"Recipe for a Divine Soul" and "Purgatory Alive".

Recipe for a Divine Soul

I come as a single grain
In the hourglass
And fall as swift as the arrival
To pledge a promise of peace

Honor each man
As another yourself
And sow the soil
For them all

Speak with humility
Say what you think
Don no disguise
And be true

Love the gift of wisdom
And plant a tree
To provide the fruit
Of your toil

Drink from the fountain
For thirst alone
And dine for your survival

All will come
When ready they be
Time is the rose
That comes again without bidding

Wash thy body and thy cloth
With the water of love
Harbor thine enemy
In the ravages of war
As he is thine brother and kin

Take all needed offerings
And extend your hand as pay
Thou shall groweth in return

Forget all trials of burden
And the load will be lifted
As the sun rises to pierce the dawn
The veil will be destroyed
By the fingers of the sky

Cleanse the heaviness
By the sea and the heavens
All shall be forgiven

Remain steadfast on the mountain
As the peak lies in wait
Each day of morrow

Kindness is the Lord’s shepherd
The sheep are as grass
Their fleece, golden

Place all before the altar
And the air will free your sins
Let the wind wash your spirit

There are no answers
To questions unasked
Ask and taketh away
Answer, and replenish

The sand was forged
By the flames to balance
The rolling ocean currents
As the waves course in your veins

The sky stands bejeweled
In stars of eternal diamond cascade
Gaze upon the horizon
It is who you were

At the closing of the celestial ceremonies
The bell will sound
The stones will bleed
Clouds will crash
And the caves shall recede
Ashes and dust

Characters we are
Blessed be we
The show continues
Written in time and tears

Breathe again the aura
Golden and green
Run with the road
Where the house will rise

Trust not your eyes
They are made to deceive
Open thine heart
Let the light shine
Upon all that is love and divine
Be free

Purgatory Alive

Purgatory Alive
Between the realms
Of earthly errors
And hellish havens
A fate worse than life

Down and down
Past the the doubt and peril
That plagues my rest
In fetal futility

Fear overwhelms me
Enveloped in envy
Love has died
Again

Who called this misery
Of a passing regret?
Help the humble
The meek shall inherit none

Reality is askew
No time to move forward
In a stationary gallop
Contemplation
The connection is cut

I do remember
The message you sent
That never broke through
My eggshell skull
I chose ignorance for once
And am alone once more

 

I love, absolutely love the first one. With your permission, I'd like to use it in a teaching someday.

 

Sure thing, as long as you credit it to Michael Niehaus. It was written for teachings and ceremonies. I'll let you know when I finish the other parts that I plan to write someday soon. Thank you for your appreciation.

 

Thank you

 

Hold up your hands before your eyes. You are looking at the hands of God. Rabbi Lawrence Kushner

 

That sure is true. We are nothing more than the eyes of the world.