#allow poems on Hello Poetry

Paul Jones Aug 2017

An ivy cutting will start growing roots
all along its stem, if touched by water.

23:20 - 06/07/17

State of mind: reflective; deep thought.
Perspective: natural; structural.

Thoughts: from observations - of an ivy cutting that grew its roots, not only from the base of the stem where it was cut, but also all along the stem, at the intersections where the branches grew out its leaves.

We grow from what wounds us, but also from where we are allowed to grow. If that place is fear we grow fearful, if that place is want we grow wanting... and so on for any state of mind. Societies, too, have a state of mind.

If fear or want is to be overcome, it must be in a place where they are not familiar.

When conflict arises from fear or want, the peace must be bridged by creating an atmosphere of respect, understanding, and communication.

Questions: how can an atmosphere of respect, understanding and communication become the emphasis for interpersonal relations?

#dyad #healing #happens #when #we #allow #it #to

Daniella Veras May 2017

WuWei

Say
y e s...
Effortless.

#effortless #wuwei #flow #allow

Todd Monjar Mar 2017

Discharge

Fierce swept demons of rage and turmoil; expecting their want yet receiving disloyal resistance.

Never satisfied from the thirst of unrelenting desire for certainty, frustrated in fits of insanity. The beat continues…

Dissipation is anti-climactic, unsatisfying to a gluttonous hoarder of familiarity. Never quite becoming the salve.

So lay down and succumb to the soothing velvet of green moss and the intoxicating tumble of liquid solitude; enveloping and layering a thickening skin of joy.

Imagine a melting slide of pure being, unquestioned and reminiscent into a pool of weightless flutter; ecstatic without direction and blissful in anticipation.

All that exists now is breath and the pinpoint endlessness of possibility.

#believe #intention #rage #findingyourself #allow

Holey Feb 2017

Mom

My head hurts, mom
Please come and take the pain away, mom
I'm not holding my breath, I can't breath
No one understands my brain, but me
The way I think, the path I've lain
and when the dead comes and whispers in my ear,
I'll make sure that you come and hear.
↝⍣↝⍣↝⍣↝
My tears keep stealing water from the ocean
and every effort I make ends in lost devotion.
My heart hurts, mom
Please come and take the pain away, mom
I don't know who I want near, mom
Everyone I want can't come here, mom
It's my natural instinct to run to you, mom
But, I try my hardest to show you I grew, mom
I'm not some little girl with an innocent mentality
But, I am someone who tries to escape reality
Two attempts and I've failed, mom
I'm feeling better but my mind is still jailed
I will keep my mind locked up for now
And only let thoughts out that you allow.

I hope you all like it. Let me know! -Roots

#mom #reality #thoughts #now #instinct #mentality #grew #jail #fail #allow

jane taylor Jun 2016

mysterious force

let go
cease striving
allow that mysterious
universal force
to do the driving

©2016janetaylorhardy

#mysterious #letgo #allow #universalforce

Scarlet Niamh Jan 2016

Ineffable

Tongue tied, my twisted eyes
Allow me to see the truth,

Yet my vocabulary evaporates
Whenever I see you.

~~ For you, there are no words. ~~

#truth #words #happy #tongue #see #ineffable #eye #vocabulary #twist #allow

William James Crowell Oct 2015

To Allow

The longer we do what we don't like,
the more difficult it is to become who we want to be.
The moment we choose to do what we feel is right
is the moment to explain to those who are blind to see.
If we are critical of others
we expect that's how we're seen;
to allow others to make mistakes
is to allow ourselves to succeed.

William J. Crowell
April 13, 2012

#strength #acceptance #compassion #wisdom #empathy #gift #allow

celey Jul 2015

.,

i can't allow myself
to be sad
when all my friends
already are.

#sad #allow