Short Disconcerted Poems

accustomed to duality
we feel disconcerted
when in singularity 
attributes disappear 
and ego identity perishes

our resistance is the veil
we’re the tormentor
as also the prisoner
in this lucid dream 

24-May-2023...

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Caress the aching tears of 'morrows
it rains in regret's remembrances,
sustained of sand-like grit 'tween frothy
mimsy and mayhem endeavoring to
rise above the fray within prayer's favor mid
 escaped disconcertion of seeping hourglass sand,
weeping 'neath copious cloudbursts...

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concepts suggest preferences
but the truth is unapologetic
manifesting within form
magnetic electricity
which we receive
with gratitude 
and yet
our identity
is disconcerted
at the transmutation 
and so ego creates a ripple 
recognised, cajoled, sublimated
to align its stirrings with divine will...

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The heat is so oppressive, I’m tempted to agree
Hell couldn’t be any hotter indeed, so I shall flee
To the arctic regions of my air-conditioned home
Becoming a sad recluse like a disconcerted gnome,
Thank goodness, I am a southerner of true gentility
Knowing the intrinsic value of homemade iced tea!

Written July 23, 2022...

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poetry contests show our worst 
we strive and struggle to come first
whilst all that matters, is our smile
participating free from guile
doing what we love, as bliss bursts

Or

poetry contests seek to test
do we act at egos behest
disconcerted at poor result
or do we always bliss exult
breath of God heaves our joyous chest 

27-July-2021...

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Enableability taken away 
in an instant, the way it was granted.
If we be a conduit, we should not sway,
there being no ego to be flaunted,
with no narrow thoughts, feeble and slanted.
We being oriented for expansion
are thus disconcerted by contraction.
However, it is the ego upset
having lost reason for celebration,
since pristine presence always stands erect.

11-November-2020...

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~~~
Soft graceful effortless magnificence
From sweeping preambles omnipresence
O’er marine moistening proclamations
Tides flowing distanced admirations
Warm simple potency unprotected
Leads ancient seafarers disconcerted
To destine improvements phenomenon
Place complete peacefulness comprehension
~~~
©2014 by Regina Riddle
 THE LIGHTHOUSE - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: nette onclaud
September 23, 2014...

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In a world where you are normal
only if you behave like the ‘others’
where normal is defined 
by the powerful and disconcerted
I scream existentialism
I scream individuality
I scream for the voiceless, 
the painful, and distressed beings
that walk this earth
I pray for a quiescent state 
of mind
Yet, I find that it is an impossible
dream just because of the circumstances
Only in a world where animals
dictate what is normal
will normal ever exist...

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