Peer Poems

The Fog Lifts

“Who has ever given to God,
that He should repay them?”
For from Him and through Him and for Him are all things.
To God be the glory forever! Amen."
Romans 11:35-36


Friends, so called, kept me a hermit-of-sorts;
Over-whelming doubts left me alone in the dark.
God helped me break through the peer-pressure fog.

Life burdens a teen with acceptance, approval.
Influenced by

Admit One

When I dare to go deep inside

I get scared at what I might find

It’s not that I loathe myself

But I fear that if I expose myself

Nothing will ever be the same

 

When I go to that sacred space

Where no soul has ever dared to peer

A place where I long retired the key

I fear that once

Shall I peer into my looking glass, my darling?

I stare at the girl through my looking glass.
In her smile, self-deprecation sighs.
Voices in her head whisper chaos,
as she screams internally for attention,
begging any deity above to save her.

Oh dear, doesn't she know?
The looking glass might just crack,
from a world where fight becomes flight.
She enforces principles of modesty in clothing-
but is modesty the only veil

Crumbs

I am a sifter
So I can be objective
Regarding the sincerity of my smile
About why I laugh
About whom I assign
The key that renders my being whole

I am a sifter
So I can be intentional
Regarding the weight of my words
About when I speak
About whom I honor
With the deepest secrets of my soul

I am a sifter
So I can be

Quiet, Stiff Thoughts

No speech, no thoughts, 
Quiet is what they want. 
So that is what they get. 
I will never speak about love or respect- 
For anyone, so I will still as a stone. 
Cold, frozen, and hard as bone, 
But bones can still break and crack. 
Pressure, consistently adding to the stack, 
Of many worries that

Fair Lady Without Peer by Charles d’Orleans

Fair Lady Without Peer
by Charles d’Orleans
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Fair Lady, without peer, my plea,
Is that your grace will pardon me,
Since I implore, on bended knee.
           No longer can I, privately,
Keep this from you: my deep distress,
When only you can comfort me,
For I consider

The Great Paradox of Being

("Halves of a Whole", 2019, original encaustic)

The Great Paradox of Being

The great paradox of being 
is simple really.
It’s that no matter how confident we are
in our own experience and values,
that can all be thrown into question
by our experience of others.
Why is it we let other’s reactions and judgments
weaken our resolve, and confidence in being who

Peer Teaching

Our teacher says, “By peer teaching you can learn,
You can share your thoughts lovingly through cooperation”
But there’s always a big problem with my peer partner, Fern 
She's quite clumsy! Keeps dropping her stuffs when it’s my turn.

She crawls on the floor to get things, taking time to get up,
Her attention is so shallow, my patience

Talebearer

The talebearer with words as sharp as nails,
Etched with a mark of tales,
Prancing with thoughts of maim,
Proclaiming an innocent face touche,
"What will you gain,"
"By causing peer pain,"

Oh talebearer foul minded you are,
What is it?, bound to it you are,
Rip your tongue out,call you,
Rip your tongue out,save you,

Two faced is your tone,
No fear to your baritone,
Your

A Peer Amid - Millennials

ancients believed time lends...
any-chance for anything

anywhere that science be correct...
so its manifestations not crrrack

however two dozen ancient pyramids sank
into the sands unlike the boats of plank...

that carried the stones across distances
to the desert locale of historic instances...

of stone creations built to float on sand...
ancients science and mathematics was something grand


stan sand

Enslaved By Demons, False Angels

Walking through the halls unopposed,
Seeking weakness and pillaging fears,
Bullying the weak and it’s all cheers,
All those around with their eyes closed.

Large crowd, feeling alone; enslaved behavior,
Tied and bound to posts of false peers, 
No one here seems to be as they appear,
Looking around seeking help from a savior.

Where are angels, the volumes they speak,
All over

Hidden Fragments

Distrust lies in my heart, I’ve learned the hard way
		
		That even those who you think are for your best are for their way

		I was unaware of reality, so my opinions were swayed;
		
		I was left alone, I felt like no one wanted to stay 


		I remember carrying a lot of darkness in my head;

  

A Peer Inside

. for public domain

I noticed a hollow in the banyan seed,
but I would not have seen a hollow was there
if not for the boundary,
the inner lining of the flesh.

And so I notice when I look inside me,
deep beyond the hum and the light, silence lays bare.
An emptiness hovers there,
where the light and the hollow mesh.

Peer Pressure

his daughter is smiling
this bedouin full of trust
but she is so beguiling
and bed her I must

"fair lady, enchantment I see
would you care to dance"
"kind sir, you honour me
I am grateful for a chance"

Can we love forever
and forget never

she moves with such grace
matching his swing and sway
and as they embrace
they merge into a ballet

she agrees to

Avoiding Peer Pressure

blazing hot like cayenne pepper,
especially in adolescent years,
malleable youths
bend and capitulate
to peer pressure;
 grown folks take the bait, too.
it could be a simple
"try this like the rest of us cool kids!"
or just an effortless nudge of
"you're missing out!"
to descend
an impressionable youngster

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