God’s Light Of Determination

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D.Lester Young
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

0 posted 2002-10-16 03:18 AM

Darkness beyond believe
Despair in endless sighs
Whispered blank prayers
Magnetic bad luck
Can not shake the doldrums
It is better to sleep your life away

Mirrors broken seven times over
Got to write blues
In the music of the heart breaking
Crystal shards of lyrical purity
In the dust of creating creativity
The confines of inner space

Imprisoned with your own desires
Sentence to a life of trying to make sense
In a mind doing its own thing
In the confusion of storming emotion
Whirling doubts linger on
In clinging shadows of despondency

Yet a light so strong flashes in a heart beat
That it determines its own personality
In electrical charges cycling
Within unabated uniqueness
The flower of creation is germinating
In the power of one

In determined fortitude
Stumbling from a bruised pride
Seeking the brilliance of understanding
In the knowledge of self nurturing
No one else can share this road
For it is meant for you to cry on

Compassion is someone else’s fool
While yours is a one way street
Feeding the appetites of others
Starving to get recognized
As not being a con artist
But people still fear the unknown

The magnetic mysticism of intense radiation
Somehow survives a drooped head
In weltering heat taking other down
The moisture of a determined fight
Scars your determination to succeed
At all costs except your moral virtues

In a faith no one understands
Except the one driving you
You move forward in negativity
In storming winds howling against you
In all the might to stop you
But the gentle light within still flickers

The road will never be easy for you
The silver platter will never be sterling
The golden spoon plated in fool’s gold
The crown jewels of a pauper
But with the special light shining on you
You will never have to fear
Being totally alone

Thought: People do not have to be so religious, by being so vocal that their voices carry drums, within hearts not being blessed in seeing the diversity of humanity. They can let it happen silently by letting it seep out in the strength of their conviction.

D.Lester Young 10/16/2002
Tuscaloosa, AL
Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry)

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

1 posted 2002-10-16 12:43 PM

I love it

Cold hands means a warm heart

Irie
Senior Member

since 1999-12-01

Posts 1493
Washington State

2 posted 2002-10-16 01:02 PM

AMEN!

~Sheri

"Don't wait for your ship to come in ...
Swim out to it"

WhiteRose
Member Elite

since 2002-07-23

Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon

3 posted 2002-10-16 01:57 PM

Fabulous. Enjoyed!

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

4 posted 2002-10-16 02:16 PM

Not only do your brilliant words in the body of the poem have import, but the added impact of your comments at the end of it, drive your message home!

I commend you on both!

EA

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