Short Relinquishing Poems

so sad and depressed 
relinquishing emotions
hey, you'll be Okay


5/11/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr  2020...

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Relinquishing ownership over thought
It exerts on us no hypnotic pull
Ego may have desires but we do not
From head to toe bliss replete, we feel full...

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To state the truth stark,
heart’s insentient to love,
so my soul lives in the dark.

No matter my love,
relinquishing thought flow crutch,
feel God’s grace within by touch....

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My body is sick 
changing one way 
To prepare for life
and then changing again
Relinquishing life
Purging out the remains
When once it had gathered 
Hope to bear fruit 
None remains 
but a memory of joy...

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their selfish stance, meets no response
since we no longer wish to dance
ceasing to reform or cajole
relinquishing wearisome roles
blissful soul, choosing to renounce

14-July-2021...

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B- building bonds better severed
Y- yearning on yellow yawns of

N-never relinquishing greetings
O-over open powered multiple meetings
W-wonders of wow whispering wells

6/21/18
written by James Edward Lee Sr....

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Absolutely
no question that
normal life unequivocally
is life with you --
voracious in love, an
energetic longevity of devoted time,
resilient in forgiveness,
sure I am
always already
relinquishing
your ying to my yang....

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as magnetism causes ego to fade ~
the table is laid for bliss ready made

rapture rises even as we stand still ~
all the doings are done by divine will

consumed by God’s flame in mind-body urn ~
relinquishing fear, we willingly burn...

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Better to try than to never know
Relinquishing comfort for an unknown gain
Acknowledging what it takes to grow
Valiant within torrents of rain
Emboldened in the midst of pain

9-23-2023
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telling me how to dress and behave
how to walk and talk
telling me who I can make a friend
and who I can’t
I listened because I wanted to please you
Your pouting ways kept me fearful and compliant
now I despise myself for relinquishing my power to you...

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As we atone for blood we spilt,
we know we knew not then,
yet strangely we’re consumed by guilt,
weakening yen for zen.

Choosing to exchange roles,
relinquishing all goals,
we walk over hot coals.

We walk alone,
as we atone....

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You followed the moon 
At dusks lonely stage
Darkness and clouds 
Daylight slowly fades
I chased after the sun
At morning skies wake
Paths never crossed
A subliminal fate
Hearts unfound pleasure 
A sad lovers tears
A day for some lovers
Relinquishing fears
...

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Hold firm resolve, to remain still,
gentling thought, word and deed,
that thus by relinquishing will,
we let love take the lead.

Awake dear heart, awake
Be tranquil like a lake 
Our soul’s growth is at stake

If we’d evolve
Hold firm resolve...

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a surprise is sprung
of the nasty sort
but the beauty is
our heart does not contort

something has changed
a definitive shift
aided by bliss mists
we see consciousness lift

there’s nothing we did
save relinquishing identity
all that is, is grace
to grant heart serenity...

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Waddling through memories with my head down low
With my heart down low
Reliving tragic love scenes I'd forgotten
Penitent lovers come like phantoms in the night
Relinquishing my sorrow of long ago
Swimming in a celestial sea of what could have been
I feel so cold, so hollow within....

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Could care less what they think
Just sit back and watch them sink
So many things already said
Ego taking over the head
Relinquishing it all from the start
Equalizing the heart
To set the path straight
To have the key at every gate
Not in my choice
To finally listen to the right voice...

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I see the reflection
of love's waters 
in her soft blue eyes.

I smile.

I stare ever deeper 
and find my gaze afloat
on glistening pools 
of passion.

My mind swims.

I fight against 
the rushing
currents of her
raging soul.
Relinquishing
myself to its
undertow.

And I drown....

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the subset of a set
cannot step outside it
unless it first disappears 

a fish caught in a net
cannot escape entrapment 
unless it becomes the water element 

likewise we cannot know God
unless we first extinguish our ego
completely relinquishing lower mind

11-May-2023...

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Jotting down juicy journalism 
Opening oodles of oppressed optimism    
Understanding unity usually unites universally 
Relinquishing random rants 
Naturing neat notions never noticed
All adventures allow an ample accumlation of antadotes   
Love literature like a libidinous librarians long lost lover...

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Wind rushes past my ears
Inside my coat it fills
Nothing short but unhappiness
Terrain and all it kills
Enigmatic is this season
Relinquishing its reason

Indoors is where I will stay
So long sunshine in my day

Hearth is my dear friend 
Efficaciously closing me in
Rallying its victims
Ending all that's been...

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Men have become dead souls
Hungry for his own flesh 
Striking bonds
while stacking bones
Relinquishing the second vow to the almighty
Now hallowed
Dried up to the deep
Only hearing the sacred bellowing
Amidst the depth
From scattered scrolls
Meshed together piece by piece
With a call to herald the naughty souls...

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We sense the noose of fear tighten,
stifling joy, soul seeks to brighten
but relinquishing ownership,
staid silence, mark of our worship,
as an observer poised in bliss,
we recognise we are not this,
meaning we’re spirit, not this form,
so we have no cause to conform
to ebb and flow of shifting tides,
since we know God resides inside....

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octobre slinks forth
        relinquishing heat-scorched earth ~
                salacious summer

enflamed leaves embracing
        dalliance with wilder winds ~
		erotic fall tryst

hoary trees exposed
        brazenly displayed bosom ~
                scandalous winter

new bulbs gamboling
         commoved carefree canoodling ~
		warm sassy spring...

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Peaceful Surrender

Surrendering the Heart 
Relinquishing Control 
Releasing Fear
In This Moment Humbly, I Bow 
Gratefully, I Surrender 
To Your Love.
Pride Has No Meaning 
Neither, does Shame 
Concepts, only ... 
Beneath Us. 
Love Has One Wish 
To Know 
The Embrace 
The Eternal Dance 
Within The Arms ... 
Of Your Mind 
Your Heart 
Your Body 
Your Soul....

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when aspect of us that is not
becomes good humoured
equal through highs and lows
feeling God in each breath
ego relinquishing all doership
becomes silence of space 
in, within but not of the world
whereupon bubble bursts
that that never was disappears
then all that is is Self alone
which always was, is and will be
living light eternal within
now cognised in the waking state...

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