Being Alive
Being Alive
Miracle Man
1/1/2025
On January first of two thousand seventeen,
God reclaimed me from death’s certain throes.
Three days prior it was “The Widow Maker’s” scene,
with Sudden Cardiac Arrest both lay apposed.
Now, I celebrate New Years Day for being alive,
I was only the vessel that brought glory to HIM.
Memory of twenty three hospital days I revive,
drinking from a...
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Categories:
blessing, death, god, health,
Form: Sonnet
ManifestingFrom dusk to dusk, dawn to dawn,
My desires and dreams, they do spawn.
I manifest the earthly wealth
And call to me immortal health.
My joy and passion I call to thee,
Bring that of which that makes me, me.
I am one to love without measure,
And receive in gratitude human pleasure.
Confidence and strength overflowing in me,
I break through the...
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Categories:
health, birth, blessing, confidence, desire,
Form: Rhyme
NightmaresSometimes I’m so afraid
the images fluding my brain
They won’t go away if I close my eyes or stay awake...
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Categories:
health, absence, abuse, anger,
Form: I do not know?
It tolls for thee
this is the third time
hubby’s rung the cancer bell
since twenty nineteen
we’ll never lose hope
his cancer can’t be beaten
and cherish each day
I now love to write
poems to invoke laughter
and to make folk smile
life is for living
humour makes a difference
use YOUR pen wisely
...
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Categories:
cancer, health, hope,
Form: Senryu
Unmade - FIRE AND ICE, part 1Let the demons play — and let them fall
As they seek their next prey.
Merry-go-round, lost and found,
Salt trodden deep in earth and pain.
Zombies crawl. An ass's stall.
I don’t need this bottle.
I don’t need you.
Forgive me —
For all the prayers I whispered in your name in vain.
Enemies within,
Those who proclaimed to be my friends.
Lucky, I suppose,
That...
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Categories:
abuse, betrayal, mental health,
Form: Free verse
SchizophreniaI lived once in a land before the light
where shadows ruled and terror was the king
Sable dark did fall upon me every night
and flittermouse did brush me with their wing.
There was no day to shine away the fear
so terror ruled, malignant, endless black;
eyes closed or open, demons still appear
and, as in life, to stab me...
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Categories:
mental health, mental illness,
Form: Sonnet
A seed grown in shadowWhen the seed of fear is planted in minds,
It germinates in brains as a tormentor—
Sometimes sown by a whisper,
a shadow,
a lie repeated twice.
When illusion becomes reality,
And starts by making the heart
skip a beat,
then more of its beats,
then all of its beat.
It creates monsters in our eyes in the dark,
Born from...
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Categories:
health, depression, fairy, fear, mental
Form: Free verse
TodayToday
I gave myself permission
To do all the things I have always wanted
To run through the halls
To scream as loud as I could
To shake up my soda and let it explode
To run as fast as I could
To jump in the fountain and splash the water
To run naked as a Jay bird through...
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Categories:
health, courage, dream, encouraging, happiness,
Form: Free verse
All the broken peopleAll the broken people
I look around and see so many
Then I realize I am one
Of the broken people
All the broken people
Looking and waiting
For answers that don’t seem to appear
Waiting to be heard
Waiting to be seen
Waiting for an answer
All the broken people
Needing to be put together
One more time
Or
Maybe
Some of us broken people
Don’t...
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Categories:
health, heartbroken, hurt, loneliness, loss,
Form: Free verse
Mushroom Tipping PointSo nervously, upon this earth I tread.
Don't let me, again, go out of my head.
My fragile mind persisted yet unbroken,
ignoring all harsh words as they were spoken,
until shattered with a sickening shriek.
Done in, I was, as I heard a mushroom speak....
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Categories:
food, humor, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
The rage of a tired black womanRage.
Fury.
A constant burning anger.
A rage stemmed from generations of those who have come before me
An inheritance we have the right to own
Something passed through each black child born
One that clings to our skin and bones
A communal experience we share alone
Every time a black child comes home from school
Fallen tears from racial slurs
Another wave of...
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Categories:
anger, discrimination, mental health,
Form: Free verse
I Left No Trace, In Empty SpaceThree days ago, I was buried on
the ground as it seems!
A cascade of issues as the days go by.
The unrelenting sorrows and pain---
Weak, broken, desolation it brings!
I seized the world with open hands,
optimism, smile, love as much as could.
Full of hope, peace and wisdom.
Still joy would vanish out of sight.
I left no trace in...
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Categories:
health, faith, inspirational, journey, life,
Form: Free verse
Cabbage And BeansFar be it
from me to lecture
others on best methods
for success -- myself no paradigm.
In my defense, though,
many of us are hardest
on ourselves, less critical
and gracefully lenient when
it comes to others --
But with self,
constantly aware of every
pimple, even those well
hidden – I often wonder
why so many of us bother
to even own mirrors?
(reflections so subjective)
Too...
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Categories:
health, character, feelings, food, growth,
Form: Free verse
A Year Has PastNothing beats the summer breeze
The memories of the ones who leave
Lotus flowers smile at me
Saying this will pass, you’ll come to see
Walking in a forest with my shoes in my bag
Wishing I were leaving the town that I have
The year is almost over, and I’m still lying on the grass
The...
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Categories:
health, addiction, desire, goodbye, i
Form: Free verse
My worriesMy worries lies in the smiles I fake
The laughter that is inflicted with pain
The tears I hide
Words I choose not to say
Nights where sleep does not come easy
Days I wish to skip
Thoughts I dismiss
Actions I can’t explain
The anger that is filled within
Coupled with trauma , pain
Will I ever know peace?
Peace ?
That...
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Categories:
health, how i feel, mental
Form: Free verse
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