Dominion - definitive version

Dominion!

Within my mind the windows of meaning
Open wide--to the day I sought--
And I look out to see what Life has made!

Fish:  No useful idea too deep

          Or hidden for me to understand--

Fowl: No useful idea too lofty

          Or too high for me to understand--

Cattle: No useful idea as would carry

          An overbearing burden--

Creeping creatures: For me to see a useful idea unfold,

          No matter how long it may take--

                          

          As  I have been given the patience
          And the strength to remain

          Steadfast in expecting good!

          If this is me--I AM grateful for an

                        Upright nature!

                        Who does not know the endless arguments

                        Between people?

                        Better is to do nothing contrary to ones'

                        Highest sense of good!

                        

                        I will be ready for the winds,

                        They will blow--merciless!

                        

                        From the sea comes a mighty rain

                        And washes the earth clean

                        Of the dust 

                        And soaks the dry, thirsty ground!

                        The herb-bearing seeds grow

                        And grow-- fruit as the flowers

                        And as the trees--Behold! -- 

                        As they cover the face of the earth!

                        How pleasant 

                        And satisfying to my sight!

                        Is that just my poetic nature

                        Speaking?


                 

                   Inspired by the Bible, Genesis 1:26-31

Friendship

What is it?

A spiritual impulse?

A law of attraction?

An expectancy of fulfillment through someone else?

As we journey along the shores of time

We sigh and rest,

"Besides the still waters," and

Become friends

to ourselves!

"In water face answereth to face,"

See yourself--

The full moon and its gentle light

Is within you!

You smile and see the flowers

Blooming--at the same moment

Your wishes weave into a gown,

And you meet a friend!

You can never be alone again,

Because you're now a friend to the whole of mankind.

What are you giving? Grace and

Love and Peace

And you, dear friend?

Your words are running like a deep river

And  I listen--

All carrying the current of momentum

That a solid friendship is!

Let bonding have a chance

And grow on the tree of our innermost self!

Friendship is a great universal force,

It means to invest your love where there is no prejudice!

The inner space takes on the shape and

Contour and color of your thoughts--

Always check your heart,

Silver does not kow it is silver

Until it changes into a gem.

Your friendship does not know its greatness

Until knows its helplessness.

Don't be zealous for too much.

Express the freedom of spiritual equality!

The winds and thunder clean the air.

We are together again in the light of a candle--

Flickering.

Unless we are united with all of God's creatures

Through a spirit of friendliness,

We'll not  be aware of our unity with Good, i.e. God---

A kind loving friendship should exist

In all relationships; between parent and child,

And huband and wife, between man and woman.

Do we hear the call ''love each other?"

There are many different kinds of knowing,

Many layers of learning--but all we need is the Now--

The awareness of intelligence and goodness

Of the great artistry of Life's existence!

Because I love, my heart is happy,

Thus I'm not bored, goodness wells up like a spring

And leads me to a simpler way of living.

The candlelight is now blending with a sunbeam,

A new day started and also a new opportunity!

Thanks to God!--A blade of grass bending in the breeze, and

We bow to each other by the virtue of a gentle touch.

Birds sing melodiously in the distant woods,

And we likewise enjoy our togetherness!

Eva-Maria Hogrefe -- August 2018

Fishing alone

A man fishing alone

For miles and miles

In a cold river

Before he goes back home

To his warm room.

God made us

The spirit of God hath made us,

And the breath of the ALL-mighty 

Has given us life! --

When gazing up at the stars 

On a moonless night--

No brooding over passing years!

For Divine Love fills our time

With joy of heart ❤️!

Does not Love know the way we take?

When Love tries us

We shall come forth as gold! ---

Our feet have held each step,

For Love's way have we kept---

Of one Mind we are, and who can turn us? 

And what goodness desires, even that is done,

For it performs the thing that is appointed for us:

And many such things are with us---

There is a path which no fowl knows, 

And which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

The lion's whelps have not trodden it,

And the fierce lion passed by,--

Goodness puts forth its hand upon the rock; 

And overturns the mountain by the roots.  

Goodness carves out a river among the rocks; 

And sees every precious thing. 

It binds the floods from overflowing;  

The thing that is hidden brings it forth to light. 

But where shall wisdom be found? 

And where is the place of understanding? 

The depth says, "It is not in me!" 

And the  sea says, "It is not with me!"--

For God speaks once, yea twice, yet man perceives it not. 

That which has been is now; 

And that which is to be hath always been;

Truth requires burdens to fall away,

Eternity knows no past nor future --

Behold, we are according to Thy wish in Your likeness,

 And thus Your might and ours are one,

We're innocent beyond a shadow of a doubt in Your sight!

How sweet are Thy words unto our taste,

Sweeter than honey!

Through Thy precepts we gain understanding; 

Therefore we hate every false way.

Order our steps in Thy way--

Rivers of tears run down the eyes,

I cry unto Thee, "Let your loving kindness

Be with us and plead our cause--"

Harmony of heart and mind consoled, yea

The understanding that is a wellspring of life!

Peace pursued leads us to still waters

Where we wait--

Until Love comes and stays with us,

And we shall live!

A last rose of autumn

A last rose of autumn

Opens her face
To the moon's light--
Softly she smiles
Within herself 
On her thorny bed,
And stretches--
Rose fragrance spread


Emh 2017

landscape in the snow

landscape brooding

In the distant dark, 

Trees heavy laden with snow,

Tall foreboding and still, there is no wind

They appear as if waiting.

Near by a hut at the edge of forest,

A man lightly dressed walks along--

Steadily holding an umbrella high above his head

Moves towards a snow-covered dwelling.

All is silent ... hauntingly!

Nothing, nothing echoes in the solitude

Except the sound of wet snow,

Aching under his quick-moving feet. 

He--a wanderer humming 

A light tune in the night.

Eva-Maria Hogrefe 2017

Walking in the snow

Walking toward a snow-covered dwelling.

All is silent ... hauntingly!

Nothing, nothing echoes in the solitude,

Except the sound of wet snow 

Aching under quick-moving feet. 

He--a wanderer humming 

A light tune in the night.

Emh 2017