#sayings
Ta-ta, see-ya, bye…
When you say ‘hello” and “goodbye,’
To someone
Are they complete statements,
Figures of speech?
Or are they gap-fillers
Of awkward interactions;
Spaces —
Silences —
Incompatibility?
But, desiring compatibility.
How do we get better at sitting with and communicating our needs?
And not live out of defensive layers and mechanisms?
With presence in the present - the everyday 'gift' in life.
Oct 4, 2025
Oct 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM UTC
Time will tell
but who will it tell
and what will it tell
and why
Time will fly
but where is it going
what will it do there
and why
Time is a great healer
but who is it healing
how does it do it
and why
Time waits for no man
why is it so impatient
who is the slow man
what will he do when time has gone
Only time will tell
so we better wait for an explanation.
Jul 10, 2025
Jul 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM UTC
There are over 7,000 known ways,
To say 'I love you' on this earth.
So there is no excuse to not tell the one you love,
That you love them,
And maybe they will say the same,
I know mine did.
Mar 19, 2025
Mar 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM UTC
Three small words,
That we hear,
Make or break
So many fears.
Now let's read
These short phrases,
To realize how
They change us.
How are you?
I feel fine.
Where are you?
You look Divine.
I see you.
You're very welcome.
I miss you.
What a surprise!
I need you,
Open your eyes.
Believe in yourself.
Nobody is perfect.
Count your blessings.
Speak the truth.
Seize the Day.
Go for it.
I'll be there,
Working on it.
Be the exception,
Never give up
Against all odds,
I'll respect that.
Dreams come true.
Learn from mistakes.
Aspire to inspire
For heaven's sake.
Please forgive me.
Let it go.
Let's be friends,
I trust you.
I love you.
Come to bed.
Three small words
Mean so much;
Mouths and hands
Reach and touch.
Jul 11, 2023
Jul 11, 2023 at 9:22 AM UTC
Half full, half empty...
we both see the glass, the liquid, the space?
you see half a picture, i see the WHOLE
BOOM! Just topped us both, and topped off my glass. At least yours is half full and not half empty. Convenience!
Get it yet Fido?
Killed another one of your friends, right before your blind eyes. Can you do anything but sit, and roll over?
I never looked at poetry as something you win, but it looks like i am in the lead. Do you really have a muse? She is an airhead. Sometimes i wonder if you even have a muse. Nice glass you fools live in
Oct 12, 2021
Oct 12, 2021 at 4:35 PM UTC
the rain trickles against
my window like a crackling fire
and i remember what my father told me,
raindrops fall faster than ashes
May 8, 2021
May 8, 2021 at 2:44 AM UTC
For us,
we get the hand* of it
&
we get the hang* of others
Dec 9, 2020
Dec 9, 2020 at 4:22 AM UTC
We often forget that it's okay to shed a tear,
No matter what our gender is.
We all have got the same emotion and fondness.
I know it wouldn't make our situation better , but atleast you will feel less heavy in your heart.
Oct 28, 2020
Oct 28, 2020 at 9:25 AM UTC
If the sun doesn't dusk
at the evening,
Likewise will the feelings for our partner's gets disturbuted?
Or perhaps it's my fault to assume there is no day in the night?
Oct 28, 2020
Oct 28, 2020 at 9:14 AM UTC
Is it really difficult to stay true to one another ?
Not for you , not for me
But atleast for the sake of our feelings.
Oct 25, 2020
Oct 25, 2020 at 4:07 PM UTC
The straighten nail gets hammered deep and uneven shaped nail gets it through half way.
Oct 25, 2020
Oct 25, 2020 at 3:31 PM UTC
"At Ease At Last"
By Arcassin Burnham
Hi, my bio's the boy with hearts on his sleeve and chips
on both shoulders with the chip dip,
with same old shoes from when he was 18 , thinking he could get
it quick,
with same old hate , some of it is received to him,
steady tryna' make it on his **** and do things right,
too hard to pick,
between the good and the bad,
you wanna be a saint but they steady treat you like an american
from Us,
the money is the problem with this country,
you really look for peace towards God we trust.
the shape of your mind is the size of an egg,
you only look for what you could get out of life,
and if the only plan is to end up dead,
gotta be smart , you must think twice.
you must think twice.
you must think twice.
for all that I have been in my life,
I'm glad I could find my peace of mind.
find my peace of mind.
find my peace of mind.
At ease At last , I could finally live in my eyes.
✖
"Big WHoop"
I could see my dreams and anguishes,
seeing them as I go further,
your world is ****** in so many languages,
that you might be okay with ******
I could see that music is failing to secure you from
all the bad,
famous people die so much , but just think how did
they get like that?
Big whoop right ?
do you even care?
is this fueling you?
take out your phone and record someone dying here,
do you know the stupid **** that you do?
Big whoop right ?
do you even care?
is this fueling you?
take out your phone and record someone dying here,
do you know the stupid **** that you do?
I manifest and push back,
the negative **** that lingers,
illuminate and attack,
my mind will shine like veneers,
take allegiance to myself , you should hear the words
I'm saying , is this thing on?
I should have guessed it , they rigged it,
As long as my mind knows,
then my imagination shows,
wondering off to the plane,
flying off into the sky, I'm too cold like an eskimo,
will the evergreen forever grow, i guess nobody knows,
My love will show though so
Big whoop right ?
do you even care?
is this fueling you?
take out your phone and record someone dying here,
do you know the stupid **** that you do?
Big whoop right ?
do you even care?
is this fueling you?
take out your phone and record someone dying here,
do you know the stupid **** that you do?
©abpoetry2020
Jul 23, 2020
Jul 23, 2020 at 7:55 PM UTC
By Arcassin B
Stupid to believe that everything will be alright,
stupid to believe that our people will stand and fight,
stupid to believe that the state will get better,
stupid I believe the most high carrie's us through weathers,
but whatever forget what my belief system is,
you don't have to tell me that I'm crazy or tell me
that I didn't pass high school just to show that whatever that
I tell you is a conspiracy,
even if i was a scholar you wouldn't believe in me,
I remember days where I didn't believe anything,
not the end of the world,
still don't believe in good love and wedding rings,
I believe in manifesting things,
so while you sit there collect depressing thoughts,
I let my mind sing,
my third eye ain't awake , I don't see nothing,
I'm probably blind like the rest, over nothing.
©abpoetry2020
Jul 16, 2020
Jul 16, 2020 at 1:32 PM UTC
If you try to hold sand too tightly,
It slips through your fingers,
Love isn't too sightly,
It poisons and it lingers.
Even a brave lion in a cave,
Will starve and fall If it doesn't change,
From that fate, love can save,
But without, is far more strange.
The best time to blossom is now,
The old idiom man said,
Trees planted in the past don't grow,
And down my long path I'm led.
Every story and poem ever told,
Whisper me meaning and truth,
And although touching souls is gold,
I've got to lift up my youth.
I lie in an orange field of green grass,
Emotions overcome by colour,
And this freedom might be my last,
I don't want this busy world any fuller.
Music and nature is enough,
Oh forest in love's shade,
Take these blue feelings away.
Apr 27, 2020
Apr 27, 2020 at 4:54 PM UTC
To touch a heart
is to be a part
of a work of art.
Mar 25, 2020
Mar 25, 2020 at 1:10 PM UTC
When I finally found the fly-swatter,
I couldn't find the fly.
Such was my excuse,
Why I didn't swat the fly.
Dec 30, 2019
Dec 30, 2019 at 9:34 PM UTC
Time’s up, end of the road
Nowhere to turn, carrying a heavy load
Burden to bear, no returns
Beginning of the end, nothing to learn
Uphill struggle, Downhill all the way
Taking a stance, having your say
Moving heaven and earth, not budging at all
Taking a break, having a ball
Onwards and upwards, down to the wire
Less is more, playing with fire
Dilly dallying, dog’s dinner
All washed up, everyone’s a winner
Chancing your arm, hair on your chest
Not giving a hoot, being the best
Out in the cold, hot on his tail
Do not disturb, it’s in the mail
The final countdown, the top of the heap
Down the garden path, following like sheep
Journey’s end, tomorrow’s another day
Time waits for no man, living for today
Johnny come lately, larger than life
Slow on the uptake, trouble and strife
From the get-go, the cold light of day
In the lap of the gods, nothing to say
A window of opportunity, an also-ran
Flying high, topping up my tan
Guest of honour, tickets at the door
Taking a dip, ship to shore
Losing the will, taking the ****
Giving evidence, class dismissed
No confidence vote, majority rules
Something out of nothing, only fools
By the skin of your teeth, not a hair out of place
Wind swept, not in the race
The devil you do, wrong end of the stick
Missing the point, in the thick of it
Going nowhere, driving me mad
This way out, both good and bad
All washed up, rocky road to ruin
Rites of passage, something is brewing
Lest we forget, taking a break
Clear as mud, for goodness sake
Testing times, more than your fair share
Top of the ladder, the rightful heir.
Master of your destiny, captain of your ship,
At the helm, Shooting from the hip
Hell on earth, best of a bad bunch
Back in a while, out to lunch
Oct 18, 2019
Oct 18, 2019 at 5:53 PM UTC
If you a child would teach,
His/Her heart you first must reach.
Sep 11, 2019
Sep 11, 2019 at 11:02 AM UTC
Limitations of a human are still neglected,
Claiming that everything is possible.
Someone said,
Impossible is I'm possible.
If so, why not jump off a thousand metre cliff.
The saying is a virus,
Inciting young minds to dream the unachievable.
After all as goes by the saying,
Hard work is rewarding,
But then failures strike,
Dismay creeps in.
It is easy to blame not accepting that they are to be blamed.
Keep trying is another lie,
Since there is no time.
Life is short, dreams are more.
Life won't always give the best.
But there are men who have achieved much,
Not driven by ideal pursuits.
Respecting self is rare trait.
May 28, 2019
May 28, 2019 at 1:42 PM UTC
Expectations are the thorns,
Which make our heart bleed.
Instead of feeling the thorns,
We should smell the roses,
Which exist.
May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019 at 6:21 AM UTC
Nobody tells you,
“don’t fall in love with just anyone yet”
because if you fall out of love once,
you’ll fall out once again,
a couple times more,
and perhaps keep falling in and out
over and over,
they advice you to not dive in too deep,
because it hurts to get out once you’re in,
but they don't say don’t dive in
just because you can,
that you shouldn’t just give your lover
tests to prove their love for you,
but that you must test your own love,
see if you can prove your love
to yourself,
after all how can you be sure of
loving someone
when you can’t love the person
your heart beats within?
May 6, 2019
May 6, 2019 at 3:46 AM UTC
i know,
that you'll never love me.
but,
dum spiro spero.
-YYC
Apr 28, 2019
Apr 28, 2019 at 11:59 PM UTC