THE BLISS OF SOLITUDE: PAGE 1 NEAR TO GOD

Near to God

Seeing the condition of Mother Earth

Satan laughed loud with unmasked mirth.

All that he had schemed eons before,

Were now true for Man, more and more.

Such funk and chaos and thoughts so vile,

That one could hardly reconcile.

Destroying all through unspeakable deed –

Through lust and power and avarice, greed.

Then Satan rubbed his hands in glee.

“I am happy now as you can see.

Man will one day, did I not tell?

Will join me in the deepest hell.

I had them ousted from paradise.

They fell - never again to rise.

Thrown away from Garden o’ Eden,

They fawn around me, to do as bidden.

Choking in filth, fire, rage and thorn,

They are slaves in a kingdom without morn.

Man will be Man’s biggest enemy,

And there’ll be villainous alchemy.

“Man, my slave, by slaying his betters,

Is more ensnared in my evil fetters.

Through murder and mayhem, killing each other,

Man becomes my perfect brother.

Without my grace they can’t prosper.”

Rolling in glee, Satan would holler.

Fast, on clouds, came Angels hell bound,

And Satan fled like a beaten hound.

Man shouldn’t break, or despond.

For soon enough God will respond.

Goodly deeds are Godly deeds

 Reap good harvest, sow good seeds.

If Man sets up a standing rule,

Of bestowing love, not ridicule;

Of spurning crime and becoming wise,

Then God will take them by surprise.

Man shall know peace, as God bestows

More joy and ecstasy than Man knows.

Treating others as own, without disdain,

Man takes his place in God’s domain.

Foregoing vengeance and the blaming game,

He comes closer to God and nothing is the same.

Now that it is our time to go,

It is also the time for us to show

Doing righteous things we become better

And spurning crime, break Satan’s fetter.

BY

HONORABLE POETESS FARAH SIDDIQUI

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TO POETESS FARAH SIDDIQUI

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BETWEEN THE LINES

Rhyme can add a motivating music to your poems, giving them a memorable quality that can be a lot of fun. While not all poems need to rhyme, poems that do rhyme tend to seem all the more spectacular for pulling off such a complex composition.  Farah Siddiqi’s above poem is excellent in its theme as well as Rhyming format, please accept my congratulations.

Words are said to rhyme when the endings and sounds of the words match. There are many different types of rhyme, but full rhymes or "perfect" rhymes are words like "love" and "dove," with identical vowel and consonant combinations.

The devilish darkness of the world is just but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is bliss or God’s gift of true love and life.Satan is not only God’s enemy, but also that of the human in particular. He wants to destroy our faith as we draw closer to God, the Almighty. I have two main cautions though. Sometimes we just notice our old dead selves more the closer we are to God. So the light is shined closer on our true condition and thus we feel that we are in a spiritual battle when we may just be looking at ourselves. Secondly we have to be very careful we don't use Satan attacking us; as an excuse for our own sinful desires. What I mean is we can actually get into a situation where we may say, well I have these very strong sinful urges and thus it must be Satan and thus I must be really close to God, so it is a good thing

It has been my experience that Satan tries to destroy and buffet those who are in spiritual leadership first. He goes after the shepherds in order to hurt the sheep. That is why we need to uphold our pastors every day. They are on the front lines. If they remain healthy and strong in the Lord, and not distracted by difficulties, then we are more protected. Often the devil will attack the family of a leader to distract him or her away from the task at hand. Satan  also, I believe, can see the "markers" of potential in our lives, that reveal God's plans for us. Satan goes after those up-and-comers--those who seek God first.

Honorable Poetess Farah Siddiqui, please accept my congratulations for enlightening readers with your highly thought provoking theme of Satan's attacks against humans, keep growing stay blessed, love and light. WILLIAMSJI MAVELI