Sunday, September 5, 2021
Sunday, June 6, 2021
June...Giveaway Tuesday
June
A preview to summer celebrations
With high expectations
June 1rst immersed us into giving
Beginning with Giveaway Tuesday
A day of gratitude and thanks
To the New Jersey Foodbank
And the New Jersey Pandemic
Association
Both combating hunger, depression
Extreme isolation and desolation…
Pandemic time has certainly taken its
toll
Attempting to crush the souls
Of a people caught up in COVID 19
In what seems to be endless misery
But once again God has made away
In the dawning of a new day
In great anticipation of the
milestones being made
With vaccinations across our country
In hopes of eradicating the demon of
the century
That has caught the world up into a
nightmarish reverie…
June sings of new beginnings
Let all hearts be caught up in giving
Giving…
To the many who have lost hope in an
unrelenting existence
Giving…
To the many angry who justify their
violence as the only way out
Giving…
To the many whose hatred of others
dulls their own sense of inadequacy
Giving…
To the many whose grief has plunged
them into the depths of darkness
Giving…
To the many who are sick, shut in, lonely and depressed
Giving…
To the many who are mentally ill
Giving…
To the many that are homeless,
hungry, haggard and stressed...
June sings of new beginnings…
Giving...Giving...Giving
Friday, January 1, 2021
Imani...Faith
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Sunday, December 6, 2020
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
The Deadly Demon
COVID 19 rips through my dreams clawing at my lungs…a virus
sprung from the depths of hell spreading throughout the earth intent on causing
hurt and harm to the inhabitants.
Capturing the unsuspecting…don’t let your guard down in the midst of
harmless fun…camaraderie turn deadly as the sun sinks behind the horizon…COVID
19 the fiend attaches itself between friends lacing itself into spaces and
places of innocence.
Hot sweaty feverish flu like
symptoms captivate the essence of my existence pulsating…quickly distinguishing
itself as COVID 19 the deadly demon stealing my energy…stealing the breath of my
life…stealing muscles that heretofore worked together but are now in pain aching…shaking…shivering…the
brain insane at the loss of cohesive thought. Don’t wear a mask...ignorance
shouts at the top of its voice rejoicing over the number of deaths.
Shades of gray cast gloom throughout the room…the bed saps
strength from my aching bones killing all resolve to evolve back into sanity if
but for a moment…my mind a blank canvas waiting…suddenly words light up the
backdrop “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”[1]…the
brightness illuminates the murky atmosphere…the words invade the sphere of my
soul reminding me of days gone by…and how God has allowed me to fly through
life on the wings of eagles….
“I shall not die but live and declare the works of the Lord”[2]…his
praises to be shouted everywhere…His joy filling the air…His music touching
hearts…His love giving mankind a brand new start…power is pouring through my
veins…beating the rhythm of life…beating the beat of perseverance…beating the
beat of deliverance…beating the beat of healing….”Heal me O Lord and I shall be
healed…save me O Lord and I shall be saved me… for thou art my praise”[3]…
“Hast thou not known hast thou not heard that the
everlasting God, the Lord, the creator of the ends of the earth fainteth not
neither is weary. There is no searching of his understanding”[4]…Lord
help man…help us to understand the lesson in the demon COVID 19…Lord help us to
love each other like the sisters and brothers you created us to be…Lord help us
to love our neighbor…Lord help us to do good like we should in the midst of a
corrupt and violent world. Lord have mercy on us…
Thursday, October 8, 2020
A Tale of Two Nations Within a Nation
Nightmares…hallucinations…visions
Death marching through the land declaring eminence in a shattered world Hearts overwhelmed with grief in disbelief of an altered existence Unknown virus straight out of the depths of deception and scientific experimentation shrouds the earth In uncertainty…insanity…and animosity clinging to lies that fly In the face of systemic racism…systemic poverty…systemic greed birthing the seed of exploitive capitalism oppressing many in search of the American dream…
Who said make America great again?
Kind…empathetic…compassionate…
Souls not afraid of sacrifice envelop the need to be nice reaching out helping hands to do what they can to alleviate the anguish and the pain that now reigns from continent to continent…the benevolence of many serving hurting humanity in a time of great distress being put to the test in the midst of chaos…religious organizations offering solace virtually…children making masks for the front line…people communicating caring online…lemonade stands to help breast cancer victim…marches against injustice and racism…food pantries for hungry families…compassion lies at the heart of this great nation…
Who said make America great again?
Deceits
…fabrications…falsehoods
Lies explode in the skies raining shards and slivers of hate cutting into the heart of the people splitting compassion into misperception abolishing caring into chambers of indifference…homelessness is not my problem…hunger is not my problem…health care is not my problem…COVID 19 it seems knows no boundaries…the land of the free number one in number of cases losing face in this race of destruction and devastation…the land of the free economically disintegrating into a crisis of the haves and the have nots…the big shots…the rich…getting the best of care as confusion and delusion mushrooms everywhere…
Who said
make America great again?
One nation under God…one nation under God…one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all…justice for all races…all cultures...all people…God is in control…God is love not hate… God is peace… so let all hostility cease…God is goodness sending kindness to care about the homeless…the hungry…the sick…the incarcerated…mercy shaking the foundation of a country divided from its inception…a tale of two nations within a nation struggling to define democracy…equality…in the land of the free…money vs. empathy…in the land of the free power vs integrity…in the land of the free evil vs good…let the fight continue…let the light of the Divine continue to shine from sea to shining sea.
Which
America will it be?