Tag: Life
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Reality Revenge
It was never spoken Or written in word No secret spilled Or story heard. Just the known And needed distance No anger helping Just required resistance. It’s not in the need Or even the want Just in what it is Nothing to flaunt. A loneliness so deep An appreciation shared Connection natural For those who…
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No Good Deed
Callused by logic Confined by youth Ignorance for fun Pain to soothe. No lack of hope Just wrong and right Deaf to No Up for a fight. Alone with silence A past staying awake… Good deeds punished While watching you break.
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Mindfulness
An ancient melody When moments are spared Crickets and starlight A peace willingly shared. The invite appealing A dance to dream Surrounded by wonder And what it will mean. Thoughts abate Breath taken in Present in the moment Until we do this again.
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Lucidity
Useless thoughts take the day Mind and spirit too Sacred silence now taxing Worry making fears true. No finger pointing But blame the same… No justice in the outcome The winner of the game. No hindsight needed As all was seen and ahead… But ignorance in nothing Line the dreams of my bed. Drowning in…
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Clarity
20/20 vision Blind nonetheless Reasoning a fantasy The problem a guess. Left in the dark While seeing light Heavies the heart Awakens the night. Intelligence in theory Rational in dreams Certainty escaping Through foolish means. Suddenly token clarity Too many years have passed… Time the joker The mind left harassed.
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Darkness challenged
The sky a masterpiece Changing faster than any person… A blank canvas- Waiting to be more. Silver linings… Each cloud has a fate To which it will tell a story No plan beyond its purpose No fighting for something more. Now to move on peacefully After narrating a story Leaving behind another canvas- That for…
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Known
What is known… The moon is bright- The sky now dark The day ends right. Another breath From another day… Many blessings And a home to stay. No other thoughts If my discipline holds true… Living for now- And living through You.
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Changes
A stranger In walls once like a home… Colors have changed People too. Barely a resemblance Or a nod of know- Just life moving forward While being the last to let go. Friendly smiles… As stress wears thin- And after so many years Where does New begin? While the past grows dark A future shines…
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Self Perception
The gray walls are neither solid or imaginary but they stop progress just the same. The size of the room changes without changing at all. The silence is loud and the noise is quiet. Existence is the only temporary thing. All meaning isolated. Dried lips crack with a smile because it’s an unexpected thing. Eyes…
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Calm Down
OKAY WORLD – YOU HAVE GOT TO CALM YOUR BUTT DOWN! Look – I get that there is anger in the world. I get there are problems. I get that people have different opinions. I get it. Move on! Seriously – Move on! Politics are out of control. I have spent months un-following all news…
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Leaves and Life
Light from Darkness Places to go Develop and prosper From seeds to grow. Clouds and rain Then warmth of the sun So much progress As life has begun. Now to wander warily As daylight loses time; Losing the power In this season of mine. No death or life But a time to sleep… As I…
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Never Ending
Youth is fleeting While the heart’s still beating Feeling there is some youth yet. Mixed are lessons- And learned is wisdom, Age cannot forget. The inner child gets restless- And always available… When instruction is left to learn. So repeats the cycle- Like a worn down appliance… Fighting life’s twists and turns. Hope for tomorrow…
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Simple
via Daily Prompt: Simple Dear Simple, Where have you been? I remember a time- When we were close friends. Wants were once small- And needs were too… But something happened somewhere- And complicated beat you. Now desires have no control- And needs know no bound… I seek to find you- But you are nowhere around.…
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Lost Words
Only words- So many to be said- Yet nothing to say… A wire to tread. If words were spoken But the choice was wrong- The ending the same… Just without the song. So alone to sit- While facing mountains to climb; And the story to tell… Chanced by time. While left unspoken – Inside…
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Late Sorry
Have you ever said sorry? But you’re not sure what for? But you knew you were sorry- Before you ever closed the door. Did you pour the glass And try to relax… But realize what has happened- And your confidence cracks. Have you ever really wanted Something that wasn’t yours? Did you ignore the needs?…
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A Little Slow
When I went to Petco last Friday I was thankful I didn’t have the money for a turtle. It’s not that a turtle is expensive, but setting up their habitat is, and I knew that was money I didn’t need to spend. BUT – I liked a turtle in the store. It followed me everywhere…
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The Little Things
I took a few days off from work. It was forced really. Leadership made the announcement that we had to have our PTO time down to 40 hours or less by April 1st, and any time over 40 hours would be forfeited. Well, I am not giving anything back I have earned, so 220 hours…
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EVERYTHING
Reason without understanding Life is maddening When fighting what is to be. Perhaps the wreckage Will allow the dissection For all who finally see. Fighting logic with reason Is a fool’s hope And only available weapon. After energy spent And the war is over Left is just a lesson. Live and repeat Until it ends…
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DOING IT RIGHT
I COULD THINK ABOUT RIGHT NOW- WHAT GOOD WOULD THAT DO? GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, SURE! BUT SERVE SACRIFICE TO THE FUTURE TOO. TAKE YOUR TIME! DO THE “HAVE TOs” RIGHT! SOME NEEDS ARE TEDIOUS- BUT THE SLEEP IS BETTER AT NIGHT. IT IS NOT WRONG TO HAVE WANTS! AND ACCORDINGLY GOALS ARE SET-…
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An Idea
When will you find me? What will I do? Will I be something positive? Will I be something new? Will I be that moment That you never forget? Or will I be an opportunity That isn’t there just yet. Will I start as a passing thought Forgotten too fast? And when the brain matures just…
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My Power
I walk along a darkened path- Because the candle’s light lets me see… The heart of people provides the fire… For the light in me to be. 30 seconds of calm thought- Can dampen angers rage… The spirit of hope then finds us- And allows to turn the page. May we light the candle…
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When I Die
I have thoughts about when I die… There is something I want to see You might be thinking Heaven- But there is more curiosity inside of me. Of course I want to go to Heaven! When my time to leave earth comes… But I also want to see the network- That knows how to make…
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My Light
My candle’s light knows no end It is a perfect circle From beginning to end. I have no power to fix another Or a wrong After events begin… But I have the power To bring more light And share mine with you- Together our lights Will help the darkness Until a new beginning shines through.
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A Moment’s Peace
A moment That is all Nothing big Something small. No tomorrow Or yesterday in view Just a moment Between me and you. But it didn’t end Nothing stopped And now this moment Is all we’ve got. Now everything wrong Needs stopped by everything right- As we seek peace From the moment last night.
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Fading Sanity
A faded memory now As she lives in my dreams But she is still alive and well And even had a night saving me. An angelic form she has Where the promising spirit lives Filled with hope and love More life to me she had to give. Alone in the gutter Where all my promise…
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Relationship Cycle
No moments to explain Though all need interpretation Minutes are not wasted- But growing is frustration. Excitement beyond measure- With your heart and mine… Wanting to last forever- If only to stop time. Life moves forward… Pressures weight liking thin… And suddenly the lesson discovered- The differences between women and men. Hearts are broken- But…
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Storms’s End
The storm passed with remnants of wonder. Nothing to fear- Lots to ponder. Beyond this sky Is a worse fate… May they all go inside To safely wait. The wonder of mother- The unknowing of nature- To warn us all And challenge the maker. No sense of justice Or making things right… But a beautiful…
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Just Crazy
The chaos is creating the lunatic. The silence is deadly. Where is the peace? Where is the wrong? Where is the right? Ridiculous blurry vision. Forgotten hours and wasted words- Action’s damage with more to hurt. No life. No comfort. Or hidden tense. If only it would get better. The feeling of failure- And opportunities…
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Nothing
No hateful looks Or apologetic words. No example of happiness Or sign of hurt No acknowledgement of me Or demanding of you- No end to the end Or beginning of new. No rewind to push- Or forward to leap. No touch of a hand Or grace of cheek. No future to build Or past to…
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History
Lack of knowledge and information- Wasn’t the problem… But it was ignorance just the same. Failure to appreciate History- And its notorious gift of repeating itself… Will set a new world aflame. What point are mistakes?- And dire consequences… If failed is the lesson learned? A new place and people- But the same failed system……
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