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Jon York Jul 2019
Not everything
             is  suppose  to  become
                         something  
                beautiful  and  long
                            lasting.

                 Sometimes people
                        come  into  
             your  life  to   show you
                      what is right
         and what  is wrong. To show  
                     you  who  you  
                           can  be,
                 to teach you to love
                          yourself,
                 and to  make you feel
            better  for  a little  while.

                                Not
                    everyone is going
        to  stay  forever  but  you  just
               have to keep on going,
                      thanking them
            for whatever it is that they
                           gave you
                and when  you  finally
          get  tired  of  trying,  just leave.
                         No fight, no
            argument, and sometimes
                        not  even  a
                          goodbye.
                                                                               Jon York   2019
222 · Jan 2019
For As Long As You Need
Jon York Jan 2019
The  most  eloquent  silence  is
that of  two  mouths  meeting  
in  a  kiss  each  knowing  a
passionate kiss  should never
be  taken lightly,  when  done  
right.

No  one  will ever  kiss  you like
I've   kissed   you,  every  breath
escaping from  your  lips  I have
inhaled.
        
A  kiss   can  ignite a  fire  within
and sometimes  it  can  do  more  
than a touch, it  can  breathe  life
into a soul and  fan  embers long  
forgotten   or  as  yet  discovered  
and  sometimes the  best  kiss  is  
he  one  that  has been exchanged
a  thousand  times  by  the eyes
before it ever  reaches  the  lips.

Hugs  from behind,  neck  kisses,
long kisses, and cuddling are the
best things in the world.

Come...
   let it all go.
       melt away here.
              I've got you
                   for as long as you need.  
                                                         ­            Jon York   2019
222 · Jan 2019
The Artist of Your Life
Jon York Jan 2019
It's not what you do,
it's how you do it.
It's not what you see,
it's how you look at it.
It's not how your life is,
it's how you live it.

Start where you are,
use what you have,
do  what  you  can,
    get  it  done.

You are the
artist of
your life.

Don't give the
paintbrush to
anyone else
and if there is
no  way,
create  one.

Some people want
material things,
           me,
I just want peace,
happy times and
people who love me.

Knowledge is learning                  have: new dreams
something everyday                                 new days
Wisdom is letting go of                            new desires
something everyday.                                new ways
                                                            ­         new years
                                                           ­          a new you
                                                                                             Jon York   2019
Jon York Mar 2019
tell me that they love me
                  and
devour my heart and soul.
                                                                   Jon York   2019
222 · Nov 2016
You Will . . .
Jon York Nov 2016
As you grow you will learn that
even that one person that wasn't
supposed to ever let you down
probably will and you will have
your heart broken probably more
than once and you will find that
it is harder every time.

You will break a few hearts too
so remember how it felt when
yours was broken and you will
fight with your best friend and
you will blame a new love for
things that an old one did and
you will cry because time is just
passing way too fast.
  
You will eventually lose someone
that you love so take too many
pictures and laugh too much and
love like you have never been hurt
because every sixty seconds that
you spend upset is a minute of
happiness that you will never get
back and don't be afraid that your
life will end but be afraid that
you will never let it begin.
                                                  Jon York   2016
221 · Dec 2016
Truth Is part II
Jon York Dec 2016
Truth Is. . .
                   What I like most about myself is that I am so
                            understanding when I do something wrong. . .
                   You had better appreciate me now and avoid the rush. . .
                   We all have one thing in common- a thing called life. . .
                    Just exactly what life is has not yet been satisfactorily
                         explained to me. . .
                    I try to take life as it comes and just hope it keeps coming. . .
                    Every time I try to take out a new lease on life, the landlord
                         raises the rent. . .
                    Win or lose. it's all right. . .
                    The world is a very strange community, but it is the only
                           one we all belong to. . .
                     Quiet people have the loudest minds. . .

Truth Is. . .
                   There has been so much concern about what might happen
                            that what is actually happening has passed almost
                            unnoticed. . .  
                    Some of the worst things I have done have probably been
                            forgotten by everybody except me. . .
                    Why is it that I so often desire the best and why do I seldom
                           get it.. .
                    I could do great things if I weren't so busy doing little things
                    I am still waiting for some public reaction to my arrival on
                           earth. . .
                    Of course I know what happiness is because I've seen
                            many pictures of it. . .
                     Intelligence is not of much use unless you are intelligent
                             enough to use it. . .

Truth Is. . .
                      The reason why most people are careful is that those who
                             weren't are no longer living. . .
                       Having lived through some bad times, I am living proof
                              that some bad times can be lived through. . .
                       Just when I nearly had the answer, I forgot the question. .
                       Don't believe everything you hear about me regardless of
                              how true it may be. . .
                       It frightens me when people suddenly start to behave
                              sensibly. . .
                       Some of my secrets have been hidden so well, I have
                               forgotten what they are. . .  
                        I wonder why it is that many of the most important
                                things are also the most boring things. . .
                         If it makes you happy, do it. If it doesn't, then don't. . .
221 · Apr 2021
Remembering
Jon York Apr 2021
How brief
our encounter,
yet the experience
I hold in
high esteem.

Time dies,
life goes on.

Our hearts burn
in eternal flame.

We dance
in the dark.

Dancing,
secretly dancing.

Remembered,
remembering.

                                                                                         Jon York   2021
221 · Feb 2019
And Still To Love It
Jon York Feb 2019
It takes great courage
to see the world
in all its tainted glory
       and still to love it.
                                                             ­                    Jon York   2019
220 · Mar 2019
Exclusive Eyes
Jon York Mar 2019
She wants
          to  be
     loved with
              an honest tongue,
              a devoted heart,
              and exclusive eyes.


              You  got   it  babe,
               take me, I'm yours.
                                                                                              Jon York   2019
Jon York Feb 2020
I wanna make
love to your mind

until your body
can't do without
            me.

I wanna
          feel you. . .

         taste you. . .  

            touch

             you. . .

       Pleasure  for a

woman is connected

           through

        her heart. . .                                                         Jon York  2020

and through her mind. . .

Touch her mind and

her body becomes a wonderland.

I hunger for your taste, your kiss,                                      

the feel of your soul touching mine. I need to be touched by you.
Jon York Sep 2019
The
first person you
         think of
           in the
          morning,
               or
         last person
             you
        think of at
            night,
        is either the
            cause
          of  your
        happiness
                or
        your pain.

              Life
        is too short
              to be
      with someone
            who's
         not crazy
            about
              you.

         Listen, I'm
                a
         nice person.

             So if I'm
      an ******* to you,
          you need to
      ask yourself why.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019
220 · Jan 2019
I Wish You. . .
Jon York Jan 2019
SMILES
           when sadness intrudes, and when you think of us together,
RAINBOWS
            to follow the clouds, and to surround us
LAUGHTER
            to kiss your lips and for as long as I kiss them,
SUNSETS
             to warm your heart, as we watch them together,
HUGS
             when spirits sag, or when you just need to be in my arms
BEAUTY
              for your eyes to see, and mine when I look at you,
FRIENDSHIP
              to brighten your being,
FAITH
           so that you can believe in us together forever,
COURAGE
           to know yourself and accept what will be,
PATIENCE
          to accept the truth and see and accept your reality,
LOVE
            to complete your life that it may always surround you,

I buried my ears into the calm of your heart, and in a matter of seconds: fell terribly in love with the way your loneliness fell softly and suddenly asleep in my chest.
I just hope it is freedom you feel when loving me and I hope it is home you find.
                                                           ­                              Jon York  2019
Jon York Oct 2017
May the laughter that we find in
our tomorrows wipe away the pain
that we found in our yesterdays,
and my wish for you is comfort on
difficult days, smiles when sadness
intrudes, and rainbows to follow
clouds, and laughter to kiss your
lips as my love completes your life.

Love comes to those who still hope,
as well as those who still believe,
and to those who still love even
though they have been hurt before,
so we have to let the love hidden
in our hearts find the love waiting
in our dreams.

There is only one happiness in life:
to love and to be loved and any
time not spent on love is wasted
so if you wished to be loved, love

One word frees us of all of the
weight and pain of life, and
that word is love, and realize that
the soul would have no rainbow,
had the eyes no tears.


                                               Jon York   2017
219 · May 2019
Underneath The Moon
Jon York May 2019
I LOVE YOU
              in  the  morning,
                       IN THE
                         afternoon,
               I LOVE YOU
                 in the evening,
               UNDERNEATH
                      the moon.

               IT WILL ALWAYS
                    be a mystery
              TO ME HOW
                       we can't forget
               THE LOVE THAT
                            forgot us.
                                                             ­                              Jon York   2019
218 · Apr 2019
The Most Beautiful Skies
Jon York Apr 2019
It's  you
      and  me,
       and no
       matter
  what comes,
      there  is
   nothing we
       cannot
     overcome.
         I am
  here for you
     whenever
      you want
    or need me,
       always.

       And you
        should
      know this
      and only
             by
     weathering
    the greatest
     storms can
             we
  appreciate the
           most
      beautiful
          skies.
                                                                                     Jon York   2019
Jon York Jun 2019
a 10 word poem     a  7 word poem               Shining Like I Do      
      TRUTH                         A                        They gossip  about  me
                                        speaker­                   and I  wonder why and
       sounds                         of                         also   know   that   their
          like                       TRUTH                   opinions  about me  are
        HATE                         has                       not   my  prob;ems  and
           to                              no                        if  tho­se opinions  about
        those                       friends.                   me are wrong, they will
         who                                                        be   the  ones  who   will
        HATE                                                    ­  have  problems, not  me.

          the                                          ­                I  stay  kind,  committed
                                                                ­          to  love, and free  in  my
       TRUTH.                                                   authenticity.  No   matter
                                                          ­                what  they do  or  say,  I
                                                 ­                         don't   dare   doubt    my
                                                     ­                      worth  or  the beauty of  
                                                            ­               my  TRUTH.
                                                      ­                     I will  just  keep shining
                                                                ­                                       like I do.
              
                                                                                             Jon York   2019
216 · Feb 2019
A Little Bit Different
Jon York Feb 2019
My only hope is that
       even for a moment
  I helped you see the world
       a little bit different.
                                                                                           Jon York    2019
216 · Jun 2019
You Are Mine
Jon York Jun 2019
I'll be your earth,
          you can be my universe.

      I just
    want to
      melt
       into
        you,

       until
          we
       share
         one
          soul.

Your voice makes me smile
         your eyes
         are  my  favorite
                                       color.
The way you touch me
               sets my soul on fire,
and the best thing about
                  you......
                            you are mine.
                                                                                   Jon York   2019
215 · Jan 2017
NOTE TO SELF
Jon York Jan 2017
The sun is shining, the clouds are breaking
and I can be strong, yes I can and know that
you gotta do this for you and know that this
is for you and isn't about anybody else. so
live for you and never lose sight of that.

Be crazy enough to know you can do
everything in life and sometimes you have
to be your own hero.

Know that a good day is a good day. A bad
day is a good story and at the end of the day
it is all good and perhaps we should love
ourselves so fiercely that when others se us
they will know exactly how it should be done.

Believe in yourself and you will be unstoppable
and if you have to ask yourself , "will it be easy?"
NOPE, "worth it?" ABSOLUTELY, and you will
make mistakes but just don't let the mistakes
make you.

Stay positive, work hard, and make it happen
and work on yourself for yourself and learn
to trust the journey, even if you don't
understand it, just be happy and smile, it
drives everybody crazy.                                Jon York   2017
Jon York Sep 2019
I want to kiss
           you  so  thoroughly
     that you loose your ability
                    to stand.

           I will slip my hand
   into  your  soul unzip  you and
          touch your inner core,
                      rub your
                  imagination.
                     I wanna
                     feel you...
                     taste you...
                     touch you...

             Sometimes  home
                 isn't 4 walls.
               It's  2  eyes  and
                   a heartbeat.

  Your arms wrapped around me,
         your head on my chest,
              my warm breath
        caressing your forehead,
                    your breath
              warming my chest.

                  For both of us,
           this is home no matter
                         where
                     we may be.
                                                             ­                                Jon York   2019
Jon York Mar 2021
I am without her and
seemingly uninspired in these
withering times, escaping through
     all my falsehoods
I remain in my quiet shadows.

    Hiding away from all that
      is seen and smothered
   in my wanton dreams of her
   kisses and being with her.

   Not to die in my depression
  but to listen to my inner voice
       of strength and truth
I wait for her to hold me again.

Tucked away inside a strength
      secure in this world of
whispering dreams I turn away
       from all the fears held
         captive free of will
finding my peace in memories
                    of her.
                                                            ­                              Jon York     2021
Jon York Jul 2019
In life
           you have to be
                  able to
       realize there is a role
             for  everyone
                you meet.

      -  Some will test you.
         Some will use you.
         Some will love you.
         Some will teach you.

                 But the ones
                   who are
            truly  important
              are the ones
    who bring out the best
                  in you.

            They are rare
      and  amazing  people
              who remind
                   us why
             life is worth it.  

                   Just keep
                 loving   me.
                         I'll
              keep loving you.
                    And the
             rest will fall into
                      place.
                                                                                  Jon York   2019
Jon York Oct 9
She walked through the door, her head looking down, perhaps scared to look at me for fear of what she may see. When in reality she was just scared of our first meeting in over 50 years, a length
of time that would bring anyone to tears.

I looked at her as she trembled and I said, "do you know why after all of this time I am still here?" "Because when love is true, it waits and as we slipped into an intimacy from which we never recovered, I said "guide me home, for you are the moon of my life, guide me home." "Let us make quiet love, soft sighed and slow stirred; glancing glazes and graceful gasps." "Swallow your loudest screams and yell instead with squeezing hands."

Some souls choose to wear their hearts on their sleeves, but I, brave or stupid or maybe both have chosen instead to wear mine on yours. Her love. . .simple, uninhibited, child like, spontaneous, filled with touching, poetry. She never grew up. .thank God!

Like a hummingbird in flight, always looking for a place to rest for the night, as she is weary from her travels afar and with natures careful planning she will touch the flowers of your soul, then wait for understanding'
                                                  ­                                     Jon York   2024
214 · Jul 2017
August 2017 Mantra
Jon York Jul 2017
No matter how
many obstacles
life puts in my
way I will fight
my way through,
grit my teeth
and just keep
going.

Life is too short
to argue and
fight  so I will
just count my
blessings and
love the friends
and family that
are always
there for me
and make the
most of each
day and that
should be all
that I need to
say
                   Jon York   2017
Jon York Nov 2014
Thought I'd something more
to say as another day passes
away and I think about all of
the loves that have come and
gone leaving tracks across my
heart and some leaving
memories some of which I
want no part.

Every year is getting shorter
and the seasons come and go
so much faster but I know it
isn't just me and that every
one ages and everybody turns
those pages and so many of
those memories fade away
and each day it seems like
I have less to say.

Sometimes it is the little things
that matter and those few kind
words that a few may speak
and those few precious moments
that we choose to keep forever
in our minds as we ride out those
final years of this grind that we
call life.

Every day that I wake up to
a new sunrise I am grateful to just
be alive and so happy that I was
able to survive so long as I have
but I still can't help but be a little
sad that I let the years slip by me
so fast and all I can do now is
live from day to day hoping
that I can find something more
to say.    
                                                          Jon York     2014
213 · Feb 2018
More Scattered Poems
Jon York Feb 2018
The greatest gift you
      can give someone                                In life
            is your                                         what you
            TIME                                          rea­lly want;
  because when you                             will never
     give your time                                   come easy.
   you are giving a
portion of your life
that you will never                                            Be careful
         get back.                                                      who you
                                                             ­              pretend to be.
                                                             ­                You might
                                                           ­                  forget who
     The greatest                                                        y­ou
       challenge                                                           are.
        in life is
  DISCOVERING                              If you are
WHO YOU ARE.                         PERSISTENT,
     The second                               you will get it.
       greatest is                                    If you are
   being HAPPY                            CONSISTENT,
WITH WHAT YOU                     you will keep it.
            Find.    
                                       ­                                                       We don't
                                                                ­                            meet people
                                                      No matter how           by accident,
   Forget all the                               impossible                 they are
    reasons why                           unattainable, or            meant to
   it won't work                            unimaginable              cross our
          and                                     something may            path for a
      BELIEVE                            seem....if it's meant           reason.
          the                                       to be, it'll be.
        ONE
    REASON
         why                                     The best way      
        it will.                                   to appreciate           The most difficult
                                                      s­omeone is to            thing to explain
                                                      ima­gine your                 in life is
                                                        life without          the simplest truth
                                                           them.                      called LOVE.

    The hardest
    thing about,
  "EVERYTHING
  HAPPENS FOR
    A REASON"
   is waiting for
     the reason                                              Jon York   2018
       to come
        along.
Jon York Mar 2019
I want to
be craved by
you  . I want
you to think
about kissing
me as much
as   I   think
about kissing
you.
                                                                                     Jon York   2019
Jon York Feb 2021
No one gets out of here
alive, fear does not stop
death, it stops life,  so  
FOCUS --- Follow  
                   One
                   Course
                   Until
                   Success
Keep  your energy focused
on your goals and dreams.

Ignore  the  noise  that
seems to be going on all
around you and stop
treating yourself like an
after thought.

You can't change the past.
You can't predict the future.
So live in the moment. The
best way to predict the
future is to create it.

Say the truth that you're
carrying in your heart like
hidden treasure. Be silly,  
be kind, be weird. There's
no time for anything else.                                              Jon York   2021
Jon York Aug 2019
I don't want to
          be your entire world, no.
               I would be happy
                      just being
          your morning chocolate,
          your hanging car keys,
                   your wallet,
               your  cell  phone,
                    your ****.

            Something  seemingly
                   insignificant,
                       but if lost
                 throws  off  your
                     entire day.  

                      My thoughts
                 cannot move an inch
                            without
                          bu­mping
                            pieces
                            of  you.

                                 I
                        cannot stop
                            myself
                             from
                         constantly
                            falling
                           into you.
                                                            ­                               Jon York   2019
212 · Feb 2019
And Write You Into Poetry
Jon York Feb 2019
Take  my  hand and
just feel. Sense my
intent and feel my
madness.  Look into
my eyes and see what
has always been inside.
A secret  place  that
belongs to  you.

Allow me to enter you, calmly
  and conquer your heart,
   steal your pain and
      fill you with joy,
let you feel my devotion
  and taste your love.
    Let me be your safe heaven
   for you to shelter on stormy days.
     And write you into poetry.
                                                         ­                                     Jon York   2019
Jon York Sep 2019
And suddenly, you meet
         that  one  person again  from  your  past,
                              that makes you
                       forget about yesterday,
                           and  dream  about
                                tomorrow.
                    You are that person and
                            suddenly you
                      mean  the  world  to  me.

                    Somewhere in between our
         text messages, our phone calls, our jokes,
                       our  laughter, our talks.....
                            I fell for you again.  

                                 When I look
                   into your eyes, I know I have
                             found the mirror
                                   of my soul.
                          
                       I know now that I wasn't
               your first, but presently I'm preparing
                          myself to be your last.

                       I saw the wars within you and
                 I chose to stay and I choose to stand
                                     by your side
                             and help you fight them.

                            Lets  make this lovely
                  journey last for the rest of our lives.
                           Do  not  ever let  me  go,
                                      I am yours
                            as long as you want
                                      me to be.
                                                             ­                           Jon York   2019
211 · Jun 2020
The Reason She Loved Him So
Jon York Jun 2020
The Sun and the Moon
are loves who rarely meet, always chase,
     and almost always miss one another,
                    but once in awhile,
        they do catch up  and  they  kiss  
                                and
               the world stares in awe
                      of their eclipse.

                      He was the day,
          she  was  the  night.  He  lived
    for misty mornings, she lived for crazy
        midnight's. He was the Sun, she
  was the Moon, yet both waited impatiently
        for  those  rare  days  they  might
                       exist peacefully.

                    She wants a man who
       understands her eyes. If she gets sad,
            she  points  to  her  chest  and
               says, "here is your home."
                        He understands.

                    But perhaps the very
          fact the Moon could never have
               the Sun was the reason
                      that  she  loved
                               him  so.                          
                                                                                  Jon York   2020
Jon York May 2019
Nothing  changes  if  nothing  changes.
Take a deep breath and enjoy your life.
Care about  peoples approval  and you
                               will be their prisoner.
Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.
Be brave, take risks, nothing can substitute
                                                 experience.
Follow your instincts.
Be curious, dream big.
Love what you do.
Love learning.
Keep an open heart &
a strong spirit.
                      Have fun.
No  matter  what  happens, no matter how
far you  seem to  be away from where you
want to be, never stop believing that you'll
somehow make it.

Have an  unrelenting belief  that  things will
work  out,  that  the  long  road   has  had   a
purpose, that the things that you desire may
not  happen  today,  but  they  will   happen.
    Continue  to  persist  and  persevere.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019
211 · Mar 2018
Two Hearts In One
Jon York Mar 2018
Love is unselfish,
understanding and
kind,for it sees with
its heart and not with
its mind.

Love is the answer
that everyone seeks...
love is the language
that everyone speaks...

Love can't be bought
it is priceless and free
and love, like pure magic
is a sweet mystery!

My true-love hath my heart
I have hers,
my heart in me keeps her
and me in one,
my heart in her thought
and senses guide  
she loves my heart, for once
it was her own.

I cherish her heart because
in me it bides
my true-love hath my heart,
and I have hers,
making two fractional lives
a whole.
                           Jon York   2018
211 · Jun 2020
Blushing And Burning For Me
Jon York Jun 2020
I want my eyes to
              set the fire to your soul.

                  I want my hands to
                 set  fire  to  your  skin.

                  I want my words to
              set fire to your mind and

                  I want those words to
               free your soul, to release
               your dreams and un cage
                    your imagination.

                   I want to see every
                part of you blushing and
                       burning for me.
                                                                                               Jon York  2020
210 · Mar 2017
Excerpts
Jon York Mar 2017
I cannot read a word of Greek
and only English do I speak,
there is in all my pedigree
no trace of Mayflower ancestry.

I've seldom burned the midnight
oil nor have I tread on foreign
soil and my search for wealth
has been in vain and all too well
I know that I am plain.

I've led a sketchy life, 'tis true
and tho' unfit to tie your shoe
and I know my dreams are made
of sturdy stuff but I love you,
isn't that enough?

The time has come, the poem
is over, thought I'd something
more to say on this bright
beautiful day.        
                                    Jon York   2017
209 · Feb 2019
You Are My Favorite
Jon York Feb 2019
If
    you're
     going
        to
      stay,
      stay
    forever.
        If
      ­your
     going
        to
     leave,
      then
      do it
      today.
         If
       your
       going
    to change,
    change for
    the better.
      And if
      you're
      going
      to talk,
       make
    sure you                   Of all the things I needed to learn
   mean what                                          in this life you are my favorite.
      you say.                                                             ­          Jon York   2019
208 · Sep 2018
My Passion For It All
Jon York Sep 2018
I used to dislike being
sensitive because I
thought it made me
weak, but take away
that single trait and
you take away the
very essence of who
I am.

You take away my
conscience, my ability
to empathize, my
intuition, my
creativity, my deep
appreciation for the
little things, my vivid
inner life, my deep
awareness of other's
pain and my passion
for it all.

You will never know
the value of a moment
until it becomes a
memory and realize
that any fool can
know, the point is to
understand.
                                                   Jon York   2018
Jon York Feb 2019
I stand
      in total wonder
at the display before me.
         The best things
             truly come
   when you have the patience
             to endure.
    I will spend my life
     racing you awake
        each morning
   to catch you like this
     roll into my arms now
    NOW!

     Every morning we
        are born again.
     What we do today
   is what matters most.

            If your're
              waiting
             for a sign,
              this is it.

         Would it be
            entirely
          too much to
                ask
     for you to wear a
           smile and
            absolutely
         nothing else
                today?                                          ­                  Jon York    2019
208 · Dec 2017
Scattered Poems II
Jon York Dec 2017
Life is about                    Be selective in                     Don't ask why          
       moments,                        your                                  someone           don't                             battles              ­          keeps hurting you
wait for them,                          for                               ­       ask
     create them.                      sometimes                    why you keep
                                            peace is better                    letting them.
                                            than being right.
       You                                                              ­                     Have
always have                            The best                                     a
        a                                  way to get things                       dream        
     have a                                       done                     ­            of love
     choice.                                         is                                and look for                                                       simply     ­                              it
                                ­                       begin.                                   in
                                                             ­                             hidden places of
                                              You             ­                          the future.
        Be proud              have never been
          of who                       mine                            I didn't know that
         you are                  but I was                             love could be
         and not                     yours.                                 this way.
    ashamed of how                                               ...my sun all day,
somebody else sees                                                 my dreams at night,
             you.                                                             ­   my thoughts,
                                                       ­                                  words,
                       ...my lips and skin                               tears, hopes.
                       will still remember.                               ....my joy!
                          My hands will
           will still know all the contours and
               clearly feel the touch of you.
                                                            ­                             Jon York    2017
Jon York Sep 2023
Break all the trances and dissolve
all curses that keep you ignorant
of your own magic.

The  only  time you  should  ever
look back is to see how far you've
come.

Never  give  up. Fall  seven times,
stand  up  eight. Don't let anyone
who  hasn't  been  in  your  shoes
tell  you   how  to  tie  your  laces.

It's hard to beat a person who never
gives up. It's not over when you lose,
it's  over  when  you  quit.

If you want to be successful, prepare
to be doubted and tested. Nobody
is  going  to  hit  as  hard  as  life.

It is what it is. In the blink of an eye
everything can change. So love with
all your heart. You may not have that
chance again.                                                           ­          Jon York   2023
207 · Nov 2020
Choice
Jon York Nov 2020
No one asks you to accept life.
That is not a choice.  
You  must  accept  it. The  only  
choice  is  how.
Heaven on earth  is  not a place  
you  must  find,
but  a  choice  you  must  make.

Two primary choices exist in life;
to except conditions
as they exist,
or accept the responsibility for
changing them.

You may believe that you are
responsible for what you do, but
not for what you think, but the
truth is that you are responsible for
what you think, because it is
only at this level can you exercise
choice.What you do comes from
what you think

Every morning when we get up,
the first thing we should decide is:
What do i want? Misery? or bliss?
If we choose blissfulness it is because
it is your choice, it is your life.

There are no mistakes in life, only
lessons.  Love yourself,  trust  your
choices, and  everything is possible.

We choose only once. We choose to
be warriors or to be ordinary...A second
choice does not exist. Not on this earth.
                                                          ­                                   Jon York   2020
206 · Mar 2019
Adventure
Jon York Mar 2019
Sometimes
      words  are  in  the
       wind, other times,
      buried  under rocks.
          Both require
    different means of
       discovery ----
  one  requires  stillness.
           The other.
          Adventure.
                                                                                  Jon York   2019
205 · Nov 2020
A Struggling Soul
Jon York Nov 2020
With  so  many  people  in  this
world I'm confident  in saying,
"If  you  connect with  someone
on a soul  level, you don't take
them for granted." My soul remembered
her,  my   heart   connected me  
with  her and she emboldens
my soul to accept the mystery
of her love.

Our  souls  speak a language that
is beyond human understanding,
a connection so rare the universe
won't let us part. You can make
detours with your mind but you
can't distract the truth from your heart.

The  thought  of  never  crossing
your path again is too enormous
to  bare,  so  for  now  I'll  make
dreams in my heart and remind
myself to go and sit and remember
them  every  once  in  awhile,
remembering that the bravest of
souls are those who choose love
over and over.

And kindness is a simple way to
tell another's struggling soul that
there is love to be found in this world.
                                                          ­                                 Jon York   2020
204 · Mar 2019
Straight To The Heart
Jon York Mar 2019
Some say
    I'm  too  sensitive.
       But  truth  is
          I  just  feel
            too much.
    Every word, every
           action and
     every energy, ever
              thought,
          goes straight
                    to
             the heart.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019
204 · May 2019
I'll Miss You Forever
Jon York May 2019
Some of
            my most favorite
     seconds  on  earth  are the
            seconds filled
   with my lips spilled upon
          your collarbone
    and your hair nestled into
                    my fist.
               You were the
           hardest lesson I've
                   ever had
              to learn and I'm
                     afraid
             I'll miss you
                   forever.
                                                                                     Jon York   2019
204 · May 2021
An Atom Split Into Two
Jon York May 2021
A warm embrace,
a long wet kiss.

A warm moment
you didn't realize
how much you miss.

But its been so long
all you can do is reminisce.

The memory
a source of bliss.

But there is
also a feeling of abyss.

Why in the moment
did you dismiss?

Looking in you I find myself
and a realization of truth;
the truth - you are me and I am you,
an atom split into two.                                                  Jon York   2921
203 · Sep 2022
Brilliant Perplexities
Jon York Sep 2022
Refuse to  think that anyone  else knows
better  than  you what  dreams will keep
your life energy humming with maximum efficiency.

****  out   wishy-washy  wishes   and  
lukewarm    longings   that  keep  you
distracted   from  your  burning desires.

Tell yourself and tell the world  that you
know  exactly what  you  want  and you
know  exactly what you  don't want and
you know exactly what you kind of want
but you won't waste your time on it because
it  sidetracks  you  from working on what
you really want.

Be  willing  to make mistakes  if someone
else is willing to learn from them. To hell
with boring enlightenment; I want brilliant perplexities.

                   Fall out of love with fear.
                                                           ­                                     Jon York   2022
203 · Feb 2017
Poems At Random
Jon York Feb 2017
If I had known how many weeks
      would come and go
'Ere I again should see you
      would I have acted so.

Would I have read the future
and known what was to be---
I wouldn't have hurt you darling
had all the world been given to me.

For I dream of you at night, dear----
and think of you all day---
I was cross when I was with you
because--- that was my way.

We always treat our dear ones
  the ones we love the best
just a trifle colder
than we ever treat the rest.

Sort o' lonesome, sort O blue
sort o' pinin  just for you
sort o' wishing for a way
I could be with you today
sort o' wondering if you know
just how much I'm missing you
thought I'd tell you just what is what
I'm missing you an awful lot.

The clouds were forming pictures
That only I could see
and in my album
was one of you and me
you had bent to kiss me
and you were about to say
that you would always, always
----- and then the wind blew
them away.

             Too Late
If I could go back o'er my days
and trace my steps through all the ways
I think the first thing I would do
would be to find my way to you
and seek to take from out your heart
the pain for which the greatest part
I was to blame.
                                                               Jon York 2017


'
Jon York Jun 2019
No one
  is sent by accident
          to anyone
               and
      sometimes the
         two  people
           who are
   best for each other
        will have to
face greater obstacles
          in order to
    be with each other.

           There is no
      need  to  rush, if
         something is
   meant  to  be,  it will
            happen, in
    the right time with
              the right
    person for the best
               reason.

        When it's time
      for  two  souls  to
        meet, there's
    nothing  on  earth
 that   can  prevent  them
        from meeting,
    no   matter   where 
         each  may be
             located.
                                                        ­                                    Jon York   2019
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