Mattering Poems

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...At our core we all search for more
More seconds of safety 
More minutes of mattering
More hours of healing
More days of deservingness
More weeks of warmth
More months of meaning
More years of ...

MY MISTAKE

...
        I know I'm not important to you,
A familiar truth, a sky of blue.

     I'm used to fading, unseen, it's true,
Not mattering, a life I knew.

        But why this twist, this cruel di...

Zen mode

...In midst of many, entwined yet alone,
in truth we live the life of a recluse,
since we are empty and ego has flown,
it mattering not if we win or lose,
for we take from bliss magnetism our cues,
...

TWO FROZEN REFLECTIONS

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                                    I

 

            Remaining Steadfast Warm

            In the Struggle’s Snow Storm

 

            Looking out up above          

            the ...

Invitations to life

...Dive deep if sea seems inviting enough,
Leap in a river, forget swelling flood, 
Climb on to that temptingly tricky crest,
Walk down to the valley sloping that go,
Be guest to an unknown nameless...

Mattering

...What does it mean to matter?
How do you get to matter more,
when your mattering takes
a battering at its core.
Do we want to matter in the moment, 
or is it what we leave behind 
that really ma...

Repercussions of circumstances

...#Reppercusions_of_circumstances
Right before our minds tries to capture reality,  the very moment, we start to familiarize our warmth, instances of ones soul's comfort, the time when everything begi...

No matter how hard I try

...#No_matter_how_hard_I_try;
No matter how hard I try, beyond levels of my abilities where I stretch to reach. No matter how strong I force to be, even when the capacity of my strength have emptied. W...

A Sincere Distrust of Figs

...In every apple, an atom resides; 
in every Adam, an apple abides. 

So it goes and goes, apples 
toppling off tables in rhythmic waves, 

falling through slits, convincing themselves 
they are...

Rimbaud

...The roads leading away
circle the distances
and seem to go nowhere. 
They seed the horizon 
with promises, disorganising
the senses and reason
until there is only a hole, 
a dark cave into
th...

Pantoum On Writing Poetry

...Your own unique voice. You’re your own boss.
Sprinkle of humble and profound words.
Speaking in tongues that often crisscross.
Ink takes flight as experiential and seasonal birds.

Sprinkle of h...

Healthier Education

...I could be quicker to apologize
and more deeply reconsider
healthy and safe restitution
restoration
restoring right relationship
restorying win/win potential
resolutions

To become more integ...

Only Dyed

...I dyed my hair red
now he’s dying for me
the flames leaping
no shame
no shame
he is wide-eyed
puppy-tailed
i’ll lead him by the leash
release him
release me
can yo...

Memory Imagery

...
Although the moments gone by, we release,
memory sometimes stokes dying ember,
rekindling pain, granting them new life lease,
unless we shrug and slip into slumber.

The fault as a...

Hubble Superbubble

...A ‘superbubble’ called bizarre
by some star watchers from afar
albeit it known as N Four Four
emission nebula with score

or scores of stars midst gas aglow
in Magellanic Cloud’s outflow
with ...

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