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Onward And Upward

Until it's time to pop my clogs,
shuffle off this mortal coil,
I'll ensure my life is fun-filled
not just daily drudgery and toil.
As all work and no play
would make me one dull boy,
listless, senseless, bored witless,
not my Mother's pride and joy.
And so, in closing, I'm compelled to say,
"Exercise free will,
don't wait, hesitate or trust to fate,
before you're over the hill."

Pulling Me Onward

The woods never yawned
at the end of my stories
The streams never laughed
when I stuttered in haste
The mountains stood firm
when I lost my last footing
The sky understanding
in joy or disgrace 

These natural things
forever behold me
Forgiving my weakness
rewarding my nerve
Their arms reaching out
through each change of the season
Pulling me onward
— my voice undeterred

(The New Room: March, 2025)

Onward

I look back, drop my pen for tomorrow I live again

UPWARD AND ONWARD: A BIRTHDAY MLOKU

Gradually, the stars and the full decided
to move onward,
And the golden dawn appeared as the bright
sun rose into daylight;
Blessed to be perpendicular, to labors of love,
I moved onward:-

Uncertainty

Looking back, while looking forward
Am I really sate to go
Backwards, when I’m going onward
Pacing fast and sometime slow
One road ends, then goes another
Same exactly as the old 
Where to go to, moving further
Do I really have a goal
Maybe I’m amnesiac 
Partly this explains my doubts
If the memory I lack
Sends me back to same old grounds
How come that I feel uncertain
Within this unconscious drift 
Pull down, or pull back the curtain
Either way makes no big diff.

Move on

Life is for the living
It is for a short a season
Whatever life throws at you 
Receive it with equanimity and move on
When  you make mistakes as all mortals sometimes do
Do not run away from God
Rather run to Him and make amends  
And move on with determination 
On your onward journey 
And God will see you through 
For He loves you so much
That He gave you His only son
To die a shameful death on the cross 
So that you may be saved if only you believe

Onward and Upward

Over the rocky terrain 
Over the mountains high
Over the choppy seas
Onward we struggle by

Still we brave the day
Still we stand and fight
Still we forge ahead 
Onward through the night 

With passion we live our lives
With honor we ever grow 
With hope we dream our dreams
Onward and upward we go

Ever Onward

 Ever Onward Into the Light and Beyond
 Ever-Rising, The Ethereal Psalm
 where Fire and Stars within Collide
 a Paradise of Wisdom, a Flower Of Life
 Ever-Inward Into realms Untouched
 where the Souls Ablaze, In This I Trust
 Ever-Propelled by the Solar Thrust
 I Wind Drift like Stardust,
 To Infinity I Must
 The Everlasting Golden Pulse,
 Ever-Upward The Spirits Cypher
 Ever-Enduring, Ever-Righteous
 Ever-Triumphant, Ever-Valiant
 Forever I Untether Entrapments,
 Soul Aura Gleaming On Galactic
 Ever Press Forth by The Masters

And that my dear is a poem

Many do not love my direct way
They shy from the truth

many just loved my looks 
in my happy youth

some liked the achievements i had and wanted in on my fame
And some thought what I did for a living was kiddie stuff and kind of lame

So it's a conundrum you see, when you talk about me
It's up down sideways philosophy

I am never stagnant and forever growing
and the depth of who and what I am is possibility overflowing

I have walked through fire
and I am full of desire

And I create at the drop of a hat
and in minutes spit out a new artistic rap

My muse is now inside me
and fuels me from within

And my life is invigorated 
I know I don't live by whim

Its purpose plan and accomplishment
which will drive my final goals

A story to tell the world 
that as of yet was untold

And that my dear is a poem  12-4-23  Artimus (C) Susan Manley

Yet Pushed, Ever Onward, I Dare Tread

Yet Pushed, Ever Onward, I Dare Tread

BEHOLD, I wade into darkening mists,
My journey, clarification of Fate
When I balked, black ghost said, I insist
Hurry destiny cries, it is too late,
Strolling deep within, horrific the sounds
So strangely pungent the circling winds
In distant valleys, baying of the hounds-
I fear what that hideous sign portends.
Now so afraid, through weeping years I trod
Yet pushed, ever onward, I dare tread
My shield, simply faith in Light and my God
And bushels of truth, to me, life has fed
I pray for salvation of divine light
Blessed ending of this courageous flight.

Robert J. Lindley, 9-02-2021
Sonnet(dark)

Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2021

Onward

triumph

changes nearby

bygone makes way for now

answers purpose questions

reasons brewing

success

Onward

i headed out to make my own way
not knowing what the future would bring



AP: Honorable Mention 2023

Onward It Goes

summer was over in a wink
and dreams would get left behind
stranded and forgotten
that's just the way of it



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on August 14, 2022

Flow

some days life struggles to define itself
other days the hours roll straight off the shelf
some days fickle wind refuses to blow
other days nothing can stop the wind’s flow
some days start out headed straight toward hell
other days impossible to foretell

will not always be a reason or rhyme
to go with purposeful use of our time
lack of confidence and indecision
second thoughts, stage fright, fear of derision
disturbances which mess with our feelings
existence often complicates being

not always going to be a smooth flow
yet ever onward is where we must go

Carrying Onward

As a boy
I explored shallow river beds.
I carried home in a jar unnamed water-bugs,
minnows, tadpoles and
little frogs that glowed yellow
when the sunlight swam in the creek.
Now the sun comes to my window,
sheds streams of light
to carry me back
to where shallow waters sing
of all unnamable things.

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