Short Steadied Poems

Sobriety
Lucid self-possession.
Clear-headed, composed, steadied
Abstention, temperance; Carouser, lush
Staggering, tottering, gibbering.
Intoxicated high.
Drunkenness...

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I have to let you go now
my dear sexy friend

You have 
steadied my hand
been a light
I could hold on to
in those darkest of times

So much time
spent
spending

With nothing to show
but ash and smoke...

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quiet, quieter and quieter yet still
mindfully watching each stirring that arises
aided by divine magnetism heightening its bliss hum
we remain in a time dissolved peace continuum 
grateful God has steadied the flame...

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Wind swept fast,
the boat steadied on sails,
they bloated like hell,
and the boat ran ahead,
so far so good,
what would happen,
when winds dropped dead,
and the boat came to halt,
those not ready,
are running fast,
and simply muddied and greedy....

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Flickering flame, steadied by love
Transmuting consciousness 
Baptised in the stream from above
Unbroken awareness

Bliss transfixed attention
Is our meditation 
Heart’s orientation 

Ego urge tame
Flickering flame

02-February-2022
Quietus ...

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God has steadied
   Many provisions'
To shape my belief'
      ... And
  Sturdy my tongue'
       ------
He hath prepared for 
    /// Me... 
A place in the presence
Of my enemies'...
      ------
He provides' me
With comfort along the
  .... way!
And fulfill my needs'
In the adversity of
   .... My day!



Poet/Author
Gary Fields...

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Early morning shivers
Steadied by steaming tea
Sweetening my tongue
Warming me 

The Towhee is calling
telling me to drink my tea
I tell him I have
Stop pestering me

The morning sky is crisp
Pine needles are dancing
Birds are all singing
Squirrels are all prancing

Light through the leaves
Painting them green
Early morning beauty
Enchants me...

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Living on the edge,
on a thin razor like edge,
I walked on one side,
of a deep yawning wedge,
wind blew hard in a roar,
sweeping my hairs,
my legs swerved,
as if inviting a fall,
I steadied,
only to be windswept again,
precipitatinggly and gingerly,
I walked along,
life is a similar wedge,
with you on one edge,
it is not known for sure,
when a wind might blow,
and take you deep in wedge,
quite dead....

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“Rebuild anew”, he says to me.
The one of stillness ‘neath the sea.
“Rise to the shore; as one we stand.
This hardened castle borne of sand 
conceals your darkest memory.”

A lone wolf blows with certainty
to shatter hollow masonry.
Destruction steadied by still hand.
Rebuild anew.

I crave only tranquility. 
Erase these tortures mindlessly.
My heart is still; my mind profound.
Upon the rock I claim this ground
to reinvent my destiny.
Rebuild anew....

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I met him accidentally
While on an errands run
Got into his space literally
With my hands heavily laden
And steadied me he did; tenderly

Looking up at my savior
Left me awestruck and dumbfounded
With my mouth as a dried up reservoir
Gazing up to him like one long retarded
As my heart beat with renewed vigor


The attraction was quick and fast
Like a wildfire it spread
In its snare and die we were cast
Effortlessly, tirelessly held
And to each other we held fast....

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I was walking on this earth I fell down
Into the dirty crevices of sin
And Jesus
He lifted me
He lifted me
 Out of the pit of despair,
 Out of the mud
He lifted me
Out of and muck the mire
My God, My God
 He set my feet on solid ground
 As He steadied me as I walked along
And above it all
He lifted me
He lifted me
As He steadied me as I walked along
And above it all
 above it all
Jesus
He lifted me
He lifted me

5/22/19




Psalm 40:2...

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