SIDEWAYS EIGHT PROJECTS

~ in quiet contemplation ~

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This life conspires to quiet the spirit,

But the whisper can beat like a drum if you choose to hear it.

And the Beat of all things can be felt, as you’re knelt, in your chest if you’re determined and near it.

So love it, and live it, and give it out as treasure, but don’t fear it.

This isn’t quietly measured and conserved in life as we peer it.

So, take back the consent you’ve given for them to steer it and jeer it, and allow the joyous smile of the man in the glass to both endure and endear it. #poetry #photography #fightforyourmind #allheart #determination #strength #will #risk #reward

~ the view from above and below ~ Thoughts enter and words leave, breaking ground to believe. Hearts are stirred by what comes out, with every word that is devout. Actions follow the overflow from the heart from start to finish in this form of art. Stories told and rhythm held while raindrops fall and worries melt. Memories meld while wounds are felt. And the air is compelled to have knelt. And the care within the rhyming belt leaks out like broadcast cards being dealt. The list is signed, and the order determined for the range of perspective and poetic sermon.

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We search for alarming signs from the the heavens, and yet hold them in our hearts all along. Remaining still as bread unleavened, convinced we are anything but wrong. We stick to our guns and dig in our heels, convinced others will fight the battles we are called to fight, yet the light of truth persistently reveals, and we find that meek makes right.

~ refusal ~

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She refused to accept the shadow that others tried to cast over her. She refused to be controlled and swayed by the dark. She chose to live in the light that she could know for sure. One step and day at a time, casting aside each negative thought, action, and remark.

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~ red flags ~

I was given a strong intuition. That’s why I’ve always been closer to women than men, and I sit and listen. With a quick wit, glistening and gleaning, thinking this is the meaning behind something that will later be written. No back beat in my head hitting, just the rhythm of the words I’ll be spitting, in the hopes that while reminiscing I’m able to jot all my thoughts down before I forget them. And since my whole life’s been filled with things that I knew but I didn’t know how I knew it. I’ve spent my whole life saying things, spraying things, relaying things, and praying it brings others these warnings and connected dots who were playing and okaying things even though I didn’t know how to prove it. I’d wait for the evidence to collect and verify what I was already able to intuit. And since this gift was hard wired and I didn’t choose it, I decided very young I’d do everything I can do to improve it and use it. Sitting alone with my thoughts and words trying to hone it. Ongoing life goal to start each day meditating on death my given voice across fresh breath, and anything I’m lacking that I should have, and as soon as possible remove anything that has been acting as distraction, so that I can bring these thoughts and words into action.

There are lights that wrap around trees,

and lights that shine down on us from the skies.

There is the expanse, hope and release

from the dance of light held in one’s eyes.

There are lights in flickering flames for our holidays,

and perhaps along the aisles in your temple, mosque, or church.

But the light of the world guides all of our ways,

and puts love and truth in our hearts as we search.