a toddler chuckles
everybody's day is made ~
all smile ear to ear
baby flashes smile
so does the world around her ~
sunshine on faces
Date written: 12/24/2021
Grief is a chain reaction,
sending sparks along neurons,
shooting spasms across muscle.
- water rising
from earth
through root
up bark
across branch -
Grief is an element,
firing shame inside memory,
spiralling gales within words.
- soft dew
upon grass
soaked into
morning air
you breathed -
Grief is directionless,
spinning babies upon plates,
cutting love with a scythe.
- brother sister
uncle aunt
youngest eldest
daughter son
husband wife -
Grief is a body made flesh,
it keeps chambers pink, pumping,
it brings mourning to life.
We stare at empty ceilings because we can’t bare to look at the pictures
That are full of empty smiles because they know that is what’s expected
The empty people that wear them are all searching for the same thing
But end up finding the same empty souls to cling on to
So begins the empty love affair that pacifies their superficial hearts
As they spend empty years wondering why they aren’t whole
They accept this and begin the rest of their empty lives
And thus begins the never ending empty cycle
Because we accept the emptiness we think we deserve
We output empty love and in return expect to find something that makes us whole
But I’m here to tell you that the emptiness you put out is what you get back
So maybe I’ll try to be whole and I’ll receive whole love back
I thought I knew the meaning,
Of my heart's true satisfaction.
But nothing yet can compare,
To this awesome chain reaction.
By giving myself to evil ways,
Made my life an uphill climb.
Living as though I knew it all,
Sure wasted precious time.
A moment came to me one day,
When I had to make a choice.
Follow this old beaten path,
Or listen to your voice.
This time I swear I'll listen,
My actions stayed the same.
I waited for your blessing,
But yet it never came.
I was so lost, scared, & mad,
I couldn't hear you speak.
Why'd you have to leave me?
I've finally reached my peak.
Instantly, I felt your presence,
It brought me to my knees.
You never left me all alone,
To fight these raging seas.
The feeling inside is overwhelming,
I've clearly found true love.
Your grace & joy is inviting,
Please shield me from above.
The grip that evil HAD on me,
Made it dark, too dark to see.
Now my life is filled with light,
Thank YOU for saving ME!
God you are the golden key,
To my soul's true satisfaction.
I broke my heart you fixed it back,
And caused this chain reaction.
My inner me is
Screaming to be free
Shackled to this world of
Aint’s and never gonna Be’s
Fighting to breathe
The air of victory
But all that resides
In me is insecurities
Not vanity insecurities
Like most of these chicks
Insecurities that maybe I
Don’t belong in this world
Afraid that my molecules, atoms
Will never generate into
A nuclear chain reaction
BOOM
BOOM
BOOM
I just blew up
Love is my haven from the anguish of the world,
shielding me from everything I despise and fear.
Love is in my heart with your arm around my shoulder.
You’re singing me to sleep, with lullabies so sweet.
Love is anytime someone lends a hand
to help a fallen soul get back on their feet.
Love is here, in us, because in every heart
is a tender spirit, warmed with each emotion.
Love is more than just a feeling: it's a chain reaction.
Now devote a little love and watch it as it spreads,
as dominoes of passion drop in place around us,
as the seeds we planted grow all about us.
Love is wasted if you hide it.
Love gives life if you share it.
Love is my haven from the anguish of the world,
shielding me from everything I despise and fear.
Love is in my heart with your arm around my shoulder.
You’re singing me to sleep, with lullabies so sweet.
Love is anytime someone lends a hand
to help a fallen soul get back on their feet.
Love is here, in us, because in every heart
is a tender spirit, warmed with each emotion.
Love is more than just a feeling: it's a chain reaction.
Now devote a little love and watch it as it spreads,
as dominoes of passion drop in place around us,
as the seeds we planted grow all about us.
Love is wasted if you hide it.
Love gives life if you share it.
Love is my haven from the anguish of the world,
shielding me from everything I despise and fear.
Love is in my heart with your arm around my shoulder.
You’re singing me to sleep, with lullabies so sweet.
Love is anytime someone lends a hand
to help a fallen soul get back on their feet.
Love is here, in us, because in every heart
is a tender spirit, warmed with each emotion.
Love is more than just a feeling: it's a chain reaction.
Now devote a little love and watch it as it spreads,
as dominoes of passion drop in place around us,
as the seeds we planted grow all about us.
Love is wasted if you hide it.
Love gives life if you share it.
You wrapped poetry 'round me
crackling with electricity
in the pop snapping rarified air
we share
Hard to breathe up there.....
let's do it again!
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