PERCEPTIONS

 
When problems come
 
In a rushing tide

I seek my shell

A place to hide

So cold the world

So   warm   my   bed

Yet      still      I       feel

An   approaching  dread

For  inside   this   shell

Will the worst pain be

Inside   this   shell

I     must   admit

The cause 

is me

© 2000 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


Twas the night of the Rapture
 
The Book of Life 
Was carried in King Jesus' hand,
From up above
Bought personally
By His obedience, sacrifice, and Love
When He came to your house, 
He searched for your name
And, when He said, "it's not here" 
Your head hung in shame
Few of the many were chosen 
For using God's Word of Love
Confessing salvation in Lord Jesus' name, 
To LORD GOD above

Then, Jesus left on a flawless path 
Of Love, without a sound
While you and others, 
Were left in shock all around
They fell to their knees, but it was too late
They waited too long to read the Bible, 
Sealing their fate

Each letter in the Bible, 
Is a drop of God's Love and Light
Written to shine brightly through us, 
On our darkest night

So, "Wash your robes, and Walk God's Way"
And, be prepared 
About what this poem has to say
Because Zero hour for everyone
Is now definitely here
For, Messiah Jesus' return
Is absolutely near

So, please read your dusty Bible, 
Repent and confess the Salvation Prayer
Before the last call
And, share this important message 
With one and all

© 2000 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


Paper, Rock, Scissors
 
Piece upon piece falling shattered
Is the mirror I can no longer look into
My heart knocks loudly on my chest door 
To come out and see, what I did ignore

As a long tear slid down my cheek
In the distance I heard a splashing sound
I held my breath and looked around
Oh, just an eyelash that fell from my eye
It sounded like it fell from the sky
When it Landed, in my tear, on the ground

I understand now
When one loses one sense
Another gets stronger
Even the deaf and blind
Have an endless rainbow within

All I see, is what I want to see
in a world of changing rules
My focus is determined
As that which is real
Becomes lost without me

Hide and seek
Become search and conquer
That is the game plan
While all that truly matters
Is left behind

My eyes closed with a sigh
As my mind asked, why
Wait, a creaking door sound
I silenced and looked around
Oh, wind blew open my dusty Bible 
My thought said, "my trusted advisor"
I knew then, that I would be growing, wiser.

© 2000 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


Dusty Bibles

Is your Bible dusty on a shelf without attention or care?
Leaving your family ignorant of God's Word to share?
Only thinking of what your life has been through?
Never learning about being saved and becoming anew?

Soon you will fly to your windows like a flash of light
And, see people face down praying, with all their might
When what to their wondering eyes should appear
But glorified Angels, proclaiming Messiah Jesus is here

The Light of Jesus is far brighter than the Sun's ray
And this light, in a moment, made this night become day
The Power of His Holiness made them cover their head
Because it was Lord Jesus returned, just like He said

And, though you possess worldly wisdom and wealth
You will cry, 
Because your Bible 
Is dusty, on your shelf

© 2000 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


ON THE ROCKS 

How much is enough
When I say, I cannot take it anymore
What will it take 
To get you to walk out the door

I hear a still small voice
While searching my Soul 
It tells me that I have a choice
A never-ending goal

I thought we were put together 
With cosmic glue
Able to withstand the stormy weather
As the old folks, used to do

Then I became injured
And, started making up excuses for you
Thinking that no one else would want me
Because there was not much left, that I could do

I felt like I was Winter's wife
Always searching within for more love  
Looking for guidance from above
While trying to deal with the pain and strife  

I always knew when you pushed me too far
For it was then, that you were the kindest
Then, I would hang onto my wheelchair, like a raft 
As emotions tossed me amidst a tearful, stormy sea

My future belongs in my past
For my feelings of love to last
Where dreams really do come true
When I looked into your eyes of blue

This relationship is on the rocks, I know
Please, pray for me 
To forgive and to let go
So that I can be set free

My expression of Love, now flows through my writing 
And, God's Bible Rap Poetry has become so exciting 
Now, even my challenges are reduced by God's Love
For I am truly blessed, from within and above

© 2000 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


MOURNING SUNSHINE 

One joyful and peaceful thought
Comes to me over and over
I am nearer home today
Than I have ever been before

Nearer my Lord's house
Where the mansions be
Nearer the great white throne
Nearer the crystal sea

But, lying darkly between
Winding down through the night
Is the silent unknown stream
That leads at last to the light

Lord, be near when my feet
Are slipping over the brink
For only you can raise me up, 
My power lets me sink

Eyelids close, surrendering
As my spiritual eyes open
Is no door closes 
Without one opening

Breath becomes my wings
Closed eyes become an open door 
The sounds coming through, love brings
I smiled as I was greeted, with love forevermore

16 November, 2000 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner

TRUE STORY

One day I felt like a grouch
So I began meditating
in the living room
On the couch

In my mind
I walked alone
Up a secret path
Wondering about mankind

Then all of a sudden, I got excited
A beautiful white eagle appeared
And, I wondered what it would be like to fly
Viewing the magnificent Earth, from the Sky

The huge wings, started flapping quicker
I got frightened, and held my breath
The eagle stopped its wings, altogether
I thought it was going to surrender, to its death 

I realized I needed to deeply breathe
And as I took my deep breath
Its wings, lifted him away from the ground
OK... I thought and started playing around

Sure enough this is what I found
Every time I inhaled, its wings would lift up
And, when I exhaled its wings would go down
As I held my breath, it coasted without a sound

My lungs were an extension, of its wings
This love connection, is what meditation brings
There we were, as one, soaring high 
Until we disappeared into a climatic, azure sky

All of a sudden, I heard a tinkling sound
Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, tinkle
My eyelids were still closed, yet... I was back
I unfolded my legs, and put them on the ground

Yet still, I heard that tinkling sound
I bravely opened my eyes, to look around
Glass was slowly breaking, in the sliding door
It was right in front of me and hard to ignore 

Before the glass was replaced
I noticed there was a tiny piece of glass
On the patio, in a distant place
I looked at glass doctor, with a knowing smile

I told him what happened, after awhile
Telling him, that God places no limits on mankind
That we renew as the Eagle each day and smiled 
And, God makes not stranger, but friends to find

To charge me, his spirit did not allow
Because, he had a special story now 
Plus a challenge, to be met
He said, with his imagination, he was all set

As he left, he smiled and said
I go now
not to the Sky
but to the Sea, instead (\O/)   

© 19 Nov 2000 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


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© 19 Nov 2000 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


TEDDY BEAR

Soft and huggable, on my shelf
Unlikely image of myself
I can still hear, myself crying
Pick me up, when you're not near

I remember now
How i felt
Thirsty for understanding
Not knowing, what GOD does allow
 
I took teddy off the shelf, for a hug of love
And, could not help releasing the pain of my years
Into his soft cuddly fur, absorbing all my tears
As I felt the LORD, within and above

I truly care, that everyone, might not be raptured
And, fearful that this world has so many captured 
If only people would become as little children again now
By reading the BIBLE, that shows you how
 
It is truly amazing, that from the start
GOD'S LOVE was, is and will be, all and all
Even in using teddy bear creations of comfort
For the young and pure of heart (\O/)

© 07 Dec 2000 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


POETRY

Poetry is the motion of Love
Directing us from within and above
It leaps gracefully like a gazelle
Into a variety of hearts to dwell

Motion in substance, is life
Directed is achievement
Misdirected is frustration
Undirected is chaos

Contained is potential
Unused is waste
Unrealized is poverty
Realized is wealth

In words is prose
In rhythm is poetry
Unsaid is feelings
Harmonized is love

Observed is wonderment
Understood is science
Expressed is art
Transcended is meditation

At it's peak is laughter
Over-expressed is insanity
Without it, the symphony ends
And, silent, nothingness begins

©  08 January, 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


COFFIN NAILS

Once upon a time, there was a little woman
Who was sitting by the beach
She thought to herself
What a beautiful privilege, it is to live

To be able to go where she wanted to go
Enjoying all the opportunities, life has to give  
Like, beholding the brilliance of the stars
And, wondering, what it really is like, on Mars

There she was, listening to the ocean
Enjoying, this peaceful day
Feeling the most perfect breeze on her face
As she looked beyond the line of the horizon

Then while observing the sunrise, the sunset
 A deceptive thought interrupted her
"How can I top this perfect day off?"
Shouted a voice, then she said, "hmmmmmm"

 "I would give anything for a cigarette"
Then her little hand, pulled out of her pocket
Without an ounce of regret
An innocent looking, little package, then said

Ahhhhhhhh, one last cigarette left 
A tiny voice whispers, "coffin Nails"
But she ignored the voice and quickly lit it up
The tiny voice got louder, but still it fails

Which would have been, to read, "the warning"
She drew the smoke, deeply, into her lungs
As quickly as she could, like it was her last one
Then choked to death and left the world mourning

© 01 Feb 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner

Ps.  I used to be a heavy smoker. I prayed to God, 
in Jesus' Name four years ago, to stop smoking 
And, Praise LORD GOD, in Lord Jesus' Name
I have not wanted one since and you can do the same!


JOY

When I think of Joy
I think of my visit to Disney World
Where I bought, the most interesting toy
A blue ball, with lights and sound that whirled

Epcot truly contained, everywhere I looked
People eating the greatest food, ever cooked
Plus joyfilled smiles, that exploded into laughter
With the Spirit of Peace, from each Ambassador

Ohhhhhh, if only the people of this World
Could get along and enjoy one another, this way
On Earth, as it is in Heaven, would begin each day
And, prevent this World, from being spoiled

So Joy for me, is living in a place
That does not look, at your race
Rather at the smile, on your face
In an environment, of grace

© 13 Feb 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


NATURES WAY

Nature's rocks are volumes, gilded with ages
Processes that formed them, are written pages
The shells contain lessons, if we seek
And pebbles in brooks, with eloquence, speak

The rippling rill, that cheers the mountainside
Always welcomes its mate, to form a river wide
Then arm in arm, they journey to the sea
Where all unite, in joyful harmony

Every helpful breeze, that fans the vacant main
Brings back to Earth, the little streams again
Then, fettered springtime, breaks her icy bands
Leaping forth with gladness, liberating her hands

After Nature spreads carpets, over wintry lawns
To clothe naked forests and beautify the morns
Springtime brings forth flowers, from long repose
Then pencils with beauty and perfumes the rose

While viewing thus the laws, that govern these
Men, Women, Beasts, Birds, Flowers and Trees
Nature reveals, that God, has Blessed this place
With Cosmic Glue, called love, to hold us in space 

Weaving with the finger of fate, for you and me
As an inch be true, to the distance of a star
Omnipotence, Omnipresent, Omniquiescence, are 
God's creative ways to express Himself, eternally 

That is God's first great cause, direct
All else existing, became, effect
Alpha and Omega, do harmonize and blend
This is the, process of, for us to transcend

Then, as we love one another, for a Peaceful end
People, will exceed expectations and mend
Becoming, unmolested and completely at ease
Like tall flowers, kissing the Spirit of the Breeze 

© 21 Feb 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


THE KING IS COMING THE KING IS COMING!

(Dedicated To LORD GOD, HIS HOLY SPIRIT and SON, Lord Jesus)

THIS IS MY OWN PERSONAL TESTIMONY
 (2nd version of what happened to me)

 THERE IS AN OLD SAYING
 IF I CAN DO ANY GOOD
 FOR MY FELLOW MAN
 LET ME DO IT NOW
 FOR I MAY NEVER
 PASS THIS WAY
 AGAIN

  GOD BLESS YOU
 FOR READING
  MY TESTIMONY

 One day 
around noon time
 I was meditating
 in a forest 
near a Lake
The breeze
 held its breath
 and the trees
 began to 
shake
A powerful wind
was coming
 in my direction
 It whistled 
through the trees
Then suddenly
It went through me
 and I dropped 
to my knees  

The wind stood still
 and I felt something
 behind me 
so I turned around
There before me
 was a huge cloud
 then silence 
hovered the Earth
The trees
 surpassed shaking
 and looked frozen
 in the ground
I knew then
That my life
 was preparation
 for this 
experience
from birth

A huge cloud
 opened up
 like elevator doors
Revealing Lord Jesus
 Hovering above the Lake
 smiling 
at 
my opened jaws
I knew right away
 who He was
 without a doubt
He Spoke to me
His every word
 was loving and gentle
 yet commanding
 as a shout

I wondered
 why me
 as I looked into His eyes
 of 
electric blue
while 
Feeling life-blood currents
 ebb and flow making 
each moment anew
An ocean of love
 permeated my soul
 with each 
successive
heartbeat
For I could see
 that in His eyes
 my heart
 was 
pure and sweet

While He spoke
 telepathically
 I stood in awe
 of 
His aura's glow  
"Prepare The Way
 For My Return
 for behold
 I 
come quickly now!"
Shocked
 that He came to me
 I stuttered 
while 
asking Him
 HOW?
He just said
 "The Way Will Be Prepared
 and that 
I would know"

"Praise you Lord
 that is good enough for me" 
I said, with a loud cry 
Suddenly I inhaled Love
 very deeply and exhaled 
Love, with a sigh
Realizing
 that all my mistakes
 were part of my 
lessons
 to grow by
And
 that I was meant
 to prepare people
 for the 
Rapture, to the sky

OK, I thought
 I will write a book
 then I closed 
my eyes to blink
I went
 from feeling the ground
 beneath my knees
to feeling
 the ground
 beneath my entire body 
surrounded by trees 
When I opened my eyes
 it was night
 and I felt 
like the missing link

Well, here I am today
 a poet with a testimony
 two websites and a book
Jesus Sent Me The Comforter
Who taught me how to write
 and not, to overlook
My first page
 read like prose and poetry
 at the same time
That is when I discovered
 that I knew
 how to 
rhyme

Yes, The LORD sent me
 The Comforter
  Who inspired my 
  Book, "God's Way"
 "The Book Of Love"
The Chapters divide
 by Seasons
 and each Page is 
called a leaf
It was written
 to Heal The Nations
 and to share 
God's Love, in brief
And
 above all
 to get you to read your Bible, 
now, without delay
So that you can survive
His second coming
On that extremely bright day

Recognize
 that every letter
 in the Bible is a 
drop, of God's Light
Read it for yourself
 and He will be there for you
on your darkest night
Remember
 when Jesus returns
 He will have the 
full crown of Glory
And you were preparing 
for a nuclear explosion
what you are subconsciouly
perceiving
Is His Return
His Light Will Be greater 
Than the Sun
But it will not harm you 
if you know His voice
And, the only way to know it 
is by reading the Bible
Plus
  Please Repent And
say the Salvation Prayer
 for a happy ending
 to your story
at your local church

Ok now I have told you,
there it is
My Testimony

If you want my book, E-mail me
 I will let you know 
how to get a copy

May God Bless you
 with Discernment
And His Love
Amen and Amen
Just In Case

© March 21, 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner  


AWAKENING

Once upon a time 
There was a long golden haired man
Who did not have a dime
Just some grime on a beautiful tan

He walked up to me and said
With a sad look in his eyes
That he would rather be dead
Than share why he cries

It quickly was so plain to me
That he felt all alone
His wrinkled eyes were alive and bluer than the sea
But his heart was as hard as a bone

I put my hands on his shoulders and closed my eyes 
Which opened the door to my Prayer Closet
And asked God to take away all his deceptive lies
Suddenly his tears flowed as if from a faucet

I realized that on this clear and beautiful day
That it really takes only a little time and caring
And if you are wondering about what you would need to say
God's Holy Spirit soon takes over to guide all your sharing

So needless to say he ended up saying the Salvation Prayer
And walked away with a clean new slate this blessed day 
But not before he gave me a promise to forever care
With a touch of love and God's Word for others this way  

Now he helps  those, that are lost or sad, a form of grime
With destinies helping eliminate shadows, on the face of crime

So if his finger comes out of the computer 
And points at you
It is your awakening conscience 
wanting you to help others, too   

© 22 Mar 2001Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


BEYOND THE WALLS

(Dedicated to: Gary Mathis Jr. from Rev. Angel)

Though claims and lies by others, deceived 
Poet, Gary's courage did not faint nor fail 
He asked for more faith, hope, and Love, to receive 
The whole armor of God on, to help him while in jail

Within Prison walls, This Poet, helps others become anew 
And, shared his Love of God in Jesus' Name
to those seeking GOD's Light 

The Holy Spirit guided how to unravel 
The Bible's every clue 
To reveal the blessings of Salvation to all,
Day and Night 


As this Poet meets all those short, tall, fair and dark 
He slowly helps them rise to loftier heights 
For each, had a crevice, in their heart, behind the wall 

Through which there shined a beam of Light 
Onward it beamed with enduring and added strength 
With never a thought of doubt, fear or pride 
It followed through the crevice length 

And, began to reflect to all others, from the inside 
When Jesus walked into their lives, 
through their spiritual door 

Their sins were washed in Jesus' Blood, making them anew 
And, the Salvation Prayer gave them eternal life, forevermore 
Learning about freedom of thought and an alternative view 

Gary's seeds of Jesus' light, now spread far and wide 
Just like Johnny Appleseed, in days of yore 
They find it darker in the world, 
Than the light they had inside 

Remember Jesus said "Where were you when I was in prison"? 

© 29 Mar 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner

Below Is Also Some Of My Haiku And Tantra Poetry
If You Don't Know What That Is, Let me Tell You..
It is A Whole Poem, Said With Very Few Lines
Basically, The Essence Of The Message Of The Poem

Here Is The Definition Of Haiku Poetry and Tanka Poetry

Haiku Poetry Etymology: Japanese
Date: 1902 
An unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin
having three lines 
containing usually 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively
And
Tanka Poetry Etymology: Japanese
Date: circa 1877
An unrhymed Japanese verse form of five lines 
containing 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables respectively

I Hope You Enjoy These Styles Of Poetry
Which Express My Very Own Experiences And Soul


TRUE EXPERIENCE (Haiku)

a surge of lightning
meditating back to back
charged upward from sand

© 07Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


SAD (Haiku)

on bended knee I cried hard
yet no tears were felt
over the life I was dealt

©10 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


HUNGRY (haiku)

my hunger for love and food
causes a bad mood
leaving innocence behind

10 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


TIRED (haiku)

tired of dealing with pain
miss who I was then
like a feather in the wind

10 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


ANGRY (haiku)

i feel anger approaching
i must deal with this
or anger will deal with me

10 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


LONELY (haiku)

amidst all the sand of time
my soulmate exists
waiting for my special touch

10 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


HOPEFUL (haiku)

just as i am you loved me
inspite of myself
said the darkness of the void 

11 April, 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


TRUE FRIENDSHIP (haiku)

there is a small difference
between holding hands
and subtly chaining a soul

© 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


DEFEAT (haiku)

accept all defeats heads up
with grace of adults
not the grief of a lost child

© 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


PLANTING GOOD SEEDS (haiku)

you really can endure it
you really are strong
you really are valuable

© 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


IMAGINATION (haiku)

sand wanted to be helpful
uncertain of plans
told the road to the tires

© 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


SELFISHNESS (haiku)

they hunted love everywhere 
they kept killing it
they died from the cold within

© 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


AMAZING GRACE (haiku)

you can come home to LORD GOD
through our Lord Jesus
so said the Bible I read

13 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


UNKNOWN (haiku)

the sun looks for the darkness
that it heard about
will always be a riddle

13 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


Planting Good Seeds (haiku)

you really can endure it
you really are strong
you really can help others

13 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


HIDE AND SEEK (haiku)

if all walls could speak
within all that is hidden
i would love God more

13 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


ENOUGH (tanka)

i love you
what else can i say
why needs more

13 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


PAIN (tanka)

do not ignore me
i am not going away
until you help me
i am here for a reason
in the name of pain 

13 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


BREATHING (haiku)

as the tide cleaves to the shore
i will pray for peace
in this room forevermore

13 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


MASHUGANA (haiku)

sooooo What Can You Do? 
said with a Jewish accent
breath whispers, oy veh

13 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner


AUTUMN (haiku)

leaves become well-draped
colorful coffins falling
to their final rest

18 Apr 2001 Rev. Phyllis Angel Banner