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sheer sarong

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                  yep
             just sarong

SHEER BEDLAM

LIFE ESCAPES THROUGH MY HANDS LIKE FINE SAND BETWEEN MY FINGERS
TIME DISINTEGRATES IN FRONT OF MY EYES WITH NO WAY OF SLOWING DOWN.

THE INEVITABLE CREEPS AROUND THE DARK CORNERS AND LURKS IN THE SHADOWS, WISPERING IN MY EARS, DESPERATE TO POUNCE ON ME THE MOMENT I AM VULNERABLE AND EXPOSED TO ITS ELEMENTS.

FEAR OF ABANDONMENT LAUGH AT ME.

CHRONIC FEELINGS OF EMPTINESS PARALYZE ME AND ROB ME OF MY SLEEP AND PEACE.

I SCREAM IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE AND KNOW ONE HEARS ME, AND I CRY AND LET MY TEARS DO ALL THE TALKING WITHOUT SAYING A WORD.

 A REPRIEVE FROM MY GOD IS THE ONLY THING I LOOK FORWARD TO, AND FORGIVENESS FOR MY DEEDS AND SINS THAT TORTURE MY SOUL....

sheer tenacity

sheer tenacity
come the challenges ~
i will thrive



AP: 1st place 2025

Sheer Delight

Your romance brings sheer delight,
Secret smiles shine so bright,
Hope you have happiest day,
Happy brains don't adult today,
P.J.'s on, cartoons to view,
Chips and lollies for me and you,
Sending blissful prayers to thee,
Love's blessings-our posterity, 
You bring your joyful love to me,
Happy hearts last for eternity.

Sheer Delights, Ephemeral

Sheer sweet delights appear as gossamer nets,
unseen, unheard, not felt with no regrets,
floating on puffs of wind to catch in your hair
before you care to know that they are there.

The warmth of dawn at sunrise.
The laughter of glints in eyes.
The taste you get before you bite.
The jolt of cold feet bare at night.
The déjà vu clicks down memory lane.
The heartbeat lilt before you kiss again.
The wind foreseen in quiver of leaves.
The thunder felt before heard in eaves.
The stings on a cheek as snow flakes land.
The sneaky touch of child's hand-in-hand.

So let the sheer ephemeral delights come,
to see what taste, feel, hear and see, can become 
when you set your awareness alertness on high,
to savor the kiss of bliss that floats on by.

Sheer Voices - Cinquain - Cinqku

water
his undertow
where seagulls still cry for
his touch on the stiffening mast
sails gone

sea swept — 
his shipwreck
staging her oars 
whispers in the water
she screams

The Sheer Gravity of Uncertainty

When poised precariously,
balanced on the edge of a precipice,
choice can’t wait for clarity.
For the mass of uncertainty,
tips the balance just enough 
to topple you off the cliff 
into the valley below.

The sheers gravity of choice,
is unrelenting and absolute,
in the face of uncertainty.
You're blindfolded by fear, 
bent over, to leer, too long,
into the valley below.

Uncertainty and urgency
conspire to force us
to decide,
to leap before we hear
to leap before we know
or to wimp and stutter
and step back, 
and make a hasty retreat,
into the valley below.

Sheer Magic of Happiness

“Happiness is contagious. It can be sparked by one single happy man, making it spread into many, as a small amount of yeast ferments large quantities of dough" – By Poet


Happiness is seeing beauty in simple things.
It is drinking nectar from the wellsprings of our heart
We sense it as we listen to the sweet warbling of birds.
We see it on the beaming faces of children in gregarious company.
We feel it as we watch the clouds painted in pretty patterns and shades
In the burgundy blush of the welkin, as sun gets ready for his rest.
In the beauty of the moon, shimmering on the silvery waters.

Happiness flits round the innocent face of a babe,
As it is nestled close in the cosy warmth of its mother.
It is the sparkle seen reflected in the eyes of a mother,
As she cuddles her baby tight to her throbbing bosom.
It sneaks into young hearts with sweet whisperings of love. 
It hides in deep caverns of the mind, jumping out unexpected,
But may withdraw into its secret hideout, when invited.

Happiness is something that we seek, but sadly it eludes our hold.

Sheer Utterance

Something is wrong 
That I don't know
It seems like everything is normal 
But something is disturbing
It's bad and I want to be better
But when I look at the others 
I'm not doing so well anyway 
It's possible to live 
It's somehow embarrassing to complain.

For the sheer Hell of it

Hell hath no fury, when all Hell breaks loose, 
Yet come Hell or high water, I’ll press on regardless,
For the sheer Hell of it, though I'm as hot as Hell.
I'm Hell bent, I'll fight like Hell, with all Hell to pay,
Having a Hell of a time, raising all Hell on earth,
On the road to Hell and back again, until I get the Hell outta here,  
Then, Hell will freeze over, and Hell's bells will ring and chime,
Leaving me stranded, between the devil, and the deep blue sea.

Blown away by sheer delight

Rapturous joy, sets my spirit alight,
Gliding in free-flight, with shear delight,
The frolicking, rollicking laughter, fills the air,
With dancing and happiness beyond compare,
My heart is aflame, no fears in sight,
I'm blown away by sheer delight.

Sheer

I'm not afraid man,
but I'm barely tethered.
Tied up in knots.
So poorly measured.

Sheer Fear

                                                 Sheer Fear


          Pink horizons mollifies probing eyes as clouds dissipate above

          To the heavens bow gratitude where migrant birds hang glide

          Venerated cosmic gods who quieted his pain then gave it love

          Yet dusk arrived now this restless heart have no place to hide


          A raging sea within me foresee fragmented ancient reflections

          Impervious to heavenly rays of interminable mystical sunrises

          Averse in utilizing rationalizations amending illogical emotions

          Sheer fear appear sinister when incongruity incessantly arises






          10/31/23
          Aboard cruise liner:
          Vision of the Seas

Sheer Persistence

When things are somehow going wrong
And get you in a funk,
It helps to try to lift those spirits 
That have sadly sunk.

Resorting to plan B or C
May boost your sagging state 
And going for a walk or ride
May more than compensate.

But trying different avenues 
To fix a major plight
May prove that sheer persistence 
Can make everything all right.

Sheer Fall

Top of the world, Ma —
See those little fingers down there?
Those tiny rivers runnin’ thru the valley —
You fall, you won’t be repaired 

Gimme pickaxe, gimme rope-ladder
Gimme both McKinley and Everest 
I think best at highest altitudes
I’m hottest at my grooviest 

Sheer fall —
You’re goin down
You’re goin down all the way
(2x)

You know the Donner Party was up in these parts 
And they ate each other up
Much like those handsome boys from Brazil
Who were tryin’ to win the World Cup

When you finally scale that mountain,
Of course there ain’t nobody to witness 
And then your ego sends the avalanche down 
And you’re a sacrifice to physical fitness 

Sheer fall —
You’re goin down
You’re goin down all the way
(2x)

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