Importance
Brittle while still beating
Facing ordeals bound unscrupulous
Memories and self-fleeting
Roaming humankind, staying meticulous
Probing for thy true identity
Shedding light upon the unrighteous trials
Rummaging for crumbs of serenity
Confronting the blunt force of society’s denials
Things get simple later in life...
OK, not everything gets simple
But emotions distill to their essence
There's no time anymore for the noise
While fighting to filter things out from the background
And background is what you've worked on a lifetime so far
Like picking out from the multitude that one perfect star
The one that aligns with the orbit you've found
With your head in the space where your feet found the ground
And all of your wandering brought you right here
To the point on this sphere where the tears in your eyes
Don't dim the reflection of the path you've been on
Leading up to this point where things all boil down
Reducing your life to the importance of focus
I am who I am,
In the shades of roofs I walk,
To the walls I talk,
All day long I work,
With heavy heart I mock,
The iron bars so abstract,
Now it feels unnecessary to dress,
All the efforts I put,
At the end I look at the foot,
So long I moved,
Yet not reached where I feel I should,
Millions of crying souls I hear,
Those clenched deep with fear,
No voice they have,
Obviously! What will it pave?
Thick is the infinite boundary,
Stuck in food and laundry,
Enough so far I have said,
I hope this thoughts doesn't gets raid.
The importance of educating a girl child
When you educate a girl child
You already educated many generations
Enabling them to live right in the society
Building their capacity
To take responsibility
To be independent, not a liability.
The importance of educating a girl child
The Bible already made it clear
Train up a child
In the way they should go
When they're old
They won't depart from it
Saying; woman be submissive to your husband.
To be educated, is to be liberated
Because what you don't know
Is bigger than you
Mother's nurture
While the father revives and survives the family
To be a queen, you have to make a king
Things for the great
Can never be tasted by mediocre
Maybe by deceit
Knowledge is better than fear.
You are who you are
no matter your origin
you are who you are
no matter what happened
you are who you are
no matter the future
you are who you are
no matter the past
you are who you are
no matter the mirror
you are who you are
no matter the day, week, month, or year
you are who you are
through all the pain
through all of life
through every tear
shed and bled
your figure stays strong
you stand, you sit, you lean, you lay
you are who you are
and you wouldn't have it any other way
in a sea of nothingness,
a buoy
you cannot know
the weight of small words:
“don’t shoot!”
“we found your child”
“Help, is on the way”
“thank you for the chocolate you sent me.”
I am grateful for understanding how important our children are
wherever in the world they dwell…
and am grateful Native Nations people understood this as well.
They knew there was a knowledge all babies before they could speak
wanted on us to bestow…
what babies from all over the world…
would like us all to know:
My journey has just begun
protect me
and guide me
so that
I will know all the beauty in the world.
May we all be blessed to understand
how important anticipation is to every facet of our life
from our friends to our family…
How anticipation of a moment
not only makes the joy of that moment last a little longer
But enhances its memory.
All Importance 123
All Our Dreams And Musings
Imagination's Passions…
Spin And Sway And
Make Our Day So Many
Ways Refreshing.
But Reality Insists
It’s More Important:
HEAR
LOOK
LISTEN
SEE
FEEL…
Authentically.
It Happen, Happens, Happened.
Yes, It Did
And Does.
So Reality More Than
Imaginary Desire!!!
Fire Away!!!
And THEN Whatever
Is More Important
Than That.
Don’t Miss A Step.
-Gray Squirrel
07-28-2025
Like each drop of water raises the rivers,
Like each star is light to your path,
Like each bird carries our memories,
Each of us is part of the cosmos’ story.
Today I’m grateful for understanding my importance in the continuum of life…
my place in the spectrum of happiness and peace…
and knowing no matter how old I grow
my importance will never diminish or cease.
Because every generation inherits a world it did not create…
and to that world must add more love, acceptance and laugher
as that generation become the guardians…the trustees
of the generation…coming after.
If you could find beauty in a piece of chalk,
Others may not find you worth their talk,
But you know that you are the one,
And like you-there are just a few or none.
The beauty cannot be hidden,
It can create a smile in the face of even the bed-ridden,
All you need is to enjoy it,
And find if it is for your appreciation-fit!
Beauty knows no boundaries,
It is innocent and pure,
If you could understand that,
You won't get into anybody's false-lure.
If you want your day to end on a productive note.
It may pay, to this poem about nothing take note,
In order to take away something of note.
A well planned nothing in your day,
Will help you make something of your day,
As doing nothing for 15 minutes minimum each day,
Could help you complete all tasks for the day,
As a mind that races through the day,
Seldom has a body to match the pace on any day,
With disasters and costly mistakes on the cards by the end of the day,
With either mind or body no longer present the next day.
Whereas a mind that can go blank once a day,
Will take the body with it all day,
And both mind and body will be in tune for another day.
So next time you are asked by the boss at work or at home,
"what are you you doing"
You will be proud to say "nothing"
And the wise boss will just smile and say Nothing,
Knowing it will lead to something,
That is better than nothing.
No matter what race, there's always family
Nothing else bonds that closeness and love
When life looks gloomy, there's the family
When there's no where to go, you have family
Families are rich, families are poor
Some of us have those close knit families
Then there are those from broken homes
Without unity of family, exist many problems
In today's society, it's self evident that
Though many problems exist, and growing fast
This family suffers from "broken homes blues"
However, they are still family
As a people, we mirror our environment
Seeing and living one kind of life
Being blinded from life's realities
This is, the importance of family
Author: Floyd Nea;
Date: July 2003
Inspiration: Family struggles
Joy enthusiastically circles me
I jump in the air, attempting to touch her
She dances a merry step
Slightly out of touch, laughing at my efforts
The trees watch and snicker
Their leaves flickering silver and green
Understanding better than I
Joy is more important than we will ever know
For when we are gone, joy is gone
Hope is buried, for without one there cannot be the other
The wind and I stare at the trees
Understanding the importance of joy
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