gates of Hell |
| The Way |
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Remove your blinders Walk with Dharma Consider your deeds Sleep with Kharma Shed your possessions Learn to let go Release opinions Let the truth flow Care for each other We exist as one Defeat hate with love War will be done The path is open For decision Make loving-kindness Your religion |
| We See |
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The snake, he wears a judge's robe And lives within the mirror That looks darkly through our minds Seeing us far more clearer. Than we see ourselves. Though not good, neither evil He adopts the name we give When we're yet babes in our soul Magic dreams by which we live. Then we see ourselves. |
| Wisdom |
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I aspire to the Magdalene Truth's sweet spirit of womankind Rose from elect to righteous Queen Her wisdom opens eyes once blind The lies of thieves could not make stain Upon the whiteness of her gown With evil she has never lain Her life is light, worn as a crown |
'Beloved Vineyard of the Prodigal Son' by
L A Myers-Campos
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