A poem, by me, to mix it up a little bit. What can I offer You, O Immortal King? I am nothing, infinitesimal, minute. I will offer You my being; Yet I have no being, You alone are true being, Life Rather, You transcend even being, O Great I AM. I am death, sin, darkness, …
Category: Poetry
A Starless Sky
I started this blog five years ago in June of 2017. I figure that's a five-year anniversary. I simply wrote. I didn't write to try and be known. I was pretty shocked when the readership really started to grow. Really, I'm just a nobody parish priest of a smaller-sized parish in a midsized town in …
Hades’ Flame
In the dark abyss of worldly light, Hell's fire burns deep and bright; At the dusk of this fading mortal day, Hades' flames methodically flicker and sway, Burning, smoldering, the stony callus of my heart, Scorching deep my innermost part. Frigid and fierce Gehenna's coals do burn Underfoot and around every turn, Upon my head, …
The Prodigal’s Lament
The tears leave a stain Upon my filthy cheeks; My head hung low with pain, Drives my knees to the earth. I've squandered all You gave, Your riches and my worth; With Your gold, I did pave My very path into the mire. Everything You gave, I let blow away Like dark ashes …
Morning’s Fire
The gloomy shadows of the night, Ran at dawn's radiant light, Taking refuge in man's heart 'Till the morning's fire will start. From a cavern of the earth, Springs forth mankind's rebirth, Primal water's formless tomb, The life-energizing divine womb. The cosmic heavenly expanse, Torn asunder by God's advance, Encompassing all creation, In Tri-Hypostatic salvation; …
The Medicine Man
Start the live stream, turn the volume high, Put on your best Sunday tie, Turn off your brain, the thinking kind; Get ready to receive a mass-produced mind, And clasp the hand of the Medicine Man He's so factual, all the specialists are his fan! He'll take you to a tolerant place And with soft …
Advice from the Ministers of Modernity
Take advantage of the giver, Contract the most from the poor, Ruthlessly squeeze a dissenter; Make sure you always have more. Destroy all who stand in your way, Crush with luscious burdens too heavy to bear; In secret a man you may slay, But hate with the pretense you care. Play up to those in …
The Rampant Starless Sky
Woe is me, Cursed am I, Doomed to live Beneath a starless sky. The ancient ones Are gagged and bound, By grinding gears Of electronic sound. Innocence Lost her purity, She's been raped by Modernity. Simple, free Was a child's cry; Now effortless breath As men, they die. To the lowest …
Slipping Softly Away
In the gathering storm of earthly mortality, I am drip, dripping away. In the scorching heat of senseless brutality I am melting sadly away. The salty tears of my fleshly eyes Swell the burden of my soul; With every step humanity dies From wounds of its own insanity. All the towers of excess material gain; …
A Tree For My Soul
Blind in the tumult of my soul The passions, like a crowd, constrict my gaze; I have no stature, no height By which to obtain a lofty view. Christ is coming, the whisper comes, The multitude is pressing, I cannot see, Seek, O my soul, the tree Whereby you may behold the heavenly horizon. Fear …
The Inkless Pen 