KINDNESS POEMS: February 2015

Friday, February 27, 2015

WE GOTTA GO WITH LOVE

We Gotta Go with Love

(song to the Lady/Lord)

Thanks for EveryThing Ya Do!

Thanks fer Always Comin' Thru!

I Know I Can reLy on You –

You're Truth an' Love an' Beauty, Too!

On Gloomy Days You Brightly Shine, most Loyal, Kindly Friend o' Mine!

BeCause of You I'm Feelin' Fine – can't Do withOut Your Grace diVine!

You Make the Pretty Flowers Grow! You Make the Sun and Moon ta Glow! Your Love Can Save this World I Know – so Love's the Way We Gotta GO! HEY!

Thursday, February 26, 2015

When I was Young they Gave to Me a Box; they cried, “Now This is Where you’ll Keep your Head!” But Later, Rock ‘n Roll knocked Off my Socks, and I saw Through the Crap that I’d been Fed! It’s Loving OverComes All things, not Lies, and Living Truth is Sure to Make the Captive Free! Though IT MAY COME as QUITE a Big surPRISE, I SHALL NOT BUY the Lies you’d Sell ta ME!

ESCAPE THE DOLDRUMS

Escape the Doldrums!

If You are Stuck, just Take a Baby Step, there Must be Sumthin' Small that You can Do, and Keep it Up, if You'd reGain your Pep, but Take it EASY, Friend, be Kind ta YOU! So Ask fer Help, say “Thanks”, reLax, and ACT, and Soon, my Friend, you'll Start ta Find your Way, and BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES You'll atTRACT! Be KIND ta YOU! Your Love could Save the Day!

ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST

Enlightened Self-Interest

(for couples)

Oh, Bein' Chicken Isn't Very Smart, an' Bein' Foolish Isn't Where It's At. The Thing Ya Need's an UnderStandin' Heart, a Head that's More'n a Place ta Put yer Hat! So If ya Think you'll Kill ta Save yer Self, alReady You're half-Dead while Yet aLive – yuh've Got ta Care aBout Somebody Else, as Well as YOU, for You yourSelf ta Thrive! Now, What's a Way that Ev'ryOne kin Win? The Ones who Lose are Those who DomiNate; someTimes the Yang'd Gain by Bein' Yin! Ya Don't beLieve these Words? Just Ask yer Mate!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

DREAMS OF HEAVEN

Dreams of Heaven
(from a lover to their other)

Two Dif'rent Rivers Flowin' Toward the Sea, you Swim in Yours, my Friend, I Swim in Mine. We're Both like Little Fishes, You and Me; we're Headed Toward an Ocean, Vast, diVine! And When we Meet in Oneness, Faithful Friend, we'll Share in Heaven's MarveLous deLight, a Joy fer All with Neither Start nor End, so Don't you Worry 'Bout a THING toNight! May You be Blest with Sweet and Peaceful Dreams, reCeivin' All the Rest fer Which ya Wish, and While aBove the StarLight Gently Beams, may You enJoy your Slumber, Little Fish!

DEAR NOBLE ONE

Dear Noble One

No More preTense, no More the MasquerAde!

No More ta Fear my Self‘ll Be reVealed!

No More of Living Death, of Death aFraid,

but Make my Stubborn Will to Heaven’s Yield!

It Seems I Haven’t Sense eNough ta Pray,

ta Ask the Holy Spirit What ta Do!

EnLighten Me, and Straighten Me taDAY,

reMind me ConstantLy to Follow THROUGH!

I Need your Sweet AsSistance ALL THE TIME,

can’t Do withOut your Truth and Saving Grace!

I’ve Got ta Leave this Life of Self-hurt Crime,

and Start ta Make my World a Better Place!

I’m Counting On your Helping Me ta Thrive,

ta Help Me Help my Neighbors Thrive a Lot!

I’ll Need your Aid as Long as I’m aLive,

so Bless me, Lord, with All the Love Ya Got!

Please and Thank You! Ay-Men!! All Right!!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

DEAR ME

Dear Me

Old MasoChism Dressed like Perfect Love! ForBid my Heart should Buy such Putrid Stuff! Poor Self-esTeem ya Need ta Rise aBOVE! Ya Can’t fool ME with All that Programmed GUFF! A Chicken Heart’s an Awful SubstiTute... fer Faithful PRACTICE, LOVING EVERY DAY; ya Can’t just Fake it, Gotta GIVE A HOOT, fer You, your SELF, if You’d the Lord OBEY!

DEAR LORD HAVE MERCY

Dear Lord, Have Mercy

(conceited, theologically-correct experts beware)

O Lord, have Mercy, Please, on Me right Now, and Though I Know I've Badly MisbeHaved, would You comPletely Heal me AnyHow? I'll Wait uPon your Grace unTil I'm Saved! Please Strengthen Me, and All my Pains reLieve, and Help me Serve in Better, Greater Ways; I'm Healthy, Lord, your Blessings I reCEIVE! Please Guide and COMfort Me fer All my Days! Thank You! In Jesus' Name, Ay-Men!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

DEAR HEAVENLY ONE

Dear Heavenly One

I'm Happy to be Free in Many Ways, I Owe it All ta You, and All your Friends! Oh, RadiAte those Truth and Mercy Rays – your Love's the Stuff on Which my Life dePends!

Please Show me All the Things I'm S'posed ta Do, inCline my Heart to Doin' What is BEST! I've Gotta Live my Life as Thanks to You, so “Thanks!” for All this Love with Which I'm Blest!

Oh, Peace and Justice we must Have on Earth; emPower Us to Love with All Your Might! Now, Ev'ryBody LOVE FER ALL YOU'RE WORTH – 'cause Love's the Path ta HeavenLy deLight! So Let's love Ev'ryBody Ev'ry Day; a Better World fer All let's Now creAte! With You, Sweet Grace – the Truth, the Life, the WAY, we'll Turn this Ship aRound beFore too LATE! Dear Reader, Will You Believe It Now?

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

DEAR DELIVERER

Dear Deliverer

(Love's What Works the Best)

ForGive me, Please, the Fearful Doubts I've Had, please Don't be Hard on Any Who have Strayed! Please, Shine on ALL your Light, and Make us Glad, and Help us RemeDy this Mess we've Made! Your Mercy Helps ta Lighten Ev'ry Load, Your Truth inSpires and Strengthens All who're Weak! You Lead us Up the Bound-fer-Glory Road, that We may Reach the ParaDise we Seek! So, Please, acCept our Thanks for All you Do; you're Saving Grace for Ev'ry Soul disTressed! Please Help us All reLy on Loving YOU, ourSelves, and ALL, 'CAUSE LOVE'S WHAT WORKS DA BEST!

DEAR COMBATANTS

Dear Combatants

With Missiles, Bombs, and Guns ya Waste your Lives! It's Love, not CruelTy, that's Truly Brave, and Kindness Is The Way the Smart One Thrives, and It's the Holy One who's Sure ta Save.

You Kill, deStroy, and Maim, and Kill aGain; and As you Sow, you CertainLy will Reap! If Not You, Who, dear Ones, if Not Now, When? Why Do ya Make the Kids and Mothers Weep?

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

COURAGE!

Courage!

My Monkey Knows her Angel’s UnaFraid, and So my She-ape Dares ta Be more Brave; alReady Sev’ral Times toDay she’s Prayed – if She trips Up she KNOWS that Christ’ll SAVE! So Let’s take Heart and BRAVELY Now proCEED, ‘cause Love’s aVAILaBle to EV’ry One; it Makes the SCAREDY-Cat from Terror FREED; SO SHE’S NOT GONNA HIDE, NOR SHALL SHE RUN! ALL-LAY-LOO-YAH, FAITHFUL SOUL!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

CRUELTY OR KINDNESS?

Cruelty or Kindness?

Oh, Cruelty or Kindness, Which ta Choose?

Should We be Kind ta Friends, but Mean ta Foes?

With Kindness Win! With CruelTy you’ll Lose,

the Doer Reaps the Very Thing she Sows!

So Fill my Heart with Love, cast Out the Fears;

and Help me Keep a Kindly AttiTude!

‘Cause When TempTation’s MasquerAde apPears,

then I won’t Be ta Evil-Doin’ Wooed.

Please Help me Clearly see the Path ta Take,

and Guide my Steps aLong that Golden Way!

It’s True that Always Ev’ryThing’s at Stake,

so Let’s us Love taDay and ev’ry Day!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

CORPORATE DEMONS CELEBRATE

Corporate Demons Celebrate

"They Tend to Parrot PropaGanda Well! How FearfulLy our Docile DO oBey! How Readily they Buy the Lies we Sell! We've Spent their Wealth, but Hey! Their Kids Will Pay! They're NEVER Gonna Leave their Debtor's Hell, but You and Me are COOL, and Cool we'll STAY!"

COP-OUT'S DON'T WORK

Cop-Outs Don't Work!

Where World-desTroyin' Corp-rit Monsters Rule, the Ignorant an' Fearful serve as Slaves! A Brave, aWakened Person's NOT A FOOL, but Fully Hip, beLievin' JESUS SAVES! So Which One Will ya BE, one Dumb, or Smart? Will You beLieve, or OccuPy your Rut? Why Not cop IN, and Do yer Faithful PART? 'Cause Coppin' Out Ain't Gonna Save Your Butt! I Have Spoken!

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

MEDITATIONS COUNTER FEARS

Meditations Counter Fears

If You’re aFraid of Heaven, Practice Now! Make Love, or Sit and Closely Mind your Breath, I Can’t be Too parTicuLar ‘bout How, but Being LOVING Ends your Fears of Death! Be Kind ta You your Self, and MediTate, or Pray, or Walk, whatEVer Gits You High – in Worship, Somehow, DO parTiciPate, and You’ll be Glad you Gave this Plan a Try! ALL RIGHT?

BRING ON THE BLESSIN'S

Bring On the Blessin's

(a prayer)

Oh, Thanks fer All the Love withIn my Heart, and Thanks fer All the Brains inSide my Head! Lord, Thanks for All my Body, Ev'ry Part, and All my Water, Air, and Daily Bread! You've Made of Me a Glad an' Grateful Soul, I Wish you'd Do fer Ev'ryOne the Same, so Come-On, Lord, and Let the Blessin's Roll, AND ALL YOU'VE GOT FER ME I'M GONNA CLAIM! ConFessin' Blessin's Very Wise ta Do, I Bet you Often Do it, Faithful Friend! The Lord's got Lots o' Gifts for Me and You, so, THANKS, DEAR LORD, FOR EV'RYTHING YOU SEND! ALLELUIA! Ay-Men! LOL

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

Monday, February 23, 2015

BLESSING FOR A HEALER

Blessing for a Healer

Ta Hurt your self's a Cruel Kind 'o Thing; ta Hurt another's Prob'ly Cruel, Too – but sometimes medicine might hurt or sting, then Hurting is a Healing Thing“ ta do. Thank God fer Anesthetics, Ev'ryone; thank God for all who help us out, each Day! Thank God for Ev'ry Loving Thing that’s Done, for those who Help the Sickly Get okay! Now, May the Great Physician Guide their Hands, and Bless 'em All with Knowledge, Grace, and Skill; and Thanks for Ev'ry Heart that Understands... in Those prescribing Any Salve or Pill! Please, May the Healing Light now Bless us All; may Saving Grace enlighten All our Hearts; and Always, When we Hear the Savior's Call, wholeheartedly let's Do our Kindly Parts! All Right?”

COMPLAINING AIN'T WHERE IT'S AT`

When Hero-Worship Goes to Those who Kill,

when People Fault and Hate the Scapegoat Man,

it's Gross aBuse of Heaven's Gift, Free Will;

it Seems ta Me we Need a Wiser Plan!

Ta Take good Care 'o YOU, ya Must be Kind,

there Ain't No Way aRound that Simple Fact,

and If ya Never Pray, yer Flyin' Blind;

right Now, just What would Be the Kindest Act?

Let's Thank the Universe fer EV'RY GIFT,

let's Not blow All our Juice in Mad comPlaint!

Good Lovin' Gives My Spirits Quite a LIFT,

but BITCHIN', Folks, good LOVin' Really AIN'T!!

I HAVE SPOKEN!

BACK-AND-FORTH

A. YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE YOUR SELF, PLEASE UNDERSTAND!

B. WHAT LOVING ACT WOULD YOU HAVE ME PERFORM?

A. FIRST, PLACE UPON YOUR SELF NO MEAN DEMAND!

B. YOU MEAN, BE KIND TA ME?

A. YOU'RE GETTING WARM! YOUR SUFFERING YOU'VE GOTTA SACRIFICE!

B. LIKE GIVING UP MY BEING HARD ON ME?

A. OH, YES, INDEED, AND START TA BE MORE NICE, AND IF YOU WILL, YUH'LL START TA BE MORE FREE! A MASOCHISTIC HABIT'S HARD TA BREAK; YOU'VE GOT TA PRACTICE BEING KIND TA YOU! AND DO IT ALL THE TIME, FOR JESUS' SAKE; FORGIVE AND LOVE YOURSELF A LOT, PLEASE DO!

Sunday, February 22, 2015

AN INGRATE THINKS IT OVER

An Ingrate Thinks It Over

(from a lover to their beloved)

I Could be OverWhelmed with GratiTude – and Why I'm Not, I'll Never UnderStand. And So my First words Don't get MisconStrued, I Do conFess my Blessings All are Grand! I Tend ta Take for Granted All I Got, I MagniFy my Troubles, Sad to Say; you've Been so Kind in Blessing Me a Lot, and Now I See... you've Helped me All the WAY! So Please ferGive my FaithlessNess right Now! I Cop you Make my Cup ta OverFlow, now Listen, You have Been an Utter WOW! And I am Truly Blest from Head ta TOE! AY-MEN!

Saturday, February 21, 2015

A PRAYER FOR US

A Prayer for Us

God Bless your Heart with Courage Ev'ry Day, and Build in You an UnderSTANDING Heart, and God reMind you Often, Friend, ta Pray, that You may Better Do your Faithful Part. Now, All of These are Things I Wish for Me, that I may Better Follow Loving's Lead; I'd Live a Life that's Much more Error-Free; Lord, Grant me, Please, these Gifts... ta Meet my Need!

A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE

A Little Bit of Love

You're Not prePared ta CeleBrate and Praise? PerHaps you Need ta Take some Time, and Mourn; enCourageMent can Help ya Through yer Days, so Listen While this Poem's Being Born! A Poem Comes ta Life in Eager Ears, and Words can Bear the Very Love ya Need; my Sharing Love can Cast out Foolish Fears, so Open Wide your Heart for Spirit Seed! No Need fer Love in You ta Go to Waste, and I can See in You a Little Bit; 'cause Ev'ry Human Heart with Love's been Graced; a Light eXists in You that Spirit Lit! I Won't igNore that Little Bit o' Good, I Shall not Quench that Tiny Spirit Flame: I'd Like to Fan it, Please, now, If I Could, its Light's the Reason Why our Savior Came! There Must be Love for Ev'ry Girl and Boy, for You, yourSelf, and Ev'ryOne on Earth; 'cause Lovin' Brings to us both Peace and Joy, and They arRived with You, uPon your Birth. So Let's get Back ta Truth and Loving Now, why Not? A Little Bit 'o Love's oKay; and Deep withIn your Heart you Know just How; so Let's uNite our Hearts... and Love toDay!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson