Reasons unchanged,
breed endless cycles of shame.
Habits we form young,
ingrained in the old remain.
Redemption albeit rare exists,
in the purpose driven mind
Relentless to shift,
what most you're looking to find.
For the soul to grow
Itself it must know
What all it's looking for!
A desire to know more.
Explore what’s inside!
Be unwilling to hide.
When afraid face fear!
Accept moments it's near.
Even if courage leads stray.
It's okay to not be okay!
Hard, not impossible
The search for inner belief.
Identify what enables,
your self-defeating grief.
Realize reason,
the smallest morsel for cause.
Allow that to be,
Your needed second for pause!
For the soul to grow
Itself it must know
What all it's looking for!
A desire to know more.
Explore what’s inside!
Be unwilling to hide.
When afraid face fear!
Accept moments it's near.
Even if courage leads stray.
It's okay to not be okay!
IN THESE BABYLONIAN TIMES PS
(A Palming Allegorical Rendering)
With elephant ears,
And the keenness of giraffes,
Let’s become as owls:
Divine wisdom and guidance,
Eagle-winging us justice:-
In our life’s nature,
Trials and tribulations come:
So does conquering:-
In Babylonian times,
Seek your new Jerusalms:-
Jesus rode an ass,
We now have one riding us:
Time to buck him off:-
Leaving no palms to catch him,
Let’s burn away oppression:-
With ashes of hope,
Let’s anoint liberation
And coming justice:-
Let us get to palm swapping
Injustice from our pathway:-
Ever be mindful,
God helps those who help themselves:
Wisdom in their palms:-
Having empath palms is bad;
Not seeking to fill them, worse:-
We’ve overcome worse
Sodom’s and Gomorrah’s trials;
Wisdom guiding us:
Necessary means revealed;
Injustice palm-slapped away:-
Despair wallowing
In apathetic dismay,
Is self defeating:-
With palms of wisdom guiding,
Let’s be self liberating.:-
Helpless Winners At The Fair
Clone Wolf
Tantrum Rages
Leader Of The Pack…
Careless Sycophants
Elephantile Contagions
Self-Defeating Victims.
The Old Irony Escapes
Bare-Knuckles
Modeled, Paling…
Grabbing Artificial
Pleasure From
Manipulation's
Freshest Kill.
Your Cheeks Are
Tender Bloody Sweet
All You Cuddle-
Yummy Treats!
Your Tribe Awaits
With A Better Hat And
Sweater - Be-Damned…
Re-Damned. AGAIN!
Idolizers.
What You ‘Really Needed’
Cost Us All Our
Arms And Legs.
Too Bad That
Couldn’t Save Our
Extremely Enormous:
Vapid
Heart And
Head, Instead…
Skull-Candy Now
In Sugar-Cotton.
-Gray Squirrel
06-30-2025
The God of all creation loves you most.
Family, friends and neighbors love you too.
You are His masterpiece, and Heaven's boast.
Our self-defeating lies are so morose!
The crux is nothing matters more than truth!
The God of all creation loves you most.
Hold fast to God and ask the Holy Ghost
For revelation yielding precious fruit.
You are His masterpiece, and Heaven's boast.
Let the highest power: love, draw you close.
Find victory and joys you’ve lost since youth
The God of all creation loves you most.
Sing again, ask God to grant a great dose
Of outpouring to revive and to sooth.
You are His masterpiece, and Heaven's boast.
Rest in assurance of faith in our host
Find strength, hope and love in His prayer booth.
The God of all creation loves you most.
You are His masterpiece, and heaven's boast
Perfection as a goal demands correction;
accepting mistakes requires some reflecting..
Call me a square if you like but I'll admit
when it comes to money, I keep short accounts.
Simplicity puts tender in the kitty;
humility builds reckoning, quality.
It can be smart to start with "I am sorry,"
then move on to square up any damage done.
Meeting with candor - never self-defeating.
treating others as fellows means no cheating;
While allowing for the factor of mercy
the product of two equal terms becomes square.
If you owe me something, I won't cause a rift.
Swift resolution counts, I am no spendthrift.
Square dealings focus on making all sides straight;.
such practice eliminates hate and distrust.
Chairman Xi, like Chairman Mao
Vladimir Putin, shades of Josef Stalin
Kim Jong-un, plus Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Iranian Mullahs producing drones and bombs
Our world is an awfully dangerous place
Yet America's response is a first-class disgrace
Yesterday Congress' focus on International Pronoun Day
At New York's UN today, autocrats against Israel inveigh
At home, crime's way up, 'so' we end cash bail
Why not let all the thugs out of jail
To protect its citizenry, America's government once existed
Now it opens the borders, its explanations ham-fisted
Add to all this rampant inflation, rising racial tensions
Plus self-defeating 'green goals' and underfunded pensions...
The 'threat to democracy' shouters couldn't be more wrong
The reason it's real ~ America misguided is no longer strong
I'll be happy when I reach my goal.
Meanwhile I'm sad because
I'm not even close to getting there.
Why postpone happiness
and make it dependent on
goals and changes needed
to get the rewards they bring?
It is so self-defeating, a poor excuse!
I can be happy now,
with what I've got now,
with whom I am now,
enjoying the journey,
instead of chasing rainbows.
How we act, and what we say . . .
Define us largely as human beings.
And those actions and words, tend to be
Driven by, mostly our ways and means.
Does this lead to ongoing divides, between
Those of wealth and those without?
Where the poor don't get the resources,
While the privileged have all the clout?
We see daily where some are lost with truth,
Yet these fabrications still find ears to command.
So that those enamored by these false hopes,
Become fraudulent patriots, where they stand.
This ignorant deception is self-defeating,
Since there's no economy by its use.
Because power that is taken does not regenerate . . .
It only weakens by the constant abuse.
wash up and lock our doors
overnight we’re told to stay indoors
while mankind is under attack
it’s the best we can do to win a war
against our invisible common enemy
time caught in a meaningless loop
like everyone I hold my breath and introspect
I look to past memories with gratitude
realizing we can’t take life for granted
I try to be my own best friend
within these walls of isolation
never was it clearer how both
joy and freedom reside within
appreciating time alone
unlearning accumulated
false deadlines and necessities
pretend friends and priorities
life being random
all you can do is bring out
the best of yourself
and spin the wheel
it’s luck of the draw but
attitude remains a choice
no matter what stay positive
complaining is self-defeating
make the best out of every situation
lest we suffer the fate of fallen dinosaurs
AP: 1st place 2020
Submitted on July 24, 2020 for contest ISOLATION PHILOSOPHY sponsored by CHANTELLE ANNE COOKE - RANKED 3RD
Stop the bleeding
Stop self-defeating
Stop demeaning
The real meaning
Stop the outage
Get out the mind cage
Stop the stressin'
That leave you guessin'
Stop the relapse
You'll break your kneecaps
Stop the anger
That leave you in danger
Stop the rumbling
Stop all the grumbling
Stop the lies
And start to realize
Stop the inner you
That evil inner you
Stop blamin' everyone else
For the pain you inflict on everyone else
Stop the bottles
That leave your life in a pothole
Stop the negativity
Like you live in captivity
Stop all the self-hate
Before it's too late
This is a PSA from your mind
We can't leave you behind
This is a love letter from your soul
We need you to be whole
This is everything you need to hear
We need this to be very clear
Stop it
We need you to stop it
Being
Becoming
Self-defeating
Mean labelling
Address
Vain caress
Self-destructive
Touch explosive
Manage
Such garbage
Mad emphasis
Empty stasis
Leon Enriquez
02 November 2019
Singapore
Denying the truth is deceitful
Evil and goodness cannot co-exist
Counterfeit is a substitute for the real
Erroneous information can be misinformation
Ignorance is neither blessed nor blissful
'Truth is not absolution' is becoming the new normal
Fake and falsification will destroy a society
Undermining reality is self defeating
Leveling the playing field
Need not promote ignorance
Education is its own reward
Salvation by many different ways is deceitful
Secularism is the choice of this new and present age
092919Posoup
I love receiving greeting cards
On birthdays or occasions
And sending them, as well,
Which kind of evens the equations.
Yet lately they are hard to find –
So many stores are closing
And people turn to e-cards,
Or that’s what I am supposing.
Some local drug stores carry cards,
Selections not extensive,
But though they’re nice, the problem is
That they are quite expensive.
Such prices just discourage those
Who’d like to send a greeting
And losing customers, to me,
Seems very self-defeating.
Truly there is a bit of craziness in my heart’s mind
As she colors people beautiful
Even when they are mean
Fierce
And
Unrealistically
Angry
At me, but will not tell me why.
Feeling unsafe, and insecure
Painting people ahead in my thought’s brains
Expecting something that is insanely
Fantastical
And
Maniacally
Combative
Seeing a
Horrible ending
Due to lack of
Communication.
Able to methodically
Sterilize and homogenize
Other’s irrational ugly
Self-defeating thoughts
Yet stubbornly holding
On to my own,
Making myself nuts.
Truly there is a bit of craziness in my heart’s mind
As she colors people beautiful
Even when they are mean
Fierce
And
Unrealistically
Angry
At me, but will not tell me why.
Feeling unsafe, and insecure
Painting people's reactions ahead in my thought’s brains
Expecting something that is insanely
Fantastical
And
Maniacally
Combative
Seeing a
Horrible ending
Due to lack of
Communication.
Able to methodically
Sterilize and homogenize
Other’s irrational ugly
Self-defeating thoughts
Yet stubbornly holding
On to my own,
Making myself nuts.
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