I will not be distracted from being the idiot
Do not make fun of my shiny red nose
You are all the clowns in my theatre
The unreasonable man in my shows
Through life we learn about hurt and goodness
We learn about pain and healing
We learn about love and betrayal
Year after year, lessons take place in our minds
All that's required is the awareness to see them
Just when you may think nothing can get better,
know that change is always sweetly evolving
Let yourself be insightful, intuitive, use your talents
Everyone has them and can learn new ones too
It is a choice and our choices navigate our lives
Be the best you can be; because you are here for a reason!
Heidi Sands
9/6/26
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I always thought I’d break what’s true,
And somehow that fear just came true.
You gave me love, so pure, so real,
And I gave you wounds you didn’t deserve to feel.
You stayed with me, you held me tight,
While I kept pushing you out of sight.
Not because I didn’t love you enough,
But because loving right felt way too tough.
You thought I was ashamed of you,
But that was never, ever true.
It was my insecurities I tried to hide,
That slowly built this painful divide.
You gave your all, you gave your best,
While I failed in this love test.
You were my peace, my safest place,
Now I’m left with emptiness I can’t replace.
They say all endings turn out well,
But mine just feels like a living hell.
Because you gave me a heart so true,
And all I gave… was losing you.
A thousand paths wind up the mountain side,
Each claiming truth to soothe the restless mind,
Yet endless debates leave us short of guide,
When logic leaves the seeking spirit blind.
The holy scrolls are lanterns in the night,
But lanterns fade when morning breaks the sky;
Where reason faints, a deeper, silent light
Takes up the reins to guide the inward eye.
No chart of science, philosopher’s stone
Can plumb the depths where secret pearls reside,
The more we weigh the heavy vast unknown,
The more our doubts grow deeper than the tide.
If God dwells close, what use the pilgrimage?
If not, the journey morphs unto mirage.
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Reflections | 05.08.2026 | faith, god, path, pilgrimage, philosophy, reason, truth, Sonnet
Season of death
Told to fear
Before bitter cold
Making everyone scream
For some warmth
And loving touch
Stay in touch
After the death
With some warmth
And no fear
Morbid many scream
Awaiting the cold
Decide embrace cold
With forceful touch
Hear the scream
Proclaiming the death
Eyes express fear
Needing some warmth
Getting the warmth
Fighting the cold
And the fear
With caring touch
Defeating ugly death
That creates a scream
Why a scream?
All filled warmth
Body shell death
Purple silver cold
Ghosts need touch
Soothe the Fear
Dispense the fear
Memories laughing scream
Everyone seems touch
Words igniting warmth
Melting the cold
Celebrating the death
Conquering fear death
Instead scream warmth
When touch cold
Endure
Unreasonable, unbroken
Outlasting doubt, defying hunger
Snatched from damnation, ancient souls pursue
Flesh traps, deceives, edits the heart
Continuing, burning, weaving, surviving
Secondary, relentless
Reason
They say everything happens for a reason,
Something I always believed to be true -
Reasons we sometimes cannot fathom,
But reasons just the same.
Everything happens for a reason,
I know this to be true,
But I just can't understand
Why it had to be you.
What plausible reason could there be
For you to be taken away from me?
"It was their time",
Is what everyone says to me,
However, I can't seem to agree.
Not when you had your whole life ahead of you,
Meant to follow your dreams
And make us prouder
Than life itself.
Not when you had so much to teach me,
So much left from you to learn,
For you to be there for the big moments
That you always so much loved to show the world.
You were meant to be glittering this world
With all the shine of your presence,
But instead you;re dancing in Heaven
While I continue to grieve
The gap of your absences.
Even though I know I love you,
The reason I must let you go
Is the fear that you might drift far away
Before you even notice what is in my heart.
Even though I love you,
The reason I cannot bring myself to confess
Is the dread that the wound left upon my own heart
Might be far greater than any burden you would bear.
Even though I love you,
The reason I have never once held your hand
Is the fright that my haste might drive you away,
Leaving my calls met with your silent distance.
The reason I keep my watch over you,
Always keeping a careful distance,
Is so that if you ever leave my side to love another
And find yourself broken, I can be the flower that plucks away your grief.
If I am ever to love someone again in the days to come,
It will never be just anyone,
But it will be for you, and you alone—
To become the eternal sky that unfolds forever above you.
When you look up in the sky
And see the brightest star
Remember I am by your side
No matter where you are
You came into my life
You were an Angel sent to me
This empty world of mine
Became the place I longed to be
You fill my heart and soul with love
It’s with me everywhere
Whenever I reach out for you
I know you’re always there
For you are my forever…
My truth in every lie
The answer I was searching for
My soul… my reason why
Time can never break the bond
That links your heart with mine
For you and I are destined
Beyond the end of time
You’ll always be my guiding light
The hope that sees us through
My yesterday, all my tomorrows
Will always be with you
Through every storm, through every tear
Through all that life endures
No matter what tomorrow brings
My heart will still be yours
I know our love will last always
Forever and a day
For I will need you with me
Till the stars all burn away...
By Raina Hutchins
To the beat - rhythm and blues
Beauteous - the cleft notes with a fling
Birds are silently chirping in sync
Relentless - Prominent thou that they sing
It's a rendez-vous - awe in glamor of awe
Then thou the beauty of the bewilderment
The calling - silent whispering in key
Singing proud the voice screams a soprano
And the pride of the inner solemn soul flatters me
I see - still having some rhythm
And at times Beauteous be blues
Dawn - The breaking point at most
The significance of morning blunts the dews
And the glamor of the rendez- vous
In my precious mind - in my head
I glance and the calm of the soloist
Reckon whispers sweet nothings in me instead
Sing - Sing proud and that of out loud
The voice is heard within my aura indeed
My soul perplexed by the beauty of the chirp
Internally awakes me planting seed.
THEOLOGY is the study of God
HISTORY is 'His Story'
EVERLASTING life was God's original plan
RELIGION is man-made approaches to God
EVE was deceived by Satan
ADAM was totally irresponsible
SATAN used a serpent to lie
OBEDIENCE was 'Job One'
NEVER doubt or 'second guess' God
WORSHIP God alone; not self, things, or people
EVIL and death go hand in hand
DEATH eternal is the final wages of sin
IMMORTAL bodies will never die, but live forever
ETERNITY is the reward for obedience to God
When GOD created Adam,
He designed him to live
forever. Yes. Eternal life.
What changed that plan?
Evil was introduced to Eve
Via Satan by way of the serpent.
Desire for knowledge
was Eve's temptation.
Immediately after disobedience,
Death came, voiding eternal life.
Eve was irresponsible, but in GOD'S
Eyes, Adam was primarily responsible.
So when GOD came calling, He questioned
Adam first.
Mankind's spiritual DNA was doomed
that very day, and universal negative
consequences came into play.
Total depravity prevailed;
100% death was the result;
And Satan became the god of this world.
The Main Reason why we are here, is to improve the world.
To try our endeavour best to mitigate and alleviate Malice, strife and stress in this dark world.
Not so much to attain some worthless Degree, or to achieve some useless achievement.
Not to gain more money than we could even ever spend. Not to compete for so called greatness.
But moreso to assist where and when we can and to help enlighten others.
Try to do at least One Good Deed Everyday.
Few people have this God-given gift
Few leaders have this Great Divine lift
Let’s put and keep ourselves together
Let’s gather and assemble the marbles in the center
Let’s keep and hold our head high in the air
Happiness and hope are up there
Few people demonstrate common sense
Few leaders possess good sound sense
Seasons come and go; time comes and goes
And never returns. Let’s stop staring at our toes
Happy and auspicious times are around the corner
Never give up. God is the Supreme Master
He is the only One
And there is only One
Few people possess this God-given lift
Few leaders are blessed with this Great Divine gift.
Copyright © May 2026 Hébert Logerie. All rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of several poetry books.
The reason I am here is because of you
You created me
In your image and
I am grateful for that
Yes I live a good life
I have nothing to
About my life
Yes the winter is killing me slowly
I hate to go out in the winter
But I have no choice
Because walking is good for me
I don't like the short days
That we have in the winter
It gets dark at 5:00 PM
Every single day
Good night my God
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