Be victorious in defeat

Be victorious in defeat, not arrogant in winning. Be humble and not fearful, there is always gain in learning. 

Be a Pride of lions, fierce with strength, but don't be proud. 

Be a Bee, not a fly, be attracted to light, not things dark and dead. 

Be a Donkey, hard at work, with a Cross on your back. Head held low and wise. 

Be a source of hope in someone's life,

Be a Guardian Angel, a protector and helper,

Be a warrior and fight for their corner.

Even when frail, be strong inside,

Even when hurt, learn and gain, 

Even when down, never be beat,

Even when insane, overcome and become what you want to be.

This is life, 

Be victorious in defeat and rise again!

Paradise

His home is rest and fulfilment,

His home is faithful power, 

His home is beauty and Truth for the eyes, the mind and the senses. 

At once faith, belief in the unseen, becomes sight and heart, 

Faith is realised in the most magnificent visions, the reality of Glory,

Trees with sweet fruit abundant, 

Flowers so fragrant and pure, 

Both Sparrow and Archangel rejoice with song and breath. 

People gather as friends, 

People love one another, 

Love the most sacred, the most high is everywhere present and filling all things, 

Fore only sacrifice brings love, 

And only Truth realises love, 

And only life everlasting is love, 

My God is love who brings the end to suffering to those who have done good and know him, see him in front of them and love him without question,

Those who did lose, will gain, 

Those who were weak, will be strong, 

Those who were tormented will be free of all torment, and will feel only ease. 

When your sins are forgiven you, 

When all questions are answered, 

When the water poured and fire inside is ignited simultaneously, and the Holy visions are realised with wonderment, and the mystery of miracles are all around, you will see his love in every pore, in every grain, in every drop of water, in everything and everyone, 

Life is a blessing to the faithful, 

Those small vital moments on Earth giving hope and strength to continue, to see the face of God, to live the life he wants you to live, to be free,

Freedom and love entwined, 

Fore one is inseparable from the other, as a bird soars high it sings its song to glorify it's creator, you will become like a bird forever, flying high and singing love. 

The Fisherman

The evening stands still, warm wind flows with a kind whisper. There's no rush. 

He sips a glass of red wine and smokes a cigarette, his only vice.

Looking onto the harbour the Sun sets and only the waves of the ocean are heard. 

He stumps out his last cigarette, it was a hard day. 

Exhaling, he breaths out bitterness and looks to the next day. Only with determination to be with God and God only.

People come and go, good people and bad, they are always far away, distant. Only God is close. The like minded are few and far between, only two or three. God persists and is always there. 

As he reclines onto his chair he rubs his head and then his face, no worries only patience, no worries only courage. He soon sleeps. 

Woken by the toll of a church bell, he stands and looks to the veranda to see the rising sun. A new life he thinks.  

He unties his boat and sets sail. 

Truth

People think their truth is the truth... Unfortunately for those people, they believe in their own opinion, that's what believing in your own truth is.

It's the comfort that draws them to themself. 

To believe in the truth you have to force yourself out of your own opinion, out of the comfort zone and agree with the Truths opinion.. As only The Truth knows what that is. 

It might hurt to agree, it may break your ego, your arrogance, which always hurts, but with this comes humility, that what you think isn't the be all and end all. There is something greater than you. With this comes the ultimate freedom and power. 

Ask yourself this... Are inanimate objects humble? Are things that do not live humble?

Is one person greater than another person?

Should I question the the real Truth?

Should I believe what an arrogant lier tells me?

Also, the truth has no arrogance,

It is beautiful and kind... It is love.

It defends itself... And is most rejected and hated of all, most criticised and scrutinised, but will never fade or go away, it will always be there, it forgives and never destroys, never takes revenge. 

The truth is knowing the beginning, but also the end.

The truth itself knows everything.

If you don't know the truth, then by all means question... But if you do know, then accept it with all your heart.

Don't be a mobile phone 📱

I've noticed this happens alot, 

They'll message and text you, 

But they won't meet eye to eye, and I ask why, bloody hell, why? 

Please don't be a void avoiding human contact, 

Touch the heart with true connection,

Don't be a screen or a button, 

See face to face over coffee or tea, 

Talk, touch and express your stress, 

Talk life, share ideas, even have a pint or three! 

Don't be a mobile phone, 

Covid is no longer a problem, 

Stuff the new norm, 

Be a person, it's much better that way, 

Don't hide, meet people and confide, 

Open your heart in the presence of a friend, 

Problems solved and mind on the mend!

Its a problem in this modern era of technology, 

Confidence goes when you can hide behind a screen, 

An easy get out clause, 

But, just for a second take a heartfelt pause... 

Remember life, remember friendship, remember the spirit of community, 

Remember happy times and true love, 

Things above the electronic gadgetry of instantaneousness... 

Pause and take hold, 

Hug each other, grab hands and look at each other in the eye, 

People aren't that scary or bad, 

And when you take that step forward you'll think wow I'm glad! 

The Hand on my shoulder

The wreckage is at your feet, 

It's outside and in the street, 

It doesn't matter what you think or feel, 

It's imagined and it isn't real. 

The wreckage is in sight and in mind, 

It's on an unusual level of a rare kind, 

What you see is not what you get,  

Generate a calm mind then this you will forget. 

The wind blows strong, 

The tree still stands, 

I'm not in control, 

It's not in my hands, 

If it falls it falls, 

Only time will tell, 

Do not fear the future or worry about the past, 

Be still at all times as the Truth itself is vast. 

A hurricane is like the devil himself, 

Both attempt to move us, break us and devastate us,

A catastrophic mentality brings about panic and alarm, 

But with peace and prayer comes an impenetrable calm. 

Your friend lays his hand on your shoulder, 

A simple gesture, a simple act, 

But the impact is life changing and mind rearranging, 

Such kindness and such beauty, 

It makes you wonder, 

You are loved, 

You are treasured, 

Your are cherished,

You are special for a special reason, 

Though ongoing is the change of the wind and the changing of season, 

He never changes his mind, 

He is always loving, 

He is always kind, 

His heart remains the same day in day out, 

Sunrise to Sunset,

And this we must never forget. 

On that day that you feel crippled and that day may return, 

You're ready to rise again, 

As faith is stronger than fear, 

And as the Sun rises you mind is made clear, 

That forces of nature are only skin deep, 

And when I feel weak and weep, 

I am heard and helped every time,

As the hand on my shoulder made the Moon and the Sun shine, the Earth we live on and the Star's align. 

The Mission

The light had begun all those years ago, 

The mission started from the birth of time, 

The stars in the sky made to shine, they celebrate when dust became life, 

Thousands of years past, but eternity it lasts,

And now is the time to see the path. 

Sing songs of comfort, 

Sing songs of joy, 

For now is the time to seek, 

Knock on the door and ask for help, 

And take a little peek,

For once you see the treasure inside you'll be sure to change, 

Your life will rearrange from what is lost to what is gained, and in an instant your life will be reclaimed. 

As the planets turn on an axis, such a sublime yet simple thing, 

And the heat of the Sun burns bright as it rises and sets new life begins every day,

Every day we wrong, every day we fall, every day we rise again to see our life in front of us. 

The unverse is a gift to us all, a place we call home, 

The Earth the centre a special dwelling for man until we lose everything and gain it back again, finding a new place to rest our head, and slumber deep and sweet in our warm bed. 

The mission completes on the last page of the book, 

Frightening and deadly we long and fear to take a look, 

But read we must until we rust, and then we will rise for certain from this old Earth's crust. 

Gently does it when we are there, 

But hard is the journey if we let our friend down, so fear wrong and do only what's right, then and only then do we delight and marvel in the presents of a wonderous and mysterious feat, and we know then that the mission is complete!

Irrepressible

I'm a hurricane, I'm a lightning bolt, I'm a exploding volcano, I'm a revolution personified, you cannot contain me, you cannot box me in, you cannot label my life, I will never be what you want me to be or think I should be, I'll be what I want to be! 

I will not be restrained, 

I will not be controlled, 

I will not change my words, my actions or my thoughts for any man or anything!

Im a new horizon, I'm a blast of sunshine, a rising star, there's method in my madness, I can only but go far.

There's no cliché in me, I'm not a has been or was, I'm not over the hill or washed up. 

I'm fresh, I'm new, I'm ongoing development and ongoing progression,

I bear my cross with a smile on my face, with determination and a song of grace,

I'm poor as poor, but my inner being is richer than rich, 

There's no glitch in me, 

There's nothing wrong in me, 

If you see it, 

That's your problem, 

That's your fault, 

That's what's wrong with YOU. 

I'm my own law, my own rule, and  that's cool, 

It's cool to be different, 

To be unusual, 

To be strange, 

You may point the finger or gesticulate your hand my way, 

But, it's my way or no way! Understand?! 

Everybody has flaws and weaknesses, 

But some people dig deep and grind in life like a lion, and their heart roars with might, 

As to live in life is to fight and fight and FIGHT! 

I'm a giant, a monolith, but you'd never know, 

As my countenance is humble and my head is low, 

The greatest is the least, but the fire burns ferocious within the soul, 

To get to where I need to get, 

And your evil ways and the evil one himself will never stop me, 

I will never break my stride to get where I'm going, 

Your daggers will not kill me, 

Because I'm God made, 

God tells me what to do and how to live my life, 

God gave me the power, 

Gave me the power to be good, 

Gave me the power to be strong, 

Like an athlete I'll keep running and I'll keep rowing to get where I'm going, 

And nothing and nobody will stop me! 

Love and War

A Spartan battlefield, barron and stark, apart from a single spear embedded in the soil. 

No bird here, no finch, nor sparrow,

But shoots of Crocus so green, so pure, sprouting with beads of dew hanging on their very skin,

So small, so delicate. 

The freshest breeze blowing down on their hanging heads,

Time stands still. 

for a moment death returns and sadness envelopes them, 

A burst of warm sunlight from beyond distant murky clay hills

raises their heads bit by bit and the chitter chatter of Sparrows soon follows. 

The Greek elite were victorious, 

The enemy ignored their message of "IF" and threw an onslaught regardless,

Swiftly and powerfully the foe was destroyed, 

With violence and bloodshed

freedom was assured.

A pity. 

Though, 

the bloom of the Crocus and the Laconium Thyme was immenent, the purest of beauty and natural freedom. 

They threatened with "If we invade you we shall conquer you" 

The Spartans replied with a singular word "IF". 

The embedded spear was for not long alone, love from nature would surround it and in time prayer would overpower it. 

The Good Cause

Sharp as a blade, 

My words can break bones, 

Soft as a kitten,

But, twice shy once bitten,

The irrevocability of your actions,

Leads to God and man entwined,

And you will feel the bitter pain of the spiritually blind. 

Strength from within and sight from above,

The language of genius philosophy and the spoken words of love,

A cup of coffee or three and adrenaline driving through rippling muscles,

The actions of Zeus, a lightening bolt to your psyche, 

The mythical eliment is hear to confuse, but the reality of life is to grind and bruise,

To fight and hussle, when all give up, 

When they know the truth, they shut the fuck up, 

Or they pump up the evil and pretend it's you, 

But, morality and God work for the good few, 

And no matter what they say, 

You are defended by what's right, 

As evil never wins any ANY fight!

Evil is weak in every form, 

Cruelty, deception and charm, only do harm, 

It's like pride in Chess, 

If you care about winning too much, 

You will lose every time, 

Inside the game matters, 

Whereas if the game doesn't matter, but you play with love, 

You play with freedom and might from above, 

Win, lose or draw it doesn't matter,

But, life is not a game to play with with the mind of others, destroying their will power and their sanity, like a check mated King,

I have feelings, I'm not a toy or a thing. 

The genius of life is goodness.

This is the key,

If you see this in front of you your entire life,

You will see a man born not in great power, but in humility, 

The contradiction in life is greatness is small and meek, and has fragility, but is here to shuffle the pack, 

It is peaceful but with powerful words put in action, 

Walk the walk, not with a poker face, or a hidden hand, 

But, always have your hand revealed, 

As the truth is the strongest form of defence, 

It goes straight to your heart, 

Here you'll find what you truly need, 

Without lies, without hiding, without a mask, the task in life is to be who you are meant to be, 

Be yourself and be good, 

Pull up your pants and take off your hood, 

Be strong, don't be wrong, 

Fight and wage war for the good cause, 

And never EVER pause! 

Dreams

Annoyingly frustrating,

Absurdly irritating,

Hard to remember and you want to forget,

On occasion they are a delight to the mind,

Are they cruel visions or sight to the blind?

Dreams are demonic disturbance,

Rarely holiness visits us during sleep,

We must pray unceasingly to halt the demons fire, 

So their bullets bounce back and then wisdom we acquire, 

That we'll sleep deeper without that satanic touch, 

When purity enters our mind our lives improve so much. 

Though with greater purity we are attacked all the more, 

But with greater humility the devil knows the score, 

You cannot be touched, you cannot be broken, you cannot lose your faith, 

You are met by Angels not deaths scything wrathe, 

You are given life and shown mercy,

Fore power is in humility not violence, 

In the humble not the great, 

There you have a beautiful silence, The reward of rising early not an erratic mental state. 

The demonic, the dark powers that be, 

Will hide, will sear, from me they will flee, 

Fore at the forefront of thought is the sign of the Cross, 

Forehead, naval, shoulder and heart, 

Always from Him you'll never be apart. 

There is freedom

There is freedom within when you fight hard against sin and let life begin,

There is freedom without when you follow the path, 

When you know what life's about. 

Don't only lend a hand,

But lend your heart too,

Give and learn the act kindness and do not succumb to metaphorical blindness. 

To see is to hold the universe in the palm of your hand, to know history from beginning to end, that not everything is corrupt and tarnished, that the spirit never dies, that there is a better place, that there are good things to come, that hope keeps you alive and faith sets you free, and no matter what cruelty befalls you, the master of all is helping you, sustaining you and guiding you, and know that life has meaning, and life's meaning is the master, who protects you from all evil. 

Do not wait for human justice, fore that is time not well spent, but allow the marvelous work of the master to take place, with timing of unexpected perfection and unfailing and unceasing wonderment. 

That is why we ought not worry, 

When we follow a straight line from here to eternity, 

We are held by the hand like a child, 

And not led astray into deception, 

But led to the safety of home, 

Which is where the heart wants to be led, 

Follow your heart and be free!