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Thomas6742
122/M/Hawaii 52 Years old - / I love to read... I love to write... I love to share new Ideas with you and the world
Time, time, time. I carry you as a weight. I carry you from the moment of my birth. After all, time is distance… distance is nothing but walking. So I walk and walk and walk the path that is before me. Carrying my burden of time. As I age, I remember more and more small bits of my past.  They come to me dressed in shadow and fog yet I feel connection with those moments. These are ‘Perfect Moments’ I realize, as they pass by that they are significant. They are Echoes of something experienced long in the past. Now I have some sense that the significance is related to the section and direction of the path I am walking. I try to glean insight from The Perfect Moment…. But it’s like the word at the tip of your tongue that you can’t quite grasp. Or that vague image in your mind of a recently completed dreams sequence that is now fading. You tell yourself  “if I could just reach a little bit farther I would understand” But it is kept just beyond your reach! There it is again! That ****** boundary that stops me every time, from grasping the truth that is just beyond my reach… Frustrated I turn my back on the idea that fundamental truth is within my grasp. I tell myself to release this compulsion! With continued frustration, I seek answers in science, in all the religions of the world, classical philosophy… None of these satisfy the drive for fundamental truth. I cannot argue the data points provided by science. And of course you cannot argue philosophy or religion because their truth is unprovable, completely dependent on one’s ability to have faith.   YET I KEEP REACHING FOR THE TRUTH!! the truth that is always just outside of my grasp. Then, at the end, I realize that the real truth lays in the Seeking… For whatever reason in heaven or earth, the striving for the truth is all that we can attain in this lifetime. And that the answers will come in the next….
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Sep 25, 2024
Sep 25, 2024 at 2:48 PM UTC
The Perfect Moment
Time, time, time. I carry you as a weight. I carry you from the moment of my birth. After all, time is distance… distance is nothing but walking. So I walk and walk and walk the path that is before me. Carrying my burden of time. As I age, I remember more and more small bits of my past.  They come to me dressed in shadow and fog yet I feel connection with those moments. These are ‘Perfect Moments’ I realize, as they pass by that they are significant. They are Echoes of something experienced long in the past. Now I have some sense that the significance is related to the section and direction of the path I am walking. I try to glean insight from The Perfect Moment…. But it’s like the word at the tip of your tongue that you can’t quite grasp. Or that vague image in your mind of a recently completed dreams sequence that is now fading. You tell yourself  “if I could just reach a little bit farther I would understand” But it is kept just beyond your reach! There it is again! That ****** boundary that stops me every time, from grasping the truth that is just beyond my reach… Frustrated I turn my back on the idea that fundamental truth is within my grasp. I tell myself to release this compulsion! With continued frustration, I seek answers in science, in all the religions of the world, classical philosophy… None of these satisfy the drive for fundamental truth. I cannot argue the data points provided by science. And of course you cannot argue philosophy or religion because their truth is unprovable, completely dependent on one’s ability to have faith.   YET I KEEP REACHING FOR THE TRUTH!! the truth that is always just outside of my grasp. Then, at the end, I realize that the real truth lays in the Seeking… For whatever reason in heaven or earth, the striving for the truth is all that we can attain in this lifetime. And that the answers will come in the next….
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If you are one that can't deal with all the talk of gender and  identity in these changing times... Consider the fact that an enormous percentage of everyone's time is devoted to how we choose to present ourselves to the world around us.  What clothes to wear... What hair style... What makeup... Who you choose as your friends.... Your religious and political preference. These are all part of your Identity just as much as is your gender or ****** orientation I believe examining  our selves, our prejudice, the beliefs we hold dear.... this is a healthy process. Understanding our own identity -who we are - who we are becoming. These are worthy pursuits  that we all seek throughout our lifetime. To judge a Transgender individual because they don't fit into your world view is a bit hypocritical in light of the fact that we are all concerned about our identity and how we present ourselves to others...
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Jul 7, 2020
Jul 7, 2020 at 7:22 PM UTC
Identity
Let the trials and troubles break and rebuild, the broken soul that now you feel Let the Flame scorch and burn the Cancer that grows and churns- Each time you move around the wheel To change your soul, make strong the steel To clear the fog that clouds the mind- Repurpose what has been lost to time. Look deep within to find your light That's been buried deep, beyond your sight- Give heed now friend, the words I say- when your light is dim and you've lost your way. The pain the darkness that now surrounds you - can be the path that you've been bound to. For reasons now you may not see. That at it's end your Light be freed.
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Mar 19, 2020
Mar 19, 2020 at 5:10 PM UTC
Round the wheel
RELIZATION OF SMALL PERFECT MOMENTS. It's wood and metal It's glass and Stone It's the bird song of the morning It's fire light and a moment just right It's the random smile It's warm hugs It's soft lips with a soft kiss It's the laughing child It's a warm bath on a cold night It's perfect coffee with a bit of cake It's love felt through unspoke words It's that look of longing spoken thru your eyes. It's comfort given when there is hurt and pain It's love that I feal when I speak your name. The grass In my yard is wildly green What's beyond my fence I do not need. I speak the words "This is enough".... "Yes indeed, this is enough" This is home
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Dec 20, 2019
Dec 20, 2019 at 1:30 PM UTC
Moments
We are Pain.. We are Love.. We are Loss We are Anger.. We are lust.. We are despair We are strength.. We are compassion.. We are beauty We are not one thing, We are all things There is not just 'One Truth' ..Truth is relative. Truth and Life are yours to define Do not allow yourself to be defined by others Your purpose in life is simply... TO BE.. TO LIVE TO EXPERIENCE... Then learn from your experience and make it part of your truth. Or discard it as harmful, having little value. Do not strive to be another.. or like another Discard old systems that do not allow you to grow and evolve Reevaluate old ideas of right and wrong.. good and evil These  are constructs of others Use them if you can.. never let the ideas of others define you. TO LIVE TO EXPERIENCE TO BE That is Human
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Apr 26, 2019
Apr 26, 2019 at 11:55 PM UTC
Being Human
The door is closed, the thread is cut What bound us once is no more I will miss some of our time.. some of the laughter But the tears were numerous.. I'm trying to change I want to find the better side of Me I must move on.. I must move on or I will die I cannot bare this dark thing I feel Gods of Heaven and Earth, Hear Me!! I must shed this darkness I am worn.. I am tired of what I've become I seek new doors to open.. new threads to bind My way is Dark.. Yet still I seek Hope Are you there? Just beyond the door
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Apr 26, 2019
Apr 26, 2019 at 5:05 PM UTC
Prayer For Change
The wolf cries the Raven flies down valley long portents are strong Of coming battle where foe I meet from dreams of old while I did sleep. Of valley dark with shadow long through mists I march     through waiting throng. Behold the vanquished red eyed throng bare witness to my passage long These lost souls likely did come but failed and fell and joined the throng. Through many years my path has led to culminate in what I dread unvanquished foe I now must meet though fear beset my tired feet So on I march the valley long through mists and shadow and red eyed throng. Under Ravens eye past cry of wolf I seek the foe my fate has brought Should I survive this day of dread to climb the hill at valleys end May I find peace that blessed day, To finally know I've found my way
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Apr 8, 2019
Apr 8, 2019 at 9:56 PM UTC
In The Shadow of the valley
I AM the line between the Light and Darkness I navigate the shades of grey on either side I draw power as is needed from both I am young but also ancient, I go thru life unnoticed as was meant for me.  I need no recognition. I fear neither Death nor the Unknown, I abide forever, taking human form as has been needed through the ages I am balance personified... I am the one mile mark on the two mile bridge... I am the line between Yin and Yang You are safer because of me Yet some are not safe because of me...some should beware The threads of my energy weave and weft throughout the world and through time. I AM STRONG! I AM READY!
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Apr 8, 2019
Apr 8, 2019 at 2:07 AM UTC
The Line...