Short Restarts Poems

make porous heart
love restarts joy
an art so rare

10-September-2021...

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After the Flood

When wickedness thrives,
God devises solutions.
Righteousness restarts.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
March 14, 2010
Poetic form: Senryu...

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i tell myself i love me
and then i break my heart
i ask for forgiveness
and it restarts

i tell myself i love me
and i treat myself well
until i make one mistake
then i treat me like hell...

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Blue eyes laugh takes hold of heart 
the moment we met love was a part
lives became one entwined from the start
pierced like an arrow soared like a dart
love rebuilds remakes rekindles restarts...

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Those nightly tears,
Streaming down cheeks
Glimmer in the moonlight

For the day restarts
As the moon shines
And those tears slip by

Moonlit tears
In a vast sky of stars
Are a refuge for a troubled heart...

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Those nightly tears,
Streaming down cheeks
Glimmer in the moonlight

For the day restarts
As the moon shines
And those tears slip by

Moonlit tears
In a vast sky of stars
Are a refuge for a troubled heart...

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Spiralling around in pattered grooves
Oblivious to throb of bliss that within renews

Immersed in delusion discontent
Strangely yet hoping on for happiness permanent 

Go in oh hermit into the heart
In bliss as ignition within each moment restarts

30-September-2020...

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A little diddle time
To write loathsome rhyme
Restarts your sensing fine
Some dig a mine to cipher
Parlayed a broken cause
You stumbled on my clause
Dement recusing paused
Tears on your wishing wiper
Another line you cry?
We breathe a final sigh
An aging lullaby
From diapered to a diaper...

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The fire
Rages forward. 
On edge, 
We sit with these
Hands gripping the core
Of the time. 
Watching.

Don't look down. 

Waiting. 

Hold it down. 
Put it out. 
The flames eat away 
At the sound of the clock. 

Stop. 

Time restarts again. 


Date: May 18, 2020
Title: Slow Burn
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh...

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At the epicentre
within our heart
as love canters
ignition restarts

As the cogniser
of the current
soma we savour
to hearts content

Throb of silence
one hand clapping
yawn in innocence 
electricity vivifying

Ceasing to resist
in total surrender
we as a bliss mist
at ourself wonder

06-September-2020...

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Crossing the arms nearby
The little fire of your smile
Shivering in the winter gray
Wintry wind moves away 

Your little fire of affection
Lights new cordial connection
Warms me in cool nightlong
Lulls with a love theme song

Little fire lights up my heart
Thru deep cool, life restarts
Your smile endues my energy
Reveals a dream to the reality...

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The morning nears,
A garland of frost appears.
We roll out of bed in cinnamon pajamas
And say extra prayers to avoid Krampus.
The warm gold of joy and love in the symbol of gifts.
Wild hearts with arms and fingers sift and sift.
Food and toys and songs and stories.
Let's hold these memories and share our glories!
Before it all restarts:
With all those empty 
Shopping carts....

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A new year
For an old life
A new beginning
Full of restarts

A new chance
To make things right
To fix mistakes
To change your life

Don’t miss the chance
To make amends
To say you’re sorry
To fill the gaps

This doesn’t mean
You should accept
Any mistreats
Or fake friends

Your happiness
Takes precedence
Over anything
Never forget

To value your feelings
Take care of your heart
Look up to yourself
And hold your head high

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January 01st, 2017...

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Heart lotus meditation
Concept to actual realisation
Purring within the heart
Each moment restarts
Shielded by two lotuses
In different poses 
One pointing upward
The other downward
In between the ether
Energised by invisible nectar

Oh hermit!
Ceasing to suspect
Realise that in truth
Forsooth!
Between lotus shaped as bells
Shiva within dwells
His heart is open
Once doubts are forsaken
He invites our endearing embrace 
Face to face

In the heart lotus

16-August-2020...

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