The Fallen Ones
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Sometimes the darkness
holds you to its bosom,
soothes you with lullabies
forgotten,
unsung,
In them lie the words
no preacher ever preached
the forgotten love
of the beast
embracing God
in this darkness. Fallen angels cry
into wings
broken,
tattered
like the robes of Christ;
and yet we fear,
we count our beads,
our palms bleed,
our sins hide
in boxes, confessions,
the eyes we use
not God's, ours,
selfish wishes
seeping,
beating,
at the gates of heaven,
broken wings
falling,
refusing to embrace
the darkness,
our bosom
empty,
still thinking we can fly.
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Thanks Elena. You read this before, but I majorly tweeked it with great advice from ajcor. Glad you liked!
Well, I didn't want to give away your alter ego either :-) Still, now that you mention it, your socks love mine :-P
nice imagery. poem has a nice shape, too
Really nice. Enjoyed it.
Embracing the darkness; fallen angels crying; still thinking we can fly.........so many word combinations that conger up images. The St. Louis church photo at the top is beautiful.
@Elena - I already pulled the rabbit out of the hat. ;)
Tom. Thanks very much. And thanks to ajcor.
@Cindy Thanks for stopping by Cindy. Your Apes hub was very moving.
Peggy, Glad you enjoyed. This one took me forever. I was going about it wrong. And then after some sound advice and a few tries, it finally came alive.
Alive it IS. Good word to describe it.
me likes it SB
Excellent
Thanks Peggy.
Hey ther Toad and Pest. Thanks for stopping by and taking a read. I'm thrilled you guys liked it. Means a lot to hear you say so.
This was good...thank you! :)
Thank you Tom. Glad you stopped in.
What a beautiful poem , it was absolutely beautiful soula bee.
Hi whiteorchids. Thank you so much. I'm glad you liked.
Love it - SoulaBee - so crisp, clean, strong and soulful - particularly the imagery in
"Fallen angels cry
into wings
broken,
tattered
like the robes of Christ;"
you have indeed made your earlier poem come alive....beautiful.. cheers
ps. sorry SB I didn't see it earlier but have been away interstate for a school reunion...
Thanks ajcor. I finally did it. Thank you so much for your pointers.
my pleasure SoulaBee - glad I was able to help in a small way...cheers
The two of you are a great team!
Thanks LM! I think you're right. Actually, I think ajcor is a great teacher, is what I think, she knows how to bring it out so to speak.
great, gotta go now, luv
Something to think about today... Hmmmm...pondering. Makes me want to ask many things... Hahahah Thanks SoulaBee! :-)
Well, ripplemaker, feel free to ask away and Frieda or I will get back with you asap! That people need is more smiles given and recieved, then this wouldn't be happening to them. Thanks for taking a read.
Hey there C.C., hope all's well. Everything comming along over here. Catch you on FB tonight or tomorrow.
Here goes the first one: are you afraid of the darkness?
Answer to your first question. No, I'm not afraid of literal darkness, nor am I afraid of any darkness. However I do see much of humanity as being afraid of these non literal darknesses.
There is truth in that...we fear the pain and this non literal darkness seems like a deep gaping hole that one will fall into.
2nd question: When you speak of fallen ones, what do you see in your vision?
Yes, ripplemaker, very true.
Answer to second question. The fallen ones I see as two different aspects. The first would be the archangel (who was truly, I believe, in a catch 22) that refused to bow down to the people and instead held God as the ultimate supreme and was punished by God for doing so. The second are the people, who say they love God and all that is good yet do not follow his bidding. They've fallen because they are really the same as the fallen angel. Yet not only do they deny him (the archangel), but they hide the fact of their commonalities with him. They hide and find ways to cover up their evils, if you will, but then act like they are almighty and worthy. The fallen ones are the ones afraid of the darkness, the ones that refuse to embrace it and accept its existance and their part in its existance.
Hi Soulabee, thanks for sharing your thoughts. This helps me get to know you more. :-)
3rd question: I was struck by your last phrase "still thinking we can fly" do you believe there is hope for these fallen ones?
Hi ripplemaker. Sure thing. I'm rather enjoying answering your questions. They're good ones!
Yes. People don't have to suffer the same fate of the archangel despite his purity and honesty, which unfortunately were what brought him to his fate. They (people) are lucky that way, I suppose. People need to hold themselves accountable for their actions. They need to learn from their mistakes as opposed to shrugging them off and seeing how far those mistakes can take them. They cannot expect true and eternal love and beauty, in this life or any other lives to come, if they go on the way they do. God helps those who help themselves in reguards to goodness, fairness, honesty, and love.
Hi SoulaBee, I've enjoyed reading your thoughts on the matter. And when people read your poem and read your insights then they would have a greater glimpse of what you want to express in the poem! Alright!
Hmmm...I'm glad to know you believe there is hope for the "fallen ones." I would like to believe that the "fallen ones" have all the goodness and love deep within them (for that is our essence, our being) to come forth and shine. It may not happen immediately. It may seemingly be a painful journey but they are all precious in the eyes of the One who Created Us and Loved Us. And that knowing will help us when we fall and encourage us to rise again.
Yes, we can fly again...
Thanks so much. I've enjoyed this exchange and hope to have many more with you along life's journey. Much love and light to you my friend. Let us keep on..helping each other find our light within and remember our divinity. Hugs...
Yes, ripplemaker, you are so right, we all have the goodness and love within us. I've enjoyed your questions and answering them. Thanks for taking your time out to wonder and explore with me. You make some terrific ripples. Glad to glide along them with you any day. Many hugs.
Thank you for graciously answering my questions....and you are most welcome! :-)
found somethin' to match your poem. http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Darkest-Hour
hope you don't mind me passin this along.
Thank you so much WhiskeyChick. You're right. Thanks for posting!
God has been talking to me on this subject. We are the 1/3 angels that were cast out of heaven for following Lucifer's voice instead of God, our Creator and true Father's voice. We fell to earth and have had to live in these physical bodies, in the Hell of our own making, until we turn from Satan's lies and false, empty promises, admitting to ourselves that we were/are wrong and surrender our wills reconciling and turning back to God refusing to hear any other voice but His in our heads, filtering out all the others. Because if you think about it haven't we listened to the devil long enough, trying everything he's offerred us and believing his lies rather than trying things God's Way and believing what He's been trying to tell us all along? We need to ask ourselves why we can believe what the devil says to us about ourselves but we CHOOSE the hardest way, our way, instead of simply believing what God is trying to tell us about remembering WHO WE ARE to Him. His beloved, lost sheep, that He misses so terribly and came down, being also born of flesh so He could understand what we were going through Himself. He came down to die in front of us so we would know and believe, be convinced, to remember how very much He still loves us and wants us to choose Him over Lucifer for our own good and happiness because He knows absolutely what is going to make each and everyone of us happy and satisfied forever. He loves us so much still and simply wants us to decide to choose Him over Satan and just choose to go back home with Him where we will be given all the love and true happiness we can stand! Satan will end up all alone and miserable for eternity, separated from His Father and Creator which is the true definition of hell. That is why you never know when you may be entertaining Angels. Then when you remember who you are, one of many angels that were created in the very beginning to love and serve God, living with Him forever and always as His little children, loved and well taken care of, individual and special in His eyes. Each of us unique, different but all loved and valued the same, so as not to create in us a jealous, envious, low self esteem which is the original lie that birthed all the suffering in this world. You need to make a choice. Who are you going to spend eternity with? There are only two choices and the answer is obvious. All you have to do is believe by taking God's Word for who you are instead of believing what the Devil has been telling you about yourself. If you listen you will hear and recognize the voice of the True God, which is your awesome Lord and gentle, most loving Master. Then you can stop living in hell, (misery), and you'll finally be able to go on and accept the good truth about yourself, which is quite and literally, HEAVEN because we were forgiven even before we sinned, we just could'nt believe He still loved us anyway.
God has been talking to me on this subject. We are the 1/3 angels that were cast out of heaven for following Lucifer's voice instead of God, our Creator and true Father's voice. We fell to earth and have had to live in these physical bodies, in the Hell of our own making, until we turn from Satan's lies and false, empty promises, admitting to ourselves that we were/are wrong and surrender our wills reconciling and turning back to God refusing to hear any other voice but His in our heads, filtering out all the others. Because if you think about it haven't we listened to the devil long enough, trying everything he's offerred us and believing his lies rather than trying things God's Way and believing what He's been trying to tell us all along? We need to ask ourselves why we can believe what the devil says to us about ourselves but we CHOOSE the hardest way, our way, instead of simply believing what God is trying to tell us about remembering WHO WE ARE to Him. His beloved, lost sheep, that He misses so terribly and came down, being also born of flesh so He could understand what we were going through Himself. He came down to die in front of us so we would know and believe, be convinced, to remember how very much He still loves us and wants us to choose Him over Lucifer for our own good and happiness because He knows absolutely what is going to make each and everyone of us happy and satisfied forever. He loves us so much still and simply wants us to decide to choose Him over Satan and just choose to go back home with Him where we will be given all the love and true happiness we can stand! Satan will end up all alone and miserable for eternity, separated from His Father and Creator which is the true definition of hell. That is why you never know when you may be entertaining Angels. Then when you remember who you are, one of many angels that were created in the very beginning to love and serve God, living with Him forever and always as His little children, loved and well taken care of, individual and special in His eyes. Each of us unique, different but all loved and valued the same, so as not to create in us a jealous, envious, low self esteem which is the original lie that birthed all the suffering in this world. You need to make a choice. Who are you going to spend eternity with? There are only two choices and the answer is obvious. All you have to do is believe by taking God's Word for who you are instead of believing what the Devil has been telling you about yourself. If you listen you will hear and recognize the voice of the True God, which is your awesome Lord and gentle, most loving Master. Then you can stop living in hell, (misery), and you'll finally be able to go on and accept the good truth about yourself, which is quite and literally, HEAVEN because we were forgiven even before we sinned, we just could'nt believe He still loved us anyway.
If you want to learn how to listen and actually hear, (understand), God email me at: anotherangelofgodredeemed@gmail.com. and ask me. God speaks to me everyday now, all day long. I stand amazed and will share my personal, awesome testimony with anyone simply willing to listen because you realize you need change in your life.
I am still praying for understanding of the things of God. Our Father wants you to get to know Him. So start talking to Him and He is Faithful to listen and answer your cries for justice.
What a wonderful hub!!! Beautiful!
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Elena. Level 1 Commenter 3 years ago
Wow. Gripping to say the very least, SoulaBee. In lullabies lie forgotten words. I loved it.