emerging
&uncontrived
mainstream
& long-lasting
formidable
&
appealing
amusing
parodies
periannuially
valid
yet
haphazard
embraced
&defined
radical
original
distinctively
avant-garde
All roads lead to the same place
What’s different is the path they take
But no matter where you go
There is always at least a hint of perfection
A perfection that is great
Because it is always and already perfect
Even in the depths of Hell
The light of awareness casts its shadows
While at the peak of Heaven
That light is all there is
Between these two the scenes of Samsara
Churn in cycles of day and night
And yet always there is the light of awareness
Perfect, pristine, spontaneous and uncontrived
Whether we know it or not in our ignorance
Whether we see it or not in our blindness
A sphere of light that knows no dark
That we perceive in every thing we see.
(1/5/25)
Love doesn't need to knock you down
Sometimes it's ever so subtle
Before you know it you're under it's spell
Helplessly trapped in love's bubble
No use trying to escape the entrapment
It's futile you're under it's spell
After long and heightened anticipation
Your pulse is racing like hell
The absolute extreme best kind of love
One that's totally uncontrived
The kind that happens when least expected
That takes you by complete surprise
Excitement almost more than you can bear
You think you're going insane
Can't sleep, can't do normal everyday things
Your world has been set aflame
Love often starts so innocently at first
And grows into a love tornado
Passionate love that builds and builds
Until it's a raging inferno!
In the depths of my being, where love is alive, a child within lies
I seek to embrace my child within, with grace uncontrived.
With open arms, I welcome each fragment and flaw,
For within this acceptance, I will discover life's awe.
Embrace, gentle heart, both shadow and light,
For in this union, I know true beauty will take flight.
Let not the scars of my past hold me in chains any further
But rather, let them guide me through life's shifting plains.
With empathy as my guide, I traverse the unknown,
Embracing each fear, to seeds of courage grown.
In the dance of vulnerability, I find my true strength,
For my child within’s embrace is boundless, without length.
Let kindness be my anthem, that echoes through me,
As I embrace my child within with unwavering glee.
In this sanctuary, love's warmth is abounding,
And I will uncover treasures beneath life's bittersweet.
With unrelenting grace, I surrender to the flow,
Embracing my child within’s essence, letting it bloom and grow.
For in this tender embrace, miracles will unfurl,
As I embrace the depths, and the essence of my world.
Dare dulcet murmurs barely audible caress my ear
Let me hear sweet gentle words escape your lips
As the moon above hovers and watches over us
Speak softly to me in your whisper voice
Reveal enchanting secrets I so long to hear
Tempt me with delectable enticements I so crave
Drift in on the summer breeze resonating to my soul
Speak gently words of euphony upon my ear
Let me glimpse at the true colors of your heart
Bared to me uncontrived and guileless
Let me taste all tantalizing shades upon your tongue
Speak tender thoughts of love to make me blush
Let me drink from your fountain
Delectable and quench my thirst
Speak those most endearing thoughts
That have me dream of your embrace
Beneath the stars that glow tonight
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Love doesn't need to knock you down
Sometimes it's ever so subtle
Before you know it you're under it's spell
Helplessly trapped in love's bubble
No use trying to escape the entrapment
It's futile you're under it's spell
After long and heightened anticipation
Your pulse is racing like hell
The absolute extreme best kind of love
One that's totally uncontrived
The kind that happens when least expected
That takes you completely by surprise
Excitement almost more than you can bear
You think you're going insane
Can't sleep, can't do normal everyday things
Your world has been set aflame
Love often starts so innocently at first
And grows into a love tornado
Passionate love that builds and builds
Until it's a raging inferno!
The feeling I get,
so irresistable and impetuous
The joy fills in me,
while I relish the world for free
So uncontrolled and unforced,
unbidden nor uncontrived
Nice to meet you Freedom,
So costless and pure
Have been longing to feel you,
and you feel extraordinarily phenomenal
I'll never forget this feeling,
Just natural and sensational.
Love doesn't need to knock you down
Sometimes it's ever so subtle
Before you know it you're under it's spell
Helplessly trapped in love's bubble
No use trying to escape the entrapment
It's futile you're under it's spell
After long and heightened anticipation
Your pulse is racing like hell
The absolute extreme best kind of love
One that's totally uncontrived
The kind that happens when least expected
That takes you by complete surprise
Excitement as much as you can bear
You think you're going insane
Can't sleep, can't do normal everyday things
Your world has been set aflame
Love often starts so innocently at first
And grows into a love tornado
Passionate love that builds and builds
Until it's a raging inferno!
© Jack Ellison 2013
It took me time to embellish
myself
And long to reach you!
And there I stand confronting
you and lionise,
Behaving uncontrived and
candid!
And now you waste golden
moments talking to my better
half,
Bereft me and become
nonpareil!
Your fairer half still sits staid,
Not inveighing our inexorable
closeness!
Do not evince your antediluvian
ideas,
And undulate perplexed
disconcert!
If you vitiate my selfhood
today,
It would addle and might moire
me beyond identity!
Look into my eyes I am
dogmatic,
Very positive that Love will
triumph!
Written on 22/9/13 for
' Charles heigh wood contest'
a nail
a shadow
a broken pane
commonplace
ordinary
mundane
alive
uncontrived
sublime
captured
forever
momentos
in
t
i
m
e
inspired by Vermeer's The
Milkmaid
As I whisper names in darkness here
I leave my scent where you still stare
When will you learn that I’m alone?
I don’t want your pity, painted moan
Touch me as I start to shake
I need release, I need to quake
With longing and with soft abandon
As we rock in secret tandem
Love is strangely relative
Bemused I laugh as you fall…
For only jest can make me stay
I live from future far away
Consumed I rest in lover’s arms
Letting life take me by storm
Because I choose to here ignore
The chance that we will live for more
For whom among you can entreat
My wholesome fearless ecstasy?
And who among you can survive
My art when fully uncontrived?
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