Submissions by Joseph-Zenieh
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
4th Aug 2023 4:12pm
4th Aug 2023 4:12pm
CAN LOVE BE ANSWERED BY DUTY?
CAN LOVE BE ANSWERED BY DUTY?
You are my freedom from myself.
You want me free and void of care
as when l seek to keep the laws,
I won't be of Your light aware.
Your precious rays inside my heart
will clarify Your precious love.
How can't l see myself so grand?
You've died for me my life to save.
Few mums and dads can do Your deed.
They get so great in books and tales.
Deep love can bear all kinds of pain
so that the loved one never fails.
You've shown me, Christ, the place l have
in Your...
You are my freedom from myself.
You want me free and void of care
as when l seek to keep the laws,
I won't be of Your light aware.
Your precious rays inside my heart
will clarify Your precious love.
How can't l see myself so grand?
You've died for me my life to save.
Few mums and dads can do Your deed.
They get so great in books and tales.
Deep love can bear all kinds of pain
so that the loved one never fails.
You've shown me, Christ, the place l have
in Your...
#love
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SELF POEM
Published
22nd Jul 2023 7:59pm
22nd Jul 2023 7:59pm
BETWEEN DESPAIR AND JOY
BETWEEN DESPAIR AND JOY
I've lived the feeling of despair,
but is it bliss or it brings hell?
Despair can sometimes tell the truth.
The world has none of what is ruth.
When we know that; we doubt the world
with its importance and look in,
asking the soul for some support,
and trusting what has none to end.
We choose the Lord to make us bold
and help us see what will extend
to endless life when hair won't dare
to tell us it will change its shade.
The Lord will be the guide of all
and show us what will make...
I've lived the feeling of despair,
but is it bliss or it brings hell?
Despair can sometimes tell the truth.
The world has none of what is ruth.
When we know that; we doubt the world
with its importance and look in,
asking the soul for some support,
and trusting what has none to end.
We choose the Lord to make us bold
and help us see what will extend
to endless life when hair won't dare
to tell us it will change its shade.
The Lord will be the guide of all
and show us what will make...
#happiness
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
6th Jul 2023 2:48pm
6th Jul 2023 2:48pm
THE UNFAILING AXIS
THE UNFAILING AXIS
We know that man is weak and dazed
and eazily charmed by sex and gold.
Not all who say they have deep faith
are forged by that most purging flame.
A strong axis can make a wheel
well-fixed and fit to have its role,
but wheels can differ in their stuff
and each will show what it is worth.
The clergymen are human beings
who have devotion and their flaws.
They are like us and have mistakes,
but those who're good can do a lot.
The Lord gives man what can produce,
the torch...
We know that man is weak and dazed
and eazily charmed by sex and gold.
Not all who say they have deep faith
are forged by that most purging flame.
A strong axis can make a wheel
well-fixed and fit to have its role,
but wheels can differ in their stuff
and each will show what it is worth.
The clergymen are human beings
who have devotion and their flaws.
They are like us and have mistakes,
but those who're good can do a lot.
The Lord gives man what can produce,
the torch...
#Christian
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Jun 2023 11:57am
24th Jun 2023 11:57am
WHERE ARE THOSE PAST BELIEVERS?
WHERE ARE THOSE PAST BELIEVERS?
I'm so hurt to see some Christians
are like those who mock my belief,
or conceited nonbelievers
seeking manias for strange conducts.
Christian faith could make old kingdoms
create their most splendid progress,
changing Europe to great countries
that could shine the torch of knowledge.
Where are we now from those people?
Europe's striding quickly backwards,
weakened by the gays that made it
countries of the old and white-haired.
Can those gays have their own children
and...
I'm so hurt to see some Christians
are like those who mock my belief,
or conceited nonbelievers
seeking manias for strange conducts.
Christian faith could make old kingdoms
create their most splendid progress,
changing Europe to great countries
that could shine the torch of knowledge.
Where are we now from those people?
Europe's striding quickly backwards,
weakened by the gays that made it
countries of the old and white-haired.
Can those gays have their own children
and...
#TruthOfLife
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
14th Jun 2023 12:52pm
14th Jun 2023 12:52pm
DON'T LET RESULTS DISHEARTEN YOU.
DON'T LET RESULTS DISHEARTEN YOU.
Christian faith is ease not anguish.
It reveals a high example.
Jesus shows us how we should be
and behave to be His blessed ones.
He would like us to be warriors,
to defend His creeds and teachings.
He was not afraid of fighting
even when it meant His torture.
He was counting on His Master,
Who conferred on Him great power.
All His gifts could give the spirits
which might not yield instant profits.
Christ could do what was perfection
but if failure bled His forehead, ...
Christian faith is ease not anguish.
It reveals a high example.
Jesus shows us how we should be
and behave to be His blessed ones.
He would like us to be warriors,
to defend His creeds and teachings.
He was not afraid of fighting
even when it meant His torture.
He was counting on His Master,
Who conferred on Him great power.
All His gifts could give the spirits
which might not yield instant profits.
Christ could do what was perfection
but if failure bled His forehead, ...
#responsibility
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st May 2023 10:06pm
31st May 2023 10:06pm
ARE THEY EQUAL?
ARE THEY EQUAL?
One carries on his aching back
a heavy tree trunk of great weight
approaching that unfathomed depth.
He needs two steps to bridge that fall.
But these two steps will send him down
where no one can see him again.
Without being safe, he builds that bridge;
he does not reach the other edge.
But that rich side is where hope lives
and all the people thank that man.
He's lived and died with that sweet dream.
The others relish what he's done.
Some take those steps and sacrifice
themselves not...
One carries on his aching back
a heavy tree trunk of great weight
approaching that unfathomed depth.
He needs two steps to bridge that fall.
But these two steps will send him down
where no one can see him again.
Without being safe, he builds that bridge;
he does not reach the other edge.
But that rich side is where hope lives
and all the people thank that man.
He's lived and died with that sweet dream.
The others relish what he's done.
Some take those steps and sacrifice
themselves not...
#LifeGoals
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd May 2023 3:42pm
23rd May 2023 3:42pm
WITH DEATH, LIFE IS PUNISHMENT.
WITH DEATH, LIFE IS PUNISHMENT.
What is the use of being born
if you don't stay alive for good?
The stars live long, yet they will pass.
The thought of death will wreck their lives.
The Lord has trampled that who holds
a sickle and looks like bare bones.
Where is the gain that stars live long
since if time flies, they will lose light?
My heart is with who's vanquished death
as what is good should have no flaws.
No man would like to be alive
if all will turn to useless earth.
How great is Christ, the mighty Son,...
What is the use of being born
if you don't stay alive for good?
The stars live long, yet they will pass.
The thought of death will wreck their lives.
The Lord has trampled that who holds
a sickle and looks like bare bones.
Where is the gain that stars live long
since if time flies, they will lose light?
My heart is with who's vanquished death
as what is good should have no flaws.
No man would like to be alive
if all will turn to useless earth.
How great is Christ, the mighty Son,...
#happiness
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th May 2023 8:47am
17th May 2023 8:47am
HUMBLENESS, THE QUIET VIRTUE
HUMBLENESS, THE QUIET VIRTUE
Who am l to think l'm better
than the others who are normal?
Do l ken a bit more knowledge
or l fake l have this honour?
Those who are distinguished people
have no time to waste on nonsense.
They invest their time in labour
as they want to use their talents.
Don't be haughty, bell, as you know
Your inside is wholly empty.
Bullion can't fulfill your purpose
as its value is so heavy.
Help me, Lord, to be quite humble.
Bells have nothing save their shouting.
Greatest men...
Who am l to think l'm better
than the others who are normal?
Do l ken a bit more knowledge
or l fake l have this honour?
Those who are distinguished people
have no time to waste on nonsense.
They invest their time in labour
as they want to use their talents.
Don't be haughty, bell, as you know
Your inside is wholly empty.
Bullion can't fulfill your purpose
as its value is so heavy.
Help me, Lord, to be quite humble.
Bells have nothing save their shouting.
Greatest men...
#LifeStruggles
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th May 2023 2:30pm
11th May 2023 2:30pm
BUT I WILL RETURN.
BUT I WILL RETURN.
What are you, thoughts,
but like what can be brought
by gazing eyes that look
at smoke that comes from frankincense
to charm my eyes
and fill my heart with piety?
I inhale some of your
entwining curves that rise
to Whom they are addressed
and l can live with Him in His high lodge.
It's easy for them to lift me.
At times, they might be strong
and take me far too high
to spheres which are so sweet.
But l should keep in mind
I will return
and find myself in that old...
What are you, thoughts,
but like what can be brought
by gazing eyes that look
at smoke that comes from frankincense
to charm my eyes
and fill my heart with piety?
I inhale some of your
entwining curves that rise
to Whom they are addressed
and l can live with Him in His high lodge.
It's easy for them to lift me.
At times, they might be strong
and take me far too high
to spheres which are so sweet.
But l should keep in mind
I will return
and find myself in that old...
#LifeAsAWriter
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th May 2023 11:33am
4th May 2023 11:33am
MIND, SIN, AND THE DEVILS
MIND, SIN, AND THE DEVILS
They allure him into what will be
an obscene act that will seem so nice,
and don't show him how it will appear
till it is committed as a sin.
He's indulged in what they've shown to him
as a light so bright and full of taste.
His bedazzled eyes don't see the truth
which will appear when his act's been done.
Then he starts to blame himself so hard,
sorry for the dirt he's caused to her,
but no come back then can be restored
and that causes him the loss of joy.
Devils then will crowd...
They allure him into what will be
an obscene act that will seem so nice,
and don't show him how it will appear
till it is committed as a sin.
He's indulged in what they've shown to him
as a light so bright and full of taste.
His bedazzled eyes don't see the truth
which will appear when his act's been done.
Then he starts to blame himself so hard,
sorry for the dirt he's caused to her,
but no come back then can be restored
and that causes him the loss of joy.
Devils then will crowd...
#SelfReflection
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Apr 2023 10:27pm
28th Apr 2023 10:27pm
NO SPACE FOR DOUBT
NO SPACE FOR DOUBT
What's the use of earning lots
of the precious gold and coins?
Then, you leave them and descend
where all will be changed to earth.
What's the profit to become
one of those who rules the world?
Then you leave your great empire
and alight inside your grave.
What's the gain if you are loved
by the women of your town
and they cry for your sad fate,
but the coming is that hole?
Give me, Lord, the hope of life
with my Father and great Lord,
making life and afterlife
great delight...
What's the use of earning lots
of the precious gold and coins?
Then, you leave them and descend
where all will be changed to earth.
What's the profit to become
one of those who rules the world?
Then you leave your great empire
and alight inside your grave.
What's the gain if you are loved
by the women of your town
and they cry for your sad fate,
but the coming is that hole?
Give me, Lord, the hope of life
with my Father and great Lord,
making life and afterlife
great delight...
#happiness
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Apr 2023 12:08pm
25th Apr 2023 12:08pm
HOW GLAD THEY MUST BE!
HOW GLAD THEY MUST BE!
I was enraptured by a song
sung by a chanter of years passed.
I thought about that who performed
if he'd fulfilled his task in life.
The song was praising serious love
that was of pure and sincere sense.
I felt elated by his words
that moved good feelings in my heart.
I felt so glad for this clean man
who sang something of useful aims.
He praised his Lord for His good world
and now, he should be well content.
How pleased are those who achieved what
was great and useful for mankind. ...
I was enraptured by a song
sung by a chanter of years passed.
I thought about that who performed
if he'd fulfilled his task in life.
The song was praising serious love
that was of pure and sincere sense.
I felt elated by his words
that moved good feelings in my heart.
I felt so glad for this clean man
who sang something of useful aims.
He praised his Lord for His good world
and now, he should be well content.
How pleased are those who achieved what
was great and useful for mankind. ...
#happiness
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