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Jen Oct 2018
It's easy to,
         Fall fast...
Some say not to be afraid,
At the same time,
Don't be blind.
Sand for miles; Waves rolling;
Grey as the day.
It's hard,
          When it seems so right;
Then reality sets in,
As you realize if
This continues,
You'll never be whole,
Within...
You ignore what doesn't
Feel like the light;
          Only to emerge
With new insights.

If a feeling
Signals a siren,
Please listen to it.

We only get one life,
That's it-
Unless you believe
This isn't the end,
And one day
We are each reborn
To a new
Physical form.

That's what I believe,
Some might think
It crazy.

We can also live
Multiple lives
Within this One.

What do I mean?

For instance,
When someone
Survives a disease
And comes out
Differently
On the other side,
That person
Emerges
In rebirth
Within this
Same life.

Life can change us
In many ways,
Good and bad;
To be reborn
Again.

Hands together,
Feeling peace
Released.

The waves
Roll in as the sun
Shines
Down on them,
Brilliantly.
Jen Oct 2018
Dad
Returning to
This foreign land,
All I can do is
Hold your hand
As you lay
Dying
Before us.

No words
Can describe
This feeling,
Varnished with
An everlasting
Shell of
Uneasiness,
Inside,
As the one
That helped
Raise us
Fades
Before us.

If only we
Could heal you,
If only we
Could
Breathe new life
Back into your
Fading body.

We are only
Human though,
Like you dad.

It feels
Like I'm dying
Inside each day
As you are,
But in a different way...
No words
Can describe
This pain.

When I close my
Eyes;
I see you so clearly
In some of our
Last moments-
Smiling at
Your grandchildren
Running;
Green Grass,
A beautiful sunny day
Made just for you.
Reaching for
Our hands,
And then one last time
Again.
Laughing at our jokes,
That are reminiscent
Of yours;
You're still here.

Dad,
I love you.
Jen Sep 2018
299 792 458 m / s,
The speed of light
Continues
To move this
Ship From the
Top
To
The
Bottom
Of a Galaxy.

They say it is possible
To travel  
It in
100,000 years;
However, it would take
Trillions of years
To complete the task
To get there,
Through the
Central Plane-
Come on,
Then let us go.          

What would it look like...
From the inside,
Traveling
To the other side,
Surpassing
Space and Time…?

Chills run up
Your spine.

To go any further
Would be impossible.

This trip is
Completely
Off the grid
And
Out of reach,
Unless
Scientists
Reach a breakthrough,
So
Evolutionary.

Will we ever see it?
Most likely, never.

Darkness has the same
Speed as light,
And this leads me to
Think that
They are fighting
All the time.

Glowing:
In
The
Dim
Abyss.

Breaking a barrier-
Only to be
Meshed together.
Jen Sep 2018
Waterfalls
Are
A Magnificent
Force of Nature,
Formed over
Softness,
And Hard rock-
Creating
New life,
And it
Flows down
And continues
All the time.

There is
A mysticism
That surrounds-
Standing
Behind
It as it
Rushes down
To the bottom;
And wouldn’t
It be surreal;
And, I wonder
What it would
Be like to be
That water
In another life,
Becoming alive
In another form,
Resplendence,
Shining
Forever.

The wind
Carrying
You,
In this life
And the next one...

Don’t be afraid,
I dreamed this.
Jen Sep 2018
Close your eyes,
Thoughts
Passing in-and-out----
All the time...
Singing songs
Of many genres.

I think I've
Heard this one
Before,
And the rain
Gently taps
On the windowsill,
And leaves on trees
Whisper-
Sleep please.

The mind playing
Tricks,
With each paradox.

My finger circling,
A square box.

Always
An illusion,
On the outside.

Contradicting
On the inside...
Are our lives,
Sometimes.

They play constantly,
Until drained
And empty.

Diving into
Dark blue waters,
Waves
Overcoming
The undertow,
Pulling and pulling.

It's all in...
What you believe.
Jen Sep 2018
Untamed and Unfolding
Invisibly,
Hidden with false smiles.

Unrevealed,
So much concealed,
And that isn’t how it should
Be.

WARNING SIGN.
SAVE YOURSELF.
RUN.

No one on the outside
Ever knew what
Was hidden beneath.

ALL IS SUNNY
ON THE EXTERIOR
OF A WHITE WOODEN FENCE.

Rain poured continuously,
BEHIND THE CAGE.

Is this the life you want?

ASK YOURSELF.
I DID.

Instability lingering like a wet sleeve,
No rain coat could ever repel…so you just grieve.

Sitting in the dark,
Feeling, breathing…
To be real.
Are we ever?

SCORNED FOR FEELING.
EXCUSE ME FOR LIVING,
BREATHING.

NO LONGER,
Felt like a human being.

Cracked eggshells line
A spotless floor.

Just me in the stillness,
Always.

When do you really find
What so many others
Seem to hold near?

This is the only place
To truly just let go
And be…
Releasing in poetry.

Love it when
The rain pours
In the middle of the night,
Used to walk on wet concrete
In the dark of night,
Looking up at stars
On an all-to-clear night.

You were there,
But I always felt alone.

Watched the house lights of
The place we shared…
In the distance
As you continued your passions
For hours,
Didn’t look up once-
Notice that I walked
Out the front door
Right next to you.
Did you forget that
Something was missing?

Just me.

A PERSON.
MADE INTO A THING.
As you played the
Good guy,
With lies told to friends and family
As I sat silently
Trying not let it affect me.

The funny thing is,
It didn’t shake me
When it ended.

I FELT AND FEEL
NOTHING.
NO SADNESS.

FREE.
SIX sleepless months
Where I feared
You would find me.

Now, I try to tell myself
That not every man
Is like you…
That is the only
Sadness I feel.
This poem is basically a reflection of a toxic relationship I was in for 8 years.  Real feelings released...
Jen Sep 2018
Replaced,
Paradigm,
Shifted
With a downpour
In the night.

Souls,
Taking flight.

Years from now,
Upon steel plates,
High above us-
Masterminds
Displaced.

Our intelligence
Obsolete,
As artificial
Ingenuity
Breaks-   free.

Taking control
Of Us.

Paradigm Shift,
All around,
Dismantling
Every thought
That ever
Meant
Anything.

Is everything that
They
Hypothesized
To be
Rewritten
By machines?

As they take over all we see.

What will we be?
It’s already happening…
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