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Take a train across the country
To savor the landscape of waste
Green valleys and mountaintops
Sinking in airy blankets of puffy clouds
And snake-like rivers lazy winding
Through the surface of terrains
Providing earthly blood-water
Through the veins of canyons
To the abundance of life thriving
In paradise of living wild earth
It is amazing sensual experience
While you think it is just a trip
Across the country riding a train
You are not aware that you just
Have boarded the time machine
You thought the time is uniform
But Einstein is grinning at you
And the train proves you wrong
Einstein used you to make his point
That time succumbs to speed and
Transforming into the fabric of cosmos
Becoming mythical time of relativity
While still running in one direction
For you who oblivious sit on the train
But being perceived in a different way
By standing on the platform Einstein
Who keeps a devilish smile on his face
I feel so weird. lost confused. it feels like a bad dream like I got punched really hard in the stomach.breathless.dizzy.nauseous..like I can just stare without thought reason or rhyme.feel like I'm trapped inside of a maze with spectators mocking my every move.like when I was a kid and my best friend moved all the way across the country.there was so much I wanted to tell you and the words are just vanishing without site..and when I look knowing you're not there I still see your big beautiful eyes staring into mine knowing when I tell you something that you fully listen and I always anticipate your response. and now it's all gone your arms around me just fall apart...everything inside me just falls apart and all I wanted was to be with you again just to hold you like a doll that's all I want...I was so happy that I finally met somebody that understands me and I to you...all that's left in me is a heart filled with joy, , captivated bliss,, unconditional love,, in moments of pure levity because inside me all of me I can only be very grateful and fortunate having you in my life in the joy you brought me the strength you gave me in the hope that pushed me towards achieving the goals that I had set forth.. you are so great and so wonderful..this time ahead of you that you say you have to work on yourself, you do just that because the world doesn't know what it has waiting for it~ the essence that is you
How innocent can we begin?
How icy cold can we get?
Thousands of miles away
Yet my story remained static
As I lit a fire up in the night
I set fire to my foes
A true monster hunter
With a heavy load to bear
And as we fell deeper into despair
And grew stronger as a team
I reached out for a sign
That never came to be
I left my teenage years behind me
And emerged lonelier than I'd ever been
The world began to slow
And the end loomed near
The guillotine fell
And severed all we believed in
I gripped onto the idea of hope
Though the rope sliced into my hand
The world slowed down
As I watched my past repeat
You flew across the country
As disease claimed my friend
The summer sun shone eternal
As we embraced the time we had
Cool waves against warm air
As we burnt ourselves against each other
I took my first steps in a strange land
The nights were lonelier than ever before
The days passed completely alone
And I found solace in an old habit
Summer's last onslaught of heat
Drenched my clothes as I carved my path
A sea of wyverns cast its waves upon my shore
And I let my socks get soaked
I severed my past for a new future
I'd truly thought it was correct
I lost out to lust one last time
Before I let the reaper make his call
As regret washed over my sands
I chose to fight the best I could
But the world of autumn colors before me
Fell victim to complete gray in time
I'm spiraling through turbulent winds
And stealing each moment I can in the candlelight
I'm clamoring to rebuild what I destroyed
In the hopes that an answer will become clear
“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Treasured moments, spent shopping with Mama,
Buying school clothes, notebooks, pens - such drama,
All the little things that invite autumn dreams I conceive,
Little things – vibrant leaves and shadows of make believe,
Remembering the times I wore my heart on my sleeve.
Embracing friendships, going to school is a child’s gripe,
Season of pleasantness, songs so gentle, autumn’s ripe
Southern grace, falling quiet across the country, entrancing
Breathing hope into the silence, while winds play – dancing
Inviting my soul to waltz – swirling, swaying, chancing.
Hesitant words fall like pebbles, a gravely mix of knowing
Delicious harvest – apples, grapes, all the wonderful flowing,
Exhilarating as the chestnuts baking, the cider warming,
Pumpkin spice, cinnamon delights, falling leaves, transforming,
rustling in the brisk breeze, abiding, life storming,
Beneath the music of mellow heartbeats, conforming.
While the summer reaches quietly – it’s all in God’s hands
Flinging beach trips and breathless colors of pastel sands,
Autumn bleeds her gentling through my spirit, anew,
Singing of a lingering honesty, the feelings so alive, so true,
Whispering – it’s finally time, back to school…. How summer flew!
We have a pair of eagles who, from their nearby nest travel to a tall power pole upon which they like to rest.
We like to greet them when our paths cross…wondering how much they understand
as they soar across the heavens or perch high above the land.
I like to bring my binoculars in case we run across them high atop their nook…
so I can zero in on the two of them and get a closer look.
The founding fathers admired eagles for their freedom, their strength, their courage and they were indigenous to North America too…which is why the eagle has been a symbol of our country since 1782.
(Hmmmm…freedom, strength, courage and to North America indigenous and connected…seems to me we already had symbol our founding fathers would have been wise to have selected.)
I like to think our founding fathers hoped each generation would work to improve our freedoms…before they slipped into the past…so the next generation and the next and the next would have more freedoms than the last.
But that is never how it worked…freedom for everyone will never come into play…when those in power use their power to take freedoms away.
Here in Florida and many other states all across this land… laws are being passed to ostracize and oppress people…history and books are being banned…
Yes, a wave of evil is sweeping across the country
freedoms are being stolen…from you…and you…and me
which means when our paths cross with the eagles
this is what I see…
I see two eagles…two symbols of America
who from their perch are witnessing America’s freedoms dying…
and as I zero in for a closer look….
I see two eagles crying.
Inspired by Kevin and Sophie's love story in a show. Heartbreaking and moving.
I thought, and you thought
By Michelle Morris
25/02/2024
I wanted you to see me
Like you see the world through your lens
I wanted to be included
In the joy that your creativity brings
You wanted me to join you
Leave my life to meld with yours
Fly across the country
Leave behind my family and cords
I thought you were excluding me
That I wasn't exciting enough
And when I found out you cheated on me
You broke my heart and my trust
You thought I wasn't supportive of you
That I didn't believe in your dreams
You thought I didn't think you'd make it
Have a future as a photographic genius
I thought, and you thought
And yet somehow we didn't trust our feelings
We tamped down our deepest emotions
And didn't communicate our secrets
I thought, and you thought
Maybe it was just too much for this love
Because truth and respect and loyalty
Deserve more than lip service and ego
I wanted you to see me
You wanted me to support you
Round and round our inner dialogue coursed
Instead we chose to ignore it
I moved on to a new life
You moved on to yours
Like star-crossed lover tales
Forever from afar adored
Maybe when we're older
We'll look back with wisdom and light
Forgiveness of betrayal and sadness
A second chance to make things right
© Michelle Morris, 2024
5/17/22
Always they scheme
And obsess over memes
Opportunity is there and then it melts like ice cream
I haven't been getting closer to my dreams
Crossed many streams
Climbed a mountain top so I could scream
As well as let off steam
Then I went to the extreme
In order to overthrow those that claim to be
The ones that reign supreme
These days it's all the same to me
Obsessed with those on a throne
Time has shown
People often drone
Being the first to throw a stone
Yet only made of flesh, blood and bone
Let it be known
Worldwide, not just in a peculiar zone
It's the lamest
They remain fixed
Still on the same
F*** all y'all racists and rapists
Soon an acid rain hits
Never will be able to tame this
You do or don't get the main gist
Highly dangerous
One of the strangest
A life rife with torment and anguish
Find out if it's true
Finish you
While barehanded or with chemical agents
So that you vanquish
It's honestly
Just another cacophony
Stepping cautiously
Something is off to me
Often the subject is touchy
Why must we
Constantly dispute across the country
I got my hands bloody
Dug deep getting muddy
Lost several buddies
Continued to study
Very far from happy-go-lucky
Always in my own world, like it's just me
Sometimes it turned funky
Then nutty
And ugly
Once in a while I ate Barramundi
Nearly every day I traveled a road that was bumpy
Remained in a coventry
With animals as my only company
Including bumblebees
Suddenly
It all changed by those partaking in gluttony
Caught up on always pulling strings and puppetry
A cycle of redundancy
I turn on the TV and what do I see
Another unarmed teen
Shot dead in the street
When I see this
Really what's on my mind
Is the way
This has all been done
By design
All the hatred being spread
Across the country worldwide
Now it's out in the open
At one time they would hide
Families split at the border
The mention of the wall
Economic collapse
And the dollar still falls
Martial law on its way
It's coming just wait
As they continue to promote
Nothing but hate hate hate
U can say what u want
But I speak what I see
But what i see is injustice
For him them and me
It's the haves and have nots
If u have not then u screwed
Get pushed to the side
And treated so rude
The police the new Klan
Yea I said it so what
Everything nowadays
Is just so corrupt
All our freedoms at stake
If we don't stick together
So don't just take it lightly
Another storm we must weather
he spoke of his wishes not for these masses of gathered people not o like him.
he wished hthem to boo and jeer him.
he saw fit to be unloved and less desired.
they spoke ill of him and boo'd him as he wished them to.
he performed to the best of his abilities and used underhanded tactics to ac`heive victory.
he stood before them and bragged.
he boosted and made the people not like him, some saw his ability as great and respected his effords: but they looked at him for being in opposites of what they beleived to be right.
he became champion weeks later, and some of those who had a position against him, gathered fans
to support their effords to dethrone him.
this happened while the owners and operater and those who had interest in the business side of this feild, wanted to recreate fans interest.
they saw an opputrtunity to uni`te different factions from across the country and in different regions to gain support of a unified champion who would be a traveling champion above each indidvdaul champion, so that when the champion visited towns the attendance would increase from the interest of the `fans.
the person the shhady charcter we spoke of in this mentioning was a member of those reknowned followings who supported big events in large venues, and trophy prizes for grapplers effords.
he became a memebr of Union Seventy Six
the group that made events with champions to create the " obove all' competition that gave struggling companies the oppurtunites for their champions to compete in front of larger audeinces to increase profits for the atheles.
the rich guys laughed and refused to support these effords.
but when they saw how successful these effords were they came to one event in the mid west.
it was in a bean feild.. they had a make shift tent with a roof, tbey used 50 gallon barrel with campfires to heat the place.
they had foodtrucks and concession stands and portable toilets.
a pbs camera crew followed these peoople creating interest for the richer guys.
he uses a quartet and lyre to make music for his ring entrance!
Dedication to Service
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant, whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many. Matthew 20:26-28
Today’s lesson on serving others can be found in the life of St. Katherine Drexel
Born into one of the wealthiest U.S. families of the 19th century
She could have lived an extravagant life inside the world of rich and famous
The young heirness might have chosen to be a chief benefactor parsing out
Sizable donations to good causes
Yet her understanding of the Good News led to a different choice
St. Katherine dedicated her life to helping those most in need
Her outreach stretched across the country as she embraced the mission of education
Most notably building schools for impoverished African American children
We are each born into different circumstances with variety of gifts
Most of us are not wealthy
yet we have an equal opportunity to live out this lesson of service to others.