Pen and Paper Stories. Vacation for the mind.
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Free
You were so fastIn your chameleon waysTo toss us asideWithout a say…So angryIn words and action-To benefit at all, no-But aid distraction…You were so sureIn a fight for right-That you gave upGoal and sight.Now like a balloonYou are free-May you find the viewAnd the ability to see.
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The Long Road: Diverticulitis
It turns out many people have the condition, and never know it because it stays diverticulosis…
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Seek
It’s just never the right timeOr dayBut weakAnd so the stones layOneBy oneYou’ll hideI seek.
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Free
I would like to believeAnd so I do-In what moves lifeAlong with us too…Little things remindOf why we are here-How to work togetherOr live without fear.Yes the televisionAnd media change time-So few see the consequenceAnd what’s on the line.Beliefs are fadingIn the rapture of noise-Bowing to pressureOr someone else’s voice.And I prayThat you again believe-For…
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Or Life
No pathOr stoneReally knowsThe unknown No riverOr streamKnows the skyOr dream No lifeOr deathLives in secretOr breath No oneCould believeReplacing YouOr Me But so it isAnd He seesBeyond todayAnd me.
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Fable of Adam and Eve
If you throw caution to the windIts only because you believe in no consequences,Or HistoryNor debt-Oh, come the riddles-Lest you forgetFor there are ALWAYS consequencesAnd they come to us yet. Yes, there is history-New are taught to be deceived-Shielded by “evidence”Of no Adam or Eve…. So why then?Believe in anything else?Yes it must be safeIn…
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Jealousy
Knock them downCreate a diversionMake so much noiseTo void the occasion Pretend to careAbout opportunity and growthWhile breaking the willAnd what matters most Like a buzzardPursuing live prayLay waste to the deathAnd successful days Swarm the successLike it’s really omissionPoint four fingersSo lost is comprehension So many times a successTo the office jerkBut one day…
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The Mind
The pullEvery nerveMinute and hour-I drown in noiseAbsent silenceWith days and sounds…The collapseJust a bodyAnd design…Once keptNow soughtThe mind.
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Too Long
In a minute guessedIs also wornOften wastedLike the norm… While feathers tossSmiles only grinTo admit a knowledgeTruth the sin… An hour nowAs seconds gainLike the wormIn sunburned shame… Accept the lossLike the hour beforeIgnore the knockAnd close the door… And just like thatA year is goneHope is walkingAfter waiting too long.
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Nature Un-friended
You are so important-To the happiness in my life-That was until-My back felt the knife… The weight of it all-More than old bones can bare-And like a child I think-You are truly unfair. For the next 3 days –Our relationship must end-2-3 feet of snowMeans we’re no longer friends.
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Be Yourself
Be yourself they saidStay out of your headShed those tears at nightDon’t burn the light- Be yourself they saidSmile from insideDon’t burn that bridgeBe a part of the ride- Be yourself they saidKeep prayer in your heartTurn to HimEven when you fall apart- Be yourself they saidNot what they desireCast their demonsBring the angel’s fire-…
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Workplace
Doors opened-Eyes welcomed-Cheers loud-Hope high. Now work-Reaching goals-Stay quiet-Offered souls. Until complaint-Louder cries-Requesting help-Reality denied. Door re-opensThanks saidBefore goodbyeSevered head.
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Enemy
Darwin saidOnly the strong will survive-But if I am not strong,Nor Weak-What am I?But the middleman…Still crushing the weak-Only to be extinguished?Survivals problem-Is the Who-Who could be helped,Or stop the inevitable.Yes Prosperity-On the backs of the weak,To build a new strength,Pushing an unknown,In the ignorance of history-Erasing what you could have known…So the enemy survives.
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Your Nothing
This is where you goTo give upNo matter the criesOr screamsYou go anywayTo nothingAnd behindIs timeAnd everythingEngulfed in your suffering
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Life’s Challenge
The bits of the day lay waste to disaster-may the devils not hear us now. We tip the toe, and grimace at the leaf, as even autumn sparks a challenge. A change in direction for hoped protection, or least delay the inevitable… For no knowledge or effort can change a path, thus mysteries strengthen… For…
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Finding Merry
To give a liftIn cheek or timeMaybe a tokenOr a bump in line…Yes to show loveWithout someone you knowGiving to giveChanging one’s low…Bringing warmthOn a frigid nightMaking the effortTo provide some light…Lifting a weightEven when you might breakTaking the momentBefore being too late…Yes this is ChristmasBefore a Happy New Year-While one is hoped forMake your…
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Purpose
For the night I sleptWas the only criedAs I lay in peace-Only death by my side…And when it cameLike a bird it passedFor it was not meMy life would last…I thought for a momentThe luck on my sideUntil I found who was takenThe pain to confide…I would have goneMy tears had saidI was not afraidOr…
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Once Was
Silence is deafeningWhen it’s only at the end-For its the companion of lonelyOr a loss to pretend… The frost at the doorKnocks life once there-Leaves were in the treesAnd fights were fair… There was crazyWith a beautiful twist-It wasn’t in memoriesBut the life we lived… There is a lossOn the inside of this-Just like deathOnce…
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Finding Focus
A time cameBefore it passedOf what beganUntil the last- And through the fightsAnd even yearsLaid the feelingsBuilt with tears- No more the rightOr even wrongBuilt the curvesTo a road so long- But a weakened soulHurts the pathTo what is hereOr what was had. So the mapLacking compassFinds an answerAfter finding focus.
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One Last Time
Begging for secondsOf minutes lostWithout a memoryBut balanced cost-And in the battleLose the warTo remember hopeOr what was before-11:11Has always beenWhen I say helloAnd feel again-Just that momentWhere peace is mineWhere I can sigh reliefOne last time.
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Missing Y
The explanation was missingBut when is it not?Seeking that guidanceOr the why…Being lost requires a plan.It has to!Knowing where you are going-Until something changes everything…Now direction is the myth.The sound of each stepYou remember it well.Yes, the quickened heart beatBrings panic in the dark….All from needing more?!!!Not different!But the reason disappeared…Words made lips moveSo lost…
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Confinement
This is where I workThis is where I liveOnly to serveAnd give, give, give. I could curseAnd even cryWhile curious facesAngrily wonder why And while it was always thereAnyway I breakFor this is bestowedMy soul in wake For even aliveAll is deadNo matter the forgivenessOr what to beg For in the momentWhen finally yoursYou weren’t…
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Need
I found a shoelaceMissing a purpose-And a mouseWho didn’t respond to cheese-Thus explaining a clockWhose minutes have no need.
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Forever forgotten
Light of day never faltersOr hangs in the balanceOf hatred or romanceBut what was…And the slip of the decayIs of consequenceNot of usBut what may.So to marchAnd live onLike the poetUntil it’s gone.
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Normalcy
It’s not real But desired.
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Hunter
Make my day.
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Conspiracy Part II
Oh this is WAY better than mine! Who’s controlling you?
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Conspiracy Theory: COVID-19
Conspiracy theories are popular in American culture. I have never been one to give into them, or think of them. The idea that the CIA hired Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate JFK doesn’t seem possible to me, for example. Bigfoot sightings are simply for the amusement of the bored or drug-induced mind I think. I…
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Song Bird
To the song bird who singsNot for perfection or mutterings…Spreading love and so much moreLife, if noticed, is adored-A Presence so pure in devotionLeft for my heart and ear consumption…Thank you for teaching beyond your wingsThe appreciation for simpler things-For without reminders during strifeMore of us would lose in life…So I look as you lead…
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Awaken
Become the compass
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