Justin Bordner Poet Didactic

Pure Complex -

If you are unwilling to be a predator,
and also unwilling to be prey,
what then, are you willing to Be...
I will to be Self...
What is Self...
Self is to be Creator...
What are you creating...
I am creating justifiable reason...
So to do what...
To live beyond ignorance,
to know and love why I am,
to create through honest awareness...
Can you create survival...
I create desire for Life,
I create and share meaning with Life,
to survive without grace is grey death...
Do you have a God complex...
I have a heart complex
that God gave me
before I learned that love could be painful...
Have you put your trust in God...
I have put God in my heart...

J.A.B.

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Laura Breidenthal July 18, 2026 at 6:05 PM You clearly create from the heart and with unapologetic, “honest awareness” that really like the warmth a fire brings, feels pure but not entirely solid, but spiritual. There is something especially pure about creating in that questioning state, where we are answering or correcting assumptions about the self and the origin of that creative heart. To be so aware and gifted is such a blessing—and that as a reader, is invaluable to me! Always, Laura Justin Bordner July 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM Laura, ancient, immortal Poetess...J.A.B.

Ink Empress June 20, 2026 at 11:50 AM This is so profound dear Justin, the philosophical plus spiritual flame that illuminates your soul is so very evident here. To not live in victimhood, and to not conform to the material world but to keep creating inner truth through wisdom and experience, beyond ignorance and shallowness is just a beautiful thing not many can do, but I bet it is part of you, your personality , your truth, your aura! You have that stoic energy, which I truly admire and appreciate! Divine write! Pleasure reading ~ Justin Bordner June 20, 2026 at 12:08 PM I love it when you soul talk Poetess...I thank You for your light...J.A.B.