All alone in the world
Things can only get better
Abandoned by family and friends
You will prevail in the end
Battle back and jump aboard
Place yourself in the hands of the Lord
He will guide and protect you
~ Select for you the perfect chord
Most of them call it a mistake
To go back to the one that I pushed away
But if 'the one' is really You,
I like to call it a leap of faith
It takes a leap of faith
To be faithful and sleep
Don't leap at any creep
Don't leap at someone cheap
A leap of faith I took
Left vows in Papa's "Book"
Forgot the vows I took
I took a second look
A leap without the "Book"
I crept...She slept...I wept!
A connection endures,
As it's host surrenders,
To the possibilities,
An infinite world before thee.
A projected reality,
From 2 eyes i see,
A life created for me,
Stemming from the energy.
Purposely full,
Of adversity,
Diversity,
A University of knowledge.
Taking you over the edge,
Earning the wisdom,
To inspire a kingdom,
Of loving participants.
Aware of their dance,
There is a better chance,
To feel the romance,
Within their own experience.
A leap of Faith,
Most are afraid to take,
Fear of creating a wake,
A war, So much more.
For Heavens sake,
Whats it going to take,
For the levies to break,
And retake the world you create.
A connection endures,
As it's host surrenders,
To the possibilities,
An infinite world before thee.
A projected reality,
From 2 eyes i see,
A life created for me,
Stemming from the energy.
Purposely full,
Of adversity,
Diversity,
A University of knowledge.
Taking you over the edge,
Earning the wisdom,
To inspire a kingdom,
Of loving participants.
Aware of their dance,
There is a better chance,
To feel the romance,
Within their own experience.
A leap of Faith,
Most are afraid to take,
Fear of creating a wake,
A war, So much more.
For Heavens sake,
Whats it going to take,
For the levies to break,
And retake the world you create.
Looking out
he took that step
intrepid
and risked it all
Faith to act
as his belay
one last piton
in the wall
Descent set free
in motion
a true heart
to guide him down
For love of life
and moments gone
belief once lost
—refound
(The New Room: December, 2023)
Follow me to a ledge inside my mind & observe
as I leap
Many are very close to the edge but scared to jump
because they're weak
Being afraid to fall isn't the problem, it's only natural
to fear the crash
When you reach the bottom, you see yourself staring
back from a looking glass
Throw all your caution to the wind & feel the air beneath
your wings
A cage bird is free within its mind & you can hear it
when it sings
There are many things to fear in life, but fear itself is the
only cause
Don't be afraid to grow for that stunts your growth &
amplifies all your flaws
Cause & effect is natures law so it must be treated
with respect
Once I was blind to mothers' rules, but now I see
in retrospect
Have faith in self & take the leap, you just may be
caught before you fall
Once you let go, you'll see the truth, there was nothing
to fear after all
Charming Ghost did not want to leave, so he stayed to play.
He got older and bigger and was alone at the end of each day.
His relatives all died, and left him behind, not knowing he was here.
Charming Ghost did not know to go into the light, I do fear.
Go into the light! His grandmother Ghost said from beyond the veil.
He heard her, but did not heed her, stuck around to shake and wail.
The people in the house thought he was their imagination at night.
They did not open up their hearts to him; they were not very bright.
Gargoyles and goblins moved to the white porch of the house.
They scared the tiny rat-like creatures voles, moles, rabbits and mice.
The garden was intact, no one bothered it at all thanks to their help.
They stayed out there and ate up everything from tomatoes to kelp.
One day a fine woman with a four-year-old son moved to this home.
He was in tune with spiritual beings, for he was a reincarnated gnome.
He encouraged Charming Ghost to take a faith leap into the light.
It was the last time the house was haunted, it was last Tuesday night.
I have sat here for long
Beside the burning stove, in the lingering smoke
Of the spices and heat
My face burns and my hand hurts
My eyes fill with tears
But I dare not
I dare not cross
The threshold
I was younger, much more beautiful
My hair of black, my skin - chestnut brown
But now it has scales
And the sparkle that I had in my eyes
Was slowly gone, vanished before I even knew
And now all they have is the steel of uncertainty
Death and pause.
I look at my image
Her eyes, her nose, her hair like mine
The same glow, sparkle and shine
And years from now
She will be let in a similar dysfunctional functionality
And her years and life
Will go down the loop
Of every day death and no new life.
But if we go
The brunt or the blow
I will have her killed
And die myself, never get off
The tide that will wash me
And drown me in a sea of wavering lows
I hand her some cash, a bread
And whatever little of the fire I had left
As she walked out of the brown wooden door
I stayed in
Awaiting worse,
But a future
For my daughter who today crossed that door.
Gentle wind kindled fire
stillness voice to admire
flute that rises the fear
pointing direction clear
inconceivable time
attractions in potion divine
loosing oneself in vision
ecstasies by decision
continuance uncertainties
life’s forever little legacies
faith that firms through trials
grace and its invisible smiles
if
jumping
knowing may
land you there you
might
03/31/2019
Light Up The Page 4 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May
I know
deep are the shadows
of darkness,
But let the night fall
and I will light
the candles of hope;
I know
lofty are the
ideals of aspirations,
But let me
dream a dream
and I will soar
on the wings of the will;
I know
It’s not easy
to let go of life,
But let death come
and one more star
will shine in the sky,
Somewhere a new flower
will bloom that spring.
~11/8/17
~Topic: HOPE
~Contest by Russell Sivey
Living in My Hometown,
Drama,
Fights,
Stress,
Even though it wasn't great everyday,
It will always be considered my family and home,
A man came along,
I followed my heart,
I took a big leap of faith,
I pray to god I'm still here,
Three planes,
Around sixteen hours later,
In my home now,
With my little girl,
Heart beat racing,
Tempers sometimes flare,
But it's a marriage,
Nothing to compare,
My leap of faith,
My path and journey I have chose,
God willing and the creeks don't rise,
I will be here another day,
My family here,
My family back home,
I believe and keep the faith,
Hoping I won't be one to die alone,
Make that leap of faith yours,
Take a chance,
Because tomorrow is never promised,
For the next round of the dance...
He jumped across the ravine
in a leap of faith
looking for redemption
his choices narrow
but he must leap or fall
opportunity knocked
He had to choose
where he was at
to where he was going
what was valued and what
was to be let go
all weighed heavily on the heart
Just like the leap across the ravine
he must take a leap in faith
That all will be and all will work
In his favor -- all he had to do
was believe and have faith in what
was to be and what was to come.
01/04/17
I walk and walk and walk
There comes a time a point
Of choice for stepping on to track
Or to continue on the path of Enlightenment
The self to open or the self to pack
With each having pots of promises
Yet Oh! The dilemma for the self
Was I a part or apart of the many
Was the time to decide
A part or apart without faith
Was said to be a faith part..
And I choose faith to open
And to walk out in the open
Part selfish part compassion
Were my tools to be sharpened
Time had its spontaneity
Tide had its Curiosity
And in between I had my duty
A duty full of Servitude
Little did matter careless attitude
The path was full of tests
Of survival and of crests
I ask myself often
How could I walk the length
Had it not been an invisible Gratitude........
And I walk And I Walk And I Walk..
SWANSH,,
Copyright@23/2/2015.
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