(“Eye of Newt”, 2020, original encaustic)
I think I’m a very ordinary kind of human
Plainer than pain vanilla kind of guy
And that’s because how I was raised
And yet in defiance I tried to be someone different
So that makes me a fake, at least I think
Until I listen to the kind of music I like
And see I really am a freak.
Sorry Mom, sorry Dad, sorry everyone else
For better or worse
The authentic always shines through.
(6/21/26)
Oh, my true self !
Why do I so often forget you?
Oh, my true self !
In chasing the world’s temptations,
I forget you, my true self.
The things around me lure,
This innocent heart that,
Still does not know,
The curse of temptation
And its long-lasting scars,
Wounds so deep
That I forget you again,
Oh my true self !
How can I remain forever
In the awareness of your
Ceaseless divine light,
Oh, my true self!
I search for you in the eyes
Of all my kith and kin.
I meet many who call me friend,
I look for you in their gaze,
Yet find nothing more
Than endless wishes,
Dark desires, and broken dreams.
But beneath the clouds of wishes,
Dreams, greed, and lust,
There you are—hidden,
Oh, my true self ! So I pray:
In every place,
In every form of God’s creation,
In the true self of all beings,
Help me,
Help me regain you,
Oh, my true self !
(“The Longest Journey”, 2020, original encaustic)
Along For The Ride
The older I get the less I seem to know
Or even care
And the more I feel a somewhat detached
Observer.
I’m okay with this
Simply because there is no alternative
Although I’m sure a doctor could give me
Some drug or hormone to change my view.
And being okay with it,
Not resisting or striving for something else,
Allows me to see it all
More clearly.
And to appreciate
That my good old apparitional
Body/mind knows what to do,
And that it is still fun to go along for the ride.
(7/22/25)
Self is eternal living light,
God’s heartbeat, suffused with delight,
existing beyond time and space,
held there by God in close embrace,
meaning no difference remains,
for in heaven there are no chains.
Self-existent, feeling complete,
delighting in Its own heartbeat,
in the eternal now present,
driven by pure, childlike intent,
Its thoughts instantly manifest,
what heart seeks being by God blessed.
Tempests of desire when we tame,
light of our Self we then reclaim
but first wayward ego must die,
that thus twice born, we wingless fly.
I walk forward,
Not with fear,
But with quiet faith
Knowing I am being led
Knowing that when the time comes
To meet my Creator,
I will stand tall—knowing
I’ve done my best to live on purpose,
With love, with integrity.
To invoke God’s grace, we slow down life’s pace,
that we may cognise each offered surprise,
beholding in wonderment bliss beats rise
in the cave of our heart, soul’s dwelling place.
On recognising life is not a race,
we distance presence from the web of lies
spawned by lower mind, whence our ego dies
and then we see our true Self, face to face.
Our true being rests outside space and time,
made in God’s image, resplendent with light,
in ineffable peace, feeling complete,
renewing within itself bliss beat’s chime,
consciousness aware in drunken delight,
with pure intent emoting its love tweet.
I am as I’ve always been,
born of stars, of dust, of flame.
The light that lingers past the dark
still knows me by my truest name.
No wound can steal the love I hold,
no loss can dim my spirit’s grace.
I stand through every storm I meet,
bound steady to all time and place.
This body bends, the bones may break,
yet what I am will not dissolve—
an endless reach without an edge,
a breath the stars themselves evolve.
With each step, I am reborn,
in every fall, I rise anew.
No tarnish stains this living soul;
I am the light, whole and true.
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
Embrace your true self
By Michelle Morris
10/02/2021
Cradled in your soul is the essence of your being.
You are pure light and love.
No one can take away your incandescence.
As you embrace your true self, you transform into a sphere of everlasting and glowing beauty.
If you could see that brilliance shining brightly, you would know that the universe so vast is always within you and within your grasp.
You are a star and you are destined to shine.
Shine on. Shine true. Shine fully.
Be you.
© Michelle Morris, 2021
The true self is still hidden
For me it's not too sudden
Still immature to travel alone
And a girl that is not flown
It's a story of fairy with unconscious feeling like dreams
Of becoming an Astronaut and fly like have wings
My faith in world is fading slowly
Like I'm walking towards darkness daily
Yesh it's a story of a fairy
Loving, caring but still scary
I'm breathing heavily
I had seen something that was really deadly
It's all easy for me now
Because I'm used to it anyhow
Yes I'm hurt and asking for what
I'm alone to understand, but you cannot
Sometimes I think is everything a reality
But this is not the clarity
You cannot push your frustration
Neither stay in depression
Still the ending must be happy
And for that I'm always crappy
Though it's just a journey of up's and down's
Let's play it like a game- like mile of rounds
No matter how hard it is to get over
I'll be only your forever
For me it's not too sudden
Because my true self is still hidden
peace, love and light
so delighting
clear sight of Self
04-April-2023
I am MY TRUE SELF GOD PARTICLES- ENERGY
I was in my true self
Energy
Compiled, compacted amazingly
power composed of God particles
Energy
just such as Him
power composed of God particles
self power composed of God particles
just such as Him
Compiled, compacted amazingly
self power composed of God particles
I was in my true self power composed of God particles
3/3/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2023
disappear
in the void
to become
awareness
self-aware
alone is
save our light
attributes
fade away
21-February-2023
Tricube
Oracle
psalmic
on
elysium
winds
&
lustral
polyphonic
chorales
in
amber chronicles
Seven seas
converge
in
stillness
of
arcane
heart
&
sky
empties
its
azure
yearnings
in
wispy
turquoise
of
endless
depths
Tattooed
echoes
of
aureate
verses
&
meet
your
real self
a
mystic
in
red radiance!
Written: January 19, 2023
Brian Strand No 1172 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
A brand new life of pleasing exposition
Is what lays before you, adore it
Love the challenge to foster thy ambition
And be fruitful but never learn to quit
Bright blue is the colour of life
In trouble, courage should be bright
Never permit the blue when you are to laugh
Seasons are flexible, afraid not of fright
You are shown to destiny from afar
Don't wish to sit steering at its rear
For the share of flash has enough scar
Keep up the fight building a sole career
What's time? Can you remember?
Who dare drag it behind himself?
If no one can take turns to dismember,
Avoid coping with its aging strife
Later in the open, you will see
How young ever time truly is
Blue eyes tight drown some in sea
The strong cope to reach high at ease
Keep inking your mirrored story
Which you shall one day tell
Jokingly proud to snub sorry
And hide the part you dine in hell
Watch out the new life with interest
So keen not to have regret to live with
Thanks again for our aids you had abreast
Whereas, decision-wise, definitely you forthwith
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