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Gnōthi Seautón (Γνωθι Σαυτόν)

know thyself, is a fundamental
"must do"
for any planning
to die right…
#meditation

“Zi zhī”
Word of me, my word… known shown
“Atmanam viddhi”
Katha Upanishad:
“Atmanam rathinam viddhi,
shariram ratham eva tu”
(Know thyself as the charioteer,
and thy body as the chariot)
HP does not allow text in the languages of the other culture versions of Gnōthi Seautón (Γνωθι Σαυτόν)... that is a shame, because the beauty of the idea gram is a child first learning to write with a brush, and the word zi... two parts of one word picture, and the Melanesian script is calligraphic mastery.
Pick me up,
And open my cover,
But be careful,
Cause I might crumble,
Read my fine print,
Just don’t mock the way I am,
I’ve been through alot since then,
Drugs,
Fights,
Heart breaks,
And more,
Are all the things you’ll find,
In my novel.
The boy lay motionless
two dogs munched happily on his corpse
When the urge
to react to the
tactless clowns,
and
down looks like
up,
and life's teeth
are sharper than
a steak knife,
breathe,
and take a
sacred pause.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbj9bj58Txw
This is a repost from last year. Here is a link to my YouTube channel, where I read poetry from my book, Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems, which is available on Amazon.
From here to you I say
Writing is your healing,
Never let it get away.
The community of lovers, hurts, addicts, wonderers & wanderers.
The door is slowly opening
I can hear the hinges creaking
As it is forced to move.
What pagan wind invades
The solace of this silent chamber
To move what has grown stationary
In the effort to hold back
The machinations that are
Fluttering like brazen banners
On the brightly gilded lances
Of the mavens of decay
           ljm
Don't ask me- I just write 'em  - I don't get paid to understand 'em.
I’VE BEEN ASKING
I AM ASKING
I’LL KEEP ASKING.
WILL THERE EVER BE
AN ANSWER.
WILL I HEAR IT
IF IT COMES.
         ljm
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I’m weak when I need to be strong
I’m lost and I need to be found
I despair and I cannot find hope
I reach out and nothing is there
I offer and no one accepts
I cry out but no one is near
Spirit in pain I stagger along
The sound of my weeping
Becomes my theme song
ljm
And it never made the top ten.
 Oct 31 Persephone II
Izzy
I am convinced.
You are the love of my life.
Why couldn’t I
be the love of yours too?

He is convinced.
I am the love of his life.
Why couldn’t he
be the love of mine?

You were convinced.
She was the love of your life.
Why couldn’t you
be the love of hers?

No reciprocation,
yet
You are still the love of my life
I am still the love of his
She is still the love of yours.
 Oct 31 Persephone II
Aimée
I have someone who believes in me
Even right now when I don't
And that's a good enough reason
To not quit, because I want them to be right
It is a game changer to be believed in
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