Poetry by
Monique Nicole Fox

Like Tylenol or Bayer

There use to be liars, cheaters, and atheists

In my life who caused me

Tears, pain and anxiety.

 

God saw my misery.

God heard my prayer.

God eased my pain like Tylenol or Bayer.

 

With God’s help I had the strength you see

To get rid of the negativity.

I was able to separate myself from that which is not heavenly.

Now I am living a life of tranquility.

 

 

I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you.  ~ 2 Kings 20:5

 

 

 

Whenever

Whenever I pat a dog or cat pet,

Whenever I seek a tree for shade,

Whenever I walk on some green grass,

Whenever I run my feet through some beach sand,

Whenever I gaze at the blue sky, stars or moon,

Whenever the rain that quenches the earth,

Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds,

I see.  I ponder. 

And I remember God’s covenant and treaty

with all beings including me.

Many poems get written; lots of poetry.

 

 

 

Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.  ~Genesis 9:16~

 

 

O God, O Teacher

O God, You have taught me from my youth.

And You continue to teach me in my adulthood

How to walk in your light and truth.

 

O Teacher, You have taught me your commandments,

Covenants, statutes, and ways

That I always follow and obey.

 

O God, I declare Your amazing deeds

Have been inspirational in my life.

Thanks for your direction, guidance and leads.

 

O Teacher, thanks for letting me do your will;

Spreading the good news about Your glory

Through my poems; the world I hope fill.

  

O God, You have taught me from my youth, and I still declare Your wondrous deeds. ~Psalms 71:17~

 

Teach me your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.  ~Psalms 86:11

 

 

 

The Peer Pressure Prayer

O God, my son will one day face peer pressure

When he goes to day care

Or Kindergarten or Nursery school

I pray that he will not be a peer pressure fool

 

O God, please guard his heart and life

And let you and I be his examples

To deter him from violence, cigarettes, drugs and alcohol

I pray he will be strong and never want to sample

 

O God, please enable me to lead, protect

And warn my son

Of the devils disguise

And of his peers deception and lies

 

O God, please protect my son

Thank you God, the Almighty One

  

 

My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.  ~Proverbs 1:10

 

 

 

O Dear Father

O Dear Father,

You give me such amazing and generous gifts

like a warming fire,

cleansing rain,

cascading waters,

tall mountains,

green grass,

tall trees,

beautiful flowers,

blue clouds,

twinkling stars,

a radiant sun,

and enchanting moonlight.

Your wondrous works are dynamite.

 

Thanks for much for all your do

And all you have done.

You are a okay.

Your are number ONE.

 

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained.  ~Psalms 8:3~

 

Who gives the sun for light by day And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is His name.  Jeremiah 31:35

 

 

 

Not Long Ago

One day not long ago,

I was crying out to God Almighty.

He answered me from His holy mountain.

He answered me from His godly thorn.

He said, “I am with you always my child.

You are not alone.

Just put your sorrows and pains in my hands

And I will lead you to the promised land.

Life for you will one day be happy again;

Splendid and grand.”

  

I was crying to the LORD with my voice, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.  ~Psalm 3:4

 

 

I Once Was

I once was a school girl

So tender, young and cute

Who never had to deal with

A bully or brute

 

I once was a school girl

Who hit the books

Never experiencing haters of good

Or getting malicious looks

 

I once was a school girl

Who lived by the statutes, laws

And commandments of God

Never experiencing anything evil or odd

 

I once was a school girl

Who knew where to go

And what kind of people to be around

Cause I knew I wanted to be heaven bound

 

I once was a school girl

Always having self control

And in good behavior

With the help and guidance

Of my Teacher, my Savior

  

2 Timothy 3:3:  “unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,”

 

Romans 1:30:  “slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,”

 

 

 

Will You Pass The Exam?

God will put us to the test

Through many trails and tribulations.

Will you still think God is the best?

 

God will put obstacles in our paths,

In our back yards, on our porch.

But will you still give Him His glory?

Will you still be in the light and carry His torch?

 

God will test our minds

And put us in binds

To see if we will still follow Him

For better or worse and in any daily grind.

 

God will test our hearts

And give eye to our deeds.

Will you pass His many exams?

And always hold His hand

And follow His lead?

 

 Psalms 26:2:  “Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.”

 

Jeremiah 20:12:  Yet, O LORD of hosts, You who test the righteous, Who see the mind and the heart;

 

Jeremiah 17:10:  "I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.”

 

 

 

Better Days Are Ahead

Two contracts thus far

Two houses I didn’t get

It caused me a little sadness

But I did get over the fret

 

I hope and pray better days are ahead

 

A house in Laurel

A house in Beltsville

Don’t get to be mine

I thought they would be

A nice first house and a good find

 

I hope and pray better days are ahead

 

The real estate market

Is real competitive these days

Houses get bided up higher than the list price

Plus cash is what many do pay

 

I hope and pray better days are ahead

 

I have been looking for my first house

Since the end of June

And also placing all wants and desires in God’s hand

Letting Him be my pilot to my house and piece of land

 

  

But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.  ~Romans 8:25~

 

 

 

Behold

Christian is God’s gift

He is a healthy and handsome baby boy

The sunshine of my life

And a bundle of joy

 

Christian is God’s present

From above

He is my earthy angel

Who I really and truly love

 

Christian is God’s blessing to me

Knowing and mothering him

Has been simply heavenly

 

Christian is God’s reward

To a endometriosis sufferer

Cause pregnancy can be hard

 

Christian is God’s answer to my prayer

Delivered straight from God

With tender loving care

 

Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.   ~Psalm 127:3 NAS

 

 

 

Who Will Show Us Any Good?

God will show us what is good, correct and right.

God will take our hand.

God will show us the light.

 

God will lift up the light

of His countenance,

of the brilliant sun,

of the enchanting moon,

of the light bulb from the lamp,

of dawn,

So we can see,

walk, live and stay focused

On Him, the Almighty.

 

Many are saying, "Who will show us any good?" Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O LORD!  ~ Psalms 4:6 NASB

 

How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance.  ~ Psalms 89:15 NASB

 

 

Where Are You God?

Where are you God?

I need to know.

How do I find you?

Where should I look or go?

 

God answered,

“I am the air and a breeze.

I am the tall majestic trees.

I am the west, east, south, and north.

I am the sky, heaven, and earth.

I am the bright morning star.

I am the strength you need when opening a jar.

I am the enchanting moonlight and radiant sun.

I am the Almighty One.

I am the Artist that painted nature’s canvas.

I am the man, woman or child you walk pass.

I am the wind that kisses your cheek.

I am the creator of the seven days of the week.

I am the first and the last.

I am the present and the past.

I am the breath you take.

I am the ocean, sea, bay and lake.

I am the only way.

I am the night and day.

I am the truth, life and vine.

I am the judge of all mankind.

I am the destructive hurricane and tornado.

I am the cause of many calamities and fiascos.

I am the light of the world.

Did I answer your question my child, my girl?”

 

“So my child just remember that I am always around.

And that my greatness and splendor can always be found.

Spread this revelation and goods news all over town.

Go and let your poetry be like a trumpet sound.”

 

 

 

The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these.  ~Isaiah 45:7~

 

For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), "I am the LORD, and there is none else.  ~Isaiah 45:18~

 

I am the LORD, when I make the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have committed.  ~Ezekiel 33:29~

 

I am the light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.  ~John 8:12~

 

I am the one.  ~John 9:9~

 

I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.  ~John 15:5~

 

I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.   ~Revelation 1:8~

 

 

REST!

Rest!

Rest is something in my past

Prior to 3/27/03

When it was just me.

 

Rest!

Rest is something I don’t get

With a 14 month old

So much to do, many needs to be met.

 

Rest!

Rest is something I wish I had

From diaper changing, feeding, bathing and cleaning up.

Just one day would make me glad.

 

Rest!

Rest is something in my future

And in days to come

When I die and meet My Maker

Spending eternity with the Almighty One.

 

 

 

Infancy, Toddler, Teenager and Adulthood

Infancy

A time to gurgle

A time to crawl

A time to laugh and cry

A time to hear a sweet lullaby

 

Toddler

A time to learn how to walk

A time to learn how to talk

A time to play and interact

A time to explore

A time to eat new foods galore

 

Teenager

A time to develop

A time to transition into adulthood

A time to start dating

A time to obey your dad and mom

A time to go dances and the prom

 

Adulthood

A time to be wise

A time to make good choices

A time to reflect on infancy, toddler and teenager days

A time to be thankful for making it to adulthood

A time to always kneel and pray

 

No matter what stage or place we are in life

There should always be

A time to be with God

The Almighty

 

 

On The First Day of School

On the first day of school

We recited the pledge allegiance to the flag

And this really got me thinking

That we should have been pledging allegiance

To God the Almighty.

 

For it was

God the Almighty that made me be

Able to walk, talk and see.

 

For it was

God the Almighty that made me

Able to learn, think and write

My A – B – C’s and 1 – 2 – 3’s.

 

For it was

God the Almighty that made me be

Able to be in school.

So it was God the Almighty I pledged allegiance to daily.

I kept Him with me always.  He was my #1 tool.

 

 

 

What's On Your Mind?

What's on your mind

when you hear about

terrorism, molestation and rape

or a teenage boy getting killed over a buying a girl a slurpie

or a little girl getting shot by a stray bullet in her Aunt’s house?

 

What’s on my mind

Is that many are in Satan’s grip

And God they need to find.

 

What’s on my mind

Is that violence is a solution

Instead of seeking God in a bad bind.

 

What’s on my mind

Is that there needs to be more peace and love

For each other and all of mankind.

 

 

 

The Pressure Is On

The pressure is on but

Not by my peers.

 

The pressure is on by God the Almighty.

His wrath, rod and staff is what I fear.

 

The pressure is on each and every day.

His commandments and words I do obey

And are kept mentally near.

 

The pressure is on to live a good and righteous life;

One that is spiritual and always sincere.

 

Thank you God for your pressures.

It is You I revere.