V N E D
A COLLECTION OF CHRISTIAN POETRY
Mercedes SaintfleurV I N E D
A COLLECTION OF CHRISTIAN POETRY
Mercedes Saintfleur
TO MY CREATOR...
I asked You to show me what You wanted me to do, and You heard me. Search my heart, and rid me of any pride hidden in the corners of my spirit.
TO MY FAMILY...
I’ve done plenty in my life thus far, but you’re my greatest and sweetest accomplishment! All of my human days belong to you.
TO MY VILLAGE...
A tree is only as strong as Its surroundings. My roots are yours. #forest
CONTENTS 00 INTRODUCTION 01 CHAPTER ONE - “LEARN” 2 Sweet Somethings 5 Woolley 6 ZEROth Place 7 Margin 8 Barbie 11 One Single Day 12 Faith Fuel 13 Barbie 2 14 Earth Machine 15 Cobra 17 CHAPTER TWO - “LIVE” 18 Spring Cleaning 19 Orphanage 20 Firescreen 22 Ruthless 24 Dear Matrix 26 Royal Rejects 29 Faithful Murderer 30 Proverbs 31 Woman 32 Humble Down 33 Matter of Manna 34 Living Write - Forward 35 Living Write - Backwards 36 Bearer of Good News 37 Coinci-DON’T
CONTENTS CONT’D 39 CHAPTER THREE - “LOVE” 41 Highlights 42 Song of Sedies 45 Surrender 46 Rise & Shine 47 Measured Bliss 48 Back & Forth 50 Obscured Objectives 51 Open Target 52 Target Practice 54 Us 55 Broken Grace 56 Crown Partners 58 Hold The Gaze 61 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 64 MORE FROM BLACKGROUND
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CHAPTER ONE
LEARN
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sweet somethings
I feel like The Poet, David, Placing my paper to pen.
If I were to use my fingers as a scale, Your Capacity to Love Me is at a 10. You’re smooth with it too, because You Know I fear You too much My questions are too much My mishaps are too much
You still take Your Time with me through whispers something gentle
You give answers to questions I didn’t even know I had I study, and eat Your Laws, like a bento. Keep feeding me parent to lad.
The box Your commandments put me in is a maze
Zinging, my neurons sing Your Revelations in an intellectual daze.
My finite mind cannot comprehend Your Wisdom on its own Please speak to me
I’ll wait, no matter how long.
What was that?
I pause
Le sigh
“Another whisper, Father?”, says who? Tis’ I.
I pray You keep giving me Your sweet somethings Keep trusting me with the sound of Your sweet somethings.
Help me to block out the distractions of Life’s “nothings”, As I long for Your Spirit’s voice to whisper into my inner ear
Bring Your Face closer to mine, And I’ll open Your Lips to read the pages inside I love Your Word
I’m married to this.
Carry me off our honeymoon bliss…
DEUTERONOMY 6:5 ROMANS 8:39 2
Woolley
I remember Pulling the wool over my own eyes
When I tried taking life matters into my own hands.
I ended up cradled in sin. Wool, oh wool, Let go of me.
My God, You saw me overgrown, Even while Your Spirit surrounded me With shears.
I foolishly ignored the sounds of Your loving blades pursuing me.
You saved me, Through discipline. Through love.
Love is truth, And You’ve proven to be most Truthful. You cared enough
To not leave me to myself. My wool and I.
Bring Your Blessed shears, And forgive the earthly cloth
Draped over my soul, And wrapped around my spirit.
Forgive me — and cut me. Save me — and sheer me.
I’ll keep calm, While You snip on. 1PETER5:8
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All creation sings Because You designed the tune And the melody. What a symphony, You made!
Souls praise Your zer-o-th place!
GENESIS 1, ENTIRE CHAPTER
JOHN 1, ENTIRE CHAPTER
COLOSSIANS 1:15-20
Z E R O _ _ P L A C E
TH 6
MARGIN
M aking necessary changes
A ccounting for my actions
R ighteous decisions
G uarding my mind
I dentity confirmed
N ever coloring outside of the lines
PSALMS119:9-11 7
Barbie
NOTHING IN THIS PHYSICAL REALM HOLDS ETERNAL VALUE.
EVERYTHING HERE IS PLASTIC.
MATTHEW6:19-21 8
ONE SINGLE DAY
It means so much to You
Obeying it shows so much to You. But what do we do?
We choose to neglect it like fools…
Following pagan influence, like fallen breadcrumbs, Just to buy and sell.
Opening our eye gates to vices That don’t serve us well.
Working and shopping even cooking with kindled fire.
Arguing and gossiping inspired by our Tongue’s fire.
Showing the Father we’d rather choose the fire, It’s a weekend of fire, That ultimately leads to The Fire.
Enjoy your party, that extra shift, or that long-awaited date. That house project, or that quick errand that’s can’t seem to wait…
It’ll be interesting to hear the answers given to You as we stand, front and center, on that appointed date, As to why a command so important to You couldn’t be obeyed just for one single day, after every 6 days every one single day.
SCRIPTURE
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FAITH FUEL
He said, “study and show yourself approved.”
So, every Bible chapter is a research title. This isn’t about reading it from cover-to-cover.
It’s about digesting the text, word-for-word.
It’s not a walk through the park. It’s more like a tour of humans after the Ark, Showing each species, and every reason to be on our knees
Mankind, who to Its’ Creator, wasn’t very kind.
And who, unfortunately, still isn’t.
The World is slowing turning upside down. Each turn is another prophecy fulfilled not ‘kismit’!
2 TIMOTHY 2:15 12
Barbie 2
ONLY sPIRITS ARE ETERNAL.
OUR GOAL IS TO SPREAD THE tRUTH, AND SHOW THE TRUTH, TO SPIRITS.
2CORINTHIANS5:10 13
EARTH MACHINE
I’m stuck in this flesh, And cannot wait to get free. My spirit awaits.
ROMANS12:2 14
COBRA
Shedding skin
Moving wind
Careful eyes
Never surprised
Sharp ears
Keen eyes
No fears
Wise disguise
Forward-thinker
Quick blinker
Environment-drinker
Spiritual tinker
Righteous injection
Faith projection
Intentional moves
Heaven approves.
MATTHEW10:16 15