Think
to have
an original
t h o u g h t
is where
imagination
lives
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Poetry
Think
to have
an original
t h o u g h t
is where
imagination
lives
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The Little Prince*
in my time
i have read
a bit
of books
and re-read
stacks
that took
a hold
and it’s
interesting how
a
small
slim
bit of
a book
written so well
and illustrated
so close
can perhaps be
the biggest book
one ever reads
or re-reads
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Perfection
if you
really love
a rose
everything about it
then let it
be beautiful
as it was
don’t tear the stem
out of the ground
and stick it in a vase
and put it in a room
and wonder why
it never bloomed
when it could have been
so beautiful
had it come back
year after year
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Quiet Morning
a little bird
with a blue tail
came in for a landing
on a patch of grass
I was staring hard at
the little bird
just stood there
staring up at me
with a tilted head
and then it flew up
from the grass
to the top of the stone
first to the left
it perched
then flew over to the right
and perched
then it took off
for the horizon
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No Beginning No End
inside
the circle
of grief
there are
grains
that never
f
a
l
l
and you sit
in all this sand
the ocean in your eyes
a day becomes
the rest of it
and you can’t explain
why
you weren’t there
when your body sat in the seat
and stood up
and walked around
that first year
you adjust to the silence
pick through the memories
stare at the photograph
love is a living thing
circular
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Worth It
to have a
sense of self
of self-worth
is something
some nurtured
in childhood
with the right care
and consideration
daily affirmation
but not all children
grow up that way
in the warmth of the sun
some are left fighting for it
in the dark
and only find it
much latter in life
while others struggle
their whole life
in an on-going cycle
of inner unrest
the evidence is massive
prisons are overrun with it
suicides are at an all-time high
drug-overdoses are not just hard-core stuff
but an addiction to painkillers
obesity is taking over more than the body
alcohol addiction is not a cure for pain
but an excuse to escape
social media is messing with young minds
women and men are paralyzed in abusive relationships
that affect their children
long-term
abusive parents scar their children for life
physical abuse can heal over time
but emotional abuse is something else
young people are running away from abusive homes
and ending up on dead-end streets
in the worst way
it can affect
the sense of self
of self-worth
it’s easier to repeat a pattern
than create something entirely new
it’s easier to give up
to just give up
it’s easier to fill the emptiness
with drugs
with alcohol
with sex
with food
with stuff
it’s easier to bully behind a screen
and support human degradation
it’s easier to stay in an unhealthy relationship
than to believe you deserve better
it’s easier to put your pain on someone else
than to examine the root cause
of it
it’s easier to stay the same way
than to change
it’s harder to change
it requires more
of the self
the inner self
that’s constantly searching
for worth in the world
in worldly things
but can only be found
within
that’s where real change
begins
there is always a choice
in the darkest moment
of your life
you’re given a choice
to either change
or remain the same
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