Not all minds burn with equal flame,
Some flicker gently, some boldly claim
The heights of thought, few dare climb
Where intellect dances beyond time.
IQ may measure, but cannot define
The soul’s deep hunger for the sign,
For far-sighted eyes that pierce the veil,
And trace the truth where others fail.
Some walk the path with books in hand,
Researching stars, or grains of sand.
While others rest in borrowed light,
Afraid to ask if wrong is right.
To accept the truth, what sacred art!
It asks not brilliance, but the heart.
Yet still, the minds diverge and part,
Some seek the whole, some just a part.
So let's dare honor each unique flame,
Though not all burn with equal name.
For wisdom’s fire, both fierce and mild,
May yet awaken the sleeping child.
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Jiri, Dolakha
10 Aug 2025
listen dear!
We have a lot in common :
the same sky, the same sea,
the same way forward
and the same sad eyes...
We are similar, but not the same....
We have wishes and dreams,
you have desires and aspirations,
we are human, intelligent,
educated, sophisticated
spiritualized but selfish,
stoic but relaxed,
attractive, without complexes...
we have all that we need
for happiness...
Only one thing sets us apart:
I love you, but you don't love me....
We have everything you need
for a life together...
Minus love...!
This is uneven!
JUST TO INCOMPATIBLE
NOT ON THE SAME PAGE
VIEWS ARE MUCH DIFFERENT
VALUES AREN'T THE SAME
NOT EQUAL AS CAN BE
THE SUNRISES TO LIGHT
FROM THE DARK SKIES AT NIGHT
ALMIGHTY TO GOD, WITH CONTINUE IN PRAYERS
THE VALLEYS ARE STEEP, THE TIMES SPENT
WEAKENED AS STRENGTHEN ABROAD
PRAYERS EACH MOMENT THROUGH IT ALL
GRACE AND MERCY GIVEN AGAIN
AS THE JOURNEY NOTES IS WRITTEN, A PAGE DISMISSED
A SCENE REALITY IS DISPLAYED
THE VIEW SEEMS REAL
THE HIDDEN DISCOVERY SUBMISSION
IF CAN DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN
A TIME TO THINK, A TIME TO REALIZE
NOT ALL BRIGHT LIGHTS LEAD TO SUNSHINE
DESTINY TAKEN PLACE
AS THE TIME GOES BY
A STAR SHINING BRIGHT
A TRUE GENUINE LOVE IS FOREVER
A NEW LIFE, PROSPEROUS, BLESSED JOURNEY DISCOVERED.
NOTE:
There are many differences when others are not compatible.
Not in most ways equal. Being on the same page, support, love, and lifting each other up is as very most important in growing, grow together in unity. With GOD. Love, encouraging, understanding, COMMUNICATION, LISTEN. Two people in unity as one. Healthier, and much better results manifest.
The spires take a patchwork of blonds,
The pavements, a not-so-shiny copper,
To the harbour go a few drops of bronze,
Even clouds get but a listless amber,
Though when long day is growing old,
The sun, parting, never forgets to rain
On you, on no other, a splurge of gold.
This world of inequality
Mainly in times of torment
Finding fortune which is not lost
As world turns you at U-turn
Ready to move at your speed
Ready to stop at your death
In this world of inequality
The golden son with silver spoon
While guttering son in Stone spoon
In this world of inequality
Women hungers for power
While men has it without stress
In this world of inequality
Where those with disability
Offend non in sins or crimes
While those with ability
Offer no sacrifice
In this world of inequality
Those who work as Carmel
Eating as mouse
Those who work as ant
Eating in walks of Lion
In this world of inequality
Where death kill not of the wicked
Taking those of good act
In this world of inequality
Where its human color are unequal
Take a look up high to see it shape
Unequal it is
Mr. President
This world is full of hatred, people take their life for granted.
Kids going to school to learn but end up dead beside their books.
Mr. President it's not my fault that my friends grew up in the hood, but that don't give the cops the right to shoot'em 'cuz they could. A bullets not the answer, discrimination rips us apart. It's better to see eye to eye than to poison each others hearts. Mr. President, a family sticks together but you're tearing them apart. These little kids are crying breaking they mamas hearts. As a nation we stand together all for one, and one for all. But do we stand together or are we just watching each other fall?
Mr. President
Why do you hold back?
Why can’t you go all the way?
“I love you” those are the words
That I want to hear you say
Don’t be half hearted
I need you one hundred percent
I don’t want you to be unsure
I want you to be content
You have to be sure
Content as I am in my choice
But you are not are you?
I can hear it in your voice
You don’t feel the same as I
I don’t make your pulse race
Or your heart skip a beat
I’m right; I can see it on your face
Love isn’t a one-way street
It has to flow both ways
But it isn’t flowing to me
Not even on the best of days
Then it’s over and done
I won’t have half measures
It has to be all or nothing
Not just the pleasures
I need to be “the one”
I won’t be your second best
I won’t invest my love
With no prospect of interest
It’s sad when love ends
And a couple have to part
But I only feel regret
That I never reached your heart
What's happening to the world?
Footballers are getting paid thousands a week. While the poor are starving, so sick and
weak.
Politicains corrupt and wrong. Spending hundreds on business lunches. Enough to feed ten
people.
What happening to the world?
Countries fighting countries
brothers killing brothers
mothers killing their children
lovers chaeting on lovers.
What's happening to the world?
Aids, rape, murder and drugs. Thugs,racism the list goes on.
I keep asking myself what's happening to the world.
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