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2.9k · Dec 2018
Unity
LeoH Dec 2018
Sitting still
While the moment passes
Nothing is lost
As time collapses
Into unity
Nothing is ever lost from a view point of unity
831 · Sep 2020
The Accidental Poet
LeoH Sep 2020
For what it’s worth
The accidental poet, Leo
Finds catharsis in
Composing in
The poetic form

His words are private
Musings of a distressed mind
And yet he is happy
To share his verse
So you may also
Find your truth
I wrote this a couple of years ago when I was asked for a bio for a poetry publication.
584 · Jul 2023
This is a Poem
LeoH Jul 2023
This is a Poem
   It is quite a thing
Wandering amongst the lilies
   Pondering life's sting
573 · Jun 2019
Always
LeoH Jun 2019
In the joy of love
I will find you
The precise moment
Does not matter
For we have always been
And always will be
One
My new mantra to bring love into my life
531 · Jan 2019
Simplicity
LeoH Jan 2019
Rough and tumble
The ways of the world
Keep me aware
That I am not here
To simply exist

The struggle is integral
I need to keep going
Continue growing
Finding my way to
Existing simply
I find changing word order can reverse the meaning and open my mind to new possibilities
468 · Apr 2021
Seriously Sad
LeoH Apr 2021
Seriously sad
Trapped in a moment
Set upon a barren table
Nothing to see for miles

Nothing to do
But go deeper
Sometimes the only way out
Is through
467 · Aug 2019
Instrument
LeoH Aug 2019
Letting go of attachment
I awake to a deeper truth
I am just the instrument
I pray I am played well today
448 · Aug 2019
Baby Steps
LeoH Aug 2019
Baby steps
One at a time
Moving forward
Building slowly
Moving deftly
I am unstoppable
I wish I felt like this more often...
428 · Jul 2021
Dissolve
LeoH Jul 2021
As roadblocks present
   I find I must adapt
Dissolve myself
   to flow like water
Choosing to shape
   my destiny
422 · Jun 2021
Moments Like These
LeoH Jun 2021
Moments like these
When my mind opens
Ideas range free
Anything goes
Everything is possible

Casting off the anchors of my past
I let the wind take me
   whither it will
Me at the bow
Eager to discover new lands
416 · Nov 2018
Lifted Light
LeoH Nov 2018
The stark joy
Of life in all its glory
Is here
Right in front of me

Why am I afraid to
Engage
What part of my suffering
Keeps me safe
369 · Aug 2019
The Eleventh Hour
LeoH Aug 2019
Being rescued
At the eleventh hour
Is not for
The faint of heart

Looking doom
Straight in the eye
Knowing I could be taken down
At any moment

Letting go
And holding on
All in the same moment
Getting to rock bottom

This is my journey
How I get to my truth
For only through
The heat of the forge
Am I made whole
I guess no one said this journey of transformation was going to be easy.
313 · Jan 2019
Bust Open
LeoH Jan 2019
It’s still there
The void inside
Dark and cavernous
Ready to draw me down

I thought I had dealt with this
But I just papered it over
Trying to be normal
Trying to survive

It doesn’t take much
To bust it open
To send me running
Looking to hide

There seems no end
To the grief I hold
It carries me with it
Lost and out of control

It’s not your fault
It was there before
Wounds from my past
Which have emptied me out

It’s time to face it
Go deep and howl
Let the sorrows out
Let the torrents flow

Surrendering thus
The endless waters calm
And in this moment
The light of love shines through

Cold and wintery the light
Penetrates my heart
I smile as I realize
I will always love you
I find endings hard...
311 · Mar 2021
Ripples
LeoH Mar 2021
Ripples
Radiating out
All the way to the edge

A beacon
Broadcasting a message
To all and sundry

Pure or disrupted
The message remains the same
One message for all

Find your truth
The truth of Deep Knowing
But know
It is only
Your truth
What is your truth? Why have you chosen it?
305 · Jan 2019
Walls
LeoH Jan 2019
I am beginning to understand
I was formed whole
Nothing was left out
Nothing to be sent along later

So then what am waiting for
To start my life
Why do I play so small
In this garden of abundance

The walls of my fears
It seems are illusions
Fabrications I cling to
Protecting me from an imaginary abyss

How to tear these walls down
And emerge from this prison
From the sad aloneness
Into joy and connection
Why do the things we imagine seem so real?
304 · Feb 2020
Humble Magnificence
LeoH Feb 2020
As I wrestle with the paradox
Of embracing my magnificence
While remaining humble
I remind myself
I am but the empty vessel
Ready to be filled
With the splendor of the divine
I always find if I start taking credit for my victories, I get dropped right back to my empty struggling self!
302 · Nov 2021
Progression
LeoH Nov 2021
in the first place
there is I
the I is am
and it is all

in the second place
there is heart
bringing shape texture
and context to being

in the third place
there is mind
spinning story creating want
and now there is never enough
289 · Nov 2018
The Empty Cup
LeoH Nov 2018
The empty cup
That held such promise
Gently mocks me
From the nightstand

It says:
You thought you were everything
And now you know you are nothing
Embrace the emptiness
For it is the only thing that is true
One from last year when I was going through a rough time
286 · Dec 2019
Becoming
LeoH Dec 2019
When life presents in adversity
I know this is how
I transcend my past
It is a blessing
Evidence I am progressing
On my journey
To become human
This poem started as advice for a friend who was feeling challenged...
277 · Aug 2019
Full Potential
LeoH Aug 2019
Opening my heart
To embrace my full potential

I see a future of
     abundance
          connection
               and joy

In a gentle world of
     giving
          and trust

Completing us all
A vision which came to me a short while ago. If we want it, we must first dream it...
276 · Nov 2021
Subtle Moments
LeoH Nov 2021
subtle moments
   gently forming
kernels of joy
effervescence
   awakening
   tickling
bringing me
   into the now
246 · Aug 2021
effortless
LeoH Aug 2021
The wind at my back
Moving forward
   seems effortless
Each moment
   one breath at a time
240 · Mar 2021
Awakening
LeoH Mar 2021
The sands of time
flowing backward
set in motion
so long ago

Grasping at the past
groping in the dark
looking for meaning
to justify existence

The ground I stand on
slipping away
as reality dissolves
I choose to move

Reckless and raucous
I hear the sounds
the gathering is calling
the time is now
235 · Dec 2018
Primary
LeoH Dec 2018
Am I loved?
Do I matter?

Do others love me?
How long will they care?

Is it enough to just love myself?
Can I too end that loving?

No
It is primary
And can never be taken away

For I am love
235 · Sep 2021
All Abuzz
LeoH Sep 2021
All abuzz and aglow
i grasp at a future
knowing it is better
   to let go

a pause
a reset
finding space to be
connecting to
   the essence of me
232 · Jan 2019
Greeting
LeoH Jan 2019
Being in this place
Between past and future
I let it expand
To greet who l am
232 · Jul 2021
Blossoms
LeoH Jul 2021
A flowering of consciousness
Which direction will it grow
How many blossoms
Capturing the light
Sharing the beauty
For all to see
231 · Oct 2021
Glow
LeoH Oct 2021
Moving from glow to flow
   my purpose now clear
I embrace the lapping surf
   the slow decay
Of things past their usefulness

knowing Entropy
   Has a partner
equal and opposite
   Creating stars and galaxies
planets and oceans
   The seed of Life
within us all
   Gently glowing
230 · May 2022
Next to a Leaf
LeoH May 2022
I stand next to a leaf
A simple manifestation
Billions of years
Trial and error
Evolution outcompeting entropy
The promise of a future
When I open my eyes
I can see
226 · Mar 2021
Carnage
LeoH Mar 2021
The carnage in my wake
The cascading consequences

I look for catharsis in the trauma

Hoping to make peace
   with the past
Probing for purpose
   in each moment
Seeking out
   soothing music
   for the troubled soul

I try to let go
   of the judgments
And surrender
   to the now
224 · Dec 2018
Light
LeoH Dec 2018
Where has
     my light
           gone?

Wait
     it's right here
I just had to
     open my eyes
217 · Jan 2019
Truth
LeoH Jan 2019
Set in ink
My thoughts seem silly
Childish arguments
For bad behavior

The truth lies deeper
It evades capture
And will not be trapped
In the form of words
I find words quite clumsy at times...
215 · Jul 2021
It’s right there
LeoH Jul 2021
Taking a moment
To see
My soul sings out
The joy of connection
To abundant beauty
Surrounding me
214 · May 2021
Multiplied
LeoH May 2021
Finding the space
To create abundance
I resist the temptation
To keep it for myself

In the belief
A shared blessing
Is a blessing multiplied
I pay it forward
212 · Dec 2018
Inconsequential
LeoH Dec 2018
Present to the paradox  
Of a thousand conflicting truths
I inhale with a smile
Abundance
210 · Nov 2018
Trapped
LeoH Nov 2018
Caught in a trap
Between thoughts and feelings
Finding both false

How to find the truth
The space beyond self-justification
To be at peace

Can I surrender my power
Can I become vulnerable and open
Fears arise and the dance begins again
Here are some observations on becoming present. Do you share these challenges?
205 · Nov 2018
Thoughts of You
LeoH Nov 2018
Notwithstanding
The pain I have gone through
I still have favorable
Thoughts of you

I wonder where you are
And how life is treating you
The “what ifs” bubble up
And cloud my view

I try to let go
Saying “it wasn’t meant to be”
Yet my love persists
Even though I told you you were free
195 · Jul 2021
Frameworks
LeoH Jul 2021
With memories
We create stories
   the framework of our lives

All too often
   these frameworks
Become solid walls
Blocking out the light
187 · Apr 2021
Nested
LeoH Apr 2021
Nested in a select place
Feeling secure
Enjoying this moment

Letting the calm
Wash away the emotions
Shedding the past
Like an unneeded skin

Emerging
Clean and fresh
Into a new day
187 · Nov 2021
Illusion
LeoH Nov 2021
trapped by illusion
the borders immutable
back and forth
without escape

if only i could see
the bigger picture
the border but a frame
to hold the illusion

change my frame of reference
and i am free
186 · Mar 2021
Blind in the Middle
LeoH Mar 2021
Clarity at the edges
But blind in the middle
Myopically navigating
This treacherous terrain

Feeling put upon
And put off
The mind wanders
Lost in fog

Until at last
I yell STOP
Breathing in my essence
To be who I am
I find I often ignore the most essential things in my life.
184 · Feb 2022
The Age of Trust
LeoH Feb 2022
Trust is rare
In this world of trauma
Expediency valued
Above all else

Everything becomes story
A woven tapestry
Meant to deceive
Meant to divide

This must end
One way or another
In transcendence
Or annihilation

How many among us
Will be left to witness
The new age
The age of trust
183 · Jul 2021
Clinging
LeoH Jul 2021
Clinging to memories of joy
As if they define me
Leaving me blind to
Each joyous moment since
180 · Nov 2018
Falling Folds
LeoH Nov 2018
Falling folds rest gently on the floor
Tiny portals show only congestion
Straight lines weave curve and intersect
All around chaos abounds

Charting my way through to the end of each day
Is a challenge that takes all of me
Stopping to breathe in the beauty
Seems like an irresponsible luxury

And yet why am I here?
Is it only to take care of the mundane?
Or is it the beauty which creates the meaning I crave?
I look again at the falling folds
What is important after all?
174 · Aug 2020
Insignificance
LeoH Aug 2020
Through the smoky air
A vision comes
A future bright and open
Full of bliss and joy
Trust and ease abound
The troubles of the moment
Fade into insignificance
For the truth is
Like the blue sky
This new reality
Has been here all along
173 · Jun 2019
Simple Things
LeoH Jun 2019
The simple things
Abound with joy
My truth lies there
Bringing me back
To who I am
171 · Jul 2021
Water
LeoH Jul 2021
Water
   alive with nature's power
Nourishing
Delighting
Creating boundary

With a simple act
Washing the world clean
166 · Aug 2019
Divine Love
LeoH Aug 2019
Lifted by divine love
I now know
I am whole
Joy and abundance
Are my destiny
When I understand the fundamentals it all becomes easy.
164 · Jul 2021
Plugging Away
LeoH Jul 2021
Plugging away
Searching for
   that which counts
Expanding my consciousness
Step by step
To fill the vacuum
   of my potential
163 · Oct 2021
Beams
LeoH Oct 2021
Pure beams of light
Radiating evenly
In all directions
Giving reliably
Unconditionally
Without question
Of need or merit
True abundance
For us all
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