Skill
Looks
Talents
Fitness
Wisdom
Intelligence
Understanding
Common sense
Each one of us
Has varying levels
Mine are not better than yours
Yours are not better than mine
Differences
Can be beautiful and
Compliment each other
To create strong
Relationships
Communities
Countries
But
Somewhere along the way
We allowed ourselves
To lose sight of this
Pitting us against each other
In overly competitive mindsets
And carrying around a
Corrosive spirit of offense
If someone doesn’t agree
With our way of thinking
Of our way of believing
Of our way of living
Of our way
This over competitiveness
This spirit of offense
Weakens community
Corrupts good will
Creates division
And a divided
Mind
Home
Country
Community
Will inevitably
Fall

E.A. Fussell
10.24.2021

There are things we face alone

Regardless of who we are with

We were created that way

The innermost thoughts

The deepest feelings

Tucked away inside

Invisible to others

A wrestling force

Twisting us up

Changing us

Turning us

Into who

We are

Right

Now

E.A. Fussell

10.24.2021

In my youth

The roads leading to me

Were paved

Straight and comfortable

Easy to travel

Life wore them out

Crumbled them up

Until they became

Dirt and gravel

Mud and mire

Now

Treacherous terrain

Twists and turns

On a one lane path

To a heart of stone

E.A. Fussell

10.21.2021

Wasted days and

Wasted nights

Fretting

Tossing

Turning

Thinking

Too much

About

Shoulda

Coulda

Woulda

Stuck

In our head

Missing out

On life that’s

Happening

Right

In front of us

E.A. Fussell

10/20/2021

I am a fight
Not flight
Kind of soul
My anger can get
Out of control
Being angry isn’t a sin
No
The issue lies within
The loss of self control
Which can easily happen
And then
Foolishly
Holding onto anger
Until
To yourself
You become a stranger

E.A. Fussell
10.16.2021

A reminder to those who would completely cripple this country:

We are the silent majority
Going to work every day
Trying to survive
Trying not to get caught up
In the rhetoric and chaos
Trying just to live our lives

But don’t be fooled
By our quiet ignoring
Of your ridiculous antics

We are the ones
Who started revolutions
That founded this country
That have always
Fought valiantly
For what we believe in

When our belly is full
It is not a nap we will be taking
We will take this country back

E.A.Fussell
09.26.2021

Protecting
Lifting
Quashing

Tied to thoughts
Creating beliefs
That rule your mind

Motivating
Directing
Stopping

Whether you know
Hundreds
Or only a few

Forward
Backward
No where

Someone’s hands
On your life
Are influencing you

E.A.Fussell
09.21.2021

Falling can be beautiful
In rain
In autumn leaves
In snow
In love I suppose
But falling can also be
Scary
Destructive
Ugly
Most things in life
Are that way
Dynamically opposed
Good
Bad
Beautiful
Ugly
Love
Hate
And they are also
Frighteningly
The same
What makes it so
The thought
Or the feeling
Can one exist without the other
Can we hold a thought
Without experiencing a feeling
Can we experience a feeling
Without having a thought
Can we love without hating
If there is no ugliness
How would we recognize beauty
Does good exist
Because evil fights to prevail
Is pondering such things
A waste of mind
Or
A profound expenditure of time

E.A.Fussell
Modified 09.09.2021

The dark knight
Isn’t coming
For more dark knights
His purpose
Is to extinguish
The Light of Hope
Believers hold in their heart
He may appear
Looking like our King
Tempting us to accept his reign
Playing the false savior
Don’t be fooled
Hold firm to the Word
Guard it in your heart
Seal it in your mind
When our real King returns
Let Him find
A faithful servant
With a lamp burning bright

E.A.Fussell
09.11.2021

This is the last weekend of Summer 2021. Go catch a wave or do something you love. If you’re one of those people who won’t do something for themselves then do something fun for someone else. If no one you love is close by then heck, go out and do something fun for a stranger, you might save their life by showing a small gesture of kindness in this hate filled world. Regardless of whatever is happening in your life today, give yourself, and someone else, a reason to hope.

Harvest time is coming

It’s closer than we know

Some think of pumpkins

Colorful leaves

And fire pits all aglow

Friends and family

Gathered round

Love and laughter

Everywhere to be found

I think of those things

And others too

Seven seals opened

Horses hooves

Trumpets sounding

Vials poured out

The Lion as The Lamb

Come to bring His people home

E.A. Fussell

09.18.2021

Revelation KJV