Nothing goes for nothing
Something goes for something
For you to receive, you have to give
I hope you all understand this
So you can live at ease
Let go of what's not nourishing
So you don't perish
Make way for what is replenishing
So you can flourish.
Let go of the old
So you can welcome something new
They said the kingdom of God is within
Even worms eat kola from within
Some are friendenemies
You got to change your circle
Or you recycle giving same results
May cause you insults.
You gotta live with discernment
Just to fulfill your assignment
Steadily observing before taking actions
If you don't stand up for something
Then you'll die for nothing
Every man an essence
Either you emerge for a purpose
Or you die for it
Because we all got our reasoning and beliefs.
the floorboard that gasps when stepped on
the blue bulb pulsing in an amber-lit room
the coffee stain colonizing your blue shirt—
some days, we’re nothing but
a tiny inconvenience
sharpen a pencil too far—it snaps
gargled too long, you swallow by accident
sending flowers too early—
some days, we’re nothing but
the clock that limps or leaps
some days, we are
the red shirt always missing—
until we bleed into everything
I've been in a city
In this city
They won't let you grow
Even when it's your time to flow
They're always against your glow
Steadily wanna make you slow
Always wanna keep you low.
People ride against good
Then protect wrongs
Feeling stronger
By hurting another
Laughing and bullying
Taking advantage
Whosoever is simple and live with humility.
The less privilege
Their preys
Steadily taking advantage
Of the poor and powerless
They Wanna be God
They're so ruthless
Even when them got weaknesses.
This house is crowded
I've run out of space for my bones
The way the passage of time is etched into my skin
I've lived an eternity in a year
All the rooms are packed with memory
Once my heart was on fire
I left thoughts like ashes and dust to the cracks they're settling in
Growing tired of my world burning down in front me
I decided to become the flames
There is a special place inside you
Where the heart speaks tender words
Dear friend if you fear you cannot write
Remember there is nothing more perfect
or beautiful than the natural melody and
rhythm of the soul when it speaks.
I Pray that all of us can look deep,
within our memories of family and loved ones,
remember those beautiful moments shared
those growing times of love.
I fear we may forget them if we never rekindle
and stir those choice moments within.
Write your testimony of them
and let your heart guide your way.
Make your journal and grant yourself
the sustinence your Father in Heaven
seeks for you.
These moments will give you courage having earned
in times of your afflictions.
Keep them close to you by your bedside.
A story of success and virtue, a story of reality,
special by you.
Free, we say
For we can loot
From our states' coffers
Just to fall prey of their offers
Free, we say
For we can divide ourselves
Through invisible ethnic lines
Evidently a theatre for their muse
Free, we say
For we deceive ourselves
That our leaders we select
Do we know the inside of ballot boxes?
Free, we say
Yet in their pockets
We graze, their eternal puppets
What makes us free?
Our happiness they determine
Plan how we breathe
Being led by a white cane
For through their eyes we see.
Nobody's perfect but I'm pretty close
Don't usually brag about my prowess
But sometimes I just get so overwhelmed
My enthusiasm for me is boundless
You may be annoyed by my constant bragging
But when you're as perfect as me
It's almost impossible to let it go unnoticed
Must share my perfection with thee
It's sure not all fun and games living up to
Such standards I've set for me
Got no one to blame but my own desires
For impressing all you ladies, indeed
Afflicted by charm and stunning good looks
All my life, it's been quite a struggle
Living up to the standards I've set for myself
But I've really tried to stay humble
I am what I am, there's no changing now
I've learned to live with perfection
Not everyone's able to handle such a burden
It's a serious incurable infection
(WHAAAAAT?)
Nobody's perfect but I'm pretty close
Don't usually brag about my prowess
But sometimes I just get so overwhelmed
My enthusiasm for me is boundless
You may be annoyed by my constant bragging
But when you're as perfect as me
It's almost impossible to let it go unnoticed
Must share my perfection with thee
It's sure not all fun and games living up to
Such standards I've set for me
Got no one to blame but my own desires
For impressing all you ladies, indeed
Afflicted by charm and stunning good looks
All my life, it's been quite a struggle
Living up to the standards I've set for myself
But I've really tried to stay humble
I am what I am, there's no changing now
I've learned to live with perfection
Not everyone's able to handle such a burden
It's a serious incurable infection
(WHAAAAAT?)
8/23/2023
~Live life with people~not on a keyboard~
there were yellow cats in Willow's sinks, gray cats on the stairs
Cats in the kitchen, next to the frig, you were caught unawares
kittens in the pantry, an old gray tom on the stove.
they spilled out of the windows into the large apple grove.
how can you live with all of these creatures? her mother said.
An withered old hair-sparse tabby hissed at the woman’s head.
Her daughter laughed and said “Don’t mind old Red.”
Then she began opening tin cans, for she kept her creatures fed.
They ran in from the stable, they ran in from the barn.
Hearing that tin open, brought them in from balls of yarn.
They fought and spit and snarled as they fought over their cat food.
Putting Willow's outraged mother into a worse more angry mood.
If someone tells me stuff I would rather not know about,
I can not unknow what it is about,
Others seem to have no trouble forgetting what it is about,
And denying any knowledge about,
With not even a passing thought about,
What to do about what they should not know about,
And would rather not know about.
That leaves people cursed like me looking to see if there is a whistle about,
That can be blown when nobody else is about.
I wanna live with you Only
I wanna live with you Only
Wanna sing the songs of trust with you only
Wanna hear the cries of birds in skies with you only
Wanna stroll with you in the hot sand of Florida with you only
Wanna smile with you on track breaks with you only
Wanna cry in your bossum when my boss insults with you only
Wanna fly around the countryside with you only
Wanna eat the fresh produce of new season with you only
Wanna see the new movies on each Friday's with you only
Wanna have coffee on Mr beans restaurant with you only
Wanna cry over my spilled coke on my shirt with you only
Wanna call you from my office from a busy day You only
Jazz fingers snapping
Jazz wants to live
Live in the moment
live in tranquility
Tranquility is home
Tranquility doesn't break
Break chains
Break free
Free spirits dancing
Free love enhancing
Enhancing change
Enhancing man
Man equal power
Man of equal strength
Strength in numbers
Strength to carry on
On mountaintops
On fighting wars
Wars on the minds
Wars on the hearts
Hearts is not a game
Hearts heal the land
Land of wolves
Land of peace
Peace be with God
Peace be with you
You need to live
You need to fly
Fly to a different world
Fly jazz
Jazz kisses hearts
Jazz is good with your coffee
Coffee warms the soul
Coffee takes the stress out
Out for stability
Out for the blues
Blues is a symbol of madness
Blues has no inventor
Inventor of beauty
Inventor of the galaxies
Galaxies are instruments
Galaxies tell stories
Stories about angels
Stories about adventures
Adventures bend the minds
Adventures create possibilities
Possibilities to breathe
Possibilities to dream
Dream
Breath
An action to fight the virus
After a long long war
Maybe is to live with it
Some people invoke our interest in
Living with the virus
Before something else besides SOP
Can be done
Just like you live with your loved ones
Although they are not perfect
Just like you have to face your enemies before
They repent and renew themselves
God love everyone and He has given him
The right to have the best choice
And to every choice
There is a consequence
Is it possible to live
in this world without pain...!?
Painlessly...!?
No... but we can
build fortresses
with pure feelings
to understand and learn
the need for learning...
learn to accept and have power
to mitigate this pain while we live
because everything belongs
to the whole of what life is,
and live together.
it's needed...
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