Daniel Wiseman
11 min readSep 27, 2019

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when we have all reached a place of peace

this world will be as it was originally intended

when we choose to love our enemies instead of hating them

we will find the nature of our saviour being manifest within us

I get nervous thinking about the impact of my actions and spoken thoughts

if prison awaits prepare me for that experience

sustain me through the flames that may be waiting for my devoted soul

I am looking for a quick getaway

she is only going to ask me how my week went once in a lifetime

pretty soon my opportunity to get to know her will be completely over

granny rewards him with a tasty treat that sweeps him off his feet

for the intelligence obviously present in his brain

a young lad learning to spell and scribble down his name

stored in a brown paper bag in her kitchen drawer

pour a little love into your weary heart

you won’t come back here again

not that this town of nostalgia isn’t worth visiting

its exquisite landscape holds you captive

its elegant design captures your heart

snatching it up out of the blue suddenly

giving you an ethereal experience akin to floating

you can’t catch that fly

it’s far too fast for you to trap

she wraps her fingers round your eyes

and yet you still tug yourself beyond her grasp

she’s quite the expert

doesn’t flirt with danger

or strangers who don’t belong to her

she lays down in the field and becomes animated

intoxicated by perfume drawn into a world whose existence parallels her own

shes headed for higher heights destined for sunnier climes

should I tell her there’s no place on earth that serves purely as purposed to leak out the frustration she feels and embrace the death of sorrow in a land where it has neither past nor morrow and tis present not in each passing moment nor even in fable

wiped completely from the memory of its inhabitants

what a malady to grasp

the melody of her task

the onerous scrambling for meaning

scraps of revelation she remains tethered to amidst the storm

he can’t help him he is unable to save he who is far from willing to be rescued

does he want an audience to puzzle or connect with

clarity doesn’t appear to be his main objective

yet he appears to be responding to the allure of appeal

it is in our nature to anticipate a welcoming response

even if rejection is our sole experience

there was a time I hailed those cryptic masterminds

intentionally coughing up algorithms

those who once valued the task of being the conduit for deciphering

now building an altar to babel and bewilderment

there is neither virtue nor vice in it

it is redundant as a petticoat for a prune clogged pie

I wish I could take her to a world where she never had motive to cry

I hate to be that locomotive bringing maelstroms to her station in life

I get the vexation to elicit explanation

I try to avoid that catastrophe

that occurs when I simply blunder my way through my days

expressing the exclamation of a soul that’s dancing in acid rain

the mysteries of our deity constructed cosmos are far from made plain

by candelight she spirals round and hangs her head in shame

we are groaning and moaning chilled to the bone

enthroning love as supreme above all other masters and prospective suitors of our spirits

her twinkling eyes are bewitching

I cannot help becoming her smitten kitten

should I hide desire

lock it in my heart

keep it secret

push it deep into the dark cavern

where the worms glow

under the waves

where the snails frolic

and the suckerfish enslaved work furiously to keep the backs of whales clean

where the seahorses gamble with the jellyfish serene

oh to be in that place again

where imagination would lead me to forgotten realms

returning to remembrance city in the twilight hours

when all is still and not a bird is tweeting

when life is calm and all the world appears to be sleeping

to my hemisphere trapped brain

to my atmosphere clogged cerebral chambers

in the night she calls my name

I come to her in whispers of dreams

I hold her in my arms

her fear withers , faith flourishes

we watch her terrors shrivel up and die

drip down the plughole as we shout hooray

she is the whirling hurricane the wind that pulls me round in circles

she is the blood that’s flowing through my veins

the wild stallion that nips at my nightmares

chasing those blood thirsty dogs far from sight

with a neigh that to them appears quite vicious

but to me is merely a delicious display of bravado

her enthralling vibrato ensnares like eclairs

I would choose to be secluded with her for a million days

perhaps her hair might find its way snaking across my hips

as she lays near my chest lying in rest

or coil its tendrils round my ears as her tongue finds its way between my teeth

she is my coral reef

never losing her rainbow or sweet angelic halo

a heart that beats with compassion

should always be in fashion

I missed the boat of opportunity

I watched it slide on by

she is the amethyst that never dies

forged in fire and pitiful circumstance

the loss of the man she loved like a brother

the one whose bud entertained me on that merry show

on what seems like another galaxy many moons ago

before I learned to judge more wisely how I entertain myself

i’m not saying I’ve completely learned my lesson

I’ve still got a whole lot of maturing and growing up to do

she’s curing me like meat

she’s a party in my street

she’s a fleeting glimpse of paradise whenever she parts her lips and shows her miraculous saliva coated communication instrument

I value its tasting buds

her smelling nose

dispelling rumours of an indisposed rose

her belly button is the choicest of lamb not mutton

I wonder how oft her pulse imitates my rapidly pacing own

could I greet her ever as eskimos do

i’d care too much for her to bother if its misconstrued

I wish that I could reconstruct a world of only us

i’d die happy if only I could witness her boogeying every morning

I can see why he has a dog to console him in her absence

it’s hard to compensate for the fact that she’s not there

whether or not the cupboards and the fridge are full or bare

she’s more bountiful than a well stocked pantry

she’s the larder of my largesse

the domain of my devotion

the domicile of distress’s elixir

the antidote to it becoming a permanent fixture

we could suffocate on these surroundings

they’re far too gloomy

we need more room for sparrows and mushrooms

will she acquiesce to dine at the castle with me

I sent her a note in my sleep

slipped a finger across her noble throat then touched it against her gentle trembling lips

could you grasp me like a concept

like the asp did that implanted ruler’s neck

in the land of sky piercing structures

a sarcophagus bound in triangular abode

the chief with no nose knows not the odour of decay

another morning waking up means another potential relay won

you slaughter my boredom

hang draw and quarter it

I feel like I could run a mile

when I just see your smile

I act like even more of a twit than I usually imitate the behaviour of

i’m badly in need of a saviour I can’t help mimicking dumkopfs

oh where are you now when I need you the most

take me back in time to when the world was young

when everyone seemed less guilty more innocent

before I pegged my tent in the residence of the wicked

does the president have a cricket for a conscience

some think its on mute but that view is obnoxious

why else would he fight for those unborn lives to gain the right of breath

if youre good for nothing else let your legacy be freeing spirits from the grips of those who would grind them to pieces between the gnashing teeth of hell hearted machines

thinking mythically like a sasquatch or mystically like the stars twinkling over the ocean’s blues

could you have been there at the beginning of the world

if you gained that privilege would you think differently about God

there was a time when the little girl inside you cried out for love and found it in the arms of Christ

there was an era when you wouldn’t question HIs judgment or criticize HIs moves as if He was your employee and worked for you

it’s tricky to remain stoic when a loved one slips through your fingers grip

yet know this you are holding onto the manufacturer of the universe not grasping at bundles of wind

you needn’t abandon hope in this place

this is not the place of lost breath

she comes so close to death yet doesn’t slip over the edge

she’s clinging tight to life

she sees the worship built inside her

to last beyond the corrosion of her mortal temple

not tasting corruption in the sense she embraces it

though she has had her brushes with it she refuses to be tainted by it

forgiveness unchains her

escape the wheel of bitterness

that cycle of hate does you no good ma’am

its like being a ball whacked about in a grand slam tournament

all it does is cause you pain

it winds up shortening your life span

you will find it over in an eyeblink

it will drag on and feel like climbing a muddy mountain with concrete blocks attached to your arms and legs

would you push a wheelbarrow over the roaring falls

or be pushed by someone thrusting you forwards blindfolded

your bearer not obtaining naught but a slit of the visual world

don’t quit on me now

you said you trusted but you let your trust turn to rust

you chose to miss out on the adventure of a lifetime

you sped on through that moment

it was over before you knew it

you want to explore the world

wear moccasins

escape the one who perpetually mocks our sins

the liar the robber that vicious slug

the one who urges us to lose ourselves in drugs

little do those users know who are used by what they love

they aren’t finding themselves in that moment of abandonment to evil

they are merely choosing a master for themselves

who will take everything and give back nothing

his brain cells are growing new trees ones not infested by fungal disease like the world of before

he has dealt with the strain

felt her trickle past his eyes

he couldn’t catch the river if he tried

but his eyes are dry now

his little ones held close to his heart

they darted off he thrust them away from his face

that other one who came between them

who breathed evil in her and masked her eyes

to the truth of who he was poisoning her mind

do you see the angels where the devils reside

do you see the wolves where the sheeps leap

into their dip over the stile

into luscious meadows as you rest

do you detest the world you live in right now

will you past the test of faithfulness

she was always so much better at declaring allegiance

she wrote it on her lunchbox but decades later turned out non complaint

how she mocked chortling at the stripping witch prone dabbler in darkness

how she bubbled at their troubles

weirded out by self declarations of seeker instead of the possessor of truth

is hypocrisy the opposite of admitting you’re a wanderer

being the owner of certainty doesn’t make you a boomerang thrust through the mirror being’s brain

if you think i’m slightly incapacitated you wouldn’t be far off the mark

your heart is a covenant ark

treat it like a convent keep it sacred well swept and clean

you can get subdued and defeated by your circumstances

or emerge victorious over them

do you see the gloriousness within your eyes

you know how dazzling you are on good days

but not when it rains on the inside of your pupils

you don’t have to carry that load alone

I’ve never seen you annoyed in full measure just an inkling of treasure turned to trash

watching that fire flash like volcanic activity within those cosmic spheres i’m enthralled at

circle round the sun with me darling

i’ll be gone before its turned starlight

we were washed in scarlet coats of liquid

to buy us a mansion on golden streets

but don’t get it twisted our destination is not our goal

so much as its manufacturer

mirth cannot be found elsewhere outside the pulse of our maker

joy’s fountain is obtained only in HIm

the mountains shake at HIs command

they rise from oceans without the touch of HIs hand

a mere breath is enough to cause their ascent

He doesn’t need a translator to understand your accent

He speaks every language

each tribe’s tongue HIs mind invented

don’t think He’s reckless with love or time He does care how you spend

the portion of the clock face you inhabit while on this earth my friend

like the hands of mickey mouse you spend at least a half century circling round it

let go of all the things that others did to hurt you

release your grip on any notions that displease HIm

find your lips bursting forth with praise all of a sudden

like the rain you can’t stop that jubilation from coming

He snaps HIs fingers and the walls collapse

or clicks His tongue against HIs teeth and beef serving herds are mobilized to existence

He doesn’t want us to just vegetate

while the world goes to Gehenna in a handbasket

don’t permit yourself to get bogged down in regrets

they are useful but not if they produce in you the urge to regress

transgression is never to be associated with progress

no one human ever sinned without feeling slightly uncomfortable the first time they did it

it’s not a sign of improvement that spitting in HIs face no longer feels awkward

don’t let rebellion ever be defined as part of your personality

do you want to break the heart of your maker

He hung on a tree to save the souls of you and me

wouldn’t you rather make HIm smile

when you give a toy to a needy girl or boy

offer money to give them surgery

to fix their face so their lips are no longer stuck to their nose

I’ve seen the results of that operation

the joy on the face of a boy who knew he has more hope for a better life now

I love the passion of my friend to punch her way to their freedom

she’s like a scythe slicing through a forest of iron

she’s a bold lioness who triumphs over adversity

she crushes it beneath her perfectly designed feet

which smell of courage never defeat

which hint of bruises yet never of arms thrown skywards in surrender to failure

for she will rise above the flames

and she will conquer every tear ❤

selah

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