#psresolution

[circlepoems]

Bunny Bunny, Werewolf Queen

Life is focused and fun,  a sense of joyous play,  genuine smile radiates from  happy soul. (I like looking at pictures of myself after a lifetime of avoidance/willful blindness.) Creation from ladder's top rung, reaching ever up to fulfillment  and balance like tickling stars. I've dreamed of this reality since childhood, but never believed it was in my grasp. There persist moments  where I'd prefer to disappear  myself, but then I'm standing   in a parking lot behind a  playhouse on Halloween,  watching lights explode over  Hollywood. Asked to  transform into feral beast of ancient royal blood.  Presence and reliability,  reciprocated with no terms,  treasons or tolerances. No mimicry, only validation.

Contentment is not  a betrayal, but a victory of self-trust/worth/esteem. 

[creatingnikki]

Dear 20 year old me,

You're doing so well. Don't stress about things that I need to be stressing about. Don't stress about figuring your career all out and succeeding at it all within the span of 5 years. I know 25 seems far away now but it's still very young. I'm not asking you to waste your time or party with people and get wasted because that's what people think is to be done in their 20s. However, I am asking you to take it slow.

20s is not the only decade you can do what you want to. You have your 30s and 40s. So don’t stress so much. You are going to be alive for longer than these ten years. 

Don’t cancel out opportunities in your head just because you have convinced yourself you’re not good enough. APPLY. For everything you want to do. That masters program in that kick ass college, that exciting writing project, that brilliant job, asking that cute guy out. DO IT. The answer might be no but if you don’t try it will never be a yes anyway. 

I know because of the kind of people you have met until now you think you’re never going to believe in friendship again or have a set of wonderful friends again. College and school are not the only places and time you can make friends. You’re going to meet people throughout your life and I know, if not ten new friends every decade, you will meet at least one that you know is worth trying again for. Friendships blossom in unexpected ways with unexpected people and that doesn’t have an age limit. 

I understand why it’s easy to feel that you will never truly be in love and happy. I cannot and will not guarantee you a soulmate or sell you dreams of ‘the one’ but I will tell you this: you can have many great loves in your life and they don’t have to last forever to be true. We all want one happy ending, but having multiple happy chapters leading up to the end isn’t a bad thing. I’m not saying neither will last, all I am saying is that you don’t have to love only one. 

I want to end by saying that YOUR LIFE IS YOURS TO LIVE. People will oppose, gossip, look down upon, try to restrict the things you want to do BUT a little fight for what you want will get it to you. No one can stop you from the life you want to live other than when you convince yourself that they can.  Eat fries, eat cake, eat candy. AND exercise. Those two are not mutually exclusive, you know. I know it hurts your heart to switch over to ebooks but just because you get a kindle doesn’t mean you can never buy physical copies. Dance more even if in your room alone. Don’t drink alcohol because you think that’s the norm. Give people a chance, don’t let your past experiences taint your current ones. If they fuck up, you can think what to do with them then, but until them, don’t already write them off. However, the one person you must keep giving multiple chances to is yourself. You’re trying. 

Love Always,  Your 30 year old self (or at least what I believe I will look back and want to say at that age)

[poeticstories]

Poeticstories Positive Resolution

Last year, one of our mods challenged herself to post a positive piece every day in January in an effort start 2017 with positive momentum that would spread to her friends and herself. In 2018, Poeticstories wants to open the Positive Resolution challenge up to everyone.

Each week is broken down into themes, but there is a daily challenge. To participate, and help us build positive momentum for 2018, pick a day (or 31) and do that day’s challenge. Tag your piece #psresolution to have your piece reblogged here. We ask that you keep in mind the spirit of the project, and try to keep your pieces positive.

Week 1 Theme: Moving Forward

1/1 – The best memory from 2017

1 / 2 – Forgiving someone who hasn’t asked for it

1/3 – Letting go of something in the past

1 / 4 – A letter to your past self

1/5 – Top 5 or Top 10 best moments of all time

1/6 ­– Finding the positive in a negative situation  

Week 2 Theme: Self Love

1/7 – Forgiving yourself

1/8 – Top 5 or 10 favorite accomplishments

1/9 – A letter from your future self

1/10 – Little things you do often that are making you happy

1/11 – Write a positive note(s) to yourself. Leave them somewhere in your home. Take a photo. 

1/12 - Write about loving your flaws.

1/13 – Write about finding your strength.

Week 3 Theme: Spreading Love (to those nearest you)

1/14 – 3 to 5 nice things to say or write out to each of your loved ones, or just to one of them if you wish. 

1/15 – Write a list of your priorities

1/16 – 3 things you love to do that also can make others glad

1/17 – Collect compliments in a jar to a friend - take a photo and post it with one of the compliments before delivering it to the friend

1/18 – Do something nice. Write about it: it is the little things that count.

1/19 – Write a piece about how much someone means to you.

1/20 – Write a piece apologizing to and forgiving someone close to you.

Week 4 Theme: Reaching Out to the Community

1/21 – Write one nice note (or more). Put it in a central spot in your Community.

1/22 – Pick a random address in the neighboorhood and write a positive, anonymous letter to that person.

1/23 – Write about the beauty in the world around you.

1/24 – Write a piece praising someone or something doing good things in the community.

1/25 – Write a letter to a stranger you don’t know, but who you appreciate for hard work/good deeds done.

1/26 – Write about those suffering around you and how you can help.

1/27 – Write about giving.

Week 5 Theme: Looking Ahead

1/28 – Write about yourself one year from now and where you want to be.

1/29 – Write about opening yourself up to adventure and love.

1/30 – Write about the excitement and promise a year holds.

1/31 – It is the end of January, but the rest of your life begins. Choose three things to prioritize this year. Be sure to get some big, juicy “why’s” as well. 

[dg-fragments]

An anonymous letter

Dear you,

I guess we don't know each other, probably we have never even come across each other's path, or perhaps we might have and forgotten it too. But I guess that doesn't matter, because I'm writing to let you know that if you were looking for a source of inspiration, this is it, this is your positivity chance, because I'm writing to tell you that it's not over, all is not lost, not yet, I don't know you but I see you, I feel your struggle, I can relate to what you're going through, we are members of the same boat, and members help each other so take this as a token of help or assistance for you from my side.

The days that do seem dark right now are gonna shine soon, remember night is always darkest before the dawn, the hope you're looking for is right here, just looming over the horizon. You've only got to look within you, to find the little glimmer, that glow, the spark of determination, to escape the clutches that are holding you back, and trust me, you can do it, there is no reason why you can't. Your smile of passion, of courage, is worth more than a thousand words and I wish someone would have told you that earlier, but still better late than never.

So my friend, stranger, I feel like I already know you, but yes, hang in there buddy, you're doing an awesome job. My prayers and well wishes are for you and with you, forever and always. May you be blessed. Take care.

Regards,

DG

[c-d-poetry]

If you ever felt the need to call me and apologize for how things transformed so rapidly into chaos, I would pick up the phone.  I would listen to your soul break against the rocks of the speaker over and over until the ocean of you went quiet and calm and still.  I would let the tide of the past roll out slowly, so we can both watch the sand dry and let the old wounds heal under the sun.  I would pray with you, time and time again, for the strength to know that we cannot changed what happened here but we can start to put things back together.  Like after a tsunami. We could clear the streets and watch our world rebuild itself one step at a time. I am not saying that we would go back to being two - me and you. But we could hold each other together while we sort out which socks are mine and which t shirts you’re leaving behind.  My number has not changed. My phone is always on.

Forgiving - A Tale Of Two Lovers

[eachnewday-blog]

to love

to love is to tear open

one's own chest, to expose

one's soil and say

"this is my earth"

and invite another to

scatter their seeds and cultivate

their garden within your

heart, or else to burn

down those trees that

reside within you. a harvest

is always a gamble,

but I heard from a farmer

that the scorched ground

feeds a beautiful crop

the very season after

its ashes are formed.

[she-wears-glasses]

This Time

This time I will

succeed, and

I will

achieve.  

I will

conquer

what I want to

accomplish;

because I’m done

being sad and

sorry for

myself. 

If I want something

great

In my life

I have to

get it,

and I will

get it

without any

pity handouts.

I’m done having

toxic people

in my life,

and I’m done

feeling limited to what

I can say, and

do.

I’m done being

pushed around.

I’m done being

slammed

against a wall.

I’m done hearing

everyone’s lies.

Watch out

because

this time

I’m not here to

screw around.

This time

I will make it. 

[naturallylilting]

Dedicated to my Mother

Her children share her loving gaze

her approval builds their worth.

A mother’s dreams never waiver

from the moment she gives birth.

She heeds the call to service

committed every day

to relieve their pain and suffering

so in good health they will stay.

Her goal is their protection

to build a haven from life's cares.

She guides and shelters all her babes

for their future she prepares.

When they fall, she lifts them up

& wipes away their tears.

When they hurt, her soft heart bleeds

their wounds / her deepest fears.

Rhymingtherapy ~ January 2018

(Psresolution—“write 3-5 nice things about a loved one”)