Golden Rays touch the height of pines and the lowest tidesSpreading beyond the Sanctum of where I wish to dwellWherefore I may be comforted and purified How delightful is your Profession, O’ LordHow bountiful is thy MercyHow great is thy Majesty For as the birds observe thine Glory most infinite For which You reside among theContinue reading “Songs of Reflection: Sacrarium”
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Songs of Reflection: Delight and Terror
As the heart walks among the sea of sorrows Underneath I find currents of silence to follow Cast of red, turquoise, and ivory rest among the olden groundThou once believed creation had naught to awe beyond my Crown The thread of life balanced on breath and deathWith no alternative left, there the ends are metContinue reading “Songs of Reflection: Delight and Terror”
The Guest House
A Poem by Rumi: A Persian Poet, Theologian, and Scholar (1207-1273 A.D.) This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comesas an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all!Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,who violently sweep your houseempty of its furniture, still,treat eachContinue reading “The Guest House”
Songs of Reflection: My Eternal
To you my Love
For you have journeyed with me
In the love of God toward the swift sunrise
Embracing the mountains and sea of life in our brief seasons
Songs of Reflection: Forbearing Stars of Time
A rose will bloom and die A caterpillar may convert to a butterfly A tree will stay up for the moon A cicada will sing its last tune To saunter through the fields under the forbearing stars How they conjure peace and solitude from a distance so far To cherish every breath of time beforeContinue reading “Songs of Reflection: Forbearing Stars of Time”
Before I Was: A Hebrew Poem
This poem was written by Solomon ibn Gabirol, who was born into a Jewish family in the Al-Andalus region (Iberian Peninsula; Southern Spain) during the First Taifa period, early 1000 A.D. He studied extensively in philosophy, ethics, and biblical studies. He wrote well over a hundred poems, and one of his greatest works titled “FountainsContinue reading “Before I Was: A Hebrew Poem”
The Mist of Vardar
A poem with a historical background. Inspired by the painting as featured, of a Macedonian soldier of the Argyraspides Division (Silver Shields) of Alexander the Great’s Army.
Songs of Reflection: Knight of Embers
Do not let thy flame die For now is not the end of thy days I pray, for the horrors have yet all been slain. In my Heart they stab In my Mind they lurk In my Dreams they speak. Put to the sword those that stab Give chase to those whoContinue reading “Songs of Reflection: Knight of Embers”
Songs of Reflection: The Passage
Wisdom is the Bounty of Knowledge To this end I embark on my Pilgrimage For to idle and not care Fashions little to no fruit bear Inquest upon the echos of the past O’ in thine Heart may it last Thus with Humility I shall revere thy tears Upon thy conscious I mayContinue reading “Songs of Reflection: The Passage”
Songs of Reflection: Shades of Shadow
Shades of shadow Rest upon the walking Hollow Seeking Purpose and Redemption In a realm of Fear and Sorrow The Hollow knows naught why it dost follow The shadow of Depravity The contour of Apathy Seeks thee to swallow For the Hollow shall not fathom the Light outside the Dark Continue reading “Songs of Reflection: Shades of Shadow”
Toxic Scribe: Writings and Rumination 