Category: poetry

I feelRather moroseI desperately needAnother dose I take severalPsychotropic drugsThey make me feelLike a bunch of slugs One nasty side effectIs insomnia at nightI can’t sleepThe darkness is a fright I lie in bed like aBeached whaleWho will save meFrom my sad tale All hopeIs not lostChrist paid in bloodWhat my salvation did cost The…

I am feelingRather dourMy dispositionIs sour I feelVery sullenDepression hit meAll of a sudden I am lyingIn bedI am fatiguedFeeling dread I longTo laugh and playBut there’ll beNone of that today I canBarely moveI prayThat I can improve I deal withPsychosisAs well asNeurosis I have delusionsEvery dayThey won’tGo away I frequentlyHallucinateHaving mental illnessesAren’t great by…

The CatholicAnd OrthodoxChurchesHave errantTheologyBuilt onThe fallibleand fatuousTraditionsOf menThey rejectThe singularAuthority ofScripture aloneThey employFallaciousReasoningIn numerousTeachingsThey engageIn eisegesisThe CatholicMagisteriumIs in deliriumIt isNothing moreThen the fallibleOpinions ofA certain setOf menIts authorityIt is built on sandIt is not infallibleThe OrthodoxRely on theApostolic teachingsYet when comparedTo the New TestamentChurchThat is theEarliest ChurchMany of theOrthodox TeachingsAre not basedIn ScriptureThe CatholicAnd OrthodoxChurchesRelay…

I amA fierceAnd ferociousGrizzly bearI hibernatedDuringThe winterI woke upAt the startOf springI leftMy cozy denI eat salmonFrom theStreamI canOut runOut swimAndOut climbHumansI roamThe wildernessI am anApex predator by Zachary Uram(C) 2025

The sunBlazes downScorchingThe earthIt blindsMy visionThe highHumidityIs oppressiveI’m drenchedIn sweatMy mouthIs parchedI feelDisorientedI sip a glassOf ice coldHomemadeLemonadeI go swimmingIn our poolThe cool waterIs refreshingI eat a pieceOf juicyWatermelonI lay inMy bedThe air conditionerIs blastingI fall asleepI wake upFifteen hoursLaterReady forAnotherSummer day by Zachary Uram(C) 2025

The air cracklesWith lightningThis plasmaIs frightening The pouringCold rainMakes a comfortingRefrain I watch waves rippleIn puddles of waterColored leaves crunch underfootMany things I ponder Thunder bellowsEchoing across the parkI yell aloudOn a lark I can seeMy breath was suspended in the airIt’s so chillyI don’t have a care I walk back homeAnd warm myself by…

I am theChosen oneMy trainingIs done I am eliteMy powers growI have many abilitiesLots of knowledge I know I help the ChurchFrom the mostMany souls I teachTo the least Christ anointed meAs a high priestThis is a solemn roleI do not boast I am a visionaryThat’s trueGod gives me visionsThey come out of the blue…

I was a totalDepraved wretchSalvationI could not fetch I was lostIn my sinI neededChrist’s propitiation When I was 7 years oldIn 1982I was born againSalvation, I did not eschew God AlmightyRegenerated meI was no longer Satan’s childI was totally free I was giftedFaith and repentanceIt is all becauseOf Christ’s magnificence I am now a child…

At the crossChrist reconciled God and manHe followed the Father’s plan Since the FallThe natural man is mired in sinHe needed a propitiation Without Christ, man has no hopeOnly a sinless sacrificeWould suffice We thank the LordFor His active obedience, totallyOur salvation is predicated on it completely Penal substitutionary atonement saved usAll our sin was…

Christ isOur paschal sacrificeHis Sabbath restFor usDoes sufficeOn Holy ThursdayThe Last SupperCommencedChrist revealedThe spiritualRealityOf the BreadAnd WineWe are blessedSpirituallyThrough theseSymbolsTaken for obedienceTo the LordNext is Good FridayOn this day, ChristWould suffer fromBrutal Roman tortureHe was nailedTo a crossChrist sufferedGreat painHis precious bloodWas shedFor the salvationOf all the soulsThat God the FatherGave HimAt 3 pmChrist commendedHis…