Long Self acceptance Poems

Long in the tooth male doth recount, reflect, reimagine...
his woebegone damn dental daze today May 5th, 2021 

No particular rhyme nor reason
garden variety indentured flunky (me)
revisits his salmagundi salad days, 
when oral blight smote 
left...

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Back approximately half my life ago
dissociative disorder 
if qualified to self diagnose 
mein kampf psychological state...

I lacked emotions where others concerned.

That refrain replayed itself,
when wife picked up 
(like a broken record), 
where parents left off
before...

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From learning the abc’s, to count from 1 to 3 your favorite uncle singing the twelve days of Christmas, the particular line a partridge in a pear tree. Innocent thoughts, learning how to walk, things...

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*** Lunacy Loo Flies ***


Beauuty, in a creature from
Among the most high;
In rythmic song while in her flight 
Witnessng the realities and fancies
Circling the clouds — 
Proud of her ancient, legendary form, gone

lost into that...

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Hindsight always equals 20/20

Acuity absent amidst domestic turmoil,
passage of time nsync with diminished
pitched family emotional battles relieves
blinded insight allowing, enabling, and
providing painful awareness incumbent

to mourn the absent paternal maturity, I
reach out with genuine non petty...

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“I Am as I Am complete
Though ego opines otherwise
Invoking grace we feel God’s heartbeat 
What else does there remain for us to realise” Unseeking Seeker

When the sun and soul  
speak in seraphic silence,  
I...

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The mirror reflects a lifetime etched upon my skin; a canvas of stories whispered through maturity. I stand before it, middle-aged and exposed, my nakedness laid bare. My image holds no judgment, only truth—an unyielding...

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John Keats - I continue to adore Keats's lush, sensuous language and his odes to beauty, nature, and love, which can deeply resonate with some of my own poetry's yearning and delicacy.

Emily Dickinson - Dickinson's...

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a flustered tango of Gypsy moths 
drumming the porchlight; chalk artists; 
the endemic disappearance of farms—silos lost 
in unkempt fields;  space stations; the sunlit-scent of lemon 
oil on cherry wood; birth; the chasm between...

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Once upon a time there never was an Ego
For it was alive by the breath of wishes of those who were suffocating from it
I carried the cross for being egoist
Had my hands nailed, had myself...

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Sometimes when I think of you, I think of how much I’m like you. 

It’s ironic because I spent so much of my life thinking how different, how far apart we were. For some reason,...

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My secrets cry out in the silence of the night,
I have no need for a tongue to voice them,
My heart is an open temple,
My doors, wide portals.
An epic of deep gazes,
My love, without mask or...

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aye savor the faire genetic blueprint 
   extant unique to each of us 
   with this quite alimentary aire 
   including (that almighty, 
   bottom, cushiony, dimpled,...

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I Believe

I believe in the teachings of Jesus
and the power of loving my neighbor.
I see us all as children of God—
my Creator, the Source of all life.

But I don’t confine my faith to a single...

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This is for anyone who was ever rejected by their family. It is a deep wound and it's challenging to overcome. But healing is a process and you are loved and cared for by God...

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Yesterday, a weight of mind, derived by thought, delivered in chain
Imagined pressure through cranial consumption of societal norms
These weights do not weigh a pound, nor make a sound
Yet, we feel heavier by day.
Memories and angst,...

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Is the unknown always concealed by the dark, I wonder
What if the unknown has been basking in the light all along 
Hiding in plain sight while we make deals with fear to try and reach...

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Be the hero of your own story
By Michelle Morris
02/07/2022

Be the hero of your own story
Forget expecting someone to step in
You are strong and you can do it
Don't let fear stand in your way

You've survived every...

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Though afflicted with severe 
panic/anxiety attacks 
suffering became manifest destiny 
for decades housed née sequestered 
in abominable barracks
(one common joe biden his time)
made debut during prepubescence, 
ambivalent toward and quite lax
concerning mien kampf, 
when adolescent/puberty...

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Acknowledgement of God is step number one.
Knowing oneself, strength and weakness won.
Inspection by the soul of thoughts concealed,
A truthful inward view at last, revealed.

Acceptance is a skill that improves one’s life.
Whether for yourself or someone...

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Written: January 15, 2024
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Fiction, factuality, and fetching flavors.
Tangible, practical, natural perspective.
Can a warm impression be desirable?
To witness connect, and wonder.
It's heartfelt but delusional.
delight,...

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Our true love story 
By Michelle Morris
22/12/2023

You can meet someone
And they might be the perfect person for you
But more often than not
True love will require work and truth

That you're both authentic
And secure in your own...

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here are the words, remember them, remember us, and we will remember you
 
lady sovereignty, hear me
help me to live honestly
guide me and my inner me
restore my feet and lead me
across clear and feathered fields
toward...

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Written: August 31, 2023
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With your feet rooted deep in the earth,
And your mind soaring high into rebirth
Claim your excellence, embrace your worth,
Subsume the duality that governs your mirth. 
 
For it is in acknowledging both...

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The bricks used to build a wall were generational vices
   intentionally or unintentionally you're here to destroy it
  bricks of shame, guilt, humiliation, addiction, fear, 
   doubt, self-hate, abandonment, and...

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