Balloon Called Pleasure

An Apoetsbrain Original. All rights reserved © Written 15th December 2021

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It’s shine cannot be ignored. 

Big and bright. Laced in gold. 

Begging to be held and owned. 

Sparkling, distracting, exciting.

Thus you reach out in a heartbeat. 

You stretch forth to grasp it. 

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The Burden of Will

An Apoetsbrain Original. All rights reserved © Written 5th January 2022

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I am doing what we humans do. Just like birds perch, I am 

Standing quietly on the front porch. 

Overseeing the activities of fellow human beings. 

The man drawing on a  smoke seated beneath a weeping tree. 

The man walking his dog in his winter pajamas. 

His dog’s tail wagging aggressively. 

The street vendor playing his sales recording ceaselessly. 

The ethnic man taking a pandering walk around the neighbourhood. 

The youths moving around with the apparent burden of adulthood. 

The Face of God

An Apoetsbrain Original. All rights reserved © Written 21st August 2021

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We all are the very face of God.

The haughtiness in this one

The timidity in that one

The dismissiveness in this one

And the ephemeral nature of the other

These are but the face of God.

The Advent

An Apoetsbrain Original 8/12/21 ©

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One quiet night 2000 plus years ago, heaven and earth collided in silence.

A baby was born.

Born to a virgin.

Born to heal the sick

Born to raise the dead

He Creates

“He makes dry grounds to appear in the midst of the seas, and creates rivers in the deserts.”

~ Apoetsbrain randoms inspired by Isaiah 43:19

Love is Patient

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Love is patient, love is kind…

Love does not envy neither does it boast

Or so the saying goes.

‘I love you’ is said everywhere for everything at every time.

Love is uttered in every other sentence.

I Just See Another Human

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I know you have trillions in your bank account.

I know you have been born into much wealth.

Wisdom’s Call

“Wisdom calls aloud outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares.
She cries out in the chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words:
“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.”

Proverbs 1: 20-22

When I Consider the Heavens

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?
For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

Psalm 8: 3-5

Nothing Without Love

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

Comprehension

The following is a featured piece written by Bonsu Adjei-Arthur © All rights reserved

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I sat down under the tree of life, Down by the river of strife

Looking down at the caves that went through the mountains from which questions arose

Perhaps my questions were questions but as a Poet I could question my doubts

Like Newton, I knew a new thing was about to drop.

Beside the Still Waters

“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”

~ Psalm 23

The God Void

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