Short Workings Poems

"Pain is a 'wake-up call'
 to change...
 A chance for your 'inner workings'
 to rearrange"...

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Violent workings;
Corvid containment;
Prayers for derailed;
I rebuke this pandemic;

5/9/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr  2020...

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In the shadows of my mind
The intricate workings I find
Scattered memories left behind
A heart scarred where signed
In a time the world was kind
Lost love lingers in my mind...

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ENERGY

old tree standing bare
fitful workings underneath
grizzly bear asleep

what the earthworm hears
a mighty boiling nether
blue sky    sunshine

level plane
sky    forest asleep
mighty roiling beneath...

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a short time ago
an aficionado 
was born out 
of need 
became 
engrossed
within the
inner workings 
of this beings 
broken-down 
self 
tried to urge 
the mind to 
change it's 
self-concept 
this proved to
be difficult feat 
to achieve...

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Re:Mind-Lost but not gone
Do all minds have the capacity to return
Do the circuits die, are they replaceable
Are the intricacies of the mind too complex
for us to unearth its entire workings
Lost minds, destined never to be found
Either way, there’s still a person within!...

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query rises from
within the being of
contemplation that
runs deep 
within the 
internal workings
of the pensive 
soul so full of 
query that it 
invades the mind 
of the inquisitive 
with more 
questions than 
answers in the end
creating frustration
to rise within...

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An ancestral anomaly
A sense of escape
Cannot chase inner workings
Trust in what you feel
As the tide pulls you in
Fear not for you’re safe
Be one with your heart
And hold onto me
Take hope as you sleep
While you wake in your dreams
Close the gap with reality 
And make home in your soul...

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introspection brings 
knowledge of the true
inner workings of the self
the truth that lies deep inside
of us all the one that we are 
told to hide from the rest of the 
world so as to behave in a 
socially acceptable manner 
hiding the true self deep 
inside of a prision of the mind 
locked by the key of societies 
brainwashing...

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patronizing 
condescending 
attitudes
grew within 
the heart 
till one day
they began to 
run amuck
then as they
moved further 
and further inwards
it began to infest 
the inner workings
of the soul
till finally it 
was free to
roam 
through 
out the
interpersonal
encounters of  
the past 
within the 
land of 
lost love...

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You'll find it is a good idea,
now and then,
to look at the bigger picture:
see with a broader view
the workings of your fellow men.
A word of advice, if I may,
please, don't stay too long,
be sure to always come back soon!
One learns next to nothing
about mankind
by looking at the earth
while standing on the moon.



NOTE: Another oldie....

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This addiction has me tied down to the world, tied down to myself.

Tied down to anything that whispers “I want you”.

Being seduced by its mysterious workings

Getting extruded from the truth

Sucked into the eyes of the beautiful mistress

My life swirling in the blue of her eyes

Falling deeper

Deeper into the abyss

Being swallowed by the beauty of the beast....

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Depression is the workings 
Of a cruel mistress
Sewn into your soul 
By the hands of an evil seamstress.

She latches onto every inch of your existence
Like poison,  she spreads through your body 
leaving you paralysed with no resistance.

She’s  an illness  that can’t  be seen, 
a true dame of deception,
with the highest degrees
In the art of manipulation....

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Children love to spin and spin 
With no need to be cautious.
Just watching them's enough for me
To feel a little nauseous.

Our inner workings, in our youth,
Allow the blood to flow
But as we age, attempts to twirl 
Will give us vertigo.

Perhaps that is the reason why
My grandson, being bold,
Announced that spinning's not for me -
Because I'm just too old!...

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The build of time and space,
the workings of suns and worlds. 
The vastness of creative mind,
the depth of the empathic heart.
To spread the light to far corners,
the urge of life travels the cosmos.
Illusions of the structure become,
the solidity of every true thought.
How powerful is the grand ruler,
to turn the loneliness into love,
and invite the entire universe?!...

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Tapestry
~~~~~~~
So great and grand the tapestry 
Its scale we cannot see
Supreme workings on infinity
Mere strands both you and me
Patterns that are beyond the scope
Of the mortal fragile kind
Like Da Vinci can't be understood
By an infants newborn mind
Gods’ workings on his canvas
A universe we can see
Such a beauty is the life design
And its gift was given free....

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Intrusive thoughts take over my mind

Leave me alone

Words swirling in an out of my consciousness

Leave me alone

Memories pop up, zoom by, scorching themselves on my inner being

Leave me alone

Pushing them down

down

down

Leave me alone

Slowly, space begins to open

Allowing room for the blessings, love, positive light

Don’t 

Leave Me 

Alone...

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Four in one, nine baptized,
I hear you say legalized fraudulence.
Promises air-conditioned highways and streets;
Salaries and wages without workings,
An easy life made sweet and comfortable.

Now, all can join the bandwagon of rigging,
Of Moonslide and Marsslide victories,
With babies and peoples ritually sacrificed.
Received with glee by their lord,
The god of Politricks....

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Rendition into the past, the blood stained walls.
The patterns line the inner workings of the mind.
Making these dark days bearable, and detestable.
Filling the empty space with forgotten memories.
Freeing the mind from the lack of reason, taken.
Respond to florescent light with shriek laughter.
Needing a day off from the melancholy, the pain.
Maybe not the pain…it cuts the boredom…...

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Remember that with a collective heart, you can connect to GOD

gather your quills, gather your words 
ink deep inside the well of your hearts 
choose phrases that resound with your soul 
Be a billboard for the broken, lonely and lost 
Advertise God's Kingdom 
with the workings of your hands 
Share your riches with those less fortunate 
and always say, thankyou. 
...

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The Art of Dreaming
Written by Brett Somers
On 3/18/16

You slip into slumber
Eyes roll and flick
Your deep under
Symbols and scenes
Hold secret inner
Workings
Fear and joy
Heart’s not
Aware 
Of this decoy
Monster attack?
NP 
You create a puppy pack
But true meaning revealed
Deep subconscious unsealed
Aha!!!*@#!!!
I got this Freud
...

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When love cuts so deep
That it exposes the 
Internal workings of the soul
The two of us shall meet 
The soul wants to greet
We fall in love so deep
No longer strangers,
We take this leap
So vast and so deep
This ocean of love shall keep
I do not want to do this anymore
Put our love to a test 
I do not want you to hurt any more
Again, you breathe life in me so deep
Sacred words return here to sleep...

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There once was a child
questioned everything she did
her parents admonished her
for peering into
the workings of the world,
but the child
poor child
couldn't possibly understand
what did she do wrong,
and the wise old man
said to her that
t'was not her fault
for 'tis the world
who should be punished
for the fault often lies 
not in the doing
but in the way we see the doing....

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At three in the morning, I lie
awake staring out my window. 

Hundreds of fireflies illuminate
the sapphire darkness of night.

Tiny blinking beacons, they 
guide my thoughts outward,

away from the turbulence of
sleeplessness.

I marvel at God's ingenuity
and picture Edison (inspired

by nature) perfecting the first
practical light bulb.

Having not the inner workings
of genius, I drift off to sleep....

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Christ’s power dwells in the sun with ship’s drums 
In blazing glory without shame 
Showing its greatness even when dawn comes 
To blaze greater than any man-made flame 
This sun gives wisdom her fame with the stars 

Christ’s wisdom dwells in the moon uprightly 
Wisdom does not shine as brightly 
Subtlety and humbleness shine as whole 
Unveiling how it shines greater nightly 
Than the electric workings of man’s soul...

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