Long Sense of belonging Poems

Gratitude
A co-empathic sense of trust,
awe,
appreciation of echo-resonant
deep-listening resolutions,
trusted truth in beauty life
together,
better than failing apart.

A resilient sense of belonging 
beyond vulnerable longing for gratitude 

autumnal taproot harvesting spring's irrepressible hope,
just as summer's nutritional body maturation
predicts...

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 A sense of belonging 
Is amongst your nobility
Peaceably, truly longing
To give praise to You entirely

Take me all the way with your sway of youth
Give me physical poetry, please, beyond the truth
You are more priceless...

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I'm such a drama king
What kind of happiness can I bring
At the dinner table? Would they place a label on me?
I'm like a dysfunctional cable box...a beat-up TV 

Pre-chorus: I promise I'll be okay
I just...

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Hours and hours of wasting time has escalated my anxieties…
I'm sorry, God, I'm addicted to so many bad behaviors…
Powers enlighten my mindset, and flowers make me feel at ease
Dementia kicking in as I procrastinate and...

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Eternal love is what you give me weekly…and, honestly, you put me on Cloud 9 naturally
Vivacious, vibrant California sun’s heat makes me sweat, so I put on the AC in your Mercedes Benz car –...

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I’ve lost my darksome heart in the rivers of dimensions long ago..oh so long ago...
I’ve lost my lonesome soul in the waves of oblivion
You’ve given me wretched woe, but I still love you deep down...

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I’m daydreaming inside my car...Looking out the window in a lackadaisical daze...
I’m wandering inside my weary head...longing to get godly praise in many ways
I’m whispering to myself that I need comfort as we go far...

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Yes it's true that I have by-gone friends that I once knew.
                       ...

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Further post-millennial dialogue with Abraham Heschel:

"The problem of our youth is not youth.
The problem is the [learning] spirit of our age:
denial of transcendence [in our homes and schools],
the vapidity of [learning] values,
[competing] emptiness in the...

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Sanity is so far from my reach...I just want to sink it down into Havasu’s lake beach...I beseech a sense of belonging in my speech...
Isolated in my overwhelming lonesomeness...left behind again and again and I’m...

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#IT'S  QUITE THE HONOR...
TO BE A RESIDENT OF THIS TOWN!
KINGS AND QUEENS, A.K.A.
"EMBRACING BEINGS"
WALKING, TALKING, VIBRATING...
FEET FIRMLY HOLDING GROUND!

"STERLING SILVER!"
"STERLING SILVER!"
"SPARKLING STUPENDOUS SENSATIONAL 
SUPER SPECIAL SPECKS..."

OH HOW IT REFLECTS!!!!
{SUCH LUMINOUS LIGHT}
ALL NATURAL, A TRUE...

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After the rain, 
the Sun will rise again
we have been in darkness since they arrived
in their caravan of dreams with empty promises of change, 
and constructive untruths, with which they tricked us to abandon our...

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*"Love's Rare Gift"*

In the tapestry of life, where hearts entwine,
A treasure rare, is love's divine.
Genuine and true, it shines like a beacon bright,
Warming our souls, with its gentle light.

Being loved, is a feeling sublime,
A sense...

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part 25

there is enough pretense to deal with
when the future delivers
disappointment after disappointment
and the roles you play become stale
and you cling to the trend in the graph line
breathing without permission
and noticing that what goes in...

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I wrote the Invisible man poems many years ago. These poems, and I have not submitted them all, was for a little girl who died in a road accident. They are a tribute to her...

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The Magic of Music

   Bring to mind your favorite song. How does it make you feel? Where do those feelings originate in your physical body?
     Think about the lyrics,...

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He suffered a plenty, but from deep within, he disconnected the suffering.
Whether on purpose or subconsciously, the disconnection was for his protection. He learned from experience and observation that survival and victimization do not mix....

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What's in writing?
What makes one to author something from the absolute scratch?
What is the science of this art?
Is it just the perceptible version of the human thought or something-deep lies within this solemn form of...

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Our convergent joint
The rallying  point
Mecca to the Pastors and Sisters
Jerusalem to the “Alhajas and Alfas”
Refuge to the weak
Shield to the strong
Nowhere on campus like our building

Life made more lively
Added  life to the lifeless...

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The cold chambers of my mind
Lacks happiness and a sense of belonging – I’m feeling soar
Under the snow is where you’ll find me
For, I’m snowed under by your heartless remarks, giving me the impression that...

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I recall it, and my eyes pump water from deep within my soul;                      ...

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“What are you afraid of?”
…
This question is often brought upon me; I feign nonchalance and am perceived as someone who maintains intrepid behavior. However, that is simply untrue. Brazenly, I am quite a “wimp.” While...

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She

She is scared. You can tell by her features. It's in her eyes. A darkness there she can't disguise.

A feeling or sense of ominous terror. Only showing through because of error.

The heart begins to race...

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Erasure Poem 
So many fake Indians these days
Elizabeth Warren is one
And according to my DNA results
I am too

But my grand-parents spoke Cherokee my mom claims
And they disappeared into the hills 
She claims

Is the DNA test...

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Never understood why my family had
hate and contempt for one another,
definitely not wanting to be together.

Never felt like home as a child
only relentless worry and fear,
rejected in an unsafe place.

Never felt a sense of belonging...

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