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Arrows

Arrows from bright, unbroken skies are falling down into the eyes of a man who is searching, yearning to find fantastical vistas inside of his mind.

The warming rays illuminate for him branching paths from which to choose again– one that's been taken, one yet to be tread, but both wild new worlds inside of his head.

This time his inspiration can be found in gentle giants rooted deep in the ground; how they sway and creak and seem to speak to all those venturing outside to seek a piece of peace amidst their stoic presence or words of wisdom in their silent essence.

For some small creatures, they can be a stage on which to sing or dance or at times engage with the birds and the bees in a compilation, played in a theater with living foundations. More wonders walk under that green ceiling seeking its cover to avoid revealing themselves to any from the world outside, wary of the dangers when worlds collide.

These are the stewards of this grand old hall where, when no one’s watching, silent things fall to the ground, decay, and become the soil that all things need and in which men toil.

Yet these men who venture out to work and play within this world–this great green bouquet– struggle to stop for, much less ever smell, the wonders, like roses, wherever they dwell; wonders like giants growing so tall and so green that they create, in morning sun, a scene of arrows from bright, unbroken skies  falling down into my eyes.

#inspiration #wonder #poems #poems on tumblr #poemblr #poetry #nature #outdoors #meditative

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An Ode: For My Mother

Dearest mother, I wish to write to thee On this motherly day of love and glee To tell you how much I appreciate The role that you’ve played in shaping my fate. For, without your patient, loving way, I would most certainly have gone astray. Yet with all your strength (and some of your genes) I successfully made it past my teens, Through those times and on to the point in life Filled with happiness, and a loving wife. A wife with a quiet and gentle strength That is right in line with your wavelength. I’ll add her to my ever-growing list Of the things I love that, through you, exist. Things which, like you, there is no just other (For, to me, you’re a most perfect mother). And so, on this day of celebration Of mothers all over god’s creation, I would just like to simply stop and say — I love you Mother; every single day.

#hope #poetry #inspiration #love #mothers day #motherhood

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And Still The Sun Will Rise

Life will have days that you will wish to revise Things said or done will fill you with compromise Decisions over which you will agonize And still, the sun will rise

At times others will seek to antagonize Nights filled with anger shall certainly arise For, sometimes, your reflection, you will despise And still, the sun will rise

There will be hard days with long heartfelt goodbyes When all we can still do is but eulogize Leaving those left with love but still tearful eyes And still, the sun will rise

There will always be dark nights with cloudy skies But things, as is their way, will yet stabilize Finding new joys, as well as new, true allies As life will go on with its new lows and highs And still, the sun will rise

#hope #poetry #wonder #inspiration #mental health

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When I Am Up (for Mental Health Month)

When I am up, every sky is a boundless, cloudless expanse of brilliantly blinding blue.

When I am up, I am William the Conqueror and William Shakespeare and William Jennings Bryan all in one.

When I am up, life is an eternity of perfect days punctuated by soul-shaking truths at every turn.

When I am up, every person I meet is a fount of infinite expectations.

When I am up, my momentous happiness is so moment-to-moment that if I look away for but an instant I might miss it all.

When I am up, I cannot turn away. I am a moth to the flame. I am Icarus. I am entranced by my own fire’s burning ballet. I am ablaze.

When I am up, I feel the gravity of every instant, weighing me down with the weight of it all as I struggle not to fall back to reality.

When I am up, I am alone. I am adrift on my sea of ideas — in search of my white whale, trying to stay within the white lines, staring into the glaring white light — without hope of rescue.

When I am up, I must come down…

#hope #poetry #mental health #bipolor

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Endings Without Ends

A book's final chapter A song's final note A film’s final frame A flood of emotions A lump in your throat

A sense of completion A feeling of love A reason to find A memory, eternally, Held deep in my mind

#hope #poetry #philosophy #wonder #inspiration

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Eternity in a Telescope

We're all searching for eternity— To, in holy book or telescope, someday see A version of everlasting me Hanging in the heavens of some infinity. That we can–with, in spite of, or through A hand of god, philosophy, or science–imbue Meaning or truth to take us beyond This pale, blue dot we now find ourselves upon.

#hope #poetry #spirituality #wonder #cosmos

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Know That I Too

To You, With Love, From Me

Please know I too have felt there is nothing left, been afraid, and out of hope. Please know I too have felt there is nothing left and did not know if I could cope.

Please know that I too have felt alone and watched my strength drift beyond my view. Please know that I too have felt alone, but know that you are not because I love you.

Because I, like you, have felt the type of pain that only our minds can manifest. Because I, like you, have felt the type of pain as though a world sits upon my chest.

Because I, like you, know how it feels when life is devoid of joy completely. Because I, like you, know how it feels to fight my brain and have it defeat me.

Know that I too have stood at the edge, casting stones into the void. Know that I too have stood at the edge, longing just to be destroyed.

Know that I too have stopped for death, though he did not stop for me. Know that I too have stopped for death yet in This Now you find me free.

Know that I have faced the darkness too, and I have found my ways to clear it. Know that I have faced the darkness too, and no longer have need to fear it.

But know that, even so, I too have wavered in my care of both my body and my spirit. And know that I too have also wavered, in despair, so when I say this, please hear it:

Know that I have found my way and know that you can too, For it is within our hearts, not heads, we truly hold our spirit. And know this, last and most sincerely, that you are truly loved, That a path for you is just ahead, and you are oh so very near it.

#mental health #inspiration #hope

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The Storm

clouds rain

eyes strain

through liquid lines on window pane

lines arc

mind sparks

seeking secrets in the dark

clock ticks

thoughts flick

philosopher to lunatic 

booms crack

flash back 

air so heavy, sky so black

thoughts swarm

words form

ideas found within the storm 

#hope #poetry #wonder #inspiration #nature #storms

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Reflections

I broke a mirror the other day.

It shattered me, but I was fine.

For the me that I saw on display

Was just an I from another time.

#poetry #wonder #entropy

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A Bit of Peace

A bitter piece  Of peace May be all the peace We get but any piece Of peace Is worth a bit of peace To someone

#poetry #politics #peace #hope