https://allpoetry.com/poem/16478008-Atonement–by-Seah-Ray Atoned: Not in his regal spiritual flesh garbed, he received their whips across his backfirst by Pilate, in cowardice, scourged; their spit, not spittle, spat in his face,plucked, his beard, with hard slapsfollowed by arrogant barbs… To all bystanders–‘Disgraced’, This man meek and humble. Sentto save our human race from eternal death… “Pilate went … More ATONEMENT?

https://allpoetry.com/story/16470891-Selfless-by-Seah-Ray Selfless In this Memorial seasonI do soberly reflect only to imagine a collective awed silenceregarding Michael’s ‘appointed’solemn prospect, while still proactive in all their universal activityall his ‘faithful’ brothers working togethertowards a reversal back to ‘absolute’ harmony: checking galaxies, our sun, moons,rain, people seeking justice from a time of when ‘sin’ had been spunas … More SELFLESS

I dipped its weathered tipin blackest ink as morning sank red, purple, and blue,…a flash of pink while thoughts swirledin a whirlwind ‘think’behind my mind’s eyea rapid ‘blink’ envisioning an expansive reinvigorating scene… Begun centuries backspliced betweentranquility and global war. Blown awaypeace. Scattered on a shattered track. Iron and clay moistenedsuddenly splattered flat… Though, contrived … More Or, So It Seems

‘A Future and A Hope’ “‘For I well know the thoughtsthat I am thinking toward you,’declares Jehovah, ‘thoughts of peace,and not of calamity, to give you a futureand a hope.”Jer. 29:11. *** Charged our aireverywhere likestatic electricity globallyshared. Sparksare flying. Reaction–Despair producinginternational violenceto the effect of “I don’t care.” Who can neutralizeour environment? What heartfelt … More ‘A Future and A Hope’

An Equestrian Dream (contest Your Dream Home Contest – Sonia3902z) If my present dream home with a miraculous reality did speedily cooperatethen shucks, a satellite pinpointed onto my GPS would immediately initiate a grateful return navigation to a scenic area in Georgia state, where exists a breathtaking equestrian waterfront estate in Milton’s heart strung to mine; for there overlooking tranquil … More An Equestrian Dream (contest Your Dream Home Contest – Sonia3902z)

Presumed #NPRPoetry A stranglehold of terror; feargrips our necks in circled;sphere; global to sea.Gushing out in peaks–wavesof wretched red; instead of hues blended–united. Erased by withering blueschurning up seaweed impossible to exhume…Presumed. Where Can You Find Real Hope? April 10th, 2022https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/memorial/ Photo credit: https://ithsb.life/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/a8b1d-kelpandseal_florian-graner-12-006-1856.jpg © 2 minutes ago, Lucretia McCloud    hope • love • pain • sad • society • teen   

Almost-a-Murderer’s True Beginning: No Absence of Malice Prologue Time and again, Detectives M & C McLaud–Mike and Carol, both once lawyers, saw blood trickle through the lineage of their personal bloodlines and in bleeding streams branched off from an immediate circle of friends.  Trekking to funerals virtually or masked and in-person; listening to attendee’s shocking … More Almost-a-Murderer’s True Beginning: No Absence of Malice

‘The Earth Is My Footstool’ Green grassis all flesh–youthful, old,suffering, or ‘professed’ blessed. In brilliant morningsunder gliding white strips of cloudssprigs sprout as tender blades in renew with drips of crystal dewspreading loyal love afieldof freshness yields. Then heat sweeps plainslacking gushing rainsto dry out wheat in deathly shadows to life no longer sustain… Yet, in his … More ‘The Earth Is My Footstool’

Yesterday (contest Creative Poetry Prompt – Ammapoet) YesterdayI, a rose, with petalsperfumed– a spring meadow… Freeas blown dandelion seeds carried away; in deed,speedily dark gloomimparted from your heart stripped my sepals;de-bloomed me… Today, in horrorI mirror a wretched thorn… Befuddled… Before mecirculating puddlesnot to reflect any blossomwhich lovingly adorns… 52 words Young People Ask . … More Yesterday

#love #Helovedusfirst https://allpoetry.com/poem/16445810-He-First-Loved-Us–second-draft–by-Seah-Ray He First Loved Us (second draft) “He First Loved Us.” *** Is it difficultto perceive altruistic love spun/hung dailyas myriads of ancient stars,inclusive of ones that shoot across glorious midnight skies, as a moon beams blue, orange, partial,or magnificently gleaming full, until a brilliant sundispenses rays to evaporate reignsto agony strung streaming … More “He Loved Us First”