view2022/8/1 #poetry
Half in and all around
You get to choose and you get to live with it
Why the sun doesn't make you dance?
For want of ease
Undistracted and here
Fully
As you were when you hit the ground
the impact so quick
and then sliding seemingly forever
noticing everything
and minding nothing else
Then the sun
Or any other phenomenon
is delight
view2022/7/31 #poetry
Your time, my friend, is at an end
Release you final breath
I will remain with you to tend
your body after your death
Don't worry that you've left much undone
things will go on and with this change
the world will shift and become one
that you would find unrecognizable and strange
There is no reason to hold on
and no way to do so either
a moment hence you will have gone
perhaps to somewhere brighter
Allow this to be as it is
Your struggle will just cause you pain
This is one appointment you can not miss
and there's nothing more for you to gain
view2022/7/29 #poetry
Some days are so hard that it seems like you aren't awake
They just wash over you
Numbed from the overwhelm
It takes no effort to go through the motions
and all the effort at the same time
view2022/7/28 #poetry
only with a bit of practice
can you master the skill of archery
things that require precision
or command of vast stores of knowledge
take time
true art,
pure self expression,
requires no skill
it is always an exploration
learning as you go
for skilled artists
the expression sits on top of the skill
the skill makes the expression of ideas easier sometimes
too many highly skilled creators stop expressing anything in favor of making palatable or interesting things for others
things that may still be seen as art but were not made creatively
but only the maker can ever know what went into the making
appreciation is an end unto itself
view2022/7/27 #poetry
Once in a while I like to be intentionally messy when I eat. Get it all over my face & my hands.
Go through the motions of completely relishing the food. Focusing only on the taste & sensation.
Ignore social convention. Put aside cleanliness until later. Let the body have its way.
Once in a while.
view2022/7/26 #poetry
Have you seen the heartbreak machine?
It'll really break your heart, it's mean mean mean.
Doesn't matter if you're old or still a teen
it will efficiently demean
make you feel quite obscene
and all as if it's just routine
it's more menacing than a guillotine
that repugnant heartbreak machine
view2022/7/25 #poetry
Surprise! Things are different now, but don't worry, they'll be different again soon.
Maybe not in such an unexpected way, but different as things always change.
With effort you can encourage a particular change but things will just change again & it's hard to know what you want anyway. At least, if you don't like it, you can always look forward to more change.
view2022/7/24 #poetry
Other people have problems too, you know.
Yours aren't nothing compared to some.
Why, many would give everything they have to trade their problems for yours.
Just trying to add a little perspective,
not saying you have no reason to complain.
But maybe it can lighten the load a little,
let you see that you don't just have problems,
that there are benefits too to be where you are.
view2022/7/23 #poetry
Each day
if you can only take one conscious breath
just take one
let yourself feel that if nothing else is
under control you can roll with that because
you have accomplished your least
your single respiratory cycle
performed only for yourself
view2022/7/22 #poetry
What you want, you can get.
Because it's simple it's a sure bet.
Give it time and don't lose heart
You're off to a fantastic start.
It's totally fine if it takes a while
As long as you're moving you have reason to smile