Dear Self Poems

You're my inner child.
I'm your outer shell.
There's something that you need to know
And it will serve you well...

Your younger life experiences 
Were unkind to you.
As...

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Was I blind... 
Or had I willful blindness?
I was surely not ignorant,
Neither was I acquainted.
Heart was in gale,
Mind did acquiesce.
I was always a coward,
Who never...

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I told myself
To refrain from falling
For someone unfit for my heart’s satisfaction.
Now, i woke up thinking of you
First thought when I lay down was you.
Why...

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he who seeks is not
and yet he seeks touch tender
to enliven soul within


rest analysis 
dear heart and meld with the flow
becoming the flame itself...

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In verse I blend my roles, multiplicity defined..
A poet-mother-daughter, all within my design.

Sister, secretary, cleaner, nurse—my busy days abide..
Dreamer, philosopher, optimist, by my side.

Psychic and...

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Dear reflection, 

As you are still, you seem so far away, 
hollowed eyes with an abundance of nothingness to say, 
Yet power lifting as if...

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Like a dog
With a sandpaper throat
A cough like a bark
And the mood of a scrote

Just tossing and turning
With no comfortable spot
A nose like a tap
Simply...

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We'd opened ourselves up to fascist beliefs 
we'd catered to the raw findings of mental angst 
an yet we knew going under cover would somehow...

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Dear heart,
Please take a break
I know this feeling, I have had this feeling before 
It soothes at first, beguiling flings
Which shines, too
Sometimes brighter than goddess...

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Let's attract the beauty of life
Be bold and take a ride
Your strength determines your personality 

Show your quirkiness 
And make everyone surprised 
Just go deep...

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The day my mind folded over the highway. 
in sunny Florida citrus surrounded me 
the breeze was just right as oranges danced. 
with lemons scents...

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by Max Burchett

Who’s to say,
Which way,
What or why,
In this life one should try.

The imperative seems to me
To do something more
Than just to get by carefree.
Must...

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Dear self ,
We live inside each other,
When the last time we met each other
At the last stage of life, 
let's take some wise steps,
Your biggest...

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The poetry of one so dear
Is poignant to the soul
The images of love appear
To dissipate the toll

Our minds are called to witness
What are hearts cannot...

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A Meandering Cocophony of Thought that Evades Fate

Contractual obligations toward your future self
Non-Factual invocations that deprive you of your health 
Actual comparisons between poverty and...

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