tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26926427905318641912023-12-12T13:53:04.928-05:00Too Much to TellSubstancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-40127808727104349582010-06-10T22:45:00.004-04:002010-06-10T22:58:01.330-04:00Lullaby: Under the Influence<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">i think i wrote this in 90 seconds. the red wine told me i could write a poem quickly and post it without editing it. if u don't like it, blame it on the alcohol. if you love it, share the link or drop me a comment or tweet me...or something. </span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></i></div><div><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">lullaby</span></u></b></div><div><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></u></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">having marinated in his love</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">for decades</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">he's finally saturated my soul</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and i feel him in my skin</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">he oozes out of me</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">as drowsiness seizes me</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and i soak in pools of his essence</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that color my dreams </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with heart-scented waves</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and thus</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">he rocks me to sleep</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">on a sea of serenity</span></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-25990248105234036542010-05-23T19:26:00.005-04:002010-05-23T19:34:52.586-04:00Writer's Anthem<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">One day, I sat down with a notebook and ink pen on my lunch break, feeling like I needed to write something. But I didn't know where to start. I didn't have anything particular to say. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">So I asked myself, "Why do you write at all?" This poem was my answer. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I wonder if other writers will read this and find themselves in any of it. As always, I welcome your feedback!</span></i></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></i></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Writer's Anthem (with this pen)</u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; "><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">with this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I’m equipped to flip the script</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I craft astute quips</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">and crack literary whips</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">to make words fall in line</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">with this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I can travel through time</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">and correct narcissistic histories</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">shining light on truths once enshrouded in mysteries</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">with this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I break rules and amend statutes</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">redistributing the loot of the educated few to the masses</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">with this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I appropriately label jackasses</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">and call them out on their classless pursuit</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">of plain old bullshit dressed in a fancy suit</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">with this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I settle disputes and increase the peace</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">pealing away conflict to expose the serenity underneath</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">with this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I declare war</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">as I journal I </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">murder every force</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">that undermines every cause that I stand for</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">with this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I’m engaging the enemy</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">staging battles on pages</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">and channeling fits of rage</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">into powerful displays of the purest way</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">that I know how to fight</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">With this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I plan to discover the limits of my might</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">as I write percussive campaigns</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">against treasonous refrains</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">that try to claim victory</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">over my sanity</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">with this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">and its unlimited supply of ink</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">every phrase that I think</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">brings me closer to the brink of solution</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">and becomes proof of my evolution</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">into my position as the divinely appointed opposition</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">against pointless, hurtful traditions</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">and maliciously imposed contradictions</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">that </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">if left unchecked </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">would stifle the ambitions</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">of the hearts of humanity</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">,</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">yet</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">with this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">can’t</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">forget</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"> to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">check my own vanity</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I own all </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">my flaws with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">honesty and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">attitude</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">reminding myself to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">consciously </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">walk in gratitude</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">with this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I empty my head of thoughts broken</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">cloven and worn thin by daily carcinogens</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">fulfilling cycles where first I sin then am forgiven</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">With this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I write freely ‘til my soul lies barren</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">begging like blank pages to be filled time and again</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I write</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">because with this pen</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'segoe print';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I win</span></span></p></span></span></span></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-21383627537073932942009-12-28T14:02:00.003-05:002009-12-28T14:21:15.413-05:00Love Is Beauty (4/30)<div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Here's a fresh one. It's a love poem. (Yeah, I'm back on that...apparently.)</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The first line comes from Whitney Houston's old song "All the Man That I Need," which was stuck in my head all morning. The rest is all mine.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><u>Beautiful Love</u></strong> (4/30)</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />he fills me up.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />heart's cup overflows</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">with peace</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">even as love grows</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">and I release myself</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">to surrender to his heat.<br /></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">each time we meet</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">life's force is restored</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">rekindled by a passion</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">that cannot be ignored</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">but instead begs to be explored</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">begs to be discovered</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">begs to be voiced in conversation among lovers,<br /><br /></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">uncovered and revealed</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">it appeals to my finer sense.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">it feels gooey and dense.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">it coats my thoughts in layers</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">and presents itself as answer to my prayers.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">love.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">proactive and adaptive.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">bending and transcending.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">upending my preconceived notions.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">trading in what i thought it oughtta be</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">and upgrading to what it's gotta be.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />put simply: love is beauty.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="left"><br /></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-14351704856381294762009-12-27T19:38:00.004-05:002009-12-27T19:46:43.677-05:00Hiatus (3/30)<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">No, I'm not where I'm supposed to be, but I haven't given up either! 30 poems in 30 days...by any means! (Thanks for reading...hold me accountable!)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i>I started this poem a few weeks ago but just finished it. I gave it a title after writing only a few lines, which is very unusual for me. Of course, the poem morphed and kinda changed direction as I continued writing, but I think the title fits even better now...in a cryptic sorta way. And for the record, I love sprinkling my poems with crypticisms. As always, look forward to your thoughts and comments. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Hiatus</span></b><b> (3/30)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">rhyming words placed</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">in rhythmic cadences</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and sentences</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">is the single way </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">she repents for the offence</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of remaining silent</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">in the midst of such violent passions</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and feelings</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and urges</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and surges</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">she words her apology with care</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and sets her pathology to lay bare</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">there within her phrases</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">she makes rhetoric and record of all her ways</span></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-15952505068200375262009-12-22T16:15:00.003-05:002009-12-22T16:22:33.678-05:00Imperfection: A Senryu<div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Yeah, I know I got some catching up to do. Here we go...</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em> </div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><u>Imperfection: A Senryu</u></strong> (2/30)</span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">No apologies</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">for flaws or imperfections.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">such is life. i live.</span></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-4573921606915948662009-12-15T22:20:00.002-05:002009-12-27T19:47:57.511-05:00Float (1/30)Today begins the 30 in 30 challenge...30 poems in as many days. No rules. Just words. I hope you stick with me along the journey. Here we go...<br /><br />___FLOAT (1/30)___<br /><br />wild is the wind that carries my wings<br />no wonder my soul sings<br />and echoes off the sand<br />no wonder i haven't found a place to land<br /><br />I drift along blissful currents<br />as i fervently savor the whimsical waves<br />that seem to behave even as they disobey<br />they push me away yet they beg me to stay<br /><br />and I can't seem to resist the urge to float<br />these urges might otherwise be caught in my throat<br />but instead I release them into the atmosphere<br />they fade away but I can always find them here<br /><br />************<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneSubstancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-57039142703414621342009-12-08T13:06:00.000-05:002009-12-08T13:07:32.745-05:00My Kind of LoveI started writing this poem a long time ago. I wasn't in a relationship at the time, but I was trying to get there. So, I was doing some soul searching and asked myself why he (or any man) would wanna be with me. What do I have to offer? This poem is an attempt at answering that question. <br /><br />Of course I forgot all about this poem until I recently stumbled across it again. I made a few revisions and decided to post it. I look forward to your thoughts on this one... <br /><br />My Kind of Love<br /><br /> <br />you've never had love like mine<br /><br />it might sound like an exaggeration, but it's the truth<br />i've been grooming my love for you since the beginning of my youth<br />and i've perfected the art of touching your heart <br />so now i'm ready to be a part of you<br /><br />now i'm ready to show you what i've learned<br />i'm ready to demonstrate the extent to which i've yearned <br />for the chance to bless you<br /><br />to rub your feet and caress your soul<br />while simultaneously stroking your ego,<br />grasping you so thoroughly you'll never want to let me go<br />'cause baby, i know...<br />you've never had love like mine<br /><br />you've never had a woman anticipate your needs <br />submit to your manhood <br />and fulfill you mentally<br />and I know...<br />because you've never had me<br /><br />have you ever felt secure enough to reveal your softer side?<br />have you ever had a partner that increases your sense of pride?<br />has a woman ever made you feel taller just by standing by your side?<br />I can do all of this and make your longing subside<br /> <br />i have the ability to address the king in you<br />simply because when i look at you i see every good thing in you<br />i'm determined to discover your heart's desire and bring it to you<br />and when i find the right words, i won't just speak<br />i'll sing them to you<br /><br />i'll show you more than romance<br />I'll make my love dance for you<br />just name your pleasure<br />it's never too much when my love is the measure<br /> <br />i'll do everything a woman can<br />to make you feel like a man <br />because that's the kind of lover that i am<br /><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-53185178535138760972009-10-27T22:21:00.000-04:002009-10-27T22:27:39.580-04:00Better DaysThis is just a little something that was on my mind...based on a true story (like all poetry).<br /><br />*Better Days*<br /> <br />weary and spent from such long days<br />in a haze from even longer nights<br />these times bring out the fight in me<br />these fights bring out the might in me<br />and it turns out i'm stronger than i thought <br />i've fought longer battles with myself<br />in the dreary trenches of my head<br />just trying to make it outta bed<br />so instead of <br />writing myself into woeful tales<br />of predetermined fails<br />i choose to sail <br />on the current of perserverance <br />my determination is my clearance <br />to optimism and the better times <br />that lie beyond what I can see<br />the truth is that better times dwell within me <br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-5889726362301136522009-10-16T15:11:00.005-04:002009-10-16T15:18:35.585-04:00Raw and Untitled...(and Messy)<span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Alright...so this is a quick piece i just banged out on the keyboard in all of 5 minutes. It's pretty raw...I look forward to feedback. (Thanks @Whyguys for the extra push.) </em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em><br /><strong><u><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">[untitled (at least for now)]</span></u></strong><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">unspoken words shouted<br />already dim light got outed<br />the air fell silent<br />as thoughts turned violent<br />but managed to stay hidden<br />good riddens<br />to the way sadness feels<br />it's concealed<br />deep down inside<br />glazed over with pride<br />and unexpressed sorrows<br />for a tomorrow already lost<br />and glossed over with frost<br />she turned cold<br />as she saw herself alone</span>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-61150786510689439902009-09-30T12:44:00.014-04:002009-09-30T15:10:53.799-04:00Facebook Mini Series, Vol. 1<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;">Yeah, I'm on Facebook, but I don't really *do* Facebook. (I'm a twitter addict.) I'm the kinda person that might update my FB status once a week...maybe. And then I like to be all cryptic and non-specific and junk.<br /></span></i></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></i></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;">But lately I've been writing these mini-poems for my status updates. They're quite random, but like the rest of my poetry, they're all me, unfiltered. Heres a bunch of my latest. I'll post more when I write more.<br /></span></i></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></i></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I dig them (I may try to expand some of these in the future), but I wanna know what you think. Which one's your favorite?</span> </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color:#99ff99;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ccffff;"></span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ccffff;">my hesitation was misinterpreted for resignation</span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ccffff;">when in fact i was suffering from emotional constipation</span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ccffff;">communication outlets blocked and backed up</span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ccffff;">but when they get stacked up too tall</span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ccffff;">these sentiments fall after all</span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ccffff;">______________________________</span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ccffff;"></span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:medium;color:#ccffff;"></span></span></span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:medium;color:#ccffff;"></span></span></span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:medium;color:#ccffff;"></span></span></span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:medium;color:#ccffff;">blue notes danced across my eyelids</span></span></span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:medium;color:#ccffff;">as they slid into place thru my headphones</span></span></span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:medium;color:#ccffff;">they always find me alone</span></span></span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:medium;color:#ccffff;">lost in imagination</span></span></span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:medium;color:#ccffff;">a singular solitary soulful congregation</span></span></span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ccffff;">______________________________</span></p><p class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ccffff;"></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;"></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;"></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">there's no way of knowing</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">but I say I'm going all the way</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">at the end of the day</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">I'm still standing</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">still running</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">still flying</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">the day I stop moving is the day I start dying</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">______________________________</span></span></span></h3><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;"></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;"></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;"></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">my heart bleeds steady </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">so i keeps the pen ready</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">ink from my soul's well </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">is the best way 2 tell</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">my story: </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">love, loss, passion and glory</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">_________________________</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ffff99;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">wading in the stream of dreams</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">that meets reality at its seam</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">fed by the waters of creation </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">that flow 'cross the riverbed of manifestation</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">boldly treading on an unknown heading</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">taking to flight into a fearless night</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">______________________________</span></span></span></h3><span style="color:#ccffff;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">marinating in the juice of inspiration set loose</span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; OVERFLOW-Y: hidden; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; OVERFLOW-X: hidden; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); PADDING-TOP: 0px" ft="'{"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#ccffff;">prepare to feast on my masterpiece</span></span></span></h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:medium;color:#ccffff;">______________________________</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-78123784469499539712009-09-18T10:58:00.011-04:002009-09-22T21:18:34.483-04:00Dawn of Inspiration<div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>"Anoche me acosté con mis pensamientos. Ésta mañana me levanté con mis sentimientos." </em><em>(Last night I lay down with my thoughts. This morning I woke up with my feelings.)</em></span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><br /></i></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; "><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>I tweeted this thought a few days ago. I have no idea why I wrote it in Spanish, but I'm glad I did. (Isn't Spanish a beautiful language?) </em></span><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I kept reading it over and over, feeling like there was more to be said. It grew into this little (English) poem.</span></em></span></em></span></div><br /><div><em></em> </div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong><u>Dawn of Inspiration</u></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">last night </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">i lay down under the weight of the day</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">and slept with my thoughts</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">reluctantly drifting into dreams </span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">of deficiency</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">lit by the flicker of dim resolution</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">at some point during our slumber</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">my pensive bedmate disrobed</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">stripping herself of the heavy burden</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">of solving riddles and fixing broken solutions</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">as i dreamed she took my hand</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">and walked me through a fantastic field of possibility</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; ">and her gait took on a more sentimental saunter</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">unbound by higher reasoning</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">she pursued higher ways of pleasing me</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">and </span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">this morning</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">i awoke with fresh feelings </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">instead those same tired thoughts</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">passion illuminated my bedroom </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">urgency pulled back the covers</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">coaxing me to open my eyes</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">with determination</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">and gaze intently upon</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">the dawn of inspiration</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-48059589354671115812009-09-11T15:13:00.002-04:002009-09-11T15:31:01.887-04:00I Want Mine Now<div align="center"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>I wrote this poem in 2007, forgot all about it, and just found it randomly. (It happens. Often.) It's in complete first draft form, so it's not the best, but I wanted to share. It's about...holding back, from the perpective of the one who gets less...or something like that. Just read it (please).</em></span></div><div align="center">... </div><div align="center"> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Also, I don't exactly remember writing this so I can't be sure, but I think the first 2 lines are paraphrased from the movie Love Jones (love that movie). Lemme know what you think!</em></span></div><br /><strong><u><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I Want Mine Now</span></u></strong><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">baby</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">you ain't gotta save none for later</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">i want mine now!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">you don't have to put me on emotional rations</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">i just want you to fall into me until you reach</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the deepest levels of satisfaction</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">when i reach out to rub your back</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">you don't have to recoil from my touch</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">grab that bottle of oil</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and tell me to rub you down as much</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">as you please</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">baby</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">there's no need to hold back cute nicknames</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and terms of endearment</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">no matter how much you tell me you love me</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">i won't get tired of hearing it</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">trust</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and the lust in your eyes is always a good thing</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and a kiss from your lips will always make my heart sing</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and i always get butterflies when my cell phone rings</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and i hear that ringtone i downloaded just for you</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">baby, i'm still all about you</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">but sometimes </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">i wish you got a little closer</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">to me</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-84593534706981813652009-09-04T11:01:00.005-04:002009-09-04T12:48:54.938-04:00Fragile<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I don't pretend that I can speak for all women, but I would imagine that a lot of them will identify with at least some part of this poem. I look forward to your comments on this one...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Fragile</span></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">be gentle...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that woman's more fragile than you know</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">she might walk like she's got a big ego</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but sometimes that confidence is borrowed</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it might not show but her feelings ebb and flow</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and she's under the pressure of heavy cargo</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">including her fair share of sorrow</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but she banishes her weaknesses far below</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">the surface</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and keeps going</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">see that unshakable woman...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">she's more sensitive than you think</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">her head and her heart aren't always in sync</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">even small matters can make that tall woman shrink</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">or push her beyond the brink </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of what she can handle</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but she pulls it together</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that spitfire woman...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">she's more weary that she seems</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">see, it's a tiresome thing to have her dreams</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">trampled before they can be redeemed</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">all the while swimming upstream</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">just to get to stability</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">look deeper</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">how hard do you look to try to see her?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">how far do you go to try to reach her?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">how tight do you squeeze to try to keep her?</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that woman carries the burden of creation on her shoulders</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">sometimes you gotta offer to hold her</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you can't afford to forget to console her</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">yeah, i know...she's strong and agile</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but please understand </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that woman is FRAGILE</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><div> </div><br /><div> </div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-61919709544748220652009-09-02T09:15:00.006-04:002009-09-02T09:51:43.256-04:00This Heart's Terrain<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong><u>This Heart's Terrain</u></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">pain is this heart's terrain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">even as the pleasurable truth sustains me </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">across the planes of the mundane</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the ache of rejection and fear of love feigned</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">is so deeply engrained</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that i have to strain just to abstain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">from draining his love of every drop </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">of sentiment it could potentially obtain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">my heart has reason to sing love-filled refrains</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">with beautiful melodies that neither wax nor wane</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">because it knows nothing of love lived in vain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">but still i remain chained in shackles of self-disdain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">as i helplessly watch myself imagining the inhumane</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">where only fondness reigns</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">it might be a struggle just to maintain </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">but i refuse to falter in my fight to reclaim </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the gains that i've already obtained</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">pain might be this heart's familiar terrain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">but today i journey across a new plain</span>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-33047187200391158332009-08-21T10:35:00.005-04:002009-08-21T11:34:27.999-04:00Change Happens (apparently)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">So, I'm notorious for scribbling random thoughts in random notebooks, forgetting all about them, and rediscovering them way later. That's pretty much the story behind this poem. I know I wrote it 2 yrs ago, because I dated it...but I can't tell you the inspiration behind this one. I don't even remember writing it, but it's in my handwriting, so...(shrug). Let me know what you think.</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-decoration: underline;font-size:18px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Change Happens</span></span></b></div><div><br /></div>change...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it's not always a good thing but it happens</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to anything that grows</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you can't stop it</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you can only influence the direction that it goes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ask anyone who knows about civil rights</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and the ongoing struggle that turned into a fight</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that turned into a movement led by a people</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">who resisted oppression and demanded freedom</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">they demanded change</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">in the face of opposition that demanded more of the same</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">the people demanded change</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and so change came</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but change doesn't need the collective voice of a distressed population</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">change only needs time to affect the present situation</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">the only uncertainty is the extent of modification</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that change brings when it comes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and change is never done</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it will simply wax and wane</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ebb and flow</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">shrink and grow</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">into something new</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">into something different than what we're used to</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">sometimes change is called a transition</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">in leadership change is called succession</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">a change to written words is called a revision</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">a turnover in sports indicates a change of possession</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">call it what you want</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">growing, learning, moving, aging, rearranging...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it's all changing</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">as long as time continues to pass</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it's foolish to think anything will last</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">change happens</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-12941145824082125552009-08-17T12:17:00.004-04:002009-08-17T12:28:44.347-04:00Complete but Unfinished<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">So, I jotted this tidbit down about a week ago. It doesn't really feel finished to me, but at the same time I don't know what else I have to say. I was told that these words can stand alone the way they are, so I let them be for now. What say you? </span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">[untitled]</span></b></div>if you've seen him walk</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you've seen the footsteps of God</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">he leaves light in his wake</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">blessings wherever he trods</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">filling his conversation</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with tokens of wisdom</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">he's truth on two legs</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">a foreshadow of what's to come...</span></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-90839923402251344762009-08-13T12:23:00.003-04:002009-08-13T12:50:47.498-04:00Flames Echoes & Kisses<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Flames, Echoes & Kisses</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">flames of inspiration</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">leaping from within</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">soulful weeping that's akin</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to sleeping in a den</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of wellbeing</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">living in the present while seeing </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">echoes of the past</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">how these images last</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and burn themselves onto my heart</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">from the start</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we were already one</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">already connected</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">the right of fellowship respected</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we rejected the thought</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of any possibility of wrong</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">our love makes song</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">singing in sweet bliss </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with melodies of tenderness</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and truthfulness</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">our spirits kissed</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and joined our souls together</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">forever</span></div></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-32570548701066932212009-08-05T11:15:00.007-04:002009-08-05T13:09:58.328-04:00Wordless Wednesday (figuratively speaking, of course)<div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong><u>No Words</u></strong></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </div><br /><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">looking at me as if my mouth just broke<br />you already spoke<br />your piece<br />so now you wait for me<br />to speak mine<br />i'm trying to find<br />the right words to express<br />my distress<br />or happiness<br />or whatever it is that i'm feeling<br />but i can't concentrate if<br />you're gonna stare<br /><br />so you just sit there<br />while my words flutter elsewhere<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">somewhere searching for themselves<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">knocking down emotions that have been<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">carefully placed on shelves<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">inside my mind's cage<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">i used to think i was brave<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">until now<br /><br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">i tried to begin</span><br /><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">but i can only exhale<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">if words were arms<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">all they would do is flail about<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">because they're doing everything<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">but coming out<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">of my mouth<br /><br />i'm struggling to verbalize<br />the flicker you see in my eyes<br />and the trembling in my thighs<br />trying to downsize the whys<br />so i can at least tell you what<br />but...<br />...nevermind<br /><br />explanations are for the birds<br /></div><div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">sometimes there <em>are</em> no words</div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-41041033529356734672009-08-03T09:58:00.004-04:002009-08-03T10:05:08.502-04:00Haiku: Getting into Position<div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">There's no way around it...not if you actually want love.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div align="center"><em></em></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;">my tender, worn heart</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;">crawled out from its hiding place</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#ffff99;">and exposed itself</span>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-72024413405153510442009-07-30T08:24:00.003-04:002009-07-30T08:39:56.671-04:00I Could (Never) Be That Girl<div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Let's keep it real for a moment...</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Have you ever caught yourself looking at a young girl and her baby,<br />wondering where the father is? Judging her and her "mistakes"?<br />Praising yourself for not having ended up in her situation? I have.<br />But then I realized that I'm subject to the same feelings and<br />biological processes as those girls...and it could so easily be me.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><br /><strong><u><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I Could (Never) Be That Girl</span></u></strong><br /><strong><u><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></u></strong><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that could easily be me</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the girl with the good-looking baby</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(with the good hair)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and the no-good baby daddy</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the girl that got swept off her feet</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">in a wave of emotion</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">only to find herself caught up</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">in a rip current of commotion</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and drama</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the girl that would have to tell her mamma</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that she's gonna give birth </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">to the seed</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">of a particular breed of male</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that's never done a good deed</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">in his whole life</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the girl whose whole life would change</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(changing diapers)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the girl whose life perspective would never be the same</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the girl who would be forced to choose a name</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">for the next generation of herself</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the girl that would have to reevaluate</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">her idea of wealth</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and fitness</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and youth </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and etiquette</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that indefinite girl could so easily be me</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">could be any one of us</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">at any time</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">every time</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">we open our hearts</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">followed shortly by our legs</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(which happens to be </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the path to our womb)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">but like you</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">i just assume </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that it will never happen to me</span>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-69236454547920623972009-07-28T11:46:00.003-04:002009-07-28T11:55:04.778-04:00A Haiku for Family...<div align="center"><em>Okay, I know...I'm still cheating. This haiku is even shorter than my last mini-poem. BUT (in my defense) I think these few words stand on their own. Of course, this blog is about what you think, so give me your feedback. Background: I wrote this little ditty a few years ago. I was at an open mic nite and they did an impromptu haiku contest, and the topic had to be family. (Yeah, I won.)</em></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Love knows no limits</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">of shared bloodlines or surnames.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">We are family.</span></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-89906633652366275942009-07-25T09:18:00.003-04:002009-07-26T00:36:13.160-04:00Swallow Me Whole<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Okay...I'm totally cheating. This is just a little, mini-poem to hold you over while I get my latest poem in blog-ready condition. But even though it's short, it's still one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Swallow Me Whole</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">at night i lie in your cocoon</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and breathe your love into me.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">your heartbeat is the rhythm of my dreams</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and my lips dance to the symphonies of your kiss.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">i cry just to feel you wipe away the tears.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">if you're not in my arms, you're too far away.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">i love to lose myself in your embrace.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">swallow me whole.</span></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-55547861756699040002009-07-21T22:52:00.005-04:002009-07-21T23:10:09.378-04:00Nothing Inspires Like Inspiration<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I love my Twitter family. I've been able to connect with some of the illest talents out there, especially writers and poets. Not only are they out their grinding to get their voices heard, but many of them have encouraged (and even challenged) me to push against my own writing limits and bring the use my words. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><i>I connected with @Keziathepoet only a short while ago (just last week, if I'm not mistaken), but she's already helping me push toward new levels. She was on Twitter last nite, about to explode, looking for someone to freestyle with. I took the bait. We went back and forth for a while, and here's what we created...(my words are in bold).</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; "><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it's time for rhythm and rhymes</span></span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">the rivers of lines flowing through this mental of mine</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span></span></span></span></span><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">in need of cerebral release to cause the madness to cease</span></span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">peace is a must let me grab a pen because it's poetry or bust</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span></span></span></span></span><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">i fight for the right to write, moving my pen through all hours of the night</span></span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">what a plight this gift of words turn bringing thoughts to life with the verbs</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">action words for what i feel, words to action to turn feelings into real</span></span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">reveal the innermost unspoken thoughts inhibitions ignored pop open faults</span></span></div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">just to let go, let words flow, let emotions show, let momentum grow</span></span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">not to mention that you just might blow adjust the gears just so to get that just right flow</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">words flow to stanza and stanza to verse, verse leads to the mic unfiltered and unrehearsed</span></span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">verse after verse gets sprinkled on their minds Ms Who brought the new and put a wrinkle in their time</span></span></div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">creased their foreheads with her very essence, gave them sight with her luminesence</span></span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">insight from her life lessons that stressin was too depressin and just wakin up was a blessin</span></span></div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">she was livin in heaven while she walked the earth, blessed and highly favored since birth</span></span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but life can hurt..the work can be a bit much can leave the spirit fragile to the touch</span></span></div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">a wounded heart is a heavy burden to carry, and the state of merriment tends to vary</span></span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and "friends" are scary..family can be worse but we have a Savior who carries cares and wrote His love in a verse</span></span></div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">He lived that love and died to redeem, He rose because even over death He offered us victory</span></span></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">He's stricken me with His grace and mercy everlasting I'm forever dwelling in the shadow that the cross is casting</span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><i><br /></i></span></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-69814320951521677902009-07-15T21:15:00.004-04:002009-07-15T21:28:22.832-04:00Shut the Hell Up!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i>I don't exactly remember writing this poem, but it's pretty obvious how I was feeling at the time. This poem was my reaction--pure and unfiltered--to some unwanted counsel on the subject of a budding relationship. **Warning: watch out for the four-letter words. (I don't normally use them in regular conversation, but they do tend to show up in my poems...)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Shut the Hell Up!</span></span></b></div><div><br /></div>Shut up.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Shut up.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Would you please just shut the hell up!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you act like you just said the most brilliant thing ever heard: </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"think about it"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">like no one on the whole planet in the whole history of civilization</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">has ever thought about it before you had this brilliant revelation</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">like thinking about it would illuminate some miracle solution</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">like my non-thoughts are riddled with chaos and confusion</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">like i'm maintaining my disillusion by not thinking about it</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">shit...that's exactly what your problem is</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you're trying to handle matters of the heart with the mind</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">like this abstract emotion follows something as rational as the laws of time</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">like there's a simple, observable pattern that it always follows</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">like it'll move seamlessly through my digestive tract if all i do is swallow</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but that's the most ridiculous think i've ever heard</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and the more you speak the more you sound absurd</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">so please...shut the hell up!</span></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692642790531864191.post-41609915725760353862009-07-10T12:58:00.003-04:002009-07-10T13:17:55.527-04:00"Be You"<i>Okay...this isn't so much a poem as it is a song. But I thought it was fitting for my next blog post.</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>I wrote this last night, after some inspiration from GLucciano (thanks again for my breakthrough!). I think maybe the full effect of the words will come with the music, but I hope the message stands on its own. Leave a comment and let me know what you think!</i></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px; text-decoration: underline;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Be You</span></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You're beautiful the way you are</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Flaws and all, you're a superstar</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Don't let them tell you your way is wrong</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Trust in yourself and be strong</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You're living your own destiny</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And you're right where you're supposed to be</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Baby, it's all you</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And baby, you're the truth</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Do what you're born to do</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Go ahead...and be you</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You can only be you, and I can only be me</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Their expectations don't make your reality</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You've got to be real, you gotta be yourself</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Find your reward in peace, love and wealth</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I can plainly see the greatness that's inside</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So don't let nobody go and take your sunshine</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Baby, it's all you</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And baby, you're the truth</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Do what you're born to do</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Go ahead...and be you</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Everybody's gotta learn to walk their own path</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We gotta learn to be satisfied with the talents we have</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Who we are has already been assigned</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Naturally divine, baby you're you by design</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Baby, it's all you</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And baby, you're the truth</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Do what you're born to do</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Go ahead...and be you</span></div></div></div>Substancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17434190993564752974noreply@blogger.com3