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78 · Jul 2019
PAIN
Shamai Jul 2019
Heaviness in the pit of my stomach
Tears coming to my eyes
I don’t know what it’s about
And I think I’m going to cry
Dirges of sentiment
That I encounter
Take away my ability
To scream
And I am one
With the Universe
And I cry
For all those
Who are in pain
And I wonder
If it will ever end
I cringe
At the sentiment
Felt
In
My being
And I want
Peace
And love
To be
At the center
And
All I feel
Is
PAIN
77 · May 2019
Parenting
Shamai May 2019
When I was a child
I used to dream
Of ice cream and candy
Or so it would seem

I would wake up each morning
With thoughts in my mind
Of how to behave
To be loving and kind

And sometimes I couldn’t
And got into trouble
Was sent to my room
Only there it would double

Because quiet and calm
Aren’t the norm for a child
I had so much energy
I couldn’t be mild

And eventually I grew up
And became an adult
And had kids of my own
Tried for a different result

I allowed them to scream
And to have lots of fun
Quiet only came when
The whole day was done

And I learnt to allow
To not stifle a child
To accept without judgment
Allowing them to run wild

With love and firm limits
A child can learn
They are loved, they are cared for
Once doesn’t have to be stern

So if I’ve learnt anything
Things don’t have to be strange
Don’t have to be like our parents
Can have loving exchange
Shamai May 29
I think I know just what we are
I think I can wish upon a star
To a place unknown, try to understand
That life is complex, easy to mar
We spend our life trying to understand
Why strange things happen coming from afar
We know not why we act, react
We know not why we lose our tact
From deep within we hear a voice
It makes us wonder, it makes us doubt
Why we are here, what it’s all about
Why we must live, release our fear
Move forward with courage, our life so dear
And once we make it and feel so good
We start again from where we stood
So keep on trucking and don’t look back
You’ve come this far with courage stacked
You’ve learnt of love, the pain it causes
You keep on going. With hope in pauses
Look up, look down, then forward march
Your life is quite a triumphal arch
76 · Dec 2019
Hello Poetry
Shamai Dec 2019
I came to read your poetry
And look what I have found
A broken heart
A floating leaf
And snow upon the ground
You write as if your life is over
Or maybe just begun
You write as if you fall in love
And have no room to run
I read your words
And feel your pain
And comment on them some
I send out hearts
And small congrats
And love that you have come
To join me on this quest of life
For writing is our game
We look inside
Our deepest heart
And try to feel the pain
It’s hard to come upon a group
Where pain of love is welcome
And here I sit with pen in hand
And read all you have gained
I have to write, not just to read
I’m coming to an end
With pen in hand and paper still
Some poetry to gain
75 · Nov 2020
In His Love
Shamai Nov 2020
Its true
That
Like most girls
Who fall in love
I have become
Gaga

What does that mean
That I
Eat, sleep, dream
Through the filter
Of that love
That the sun rises and sets
On his demeanor
That all I think about
His him
And that
I can’t live
Without
His Love
74 · Nov 2020
Fantasy
Shamai Nov 2020
Is there wonder
In a world
Of darkness and woe
Is there a place
Inside of us
That gives us a chance
To collect our
Happiness and joy
Is there a reason
Or rhyme to life
As we know it
Or is it
Just
Some kind of
Fantasy
73 · Feb 2022
what's in a name
Shamai Feb 2022
We have a name
That tells us all
That we are meant to be
And yet that name is given
By the ones that we can’t see
We take the name
And make it ours
We hold onto it tight
We think that we are all of that
We think that this is right
And if we were to question
What that name now means to us
We might find that we'd query
And put up a little fuss
Imagine if that name we hold
Could be a choice of ours
What would you call yourself
Would you reach out for the stars
Or keep the one that’s given you
Hoping you grow inside
Do you live your life by others choice
Do you go along for the ride
If you could choose another name what do you think it be
Would it stay the same or take a change
Rename yourself with glee
If I could make a little change
I’d think on what to do
For changing out our proper name
Our self we would renew
Shamai May 27
Children are our future
They’re all we’re meant to be
We hold them and we teach them
And pass on the golden key
Our actions are important
‘cause they show them how to learn
If we live up to good morals
Then they know which way to turn
Our actions set their guide lines
Our actions should be truth
For it’s only truth that shows the way
To guide us in our youth
So parents listen carefully
Your work is never done
Nurture and then let go
And know we all have won
73 · Dec 2020
Silent?
Shamai Dec 2020
Sometimes
I have only poetry
To express my thoughts
And my experiences
My hopes and my dreams
Get expressed
Through poems
What would I do
If there were no poems
Or poetry
With which
To express
All
Would
Be
Silent
72 · Jun 2020
Dissociative Fugue
Shamai Jun 2020
Living a life
Of not feeling
And having problems
Attaching to life
And those around me
All that abuse
That kept me
From being myself
And now
Sometimes
I float
Have trouble keeping
My feet on the ground
So many years
So much time
So far away from the abuse
And yet
I’m still
In it
71 · Mar 2019
Poetry
Shamai Mar 2019
How do you write them
I just don’t know
The words come on forward
And soon there’s a show
My poetry seems to write itself
I don’t give it much thought
The words flow so freely
And they come out a lot
So I found this here website
Where I can just write
And share all my thoughts
In clear spirit and sight
70 · Dec 2019
GRATITUDE
Shamai Dec 2019
Gratitude
Is at the essence
Of our be ing
When we can appreciate
And love who we are
And all that we have
And bring harmony and joy
Into our lives
Then we can know the true meaning of
Gratitude
70 · Dec 2019
LOVE
Shamai Dec 2019
What is love
If not a perpetual
Joy of be ing
Our hearts sing and our bodies glow
And we believe
Yes, truly believe
That there is more to us
Than our bodies, minds, or emotions
Human love can be a tingle
And Spiritual Love
Can be our lives
70 · Dec 2020
Silence
Shamai Dec 2020
How ridiculous this is
I mean who cares
And why worry
And what does it matter
Crazy thoughts
Race through my head
Non stop accusations and reminders
To be better
Running without stop
And
I put up my stop sign
And I close down the game
And
I enter
Into
The silence
Ahhhhh
70 · May 2020
What is life?
Shamai May 2020
Something is happening
A shift
In my understanding
Of where I am
And where
I need to be
A change
In my placement in the world
And my bodies willingness
To accept
Change
I let go of so much
And empty myself
Of past inforgiveness
I thought I had to
And now I know
It was just my mind
Guiding me
In the wrong direction
And today
I don’t know who I am
Or where I’m going
And I have hope
That
Someone does
69 · Jun 2020
Silence
Shamai Jun 2020
Silence
Can be so beautiful
Especially
When it comes
After a long time
Of
Thoughts
69 · Dec 2018
Thoughts
Shamai Dec 2018
Meandering
In my mind
Wondering
What thoughts
To keep
And which
To ignore
Thoughts
Ruminating
About thoughts
And then
Putting them
To bed
69 · Jun 2020
The Merry go round
Shamai Jun 2020
Around and around the thoughts go
With no beginning and no end
‘round and ‘round in my mind
Like a merry go round
Of life
And
It’s hard
To still
69 · Oct 2018
LOVE
Shamai Oct 2018
A time and space where the angels dwell
And guide us into a place of non-attainment
We look at the stars, and count their beauty
In their light
And, we wonder how we ever allowed their beauty
To reach beyond our touch

And, isn’t love like those stars that we cannot reach?
We try so hard to understand with our minds and bodies
Truly forgetting that we are created in love, exist in love, and are
Total love

We focus on attachment to body and mind
And forget the soul of antiquity
That houses the God
Of our creation

Love is but a bubble of existence
That reaches out to hold and protect us
As in the Mother’s womb
Where we can truly be
Who we are meant to

Love is that catch phrase
That tells us that we are someone
And belong
To another being of existence
If not..to ourselves

The truth is..that we are not
If we have not another
And we can search outside from here to eternity
And only find that true love
Within ourselves

Love…magic…wholeness of existence
Within and without
From beginning to end
And we are
One.
69 · Nov 2020
How do I go on
Shamai Nov 2020
I don’t know
How to go on
I’m stuck
In this place
That felt
So good
And
So
Whole
And now

I’m stuck
And
I don’t know
How
To go
On
69 · May 2020
Ode to Kale
Shamai May 2020
Kale my lovely friend
I hold you in my hands
Feeling the strength of your commitment to life
Knowing that your life energy
Will heal
My ailments
I place you in my blender
With the flax of health
And the water
That sustains life
And I allow the blades
To create the pulp
That sustains
My be ing
Kale, my beautiful green friend
Only those who have tried
Will understand how you
Have touched my ailing heart
And given it life
Only those who are conscious
Understand
The true meaning
Of
Health
68 · Nov 2020
Reality
Shamai Nov 2020
Why is it
That nothing feels
Real
I am in such a quandary
Because
The illusion
Is stronger
Than the
Reality
Shamai May 27
I wake up in the morning
With joy and need to strive
And all day long I think
How good to be alive
The wind over the water
And the sun upon my face
I know I’m going upward
At quite a dizzing pace
So children know
That Gd is nigh
And hold on really tight
Sweet children know
You’re not alone
Just knowing will keep things right
Children you have nothing to fear
Gd is in his place
He’s holding and he’s comforting
And showing all his Grace
When times are tough and scary
And you don’t know what to do
Just go inside and listen
And Gd will see you through
68 · Oct 2018
Gratitude
Shamai Oct 2018
Is the silence of knowing
That we are not alone
In this desolation
Of unconsciousness

A waving motion
Of understanding
That in our alone-ness
We still belong
To the many that walked
Before us

It is a remembering
That hand in hand is needed
In order to complete
Our life’s work
And that
We were never intended to walk
Totally alone

Oh, great creator of life
Forever guide us forward
Bringing together that which was
With that which is to be
And remind us again and again
To check into our hearts
In order to know
That all is, as it is meant to be
In gratitude.
68 · Oct 2018
Questions?
Shamai Oct 2018
Is today a poetry day?
Or a day of prose?
Will my words be long?
Or short?
And how will I express
My wisdom
And learned thoughts?
Or maybe
I should
Try
A day of
Silence
68 · Nov 2020
I haven't been afraid
Shamai Nov 2020
I haven’t been afraid
Of living my life
And taking in
All that
Life throws at me
With a smile
I haven’t been afraid of doing
What I’m meant to do
Even if the task is hard
And I wonder
Where I’ll
Get the strength
I haven’t been afraid
To be
All that
I’m meant to be
In this moment
And
It makes me happy
To know
That I can
68 · Dec 2020
Sleep
Shamai Dec 2020
Sleep eludes me
I toss and turn
And close my eyes
And still
Sleep
Doesn’t come
I throw away
The pain of yesterday
And calm the nerves
That prepare me
For tomorrow
And still
Sleep
Doesn’t come
And
I lay
Awake
Thinking
Of
Sleep
67 · Nov 2018
Is There?
Shamai Nov 2018
Is there anyone out there
Who cares
Who mourns
Who searches
Who wants to know
About life?
67 · Jun 2019
Life
Shamai Jun 2019
Life’s twists and turns
Are a journey
Of no return
No matter how we long
We can’t go backwards
Or force the future
To come forward
So
We live in the present
While
Holding on
To all that was
And all that is to be
67 · Aug 2020
Love
Shamai Aug 2020
Love is such a small word
For the experience of a life time
That takes one
From the inner knowing of experience
To the outward joy of being surrounded
With safety and permanence
Love permeates
Takes over the bad
And makes it into
Everlasting good
One can do anything
Perform feats beyond their ken
When they
Are filled
With true, pure
Love
67 · Nov 2018
On the Wind
Shamai Nov 2018
What is death
But a time for repose
An in between moment
In our journey of life
Taking us by the hand
Leading us to our future
Our destiny of sorts
If we can just let go
Of our attachments
Our need to own
To have power
To be human
Death takes us through a doorway
Where thoughts become more potent
And bodies not as important
Emotions are thwarted for deeds
And discernment
Slowly
We become
More
And our bodies
Turn to ash
And we
Blow
On
The
Wind
67 · Jun 2020
Life
Shamai Jun 2020
We sometimes wonder
What life
Is all about
I have no idea
And
I will never
Stop
Trying
To find out
67 · Jan 2022
LOVE
Shamai Jan 2022
There’s a feeling inside of me
That I call love
It’s warm and it’s cuddly
And a gift from above
Love is a word
That is hard to describe
A feeling a knowing
It comes from inside
When a person’s in love
They radiate Grace
They’re glowing they’re happy
It shows on their face
The day can be rainy
Or blustery cold
But when love is around
It is beauty to behold
This four letter word
Can express just so much
A warm compassionate voice
And a gentle touch
They say love is just
In the eye of the beholder
But when love is around
People don’t grow older
For love is the panacea
For everlasting Grace
For when love is around
It brightens up the place
66 · Mar 2022
Blemishes and Beauty
Shamai Mar 2022
We drove on the street
And every time
I made a mistake
You pointed it out
And when we shopped
You made sure
To tell me
When I was wrong
And in the house
You pointed out
What
I needed to do
Please remember
None of us are perfect
And we each carry with us
The things
We need
To work on
Imagine for a moment
A world
Where people
Point out our beauty
Instead of
Our
Blemishes
66 · Aug 2020
LOVE
Shamai Aug 2020
Held
In the arms
Of love
Never to return
To
Normalcy
Again
66 · Mar 2019
What if?
Shamai Mar 2019
What if what we call dreaming
Is actually our true home?

What if our lives are just a giant video game
Played by people with a weird sense of humour?

What if we really don’t exist
Except in someone’s warped sense of justice?

What if Truth
Is just someone’s mind creation?

What if when we sleep
We are really living in another dimension?

What if what we call justice
Is really injustice to someone else?

What if what we think is proper
Is really improper?

What if we can’t know right from wrong
And it just gets skewered up in our fantasy?

What if life as we live it
Truly takes us nowhere?

and all along, we thought
that there was a right and wrong way to live
and that our lives depended on how we behave
and treating people with kindness was important
and that compassion played a role in who we are
and that we all have a purpose in life

What if there is no purpose
And, we are just here….now…..
Shamai Nov 2018
The world is an empty void
Of meaningless objects
And paraphernalia that
Have no substance
Those in power
Try to get us interested
In gobbledy ****
Meaningless jargon
And things
That are dangerous to our health
They make us believe
That they care
About our health
And about our families
And about the world
And all they care about
Is power
And *******
And the extinction
Of
Love
65 · Jan 2020
Floating
Shamai Jan 2020
Floating
On a bed
Made of spidery webs
And flowing
Water
I drift into sleep
Wanting to stay awake
And finding consciousness
More and more
Evading
65 · Feb 2019
Today
Shamai Feb 2019
Today
I want to give back to God
The gifts of love
Honesty
And respect
I want to be
That person
That God
Expects me to be
I want to hold
In highest esteem
That part of myself
That is
God like
And to know
That I have been made in perfection
And to live
Truth
65 · Jul 2020
I Love It
Shamai Jul 2020
You came in as a surprise
I wasn’t looking
And you found me
Hiding in the dust
Wondering about life
And you took me in
And you ate all of me
Until
We became one
And
I love it
64 · Dec 2020
Hungering
Shamai Dec 2020
The longing deepens
And the craving
Begins
The gut wrenching feeling
Of needing someone so badly
That nothing else matters
And all my resolve
Goes
Down
The
drain
64 · Oct 2018
Yawn
Shamai Oct 2018
My eyes are getting heavy
Perhaps I should go to sleep
The baby is already down
And hasn’t made a peep

I walk towards my comfy bed
Hoping for dream land soon
The sun has set, it’s getting dark
And soon I’ll see the moon

I’ve put away the toys and clothes
I’ve tried to make things neat
There’s nothing left upon the floor
And nothing on the seat

Another day has come and gone
With so much to get done
And now I lay me down to sleep
Until the rising sun
64 · May 2020
Today
Shamai May 2020
Today
I will stay on track
I will do all that I promised I will do
I will continue to grow, and learn, and be
I will enjoy life and live it
Today I will know that, if this is my last day
I have lived it
To its fullest
63 · Oct 2018
Friendship
Shamai Oct 2018
I had a friend
That was dear to me
And I lost her
And miss her
Friendship

I had a friend
And she helped me
And guided me
And showed me love
And I lost her

I had a friend
And I looked for her
Over hill and dale
And back again
And I lost her

And then
In a corner of the world
Where they write poetry
I found her again
And
I send her Love
63 · Aug 2020
Home (Haiku)
Shamai Aug 2020
It takes a lifetime
To find our precious Selves
And finally come Home
62 · Nov 2018
Pineapple Treat
Shamai Nov 2018
Juice dripping down my face
Sweetness in my mouth
Who could have known the delicacy
Of the flesh
Knife cutting through skin
Waste in bag
Eager anticipation
Yum
62 · Oct 2018
Words
Shamai Oct 2018
I never quite know
What to write in a poem
I look into my heart
And search words
To find meaning
To life's distractions
Never quite knowing
What I will find
When
I’m finished
62 · Jun 2020
Love Is
Shamai Jun 2020
Love is
Holding and caring
Making use of all our senses
Love is shaded
And holding
And pure
Love is clouded with doubt
And eager to please
Love is all there is
In a world
Where pain and suffering
Rule
62 · Nov 2018
I'm Hooked
Shamai Nov 2018
I don’t know how it happened
And suddenly
Candy Crush became the love of my life
And it seems like no matter what I do
I am called back again and again
To play this childish game
That has me hooked
I try to do other things
I’ve even turned off the sound
So I can break the hook that binds me
And still,
I am unable
To stop playing
62 · Oct 2018
Spring
Shamai Oct 2018
I awoke this morning with a thought of Spring
How, just like the crocuses push through the snow
And show their tiny heads before opening
So we are like that Spring
Opening when our time is ready
Taking our time rising
From the unconscious to the conscious
Knowing of who we are
And how we will project ourselves
Into the newness of our world

How kindly we are
To allow the process
Neither rushing nor holding back
On our evolution
Into newness

Spring, the harbinger of
Our truth
Our selves
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