Within Poems

a poem within a poem

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The Constant Conflict

The lurking demons,
Lying deep down within me,
Strive against my good.

Sparks

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Within the Dirt, Stars Form

Dusting the floor,
my broom wrestles
with the cobwebs lingering
from yesterday's sales,
all around the ceramics
the threads poke
in all directions,
I kick the dustpan 
and the dirt crystalizes 
in midair,

for a moment, it was beautiful. 

Sirius, bright as always but
Canopus, closely behind. 

The vacant moment 
stabilizes,
attuning gravity 
for the slightest
second.

The image painted its portrait 
onto the walls just as

The Journey Within

The journey within is a rocky road
A trip long overdue
Where do I stand now with my love for you
For the right place I've searched 
Has your residence changed since my last visit
                       

The Journey Within

I carry the weight of unspoken names,
ancestors carved in the marrow of me.
Chains once bound them, yet their spirit still walks,
pressing my steps with a rhythm of fire.

The mirror does not reflect only my face,
it holds centuries of silence and struggle.
Songs in languages stolen yet remembered,
rise in my chest like thunder after rain.

I walk between

The Journey Within

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, 
plans to prosper you and not to harm you, 
plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
As Christian believers
we may suffer tribulation and trouble	
     but does that mean the Lord leaves us alone?
We may become destitute, hungry and

LABYRINTHINE PATHS

LABYRINTHINE PATHS
“You have no need to travel anywhere—journey within yourself. Enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendor of your own light.” Rumi
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I walk softly into the labyrinth,
knowing not what I will find.
Cautiously, I journey within. 

Through labyrinthine paths I meander
seeking answers.
Expectantly, I journey within.

Time unfolds like an origami crane,
‘art of being’ stitched

The Journey Within

I don’t want to wall myself in with mixed-up theology,
but set myself on the narrow path towards heaven.
—quote by poet

The Journey Within

      Finding out, you’re all wrong;
   mixed-up theology is quaint.
Did you forget the part about suffering saints?
   This is why your anger erupts;
  

Nacre to Nacre Within

I plunge beneath the tide of the restless sea.
through corridors of green where shadows lunge at me;
the water’s pulse warps what I can see,
each beat a thrust towards my fate's mystery.
Silt now erupts, choking faded memories,
Shells lock shut, like vaults closed by ancient decrees;
I probe for grit wrapped tightly in silver coat's gleams,
With a silky

The Journey Within

 
 “The Path towards REMEMBERING is not for the weak. It is priceless. Move inwards, without faltering & know that you are held.” Poet
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journey within is strewn with jagged edges
    and jewels
both can lead to detours 
walking a straight and narrow path one 
      traverses own

The Distance Within

2025 Poetry Marathon Mile 6 Poetry Contest// Sponsored by: Mark Toney 
( 7th Place ) 

Written: August 10, 2025 


I run the miles deep within,
a subdued race, an unspoken intent,
devoid of spectators-- no finish line,
just breath and heart, both entwined.

The shades lengthen along my path
but still a soft dawn finds its way turning into gray.
Stage

Storm

Gray clouds
gather 
in the hollow 
of my throat.

I chart 
their movement
northwest wind, 
barometric drop, 
the way lightning 
splits 
behind my ribs.

Rain arrives 
without apology. 
I open my hands, 
count the drops.

When sun 
breaks through, 
I don't close 
the windows.
I've learned 
to read 
the sky of myself
each front 
moving in, 
each clearing after.

The waves 
keep coming.

The Journey Within

“I have journeyed within myself,
 Scanned rumblings of the inner self
 Lent my ears to the inner chime
 Within grasp of the sands of time.” By author.
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The Journey Within

The journey within, for diverse souls,
Begins at diverse stages of life,
    For some since early days of childhood,
      

The Journey Within

Contest : J With Four Options
Sponsor : Constance La France
Date : August 9, 2025


The unseen glow of omnipresent divine light 
floods my possessed essence, but I don’t perceive, 
for I invent free-will tenets shaping ego  
in the realm of fantasized self-deception.
    The stain of murky disdain blemishes my face,
I traverse the

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