Nick Moore

Nick Moore Jan 6

Demon

Just discovered,
I
HAD
A
Demon,
Attached to me.

It's Claws
We're so deep,
It's taken me
Many years To realise.

It was so clever,
Hidden so deep,
Inside my
Psyche

It's strength lay
In it's
Non existence
(To me)
But I caught
A fleeting glimpse,
Many situations
Over Many years,
Suddenly connected

And it was gone,
The holes
Where it's
Claws
Withdrew,
Will heal very quickly

#demon

Dec 2024

Lizzie Bevis

Underestimating Kindness

They mistake my softness for weakness,
Like petals scattered in storms of hurt;
Not seeing how deep my roots extend
Through layers of wisdom and lessons learned.

Each kind word I choose to speak
Is backed by mountains moved in silence;
Each tender touch I dare to give
Springs from battles fought with resilience.

I've learned that armour weighs down the spirit,
Thorns can wound the hand holding the stem;
While my quiet strength flows like morning light,
Warming others without consuming them.

So let them wonder at my gentleness,
Let them question my peaceful stance;
Because I have found that mighty rivers
Flow with grace and not arrogance.

In a world of sharpened daggers,
I choose to be the sheltering tree,
Not because I cannot withstand the storm,
But because I’ve learned to just simply be.

My strength lies in understanding
That my heart does not need to prove,
The power that sustains its caring beat
And the quiet force that dares to love.

©️Lizzie Bevis

#peace #gentleness #kindness

Nick Moore Dec 2024

Jigsaw Souls

We all have
Out unique shape,
Smooth bits and sharp bits
Occasionally
A
Flake

A
Tiny piece of the picture,
With a vague idea
Of what it is,
We look for others
Who are a
Good
Fit

Sometimes we think
"I've found them"
Only to find,
There's a gap
In the
Join

But if you're determined,
The right fit
Is around,
The picture more focused,
Love will be
Sound

Others will notice
And ask,
"How and why?"
Invite them in
Could be a piece
Of
Sky

The picture keeps growing,
With frustrations and knowing,
Don't focus on the
Wrong fits,
Hopefully they will find
The right one

Take the long view,
Collectively you've made,
A picture worth
Admiring,
The light
And
The
Shade

A
Dream,
To keep in mind,
One day we'll all find our way,
A discovered piece of scripture,
And see the
Bigger
Picture

#jigsaw #picture #join #togetherness #positive

Dec 2024

Traveler

Dreams Unmastered

Are dreams meant
to be mastered?
I doubt such a plan..
Try and recall all the
dimensions we frequent in REM.

Bedrooms and hallways it’s always the same..
Uncomfortably lost
in an eternal maze…

An institution of collective dreamers, all trying to escape!
Then quickly forgetting
when we awake..

What is that voice that is not us,
Why are we hiding and gathering all this stuff?

Nature always has a plan
somewhere in the DNA
of being human..

Traveler Tim

If you live to be 80, Six years of the 80 will be while your dreaming..

#traveler #dreams

Nick Moore Dec 2024

The Fool's Awakening

Once I believed in all I was told,
Magic was real, its truth so bold.
Then came a voice, cold and near,
Santa Claus? The Tooth Fairy?
"That stuff... no way," it sneered in my ear.

What? Not true?
My mind, a tempest, not knowing what to do.
So what else is false, what else must I doubt?
Tell me, tell me, what’s the truth, all laid out?

“Well, all that’s hollow, empty and gray,
The rest? It’s all just smoke and play.”
Years passed, and I walked this land,
Where magic lay buried beneath the sand.

But then, a moment,
sharp and clear,
I saw the fool I had been, year after year.
It was time to shuffle the cards once more,
Yet still the fool, I remained at my core.

Chasing a butterfly, so swift, so bright,
But now I must grapple with a deeper fight,
The bitter truth, the lesson to grasp:
Vomiting out the apple, at last.

Dec 2024

Emma

boundaries

finger-painting walls,
soft whispers guard fragile light,
hope flickers within.

brushstrokes of my trust,
boundaries bloom like wild fields,
strength begins to grow.

abstract shadows fade,
in colors, I find my voice,
the self stands aglow.