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Are you striving to gain TRACTION online?
Do you wish your passion was your occupation?

You have extraordinary ideas and creations people will LOVE. You have a creative gift and meaningful stories — of huge social RELEVANCE — to tell but can't find the words to make it attractive. You felt you're called to do something that truly MATTERS, yet struggle to draw genuine attention and be heard. 
You have given up on the pursuit of doing what you believe you've been called and made to do.

Let me welcome you to where creative passion, occupation, life reflections along with any referenced practical information converge in—The Subtle Arttraction;.

My name is Brandon, and I'd like to introduce myself as a young, perpetual inquisitor of wisdom, with passion for the subtle art of self expression through rhymed verses. A "versesmith", a personal jargon I coined to ascribe a balladist/lyricist, or in lay terms - a poet. 

The Parceling Hymn Of Heaven And Hell | Joseph Relativo-Brandon Joseph

No radiance / but hers / hails each dappled night / Beyond the blankness / of a mind without / time / The moon whimpers / over the death / of the light / So hateful is the way / of a sanctimonious / clime / That the stars / now opt to wilt / and greet demise / Yet still I see / the gleam / in her undaunted eyes / Seas slink with fear / as she flutters her hands / Across the dimness / of the bleakest mystery / While the ground prepares / along the sands / Its own burial / shall be as plaintive / as history / The world is about to die / doleful in her arms / I tighten the renunciation / of all her charms / The wrought sky / pours down / a repentant woe / She utters / a word that upends / the bleats of fire / The sun writhes / at long last / as a conquered foe / Of the latter tears / of mankind shed / in the mire / Her chants pare / the wind / and smite a lonely belle / Do heed the parceling hymn / of Heaven and Hell.

The Death Of Every Human Vanity | Joseph Relativo-Brandon Joseph

The Death Of Every Human Vanity

God carved / a footing / in one storied barrier / The unkind wind / changes / The Scarlet Letter / Into a hue / that is more dreaded / which is / the all in all / Woeful / is the destiny / of the world / about to fall / The whole universe / can be / the widest prison / The pride / of mortals at fault / can no longer reason / In the loudest clamor / God shall silence / egos / Aimless / shall be the cry / of the culpable / so it goes / Guilty souls / are inmates / detained / by kismet / Alas! / they shall be forced / to pay / each debt / For thousands of years / the torrents whipped / The cove between / the dungeon / and the sea lipped / To tear down / the wall / of the feigning society / Shamefully pestiferous / God shall shatter it / with fluency / The longest communion / of all time / is but a try / To appease the Lord / with sham devotion / that shall only fry / And grill / their pretenses / the dug grave / is ready / To receive / the death / of every human vanity.

Joseph Relativo-Brandon Joseph

"The Apocalypse" | Joseph Relativo

The Apocalypse

The wind through the trees / is the portent / On a sunset apparition / a Phantom schemes / Her shade kisses the floor / of a monument / The Beast appears / in everyone’s dreams / Alas! / everything is placed / beneath his feet / The Victor brings forth / the world’s defeat / Homes everywhere / are drenched in fear / The secret is sealed / with the revelations / God sends a great delirium / from a sphere / He shines in the dark / in the tribulations / Truth speaks more strident / than the thunder / For each lie / a reckoning ruins / the order / Mankind is overthrown / in the tumult / The streets / of all consciousness / twist / The parade of bereavement / hails a cult / The gallows haunt / the corners of a vespertine mist / As pestiferous deaths / grip all horizons / The so-called rapture shall not occur / for foolproof reasons / An Emperor raises to Heaven / the demise of Earth / through his vast dominion / while the Christ acts along / with the axis / of light and darkness / from oblivion / Human boast dies / through the turmoil / The ire banishes / whatever is left / to foil / The Antichrist / brings on the very hour / when rumors / of the final war / come true / Waves of mysteries / rise in things dour / The moon is covered with blood / so new / The perfect timing of of God / ushers in the fall / His wrath comes shattering / every wall.

Joseph Relativo

"To Save The World At Last" | Brandon Joseph—Joseph Relativo

 

"I AM here to set off the end."

I set off / The Fawning Despot / of your Right / I set off / The Losing Champion / of your Fight / I set off / The Viewing Frontman / of your Stage / I set off / The Miming Writer / of your Page / I set off / The Draining Fountain / of your Youth / I set off  / The Damning Saviour / of your Truth / Everlast you shall find / yourself void / without me / for in your heart / and mind / only I / can set you free / I set off / The Wrecking Maker / of your Realm / I set off / The Praying Heathen / of your Helm / I set off / The Cussing Royal / of your Land / I set off / The Hating Lover / of your Hand / I set off / The Slaving Caesar / of your Home / I set off / The Sinning Pontiff / of your Rome / You shall find me / everlast / I AM off / to save the world / at last.

Brandon Joseph—Joseph Relativo 

"The Truth On Your Lips" | Joseph Relativo Vicaro—Brandon Joseph

The Truth On Your Lips

If you would / just put across / the fact / that you have passion / for me / we can seize time / and act / admit your love / and grasp eternity / if you would / just find expression / with certainty / that all you can be / is a friend / I will have to endure it / with dignity / and not wallow in pain / in the end / if you would / just put across / the case / that you may have no ardor / to confess / I will have to accept / it with grace / and let you go / with my last caress / but / if you would / just find expression / with honesty / that you never / ceased to care / I would be stunned / beyond felicity / we could begin / a rapturous affair / your bearing / ever so tightly / grips / yet even belatedly / I am set / to hear the truth / on your lips.

"The Paramount Heaven" | Brandon Joseph—Joseph Relativo

The Paramount Heaven

The truth / beneath your blessed eyes / is your shrouded private Paradise / Above the worth / of your own Eden / is a soft spot / that prays / for many a heathen / Just nearby / the mystery of your lustrous hair / thus far beams / the sightliest ray / one can tell / anywhere / Your glance / that surrounds this place / leads to / where I first fell / from grace / Your visage / is adorably / the most beautiful / I live first with the cross / that is perdurable / the commission / of cheating death / was what I have done / just to take / a spirited breath / My deepest deed / still wrought with hope / shall always be / enraptured as I cope / I confess / that my days are in the dew / I set you free / from what is true / Below your cheeks / teem a trying chill / I shall deal with one / prodigious thrill / The truth beneath / your blessed eyes / and above the worth / of your own Eden / are your inviolate lips / that I ponder upon / as the paramount Heaven.

"I AM" | Brandon Joseph—Joseph Relativo

I AM

Before everyone was / I AM / I set apart / the boon / from the bane / I set apart / the mirth / from the pain / I set apart / the truth / from the lie / I set apart / the laugh / from the cry / I set apart / the mild / from the stern / I set apart / the hail / from the spurn  / Ever I exist / as the Pater / of Wisdom / by which / you fathom / your gist  / I set apart / the hate / from the love / I set apart / the crow / from the dove / I set apart / the death / from the life / I set apart / the scarce / from the rife / I set apart / the west / from the east  / I set apart / the Pope / from the Beast  / All falsehoods / I shall slam / for I AM.

Brandon Joseph—Joseph Relativo

"Perfect Day" | Joseph Relativo Vicaro

Perfect Day

So I grip the wind / next to me / lo / you are here / and I feel free / The dress you now wear / is modish and new / The sky is blushing / and so are you / We have been here together / before / but now I care for you / all the more / from my innermost it elevates / to the heights of Heaven's gates /

"The Truth In Your Soul" | Joseph Relativo Vicaro

The Truth In Your Soul

Come to me / even just through the reflection / of the moon / for I have an encumbrance / that knows no rest / If ever / you have to get out of my sight / so soon / so be it / even if your disdain for me / is now my penultimate test / “Yet who shall be the principal witness / of your charm?” / I might not be there / in your grisliest hours / “Who shall be the primary beholder / who could spare you from harm?” /

"There Has To Be A Day" | Joseph Relativo Vicaro

There has to be a day / when it would be needless / for you to say / “The lost ebb / hid the lustrous light / of the sea / please forgive / the bidden mind / in me.” / There has to be a day / when it would be pointless / for you to say / “I need to hold you / in my dispirited arms / and hang on to / a Full Moon Fever / at last / this draught pining / shall everlast.” / There has to be a day / when it would be worthless / for you to say / “Never depart / for to cry alone / below the tenuous skies / for sure / would just leave me / with bloodshot eyes.” / There has to be a day / when it would be useless / for you to say / “Do not let go / under / the pounding sun above / with a shelled ear / for the most triumphalist anthem / still /  you are the one I love.” / There has to be a day / when it would be  baseless / for you to say / “The interred air / that imposts / the harshest strife / shall no longer bring forth / the worst damning curse / I lift up my gilt hands / to offer you / my inmost life.” / There has to be a day / when it would be hopeless / for you to say / “Kiss / my misrouted fears / and let my tangent lips / taste / the truest of all tears.”

What in Life is Most Valuable to You?

With all the ongoing trends online, and the innumerable issues and topics of concern flooding the news feed on social media, I hope I wrote the headline good enough to at least get you to read beyond this line of content. The time you spend wasting on the things you value is never really wasted, is it? Well, it doesn't really matter now if you agree or not for as long as you carry on reading the whole article. =)

"Your Truest Mind" | Brandon Joseph—Joseph Relativo Vicaro

Your Truest Mind

Such is the splendor of Paradise / where miracles unveil / in a resonant verse / For the newborn Earth / a surprise / In rhyme a poem resonates / to bless each curse / Perpetual bliss / follows the afterlife / A meeting place / is without a fear / In each testimony / of grief and strife / triumphant we declare / “The end is here.” / Such is the radiance of Paradise / where mysteries unfold / in a reverberant song / For the newborn world / an enterprise / In tune a chant reverberates / to right each wrong / Immortal mirth / escorts tomorrow / A gathering place / is without a care / In every memory / of pain and sorrow / victorious we proclaim / “All is fair.” / Far beyond Heaven / is a Cerulean City / of the ethereal kind / Unclothe now / ever so madly / your truest mind.

The Chastisement Against The World | Joseph Relativo Vicaro

The Chastisement Against The World

 

Darkness spreads as the hour of reprisal falls

 Instantly a dreadful light shimmers in the sky

From fiery heaven wrath that shatters walls

    In this blaze until the last breath empires die

The torch flares with vengeance through the dark

    Judgment against dominions of the boast of man

The blisters of hell soar with the burning mark

    Fire and brimstone orchestrate along the plan

What a horrible sight the world is bound to be

    This requital vanquishes the wealth of strength

Heaven revolts from eternal for mankind to see

    The last day is done with such a terrible length

Burnt in flames falls a world of power and gold

    Against the earth of might rages the frightful sign

For from everlasting flashes the fury of eons old

    Into ashes and straight to dust the earthly shine

Joseph Relativo Vicaro

"The Scarlet Axis" | Joseph Relativo—Brandon Joseph

The Scarlet Axis

Upon a cliff / I shall build / my Kingdom / Thus / I spake / to you all / pithily / yet not through / the snide wire / but straight to none / in Orthodoxy / Believe the lost / and found ire / I dare mankind /  to summon / Theocracy / Ideals are naught / in any democracy / Alas / it is still / of the essence / to rake up / a left-handed Antihero / and seethe for / this very dissidence / that conceived / teen angst / In Utero / I heard that / a Belle rang beautifully / for a Beast / who commands authority / Without the headship / of oblivion / nobility / has arisen / from nothing / This world / no longer has / dominion / Heaven shall perish / through fuming / From Hell / there is / no greater Light / The Devil / worships Him / every night / The Man of Mystery / is the most fearsome / The Scarlet Axis / sprang / from His wisdom / Upon a cliff / I shall build / my Kingdom.

Joseph Relativo—Brandon Joseph

The Hitherto Unknown Incarnation Of God | Joseph Relativo Vicaro

The Hitherto Unknown Incarnation Of God

Crucifixes were inverted / when he was born / for it was the day / the Father became the Son / and it was the day / when all Heaven / did mourn / and it was the day / and the climate was spun / Crucifixes were inverted / when he came to be / But it was prohibited / to make the world news / He had a secret plan / no mortal could foresee / Still each single thing / was all for him to use / Crucifixes were inverted / when he was born / for it was the day / the Father became the Child / and it was the day / when all Heaven / did mourn / and it was the day / and the weather was mild / Crucifixes were inverted / when he came to be / But the whole world / was forbidden to know / He had a covert plot / no mortal could oversee / which Christ the Saviour / was barred to show.

Joseph Relativo Vicaro

"Like A Thief In The Night" | Joseph Relativo Vicaro

I am still here / for the forsaken / and the forgone / if you have nobody else to love / I might not be the one / yet I can be there for you / a nuance stirs my resolve / to remain steadfast / with a clue / still your darkest secret falls / on a testament / should Heaven cause you to repent / I contend / that what you truly dread / is already out there / as tidings / on the streets spread / to adore me so / with your dress / ablaze and unfurled / is your distress / I need to end this piece / not in order to get high / whenever I say / something / I mean it / every time I try / I  strayed around each betrothal / that nullity unrolled / from a sign of a betrayal / the most gripping truth / that I must deal with / is your ubiquitous absence / all the more / your elusive presence / I have known you / for so long / yet I lost almost everything / too soon / you might choose to listen to / the most poignant tune / that was written for me to sing / but for someone else / sad / but the truth / rebukes / your faith / each day / with a vengeful light / no more can you deny / that I stole your heart / like a Thief in the night.

To Wreck The New World Order | Joseph Relativo—Brandon Joseph

To Wreck The New World Order

You shall see / a mysterial show / in the darkness / The Messiah born / in the tumult / shall appear to all / in the brightness / God who capped Being / with spines / as the Man of Deified Blood / shall bring forth / perpetual mirthfulness / You shall hear / a preternatural tale / today / The Messiah shall show / the Temple Path / while God shall pave / the Temple Way / Lo! / The Treasure comes / with a Curse / Behold! / The Blessing comes / with a Hearse / Lo! / The Almighty God and the Prodigal Son / Behold! / The Supreme Being and the Lawless One / You shall see / a supernal play / in the dimness / The Messiah born / in the tempest / shall appear to all / in the blitheness / God who crowned Life / with thorns / as the Man of Deified Blood / shall bring forth / eternal happiness / You shall hear / a transcendental yarn / alone / The Messiah shall take / the Temple Seat / while God shall sit / on the Temple Throne / The Messiah shall rule / amidst / the Old World Chaos / God shall live / ever / to wreck the New World Order.

Joseph Relativo—Brandon Joseph

The Pain Of God | Joseph Relativo Vicaro—Brandon Joseph

The Pain Of God

To prove to all / that I shall live / I just had to crucify myself / There is nothing more to give / but the truth / you denied yourself / The blood stains the floor / where I slept last night / You walked out the door / I might as well lose this fight / I can make you care / Here comes the darkest hour / Kingdoms crumble / everywhere / Empires also / lose their power / I can burn it all / only for you / still you believe / in something other / I choose / to be Prussian Blue / We are not meant to be / I gather / There is a better place for us / I know / This tug-of-war / tears your heart / I may have to give up / and let go / even if I must play / the hardest part / Maybe somewhere / we can reckon all / but for now / I shall let you drift away / Your path might lead you / to fall / for me again / is what I have to say / Time began on the night / when I did dare prod / to take over that flight / to the house / of the pain of God.

"Bewildered" | Insigna

Soft gnashing of sensations through his skin
Barely rendered the overflowing passion
His thoughts stuck in a wild embrace of trickery;
stuck on her eyes blessed to let one die, resurrect