Life is short but full of flavors,
so explore everything and taste
all of the flavors with love and
kindness in your heart.

Stay  humble, work  hard,  be
kind.

The magic's inside. Unlock a
world of wonder every time
you open your eyes.

It's  not about  having  views
everywhere  you  look,   it's
about  selecting  and  framing
the views.

Stay relevant, resilient and
positive admidst life's curve
*****.

Be a dreamer, believe and achieve
and you will become an achiever.
It's all up to you for the magic is
hidden inside.

Don't tell people your dreams,
show them. You can,end of story,                                   Jon York  2022

Don't ever stop daydreaming and never
underestimate the power of dreams or the
influence of the human spirit. Inspiration
is everywhere because the world holds so
much beauty and I am always writing a
story in my head, so let every voice that
you hear, every hand that I touch become
story fabric.

You can always edit a bad page but you
can't edit a blank page and know that
some of the best moments you have had
in your life you can't tell anyone about
and you will discover that wasted time is
worse than wasted money.

We might worry that what we write has
been said before, sure it has, but not by
us so we must learn to write for ourselves
and not what we think other people want
to read and come to realize that beautiful
writing isn't about the words you use, it's
about the emotions we evoke, so know that
the worst enemy to your creativity is
self - doubt.

Be determined to be cheerful and happy
in whatever situation you may find
yourself in and learn that the greater
part of your misery or unhappiness is
not determined by your circumstances
but by your disposition.

Dream large but live larger and start living
the life that you only imagined knowing
that your mistakes don't define you and
know that you need to stop being afraid of
what could go wrong and start being excited
about what could go right and realize that
no matter how long you have traveled in the
wrong direction,you always have the choice
to turn around.                              Jon York    2017

Laughter is
    timeless,

Imagination has
no age,

Dreams
         are forever.
                                                                                   Jon York   2019

In 2025
Be Brave
Be kind
Be happy
Be creative
Be you.

Even  with  all  the  greed and
stupidity  and  terrible  things
that  we're  all  facing, reading
in  the  news, or  experiencing,
just want to be alive. Just want
to  breathe  and do your work.

In  2025  start  dreaming  and
scheming  about  who  you're
going to  be  in the  new  year.

Dream until your dreams come
true.
                                                                                               Jon York 2025

Don't say. . .that you don't have
enough  time left in your life
because you have  exactly the
same number of hours per day
that were given to Bill Gates,
Vincent Van Gogh, Albert Einstein,
and Thomas Edison.

Don't say. . .that you are alone
because if you can make friends
with yourself you will never be
alone.

Don't say. . .that you have felt
everything that you are going to
feel and from here on out you are
not going to feel anything new
but only lesser versions of what
you have already felt because you
feel that you can't survive the
reality of the past.

Don't say. . .that you can't dance
for laughter or dance for tears
and that you won't dance for
hopes and dance for screams
because we are the dancers and
we create our dreams.

Know how important it is to
dream and realize that you can't
do something if you can't imagine
it, so dream your dreams.
                                                 Jon York    2017

DRESS CODE: naked
                                                                                                 Jon York   2019

The sound of your voice touches my soul
and  I  am  so  glad  for  that  touch  and
sometimes I  celebrate  the  sound of your
voice  and  at  other times  I  feel  I need to
recover from it.

You  can  speak  a  world  into  existence or
empty life of it its meaning and the unspeakable
is  heard  and  felt when  you  speak.

When  you  speak  the  energy flows and just
the sound of  your voice makes  me  glad  to
be  alive and glad  that  I  am  a  man.

The fascination that is you, the mystery that  is
you I find and know in the sound of your voice
and as  the sound of your voice excites and nurtures,
I warm myself in its sound as it touches my soul.

When we speak our souls resonate and intimacy
occurs and we attend to what we love and that is
each others voice.
                                                                                            Jon York   2020

She wants
   my hand prints
        on her ***
              and
     she wants me
                 to
          discover
          her body
          with my
           tongue.

       "I can do that"
          eagerly I
         exclaimed!
                                                                                    Jon York   2019

May  our  love  be  like  the
four elements:  EARTH,  FIRE,
WATER, AIR
May our  love be  like EARTH
rich, natural,
and   deeply  rooted,
strong  as  rock   yet
soft  as  sand, always
growing  and  always  patient.

May   our  love   be  like FIRE
passionate, intense, and
energetic  with  a  flame
that  never  dies  and  as
radiant  as  the  morning
sun, as warm as an evening embrace.
                                                                      I want to feel the heat
May   our  love  be  like  WATER             of my own breath bounce
moving, constantly changing                   back and warm my lips
never still, never stagnant, as                   after I strategically place
vast as the ocean and as fresh                   them on my favorite places
                     as a spring's rain.                                             of your skin.
                                                                      I want to leave goosebumps
May  our   love  be    like    AIR                everywhere I have not yet
the sharing of dreams                                kissed and spend the night
,thoughts, and emotions,                           trying to read them like
always fragrant, always                                                                braille.
carefree, found in the breeze
of a whisper, of in the breath of a kiss.                          Jon York   2019

Hearing someone you love
            laughing
                  is
           easily one
                 of
             the best
               things
          on this earth.                                                              Jon York   2019

We have the taste
         of each other
        embedded in
               our souls
      and maybe we
  aren't perfect but
       we share
something  that  is.
                                                                ­                                Jon York   2019

One life on this earth is all we get whether it is enough
or not enough but all  I want kisses is from you without
question marks and if at some point one lingers I want the passion we share to make the question marks stand at attention, straighten their backs and transform themselves back into exclamation marks locking themselves to our lips.

The obvious conclusion would seem to be that at the very least we are fools if we do not live it as fully and bravely and beautifully as we can and try to embrace what is so evident.

Sometimes in life you must look through the barriers to see the beauty and you must look beyond the walls to the heart waiting
on the other side, and forget all the reasons and all the voices telling you to stop.

Look through the pain, the heartache or the waiting and see, and for the first time see all that lies beyond and just embrace it.

When the cold wind blows, I will close my eyes, calmly  knowing
I am anchored to you and because of you I feel myself slowly but surely becoming the me I have always dreamed of being and I embrace it.

I hope with quiet sincerity that the final words that ever leave these lips of mine will always be, "I love you."

                                                          ­                               Jon York   2018

Even your breakfast is poetry.
                                                                ­                                 Jon York   2019

People who  
           repeatedly attack
           your confidence
           and self-esteem

          are quite aware of
                           your potential
                                even if you are not.
                                                                                         Jon York   2019

Even with my eyes closed,
you still look perfect to me.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019

When  you

    love   someone,

    you don't give

     up.  EVER
                                                                                           Jon York   2019

She wants to be loved,
she wants to feel needed,

but most of all
she wants that feeling
I gave her that first time,

when I reacted that she
was more than I
had ever dreamt of,
that first time alone with her,
the first time,

when in that moment
I made her forget
everything. . .  

She wants to be desired
by me
EVERYDAY so I undress
her slowly
and let my hands
touch her in places where
my kisses
will soon follow.
                                                                                            Jon York   2020

Lover of my heart,
you will see
none of them are me.
And I too,
look for you
in everyone I see.
                                                                                    Jon York   2019

Every moment

   gives us a new

beginning and a

       new ending.


                                                                               You literally get

                                                                               a  second chance

                                                                                      every second.

                                                                                                 Jon York   2019

Every  word  has   consequences.  Every
silence too.
                                                                           Jon York   2019

Love is a
             commitment
              to protecting
                  another
             person's heart
             with  the  same
               passion you
                    used to
                 guard your
                       own.

                       I will
                  choose you,
                   even when
                  you're mad.
                    My love
                 for  you  won't
                  simply fade
           because we are angry.
                    I  know  we
                     will fight,
          we will be frustrated,
                     we will be
               human. Still, I will
                 go into battle
               for you. Still I will
                   choose you
             I will  choose you
                         and
            keep choosing you
                        every
                     single day.
                                                            ­                                  

                             ­                                                           Jon York   2019

i find pieces
of you in every
song I listen to.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019

Realize that it is never too
late for you to do ordinary
things in an extraordinary
way.

Take the time to wish upon
a star and don't ever forget
how special you are.

Know that your inspiration
comes not from memories
or experiences that you
have had in the past but
that it comes from within.

What sometimes breaks
us makes us stronger and
in the end our strength will
be unbreakable under any
circumstances.
                                        Jon York   2017

We are all young
at some point in our lives
and we are all older at another point
in our lives and we all go through
that time in between
and some are what they buy
and what they are sold
as some just exist while doing
nothing in their lives
except growing old.

Some succeed at whatever they do
because Daddy's money will
see them through
as some fail at everything they touch
while there are those who don't
ever do too much
as they just sit there and don't really care
if they ever win or lose
because they never get
to choose.

Some of us go through life
happy all of the time
while others just frown because
they get tired of being the clown
and being held down
because of the way they look
or because they can't
read a book.

Some are born with strength
and speed and can usually
take the lead in whatever
they try to do while others
just sit around and cry
and wonder why nothing ever
comes their way
as they keep thinking
maybe someday.

Each generation is different
but in realty the same as they each
try to make a name for themselves
but in the end we are all so much the same
as we all try to play the same game
of survival with nothing changing
except the tools which we have to use,
the time, the place and the face
of those caught up
in the race.

The one constant is love
with the only thing changing
is how much one is prepared to give
and how much one
is willing to receive and of course
how much you let yourself
believe in as you realize
that everything is different
but nothing  changes.                                             Jon York        2013

You have
                   everything
                   you need.
          Choose to EVOLVE.
                Choose LOVE.
           You  have  a  choice:
            EVOLVE or REMAIN
                UNCHANGED.
                  If you choose
                    to remain
                   unchanged,
        you will be presented
   with  the   same  CHALLENGES,
              the same old ROUTINE,
              the same STORMS,
              the same SITUATIONS,
       until  you  learn  from  them,
                until you actually
       love  yourself  enough  to say,
                      "no more,"
     until  If you choose CHANGE.
                 If you choose to
                      EVOLVE,
           you will connect with  the  
   STRENGTH  within  you, you will
                 explore what goes on
           OUTSIDE your comfort zone.
      You  will  awaken  to  LOVE, you will
                 become LOVE,
            you  will  be  LOVE,
       so EVOLVE and choose LOVE.
                                                           ­                       Jon York   2019

I've come
             to realize
          I  don't  need
       someone who'll
          set my world
               on fire.

              My life
          has  a  way
          of bursting
           into flames
           more often
        than  I'd   like.

         What I need
         is someone
         who will help
     sooth my burns
         and remove
           the smoke
             from my
                lungs,
         showing  me
          exactly how
                I can
               breathe
                again.

            When you
      kiss  me  without
       uttering a word,
            you speak
            to my soul.
                                                           ­                            Jon York   2019

6   months  of   *******    focus   and
alignment can put you 5 years ahead
in life. Don't underestimate the power
of  consistency  and desire.   You have
what it  takes  to become the best that
you can be. Don't ever doubt yourself.
Harness   your  power.  Exceed   your
                     expectations.
                                                                                            Jon York   2019

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

Grateful   for
where  I'm  at,

                        Excited about
                        where I'm going.
                                                          ­                                   Jon York   2019

And like
           the moon
           you must
          go through
            phases of
           emptiness
              to feel
              whole
               again.

                And
             in order
              to love
             who you
              are, you
               cannot
                 hate
                  the
           experiences
                   that
                shaped
                   you.

            Be grateful
                   for
                 where
                 you're
                 at and
                 excited
                  about
                  where
                  you're
                   going.
                                                                                       Jon York   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

In this moment

I just want to be

in  this  soft,  sweet,  wild,  burning

existence of her.
                                                                                                 Jon York   2019

Some people are
not your friends,
they are just too
scared to be your
enemy.  Let them
hate,   just   make
sure that they spell
your   name  right,
and don't blame
    people for
disappointing
   you. Blame
   yourself for
  expecting too
       much
   from  them.
                                                                        Jon York  2019

The mountains
that I am
carrying, I was
only supposed
to climb.

I know my worth
I've paid dearly
for every ounce
of it.

Rock bottom will                                          If you Fail, never
teach you lessons                                          give up because
that mountain tops                                       fail means:
never will.                                                    "First Attempt In Learning"

Expect the *******,                                      End is not an end, in
but never accept it..                                      fact End means:
                                                                       "Effort Never Dies"
If you get "No"as an
answer, remember
no means:
"Next Opportunity"
                                                                                          Jon York  2019

Dream and scheme about your long-range future.
Let your passions run wild, because there is nothing
you can't do if you want to do  it bad enough.

You will always have tomorrows, but when today
is gone, it will never happen again.

What will be story of your life in 2023?  Will you
find graceful ways to cooperate with the tides of
destiny and will you create the adventures that
will bring out the best in you?

Every  minute of every hour of  every day you are
making the world, just as you are making yourself,
so do it with kindness and style.

Say this:  "I will always adore, forgive, and believe
in myself."

"I  will never  forsake, betray,  or deceive myself."
                                                        ­                                      
You don't have to be anything you don't want to be.
You  don't have to feel emotions  that  others try
to manipulate you into feeling.
                                                        ­                                      Jon York  2023

I Love and
    I cherish every
         aspect of
the divine feminine
       that  stands
         before me.
            I feel
     her and I touch
        every part
            of her
      angelic body
        and to her
                 I
whisper the truths
    my heart holds.
         And she
  embraces the full  
     embodiment  
of  her soul's essence
  and  now the only
piece left to finish this
    exquisite mosaic
is the sacred union she
    shares with me,
her divine masculine,
     and notice how
she glows differently
    when loved right
               and
    treated  properly.                                       ­                  Jon York   2019

Hardships   often
prepare us ordinary
   people   for   an
    extraordinary  
        destiny.                                                                        Jon York   2019

Lips of honey,
eyes of fire.
                                                                                              Jon York   2019

I am tired
and I thought you
were better than petty offences
that sit between things that aren't said.

We both have our secrets
but I won't hold the unknowable
to my chest and pretend
like it holds something precious
when all it holds is a "what if"
with no satisfiable answer.

I loved you because you held me
like I was human
but now you push me away
like a toy you've deemed defective.

I don't know what to think,
its hard to believe this is you.

I miss you
though I'm always beside you
grieving, watching you grieve
for a life that's not yet over
but fading with every sunrise
and sunset.                                                                      Jon York    2021

Have  the  power  to
exorcise  ghosts  and
demons that  are still
lingering from the old
days and your old ways.

Be able to transform the
way your history affects
you.

Knot by knot untie yourself
from your past and let it
rise away from you like
a ballon.  

Become adept at the process
of  self-inquiry and symbolic
insight, leading to the growth
of faith in yourself.
                                                                                                Jon York  2022

Just keep loving me.
 I'll keep loving you.
   And the rest will
      fall into place.                
                                                                ­                                Jon York   2019

Just keep loving me.
I'll keep loving  you.
   And  the rest  will
fall in to place.
                                                                                          Jon York   2019

Set your life
on fire.
Seek those
who fan your
flames.
                                                                                    Jon York    2019

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

Starve your

Distractions,

                                                   Feed your

                                                   Focus.
                                                                                        Jon York   2019

I hope I made you
feel something,
because you made me
feel everything.
                                                                                      Jon York   2019

Relationships are harder now  
because conversations became
texting,  arguments  became
phone  calls, feelings became  
subliminal   messages,  ***  
became  easy, the  word "love"  
is  used  out  of  context,
insecurities  become  a  way­  
of  thinking, getting   jealous
becomes  a   habit,  trust   is
hard to  come  by,   being
hurt  becomes  natural  and
leaving  then  becomes  the
only option.

Sad  but  true,  so  if   you  have
something that's worth it...don't
take it  for granted. Fight  for  it
and  DON'T  LET  IT  GO!  

I want you to strip off all your
outer layers so I can see you just
as  you  are. And  I  don't mean
your clothing....
What I mean is that I want  to
see   your  bare  naked   soul.
And maybe then I can see what
you are really made of.
                                                             ­                  Jon York   2019

Just  be with  me.
We'll  figure   out
the  details   later.
                                                                                   Jon York   2019

If you want

to find happiness,

              find gratitude
                                                                                   Jon York  2019

You must
           remind  yourself
            everyday: That you
   alone  are  in  charge  of  your  
            happiness. You
                will not
    let anything outside
            of  yourself
                 control
                     you.

                You are
         creating  a  life
      that  feels  good  on  
the  inside  and  that  will  
   ­       be enough to
    turn into experiences
         that  are good
        on   the  outside.

               And when
       a negative thought
                                                                ­                     
  enters your mind, think
     three positive ones.
                   Train
           yourself to flip
               the script.
                                                         ­                                 Jon York   2019