If you are struck by the thunder of torment,
the lightning lancet of distress shears your heart,
nonchalant you may resolve relaxed to never cry.
Solace sprouting from the compassion of someone dear,
bearing your load of anguish,
may melt the mists of your mind, sworn to never dissolve,
surge at unexpected touch
and flow silently in the torrents of tears,
underscore never say never recognizes life’s fluidity
in the rational refusal to fold future in finality.
The Way is silent,
It was not to be, nor was it not to be.
There are no questions,
Not even a word.
Never say never,
I know that I know nothing.
Being is in Becoming.
So is life.
Paradoxical.
So I will say these things, so I will live, as only the nonsensical can make sense of this.
To have and to hold—
In: sickness and health
In: good times and awful terrible times
In: spite of a coworker
who challenges my very decrepit paradigm
with a new world
who sends lightning bolts down my spine
by touching me in passing
who changes my mind-life-soul forever
—Till death do us part
The final threshold.
Death gives a sign,
uncertainty and unanswered questions.
A strong and sturdy bridge,
that many have walked across.
Listening in the emptiness,
a harp without strings.
Emotionally imperfect.
Words fail,
thoughts and feelings dominate the room.
~ without need for description
You have struggled for so long.
Accepting does not refer giving up.
The thing I never said
meant nothing,
Words cannot change the course of life.
A night without a facade,
reflecting your truth and sagacity.
You do not need to prepare.
Follow the light in soothing peace,
with unconditional acceptance.
NEVER SAY NEVER…. not ever or at no time possible is anything dormant
a blindman can see things without his eyes envisioned and focus
A face can be wash with just the tears flowing from
Just because you’re a man doesn’t mean you weak if you cry out
You can truly, truly, make it if you don’t give up just try free will
Open mindedness is the blank thought that can be virility filled
Never use never narrative because it leaves no room for changing
Because of dislikes and hardships, dislikes or doubting keep going
Even a deaf person can hear a vison sound beats within the hearts-eyes reign
Being uncertain certain that change is a thing nothing permanent wait for a change
9/16/26
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Total # Words: 123
the homeless man who is begging for money
most believe he must be a drug addict or convict
what if you lost your home, your job, your spouse and alone?
you could end up beside him, lost and hopeless
the cheaters, liars and dishonest people
most think they do not know or associate with them
as they sit in the church pews every Sunday
pretending to be honest, pure and holy
some are teachers, bankers, police officers
a facade to fool the best judges of character
reflections reveal radiance
emanating from deep within
enlivening bliss magnetism
around which polarities spin
tranquil stillness animated
totality capsuled in form
as transmitter and receptor
bilocates in this benign storm
divine bliss beats send a signal
that our essence is living light
whispered wisdom wisening us
drenching us in drunken delight
I never thought that I would say this out loud
but the quality of AI-poetry
has unexpectedly taken a turn for the worse
where are the days when it regurgitated
plagiarised phrases?
where are the days when it made gallant efforts
to emulate Suzette Prime?
I guess that it hinges on which programme one uses
I never thought that I would say this at all
but clankers have hallucinated themselves into irrelevance
why say, "never say never"?
hope can be the devil's tool
accepting the impossible can give peace
yet, all that was true, one day, isn't true anymore
perhaps
leave a crack in your resolve
for light to get through
Never say, " Never " , ever you survive
Try to reach goal so long you are to live !
Devote, Dedicate ! Have confidence :
Try and try to acquire competence !
Why not ? Nothing is impossible :
Have strength, courage to make possible !
Explore your life acceptance as challenge --
Struggle and struggle at every step
Neither to give up nor to escape.
To overcome, work hard and arrange.
Never say never, always say "perhaps;" unless it's a
Wedding, a funeral, or your daughter's v-ball game.
Never say never, instead say "maybe."
Never feel forced to use rhyme, tired is the fad despite the ear's need
To smile at the sound of music; rhymes are for the dullard,
Like Dr. Seuss and Mother Hubbard.
Never say never to your kids lest your aim is to model
Human folly & the grace-skill of Forgiveness.
This will all be over soon so please don't cry.
Y'know this whole poem goes way better with chicken stir-fry.
never and always
unpredictable siblings
like love and weather
that ignore the wayward winds
ignore fate and its inklings
yet then still wish for the sun
tomorrow's champagne
toasts with half full flutes
but hearts too shaken
to hold our pleasure
And if you have nothing to say
Except what is strictly necessary
What are the points that you may
Be fed up with, so measurelessly
It could be the war you are taxed with
Or the regular fiddling with apps
Are you not a robot, they ask you
You probably are, under wraps
Or maybe it could be the weather
Repeatable orange alerts
A wind that’s too warm for the leather
But cold for the cotton t-shirts
And everything looks plainly evident
Spins like the merry-go-round
You know fairly well what’s been said
You don’t need to echo that sound
May speakers apply to the air
In tireless wondering why
A few withered leaves over there
Drop down the expected reply..
one must never say never
a powerful word
that leaves no room for could be
for what we believe our earth's nature forgets
and sends whirling tornadoes and hurricanes
impossible to escape
she cancels our firm never
making us take notice of how vulnerable we are
when fate includes those forces
often beyond our control
it's really quite clever
to never utter never
retaining the fun of playful endeavour
seeking mysteries of life forever and ever
past times these words were declared
never again because of how I once fared
then I've reneged developed skills unimpaired
there's little to gain unless once again dared
the message I value don't ever resist
much more satisfying when I doggedly persist
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