Wolves
Tell the sheep:
You don’t see us
Our teeth our hunger our own pain
You won’t see what we must do
To you
You see life and love through the lense
Of human beings
Oh how sweet
How touching
Friends and neighbors
We see you
Through what we want
Your wool your blurry vision
Your care for the Lamb
It’d be best if the world went dark
The last light
Doused
By us for you
Make you blind and bleating
Then what will you do
But worship us?
Picture this
A perfect portrait of what could be
A snap shot in time
A memory frozen in warmth
A flash of serenity
If I could hold every second in this camera of love
Would it be blurry or undeveloped
Could it be a work of art
Could it take me away
Pictures of the past still grey
Glimpses unsteady because of a fearful hand
No film to devolp when it stays hidden
Backgrounds of what love use to be cloud my judgement
Try to crop it try to block out the pain
But it never seems to be what it needs to be
The lense I look through is always cracked
Always broken from me
Peices of a heart broken in shreds
If I took a picture of what has become
The shot continues to fade with each year
I just need a digtal print where I have moved past
What the zoom distorts and clearly see
everything this tripod of life can hold for me.
Are you having a Mid-Life Awakening?
So many versions of you over time...
Who do you take with you...
Who do you leave behind?
Some who lived, all who survived.
Someone's emerging but they're timid.
Someone old, but new?
It's confusing isn't it... Emerging as the combined and full you.
The one who also made choices that affected others.
The one who's life was often other's collateral damage.
Overlapping realities, do we keep blaming...? Hiding under the covers.
Can we focus our lense, onto ourselves now?
It's okay to be more than you ever could've perceived...
Comprehended even... And to still be a person who has Human needs.
While we awaken to our strengths, let's awaken to our weaknesses...
Let's welcome and make home to being born again without any external forces,
validation or social media butt kisses.
Welcome home, Dear Friend... A young you is proud.
Time to remove yourself from the crowd.
Just briefly, to understand there is a crowd of you within...
Let's sit with them, make home with them and work out who's to walk with you from
now on... And who's to be here with you, to live.
Celebrate
Clap clap
Standing ovation
Look at what God is placing
Placing you in positions
With people who have similar visions
Visions to look through the lense
Let the positive ?? energy begin
Celebrating whether its something big or something small
It's time to celebrate it all
Celebrate
It's your time
To take , A step
To really applaud yourself
(Repeat1x)
You get up everyday
Put on your clothes
And then you step out the door
Do you know
What you hold
You hold the control
The control of your day
You can stop, rewind,fast forward or replay
Look at you
You doing great
No matter whats on your plate
Appreciate
Elevation and all of the dedication
Clap your hands
It's not to late
For you to celebrate
Celebrate
It's your time
To take , A step
To really applaud yourself
(Repeat 1x)
Celebrate big or small
You really deserve it all
(Repeat 1x)
Celebrate
It's your time
To take , A step
To really applaud yourself
(Repeat until chorus fades)
Written: by Concetta Hardnett
1/1/2026
Ever sat there, looking at a pretty lady,
Your brain is amazed,
How can they be that perfect,
But then…turns out,
They aren’t perfect
Insecurities overshadow their beauty,
They have a bad trait,
Or they struggle to make converstsions,
…they are rude,
Or they are just normal people
…
Your brain wanders again,
How can they be normal when their skin texture is that perfect,
How can they be normal when every boy turns to look at them when they pass,
But still they are normal
…
Then my brain wonders again,
Maybe they do not think I am normal,
Maybe they think I am better than them
Even with my tall statue,
Even with my long feet,
Even with my near-deep voice,
Even with my belly pouch,
To them I am perfect,
Like how perfect I see them.
…
My brain relaxes,
Because now I see myself in a lense with no low self esteem,
I see others in a lens with no prejudice,
Maybe that is how we are supposed to live,
YOU, ME AND ALL OF US.
Becca>>>
after Alone, by Edgar Allan Poe
We understand you Poe,
You saw the world through a darkened
lense-- The passions you sought
were from a spring that was filled
with pleasures most twee--- One's
sorrow is uniquely painful from
another's, don't fret now Poe, for there is
worse to come-- That is not true
Poe for the Ravens who know you won't
let you love alone-- No one is
there to prepare you from the storm
of grief --But, the Ravens here
wish to bring you the joy of a little
peace-- the buzz of a bumblebee, the
soft hills that surround the
cliffs of the mountain-- the light
patter of rain before a downpour
so mighty-- Poe forget not, after
the trees have shed their leaves and
a silver glow fills the sky-- the dawn
of spring lurks 'round the corner too--
with its lighter rays that look so
ancient and cool-- The murder
says the blue you see is merely
a coating of deceit --- To hide
our clouds and the thunder that
shakes us-- Don't worry about the
cloud-- For the demon in your view
was but an angel in another form.
Your Sorrow is a story
That follows a hidden path
Mountains of accomplishments
But stuck living in the past
Her voice of silence says more
Then the words made from sound
Like lightning that hits a tree
It's the thunder that shakes the ground
Eyes that hold the secrets
And a soul held back by chains
Love is the key
But the mind plays a dangerous game
Yes your path is hidden
Your sorrow may lead the way
Your future is uncertain
Just smile, it'll be ok
Your eyes do tell the story
A universe rolled up in gems
Heartache in every corner
True beauty stuck within
I know your voice is silent
I feel your quivering pain
I wish I could take it from you
So you knew what you had to gain
A love you've never seen
Emotions locked away
A life you thought not possible
With an ending much the same
Love is the key
The heart can be the lense
The mind will always be the perception
But it doesn't have to win.
R.K.H
Spring is when the earth gives birth to new life
of all forms when flowers errupt from the soil
and trees bud with new life and new babies
are born to creatures of all kinds
Looking through the lense of love to a fresh,
new season will reveal hope in the form of new life
I see it everyday,
but it isn't often
that I feel it
God is on the
move, he is
doing great things
In the lives of
others AND in
my life
It is harder to
see blessings
when you are weary
But that is when
you need to be
watching carefully
Because they are
definitely there, if you
open your eyes
I see it through
the discouragement
and pain of my life
I see it through
the lense of an mother
praying on the sidelines
I see it through a
person who works with
those in pain every day
God is on the move
and I see him doing
great things!
Those are crucial moments
When the intensity rises
When you don’t know
If tomorrow dies
Or you rise
I can see myself calling for shelter
I can see myself greeting the new morning
I know we might loose it all
Or win this last battle
I wish, so siege is the only option
Because loosing the fight
Is not solving the problem
I always fantasised about oh so many mornings
About oh so many longings
You might see me as one of many
And we are strong enough to conquer
The hearts of the psychopaths
The hearts of those old people
I am not saying this was foreseen
There simply is no other way
And to renew this world
There is no alternative
Than to paint it all in colourful colours
To see each and every detail
Through the lense of our knowledge
Of our wisdom
Of our hearts
We are far too many
To loose this fight
One unbiased through a lense seen clear
Objectively,subjectively unvarnished in form
No quantum entanglements at all devoid of expectation
Free flowing electrons prism like in possibility
The other a one eighty of the above
Oh captain, my captain,
you said Carpe Diem
go out and seize the day;
Lead with only your heart,
rule makers have no say;
Oh captain, my captain,
I know I must just feel
to find my truth’s compass;
My soul is a wild horse,
I’ll not wear a harness;
Oh captain, my captain,
I’m such a romantic;
A filtered heart shaped lense
gives prose tinted glasses;
Does love ever make sense?
How do you view the world ?
Is your sight through eyes of your own ?
Does the vision come by clear and sober ?
Or is it cluttered, needing sharpened & honed ?
How much of your view is obstructed ?
Is your viewpoint elevated and clear ?
Or is the field of view constantly interrupted ?
By a mass of hysteria that's near ?
Are you able to bring your sights in better focus ?
Or does it remain blurred, beyond your control ?
Do you believe you have the best optics ?
Or has your lense now corrupted your soul ?
Real recognize real
While I walk through the seasons of life
I meet alot of souls along the way
Some was nice
Some was wrong
Some was good
Alot was bad
Some was intimidating
Some was just friends
Alot was selfish
Too many was greedy
Despite all I meet on this Journey
There was the little few
Whose personality were beyond words cos
Real recognize real
Real recognize real
All I needed was what money can't buy
I don't ask for your ego or your level
I just wanted realness
No faking around
Life is short and I got no time
To retain it shorter than supposed
So I seek for my kind
They are not easy to come by
They are not everywhere
They are few who wear the lense of nature
They are not common
And when ever I find one
We connect so deeply
So happy with warming heart
We dont need money to stay in connected
Cos is not easy to come across realness
No wonder
Real recognize real
Big Deal
Own it , control it
Don't hold it
Hold it all in
You were meant to win ??
Life throws all kinds of challenges
Know that you can manage
Manage
Take control
Don't fold
Just hold
Hold on
It's coming
All that you ask for
So much in store
You will get
Don't live life with regrets
Do what you feel
You are a big deal
Big Deal
Big Goals
God plans
He's in control
(Repeat 1x)
Stand on what's right
Don't get blinded
Lose your sight
Get a new pair of lense
That's where the faith begins
Faith is believing in the unbelievable
Achieving the unachievable
It's real
With God
We leveled up such a big deal
His blessings for you are sealed
Ready to be open
Constant praise and devotion
No body has to understand
You see God said when others doubted you couldn't
He would show you that you can !!!
Big Deal
Big Goals
God plans
He's in control
(Repeat 1x)
I'm a big deal
That I know
Standing on it for sho
(,Repeat 1×)
Big Deal
Big Goals
God plans
He's in control
(Repeat 1x)
Repeat until chorus fades
Written by Concetta Hardnett
09/16/2023
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