Artist
An artist happens when you
strip away
Everything but the soul and
allow it to experience
Things that it shouldn't.
Paths
The more you see in others,
The deeper you see into your
soul.
We are all spirits.
We have the same thoughts
and feelings.
Good medicine
What hurts you?
What gives you pain?
What makes you weak?
If you have found it
incurable,
It's not a cure you seek.
It's a path.
Journey
We are always on a journey.
When we accept our path,
We are happy.
You can never leave your
path.
It's always a journey.
Learning
Not all your lessons are so
easy.
Not every lesson can be
written down.
You can't always explain it.
The truth lives silently,
Within you.
Goals
When you lose sight of your
goal,
You're not lost,
Just still.
When your vision clears up,
You'll see your goal,
And move again.
They both shine
Some people are sun people,
Vibrantly blazing,
Bright and strong.
Some people are moon
people,
Soft pale,
Quiet and loving.
The earth needs both a sun
and a moon.
Position
Your instincts are stronger for
a reason.
Don't worry whether or not
they are judgmental.
Know your place.
Without looking down on
others.
Price
Knowledge comes at a price.
To truly know good,
You must know bad.
To know love,
You must know hate.
Wisdom is not a punishment,
But a series of tests that force
you to learn and grow.
The Pain
The pain will teach you.
If you forget a lesson,
You will relearn it.
Nothing will fix what
happens.
Don't think you are above
your own lessons.
Accept them.
Time
Live for the moment.
Don't worry too much about
the future,
Nor dwell in the past.
Make new memories.
Hole
If you cannot trust them,
Can you love them?
If you cannot see their center,
Do they have one?
If you only know half the
truth,
What do you know?
If you don't know what the
truth is,
Are you living a lie?
Find Truth
The truth is not always as
colorful as a lie.
With years of truth from
loved ones lips,
A lie from a stranger’s vulgar
mouth,
Sets blaze to trust that once
was.
And stands ash,
So brittle that even the wind
shatters it.
Rushing
I want to learn,
What I need to learn,
So that I can be free.
I want to learn to be free of
paths,
And pain.
Destination
On life’s long road,
Do you know where you're
going?
When your mind and your
heart,
Are going in separate
directions,
You don't more anywhere.
Laws of my life
I need bones to hold me up,
And skin to hold me together.
There are good forces and
bad,
Stay away from both and
their fury.
Stay on the path or veer from
it,
Either way, learns.
Don't ask for forgiveness
until you forgive yourself,
And likewise with love.
If you’re stressed, upset, or
sad,
Let the earth recycle that
energy,
And thank her.
Don't be conceited,
But have pride.
Be strong enough to say no,
And nice enough to say yes.
Don't hurt people.
Don't be everyone’s teacher,
Some things weren't meant to
be taught.
Be loyal and faithful.
Listen to your spirit,
The earth,
And her spirits.
Do what you know/feel is
right.
Don't get upset if some
people don't understand,
Some people won't and that's
okay.
Love everything even if you
don't understand it.
Other people are different,
accept it.
Think about other people’s
feelings and minds.
Don't reject anyone,
Everyone can teach you
something.
Know your beliefs,
It's okay to change them but
keep what you truly believe.
Love all paths,
They have lessons to teach
too.
Have goals and reach for
them.
Don't use love as a weapon.
Ask for help when you need
it.
Wonder
I sit and wait.
I wonder now,
What the future will bring to
me.
What lessons,
What fortune,
What pain.
I sit and wait.
Quietly wondering,
In between the busyness,
Momentarily unoccupied.
Keep Learning
Our elders are still learning,
While they teach us.
As you learn old ideas,
Keep learning.
As you learn new ideas,
Keep learning.
An open mind learns,
And keeps learning.
Be Careful
Try to love even if you can't
trust.
But be smart,
And careful with your heart,
And your mind.
Detachment
When my mind is free,
My soul is light,
All answers are revealed.
When I'm alone,
All is right,
And all my wounds can heal.
When I am strong,
My mind can see.
Taboo
Blur the lines.
Blur your limits.
Discard all taboos.
Always try to see things
differently.
Try new things.
Explore new ways.
The road to peace is filled
with understanding and
change.
People
There are angry people.
People that don't listen.
People that don't care.
People that don't understand,
and don't want to,
There are hypocritical people.
And stubborn people.
And you can't change them,
But they can change you,
They can teach you.
Necessity
Which is needed most to
thrive,
Spiritually and physically,
Change or balance?
To change, balance must be
disturbed.
To balance, change must be
disturbed.
The Human Experience
Sometimes,
You would be surprised,
People feel the same as you.
Others can most often relate.
Sometimes they won't admit
it.
We are more similar than we
want to believe.
We are all one.
Patience
Be patient.
The words will come.
The lesson will be learned.
Don't rush yourself to learn it
or say it.
You will need the rest that
comes to you.
You will need it slow
sometimes.
Basically
Some people will only learn
basics,
Enough to get by,
To survive.
But those who look for a
deeper meaning,
Will find it.
Possibilities
Amazing things happen every
day.
The very good and the very
bad,
And the most important,
The unbelievable.
Every day,
Believe the unbelievable,
And use your intelligence.
Because every day,
Anything can happen.
Wise
A wise person opens their
mind,
And tries to understand even
if they don't believe
And they continuously add to
their wisdom.
Lucky
Being inspired and being
taught are different.
Inspiration brings new
knowledge.
Teaching brings old
knowledge.
Being inspired and being
taught are different.
But I'm thankful to have both.
Alone
On this path,
You generally walk alone,
Because there are few who
understand,
And fewer who understand
enough to walk with you.
It gets lonely.
It gets frustrating.
Don't give up,
If this is who you really are,
Don't turn your back on
yourself.
Even if others turn their backs
on you.
Experiences
Experiences bring
knowledge,
And a clear view,
Of problems, solutions, and
danger to come.
Experiences,
Bring knowledge,
Knowledge brings truth.
As your body gets older,
Your soul gets stronger,
It gets smarter.
Accept
There are things you can't
change.
Things you can't fix.
Things you can't understand.
Accept that sometimes things
are,
Far more complicated than
they appear.
There are things you can't run
from.
Things you can't say,
And works you can’t finish.
You just need to accept them.
Betrayal
Trusting and caring for
people,
Who only want to hurt you,
Is being an enemy to
yourself.
Learn to love your enemies,
Without betraying yourself.
Stay
The only way to be with
someone forever,
And not betray or leave them,
Is to become part of them.
It's a spiritual connection.
World
Not everything that happens
to you is big.
The world is big,
And its problems are big.
Control
How dare we touch people,
Without permission,
Or hurt them,
Or tell them what to do,
Or what not to do.
How dare we judge them,
Or injure them,
Or kill them.
Who's really out of control?
Who do we think we are?
Where are we going in lives
like this?
Morals
What's right?
What's wrong?
Maybe those things are just
beliefs,
That individuals hold.
Some things are generally
accepted as right and wrong,
But that doesn’t make them
so.
If you change your
perspective,
It changes you.
Think
Time has no real meaning.
You can learn a lot in a short
period of time,
And a little in a long period
of time.
You can learn in ways you
never thought about.
More than one way to think,
More than one way to live.
We are all smart for where
we are in life.
Don't waste it.
Life is not the minutes,
Or hours,
Or days,
That we count it down by.
With rules
To pursue a person who is in
love with another,
Is to seek to destroy love,
hope, and dreams.
Becoming an enemy to all
three.
And an enemy to the one you
seek,
And their mate.
Run away
Run from your problems.
Run away from your pain.
Run from your fears,
Your troubles,
Your disasters,
And they will find you.
To Know
When you learn how to make
something,
Or how it works,
You know how to destroy it,
Or improve it.
Evil holds all weapons.
Good holds all defenses.
Speech
I can't communicate
everything I want to.
Language both enables me,
And prohibits me,
From speaking my mind.
Hypocrisy
Life is hypocrisy.
I say what I think is right.
And what is right in one
situation,
May be wrong in another
situation.
Trial And Error
We think we know it all,
Until we learn something
new.
We think we are strong
enough,
Until another tragedy shakes
us.
We think it cannot get any
worse,
Until it does.
Rebelling
My mind is rebelling.
It will not focus.
It will not be logical.
It will not listen.
It will not stop thinking.
My mind is rebelling.
Know
I don't understand exactly
what you're saying,
But I know exactly what you
mean.
The world speaks a strange
language.
Listen to language,
And be confused and lost
more than ever.
Listen to the meaning,
And understand.
Just a Suggestion
Don't let emptiness take you.
Don't let anything or anyone
take you.
Don't let your escapes
consume you.
Don't be fooled by the
attractive form of evil.
Don't let it into you.
Don't let it become you.
Don't be lied to by beauty.
Don't get drunk with
emotions.
Don't let lies seep into your
mind and slip out your
mouth.
Don't be the human that fails
us all.
Fear of Love
Will you cower in the fear of
rejection,
Or the fear of pain?
Can you really prevent
feelings,
That you can't control?
Feelings that can't even be
properly defined?
Can you ever stop loving,
Once you have started?
Can you give up on
something,
That will never give up on
you?
Can you deny someone else,
The pleasure of being in Love
with you?
Can you deny yourself,
The pleasure of being in Love
with someone else?
Fear should never overpower
love.
Love is more important,
Cowards don't deserve it.
Filling
Fill the emptiness.
Fill yourself with kindness,
Love,
Integrity,
Honesty,
Self discipline,
Respect,
And knowledge,
All the way to the top.
But never spill any of it.
Fill your mind with dreams,
And make them real.
Build them into a high
towering fort surrounding
you.
Strengthen the walls with
hope and determination.
Always have a door to let
people in.
And always have windows to
look out from.
Photographs
If my poems become
photographs of you,
They belong to you.
It would be wrong to say
these are my words,
If you have inspired them
I will give you, your
photographs,
When I'm done writing them.
Understanding
I have a hard time
understanding,
Why things are the way
things are.
And why they have to be this
way,
And not other ways.
Are there better ways?
Who will bring them?
And who will change those
ways?
Anxiety Attack
An unexpected surge of
energy fires toward me.
Forcing my mind to speed
through,
And my heart to race.
Unable to fight back,
Because I don't know what it
is,
Or where it came from.
I wait until it releases its
grasp.
Lost Ancestors
Your ancestors won't fight for
you,
If you don't fight for yourself.
They won't protect you,
If you don't protect yourself.
And why should they make
an effort,
For someone who has already
decided to give up?
Love and Hate
Love and pain are the same.
Hate and Love are opposites.
But Hate and pain are the
same.
Logically that would mean
that hate and Love are the
same.
But only Love can bring
happiness.
Table of Constants
The inner constant,
Slowly changes,
It changes less often.
The outer constant,
Changes fast,
And often.
The outer constant is less
resistant to change.
Sponge
I will not walk around you.
I will not die to please you.
I will walk through you.
I will absorb the pain.
It will not cut or bruise me,
But for a moment shiver
through me,
And then be gone forever.
I will not fight you.
But I will not walk around
you.
Reading
Read your poems to me,
And I can look inside you,
And feel what you feel.
Read your poems to me.
Show me your soul,
And I will Love it.
Hearing your poems over and
over again in my mind.
Feeling you in my heart,
Writing circles into my soul.
Impress Me
You say the most profound
things,
And you don't notice it.
Your words fall perfectly into
meter,
And you don't see it.
You're always better,
But it's only average to you.
You impress me with our
conversations.
Rich with unintentional
poetry,
Never to be written down.
Feeling
All feelings matter.
But don't feel sad and
worthless all the time.
You don't deserve that.
What did you do that was so
evil?
Let me hear what you have
been carrying around with
you.
Let me help you.
Another Love Poem
Do I Love you?
Or do I Love who you are?
Or what you do?
Or how you act?
Do I Love you because you
Love me?
And do you Love me?
Are we really capable of
Love,
When actions, words,
decisions or personality,
Can get in between us,
And separate us,
Destroying the love?
Taking Orders
Don't tell me what to be,
Or how to act.
Don't tell me what to feel.
Don't tell me what games to
play or when to play.
Don't tell me what I should
think.
Don't tell me what my morals
should be.
I am myself.
And that's all I will ever
allow myself to be.
I will always change,
But not for you.
Scattered Messages
If I can be wise sometimes,
Why not all of the time?
Why does wisdom run like
water through my fingers?
Why does it have to
disappear,
Or reappear?
What do I have to learn,
So I can keep wisdom
Insomnia
I want to sleep.
I want rest,
But I won't get it,
Only short breaks,
Followed by a push into my
next lesson.
It doesn't matter what I do,
Everything will keep moving,
And force me to as well.
It doesn't matter whether or
not I want to move.
Writers Block
Emptiness creeps into my
poems.
And suddenly the words are
nothing,
But foolish ramblings.
Something to be embarrassed
about.
Something I will hide from
everyone,
Except you.
Sleep
When I sleep my soul leaves
me.
Out one last breath,
And it is resting in the sky.
Sleeping on the moon.
Bathed in the stars.
Then in the morning,
The sun wakes me.
My soul returns,
And with a snarled crackling,
I start to breathe again.
Wasting Time
Don't waste my time with
arguments.
Don't scatter my thoughts
with your mind games.
Don't paralyze me with
confusion.
Don't judge me or jump to
conclusions about who I
really am.
Don't over analyze everything
I do or say.
Don't lie to me or about me.
Don't waste your life with
those things.
There are more important
things to do.
Bound
I do not want to be bound.
I do not want to be restrained,
Or tamed.
I do not want the confining
rules of reality.
I do not want to be a weaker
diluted version of myself.
I want freedom.
It's Raining
It's raining outside.
The roof leaks,
It always has.
It keeps raining.
The water is dripping and
running down the walls.
I'm standing in it.
Now all the water,
It's around my ankles and
slowly rising.
As the room gets filled up,
The house creaks.
Strange unexpected noises
shout at me,
From unseen places.
The small cracks in the house
get bigger.
Water starts to fall out,
But not fast enough.
The wall collapses,
And I run out,
Before the roof falls.
Love
Love is neither positive nor
negative,
Because it is both.
In order to Love one part of
life,
You have to Love all of it.
And to Love one person,
You have to Love everyone
they could become,
And everything they could
do.
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