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How do you separate yourself from a rotten pile? Throw yourself also? No. Whatever is rotten that sticks to you, you might become one of them too. So, I want you to identify which is rotten and which is not.

Like a puzzle, you do not try to fit in a piece if it is not fitted to be there.

Or when you see a plant that is withering, what will you do? Will you cut the stem? The leaves? The branches? The flowers? Roots? Or will you pull it off? No. Assess the soil. Wherever you are planted, you prosper, you grow. But when you did not prosper and grow, ask yourself, is the soil you are planted in right now making you grow? No. Time to replant yourself to a new soil. Comfort zone is never good. The real comfort zone is the awkward zone.

Fit yourself in the right place, environment and circle.
It does not mean you click and vibe each other, you become friends but respect is not served.
Choose wisely!
  Sep 4 Carlo C Gomez
irinia
A poem
is when you have the sky in your mouth.
It is hot like fresh bread,
when you eat it,
a little is always left over.

A poem
is when you hear
the heartbeat of a stone,
when words beat their wings.
It is a song sung in a cage.

A poem
is words turned upside down
and suddenly!
the world is new.

by  Jean-Pierre Simeón from This is a Poem that Heals Fish, courtesy of Maria Popova
  Sep 4 Carlo C Gomez
Maddy
Let the words and flow come
Be prepared to remember or jot them down
Be honored and hone your craft
Be proud you see things differently
You are sensitive and unlike the rest
High maintenance in ways they never would accept or understand
Be grateful
We want the world to be a better place
Poet's Prayer
Joy
Tears flow like wild rivers
across a desert mapped with pain
poor old chap drops to his knees
thinking he's going insane
My wheels spin my brain
in full throttle

two gears
drive and reverse

but no longer park
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