(A poetic perspective on human desires and inner peace)
The guarded wish to run away,
The open hope for love one day.
The young just want to find their way,
The old remember a brighter day.
The broken wait for light to stay,
The educated search for better pay.
The unknown want a world to say,
The known hide from the words they say.
The poor dream big and kneel to pray,
The rich feel lost in their own way.
The artist paints through shades of grey,
Wishing his brush knew what to say.
A pilot flying far away
Wants to rest where children play,
A farm boy looks at skies so gray
Wishing to soar like birds one day.
We chase, we want, we never flee
From dreams that bloom internally.
But peace begins when we agree
To just be still and let things be!
The importance of educating a girl child
When you educate a girl child
You already educated many generations
Enabling them to live right in the society
Building their capacity
To take responsibility
To be independent, not a liability.
The importance of educating a girl child
The Bible already made it clear
Train up a child
In the way they should go
When they're old
They won't depart from it
Saying; woman be submissive to your husband.
To be educated, is to be liberated
Because what you don't know
Is bigger than you
Mother's nurture
While the father revives and survives the family
To be a queen, you have to make a king
Things for the great
Can never be tasted by mediocre
Maybe by deceit
Knowledge is better than fear.
Ladies worth are in the kitchen,
But this generation, Gen Z sold them out to men.
What's the logic?
Human can't live without food,
Yet ladies worth are now in men custody,
Because men in charge of the kitchen
You may ask, why am I so proud?
It's because that's what I worked hard for.
I'm proud of my craft, my worth, my art.
What I do is none of your business,
I'm just reaping what I've sown.
Seeing me write poems, create content,
Do spoken words, it's all my cooking, I don't beg you to eat.
Don't question my pride, it's earned.
I'm a product of my dedication.
When done with poetry
Report my Irish American journalism
And earth will get literated
When did today's war start
Without Irish ink
The bambinas know no reason well
This you have to bring with your bibles
Body body body
Birth certificate fraudy
Body moving
City be getting down
We are either being educated
Or teaching
We are either being sought after
Or seeking
We are either engaged in a race
Or walking
We are either being attentive
Or talking
We are either intrigued by a rescue
Or being delivered
We are either exercising our consciousness
Or being chased by our whispers
We are either making use of our options
Or being victims of our circumstances
We are either being guardians of each opportunity
Or being inspired by second chances
A girl, with wings of knowledge spread,
Soars high above, where dreams are bred.
The world of books, a boundless sky,
Where she can learn, and reach so high.
On each page she reads, a feather bright,
Adds to her wings, taking flight.
With the knowledge gained, her spirit free,
She conquers fears, and she will be.
The world awaits, with open arms,
For girls like her, with knowledge's charms.
With wings of knowledge, she'll ascend,
To reach her goals, and never bend.
Educated Ignorance
Written: by Miracle Man
5/16/2024
This years Graduation day,
is far from the norm.
The stages “Grads “walk,
are now a hate platform.
Thugs are making “Grad day,”
a day, easy to recall.
But for the wrong reason,
it’s now filled with appall.
What this country now needs,
is a much stronger hand.
Because force is the only thing,
haters seem to understand.
How I long for the day,
when this trend will abate.
But then, I know only God,
can rid a heart of it’s hate.
Chet wore his plaid pants up to his pencil protector
People ran from the cafeteria when they saw him
He was an incessant talker
Never let anyone else speak
We have all been cornered by him
His prattle is boring; scientific crap
Stuff none of us care about
Quantum physics, montum shizzicks,
We don’t even believe in whatever it is
We are from the Midwest
in a town of two thousand
He may be my cousin, but I am the first to say
Clear out of the way, I have to get out of here
He is an educated idiot
Spewing facts right and left
Over our heads they go, bouncing round the walls
flicking into the furniture like bullets
No one is interested!
We back up as he edges into our personal space
He has no boundaries,
it is all about him
and it is annoying
to those of us who
have a life.
Educated for a world gone by
What can Plato teach me about AI
So too, Galileo's telescope's in trouble
James R. Webb's far surpasses even Hubble's
It's nice that I read Latin and Greek, I suppose
But if I'd a known, it's Chinese and Urdu I'd have chose
A monster Sperry-Univac did the job back in the day
But a tiny device runs rings around it today
All those long, romantic letters I'd write
Today whipped out in 30 characters of delight
Yes, I was educated for a world gone by
Yet one question hasn't changed ~ Why?!
Does The Most Educated Own The Floor?
Miracle Man
4-21-2023
Some Dr. visits are packed with good news,
on other days seems it’s crammed with bad.
At times I’ve questioned some Doctor’s views,
and It never failed in making them mad.
They’re skilled in their field as I was in mine,
neither as proficient as a high wire rope dancer.
Answering questions too quickly births a whine,
but the longer a question the shorter my answer.
Had three appt’s this week,
Can you tell?
Tom
Having chosen to feel contrast
Is it not strange that we feel aghast
Immersed in this dual realm of limitation
Imagining as real, our life on earth play station
Deluded, in vain we attempt to enhance the status
Of our decaying feeble organic form apparatus
With senses externalised, everything is sized
No wonder then, God remains unrealised
The truth is simple, we need to look within
Silencing thought flow din is the way to begin
Head and heart gentled and with love in alignment
We embark in earnest upon our God search assignment
Nothing is needed dear soul, save our burning yearning
Bliss magnetism soon has nodes within us churning
Polarities meld in heart resulting in bliss ignition
We thus obtain directly our true erudition
30-March-2023
Nursey school and kindergarten
were filled with hours of play
'Graders' first through third
the 'Three R's' all day
The rest of school was one big blur
some teachers - ma'am; others - sir
When we finished college at age 22
we felt ready, thought we knew what to do
Only to find disappointment in our workplace debut
~ What we'd learned all those years just wouldn't do
Educated,
We all bear on our souls,
Understanding,
About this world's ephemeral nature
And work hence,
Towards making of our stay upon her soils,
One worthy of being remembered!
Educated,
We all ride upon the rivers of humility,
Well aware that arrogance is merely
A weapon of the devil
And that adorned with its wings,
We shall end up at the beginning of it all,
While the end keeps twinkling its own
Sign, desperately wanting us to notice it!
Educated,
We see the world as needing us more
Than we needing it
And we thereby we become selfless
Happily putting in our hands into kneading dough
So as to give to the world
A smile upon its face
And since charity begins at home,
Then, we understand that our old and worn
Parents are not there merely to fill up our pockets
Or our mouths
But since their duties towards us have been completed,
Time rings its bell for us, to signal us that we are
To return to them their favors!
Educated
Why,
Educated,
We sprinkle magic everywhere we set our feet
And watch lilies and roses sprout
As abundantly as would life itself
Upon a world which shall never belong to any of us!
12.30.2021
Young eager college –educated whiffet knows everything
Has already called the head of our department three times today
to give him some tips on how to run things more smoothly
She has all kinds of suggestions.
He was too busy to take her call the fourth time,
So she drafted a four page email.
Twelve talking points, showing him what improvements she expected.
Giving him a time line.
I was amazed as it is her first day on the job.
Her confidence is something to aspire to!
Whippersnapper told me goodbye an hour later
Confused as to why it was her last day on the job
to listen without rancor
to another’s words
with the desire to learn
marks an educated man
Collection: Life
Written: January 2020
Revised: December 2020
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