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You dont know loneliness
Until you felt alone in the presence of someone you used to love
So close but you're out of my reach
This silent environment
Thick with quiet resentment
Nothing left to say
Only dead attempts to reason
Our dry eyes are indifferent
The lack of reaction is now common ground
Not like the tear soaked cheeks we once wore on the regular
Emotionless, hoping to go unnoticed
I try to stay motionless
Fragile egg shells shatter under the pressure of even the most cautious step
All efforts to remain undetected are futile
Against your shining spot light that illuminates my every mistake
Teetering on a tight rope
I stumble as every move made is met with criticism
This bond we once had
Turned into a rotten and bitter rivalry
Exhausted and mentally battered
Frequent arguments created this distance
I almost miss the passion of our bickering
Now it doesnt exist at all
Atleast we used to fight
Now we barely talk
Setbacks fuel the joy of accomplishment
Without effort and sacrifice
Gratitude couldn't exist
If life only provided wins
They would be taken for granted
In the absence of losses
Our growth depends on the balance of duality
Character is developed in adversity
Put the pieces of both sides together
To have a glimpse into the bigger picture
The warmth of light depends on the emptiness of the void
Darkness provides a space for rays to dance with illumination
All thoughts, emotions and experiences
supply us with essential lessons
Where wisdom and understanding
Can blossom into our becoming whole
It is the heart in me that longs for your touch
as the night sky for the days warmth to scatter its emptiness
But it is the mind in me that tells me to keep away
As the rodent to the snakes bite
We mingle as questions and answers
The sight of you could fulfill the day
Grass whips your ankles like your sweet words running through the fields of my mind
Your hypnotic voice effortlessly grabs my attention
In your eyes I see my reflection
Appreciating the choices I made that led me to you
Hesitation made me miss
Opportunities turned into a wish
That I made the effort to be in your midst
I took the present for granted
Now Im haunted by my inaction, when I reminisce
Plans pushed off and dismissed
Because I never considered a world in which you didn't exist
Denying delays processing, the news didn't stick
It took a few weeks before the reality hit
My numb stone face fortress diminished to piles of brick
Exposed and vulnerable
I've experienced death but none ever hurt like this
Life is fleeting, death is patient and waiting
Mortal shells fickle, their hold on our spirits strained with the days
The future perpetual in its becoming the past
Our lingering end appears random and quick
Indescriminate is the embrace of demise
Inevitable is its kiss
The debt of borrowed breath will one day seek repayment
Take time today, or spend tomorrow longing and aching
Don't waste life in fear, but never forget
You dont have forever, don't waste it wasting time
All we have is today, tomorrow never comes.
K J McCarthy Dec 1
Infinite consciousness
The very source responsible for constructing everything that is
And so we came to be
In all of us is a piece of this divine energy
We are a direct expression of God
Each of us is a Universe of our own
As above so below
Tiny pixels configured into fractal patterns
Universal law applies to the largest galaxy the same way it does the smallest cell
The brains neuronal network is identical to that of the cosmic web
Could the Universe just be one giant brain?
Clusters of galaxies billions of light years across like brain cells creating synaptic connections
What if we are Gods and our minds are Universes too
Our imagination is manifesting consciousness forming stars and planetary ecosystems
The big bang could have been the birth of the God whos consciousness we reside in
Its mind exploding with activity as life electrified the body
I don't think we happened by accident
I believe the whole purpose of the Universe is to cultivate life and its probably filled with it
We refer to life as creation, and everything was created somehow
But why does anyone create?
For passion, expression, anything we make is art.
Whats left is a piece of the artists heart and soul.
What the creator produces is a direct rendition and interpretation of themselves
Trillions of planets evolve slowly with patience and precision
Without haste, this perfect reality is accomplished
Trees give off the oxygen we breath, and we exhale carbon dioxide for them in return
Perfect harmony
Some form of intelligence has to be responsible for this
This Macrocosm is too immaculate to have occurred by mistake.
K J McCarthy Dec 1
Pointless small talk
Lack of depth
Pretentious shallow words
Mask the fear of vulnerability
Energy expelled and wasted
Deceptive and illusive
Illusion created with purpose
Smoke and mirrors
Traps and dead ends set
As a way to remain a mystery
Role playing to please
For the sake of blending in
Just to feel empty and unfulfilled
Pouring into other cups
Has yours dry collecting dust
Lonely in the crowd
Surrounded by incessant sound
Drowns out any profound thought
Incomprehensible chatter
Tuned out and bored
Overstimulating speech unabsorbed
Numb dissociated indifference
Im slowly losing interest
Exhausted by the emotionally illiterate
Authenticity seems unrealistic
Real is reduced to pointless small talk
K J McCarthy Nov 30
This person that I am
Unburdened by definition
No word can imprison me
Free from needing a purpose
Im allowing myself to just live
Going with the motions
Relinquishing illusions of control
Existence is sufficient enough
Ignorance is not safe from meaning
Even if you cannot find one
Though its irrelevant that you do
Desperately seeking explanations
for every sentence, in every chapter, in every book
Even the ones that should be judged by their cover
Our nature is to make sense of everything
In doing so, we are left with more questions than answers
Constantly complicating simplicity
We lead ourselves into a labyrinth
Losing sight of why we chose to enter this maze in the first place
Don't drive yourself insane
Random and without reason
This unpredictable life at times occurs beyond our understanding
Allow its unraveling waves to meet your shores without interrogation
Beauty gets lost questioning
When the point is to feel and embrace the moment
Let the tenderness of your heart quiet the chaos of the mind
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