Tough Question
Categories:
humor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Without Regrets What Have I LeftThe end of days is a term
Dark enough
To make men squirm
And real enough
In a way
To make one consider
His final day…
Without regrets…who’s to say
And doing so I must look back
On what I wrought
And what I wrecked
What I built
And what I broke
What I gave
And what I took
Then the book that tallies sums
Finds me wanting
And then some
For...
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Categories:
death, humanity, life, philosophy,
Form: Narrative
a Sizzle and a Spark
perception sees beyond reality
interprets to the best of its ability
optimism keeps fire burning in one’s heart
while pessimism gleefully tears everything apart
instead of being boggled with the mundane
romance fills our days with wonder and champagne
a dusting of fantasy does wonders to cast a spell
kicks life up a notch and that’s no bagatelle
...
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Categories:
appreciation, life, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
On Second Thought
Present cannot set advantage
Over past, that seems like gone
Though it’s always on the verge
Of the memories you prone
To belong to, while intending
To break free from shades of time
Partly loosing understanding
Doesn’t look at all sublime
But it goes like Latin dictum
Drive the nature out of door
Then it flies back home to victim
Through the window, like before.
...
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Categories:
meaningful, memory, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
The Code of ResilientThe Code of Resilient
*A Manifesto for the Unbreakable Spirit*
1. **Honor the Fall**
See failure not as defeat, but as a rite of passage. Every setback is a mentor in disguise.
2. **Breathe in Chaos, Exhale Grace**
In the storm, find rhythm. Respond, don’t react. Calm is your chosen...
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Categories:
philosophy, beautiful, character, confidence, cool,
Form: Free verse
I'm AIOh my, why did I just say "intestine"?
They say that life is all predestined.
Once, the initial conditions are set,
we can know what hasn't happened yet.
The laws of physics flawlessly operate
on atoms to determine our fate,
which in turn has its impact on
hormones, dendrites, and axons -
which play out endless variations
of the same themes and conversations.
I'm old...
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Categories:
philosophy, psychological, science,
Form: Rhyme
Along the WayThe raindrops fall into the paper cup of tea
The teabag shrinks as if it could be my remark
Unlatch the green door to the childlike mystery
It’s possible again to enter that old park
The busts and statues of the gods and greats
And shaded benches in the niches of the trees
There in the memory another alley waits
I...
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Categories:
philosophy, lonely, love, memory, miss
Form: Rhyme
GOOD-BYE
Good-bye…
Simply a word?
What essence is encased
Within this single utterance?
The alchemy of optimism?
The enigma of uncertainty?
Good-bye…
A blend of hope and the unseen?
Fracturing moments of farewell?
Aromatic vows dissipating
In the fluxes of fate?
The chiaroscuro of existence?
Good-bye…
A poet's silent elegy
Where love, loss, and longing
Converge and dissolve?
A kaleidoscope of emotions, promises
Distilled into a single breath?
Good-bye…
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Categories:
philosophy, emotions, farewell, hope, longing,
Form: Free verse
diamond diadem of dawn
I'm white s m o k e ,
a silhouette of titanium wings,
tethered to the snowy flesh of a flawless dandelion,
whose skin still remembers ~
the thawing of winter from its glass-cut edges,
and how its rainbow seeds
flew into the egalitarian ends of the ethereal ether...
birthing ballerinas of butterfly glaciers ~
twirling...
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Categories:
philosophy, deep, destiny, life, light,
Form: Free verse
Light: A Spiritual Interdisciplinary InquiryWhen God said
“Let there be light”
Was it meant literally or metaphorically?
Did time arise crafting the photon
with the intent
of illuminating the basis of reality?
An observational lens providing the closest assumption of truth?
Or did the limit of human consciousness take precedence.
Therefore, implying we needed to be saved from the void of ignorance,
as light is the transference...
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Categories:
philosophy, birth, earth, how i
Form: Free verse
Everyone's Searching"Everyone's Searching"
(Willie Nelson Style; 4/4 Rhythm)
Verse 1
(G) Some want their diamonds, (C) some want their gold
(G) Some want to stay young and (D) never grow old
(G) Some want only to (C) make love
(G) Others want a love to (D) hold
(G) Some want to (C) save their eternal (G) soul
Verse 2
(G) Some seek for pleasure, (C)...
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Categories:
music, philosophy, song,
Form: Lyric
Onward And Upward
Until it's time to pop my clogs,
shuffle off this mortal coil,
I'll ensure my life is fun-filled
not just daily drudgery and toil.
As all work and no play
would make me one dull boy,
listless, senseless, bored witless,
not my Mother's pride and joy.
And so, in closing, I'm compelled to say,
"Exercise free will,
don't wait, hesitate or trust to fate,
before you're...
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Categories:
philosophy, boy, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Now, here's a questionTo desire
Is to question.
To question
Is the desire to know.
Now, here's a question:
Do you ever question
Your desire?
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Categories:
philosophy,
Form: Free verse
The Caged PhoenixThey locked her in a box of gold,
with chains that shimmered, stories told.
"Stay pretty, still–don't ask for more,
The fire in you? Just folklore".
she smiled like myths were make–believe,
But hid a flame beneath her sleeve.
each breath she took was kindling slow,
A furnace marked in ash and glow.
The saw her feathers, red and bright,
But...
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Categories:
emotions, inspirational, meaningful, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
A Letter from the Ravensafter Alone, by Edgar Allan Poe
We understand you Poe,
You saw the world through a darkened
lense-- The passions you sought
were from a spring that was filled
with pleasures most twee--- One's
sorrow is uniquely painful from
another's, don't fret now Poe, for there is
worse to come-- That is not true
Poe for the Ravens who know you won't
let...
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Categories:
dark, gothic, hope, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
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