Dare to dream
A mind to needs to understand
Convene words
Heart expels
Storms torrent the soul
Emotions cry out
A loud voice says commit suicide
Die and be forgotten
Surrounded by defeat with no victory
Story in
Approaching conclude with no soothe
Understanding and purpose collide
It’s like there’s a small boat unable to hold steady
The mind feeling like waves shifting here and there
Alone in the struggles
A sunset that quickly turns dark
No one knows what I feel
Reality is for real
A told story, but who is listening?
Anchored in one’s own theory
Mystery unknown
Tomorrow only a virtue
Words hold true
Where do I stand?
The day, moment and hour
Darkened walls with authority
The time getting shorter
Midnight could very well be the second
Death calls
I have only one breath
The hour
Time out
I die.
Categories:
download, anger, betrayal, conflict, depression,
Form: Free verse
Humans are like magnets,
There are links between us,
Through our minds, we are connected,
Our minds trestle the bridge between us.
The mind is where the dream starts,
The mind is where the vision is birthed,
It opens the door to reality,
It chauffeurs the visible.
Nature speaks,
Its voice is heard in the tranquil of the mind,
It tells us where the lost can be found,
Its message is received in the stillness of the soul.
There’s a life force around the sun,
There’s a power it bestows,
There's an energy it gives,
The sun is the glory of nature.
April 19, 2023.
Categories:
download, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
We are travelers on this wild terrain
Heading timorously towards an unknown goal
Ever tossed by the vicissitudes of life
Fated to partake evenly of smiles and tears
All the paths we tread along
Finally converge on a single spot
At the tomb, we just pause awhile
To resume our journey to lands beyond
From the experience I have with life
I am able to download the great wisdom,
That all what counts is how well we live
And not how long we have been here.
So, mend your life as your conscience directs.
Bridge the gap between words and deeds.
Believe your heart knows what is best
It will show the route you should take
Faith and Hope together brightens life
But love is the magic key opening every heart!
April. 16. 2023
A Wisdom Download Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Unseeking Seeker
Categories:
download, life, light, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Quote: You are not responsible for the blindfolders on others child,
but you will be held accountable for the many times you failed
to show them sight, through your own wisdom and experience.
He was in a boat drowning and the serpents were all around him
longing for dry land, he kept paddled in circles getting no where;
Always aiming for the vortex that sucked brave men in
he never looked up for guidance, nor o'er the horizon afar.
His tar stained fingers had witnessed too many dry days on land
and his eyes bloodshot eyes, still recalled the day he found her dead.
From inside the Kingdom of God, a dove cried and a woman wept
then as gently as she could, she kissed both eyes and whispered
" this way is home"
Love is an ocular rinse that shows the way in all things,
love is the path to truth, the spiritual delve of Saints and Sinners alike.
He made it home safely, with the guidance of His beloved departed wife.
Categories:
download, appreciation, love,
Form: Free verse
Sometimes, wisdom comes like a flash of lightning
that beams so bright to charge the brain;
An instant insight, a sudden knowing
that comes in cluster like the pouring rain.
Sometimes, even mere looking
makes one seem to know what people think;
There's not even a sign, not even whispering;
One just can sense within a blink.
At times, some things are so familiar
like one had known them previously;
But its the brain that acts so peculiar;
It wants to learn things instantly.
Sometimes, in dream and imagination
that the universe makes things revealed;
Flash of inspiration or lucid volition;
Sometimes it leaves no things concealed.
Others say it's Divine Provision
when one knows instantly without even learning;
For, it was God that gave the intuition
to discern things just by mere looking.
April 12, 2023
A Wisdom Download Poetry Contest (8th place)
Sponsored By: Unseeking Seeker
Categories:
download, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
A Wisdom Download
One Sunday morning
When walls in pale hues of sage
Coaxed me into a womb of praise
Hard pews reminded me to listen
Rather than slip back into sleepy malaise
As wisdom tapped me on the shoulder
Then tied a hallowed string around my finger
Reminder!
Remember!
Throw off que sera sera into ditches of blind fate!
Embrace
This sparkling celestial a-ha
Where wisdom drips like honeyed dewdrops
From tangled spider webs
In the holy chalice of choice
Sacred silence births wisdom
From a question now poised and posing
To change the direction of my pilgrim tides –
A river flowing in not out –
Cross waters for my soul
Choose the burden of my insatiable ego
Or
Amazing grace that soars casting off millstones
WAM or WAY
What About Me?
Or
What About You?
Inferno of never burning divine fire
To purify my mindless, untamed intentions
Into grace of gold for my quester spirit
Me - first
Or
You - first
What about this divine way!
To walk in sunrise or choose midnight?
What about….
4-11-23
Contest: Wisdom Download
Sponsor: Unseeking Seeker
Categories:
download, change, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
In the midst of a conversation with a spiritual mentor
I blurted out “if I knew then what I know now!”.
He quickly responded:
“You know now what you know now
…what is different?”
©4/8/2023
Categories:
download, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Wisdom Download
Like a computer downloads memory
Like a story gets passed on
I’m downloading my wisdom
To the ones who are still young.
If I want to be remembered
As someone that you knew
I’ll have to share all that I know
A gift from me to you.
Here are some things that I’ve learned,
Through heartbreak and through strife
Words can pierce the strongest heart
More effective than a knife.
Words that are left unspoken
Can protect or they can bruise,
But a heart that’s worn upon your sleeve
Is easy to abuse.
Some may want to hurt you
They feed off your tears
If living is the best revenge
I’ll stay alive for years.
Don’t be afraid of the darkness
Don’t be afraid of pain
The ones who try to hurt us
Will be trying but in vain
Life is meant for living
It’s shorter than you think
It won’t be long till you’ll be with me
Standing on the brink.
Cheerful is overrated
It’s watery and fake
Live your life to be joyful
Till you are in the ocean’s wake.
I’m downloading my wisdom
Passing from me to you,
So take this knowledge, learn some more
And then pass that on too.
Categories:
download, life, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
If only I had a computer
As opposed to this here phone
I have and currently still possess
to write and post upon this site
Which only provides me with a
certain amount of limited functionality
Then I would then at least be
enabled to thus provide you a
picture of myself
And what both I and my actual real
face look like in the flesh
Upon which you then could base
to judge me on the cover of my book
of virtual poems
And put a face as well as to my name
and see or judge for yourself does it
match or does it fit
What at 1st you had at or did have
in your own mind
And whether or not the cut of my gib
and outwardly appearance
Leaves you either pleasantly surprised
Or otherwise leaves you wishing you
rather I hadn't or you had
As it's left you sadly not wanting to
but having and being unable to do
anything else but view me as a
turn off
But sadly so much like my writing
is like the big reveal
I only possess have and was born
with 1 face and this is it
Just like I only have 1 way of also
both writing and thinking
And this is it
Categories:
download, 1st grade,
Form: Free verse
Laptop Download.
Laptop frustration torments my eyes
I watched the screen gritting my teeth
Do this then that and then go into there
My eyes were like a cat at a tennis match
Play it again Sam. Rewind step by step
I still have no idea what he did! I scream
‘Nothing works the way he said, nothing
Happens how it does in his world!’
No sound yet the green lines are zooming
Up and down. ‘There,’ he said. ‘If you
Liked this video tap the subscribe and ring
The bell.’
Back to the start, do it again, his sickly
Knowing smile, drives me insane. He’s
Got a different icon to me, how did he
Do that? I couldn’t see!
I slap the laptop closed and grab a fistful
Of hair. I kick off my shoes in utter despair!
Two days later, I solved the mystery
And finally I can do it, the same way as he!
David Cox 19/08/22
Categories:
download, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
WONDERSTRUCK
One day, I was doing some work,
My dad came and gave me a jerk,
Told me to follow silently,
I obeyed him excitedly,
I asked him what it was about,
He said, “Look”, and cleared all my doubt;
A garden lizard was digging
Patiently, as time was ticking,
I sat in a chair, watched in awe,
How she was digging with her paw;
I saw two more garden lizards,
One looked much like grandpa wizard,
The other must’ve been her husband,
They seemed to be unaccustomed
To whate’er was happening there,
I could only in wonder stare;
Soon she turned and slowly settled,
Started laying eggs, so little,
One by one, they dropped in the hole,
Fifteen cute eggs, all white and whole;
I was wonderstruck at that sight,
A once-in-a-lifetime delight,
I thank God for His creations,
And for that day’s revelations,
Nature’s beauty leaves me spellbound,
God’s wonders everywhere surround.
11.22.2021
Categories:
download, beauty, creation, nature,
Form: Rhyme
an instant connect
we as love within all hearts
the flame is the same
09-November-2020
Categories:
download, love, spiritual,
Form: Haiku
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My debut Anthology Memoirs of Love and Loss is now available for download for free on Google Drive.
Categories:
download, africa, allusion, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
Don't hunt me with words
for the selfish reason of mine
I want to listen to the voice of memories
before I disinter the broken vows
In case You don't see me, don't be alarmed
I'm lost in world upside down
Let me download the world to fit in
before I'm dead deep into the grave
counting and sorting riches for others.
Categories:
download, anti bullying, future, grave,
Form: Free verse
No commercial interruption
In my head
Never any breaks
When I dream
Makes me want
To holler
And scream
No censorship
No computer chips
Reboots
Or
Virus Protection!!!
Decisions, decisions, decisions.
Categories:
download, anxiety,
Form: I do not know?
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