Introspection Life Poems

Life's Tempests

We ride the waves of innocence
on the ocean of The Now.
From the depths of dank
the evil stalks our bow.
It's little that we can do
to...

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The Beauty of the End, is, It's Beginning!
For Aspen never rise, till fire is still,
And all Endeavors, Loves, and Lives are Ash...
All that is product...

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Sweetheart Boy was a charmer, and he charmed Naïve Girl all the way to the altar.
Her parents were not fooled, they fold-armed sat, stoically, waiting...

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Act as if your actions matter
you have no idea
how much they really do

It’s a slippery slope
when you decide
you’re not worth
giving your best effort

You deserve
to get...

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Some people are bored.
I am not.
Some people live the same day every day.
I don’t.
Some people never change their opinions.
I do.
Some people have not picked up...

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I stare
one hand works
one broken
I have only one heart
it does not work
broken by yesterdays
now I am blind
in one eye
the other
stares at my hands

one hand works
one...

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In the sanctity of the night with the moon hovering above
Inspired by reverence for unearthliness and spirituality
A profound predilection for pious thought and brotherly love
Has...

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Him: There's this moment. Just a flash in a pan shaped Sun- eternally blazing. Refusing to explode.

His subconscious: You have experienced this before. It will...

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how thankful
i am
for the blessings
in my life
the many freedoms
i often take
for granted
mostly
the freedom
to direct my life
as i choose
it bearing no price tag
and in the long...

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I remember that night
It was a night like many others
The living room was still, dimly lit
The teal blue paint on the walls echoed serenity
 ...

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MY LIFE IN VERBS
by
 JOHN M. ARRIBAS





Nothing, Something Treading, Swimming, Navigating,  Vibrating, Penetrating, Dividing, Multiplying, Forming, Shaping, Moving, Kicking, Exiting, Crying, Breathing, Seeing, Sleeping,...

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IF

If you can help others fulfill their dreams
 And your heart ever seeks far greater Light
If you hold true, evade life tempting schemes
 And with...

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Sweeping out corners
Of memory’s attic, I
Rediscovered self;
Scrap-booked heaps of my life-tales;
Age has stolen so many....

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Being erudite-
doesn't make it right...

Being unbridled-
doesn't mean wild...

Being undone-
isn't much fun...

Being empathetic-
makes caring magnetic...

Being brave-
not for a knave...

Being just-
generates trust...

Being awake-
no one can fake...

Being kind-
good...

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The path to most resistance

Has been your kryptonite

Instead of letting go and letting him

Guide the ship

You veer off course

Trying to fight the entire world

While hiding...

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Color, miracle of light, never ending palette of energy; flood my  mind and wash away the gray abyss.

Paint my heart, red and gold; 
my...

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he made promises
he could not keep
forces stacked against him
unable to overcome
returning home
with defeat in his heart
claiming both prize and failure
closing the loop on
passion and sorrow
life...

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She says she
has no life regrets
I envy
Miss Cricket
yet I wonder how she's lived
this long without one?

I wonder
was it worth it all?
To go through
life without
learning anything...

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In hindsight
How trivial is all seems
The lofty standards
Perfection overpriced
That self-imposed stress
Crossing t’s and dotting i’s
In hindsight meaningless

The wasted opportunities
The constant judging
On lookout for improving
Feeling so...

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Life is beautiful heaven 
                    ...

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