Busy, bustling, speeding light
Continuous, unstoppable, heavy plight?

Accepted, acknowledged, in the mind.
The body endures but is not blind.

Order in disorder. Life in death.
One foot after another, deep heavy breath.

Possible in impossible. Nobility in strife.
Beauty in chaos. Suffering in life.

What is, is now. Who knows what will be?
In acceptance of this, one is free.

Embrace, belong, whether high or low.
Only you know your truth. Live it. Jai **.

If I keep writing, what will be revealed?
Nothing I'm guessing but it it seems I cant yield.

Am I a poet? Or is this a new fad?
All I can tell is that the rhyming is bad.

I don't know the rules or the technique,
But I can't stop the scribbles, no matter how meek.

It's a natural thing, a way to express,
But part of me just see's a terrible mess.

I am a dialectic, whatever that is.
Two opposites combining, one mind in a tiz.

A poet, an artist, a creative being
Married to a stoic, logical, seeing;

All sides of everything, large and small
No black or white, just grey over all

So that's where there is a difficulty,
For I know not what I'm supposed to be

But sometimes I feel different in my creative side,
This part is sure that it is up for the ride

But the stoic, the practical, the logical me
Reprimands my free spirit, say's it's best not to be.

A war has been raging inside of my soul,
One side of me buried like a lost blind mole

The other side leading with logic not spark,
We're moving and moving but still in the dark

If we walked together, trusted, believed,
Then there would be no panic, there'd be blossom and seed.

Together to freedom, together to truth,
Living in harmony til long in the tooth

Both sides need work and both sides need space,
But both will be represented by this one face;

Smiling and free, contented to be,
Who she is, who she was, who she ever will be.

Bruises and memories fade,
Both reminders of fun and mistakes made

They will evolve eventually,
As will I, as its meant to be

Without mistakes there'd be no growth,
To learn from them I take an oath

The future's bright and so am I
Life's to be lived and not just to die

As the rain pelts down this New Years Eve
I form a gentle smile at my reprieve

The rain has pelted in years before
Years in which my soul would in anger roar

Lost in the wilderness of my stormy mind,
Buried in a body to which I hadn't been kind

Screaming and wailing, unnoticed, ignored
In a body forgotten, in a mind grown bored

But as with everything a change eventually came,
A chance to delve into sorrow or to remain tame

I opted for sorrow in search of some light
The only path meandering out of my dark night

There were battles and mountains, scratches and falls
Moments of despair and unanswered calls

But onwards I stumbled, tripped, crawled and fell
Finally out of my own bleak and self created hell

Tender, deflated, worn but with hope
Growing, understanding, believing I'd cope

And now I sit on my bed in this years final rain,
And remember fondly my journey, my aching, my pain

I travelled it, lived it, each high, each low
And now sitting here I smile, because I now know

It's me, It is I, She who's empowered
I who can choose to be me or a coward

It's not what becomes of us or where we each go
It's within us all, it's what we all know

I can't change my past years nor would I want to
They're my foundation, the reason I found you

The strength, the beauty, the wisdom in me
I've finally accepted it and set it all free

So I'll begin this New Year unlike those before
With no big promises but with love at my core

For myself and my loved ones, for both friend and foe
Showing compassion for all with what I now know.

The rain has abated and now I must sleep
Content in my soul, happy and deep

Light after darkness, smile after tear.
What we seek lives in each of us, Happy New Year.

Sit, Breath, Smile,
Awaken

It is time,
You're not mistaken

You have given time
and patience

Now receive
Your well due payment

Your freedom has always been within,
Now you know, you're free of sin.

So arise and smile,
Begin and Be

You are here,
You are Me.

Acceptance
Is the only key

So live and love
I set you free

Is it in love?
Or is it in poetry?
Is it in music?
Or some other great artistry?
Is it in nature..
Hiding, exposed?
Or is it right here,
Just under my nose?

If I can smell,
And see, touch and taste,
And even hear it,
Then is it the case....
That I can do anything,
Be who I choose?
If all is nothing then
I've nothing to lose!

So why scribble on
Unsure and confused,
If it's here should I grab it
And put it to use?

Or is it my scribblings,
Unclear as they are,
The very things guiding me,
My bright northern star?

And if I keep scribbling
Will I scribble the truth?
The truth of my purpose,
however uncouth.

So I'll keep on scribbling,
For it's all that I know,
And maybe one day,
Deep into my soul I will go.

And there it will be,
Worthy and Strong,
Asking how I could ever
Pretend I was wrong.

We come from the Darkness
Into the World
All of Experience
Slowly unfurled

Alone but surrounded
We walk our own paths
Searching for meaning
It’s all up for grabs

It can be treacherous
Or it can be fun
How One perceives it
Is all down to One

So go out and search
Be true to your heart
Life is for living
Not for falling apart

And it may seem hopeless
It may seem taboo
But what it seems, what it is,
Is all down to You.

This rambling message
Isn’t meant to make sense
Just to inspire
And to end all pretense

Why we’re here is unknown
That is all we do know
And all we can do
Is “reap what we sow”

So scatter and plant
Delve into your life
This is the point
From where You end all strife

Believe and dream
And be who You are
Whether those dreams
Seem near or seem far

Your destiny is yours
And yours alone
Even if life
Seems a circuitous poem

“Live and let live”
“To thine own self be true”
Let all of these words
Have meaning for You

Hear wise words
And absorb them
For all gods
Are just men

Be your own God,
Your own light,
Your own hope,
In each dark night

Believe, be courageous
There’s great in us all
“A person’s a person
No matter how small”