Closed Minded Poems

Closed Minded People

Closed minded people,
almost seem willingly incapable,
of performing any kind of thinking even remotely critical,
and yet everyone is capable of critical thinking.
I only hope that one day the closed minded start practicing.
A good start for them would be a little self educating.

Delusion

 "Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion." Jim Rohn

The question: Am I open-minded, closed-minded, or delusional?
Sometimes, we mortals desire to believe in the unbelievable.
Therefore, we must choose our teachers and mentors wisely.

Wisdom says to wait and investigate before it is too late.
He who approves before 'taking one to school' is unwise.
To affirm without heavy questioning is foolishness.

Regardless of whether our field of endeavor is religion,
politics, or business, we must avoid dictators and deceivers.
A person or world in depression has little room for discretion.

If I am delusional, I have been deceived.
If deceived, I have accepted a false belief.
I have been overpowered or misled by persuasion.

I have trusted something or someone who's not trustworthy.
I am then ripe for the pickings by anyone desirous of my fruit.
For so during, I have become a victim like an ant in a spider's web.

I lack the necessary discipline to examine and scrutinize what has been
placed before me. The cleverness of the deceiver is such that I have
willingly legitimized and given accent and access to the forbidden.

OPEN AIR TRIAL RUN

potato pancakes heavily buttered
cheese grits heavily buttered
leftover corn on the cob heavily buttered
the best buttermilk biscuits ever made not heavily buttered

laughing at things that i was once closed minded to newly discovered
listening to conversations from those previously misjudged newly discovered
acquiring knowledge that i was previously ignorant and oblivious to newly discovered
realizing how beautiful and wonderful opening up my everything to actually is newly discovered

noticing steps are much more smoothly taken without the fearful stutter
discovering a new way of being and accepting without the fearful stutter
finding out that certain things that i was always curious about are not as bad as they seem without the fearful stutter
knowing now that loving her is not as scary as previously pictured in my mind without the fearful stutter

Guidance

It was during the summer of 1974,
That three states came beckoning me.
One state pointed North; the other East.
The third state was directing me South.
One was 95 miles away; one was 790 miles;
And the last one beckoning me was 608 miles.
I paced the floor and prayed for divine guidance.
I considered the closest one, but still said, "no".
To the farthest one, I quickly said, "Thanks, but no".
Although I was not like Jonah because to me, God never
said, "Go". However, looking back, I must confess that,
Even in prayer, I was closed-minded about a big Eastern state.
Although I said "No" to the Northern state, I later had serious
second thoughts regarding that Northern state. And I must also confess
that I never reconsidered the Eastern state. In my personal experience,
and as I understand Christianity and the workings of The Holy Spirit;
Even With divine guidance, the human spirit is still involved. And in the
case of one imperfect like myself, going South was a real venture in faith.
I said yes to the Southern state that beckoned me, and God was well pleased.

091823PS

Keep Your Heads Buried

Do ostriches not watch the Capitol's public hearing?
Afraid Donald's name will be sullied in the smearing?
He's a black sheep that subversives keep on cheering,
He's a coup conspirator everyone should be jeering.

There's not much worse than a closed-minded fool
who allows him/herself to be used as a political tool.
Politics is as nasty as the overflow from a cesspool.
Trump takes a dump and his cohorts praise his stool.

Jim Jordan and other Republicans refuse to admit
that Trump controls them and they just won't quit
condoning his lies and alibis, and why do they do it?
They're ostriches who keep shoveling his stinky s...

Keep your heads buried. Sooner or later you'll see
that continuing to believe his BS is a damn travesty.
He's divided Americans on issues. What a tragedy!
If re-elected, he'll expect to be called, "Your Majesty."

Some Broken Hearts Never Mend

Broken hearts turn into crimson roses
Meant to be held as prized artefacts
Even if they shall never mend
For hearts are as brittle as window panes
And none has ever been able to glue
A broken pane back together

Yet,
Broken hearts also turn into flying spirits
And allow themselves to be blown
Across the lands and over the oceans
If they allow not the closed minded ones
To keep them as captive roses in well secured
Gardens or in colourful vases!

But it happens that broken hearts
Meet with the one powerful enough
To create, in their midst,
Acceptance and thereby setting the ground
For healing to happen!
These blessed ones tend those hearts
As fervently as the devoted would pray everyday
Or as determinedly as lovers would fight for their beloveds! 

Broken hearts then turn into magical elements
Being that which others want them to be:
Either a rainbow for some,
Or a unicorn for others,
Regardless,
As long as they would ignite sparkles
In the eyes of those who would cross their paths,
For,
Their motto would solely be:
To hold out a healing hand!

Living

So my eyes open widely,
I get it,finally.
My looking, searching, discovering no more. 
It is only by doing by feeling, by living, will the answers come.
The puzzle solves it's self and my mind will be at peace.
 For all the searching, it clouds my mind and then discovering is out of reach. 
Confusion is learnt when looking for answers because everyone has got them, many in fact and all fracture by there judgement and perception even experiences, and often closed minded only believing in that.
The knowledge found is as valuable as I make it. With my own perceptions and reactions.
As they say you cannot unsee some things. They get etched in a place in your mind and get distorted over time. Believing your own version true or false and letting it become your reality. Living by it, letting it define your being.
So I need to stop searching and let it come to me, so I am not blinded by commotion and clearly I will be able to finally see the truth that we all are meant to know and who we can and are meant to be.

Whom Are These Wounded Soldiers-

some have no feet, yet they dance;
some are closed minded yet they chance;
others have hands yet they can't write;
some don't have tongues they speak not;
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others are parables;
some have ears yet they can't hear;
Who, whom am I to judge;
They have hearts yet they don't love;
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Who are these wounded soldiers;

some have eyes yet can't see;
some have noses but can hardly breathe;
Who are those voices words inside my head;
some are alive yet are really dead;
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others are parables;
some have ears yet they can't hear;
Who, whom am I to judge;
They have hearts yet they don't love;
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Who are these wounded soldiers;

so deserving boys/men going off onto war;
to a war a different world than this one they go in no fear;
some are shot, wounded, scared for life;
maimed, injured, some evening dying leaving mothers, fathers, children and
wife

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others are parables;
some have ears yet they can't hear;
Who, whom am I to judge;
They have hearts yet they don't love;
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Who are these wounded soldiers;

Who whose am I
Who are they, those wounded soldiers in my life?

8/16/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2021

Chaos

The children cry for the lack
Of food, shelter, and medicine,
And the sky weeps great tears,
And the ground splits open.
The oceans foam and roar,
And the trees splinter and crack
While lawmakers slash funding
For the least of these, the poor.
Jesus said, “Suffer the little
Children to come unto me”,
But the powerful avert their eyes.
We storm the citadels of the 
Mighty, and they hear us not.
Their hearts are as stone.
They stop up their ears.
They use false logic and lies
To excuse their selfish actions
While the earth shudders and breaks,
While families go hungry
Or have no heat, or suffer
From ills that could be cured.
Health care for all is anathema.
“Food stamps make people lazy,”
They say, ignoring the reality,
Economics,  and the truth.
The whole universe cries out,
Where is the caring, the kindness,
The love for fellow humans?
Christians? I think not.
Religious in any way? I think not.
Selfish? Biased? Closed minded? 
Certainly all of the above.
They sit on their mountaintops
And watch the chaos below
While God’s children weep.

Sagittarius

Spirited one who wields the bow and arrow 
Adventurer most extraordinaire, 
Generous to a fault, unlike the fabled pharoah, 
Independent, occasionally self-absorbed, even arrogant 
Trailblazer who will unhesitatingly say au contraire.  
This truth-seeker has little patience for the ignorant 
Adept at taking “the road less traveled by” * 
Resists those who are closed-minded and unfair,  
Insists on steadfast friends, the flighty need not apply     
Unusually enthusiastic, fiery, strong-willed who dare, 
Smart, capable, natural-born leaders who really care. 

[*Reference to Robert Frost’s well-known poem.] 

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Contemplation

you think love is a rag, you clean yourself with and throw away, you think love is disposable like a condom or tampon, you think love is a excuse, you can use to get whatever you want, you think love is a four letter word, love is when a woman becomes a mother or when a man becomes a father, love is all their is, so why even brother with teachings and lessons, man's interpretation when trying to define love remember your minds limitations, what love is can change a man's whole world, everything he know to be all his history becomes a mystery, life is a song listen to it's symphony, love can give you an epiphany
endowed with visions, unlike religions it's foundation is built of superstition, gain knowledge of self, unlike Christians who do not give recognition to the hidden god inside, religion makes people closed minded not willing to listen

Resolution

Resolution list; To be responsible that is not impossible, willing to
Engage in physical activities that are appropriate for my golden age. Be     
Successful and not stressful or regretful.
Open-minded to new ideas of choice foods not be closed-minded.
Look and listen to those around me and be willing to ask for help; to Understanding the deep sorrow those that live within me.
Trust and express, feelings, taste within nature's beauty in my poetry. And Independent life to function as it does mold’s me.
Open doors that offer a life of interest and entertainment.
Nurture and develop the talents that will fill me with purpose.



1/27/2020

17 Syllable Opinion

closed-minded people ultimately sound astonishingly stupid

Something To Remember

More is required from those of us who are given more                                                                                              We are not to be closed minded, but have an opened door

We are to cast our sail to the sea and not cling to the shore                                                                                     Failure is not an option, but if we do, we are still richer than before

To venture outside of the box is to test our hearts at its deepest core                                                                               A love-enriched heart is made to rejoice like children in a candy store                                                               

Treasures are to be shared, not something we horde and adore                                                                      In an age of greed, giving is an example we need to restore
09162018PoSoup

Introduction To My Life

Welcome to the place where no introduction is needed. Confusion becomes your best friend. He is joined by his friend disappointment. Welcome to the inner darkness where light is just a thing of your imagination. Loneliness becomes one of your family members not because you are willing to accept this outcome. But because in this life your put down because of your appearance. Your different belief and outlook on life. One of my favorite is because the way my brain work doesn’t appear that the people in this lifetime have caught up. Or people are too closed minded to see the what is presented right in front on them. But its also a curse never able to relate or be understood. Creative abilities mask the pain and neglect experienced on different trials in life. Welcome to the place where you want a purpose but was never presented to you. Welcome to the place where you shall question the meaning behind who you are.  So, I welcome you to my life explore, judge, and try to understand my meaning. Also, my many talents, how I seem to have it all to but really haven’t began to get closed to finding out. I’m just where I started. Welcome to the life of a conflicted King.

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