MICHAEL MILLER

PROVISIONS

Earth         was a perfumed garden

residing in a single                    galaxy

          beauteous fair among the planeted channels

so blooms its presence           which has given birth       to me

lighted reflections among the waterfalls

      succulent as oranges in bowls of cedar 

            or apple blossom petals dancing in the winds

there enticed my heart

        to the park of natures nursery 

               where the trails are laden

with baby’s breath and blueberries              myrtle

juniper  , ash , thimbleberries , and chanterelles

we have steeped peppermint , currant         and sassafras for tea

with hyssop , palmetto , and mandrake

turmeric , saffron , paprika , sage                among our spices

dried plantain , maiden hair and olives

                 have graced our tables

    mallow , ginseng , nutmeg , cinnamon , pennyroyal

tamarind , rue , every flora and fauna that sprouts

unrivaled in all her bounties

provisions made for                  every delight

      energy and power has shaped her mountain ranges

         meadows , valleys , islands , and seas

so complete her resources

       that we can find nothing that delights

                 lacking in her                                   but we ourselves

how quickly man has replaced

        her cotillion of species

with cement and a                  flat screen

         where empire means empty

                 and shaped steel means plenty

and the dance of dominion

         is the desolation of what supports our lives

shackles , chains , slavery , prison

         to a shallow society of souls surrendered

 to the immolation of creation 

          the arsenal of greed and pride

                 which has bound the herd

upon the precipice of suicide

where swiftly the poison of property

has dashed and crushed life

upon the rocks where nothing can grow

                                the slow death of humanity

          drowning in his own debris

           our luxury someone else’s slavery

the 10 year old who is hungry

and climbs into a pit for what we consider

                 less than nothing

                 mining our riches

we decry poverty and bondage

but sight unseen              does not make us clean

where sensory masturbation is the

                                         addiction of the masses

all that is left for the ” lower classes “

I’ll not give you this

if you haven’t looked around

you are considered      ” remiss “

the 99 percent are still richer than 

                           two thirds of the rest of humanity

your baby sitter is no longer “black and white”

but unfettered violence of every type

                     when the store is empty

          where will you turn  ?? 

Matt 24:3-14

IITim 3:1-5   Apocalypse 11:15-19

COPYRIGHT © 2011 C Michael Miller

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LOOKING GLASS

We looked through the looking glass

to see what we could see

We looked at mankind’s history past

and of the promised future        that’s to be

We studied the pain and suffering

and of all the things we brake

of what peace on earth will bring

the paradise of      which you spake

We have contemplated lives entwined with ours

upon their hearts and thought

the lack of tender childhood find

and the painful life that       it has brought

We have listened to all the stories

and paid attention to lessons laid

considered all virtuous glories

and the commands of Love      you bade

Even still with all we’ve sought

perfection in ourselves we do not find

instead we this accursed lot

that affects our hearts            and mind

Seems no matter how hard we strive

it is imperfection we all do

we find the law of sin alive

the impossibility of          faultess true

We sought out wisdom     and foolishness

found pleasure    and stabbing pain

our education is oft lost on us

our own stupidity           in mind takes reign

Only one example has shown the Light

of what a faultless man could be

in every instance his judgment right

displayed an understanding        we could see

If ever there was beauty to be found within a man

someone must have witnessed it and showed a divine plan

nothing in mankind’s history has overcome his lust for war

its beyond our imagination     to die for Love our overture

A majestic character and personality

you have sought to teach

with human stories with their understanding

each ones heart                have sought to reach

James 1:22-25

Proverbs , Ecclesiastes

COPYRIGHT © 2012 C. Michael Miller

via Duboff Law Group LLC

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DARK AGES

Mankind lives in an constructed maze
to occupy his heart and off truth to gaze
tightly woven ideology disguised as true
to keep the facts from coming into view

A world designed to feed ones greed
to convince inhabitants to exceed their need
the pursuit of pleasures and mammons wealth
competition and vanity disguised as health

The dark ages have become darker yet
when majority have materialism as mindset
love of family and neighbor is reduced
inflamed selfcenterness has Satan induced

A life of luxury many seek to attain
to develop good character do many abstain
ambition for substance does quality drain
and know not why ones existence is pain

Generosity and hospitality things of the past
the revelry and parties society holds fast
if you don’t partake you become outcast
those in the know know the party won’t last

to seek ones fortune and acquire it’s fame
within books of history to have ones name
contemn your neighbor as not the same
and for self failure do others blame

Fame rarely attracts true affection
but character within upon inspection
honesty and loyalty things to value
without fidelity no friendship is true

To inspect ourselves in light of whats good
and distinguishing qualities are understood
days that are filled with useless chatter
not considering the values that really matter

What we desire to impart to each other
will determine whether enemy or brother
givers and takers in one world live
in demonstration Jesus chose to give

So many this life has richly gifted
with talents they’ve used others have lifted
Hype, this system with all it’s gloss
a possessor of things but character loss

COPYRIGHT © 2009 C Michael Miller

via Duboff Law Group LLC