Happiness Health Poems

Heart of Gold

A heart of gold
Will melt in the fervent heat
Of scorn…in the fires
Of pride, where greed is born.


A heart of lead
Will be Heavy with...

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As I stand at the edge of a cliff I find myself terrified of an ugly truth staring me in the face.
To jump off this...

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I was handed a beautiful gift box
On my twentieth birthday. 
A bold scripted message was waving me to the right. 
It was beautiful!

The gift box...

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Impressive values,
like love,
claim resources that liberally breed
ecological
natural
physically happy health
and conservatively feed
emotional
spiritual
mentally glad wealth.

Oppressive disvalues
like homophobia and racism
and sexism and ageism
and ableism 
and monoculturing disregard
for threats...

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The rhythmic motion
Of an electric wind blows
drying my wet brows....

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When you are constantly giving
And someone is constantly taking
You have to ask yourself
How much do you give before it takes from you?...

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Back in the day,
before right hand
leftbrain dominance
became our mean girl
weaponized thing

Our bilaterally balanced grandmothers,
whether Eastern Taoists
or Western Animists
(and almost certainly both)
did not think to separate
Left...

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Diving into the quiet, I find myself
Standing still for just a moment
Open to all possibilities, dreams and hope
I never knew they were there

Possibilities exist for...

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Orange streaks fill the morning sky
Peeking through the clouds 
Your light shining on the horizon
I cannot think of a more heart-gratifying moment 
The poised expectancy...

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When I am feeling alone
I close my eyes
The world comes alive
No-one can hurt me 
I am safe

I can see the one I love
And taste her...

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Have you ever touched the universe
And felt its power course through your veins?
Felt the alleviation of all your pain?

Have you ever woken up in the...

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Joyful memories surface, every once in a while
Evidenced by bright eyes and a half formed smile

Catching special moments previously enjoyed
Helping to soften an ever increasing...

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     this moment
    a bard speaks
            on
...

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Ingredients:

~ A pint of stress
~A cup of anxiety 
~A tablespoon of guilt
~A pinch of regret
~A dash of hopelessness
~A sprinkle of self-doubt

Directions:

- Mix all the ingredients...

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                        The...

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