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Patrick Ramsey Nov 2020
Oh, my bittersweet conscience
If you are truly in there
In this rattled, mess of a heart
Do not say a word
Just look to the dead, they know the way

Misery- that ******* screams
Louder than the trifling grievance that provoked him
Just as suspected, my dear conscience
Do not listen to a sound
Hold your ear to the dead, their voice is wisdom

I know you make these decisions
Bewildered at their insignificance
Don’t be misguided, my love
Every thought feeds this masterpiece
Remember the dead, and their evergreen contributions

There will be times when good hearts in great numbers
Must crouch together beneath the wreckage
Left in the wake of an evil deed
Do not cling to such a disadvantage, embrace this education
Remember to breathe for the dead for it is the wind of change

There is nothing to gain from ignorance
Trust intuition, for she is the mother of the living
And though she walks with a crutch
Remember dear conscience, she walks towards humanity
Away from the dead, they have been raised and grown

This cage that loyalty builds
Without doors or windows- only a paper-thin façade, my friend
Pass through easy with mercy
It will fall by the way, do not fear it
Now, it belongs to the dead, they know where it goes

When a traveler comes to you, thirsty
Give them no mirage, my heart of the heart
Drench their soul and send them toward love’s Oasis
This is my only command, dearest YOU
But do not tell the dead, they take no more orders.
Patrick Ramsey Nov 2020
Line upon line, precept by precept. The best time to learn something is right now, and seeking after wisdom is the surest way to grow.

TELL ME

Tell me in whispers
Tell me in shouts
Let the vision fly golden
Its presence announce

Tell me by roadside
Or in a comfortable home
On the ocean wide
Or in the forest's loam

Tell me in stories
In poems, in rhyme
Tell me all at once
Or from time to time

Tell me in the cold
Or the barren heat
No matter the journey
Or the ache of my feet

Tell me by singing
Or by pronouncing aloud
Under the shine of the sun
Or the shade of a cloud

Tell me by reading
Or from word of mouth
From dawn until dusk
From the north to the south

Tell me in hope
Or in the midst of despair
To purify the water
To clear the choked air

Tell me in anger
Or in laughter and joy
The truths you still know
The promise you employ

Tell me with friends
Or one-on-one
In a glorious villa
Or a desperate slum

Tell me, please tell me
The things of the Lord
The breastplate of righteousness
The Spirit-edged sword

Tell me, please tell me
The things I must know
How to gather in harvest
To reap what I sow

Tell me, please tell me
All you can spare
The grief and the flame
The wheat and the tare

Tell me, please tell me
Your word and your song
Truth be my guide
To lead me along

Tell me your faith
The words in your heart
The end of your journey
Is where I will start.

Tell me, please tell me
And I'll listen, I'm sure
Scribe your words in my soul
And learn to be pure.
Patrick Ramsey Nov 2020
Hoping on a thought
Bringing my thoughts into real
And with a little dedication
Just hoping you'll see how I feel

Honestly there's nothing to do
My thoughts are always on you
The perfect one to my two
Knowing this is strange but oddly nothing new

Going bonkers at the thought
Though it's the absolute truth
From earth to the furthest star
I'd build a ship to get to you

I'm not very handy though
So I'll just watch my collecting coin pig
Maybe get a nice little loan
And do a little jig

But everything's falling in place
Seems things happen as they should
Or just lucky coincidence
So I'll just keep knocking on wood
Patrick Ramsey Nov 2020
My mind is screaming to no end.
It’s getting harder to pretend
My heart is hurting.
I’m worrying for you.
Don’t let this fear take over me.
Close my eyes and count from three.
It’s my worry that starts to consume
The only thing that matters is you.
Hold me back my mind is racing.
Take me to the place that I call home.
Sick and deprived
At least you’re alive.
I’m so afraid
But I know you won’t go away.

Pinky promises mean so much.
The ones we made though we can’t touch.
I’m burying my fear to save us from the darkness that’s creeping closer.
Are there answers we will find?
You’re constantly on my mind.
We’ve come so far
We left behind
The hurt we felt so long ago.
I’m right here as you know.
I can never let you go.
You mean so much to me.
Only with you I am complete.
One day my arms will wrap around you.
Deep inside we both know it’s true.
We just have to see through
The fog that covers the road ahead.
Don’t be afraid. I’m right here.
I’m writing this for you dear.
When your eyes close
When you go to sleep.
Know my heart is Forever your’s to keep.
Patrick Ramsey Nov 2020
Think you know a wise man,
a holy man,
a visionary when you see him?
Think you have expectations as to his outward appearance?
His demeanor?
My friend, think again.

He could be any shape he could be any size,
He could have any color from normal to polka dots,

He could be a woman could be a child
Could be from the meekest to the most wild
His wisdom could cover all you wish to know
Or it could just cover which path to or not to go

My friend,
think again
She could be an old lady carrying a blood red apple
She could be all dolled up in glass slippers and such
She could be pale white with lust driven red lips
She could be you
He could be a sweet baby
Or an ugly
***.

Truth takes on many faces it can lead you on a merry dance
Trust only to word and deed,
be deceived not by appearance

Think you know a no-gooder when you see one?
Think you know the beggar on the street is nothing more?
Think again....
it could be your future,
your fate
He could have been in shoes
like yours not long ago







Think you know an angel when you see one?
Think they always wear a halo and fly with wings of gold?
Think again...
they're everywhere,
They could be the neighbor you dislike...


They could stop being human,
and you...
could stop thinking
and leave it up to them

Give the wise holy visionary back their shoes

think again...
meer appearance
may not be as clear
as what was first thought

Open your hear to what's around you
instead of placing things in your pigeon holes,
truth takes on many forms,
One only has to open their hearts
and except things.

So no matter what you see
find that open spirit
where a heart
touches beyond an imagination
within a glimmer.
Patrick Ramsey Nov 2020
Everyday I feel the strain
As I am drowing from the pain
It's getting hard to stand
As I play the game of life with the deadmans hand
I look in the mirror and dont recognize the man staring back at me
Everyday is the same
I look to heaven as i burn down in the flames
Wishing the outcome would change
Tears run down my face
As I know I'll never leave this place
God knows I tried to live right
But my demons hide in plain sight
I got one shot to change this time
But I'm serving 25 to life
Its been a rough life so far
Lost alot of family
Even tried to end my life
Its been a hell of a ride
I'm just a troubled soul
Looking for love
I lay my heart on the line
Let it fly on the wings of a dove
Sometimes I look to the sky
And I wonder why
This is my life
This is the way it goes
Patrick Ramsey Nov 2020
We who know so little on the Earth so vast,
What is future, what is past
What is good news and what is bad,
In the life of the Yang and the Yin,
Fusing Hamlet together again.
Is everything gain or lost,
Fortune and misfortune,
Good or bad, happy or sad,
Or the consequence of the flowers
In the garden behind the fence?
a source so simple
penned the wellspring of words
a painted fable upon the fields
of the king who tried to make the Sun
for those blind to the honest beauty of the stars
and put the stars into order
for them to understand
the mountains refuse to move
it is their last stand
against submitting to be owned by man
So tree and lake and fountain
tall and deep and flowing
the sea is silent, the ice is melting
the aim of fury is clear
shall the earth endure
invites the sea
or be done, sunk, and swallowed amid oceans
full of new, and difficult emotions
We are the garden cancer
Upon the bird
Upon the flower
Upon the mountain
Upon the sea
We have taken many forms
And spread our disease
Upon the ice-fields
upon the glacier snow
Upon the quaking ground
Where the hollow children go.
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