He's not the boy she used to know
wherever in the world did he go
nor the man we once knew
but it only goes to show
time and tide took its toll
for all that he's become
and just one look will soon tell
if he'll maintain or succumb
as overwhelmed by numbers
and totally surrounded
through all weather can he ever
remain steadfast or grounded
The lesson from a father to his son
Are blessings in disguise
For they are guidelines to success
And longevity;
My father taught me many things
He taught me to be firm
While going after what I want
Taught me how to say no without guilt.
My father taught me
How to stay strong and patient
When things don't go my way
According to my plans
I should let go of things
That is out of my control
Teaching me detachment.
My father taught me
To be humble and consistent
When things start going my way
According to my plans
Because discipline and humility
Maintains success.
My father taught me
How to treat everyone
I cross paths with
Because variety is the spice of life
Disparaging another only
Feeds the ego instead of essence
He taught me so many things
I can't mention here
When words are too much it becomes void.
They said the youths
Are leaders of tomorrow
That we're the future
In a system we're not featured
Where the youths are not in the picture
That's why they never nurture us
They always acting like vulture
Giving us mental and emotional torture.
How would the youths
Partake in a system
That doesn't recognize them
Even to socialize is now a crime
Freedom of speech and movement
Which is our fundamental human rights
We've been denied, due to their insecurities.
They're brutalizing us
Traumatizing us
Same people
That is supposed to protect us
Are the ones killing us
Inputting pains and fears in us
Just to sustain and maintain their negligence.
Slumped in the dumps
going over the bumps
don't let it get your goat
or get to you
but stay afloat
and take your lumps
remember to maintain
easy to say hard to do
your balance composure
perspective and point of view
as tomorrow no one knows
so go along for the ride
whatever fate throws
take it in stride
with its ups and downs
and smile all the while
there's no gain in frowns
as life's nought but a game
and from the day we begin
men and women are merely players
not a one of whom will ever win
The local officers, are kind and caring.'
On dirty acts, they would plot no bearing'
So other mounties, get draughted in' to
Invade your farmers and harm in dark sin.'
Yet the home ones are near.' But not in
Heart, they will not maintain your human rights, from the very start.' Or your property.? It
They will not defend, they value their pay
And status dear friends.' Out of town officers, can do all they will.' They cover
Each other ' in rancid hog swill' with their
Buttocks fat, as large pigs hams.' While they belly
Down yellow, and a'crawling; to
Old man; carneys Plans.'
Maintain your true identity
Not because of the feeling
Not because of the personality
Goodness makes us accountable
It's our DNA inate in our being
Life may change, change for good
Change for the better and more goodness
In the course of life good always win.
Soul learning goes on,
until ego’s shorn,
desires negated
and fears sedated.
Since we're now alive,
it means desires thrive,
suppressed but not dead,
still by our heart fed.
Let's not self-appraise
pastures where fears graze
within our body,
filled with thoughts shoddy.
Make mindful our eye,
lest later we sigh,
on life's gift wasted,
bliss never tasted.
28-October-2022
Ask me how I'm doing now and I'm just maintaining, just to maintain it
Its raw deep and seeded, an explanation doesn't really justify the details
I knew i was stronger than most when i consoled my own heart
As i silently watched you give away everything that i ever deserved
Its been a few more years past now and it still hurts
I feel jaded, I held on for so long, rewriting the wrongs
Somedays it just feels like ripping the stitches out of wounds over and over
I don't even know anymore how to approach it, I just want closure
But it hurts me to have to hurt you
And then when you do hurt, I hurt again too, pain times two
So, I let my heartbreak for your heart, so your heart don't have to just to sustain you
There is a rawness and discord intertwined in that type of pain
So, I bare the burden of your heartache just to protect you
I can't let the anguish and atrocities subdue and consume you
So I give every allegiance and conviction that I have in me, to you
So that I can endow you.
Just maintain that course
Stay on that path in order to excel
Put your best foot forward
And continue to do well
Uplift and empower
Be that beacon of light in every way
Nothing but positive vibes
Rise and shine everyday
MAINTAIN YOUR FOCUS
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Don’t lower the bar, lose not sight of the goal
Avoid the distractions, that constantly unfold
Zero in on the prize with relentless pursuit
An untended tree will be barren of fruit
Fuel your quest with positive assertions
Mine your resources for creative infusions
Your goal emerges, in sight, continue apace
Successful missions lead to a higher chase
Maintain your tenacity
And do not fall apart
Keep your mind sharp
Right from the start
Knowledge is there
Just reach out and grab it
Continue to learn
That is the spirit
I live right next to the Lockwood Folly River.
Maintain My Poems
When writing poems them must maintain,
And then in good shape they will remain;
Prepare a plan,
Understand can;
Write more poems me should start to train.
Jim Horn
Maintain Dignity Horn Haiku
Maintain dignity (5)
You should always stay with me (7)
I am Hillary. (5)
How is that for a Hillary Horn Haiku?
Jim Horn
MAINTAIN CONSCIOUSNESS
concentration has a deadly flaw
distraction brands our subterfuge
prescription drugs just lead to more
sedation erasing sacred lucid truth
pick the sharp double edged sword
ultimately understanding the point
simply to focus on nothing stored
tempered blade by displaced taunt
keep eyes open for just one more day
keep heart alive heed deaths blood drain
keep from floating adrift along the way focus sane and consciousness maintain
© Kim van Breda—June 2014
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