The memory of loss
alive in her cries
More despondent than sad
each flashback conscribes
What denial can’t lessen
or grief will abstain
Recalling the heartache
— reliving the pain
(Dreamsleep: April, 2026)
Bleeding Eternal
The human condition
flows through my pen
Not cherubs or tulips
or wistfulness then ...
Each word like a bullet
that strikes at the heart
To bleed there eternal
— with truth to impart
(Dreamsleep: April, 2026)
Lessen not bliss, as it in-pours
Offer no resistance
Watch how rapture pierces our pores
Vibrant’s our acceptance
A eureka moment
As we follow love’s scent
Heightens our bliss quotient
Nothing’s amiss
Lessen not bliss
03-July-2022
Quietus
You get on a train and search for a seat,
To take the pain away from your feet,
You couldn’t care less about whoever you nudge,
You find your rest and then begin to judge,
He’s a slob, they’re mad, he’s a bum, she drinks,
Shes a snob, he’s fat, they’re scum, he stinks,
But what if you stopped for a second and you saw them true,
That they’re not what you wreckoned, maybes no different than you,
Then take to rise and offer your place to someone in need,
Regardless of their size, class, age, race or creed,
Then when you eventually get home and at last you can relax in your chair,
The pain in your feet will soon go but never will the fact that you care.
Coming on Earth like we
Ending dead sea
A lessen for me
Vowels a and e!
Hummmm
A young active mind comes in ~
Instantly he's seen as disruptive ~
Maybe he has nudged others into awakening,
From their slumber with just a few quotes,,,,
Not much of interest in a loud - mouth, is there?
Unless you get buried in his eyes, or his quotes.
They stand out a mile, take them in, I most certainly did,
He held many truths in many ways of perception in his words.
Some I didn't necessary agree with, but, I listened anyway.
Lessons in humility being seeded here I did see...
"Make other people come to you; use bait if necessary"
"Win through your actions, never through argument."
"Always say less than necessary."
4/ 11/ 2013 Tursday 6pm
Teach
me
teach
me
how
to
speak
with
nuance
metaphor
that
flow
show
me
show
me
the
way
to
go
the
steps
to
take
a
route
I
know
release
in
me
what
I
See
let
me
be
new
and
free
in
thee
Can you give me a name
As I have lost mine
There is no-one to blame
It just happened with time
To heal all your troubles
You must keep yourself healthy
If you don’t it just doubles
Even if you are wealthy
We can teach quite a lesson
From all that we learn
And our troubles will lessen
If we get what we yearn
But I do have to say
Hold your head up and smile
It’s what I do to this day
And I do it with style
How can a person be inspired
When imagination must not disturb
The futile fight to get sums right
Or struggle to conjugate a verb?
Yet oh, to be an animal!
With warming fur instead of care
No academic epidemic
Dreamy days far from despair.
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