one warning about country living
no matter where you store your boots
turn them upside down and shake them before putting your foot in
sometimes you get a snake, sometimes a mouse
but you usually get something
pretty or slippery are not my names
no time for docile dolly games
peaceful presence my authenticity aims
ascension not something timidly tame
Chorus : shiver shake not, I have nothing to hide
flowing with life’s lovely tide
if you cannot bear scars and shadows
go elsewhere to see what flavour marrows
sure I hold open portal doors
when lightning strikes you can endure
Chorus : shiver shake not, I have nothing to hide
flowing with life’s lovely tide
radiate stories of sorrow and glory
twinning beneath Sun’s shimmering corey
hearty love tender truth upward spiral
mystical might muse antiviral
Chorus : shiver shake not, I have nothing to hide
flowing with life’s lovely tide
walk promised path alongside mine
consciously curious from divine timelines
earth wind fire water akasha guide
shiver shake not, I have nothing to hide
Chorus : shiver shake not, I have nothing to hide
flowing with life’s lovely tide
~~~~~~~~~
I look up to the heavens
and recognize the telltale signs conspiring
to cast my thoughts on back to you ~
the marvelment of heart-shaped clouds
in the flush of day
and startlement of shooting stars
in the shade of night
AP: Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2025
Hey, make
a shake
silky
milky
very
berry
fruity
beauty
Taste this
graced bliss.
I thought I was in disguise
Once saw you in black
I just realized
Energy in your beauty is one pack
Even though I forgot my breakfast
My face started to crack
Smile and refresh
To the moon and back
Remembering your face
Convince me to shake
Make sure you shake your shoes out before putting them on.
they make excellent overnight campsites for vagabond crawlers.
I once got bit by something (i suspect a spider)
on the long toe of my left foot.
It swelled -itched and throbbed on and off for three weeks
i was unemployed at the time and wasn't insured
so, I self-remedied-mainly with ice aspirin and drink.
Employment eventually found me before my benefits ran out
I'm insured now but rarely meet my deductible.
Always shake life out before you put it on
poison is the lover of shadows.
No one lives firm life
Ancient grass must also shake
At some point in time.
Close your dream filled eyes
Quiet your anxious, loud mind
Run wild from the intrusive taunts
Fixating, gossiping over you in silent,
Yet understood tongue.
Let the lies of yourself fall through
Unravel the programming stringing you along.
Step in surety, embrace the unknown
Befriend uncomfort - watch yourself grow.
Beneath your sadness and tears of dew
Rests a welcoming child your heart once knew.
Greet them in play, spark up a chat
Let dance the flow of life as it once was.
Invoke change, shake it’s hand
Say hello to strangers you may never know.
Spend days away from civil happenings
Only passable roads lie between you and freedom -
From all that is truly needed.
She is in my mind
I cannot shake her
Her brown eyes stared through me
I was pinned in place
I know I have met her before
We have a history
Maybe not in this lifetime
But in the last one
Or the one before that
I did not look back
Because I was too stunned
Recognizing her instantly
Knowing we have a connection
I think of her often
Wondering who she was to me
And I to her
I will never forget
Shake em, baby
There was a young man from Caracas
Who proved very good with maracas
He played them so loud
Pleasing the crowd
But eventually, he drove us crackers
Sometimes, people
Throw dirt at you
Just shake it off.
Before Duke shakes a leg, he sniffs around
Some doggies chase squirrels like Harry the hound
Sparky crying mutt
Says he’ll bust his gut
Begs for more pee-trees in the park playground
Did anyone feel the Earth shake when God broke the mold making me?
Special Counsel will run the United States?
Are they the Puppet-masters or more stooges?
Will we see the ones who hate America,
first hand?
We know Joe will not make it, that Kamala
cannot fake it.
Distraction from Putin affirming the Deep State
plus (CIA) runs things.
That they blew up Nordstream.
Chance for Obama to shake the tree
and get timely figs-figured, cured.
Is it tit for tat, as Somalia's Omar is censured.
Now Kenya's boys activate their
wondertwin rings.
Election doubts waiting in the wings.
steel clouds once more freeze
bare trees comfort each other
ripped trunk holds it together
the sun shields its eyes
its flames dying in Winter
the core feels the biting chill
it is in my bones
deep set; can’t shake off the wolf
its gray-fur-stare is howling
my hands crisp and crack
tips and knuckles peel like bark
soulless rain drips down the oaks
my knees turn from lies
thinking themselves well in Spring
they limp like twigs before snap
cerise cheeks remind
the otherwise bleak weather
that seasons will change in time
sun will siphon miasma
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