Sublime

Sublime
I've been shedding snakeskin...
so blind
I've been destroying the noise
my worst enemy

Deconstructing my identity 
soaking shoulder deep
in oceans of humility 
feasting upon fruits of tranquility

breaking shackles  
freeing ankles
from bloody mud puddles 
razor blade anxiety

rising to a  place 
where yesterday 
flees irrelevant 
tomorrow
is insufficient 

Yet
this moment 
of SUBLIMITY
right now...
forever remains
a fearless paradise

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Jay Loveless

Date: 8/4/2014 12:59:00 AM

I think this is my favorite so far. I love it.

Jslambert Mister Roboto
Date: 8/4/2014 2:46:00 AM

JaYSmOOve, That means the world coming from a TRUE BONIFIDE Poetess like Y.O.U.~

Kyle Kriticos

Date: 6/16/2013 10:45:00 PM

I had to read this more then once. You're incredible!

Jay Loveless

Date: 5/14/2012 10:36:00 AM

This is sick (:

Nette Onclaud

Date: 3/9/2012 3:55:00 PM

superb approach on contrast, JS... to find the sublime in moments anger, fear or confusion is begging for for light... a powerful offering!!..:) huggs!

Kyle Kriticos

Date: 3/8/2012 6:59:00 PM

Very well written Lambert! You got some talent bro!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/7/2012 3:27:00 PM

Great flow and very interesting images. I like how you get sublime even from bloody mud puddles. But it's from the being freed of them!!! I really enjoyed this one and the feeling it gives ya! I love that fearless paradise. (I don't even understand about "notebooks" online. haha. I'm a computer moron.) Luv, Andrea

Russell Sivey

Date: 3/7/2012 1:20:00 PM

I'm proud to have read your awesome write here! The fourth stanza, oh my goodness, it is fantastic Joey! "where yesterday, flees irrelevant, tomorrow, is insufficient" I can relate to that line a lot! But I manage to cope in hope of better days ahead! And yet they do come, sporadic at times, but they do come! I love your poem that you have written here my friend! Great Work!!

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 3/7/2012 11:09:00 AM

Dear Joey, first, I'm so glad your March Madness poem has placed first in other contests. It was awesome, just as this one is. We often don't realize we are our own worst enemies and it takes courage to make the changes needed to live a happier life. The moment of "sublimity" you describe is the pinacle of success! Love, Carolyn