Moment of FREEDOM... and so proclaimed anew July 5, 2020

Moment of FREEDOM

The shedding of shackles and confine

This quest of spirit and mind

The moment of birthing freedom sought

Beyond the illusion suppression has taught

The reach to the God within

To vanquish each false sin

With brush and paint I to proclaim

This Moment of Freedom in Truth's name

Peaks and flames of passion and desire

The light and glory of Spirit's known fire.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Moment of FREEDOM, 2002, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, http://www.apogeeart.com

When we live, feel, touch within ourselves the knowing of liberation, so be that Moment of FREEDOM... with all its fervor, with all its fire, with all its passion, with all that IS ~ Inspired Spirit ~ free to rejoice, free of life threatening disease, free of all that oppresses, free from misunderstandings,  free to know God,  free to BE ~ Birth Eternal onto SELF.

Powerless Be the Taunter... a calling...

Powerless Be the Taunter

Fear and suppression no longer take hold
So be the glory of spirit and soul
Life and valor fill chambers of heart
From which anger and hurt do depart
God's power and reign within abide
Powerless be the taunter, the one to chide
Mind to fathom trove and treasure
Fulfillment and abundance in whole measure
The gift of knowing to mark this very day
Beauty, grace and truth, for blessed be The Way.

 a calling..

Free

free from shackles and binding chain
free of oppression and the inane
free from daunting echoes of taunted souls
free from deception and imposed tolls
free to BE the Creator hails
for Beauty and Truth within prevails.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Slave (Rebelling) c. 1513, Marble, height 229 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Michelangelo Buonarroti, (b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma).

He wrote...

Before me words upon paper cast
What is said and what is masked
What do these words deeply convey
What is it that the heart need say
The emptiness and fullness of life be told
By the words that seek to unfold
To make sense of all that comes to evolve
The soul ever in reach for TRUTH and resolve
What contradiction is there to live
What understanding will this day willingly give
Pain and dismay may not to others be shown
This torment held within to Self be known
Confines and pretense these shackles to unbind
And free shall be these taunts of heart and mind.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Le génie du mal, St. Paul's Cathedral, Liège, white marble, 1848, Guillaume Geefs. 1805-1883.

This Bond

this pain of heart be it borne no more
free be my soul from the bondage of illusion
free be these shackles upon mind upon spirit
free be these binding chains of judgment
this bond upon self be it borne no more
no
more.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Le génie du mal, St. Paul's Cathedral, Liège, white marble, 1848, Guillaume Geefs. 1805-1883.

Alchemy to Ring

Seized be this spirit in a moment of dark despair
Absent of knowing God's light and ever loving care
Oppression upon my heart yet be lain
The shackle of emotion still held profane
This mind to silence the daunting echoes of time past
And free this heart from chains cast
Memory to free both heart and soul
Alchemy to ring its welcomed toll
I again in a golden light of faith and love
Served by truth and the heavens above
Clear be the messages of heart now heard
Filled with the glory of God's Word.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Shadows Cast Gold, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2001, www.apogeeart.com
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