#instruth writings

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POETRY SURFS IN BETWEEN

Poetry surfs in between the trees

Houses floating above the leaves

Nature’s fans, lustrous in the breeze

Cooling air flushing down the sleeves

Birds perch on branches in their chirps

Humming melodies in feathered girths

Tranquility in sweet romantic mood

Sighs of relief in the wondrous woods

Free and easy, enchanted by nature

Gay and smily, contented in capture

Sit or swing, hang or jump, in pleasantry

Words weave the mind, chiming poetry

©Johnny J P Lee

6 April 2022

Photos Credit J. P. Lee

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When The Lights Went Out

When the lights went out

Without a doubt

It came as a shock

Like being hit by a rock

No holding hands in the park

No romance, no kiss in the dark

No sweet whispers, just incoherent shouts

Wild search for the mobiles whereabouts

Fingers slid, dot dot, and there was light

Overcame the pitch black of the night

All headed for the circuit breaker box

Cats and dogs, howling wolf, and sly fox

The blue switch was down, pushed it up

Tripped down again, repeatedly, fed up

Too many advisers spoiled the hot fire

“Google the nearest electrician on hire!”

“No! Pull out the plugs, switch on again!”

Nothing worked, all lost, nothing gained

Sat, and shone the lights on each other

Brains stormed, haggled, one to another

Someone googled and made the call

Within twenty minutes, help was in the hall

“Repeated on and off, the breaker broke!”

New circuit breaker installed, oh blokes

This really happened, not fun poking

See the pictures, know I’m not joking.

© J P Lee

13 April 2022 (Midnight)

Photos by J. P. Lee

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No Pearl In This Oyster

Just for an opinion,

Try peeling an onion.

Fumes of acid,

tears turn rancid

Nostrils stuffy,

foul air fluffy

Breath is at rest,

cardiac arrest

A charge of conceit,

layers of deceit.

Says the fortune teller,

no pearl in this oyster.

©Johnny J P Lee

09 August 2021

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AN INNATE VIRTUE

an innate virtue

a gift of the self to oneself

something more than nobility

that no man can give

and none can take away

it is in the heart of everyone

for it grows within oneself

speaks to and stays with the self

to protect one’s integrity

to love and to cherish

it cannot be bought

for it is priceless

Man will die to preserve it

for it is more than life itself

and that is Honor

©Johnny J P Lee

08 April 2021

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A Nightmare Before The Break Of Day

A nightmare before the break of day

Behold, the sign before you see it comes

A mighty calm before the storm betrays

Lightning before the thunder strikes home

They come in pairs, comrades in arms

No stopping this impending doom

Brace yourselves for an inevitable harm

A blasting that triggers the boom

There is a way to harness the wind

Absorb it, never confront the enemy

Windmills, irrigations, turbines to bind

Build, transform, contain thy adversary

©Johnny J P Lee

04 April 2021

Photos Credit, Unsplash Images

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A Profession Of My Love

How many ways can I say I love you

Forgive me if I miss out any of them

Cannot name them all, they all are true

Can you hear or see my heart aflame

Every time that you are close and near

Look into my eyes if you are still unsure

Through the windows of my soul, my dear

My love for you is forever, beyond measure

When you’re not here I wander in a desert

I stop to drink and it tastes of bitterness

It is like dinner without my sweet dessert

Never enough of you to fill my emptiness

©Johnny J P Lee

04 April 2021

Photos Credit J. P. Lee

(My Family picture including

a precious five-generation photo)

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Passionate Loving, Tender Caring

The morning glory by sweet dawn heralds

Lighting up the fields of green emeralds

Fine droplets of intoxicating pearly dew

Soft-grained flexible wood of the yews

Coming alive, the virgin breath of foliage

Air supply for the humans from age to age

Oh! The splendor of every morning glory

Its origin, by creation, to tell nature’s story

Teaching the humans the meaning of love

As living waters rain down from up above

In symbiosis of dependence and sharing

By a passionate loving, and tender caring

©Johnny J P Lee

06 April 2021

Photos Credit, Kaushal Kishore

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HEAR YEE

Hear yee, hear yee

Tell me what thou see

Restore my lost memory

To unfold our great mystery

Replay the moments with thee

Come, walk another mile with me

Refresh intimacies of our love story

Hear yee, hear yee, back into history

©Johnny J P Lee

05 April 2021

Photo Credit J. P. Lee