"Destined Minds"

bestowed gratuitously
needy and suffering sweet relief

benevolent and worthy
generosity for those in grief

liberality so given to the poor
graced bestowed upon their heads

which allows all men to slumber well
as they lay quietly in their beds..

charity without justice
is the poor cousin indeed

chairty without justice
leaves everyone in need

caritas caritas oh sweet sweet caritas

philanthropic my heart yields
to the call and cry of humanity

as theological virtue
demands my all for charity

altruistically can there be a love
that is given so freely

I think as the Father giveth
the myth is dispelled

for even son of God who gives life
so that all sin is repelled

gives caritas with intent to serve
to show the Father's love

ensuring my redemption
through His Son sent from above

caritas caritas oh sweet sweet caritas


Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2009

The Wishfullness of Imagination

Beyond the cold damp soil of the grave
lies desire and wishful thinking
that all men crave

Beyond the reach of fearful darkness
lies the peace that beckons
that leaves all men in such accursedness

"Rest in Peace" the stone tablet says
but you are six foot under
of what was once but now portrays

the mortal silence of wishful imagination
and now the judgement
and cold stark realisation

that life is not about wishful thinking
no sugar and spice and all things nice
but into the fiery abyss one is sinking

for the rejection of that simple truth
that can only be found in Christ
gone is the opportunity of youth

gone is the wisdom of age that could have brung
you sweet relief and joyful living
and praises to God you could have sung

So "Rest In Peace" if you think you can
amidst your wishful imagination
and the worship of man

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2008

THE GRAVEYARD

Where all the dead they gather
and lay their empty bones
and let their form whither
and return to whence they came

the gothic church steeple
looks over the stone tablets
in ruin as the trappings of death
lay beneath still, stone cold angels

that smile wistfully as if to give peace,
Night gave free reign to imaginations
unnatural silence beneath the
moons silver gaze

and wonder who be nearer to thy God
who has passed into foreign realms
once unknown now a stark reality for the
spiritual contemplations of human mortality

hear the cries no more as they are
drowned out by angels choir whose
voice is lifted up for those that
have found the saving grace

and look no more towards their form.....

distant the wails they become
the poor tortured souls and crying they
beg for mercy and cry
"why wern't we told"?

but told they were, the signs on every
church - "butThere is no God" they used to cry
while others thought they had time
I've no need for God was often their reply

sad sad day for them for their bones will
rot for eternity, and ache in earths tortured
ground - just as their eyes would turn away from
God their eyes now vacant empty sockets round

You are the mothers and fathers that have perished
and are now silently calling your children to
death's door for your deeds were done and choices
made which now rest forevermore

You feared not, nor revered the Christ that was
sent from heavens gates, but fear now your companion
and irreverant demons gladly poke you with burning
irons for the fire they must stoke....

for your bones now the the burning embers
asks who is your remaining witness that you
once walked this earth? for the sky and sun
remember you not and continues with its life and myrth.

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2008

VOWS


Your arms the strength of my protection
Your heart the inspiration for my joy
Your breath the source of my life

I will cry when you cry
I will smile warmly when you smile
I will run with you and not be weary

More constant than the sun
my love will rise anew each day
From the depths of the sea
my love will flow endlessly

Over every troubled path I will walk beside you
and every trial too difficult to endure alone
I will ever be by your side

Until the Lord takes my last breath
my only thought and desire is to see
you fulfilled in life

May God help me put aside my selfish desires
help me to love with a pure love
remind me all my days of why I love you
give me strength in all my ways to be
the man of my full intended measure

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2008

Bless Till Your Hearts Content

so bless and bless and bless
as children are paid
less and less and less

for such is faith and hypocrisy
for some it goes hand in hand
for the price that cocoa demand

so bless and bless and bless
as your compassion diminishes
less and less and less

for such is the outrage of cry
that plays semantics with heartless
words as companies continue to lie

so bless and bless and bless
as sweetness on your lips grows
less and less less

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long