"Destined Minds"

HATE

Hate will make you bitter
from the inside, out

Hate will make you whither
for all the lies you spout

Hate that once your friend
will bring you to your knees bitter end

Hate will become your enemy
for all of your complacancy

so quickly remove the garment
let your heart breath the light
remove the darken sackcloth
and let the evil flee from sight

HATE, HATE, HATE,
I hate, wicked tongue of evil state

HATE, HATE, HATE
I hate, you with a vegence

that my wickered heart remorses not
and my hate I cannot relent for I despise
all you stand for - for I am nothing like you.

My wickered tongue will not relent
till my appetite is satieted in your demise
and though I spout as truth, fools will believe my lies

fool the wicked woman of hate
did not see the end of coming
and her one true friend of truth
did not raise a finger to yield
loves saving grace

and so the friend standing at Heavens door
began to sob the silent sobs
they soon began a streaming roar
as this frightened soul realises
that hate was not a friend

Maree Long
(c)Maree Long 2008

FOOTNOTE: This piece was written after witnessing
a severe spate of trolling and harrassing - I have never
witnessed such unrepentant hate so rampant as others
joined the bandwagon. And not one of her friends
tried to reign her in whilst yet others gladly joined in.

A true friend will not let their friend hate so
turning a blind eye but with compassion and conviction
let the friend know they have gone astray...

GRACE

Grace bestowed her presence
and visited me today
Grace in all her forms
was appreciated by this heart

for though lowly in spirit
I was lifted up for but a
moment of grateful moment
that I could rest for a single

breath of all that life is
that I could know compassion
that I could know grace that I
could rest my weariness

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2008

GOING DOWN

down down down going so far down
the rungs on the ladder loosed my grip
and like Alice in Wonderland I fall
further to the ground

spiralling I am overwhelmed unable
to grasp for leverage unable to gasp
for air and sunlight looks so far away

and all the while the cheshire cat
smiles not caring which way I fall
for it matters not which way I go

for there is only one way down and
only one means of escape but am I
late and will the Queen of Hearts give

reprieve or will the joker mock my
going down and trample upon my
golden crown?

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2008

REFLECTION

Many a man would gaze and reveal
their hidden desire, but now trapped
by known beauty that weilds it's power well

Ability beyond one's years and beyond
the yearning of this form, sets forth
the challenges of life

Releases all but one man's heart for
this will be the founding father of a
family legacy

Eloquent and clever words that express
hidden thoughts and life that springs
from the heart

Ever moving forward never standing still
this life that quickly dances this way
and that

Lovingly towards the family she has born
leaving all else behind understands too
well that in the end all is one

Obediently she yields to the restraints
of life that conform and shape her life
ensuring that eternity is held fast

Nourishing no more of the youngens for
they have grown and walked out the door
for lives they now their own seek

Grows a new heart and new love for life
that beckons her soul, that desires to show
her heart many a wonderous thing

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 08