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Feb 2020 · 409
Vehicles
John McCafferty Feb 2020
Black blankets above cover the plane
Not much to see
apart from the rain
Lights in the landscape
vary in height
Specks in the sky
as we travel at night

Circles and signs surround from afar
Cats eyes sparkle below in the tar
Stay in your lane as the lights travel past
Red and white blurs
We're moving so fast
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Feb 2020 · 323
Culture
John McCafferty Feb 2020
I've heard the Chinese phrase for crisis equals opportunity
From where I reside we bring in the cavalry when opportunities arise
As a problem shared with care was never really there
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Feb 2020 · 144
Identify
John McCafferty Feb 2020
Why are we here when
awareness cites through
the left and the right
Self questions self
There is no us and them
Just us
To effect our reality
we need to
become bigger than I
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Feb 2020 · 255
Granted
John McCafferty Feb 2020
Themes from above
Inline with the divine
A sea of pure information
We are but processes through time
Which is relevant
for stages of development

Clear through the chaos
Write down a desire
Words bind and magick works
Form your own sigil
Things will happen to inspire
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Feb 2020 · 283
Gait
John McCafferty Feb 2020
Feeling empty inside
Silent raw hollow cries vibrate
Heavy a weight but wait as a
voice from within sighs
Uprising begins to follow on strong
Bones turn to dust
Metal will rust
What do you hold at the end
of your day
If only a name
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Feb 2020 · 393
Fatigue
John McCafferty Feb 2020
There's a shiny stranger at the door
His eyes are wide, smile white and wanting more
With no mask to hide or nowt to give
Idle conversation fits before
No you can't have my money as I'm skint
It's been a long day the saying goes
Charity starts at home but not when you work for one
There's a level I give
and am currently past it
Outside of my own remit
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Feb 2020 · 208
Foam
John McCafferty Feb 2020
Tides and waves
Eroding groans from shells on stones
The tip from depths
A finite breath
Darker swells where stars dwell
Dwarfs or suns to midnight runs
Nothing is here to stay
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Feb 2020 · 222
Bell curves
John McCafferty Feb 2020
A plea to Phi
Gold hidden in plain sight
Her lips don't lie as
a primal force will rise
Tangible symmetry of course
where lessons in ratio apply
All is in sync in my mind
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Feb 2020 · 170
Note to self
John McCafferty Feb 2020
Realise it's hard to
mediate between infinite identities
Past versions were
and are for learning
Remember that grasp what was felt as
present tense only has direction of sense
Your future holds purpose
Aspire to dream and combine oneself
solely through teamwork of being
who you are
what you are
where you are
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Feb 2020 · 364
Hope
John McCafferty Feb 2020
Familiar faces in a different space
Times fabric pulled
now feeling flat
Trudging through the unknown
as fear creeps in to inhibit growth
Idle eyed to my surprise
I am not who I thought I was
A year spent in demise?
How did it become just that
The light still shines bright
even if still out of sight
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Feb 2020 · 270
Recover
John McCafferty Feb 2020
Pull back from me to
clear through your clutter
Only guidance can be offered for
the effects we have on ourselves
and others
Observe our actions from above
as a higher state helps to adjust
Step up from who and where you are
to be the change you want to make
Assess, review and conclude
For only we can improve our fate
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Jan 2020 · 136
Humanity
John McCafferty Jan 2020
The value of the individual does not dilute when grouped. Loops in chains shall remain. To be unique and hold oneself adds wealth. Promote one for all, for if we fall then it's all for none. Such beauty comes from the stem of flowers to the petals of a rose, maintain this mindset. Please don't forget or close.
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Jan 2020 · 215
Morning
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Morning risers
No surprises the days begun
Come freshen your mind
Present yourself and
step outside with sharpened tools
To help the world

When light withdraws
Slow your thoughts
Reflect and heal to
recover from another time
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Jan 2020 · 164
Sue
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Sue
To declare an age
surrounding state
Aware of peat
the surf and deep green turf
It's sound as sage to know your worth
from formed experiences
Enlightenment is more than earned
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Jan 2020 · 130
Mary
John McCafferty Jan 2020
God be with you
when in need
Broken hearts bleed
but the depths of pain are temporary
We feel, grieve and retrieve
some semblance of our former selves
Until we meet again
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Jan 2020 · 402
Growth
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Are you anxious or excited?
Perception tricks
same headspace ticks
Stretch beyond the point of comfort
fearful of the pain it brings
Persist the test through fight or flight
response is timed
Allow for growth
gain knowledge and engage
With experience we evolve
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Jan 2020 · 268
Dream
John McCafferty Jan 2020
The girl in the dream will never be seen
An immovable force hides my true self away
Sitting beside her, alone and astray

Our eyes meet, the curtains close
Words from the head jumble into an
inaudible breath
Shadow self weeps not feeling complete

I'm for her if she is for me
No outlet, pathway or key
Just ask her aloud if she's free?
Nothing flows out as I try to connect
but wasted words left for the dead

Words come from thoughts and
actions from words
My thoughts will never be heard
She's the girl from the dream but
will never be seen
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Jan 2020 · 196
Scalesy
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Light haired
Light hearted
Bright and mighty
Energy never leaves
See you on the other side
I'll use your force
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Jan 2020 · 285
Opening
John McCafferty Jan 2020
When two separate paths intertwine
on your timeline these factors unknown
meet to complete and signify the universe
is on your side.

Open wide eyed.

Follow through with fortitude as this
happens less closer to death when you
transcend to the end.
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Jan 2020 · 275
Shards
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Flapping flames fall from above
A reflection of affliction
Kissed by death when time is up

The transference of one

To reimburse the curse
a cycle continues of the young
From which we all grow older
to become shards of the sun
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Jan 2020 · 231
Is it mine
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Did I
Provide the cause
With all my flaws
To take ownership
For these faults
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Jan 2020 · 276
Giving
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Given to err, things we not need
Another unnecessary complacent necessity
Take from a friend to give to another
Take it from me those in most need
Think to find a fuller path
Than be fed by idyllic standard greed
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Jan 2020 · 197
Krásny
John McCafferty Jan 2020
How can somebody be so beautiful.
Do they know their wealth that I have felt?
Look into the eye of them, are they sought from Bethlehem.
A spirit so pure, or is it me who is insecure.

Skin as soft as the morning glow and connection which seems to flow.
Try to grip on what is next, searching still for more context.
Chakra points are burning bright, every form now feels tight.

All I want is to pursue but in the end will likely lose.
I am him, she is her and we're not meant to be together.
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Jan 2020 · 275
Erin
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Silently humbled by birth
Too late to care in such positions
Both paused in bumbling notions of joy and despair
Times condition gapes and separates
Layers merge
Control lost, costs constructed
Impacted foresight of what might
Tight lines blind

All answers are finite

To suggest anything less
incrementally raises discrepancies
We do not falsify intentions
When mentioned only give to thyself what is true
Where we see the other in you
In what could be
Is and was
Nothing exist but her
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Jan 2020 · 225
Silence
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Time may be elementary
moments lost in motion
Quiet periods provide
a power in between the lines
It's potency lies from within
Some gifts are given but not received
and hard to read for us to
see these silent signs
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Jan 2020 · 237
Inner circle
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Blessed be before birth
Free from pain
social shackles
taught to fault
stress on brain

Feed head heart and soul
Deciphering tones
Raised energy
View clear to see
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Jan 2020 · 430
To the Moon
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Cryptic clues lead to the jewel
Free to exchange
Man will be paid
Arms stretch afar in this digital age

Informed design as heart crosses mind
Few and far between are inside of a dream
Where have we been
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Jan 2020 · 265
Texas
John McCafferty Jan 2020
With not much clarity
A guess is worth its weight thrown
But no one ever really knows
Unless the game is read or set
To take or give
Conditions met
I keep the rest to go against
The sense between the self and less
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Jan 2020 · 191
Ubiquity
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Be who you see further in time
Search along the beaten path
Higher self in mind
Opportunities arise

Recurring dreams and themes of
stepping stones with deeper tones
Echoes passed from distant lives
Duality is a cyclical sign
When life seems finite
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Jan 2020 · 137
Life
John McCafferty Jan 2020
With sole and simple focus
heart pumps
mind flickers
continue on until done
though the race is never won
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Jan 2020 · 100
Ageing
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Silver lines are strained, have framed my time and brain's an age.
The novel way it's colours fade, settled in for a third or fourth phase, this comfort zone presides.
Collectively we bind, struggling in life.
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Jan 2020 · 316
Jack
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Brazen stirred emotions from the mountain top
Released undeterred to flow downhill
From the meadows through thick forest to solid oak
Followed raw heated rage to a path of implicit destruction
Pleasant land starts to rumble
Quiver and stumble
A river once dry comes alive.
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Jan 2020 · 210
Pyrite
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Elements of choice
These things that shine
Blind head thoughts
and your energy source
to think a little deeper

Short term goals of golden fold
What motivates men more
than illusions of grandeur
The rock still gleams bright

Pave a path of purpose
Priorities stand still with remorse
Yet we lay in line
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Jan 2020 · 40
Togetherness
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Be aware of yourself in those around
Our temporary memory often repels
As shadows and reflection surround
Who should we help if not ourselves
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Jan 2020 · 159
Wim Hof
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Aspire to respire
Find a frame from deep beneath
Calm the calling to concede
Push beyond lessons learnt
Grown in ways
which blood can't reach
Silent whispers in rhythmic beat
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Jan 2020 · 176
Joy
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Joy
Remember this bliss
A state of divine, ingrained in the mind
Euphoria seen in the glimpse of an eye
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Jan 2020 · 166
Ms.
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Ms.
She who goes forth
in search of dark empty spaces
To shine bright
A superficial kind
That aids in part on much of life

Interested more in mystic beauty
Than measured worth
Purely because
I don't yet know her.
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Jan 2020 · 114
Sky
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Sky
Solidarity and solitude
Stars shine through the blue
Spun upon this veil
Such sight impair our mind
So see beyond as you
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Jan 2020 · 171
Government
John McCafferty Jan 2020
A fractured silent state
where fear thrives amongst thieves.
Ignore your neighbour's knocking
and humanity's hum ultimately become louder.
What's duality's plea if transparency is key.
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Jan 2020 · 102
Peace
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Which way do we flow,
when you quantify me
Why factor in fear,
where will this lead
What purpose was served,
who looks towards harmony
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Jan 2020 · 106
Nurturing
John McCafferty Jan 2020
Look to your mother and brothers
Forewarned from forward form
Learned reflective thought
As above so below, fed by another
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