Poetry

[lazyyogi]

“If you cannot find a friend who is good, wise, and loving, walk alone, like a king who has renounced his kingdom, or an elephant roaming at will in the forest.”

— Buddha

[contemplationsofthemindseye]

3 glasses in

I am 3 glasses in before I leave the party.

Happy to have not spilled a drop of burgundy on my vesture.

I reach my vehicle swing the door ajar and slump heavily into the drivers seat. The door slams.

He sits in silence.

Once the sorrow has fled your lungs what is left in its wake is deafening silence

[contemplationsofthemindseye]

You can wake up Lay it down Work out Gain weight Get in shape Get bent out of shape Get a job Get broke Smile Frown Be a great person Be a scourge You can push Pull Walk Run Save the world Or burn it down And still.. You either have it... Or you don't. Love yourself first Dont burn your soul becoming the sun for someone who prefers the moon.

[mariefer34-deactivated20150822]

Teach me please…

[contemplationsofthemindseye]

Little do you know

how I long to fill the cracks and crevices of your broken heart with earth from the mothers arms.

I will find a way

Ive only wished to take the time to water and care to that which you thought inhospitible forvever

I will find a way

Though night seems eternal

I will carry the sun on my back with pleasure to burn your pain away leaving passion in its wake

I will find a way

For I know not a place of more beauty than the sacred garden of your soul. And with care, time, and love the flowers that bloom will sing songs of why no one else was worthy of your grace.

I will find a way.

[radicallycommon]

Challenged are the minds

who judge a book by its cover,

who judge the potential of a man

by his past.

As we learn from our trials,

gaining strength along the way

Help others find harmony on path,

rediscovering their connection to the universe.

[contemplationsofthemindseye]

There is a road,

There is a path,

That each of us  must walk 

on our own accord.

[rayandrewholt]

As an expectant father listening to the news throughout the nation, all I can think of is our children. If we forget that our children are our future we will have short changed them considerably, and we will be to blame. The effects of a degrading economy, war (s), downward spiraling...

[rayandrewholt]

There are not many things more delicious than a breakfast of eggs, bacon, sautéed onions, and peppers, accompanied by a homemade butter milk biscuit with a side of honey…

however morning

hunger pains

fail facing

deeper depths

of mind 

Come daybreak I found my self filling my mind with walden, with a bowl of greens on the side.

I recalled that I was the creator of my destiny.

In the image of the almighty, a reflection of the self.

I am the builder of fortunes.

[contemplationsofthemindseye]

Do you love me the same

as the first time we met?

Can you trust me 

like we’ve known each other for years?

[contemplationsofthemindseye]

Where I see myself clearly

You are the Sun in my sky. When my day is darkened, your reflection radiates from the moon. Keeping my eyes to purpose.

You have shone me Shadows are not absolute, and drawing you near clears the fog of doubt blanketed softly on my mind.

Your rays nourish the soil in the earth of my soul.

My heart blooms from the depths of my being, brightening my world into vivid hues.

Where I see myself clearly.

[contemplationsofthemindseye]

Shine

Shine bright treasure tower!! Shine away !!!! Deep into the hearts of each person you meet. A single ray of light will illuminate the darkest corners of the universe!! Shine and shine again!!

[contemplationsofthemindseye]

Conversations on love

I know I have discovered love because every single time I experience something beautiful with any of my 5 senses and she is not there with me, I always, always wish she were.

I have never loved anyone so much So vulnerable it frightens me Like falling through the sky From 30,000 feet Hoping I did and will do everything perfectly So that my parachute will deploy wishing never to land

-Raymond Holt

[rayandrewholt]

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.

Henry Dave Thoreau, Walden; or, Life in the Woods (via rayandrewholt)

[contemplationsofthemindseye]

Storm

A warm breeze moves across my skin

The land has been dry for sometime now

My eyes see the storm coulds rolling in

Heavy is the rain

Harsh is the wind

Standing fast through the maelstrom

My soul rejoices

Order follows chaos

Boundless harvest

Follows the tempest

[thothnubisamun-deactivated20140]

I march against opposition like a stampede of clouds across a predatory sky

Thothnubis Amun & Dani Filth (via thothnubisamun)

[tylerknott]

With shirts over heads, clothing crumpled on the floor, we can’t catch our breath.

Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)