I peel it slow, no rush, no shame
my body’s fire, you’re the flame
A snap of lace, a smirk, a grind
I leave your breath two steps behind
The room is thick with want and sin
I drink it up, it soaks my skin
A slip, a slide, a daring bend
I don’t perform, I just transcend
This was written from the heart.
Never knew it'd come to this.
I don't know where to start.
Mama, your son gotta kind heart!
But every day, the world's telling me to play my part.
From a boy to a man, I had to transcend.
Like a pea in a pot, I had to grow up.
Never once complained when it's time to show up.
I've been scarred, betrayed, and left to fend for myself.
No one's fault but mine, for trust don't get you far.
So I've learned to keep my heart dark, like a tint up car.
And fight it by myself this internal war.
Sorry it took me so long to understand.
The world's doesn't cater for the weak.
That every man's battle is in their own hands.
Win or lose, you gotta stand strong.
And a man's tears are as worthless as a dollar coin.
The older I get, there's thing's I comprehend.
Like family can be your biggest hater, nothing like a friend.
And you gotta answer to God for every sin.
I apologize for not knowing this in the beginning.
O, Lake of the Mystical land
Budding with life small and grand
Provider of man and provider of land
Giver of sanctuary of birds all around
Harbour of beauty and pleasant sound
Many a lovers attracted to you
Transcend into heavenly plane trying to meet you
Your idyllic demeanor attract me to you
Is today the day I transcend into heavenly plane?
Will I be the one with nature through you?
It's not just the good news you deliver
Oh my you are so clever
You've been here forever and ever
Rejecting lovers is your old trope
Even if the lovers reach you with never-ending iver
Is it you or the afterlife they strive?
Your never-ending beauty creates strife
No, it is you they prize
Because other lovers go other ways
But all of them go in afterlife
opposite my upstairs relaxation chair
window-corner be a pendulum clock
...above a low shelf-cabinet
and below a black and white
buddhist meditation image...
the pendulum keeps swinging
but the reading doesn't change
...reflecting that a time reality
be as our heart keeps ticking
and we sew mental concepts...
that can be set to one side
because time be of constants
that transcend and dent all
changes in our exist-tense
stan sand
Transcend Fear and Anxiety
FEAR and ANXIETY
enter mind endangering efficiency
acting awfully against analytic approach
Try to transcend with tact and competence.
Oblivious solution lies in dependence on self-confidence.
Out of fear, don’t lose your gear.
Value your skill driving out anxiety.
Chase fear challenging nervousness causing anxiety
More you are anxious, more you will miss.
Anxiety all around far or near, known or unknown.
Fear may attack severe or mild, off and on.
Overpower anxiety through your smartness.
Break claws of paws of awe : You are awesome fearless.
I
a wanderer,
journey through three planes,
searching for where to call mine.
Lost in a belligerent and transient world, I
D
E
S
C
E
N
D
to an infernal region
where dead men tell no tales.
Words transmit like waves
and movement is as swift as light.
Silent as the foot of time in daylight
Lively and cheery at moonlight.
But!
In this soul, I cannot dwell,
for I have no right to mere men.
Weak and weary,
I struggle and triumph.
Like a flash, I
T
R
A
N
S
C
E
N
D
and become one with sweet souls.
Charming and alluring
I am enticed by their smiles.
To whom do I belong?
Where do I fit in?
Until I find my home
The search continues in my afterlife.
I've heard the opposite of love is indifference,
I think something different than that,
It's hate, though the hollows of nothing, far worse,
Solidified matter of fact,
Only through hate can we know of love's place,
Just as sweltering sweat makes us cold,
And the way that the moon steals sunlight for the night,
Day to dark, when cowards turn bold,
In my relative time here on Earth I have seen,
Blinding pain allows joy to exist,
And I think about life after death, God and hell,
Honestly hard to tell which is which,
I seek endlessly for answers to questions unknown,
Choose between keeping peace or to fight,
Finding yin and yang as a guide, always wrong,
But then again, never not right,
All the same, here we are, none and all, simultaneously,
Differentiating between the twos,
When one is the other, the other the one,
Dualities transcend me and you.
I am liquid moonlight;
The ashes of dreams.
I am the realization of the impossible;
The renunciation of thought, serene.
I am the swimming seasons of time;
The memories yet to come.
I am the flawless equilibrium of the outcaste scavenger;
The infinite equanimity of the illuminate sun.
I am the embodiment of dispelled desire;
The sage.
I am the squire.
It may not seem like very much at all
but what a result from a small action;
With one simple step we all can ascend;
Revolution. Evolve and heed the call;
Your ideas will slowly gain traction;
Never born to follow we set the trend,
I’m drooling over imaginations;
A message can catch with a small faction
the future that we need quietly penned;
Every single one of growth’s foundations
transcend.
Light workers ! Melt orange sediment
For homes without leaks
Our hot hearts and hands
Becoming liquid stars
Lord of lavender and laughs
Bring the turquoise serpent here
Put before us bread and cheese
Mould flexible our knees
Light workers ! Walk quietly along
Corridors of Stone
To find the alabaster jar in your
Sun of suns
Work your will and wisdom
Become flames across the stage
Holding antennae high to
Hear adoring breathes
Transcend tears of
Longingness
Maybe I’m just trying to transcend.
Sanity is a luxury in the place.
As they try to tell me that depression is stability.
But if that’s the case…
I’d rather be guilty of insanity.
I’d rather be caught between the voices.
And I’d rather dissolve in the void.
There's simply more than meets the eye
and yet most think after we die
is when we rise above this plane;
a new existence we shall reign.
These thoughts are wrong and light is life
now look beyond the pain and strife
Objects are not what they may seem
we can not see what we don't dream.
Lights and brainwaves crash to make
reality is put at stake
But what's the cost of mortal life
if we transcend the afterlife.
"Look," I'll beg for weeks on end
"Please look, just look!" their sights will bend,
They'll see, I think, what I see now
Rise above, you can't ask how.
1-20-2022
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
"Transcendence"
nature simply put
pithy words that resonate
~ haiku that transcend
splashing cold water
fish leap
embraced in the sun
Live not in vain
Even with pain
See the truth plain
Gain more from pain
Live well each day
Zest knows the way
Fun and fest play
Watch joy now stay
Live a good heart
Watch love forge start
Passion sculpts art
Hope strings each part
Live your fond best
Love channels zest
Dare that stern quest
Dream of grand fest
Live your own show
Work lavish flow
Joy now firms glow
Warm fragrance grows
Live and discern
Success we earn
Yes we all yearn
Grace helps you learn
Live in the light
Enjoy the sights
Love mellows flight
Watch joy burn bright
Leon Enriquez
19 September 2018
Singapore
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