What Speaks Louder?
by Seah Greenhorn
(Poem with copyright)
Such lovely thoughts
poetically expressed.
Honey dripped phrases
trickling, tingling finely
my inner ears
and warm sponging
my delicate curved spine.
I watch closely your lips
moving my motives
sweet gently to tears.
How winsome your words!
How wise beyond years.
So thoughtful and heartfelt.
Much more than your peers.
Your counsel... profound.
Your advice... practical
to which one wants to strictly adhere.
Yet, your worldly-wise works
impale me;
drive my reason
to fear.
You see...
I breathe to feel
that you meant
what you prayed.
Yet, your concealed revealed
actions
shove honesty
.............................................away.
Since lifestyles
do preaching
mere words
should not play.
They inspire to soar
like birds to the sky
then twisted conduct does slay
weakened faith to soon die.
However,
when confronted
adamantly you demand:
"Just do what I say!
Just do what I say!"
As if
actions personal
can't words nullify.
Do you not know?
Have you never heard?
Actions speak Louder
than many a word.
If they should us hear
real 'Truth' ever clearer,
this proof solid
found in the Bible,
One must
Practice
what we
Preach.
For this is what the masses
Also
He
holds
much dearer.
poetically expressed.
Honey dripped phrases
trickling, tingling finely
my inner ears
and warm sponging
my delicate curved spine.
I watch closely your lips
moving my motives
sweet gently to tears.
How winsome your words!
How wise beyond years.
So thoughtful and heartfelt.
Much more than your peers.
Your counsel... profound.
Your advice... practical
to which one wants to strictly adhere.
Yet, your worldly-wise works
impale me;
drive my reason
to fear.
You see...
I breathe to feel
that you meant
what you prayed.
Yet, your concealed revealed
actions
shove honesty
.............................................away.
Since lifestyles
do preaching
mere words
should not play.
They inspire to soar
like birds to the sky
then twisted conduct does slay
weakened faith to soon die.
However,
when confronted
adamantly you demand:
"Just do what I say!
Just do what I say!"
As if
actions personal
can't words nullify.
Do you not know?
Have you never heard?
Actions speak Louder
than many a word.
If they should us hear
real 'Truth' ever clearer,
this proof solid
found in the Bible,
One must
Practice
what we
Preach.
For this is what the masses
Also
He
holds
much dearer.
Howdy
Contest is - write something based on the following quote :
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
4 lines minimum please - 400,000 lines maximum - brevity counts the same as an epic
No word count - no prohibitions - no salesmen will call
2 things
AP rules (label accordingly/ put contest in authors note...)
Be nice to others in the contest - because "don't be an ass" seems somehow disparaging
Co-host is one of my favorite poets - a woman of action - Candy Brown - if you have not visited her gallery of wonderhttp://allpoetry.com/Candy_Brown please feel free to drop by....
a final thought as I ramble ...
If we cannot connect it back to the quote we will not count it - just sayin
that's it - write if you feel so inclined - thanks for stopping by
stay warm in the storm ...
m.
Awards: 600 for gold
"Do you, however, the one teaching someone else, not teach yourself? You, the one preaching, “Do not steal,” do you steal? You, the one saying, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You, the one abhorring idols, do you rob temples? You who take pride in law, do you dishonor God by your transgressing of the Law? For “the name of God is being blasphemed among the nations because of you,” Romans 2:21-24.
Contest is - write something based on the following quote :
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
4 lines minimum please - 400,000 lines maximum - brevity counts the same as an epic
No word count - no prohibitions - no salesmen will call
2 things
AP rules (label accordingly/ put contest in authors note...)
Be nice to others in the contest - because "don't be an ass" seems somehow disparaging
Co-host is one of my favorite poets - a woman of action - Candy Brown - if you have not visited her gallery of wonderhttp://allpoetry.com/Candy_Brown please feel free to drop by....
a final thought as I ramble ...
If we cannot connect it back to the quote we will not count it - just sayin
that's it - write if you feel so inclined - thanks for stopping by
stay warm in the storm ...
m.
Awards: 600 for gold
"Do you, however, the one teaching someone else, not teach yourself? You, the one preaching, “Do not steal,” do you steal? You, the one saying, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You, the one abhorring idols, do you rob temples? You who take pride in law, do you dishonor God by your transgressing of the Law? For “the name of God is being blasphemed among the nations because of you,” Romans 2:21-24.
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