I Believe In. . . (Contest / I believe in….)

I believe in
sought-silence

to enlighten. To refine
as I sit near a silver topped river.

Tranquil, I recline

under a weeping willow.
Not a widow at this time.

Still,

I wonder of such things of woe
and evil inclined…

I gaze upwards
through long, narrow, light-green leaves

for answers

not designed to deceive
as I begin to recall:

weeping willows are tolerant
of many type soils.

Healthy and hardy: Not really needed
fertilizer at all.

Though often bothered

by persistent pest
and disease issues, their beauty
I receive

as to other nature lovers
called.

Targeted spraying
helps alleviate their issues.

Though, green leaves turning yellow
are considered ‘normal’ in the fall…

All around I see evidence
of a Creator caring:

A sun brilliant
available to even those violent.
Engaged in warring.

Seeking ‘blood’
in constant ‘brawls’.

Yet, this ‘King of Eternity’
has set a time limit

to ending wickedness.

A ‘day of vengeance’
it is ‘righteously’ called.

To the ‘meek’
a time of salvation.

Granted deliverance
in a way of awe.

Whereas, for the ‘wicked’
a day of destruction.

To a ‘majority’

it will befall…

***

“Go in through the narrow gate,

because broad is the gate and spacious
is the road leading off into destruction,

and many are going in through it;

whereas narrow is the gate
and cramped the road leading off into life,

and few are finding it.” Matt. 7:13, 14.

***

Our way of worship ‘true’ or ‘false’.

A death-dealing poison? Or an enlightening—
Luminol…

***

Under my ‘weeping-willow’
wondrously enthralled

I contemplate
Thomas Carlyle’s quotes:

“Speech is human, silence is divine,
yet also brutish and dead:

therefore we must learn both arts.”

“That there should one Man die ignorant
who had capacity for Knowledge,

this I call a tragedy.” Withal… Certainly.

The Paradise New World That Is Near!
https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-no2-2021-may-jun/new-world-paradise/

Write a poem for contest I believe in…. – Tiadora Anderson
“I believe in the sun
Even when it is not shinning
I believe in love
Even when I feel it not
I believe in God
even when He is silent,”

25 plus words
No adult or profanity
I will add HM as needed

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