Meeting of Queens

The Thin White Queen met the Black Queen

They sat together over the black and cream

Discussing the pros and cons of life with men

Trusting and courting with them again.

The Thin White Queen sat pale and wan

Disappointed and distressed at the memory of man

For she has pushed them all far away from her

Alone she dwells in the palace and gardens so fair

Graciously tolerates the outside world

Ensconced in robes so beautiful and royal.

The Black Queen so confident and wild

A confidant and one belonging as a child

She takes the Thin White Queen in hand

Shares the right to the royal band

Coming to terms with the slings and shots

Of life so cruel and the kindness of thoughts

Towards the wisdom she has gleaned

From treading the roadways of life cleaned

Of all sin and blame and the enemies woe

To the Black King they together must go…

Languishing

She languishes in the cool of a summer night

Watching the shade of the dappled light

Tears are her food for all is lost

True love has vanquished her psyche at the cost

Of sleep and contentment, she lingers there

Under the blanket of rank despair

Who will save a soul so lost

Who will meet the needs she now has passed

On to others who ignore her neglect

Leaving only illness now suspect

Of being the fake that the love she bore

Over years of sorrow over and over

Now gone, true love is out of sight

Passing gently over her in the night.

Lining up

Evil lines up against the truth

To close the mind and temper youth

Petulant asking the unknown wisdom

Of the King who owns the kingdom

But never comes to knowledge sweet

Blinded hate and ignorance greet

The darkest of nights that hold its sway

Over the soul in dead it tends to stay.

Rooks crows that will always wander

From paths of peace and eternal plunder

Of the souls of men to keep them in death

Facing forever the sentence of wrath

Break the chains, Lord and King

Let light and hope and heaven ring

From the prison houses of the damned

Salvation coming to every land.

Let the lines be broken in every mind

Lord and King clear up the blind

Open the eyes to see the fate

That befalls all who the Black King will hate.

A resolution

Too shabby to make the grade, too smart to ask the question

Walking the streets of the city looking for certain desecration

The long white coat, the flowing greying hair

The Thin White Queen looks on in her despair

Who will release the power within the heart

That has bourn the brunt of the eternal smart

And sought the resolution to the pallor of loves grave

She wanting eternity and all she possesses to save

The soul of one so ignoble and untrue

His pain and unforgiving heart to ensue

She true love did grasp and hold it to her chest

A snake in the grass, an adder to beat the rest

That she seeks for yet another day

Hope fills the void that no one else can stay

For eternity holds the key to her rampant soul

For the waves of the sea forever roll.

The War

The war was fought and won in the darkness of the day

As He with the sword of the Spirit evil did slay

To save the soul of the Thin White Queen

She everlasting life has now possessed and seen

That infiltrating the lasting heights of heaven

There to gaze upon the face of the perfect seven

Who calls her home into eternal glorious day

Where she in might and power will stay

Judging the righteous and the angelic bands

With sword in hand she forever stands

Justice approved and waiting to sentence the hoards

Who over the brink of doom have left their shards

Of the weapons of war that they waged with her

She the whip, the dagger and the spur

Will condemn all those who abuse their trust

In the sanctity of marriage and the eternal truss

That leads then into the gloom and binds them there

She her robes of righteousness will now wear

For the White King has left the board

She is vindicated and by heaven adored

The sword of justice in her pale and loving hand

Seeks the scabbard to love to slake the hurting man…

Depth of Hades

I love you so much it survived the depths of hell

Waiting for you to come and rescue me as well

But you never came, you left me in the arms obtuse

Scared and out of love so what was the use

Of all the love that we shared so near

In arms of passion and faith without fear

You only the semblance of passing years

Show me your peace and Hades will bear

The brunt of the sorrow that has been caused

To my soul and all against God’s laws.

My soul hums with the joy of the Lord

As I think of my Dear One so adored

The Black King who reigns in my heart

From whom I never more will part…

Behind me is a life of woe

Before me is loving arms where I will one day go.

Your love warms me…

I succumb to you who loves me so

But I am afraid of the power of love…

The Black Charger

He rides rampant through the whole land

Dispensing justice as treasure in the sand

No one can stop his wild ride of victory

Though they distract the mind continually

Justice will prevail and the enemy is on the run

Peoples have risen and are free now under the sun

Of righteousness that shines for all who see

The possibility that we really can be free

Rise up the indolent, the uncaring and obtuse

Change your heart and let the power of love reduce

You to the essence of love and peace and joy

Spreading out as a palm leaf that all can enjoy

Under the shade of a society gone right instead of wrong

Enjoying a life made new and a future long

Stretching into the glorious blue of the vaulting sky

Never thinking of those dull days gone by

The Black Charger rides free once again

Releasing the chains of prisoner’s mind from pain

Lift our eyes to behold the righteous Son

Who eternal life for us has truly won…

Carp and quibble

They gather around the Queen so menacingly

Putting her out of kilter so dangerously

A band of brothers united against her rule

Taking her to be everyone’s fool

Who rises up and threatening her

Giving her the royals spur

To leave them down and shut them up

In the court of the judge without luck

Carp and quibble at the slights they receive

From the royal hand within the sleeve

That hides the slight and sound and slay

Those who opposes her royal sway

Come up you pawns and play the game

Bow down at once to the royal name

Who gives you all you need and more

From the throne of the Queen the voices adore

And cause her to relent and woman play

She is not such a tyrant as they say

Come brothers unite under her guide

For she is the semblance of the Bride…

The White King again

The White King is back on his horse lumbering through the land

Up and down the steepest hills he clambers hand in hand

With caution and fear on every side he rules his psyche down

Face crumpled and vexed as he stands on the dark side of town.

He stands his foot akimbo and looking grim and pale

Breathing in and breathing out inhale – exhale

Life grabs him by the throat and attends each breath

Stalking him down the road to a desperate death.

Who will judge this moral frame

Justify and exonerate the filthy game

That stalks his steps and hides his fear

Neither friend nor foes stands close and near?

Still he stands, not wanting to move or try

All the chariots and horses pass him by

For life is grim and the price is too high

She leaves him standing as the charger rides by.

Never to see the fog of the day

Out of love forever will stay

Until the day clears and the bright beams pass on

To the palace of light where she waits upon

The Black King so high and lifted up

Her rescuer and the sharer of her royal cup.

Skin of unbelief

She’s slidin’ out from under the skin of unbelief

To shed the load and move on and up is certain relief

The Thin White Queen has left the past behind

She’s moving forward in a glide – the straightest line

Up to her Saviour’s adoration and comfort and peace

Living in a place where there is great release.

Heaven’s mercy shines on her feathered bed

The place to lay a weary and wandering head

Tomorrow is the exercise of another victory day

As in her peaceable psyche she now does stay

Dealt with the hurt and all that’s left undone

Will be fixed and sutured by glory’s rampant Son

The Black King has mended all her heart

And she, His bride, will never more part

With a heart redeemed and a freedom gained

From those who have search her and pained

The sensitive heart of heaven’s queen

Washed and happy in the Spirit’s stream…