Best Lightness Poems

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all the whens and the might have beens...
a captivating time space wonderland called...the now...
a stability without hunger to consume and fill all from an emptiness void


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A life of blessings and lightness 
By Michelle Morris 
25/04/2024

Light the match
Watch it burn
Your old life 
The twists and turns 

Let the wind blow 
Ashes far away
Time for clear skies 
No more grey days 

Plant the seeds 
New roots to grow
Sunshine and roses
Beach walks and...

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The circles of the bloody moon,
slide Northward towards the Rive Nile,
Death and raven drift above,
As mother guards her nest with pride.

The nightingales are singing near,
The nightly winds leave the door ajar,
The big bellied old man, unfamiliar,
Shows fatigue on his face, so clear.

The sheer brilliance of...

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Times, too often, I forget, that I was not born to bring
darkness to our planet.

But I am to lighten all souls, who exist upon it.
I do forget, and need to meditate upon it.

Surely, problems are universal and do exist.
No need for us wear chains...

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You caught me red-handed.
You had me thinking 
I did something wrong.
But I was high 
on this unbearable lightness
even before the first puff. 

Stop looking
at me like I'm tainted,
you're just as confused as I am.

I have better questions
now that I'm not afraid to ask them...
That's the...

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Sometimes in the latest night
I tiptoe amongst the stars -
a carpet littered with shimmer;
always careful not to catch
my sole upon - Snag!
a silvered sliver
of moon......

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Passing by the wet market,
seeing flowers—
decided to buy some, 
to brighten the day,
one of those inside-gloomy-days

The sun was beating down,
and even the roses were scorched
but the lady selling them had a smile,
since she knew that she was going to get a sale.

The roses or those...

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Yesterday at the braai
I watched the smoke
lifting on swirls of hot air.

I thought it was a good idea,
so I told myself I was light.
At first I wobbled unsteadily,
satiated with smoky, fragrant air,
but eventually I slowly left the ground.

First I drifted sideways,
and then I floated higher...

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"Things"

May seemingly

Get heavy in 

What appears as life

For no one..

Burdens and

Frustrations which are

Stories of suffering

Appearing as This..

Lightness appearing

As heavy......

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Darkness is coming upon us.
I sit here and think.
Why do I do this to myself?
Why do I bring sadness in?
And just push joy out.
Where did all these feelings start?
Such anguish and desire for
pain is not normal.
I'm not normal.
I've taught myself that this is ok,
that its...

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Light that is up above
The preciousness of an angelic hug
A cloud less venture with closed eyes
Endlessly looking searching to arrive
Upon the lifted wings of tender love
The angel kisses that wait up above
A priceless description to only dream
Of that place heaven up above in the seams
In...

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Life’s notes of simplicity 
flow soothingly in stillness
like a lone white swan 
swimming languidly
through silent ripples on a lake
in the early morn. 

How I long to flow along in 
nature’s pure tranquility 
cast off cluttered burdens
and fling life’s complexities 
to the farthest shores. 

To find...

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On the river of wishes that fall upon my youth
And flows with the autumnal streams of leafy dreams that float
Upon the future of my tomorrow seeking my truth
I journey wide and long with my ghosts aboard my boat
To search for the soul of heaven and...

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If the life in you is the life you love
And the joy of life is your purpose,
Then stand up and sing,
Sing loud of that thing,
And never be heavy again.

Ah, for the body of right is a lightness,
And its engine a rational will,
And the self-leading soul,...

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Nobody wants a well, when I am sad,
A few drops are enough to bring on rain!
This realm's sorrows -- enough to drive us mad!
Nobody needs the bottom of the drain!
I ask my heart, 'what new gift shall we bring?'
And then, I wait for answers in...

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