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Jayme M Yaroch Jan 2018
It always seems odd to me
how afraid people are
of their mortality
not just about timing
but scared to die at all
Will it hurt?
Where will I go?
Were the religions right?
These things obsess them
Tie them into knots
full of worry
I don't get it
I have never been afraid to die
I do not care about the pain
and if I had a choice
my request is simple
make it quick.
Jayme M Yaroch May 2017
Little pillows
Rice and flowers
Pretty gowns
And count the hours
Waiting with baited breath
For trusting hearts
Then tying knots
Shined up shoes
The sober priest
Looking joyful
As two hands meet.
Jayme M Yaroch May 2017
I feel so terribly lost
My heart and my home
No longer agree
Nothing is simple
And it never was
But I try to do what's best
It just doesn't seem
To work out
Setting me adrift once more
In a sea of uncertainty
Though there is
One thing I'm certain of
And that's that I
Want to be
Where you are
Jayme M Yaroch Apr 2017
It's just a box
Something to put other things in
Storage, if you will
Of memories attached to the physical
And so we are attached
To what we put in the box
Enough that even in waking
It will haunt our dreams
It's just a box
Four walls, a top, a bottom
Some detail here and there
Not too terribly complex
It even comes with a split lid
So that everyone can see the view.
Jayme M Yaroch Apr 2017
Let no one tell you that we are weak
The link in the chain most easily broken
It is a lie
We are explorers, warriors and healers
Charging the hidden horizons
in search of things we could not name
yet feverishly believe in
And we believe so deeply that the universe
changes because of it
Through us and our endless quest
the world is connected
Now more thoroughly than even
science fiction could dream
Our dreams are powerful
the foundations of our futures
Futures plural as we are never restricted
to a monochromatic destiny
Our lives are not ordained by the stars
But by the heightened power of our hearts
We are one
Striving for a brighter, better world
Paying the cost before we see the bill
For ourselves, and for each other
We know that we are stronger together
And we are not afraid to be brave
Even if we are afraid
We are mighty
Jayme M Yaroch Apr 2017
Wondering
if I'll ever find my place
in the world
Maybe
I'll live long enough
to find it
or just die trying
Perhaps my only goal
is to orchestrate my death
with my last breath
and not
when my spirit dies
leaving me more lost
and alone
than I feel right now
Perhaps that
is what peace feels like.
Jayme M Yaroch Dec 2016
Just a quick walk
From here to there
One point to another
Though there is no point
In the exercise
Only a simple moving
From one state to another
One lie to another
Leaving behind truths
Too hard to bear
And burdens we no longer want
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