by Markus Grier
Way above your paygrade
The solution is here
Come to me
Fight me not
The bull will win
Rant and rave to the tune
Glide off like a newly born
Know Thyself
Lurking deep within me
Father of my mistakes
And mother of my lies
Raging beneath my skin
Walking towards embarrassment
Earning the hell that is
Life
Resisting none as the urge arises
Mother told us to, to be able to
Better ourselves
Honey is rich with all the needs
Books to rent lead you to understand yourself
Winning is ever glorious to our young hearts
Money is tied up in the scheme because it takes us away
Marks are made every day that was not there before
Glistening under the moon, release us from this fray
Teachings accumulate as the earth runs its course
Feelings are hurt in the process from both sides of the story
Reeds imprison us, our prison being the ocean floor
Your love might not be true, but why worry
Digging in the mud, we are deemed for failure
School is in session all across our little globe
Whether it be on the streets or in the classroom
Some of the great kings wore purple robes
Asking the bartender for another drink
How did cigarettes come out their mouths?
Look before you leap, haven’t you been taught
Even if heaven is up north, when did hell become the south
Mending our bones from the onslaught
Things happen that need not be
Wisdom is a part of all of us
Why do we sell sacred articles for a fee?
Life is Majestic
Honor brings us hope
The matter never discloses itself
God laughs at our weakness
While pride takes over self
The mind, a dimension of its own
Knows no boundaries but the ones
We set upon it
Dices are for risk takers
But water is for the ground
Nourishment is best understood
Than anything scientists has put before us
Believe what you will not practice
So the master leaves you unattended
Without a fuss
Society reeks of higher standards
More than any of us can attain
Imagining the truth of a past life
What is there to explain?
Living Here
I love you
You are my boo
Living in a dream
Make you all scream
Horrors on the bay
What can I say?
Loosing myself
Got no wealth
Selling not my soul
Calling me bold
Relinquish the heat
Sitting on my seat
Now kings are here
Ready to not fear
Gold is money
Eating a lot of honey
Layperson need to learn
Not always on the fern
Reading the scimitar
Nighty at the bar
Noses in the air
The woman is fair
Curses ring out
Noblemen shout
Wise arts are good
Eat the right food
Muscles never relent
But tiredness is spent
Know your own self
It is good and health
Understand your life
You don’t need a wife
Motions in the park
What? This is a spark
Luck
Know me not?
The horse is with me
So still her not
Reckoned that to be?
Win again and its dark
The sun is over here
Risen from the dead?
Got you again
This time my spirit shall soar
Leaving you behind
Makeshift
Quickening of the air
Releases moisture to the unknown
Mind over body
What are we shown?
Masters awaken to the quite
As the great knights battle shadows
Ministry is succumbing after many years
But family remains thick, strangers remain shallow
Take me by the hand
Or grab us with water
Indifference makes us forget
Many that has been eats fodder
East of the sea I go
Never falling from the hearth
Glad in all that I do
Praise my mother, the giving earth
Don the attire of times past
Liberal enough to change
But conservative to a point to
Keep wanted traditions
Will I ever be the one to hang?
Forgive myself from my heart
Father of my feelings
Forever ready to march
I have never paid a shilling
Muhammad
Lessons learned and a stool shared
In the name of God, the poet
The musician has risen
The exemplar of a time not yet forgotten
What did he leave?
Memory racks us cold
Wars for a lost cause
The beacon is still here
And the light will always shine
New
The Middle East sparks new interests
Rollers pave us a new way, kings leave
Us with no choice
Mediation rouses new hatred, loyalty starts anew
Flowers are won by a kind heart
Sitting ducks bring about the use of force
States have risen and fallen, who was before us?
Parts become weak, who shall follow, matter its touch
Yeast is ate to a fine perfection, unleavened
Bread is now laid to waste
Change is come at a great price, who won the trophy?
He ran for the clutch
Nothing is everywhere, and everywhere is nothing
Be as you are, people are roused to speak, find whom you are
Your enemies will lay low
Silver sparkles in the sunlight, water has a taste
Which is a part of nothing
Diamonds shed light, yes, you give off a glow
Prospects
Reality lets loose on the toll of man
Sorcery abounds in regions we know nothing of
Dead people walk on earth
Every day of our lives
Sparking new debate as pushes come to shove
Leaders run rampant in our culture
Members of clubs think twice about other groups
Zealous riots spark new interest
Happiness reign true
As we play a game of hoops
Sidelines are infested with maliciousness
The rear guard didn’t have a chance, as the Front was torn to pieces
Dust and blood going everywhere
Mothers crying that their son or daughter was taken
Locks blow in the breeze
Women rant their own misgivings
Blows come to war
The curtain is raised
Coldness brings the coffee,
Do not want to start shivering
Reality
The sole-controller arises from his deep slumber
Souls were still returning from whence they came
Unheard of creatures abound on the shores of existence
Winds blow the unrighteous to hell, heaven on earth would be the same
War has approached from a corner
of the earth
Battles are won and lost, is the water true to its course?
Down goes the woman who has only seen it done before
Driving in a car, cowboys ride on a horse
From death we have seen nothing so far
During life, we put our faith in that which we cannot prove
From polytheism to monotheism, this group has risen
Walk the plank is no more because there has
Been a change to the groove
Dirt has overtaken us all once before
Crying that we will forever change
Forever be there for somebody
How did we ever come to this, the bird in the sky do not even know
Taken part with friends, joining not with just anybody
Reform
Mentally, physically, as well as spiritually
The courses to be formed and reaped
For all the souls and lives to help
Stressing in the sun to make all right
Gaining muscles in places no one has ever heard of
Gaining ground on all things good
Tearing down jealously and all evil paths
Enjoying the righteous walk we have vowed to make
Weakening the bonds of the evil one
Even though they don’t always work together
Praising no one in this work but God Himself
Releasing the holds of the nether realm
And all its hosts for a better world
A better paradise we will eventually partake in
Judging no one but ourselves
Destroying not only the intentions of evil
But also evil actions themselves
Guide my ways oh my lord
Help all peoples of the earth
Because we are one
As are the words of God
Rejoice
For the new life ahead
For the changes we are to make
For the challenges that we will face
For they are from God
For the endeavors we are to achieve
For our new outlooks on life
For our guided study from life
For our new connections
For the help we are to gain
For the honorable mentions we are to receive
For the joy we are to partake of
For the knowledge we are to learn
For the wisdom we are to gain
For the wisdom we are to receive
For the nearness to God we are to attain
Release
My time is short
And I am already too deep
Who is my savior?
To release me from the keep
Where did I ever go?
But far away
Distant from myself
Following the sway
My mind has been blown
Why have I done this?
There seems to be
No delight in a wish
I never knew that
It could get out of hand
The focus is off
And I'm deep in the sand
Release me from this
Father of my essence
Don't let your child stay astray
I have been trapped in a fence
The rain is pouring harder
The sun is dried up
I have went from one prison
To the next in a big cup
How do I get out? If I am to be freed I need to do more
To my Devine father I do plead
Who is there to shower me?
With the water and fire
And all elements that I need
To get me higher
I have followed my own desires
Deeply engrossed in self
Raging a war for evil
Bathing in wealth
I need to kill that
Change many aspects
Clean up the avenues
Gain deeper respects
Clamoring away at nothing
Hinging on spiritual death
Managing something devilish
Losing my health
Wobbling in the dirt
Wallowing in inner pain
Reckoning the time gone
Running in vain
Forming the root of chaos
Revealing and reveling
In nothing, but shame
Digging with the shovel
Quitting the game with no fame
Mapping only doubt
And losing at my own
Bulging with a shout
Reality escaping my touch
Fighting, but going out without a fight
Oh, the savagery I have caused myself
Everything obscured from sight
Weakly giving way
To the dungeon of the inner
A sanctuary that is wrought
With the things of a sinner
Leaking from my pores
Every corner a devil is there
Waiting to tear me apart
Eating my blood like a flare
Oh how drenched I am
Soaking in my own rain
Never calming to the storm
Arriving at no gain
One polarization to the maximum
Dying in my pain
Beaten by the weather
Will I ever become sane?
Even though I have found my way
I need to gain momentum
And stay true to the route
Running away from my sanctum
Softly ever reunited with my desires
Dear God please help me
Oh Baha'u'llah be my intercessor
God help me see
Over by the pig sty
Being silly everyday
The Word is formless
Will it hold my sway?
Peeping in the night
At the demons passing by
Digging my own grave
Relishing in the personality of shyness
Hear my calls oh maiden of the Sun
Release my soul
And let me die a glorious death
But to live life with the whole...
Cook me in the sweetest dough
And top me with icing
Flying beneath the sky
The other self forever enticing
Where shall I go?
Glowing in the light
Quitting the ball game
Below me is the height
Religion
True reality teems with the aggressiveness of a society
Angry people look towards the horizon for a better day
Kinships abound with justice and rocky roads alike
Towns weep when there is no just way or faith
Lucky are those that aptly pray and watch over their dead
Money sometimes will lead to foolishness and a heart full of deceit
Some folks prey on the weak of heart and never lift themselves
From their holds over the meek
Battles may release stress, but it may go downhill with the oncoming of defeat
Realms repeat themselves in the minds of the scientists
Who do not know any better; they wreak havoc upon the ones they have swayed
Fumes blow in our direction of the many massacres that have taken place
Horses have bellowed and stalls are wrought with fray
Babies have come to double populate the masses
Funny is the one who doesn’t make any sense
Compassion is in the hearts of all people
I use to buy it with a couple of cents
Earthquakes have destroyed populations
Waking to the thunderous movement from within the earth
Weather can be beautiful to a certain extent
Taking something that is not ours, arising to the hurt
Remade
The cord to God is here
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The new faith has dawned
The spiritual law has always been the same
God has lent his hand
The manifestation has risen
Those who do not hear
Will be left behind
The new physical law has been made plain
Remember
Remember there was a time
Dancing in the moonlight
Gaining momentum as the beat rises
Joining bodies in wise embrace
From city to city, as we travel
Boredom overtakes us
Dreams comes to past
Memories rise from the core
We want to be something more,
Maybe of the pace that is fast
Saw the book as we looked in the mirror
Felt our heartbeat, rose on tiptoes
Hung the clothes on a line, the lion went through it
We forever battle our foes, the sun forever glows
Vases are broken, signs are laid to waste
Tables burst forth, heathens look up
Do we look down at the ground?
Thinking hell is here, and pride is in your butts
Rise Above
Garnishing the reigns as I lay
Down to the focus of all-embracing grace
Mother of all hope
And sister of us all
Mind knows many boundaries
But mine is the process wished for throughout the ages
Leaning with madness
Hearing the signs as they come
Mother of all hope
And aunt of the forsaken
Listen to me now
Memories are here to stay
If only you look deeper
Scion of Heaven
Remember the Book
Holy shall we keep it
And never throw it up
Forgetfulness for another time
Selling majesty for a price
Secrets for a coin
Put no price on that which is sacred
Doves climb down
Knowledge leaves us knowing
Time and space beckon
To their call, wisdom is free
World’s shadows hold onto death
Life is in the ones who are real
Hope is not all they live for
Life is special to a certain point
Who is there to know the truth?
But the One who sees, hears, and
Knows all things
For he is extraordinaire
The Beacon of Hope
Tend to fight until the inner struggle is over
Humans enliven themselves with the thoughts
Of love for another
Whether it be a long life companion, or friends
And family who are with them until they die
They say life could be sweet; we tend to be more attracted
Not to our fathers, but to our mothers
Honor rings true in every person no matter what
Our favorite pastimes might be or those that we have
Gone through
Mighty is the hands of God, nothing can deter his path
