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Brad Lambert Feb 2014
Bar me off, Useless! Cryin' a'sighin'– over cliffs, over.
She caught me a'whisperin' at the docks! Far, yea, far;
And when did compersion to the western wayside go?
Feeling let down. Staircase is a'goin' for a day or two!

Distance between two points. Farther, father, fathoming depths.
Low, now! Lower bent! –you, so far bent, did ask him so.
"Chief Joseph– St. Joseph– Won't he have word with me?
Nonsensical, man. Understand! If only for a day or two."

Yea, some men never call. Some callers a'callin' do.
Blue collared jazz blues– You saving it for the morning?
Where the sea meets the land. Find him by the cowrie reef–
I say that's unnecessary. Stand by me for a day or two!

And them stories be so far bent,
all a'tellin' them so:

He fell out! What a falling out!
Talked about for years to come!
And hear they come 'round the bend–
Lessening distance between points. I see horizon.
O' horizon! Yonder horizon! And the sun all arisin' be!

Huddlin'– All huddled like. Beneath the comet's tail she caught me.
Found me all a'whisperin' at the docks...        and            I             say:

*"Seaside, O' Seaside! Beneath them netherskies you wait. Yea, if a fool's never foolish are his thought's so foolish, see– I never felt so transfixed. Them waters got a depth to them– Therein lies weight. I talk to still paintings– none be a'talkin' back to me! Minds racing backwards. Would you listen to that still? Silence, she finds me in unnerving non-natural states. Psychosis takes a seat. They say them waters at the western wayside foam! A real, true foam! Froth and cough into your sleeve, white foam! Kiss me on the lips and tell me secrets for a day– Frenzy! Riot on! Whitewaters, subtle sexes, and a midnight matinee. I say what a night– What a comet's shone today!"
Let me know what ya think.. &&&
Johan Nel Jun 2021
I yearn to be the man in me who celebrates the success of others, to experience true joy in their contribution
The man who loves his fellow man from a place of compassion and delight
To see them strive in their metier and find one of the many callings that life has to offer

Despite myself, despite my insecurities and my jealous tendencies, I wish to see the best in you
When one finds the strength to want the best for your enemy, your nemesis, your foe
You seek a life of gratitude, love and a content spirit -  the potential in all of us
2021.06.18 © Johan Nel
David R Jan 2022
Some say jealousy is human nature,
some say it comes from ego,
others point to culture
dressed up in smart tuxedo

i say its source is ignorance
not knowing your own worth
and that makes all the difference
knowing you're precious on Earth

its opposite is not indifference
its antithesis is not compersion
if one seeks from this vice deliverance
its antidote is introversion.

but there's no need to be a hermit
to live on tropical island
to run from life or to quit,
look within! 'n find your diamond
BLT's Merriam-Webster Word of The Day Challenge
#antithetical
TimmyG Jan 2020
Polyam

Polyamory is not a lifestyle it’s an ethos a consensual way that  moves us to seek our desires....

Polyamory explodes the feelings of NRE, passion, affection without the constraints of the world or its norms of society.

Polyamory is love, envy, feelings, that motivates compersion, tolerance, acceptance and focus on love.

Polyam is a journey of You and I, our wants and needs to connect and walk together in love....


Polyam

#polyam #polyamory #polylove
#poly #polyamory #polylove
Payton Hayes Feb 2021
If riches, beauty, calm, humility,
compersion, contentedness, and
inspiration are all secrets that
are tucked between the pages of
one book or another,
why have you not yet read it?
You struggle with your sins, yet you do
nothing to combat them.
I know it isn’t because of your lack
of desire to read, if it were, I would
find the most luxurious vellum,
richest ink, and I would write a book
just for you if that is what it takes
to get you to understand that
these things you do, are not only
darkening your soul,
but they’re costing you your friends.
I know that without the darkness,
stars could not be seen, but
I would rather lose you to my mouth
than to the dark.
This poem was written in 2018.
Henrie Diosa Feb 2021
i went and caught an evening star,
as spent as soot, a child of void,
and these three years i've loved her are
the best my heart has been employed —
she turns the screams to angels singing
and makes compersion of envy's stinging
and found
i've wound
my heart in hers, my home, my ground.

we've had our share of stranger sights
a future she taught me to see:
that past ten thousand days and nights
the **** will come to her and me —
and these returns will be many —
and somehow we will be happy —
i swear
for there
is a lover true and fair.

i found an evening star, you know,
her presence warm and sweet;
i would, and yet i cannot go
to where we used to meet!
for it is a joy to have met her
but all i have now is this letter
so she
will be
greeted on our anniversary
number three.
anent Diana Wynne Jones, John Donne, and Hayao Miyazaki

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