Submissions by Joseph-Zenieh
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
JESUS, THE GREATEST MAN EVER [ AS A MAN, NOT AS A GOD]
JESUS, THE GREATEST MAN EVER [ AS A MAN, NOT AS A GOD]
Lamb of God, You knew Your killers,
and You knew what they intended,
but Your love could stay as burning
till Your death and not affected.
You could teach the deepest lesson
from the start till our present.
Those who wished to see You suffer
Continued to be Your brothers.
I adore the people who can
offer something of great value.
Ere the Passion, You could conquer
with Your angels those offenders.
On the cross your love was heartfelt.
You forgave those...
Lamb of God, You knew Your killers,
and You knew what they intended,
but Your love could stay as burning
till Your death and not affected.
You could teach the deepest lesson
from the start till our present.
Those who wished to see You suffer
Continued to be Your brothers.
I adore the people who can
offer something of great value.
Ere the Passion, You could conquer
with Your angels those offenders.
On the cross your love was heartfelt.
You forgave those...
#love
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MY ONLY AIM
MY ONLY AIM
I look for You in merry dreams
as Your existence makes them bright.
My search can fill my heart with joy
because Your face is my delight.
I search for You within the day;
the sun is up and sends me light
to make my eyes and heart so pleased
when l expect to see Your sight.
I want to be alive since life
can yield the hope to spot Your face
as when l meet You l fulfill
the goal that makes me sing and dance.
I search for You and kindly ask
Your tender heart to do the same.
Man's trip is...
I look for You in merry dreams
as Your existence makes them bright.
My search can fill my heart with joy
because Your face is my delight.
I search for You within the day;
the sun is up and sends me light
to make my eyes and heart so pleased
when l expect to see Your sight.
I want to be alive since life
can yield the hope to spot Your face
as when l meet You l fulfill
the goal that makes me sing and dance.
I search for You and kindly ask
Your tender heart to do the same.
Man's trip is...
#love
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YOUR ANSWERS GRATIFY ME.
YOUR ANSWERS GRATIFY ME.
Why don't you answer me, my dearest friends?
Are you quite satisfied with your own lives?
Do you find all your care exists in fun?
Does not your end create a sense of doubt?
Are you so sure of what this life can mean?
Have you discovered what you need from it?
Are you performing all what you're supposed
to do and going where you'll find full rest?
I love you all and think you are elites.
You think and write what is so deep and wise.
You are the guides who lead confiding sheep.
Consider...
Why don't you answer me, my dearest friends?
Are you quite satisfied with your own lives?
Do you find all your care exists in fun?
Does not your end create a sense of doubt?
Are you so sure of what this life can mean?
Have you discovered what you need from it?
Are you performing all what you're supposed
to do and going where you'll find full rest?
I love you all and think you are elites.
You think and write what is so deep and wise.
You are the guides who lead confiding sheep.
Consider...
#support
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HAVE YOU GOT AN ANSWER?
HAVE YOU GOT AN ANSWER?
We need something in this cruel world
that makes us feel a sort of rest.
Where can we find it in our lives?
We are all lost and seek a trace.
The way that leads to cool our blood
that scalds our hearts and wears our veins
is found in drinks to soothe and calm
and cheer the hearts with drizzling rain.
I envy those whose blood is cold
and rules the fears the world provokes.
Where can their blood bring calmness from?
Tell me, l'll not forget my debt.
Can they be sure of what...
We need something in this cruel world
that makes us feel a sort of rest.
Where can we find it in our lives?
We are all lost and seek a trace.
The way that leads to cool our blood
that scalds our hearts and wears our veins
is found in drinks to soothe and calm
and cheer the hearts with drizzling rain.
I envy those whose blood is cold
and rules the fears the world provokes.
Where can their blood bring calmness from?
Tell me, l'll not forget my debt.
Can they be sure of what...
#support
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WE'RE AWAITING CHRISTMAS.
WE'RE AWAITING CHRISTMAS.
Greatest hope to mankind will occur
in that cave faraway from the rich.
He's the king of all kings and He'll start
His own life in a cave shepherds have.
He conceives that His task is so hard.
They will end His short life on a cross,
and the start will be poor with no cash,
but He's pleased; His soul lives to no end.
He'll tell man nothing can spoil the glee;
a poor life, a harsh end won't bring fear
as man knows that his soul has no end
in a place full of calmness and peace.
Come, my...
Greatest hope to mankind will occur
in that cave faraway from the rich.
He's the king of all kings and He'll start
His own life in a cave shepherds have.
He conceives that His task is so hard.
They will end His short life on a cross,
and the start will be poor with no cash,
but He's pleased; His soul lives to no end.
He'll tell man nothing can spoil the glee;
a poor life, a harsh end won't bring fear
as man knows that his soul has no end
in a place full of calmness and peace.
Come, my...
#Christmas
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THE FEELING WE CAN'T IGNORE
THE FEELING WE CAN'T IGNORE
The Lord is love that gives great joy.
What is that joy which love creates
inside a child towards his mum
which is like that we have for God?
It is strong passion of a kind
that moves the spirit to a need
which none on earth can satisfy
but that pure touch that she can give.
The pull we feel towards the Lord
is just the same ethereal charm
that draws the child to that great source
which can endow the breath of life.
No wonder we have all this need;
there is in us a part of Him. ...
The Lord is love that gives great joy.
What is that joy which love creates
inside a child towards his mum
which is like that we have for God?
It is strong passion of a kind
that moves the spirit to a need
which none on earth can satisfy
but that pure touch that she can give.
The pull we feel towards the Lord
is just the same ethereal charm
that draws the child to that great source
which can endow the breath of life.
No wonder we have all this need;
there is in us a part of Him. ...
#love
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FAITH CAN FIGHT EVERYTHING.
FAITH CAN FIGHT EVERYTHING.
So sorrowful l feel for those
who do not know the faith that drove
the Westerners to fight and sail
to find new lands that were unknown.
The faith that drove to martyrdom
while they were smiling and felt sure
that nothing can disturb their peace
could make their hearts a source of pluck.
The breath we move will have a stop.
A hundred years pass like a wink.
Just yesterday, Milton wrote verse
and was so full of hope to please.
What counts is what one feels inside
that takes a man...
So sorrowful l feel for those
who do not know the faith that drove
the Westerners to fight and sail
to find new lands that were unknown.
The faith that drove to martyrdom
while they were smiling and felt sure
that nothing can disturb their peace
could make their hearts a source of pluck.
The breath we move will have a stop.
A hundred years pass like a wink.
Just yesterday, Milton wrote verse
and was so full of hope to please.
What counts is what one feels inside
that takes a man...
#faith
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WAKE UP, POOR WEST!
WAKE UP, POOR WEST!
I am too sad, my dearest West.
I do not gloat over your fate.
My precious West, l'm crying blood
as you were great and now you're not.
Look at yourself when you possessed
the faith that achieved past success.
You ruled the world and made advance
that now you look at and shed tears.
Where is that impetus to strive
and do something that can construct
the needed power you possessed
while now you look for selfish aims.
How can you live without that faith
which can produce your kids and...
I am too sad, my dearest West.
I do not gloat over your fate.
My precious West, l'm crying blood
as you were great and now you're not.
Look at yourself when you possessed
the faith that achieved past success.
You ruled the world and made advance
that now you look at and shed tears.
Where is that impetus to strive
and do something that can construct
the needed power you possessed
while now you look for selfish aims.
How can you live without that faith
which can produce your kids and...
#regret
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#EACH LIKES HIS OWN.
EACH LIKES HIS OWN.
When God allots the shares to man
in wealth, in luck, in everything,
man always starts to negotiate
and say his lot is not enough.
He claims he loves his kin and friends
and speaks about his love to them.
Despite all that, he asks the Lord
why He gives more to those he knows.
How much he lies about his love
to friends to neighbours and his boss,
but he complains that they take more
than they deserve and he takes less.
But when the Lord gives each his mind,
he smiles and starts to run...
When God allots the shares to man
in wealth, in luck, in everything,
man always starts to negotiate
and say his lot is not enough.
He claims he loves his kin and friends
and speaks about his love to them.
Despite all that, he asks the Lord
why He gives more to those he knows.
How much he lies about his love
to friends to neighbours and his boss,
but he complains that they take more
than they deserve and he takes less.
But when the Lord gives each his mind,
he smiles and starts to run...
#happiness
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YOU ARE MY CHILD.
YOU ARE MY CHILD.
Why do you treat Me like the Lord,
Whom you fear and pay heed to meet?
Am l an emperor or judge
whom just to meet is what you fear?
I want Myself to be your dear,
just like your father or your mum.
You go to them with great delight
not frightened to make yourself clear.
How can you love the judge who sits
with majesty and will decide
the scaffold or to set you free?
You quiver when you see his sight.
Approach Me with your heart with glee.
I am your tender Mum whose eyes ...
Why do you treat Me like the Lord,
Whom you fear and pay heed to meet?
Am l an emperor or judge
whom just to meet is what you fear?
I want Myself to be your dear,
just like your father or your mum.
You go to them with great delight
not frightened to make yourself clear.
How can you love the judge who sits
with majesty and will decide
the scaffold or to set you free?
You quiver when you see his sight.
Approach Me with your heart with glee.
I am your tender Mum whose eyes ...
#love
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THE MEAN ACCUSER GIVES A MEDAL.
THE MEAN ACCUSER GIVES A MEDAL.
I'm sorry that what's righteousness
has got great blame for such a man
who picks mean words from his own heart
to show what's precious can cause harm.
How dare he falsify these facts?
They're proper and concern deep faith,
neglecting the joy that they give
which builds strong base and has no end.
How can he accuse what is pure
by using words so full of shame?
But l am sure that each glass
presents the liquid it contains.
I'm sorry to hear those who are ...
I'm sorry that what's righteousness
has got great blame for such a man
who picks mean words from his own heart
to show what's precious can cause harm.
How dare he falsify these facts?
They're proper and concern deep faith,
neglecting the joy that they give
which builds strong base and has no end.
How can he accuse what is pure
by using words so full of shame?
But l am sure that each glass
presents the liquid it contains.
I'm sorry to hear those who are ...
#disappointment
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THOSE WHO WERE HERE
THOSE WHO WERE HERE
If only l had known how dear they were to me,
I would have served them with all my strength and my might,
and I'd have given them all what they liked and wished
while l was kneeling down on my sore bleeding knees.
I feel how much l loved their presence in my life.
They brought me full delight which l miss so much now.
I think of them and find my sight begins to blur.
I wipe my tears before someone can see my eyes.
But now, l have their sons and daughters beside me. ...
If only l had known how dear they were to me,
I would have served them with all my strength and my might,
and I'd have given them all what they liked and wished
while l was kneeling down on my sore bleeding knees.
I feel how much l loved their presence in my life.
They brought me full delight which l miss so much now.
I think of them and find my sight begins to blur.
I wipe my tears before someone can see my eyes.
But now, l have their sons and daughters beside me. ...
#love
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