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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 4/19/2009 3:01:43 PM
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Retrobyter
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I hope you like this one. It meant a great deal to me as God helped me write it:
A Ballad to Yeshua’ Heart
By Roy ________ (aka Retrobyter) on 8/11/03-8/30/04
The scribes and the Pharisees stormed through the door,
Hauling a woman whose shame couldn’t be more.
Setting her brutally in the middle of the room,
They proceeded to harshly pronounce her doom:
“This adulterous woman was caught in the act!
“The Law says she should die, by stoning, in fact!
“But what do you say, O Rabbi so smart?”
But Yeshua looked through them, right down to their heart.
He stooped to the ground and wrote in the dust
As though He had missed what they claimed to be just.
They asked Him again, goading Him to reply!
He raised Himself up, looked them dead in the eye,
“He without sin can be first to throw a stone.”
His words cut to the heart and chilled to the bone.
Yeshua stooped down again and wrote in the dust,
But this time they saw what he wrote of their lust.
For there on the ground were clues—maybe a name!—
As reminders of secrets and things that brought shame.
The elders left quietly remembering their past.
The younger more zealous left the place last.
But each had remembered some sin in his life
That was just as much evil as an unfaithful wife.
When Yeshua got up and looked all around,
He said, “Where are your accusers; are there none to be found?”
The woman said, “No, sir, they’ve walked out the door.”
“Nor do I condemn thee; go home; sin no more.”
The woman left the temple; the Lord spared her life,
And I’m sure she determined to be a more faithful wife,
But this message came through loud and clear on that day,
With actions He spoke and no words more could say,
The Lord is longsuffering, not willing one die,
but that all should repent, find forgiveness, and cry…
Tears of joy for the mercy and love God has shown
In declaring us His children, His loved ones, His own!
He left no sin unpaid on Calvary’s Tree,
And, He died for us freely to set our souls free.
So, sinner, take heart. There’s hope with the Lord
Who has given His Son as the Payment Adored!
He’ll name you His child, if you accept His Son
As your payment for sin, and a new life’s begun!
Because we’re all sinners and God detests sin,
We should all stand condemned for the messes we’re in.
Yeshua alone lived a sinless life on this earth;
He more than anyone could judge a man’s worth.
But, sinners remorseful for what they have done,
Have a glimmer of hope in the Heart of God’s Son!
When He could have condemned, He could also forgive
From the depths of His Heart and teach us how to live.
So, don’t be too hasty to judge or condemn;
In our hearts are the seeds from which our sins stem.
Remember the pit from which you were dug?
But, how splendid it was when He gave you His hug?
God’s love is so wonderful, generous, and kind;
It’s greater than love that in others we find.
It’s hard to recover though easy to sin—
Easy to blunder, and harder to win.
But God is not willing that any should perish;
He finds in each of us someone to cherish.
So, we, too, should look at a sinner with love
And give him his value as God sees from above.
He counts that person as the child he could be:
He loves him and gives him eternal life free
When he cries out for mercy and new life to take part,
And the name of each one is inscribed on His Heart.
John 8:3-11
3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
4 They say unto him, “Master, this woman was taken in adultery, IN THE VERY ACT.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?”
6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, “He that is without sin among you, let HIM FIRST cast a stone at her.”
8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
9 And they which heard it, being convicted BY THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, “Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?”
11 She said, “No man, Lord.” And Jesus said unto her, “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”
KJV (quotation marks and emphasis mine)
II Peter 3:9
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
KJV
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 4/28/2009 11:33:32 PM
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cries-within
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sometimes I feel invisible
like I'm not there
not even visible
no one seems to notice
no one seems to care
so i don't know how to say this
I look for a moment
when I can do something right
I listen for a comment
I try so hard
yet I don't get in sight
so i have the loosing card
this is me
the one that isn't seen
the one no one seems to see
its the way its always been
only rarely isn't not this way
ever since I was ten
but I'll be okay
this is it
that's all I want to say
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 5/2/2009 11:25:39 PM
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cries-within
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my thoughts drift to years past
i consider years agon
when it was you first came
what i thought then
how things are now
the gaping hole between them
this news cuts deep
though i can do nothing
i know why it is that you seek this
at least i come up with excuses
how, why.... what about
i consider how many years I went
with nothing really to speak of
nothing that was for me
dealt with what I went through
how desperate i was
how eager in wishing and hoping
now this
while my prime years for this activity
they are past
i consider those younger
who'll be there for them
what will happen now
what will we do then
its pointless to question
in a year or so I won't even be here
and yet my heart still goes out to them
cuz I remember all to clear
how it was
how it might be for them.
few thoughts on some news I got. A dear family at our church who head up the youth and all. They might be leaving us.
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 5/14/2009 10:59:27 AM
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cries-within
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so this is how it always ends
another day another tomarrow
saying good bye its over
i wish I could rewind
play it again do it in reverse
i wish it wasn't you said
this is really this is really
good bye for now
see you never .....
left to ourselves
left in the middle
wishing it didn't end this way
so this is how it always ends
some one comes another leaves
some times there's no one
no one to step up take the reigns
left with no one to lead us
and this is how it ends
this is how it always ends
my heart grieves for those
whose journey just began
and like me there is no one
no one to teach them
no one to lead them....
left to their own devices
yet wishing for something more
this is just how it always ends
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 5/14/2009 3:47:28 PM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: cries-within
sighs... not like anyone is reading this anymore anyways....
lol  i know most of my stuff is well there's a lot to be worked on and so forth. yet i'm still here.
even if no one's listening....
or reading...
this is just my life...
most of it alone...
most of it by myself...
that's just always been my life
some of it wishing for time to myself
simply because for the longest time
i didn't get time alone
alone as in no one around....
that sacred coveted thing for so many years
and yet most of the time
even when you do get it
part of you is wishing for...
some one a companion....
well it goes either way
you get it or you don't
most of the time i don't
people are way too busy
people are too involved with other stuff
invisible
one of my fav nicknames for me
it was something i dealt with
most of the time.
when some did see me
i was picked on or teased for something or other
poor me right?
no
poor me? lol
who cares.... a very few
what does it matter
soon i'll get a chance
to try again
spread my wings in a new world
another chance with new people
new surroundings....
maybe this time...
maybe this time...
i'll get it right ... for a change.
Didn't read through all the threads but I never put my work out there for just anyone to copy or plagiarize. I have published 2 books, the recent one in early 2008. And I sent them to this address so that it is copywritten legally http://www.copyright.gov/
I know about the mailed stuff but I don't really trust that. Listen, writing is sometimes a lonely art, don't worry about whether anyone is reading or not. Are you glorifying God with your gift? Then praise Him. Go out and use your gift for His glory. I go to places where the people may not always be receptive but I know that the Spirit of the Lord is there and hey, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, amen! Yes, there is freedom. Our gifts are to set people free, to give them hope, to point them to Jesus otherwise what is the point, you know?
Keep writing, my friend, just keep on writing. Go further and don't stop and don't look back. If God meant for you to write then He will provide the way and send you into the harvest to declare the works of the Lord.
God bless you,
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 5/15/2009 7:25:35 PM
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cries-within
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ok...
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 5/24/2009 11:04:00 PM
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cries-within
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how do you take a big breath
when the air you're breathing doesn't fill you
when what you knew before now
is crumbling its support is being ripped from under you
some how it returns to a state of in between
that time when there's no one there...
that time when you're not really in one place or the other
when you don't really have anyone who'll listen
who'll be there....
to help you through that time in life called teen
when you're not an adult your not a child
you're in the middle....
just as i am in the middle now...
i'm not here or there...
i'm just sort of in one place
this invisble world called in between...
they haven't gone through it like I did
there lives are different than mine....
there experiences are different....
most of them...
they didn't go through that in between
the time between now and then...
when no one is there to talk to
no one is there to help guide you...
you loose that sense that out of touch feeling
because no one is speaking to you about things
things you care about things that are real
that are happening to you right now
not some adult problem that'll be there when you're 40
but some problem when you are 15 or 18... or 21
a world is different then... a different level
no one deals with those issues... its just not there...
you're left to fight for yourself
a battle that at times without help
without encouragement... you loose for awhile
and hopefully you find it again the path
i've dealt with it before....
it left me broken and lost ...
like i was falling because the legs I once had
they were taken from me...
i've been here before
but i'm not the same...
i am older and maybe wiser
wise enough to know
that this this whole thing
that it'll happen again
people will leave...
they'll come you become attached
then they leave...
for what ever reason
roads diverge suddenly
and once again you're left alone
this is life...
i see it now...
people come and go
leaving broken hearted trail behind them
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 5/25/2009 10:30:25 PM
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cries-within
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thank you... so much for that. :)
i guess I was just thinking about the fact last night that my youth pastors are leaving. They were here for four years. Things were good. Before that there wasn't anything really. There wasn't much. There was one guy who I think of as a former youth pastor who was wonderful at that time, and he blessed me and the few others of us who went there at the time. What I remember most about those days were that he prayed for us. He would go around the room and pray for each one of us. I do love the ones we have now, or did have. They took us on trips, mission trips they organized things a lot for us, just did so much and now they're going to Texas to help out with this home for young or unwed mothers. So that's what next for them. I don't know what it will be like for us here after they're gone. I guess I just have images of it just sort of disentergrating. Like everything that happened the meetings and all every week, aren't going to be the same. For one thing it won't be them and another it won't be what it was. Also... the ones who headed up my age group college and carreer, they are moving and going to another church. So I probably won't get to see them really and the meetings probably won't happen. So that will pretty much stink. I guess its something you learn to live with and work through its just a fact of life that people come and go. Things change. Its just hard when they do. But I will be leaving come next spring going away to college. So it will be a big change for me. I won't be here.... with my home church. It'll just be different. That's just how it is... and yet my heart does ache for those who'll still be here.
So yea... just venting a little and basically I just told you pretty much all of my thinking behind the poem I just wrote yesterday.
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 6/14/2009 10:22:50 PM
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cries-within
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it still stings
the ache from inside
the empty feeling
from your vacancy
but you had to go
it was right
just wasn't ready
wasn't ready for this
oh how I'd hoped
you would stay
longer than this
but its over and done
you're gone
now a new time has begun
another chapter another page
another word in the story
of our lives
of my life....
there are many words yet to be written
there are many things yet to be said
while many come and go
amongst the pages ....
there are many who leave a mark
and you are one of them.
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 6/14/2009 10:29:50 PM
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cries-within
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i am plunged into new reality
its cold and harsh
my emotions have gone numb
its a trudging through the day
moment after moment
minute by minute
some how in the last week
or maybe more....
for awhile now
i lost sight of dreams
of things i once held on to
i had hope in them to see more from them
open my hand
you see the wilted flowers
each a dream from before
a writer
it is one that is still fading...
a singer
it is almost gone
a dancer
that is long since gone ...
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 6/22/2009 10:09:17 PM
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cries-within
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invisible... nobody....
do they care...
most don't...
not really...
you don't know me
not me as I really am
you make up fantasies
to fill the gaps
but you don't get it
and you won't know me
because its the me you won't accept
as real...
you just write off ...
another religious somebody...
a goody goody
but that's it
i am just that
and even if you don't accept it
even if you won't take it as real
there's nothing I can do
because even when I don't want to be
i am just me... as I am
that's it...
even if you don't listen
because that's me
that's me....
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 6/22/2009 10:17:24 PM
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cries-within
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i am in the shadows
unseen and unheard
do they wish to listen
do they care at all
i am just here
numb...
sort of out place
i don't fit into that particular mold
because I don't do those things
its not like anyone
who listens
who reads
does anyone dare
to glance or see
what is written here
no answers
only more questions
what makes me so unacceptable
so invisible
to remove it to be seen
to be heard....
to feel again...
something other than the numb
even if its the pain and lonely fear
that i suffered before
is it that it grew so intense
that all that's left is what happens when its blocked out
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 6/24/2009 11:04:48 PM
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cries-within
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why do i come back
why do I again put words here
when no one listens
no one hears
is it the echoes
the lonely heart
longing for something more
for someone
so invisible
so unseen
so unheard
its not worth it
not anymore
not anymore
i am just...
just here
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 7/11/2009 3:58:53 PM
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cries-within
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Too many days Too many moments that have flown by
Going through the motions making it day to day
but wishing for more cuz this is no way to live
I reach for the hand the giver of abundant life
Lord I need you... Lord I need you
more than I can say no words can describe
I just got to say I need you
I'm tired of this daily grind
I'm tired of feeling numb to the things around me
knowing that it could be brighter it could be better
when I'm close to you
I'm sick of the way it is....
Time is ticking away and there's no more time for this
I need to wake up from this state I'm in
I need you and that is the end of it...
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 7/11/2009 4:24:36 PM
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I'd echo what a previous poster said about writing for God's glory. It's nice to be heard by other people, but sometimes having God listen is all that matters. Do you write for God's glory or do you write only because you want people to read your poetry? Is it for God or is it for you alone?
With that said, your poetry has a certain beauty to it among all the sadness.
There isn't a lot of capitalization... was that intentional? Keep writing.
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 7/12/2009 10:37:16 AM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: poetessfree
I have published 2 books, the recent one in early 2008.
were they poetry, fiction, non-fiction, scholarly? could you provide links? were they self-published?
just curious...
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 7/12/2009 3:25:05 PM
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cries-within
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Slushie... that's definitely true but sometimes it nice to know others hear you 2.
as of late some of my stuff... I dunno if it was exactly...for his glory as it should have been but I was going through a rough time before... and i was desperate to know that someone was listening... Things are better now... not much has changed per say just the way I see it all I guess. :) Amazing how God can change your view of things. :)
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 7/15/2009 10:00:53 PM
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cries-within
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Too many days and nights
Too many moments spent like this
wasted and over before its ever there
Chorus
Seeing it go by in a blink of an eye
wondering if I can ever get the hang of it
This thing called time This thing called Time
Its been a year and a half could it be
Could this really be me...
So much has happened So much has changed
but one thing has remained
Time keeps going
Chorus
It never stops It never goes back
It never ends or begins again
what I never understood
Is eternity ...
but that's ok.. cuz someone does
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 7/20/2009 10:43:51 PM
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cries-within
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Posted: 07-18-2009 7:31 PM
Realization
you close your eyes
let the music carry you
some place else
away from the loneliness
block out the empty feeling
the black hole that screams
find some solice
yet it doesn't ever seem to last
as the notes of the song
fade away
into the distance...
it isn't something you can fix
this is the reality
this is the truth...
that the only one
the only answer
He's right there ...
just surrender...
cuz you won't make it
cuz nothing is right
you open your eyes
seeing the world with new light
because you know the truth
That without him its meaningless
wrote this off the cuff last night hope you like.
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 7/22/2009 2:30:51 PM
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cries_within,hope you are doing well. Keep writing!
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RE: Poetry/lyric corner... and other stuff-You can post... - 7/23/2009 9:34:13 PM
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cries-within
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thanks... IwillseekHim
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awesome....
. I'm praying for you because of your lonliness and sadness. I write poetry, too, and I can always tell my feelings inspire my writing. You are loved and I pray you experience His love. You are not invisible to Him. He knows your name even the number of hairs on your head 
. I believe He's putting His loving arms around you right at this moment, beckoning You to come to know His peace. Do you feel Him?I wish you well, keep writing here. Writing does wonder for your soul, but remember so does Jesus!
