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"inherent" poems
Picasso you give us things which bulge:grunting lungs pumped full of sharp thick mind you make us shrill presents always shut in the sumptuous screech of simplicity (out of the black unbunged Something gushes vaguely a squeak of planes or between squeals of Nothing grabbed with circular shrieking tightness solid screams whispers.) Lumberman of the Distinct your brain’s axe only chops hugest inherent Trees of Ego,from whose living and biggest bodies lopped of every prettiness you hew form truly
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Picasso
The diverse assortment of enrapturing conviction Is but cacophony to most other than me, Discord to the passionate, Defending concepts they find true Clamor to the indifferent, Those value peace and human happiness Above factual correctness For years they’ve all, with incessant attempts Given their utmost to indoctrinate me, The most easily swayed of all— But I’ve found in the rupturing of the fervent, All ideology, ethic, doctrine, And in the serenity of the agreeably pacific I’ve found faith, hope—I’m sure that’s my own, Art is by no means meaningless, I find, Especially so when inherent by human ability And ascribed to this lyrical poem I’ve crafted Consisting of what I, by my means, find true Diverse conviction is beautiful.
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Jul 19, 2014
Jul 19, 2014 at 11:48 AM UTC
Diverse Conviction
We all have to daily eat and drink and also **** and **** there isn't anything else more basic or common than this, except a vital need to rest and get some adequate sleep as the rigours of life take their toll on the body we keep. Let's not forget the all-important function of breathing to stay alive which depends so much on various conditions for anyone to thrive and is the main ingredient for every creature's life on this world; regardless of anything else it determines how well they're swirled. We also have a need to keep our bodies and clothes clean as our daily activities produce sweat and odour that is seen and can be smelt from a distance which isn't very pleasant making us wonder if a person noticed with is just a peasant. There is also an inherent urge to love and be loved in return which is what makes life worth living for those who discern, and the very curious thought as to why we've been born at all or the reason for our existence on this planet Earth we so call. -----------------------------------------------
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Aug 21, 2016
Aug 21, 2016 at 9:32 PM UTC
Basic Necessities
♡° ⊙ • ⊙ °♡ This place in my heart There... intimately aware      Deep tenderness Imbued with illuminessence Moonflowers opening in the fullness of the Moon's light      Tonight wrapped tight threads of fear Mama Pain too great to fight      A ragged slice overflowing with hurt by unkind words thoughtlessly thrown my way Self inflicted pain when I doubt my inherent Knowledge and Strength      I know this part of my heart that holds the wounded collections of me Keeping at bay the ache that lives within      The Blessing is that Love surrounds Wraps around with Healing light Shining within to Hold The Power      Allowing me respite from the Sacred Locket held in this place of My Heart ♡° ⊙ • ⊙ °♡ Copyright © 2016. Christi Michaels. All Rights Reserved related poems... http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1483839/19/ http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1465555/knick-knacks/ http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1181941/it-hurts/
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Apr 23, 2016
Apr 23, 2016 at 5:02 PM UTC
Sacred Locket
a tear drops from her eyes and it brings no cause though it quivers with emotion and the stars do not shine brighter when polished with her briny tears but dim their glow and listen listen! to her sobbing but wait her capillaries will burst! stop it! stop it! its translucence its opaqueness the inherent contradictions it produces and the images it emanates so while her eyes may open they are unfocused and gone and the click of their judgements is obscene because her soul has escaped where has it gone? she swears she saw it just a moment ago just a moment just a moment just a moment
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Apr 14, 2018
Apr 14, 2018 at 8:29 PM UTC
Stop Crying, It's Ugly
There is an inherent discrepancy 'twixt the World in One's Mind and the World that simply Is. That is, however, no intrinsically bad thing. For, I find, that the world Within needs the world Without, though they inderdepend and thus are not mutually exclusive. There needs to be a discrepancy for the pressures, as it were, to have any room or excuse to neutralize: to move towards equilibrium; however, it is not linear, nor is it parabolic: this, I believe, is where Calculus becomes a valid allegory for Life, itself.
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Apr 9, 2014
Apr 9, 2014 at 2:54 AM UTC
The Calculus of Life itself.
Enigma entity’s ethology entelechy as it relates to clairaudience clairvoyance. Everyone has a personal futurity fatidic or existential metaphysique. What we need is a universally acceptable form of id conclusion. Unfortunately we can’t even agree on the social stigmatisms of ego’s expression. We are relatively extraneous interpolations of adhesively practical extremity that succeed in a hierarchy of functionally integrateable forms. There is no functional deontology, even though its visage would seem to portend cogently fecund probity for all. We are not ethereally sublime, we are corporeally preternatural. Objective is individual; obligation to each other is not a mandate. Though many might find it inherently indispensible to some it impedes success. The depths of debauchery this debacle ensues are almost intrinsically endemic to our race. How am I going to get there becomes more important than ‘what are we fighting for’. So, if there’s no unity of purpose how do we decide who we are fighting for. Will it be good for all or lead to oligarchy and subjugation, the seemingly inescapable byproduct of capitalism, the inherent decadence of socialism. It’s times like this that make me love the constitutional fortitude of Americanism. Theoretically I have an inalienable right, hypothetically this leads to anarchy so I’m not allowed to mess with your rights. This is mandate. The republic for which we stand. Mendacious tales of unity, not merely the obstinate tenacities of I, but also the cogent fecundity in the infamous we-ness of us.
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Sep 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2018 at 6:04 PM UTC
Mercenary Mendacity
Enigma entity’s ethology entelechy as it relates to clairaudience clairvoyance. Everyone has a personal futurity fatidic or existential metaphysique. What we need is a universally acceptable form of id conclusion. Unfortunately we can’t even agree on the social stigmatisms of ego’s expression. We are relatively extraneous interpolations of adhesively practical extremity that succeed in a hierarchy of functionally integrateable forms. There is no functional deontology, even though its visage would seem to portend cogently fecund probity for all. We are not ethereally sublime, we are corporeally preternatural. Objective is individual; obligation to each other is not a mandate. Though many might find it inherently indispensible to some it impedes success. The depths of debauchery this debacle ensues are almost intrinsically endemic to our race. How am I going to get there becomes more important than ‘what are we fighting for’. So, if there’s no unity of purpose how do we decide who we are fighting for. Will it be good for all or lead to oligarchy and subjugation, the seemingly inescapable byproduct of capitalism, the inherent decadence of socialism. It’s times like this that make me love the constitutional fortitude of Americanism. Theoretically I have an inalienable right, hypothetically this leads to anarchy so I’m not allowed to mess with your rights. This is mandate. The republic for which we stand. Mendacious tales of unity, not merely the obstinate tenacities of I, but also the cogent fecundity in the infamous we-ness of us.
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During her blood moon was the best time to make her moan, make her legs shake and weak, Feel her scratch down my arms and peel up my skin Only 3 days it would last but during those periods... she would release multiple times With the red moons spawn a bear in the woods would evolve, hunting her flood through a blessed disaster finding what I was after, in a late night spatter Her finger tips hiding the stake in my pants, she'll soon be riding In these moments I feel a crave, a longing to misbehave, Within blankets and sheets we inhabit this cave Our leveled off breathing will not reveal harm Take shelter in the warm of more than apparent and reside until morning in the arms of the inherent
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Apr 22, 2018
Apr 22, 2018 at 4:19 PM UTC
Blood moon [Explicit]
Saying my "goodnight"s to God my prayer inadvertently strays As my mind starts to wander in a million different ways. I reflect on where we started thousands of years in the past, When our first parents made a poor choice with consequences that would a long time last. Imagine: Not having to pray to God thru Christ his son But rather speaking to him as a friend one-on-one. As you walk in your garden with no property bounds You delight in the peace with the animals & the variety of sounds. But alas that deadly bite they took And the hope of everlasting life forsook. Their once perfect bodies now began to decay And onto their offspring this curse did relay. So the wheels in my head now spin To my inheritance of sin And my determination to overcome The inherent sin to which most succumb. Though the enemies try to fight To bring me down with all their might I know there is a stronger power A refuge & strong tower Into which I'm able to run When my own strength is done Because although we're born from them God's word like a precious gem Promises that to us he will incline Because between our sin & perfection is a fine line. He made us in HIS image out of love Exercising His power from the heights above Instantly displaying His justice when His purpose was diverted In His infinite wisdom knowing His true lovers could not be converted. Promising to us he would restore Conditions of the Earth as they were before Paying with the life of his Son the ultimate price So that all exercising faith could once & always live in Paradise.. © 2012
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Jul 6, 2012
Jul 6, 2012 at 12:57 AM UTC
Fine Line
Saying my "goodnight"s to God my prayer inadvertently strays As my mind starts to wander in a million different ways. I reflect on where we started thousands of years in the past, When our first parents made a poor choice with consequences that would a long time last. Imagine: Not having to pray to God thru Christ his son But rather speaking to him as a friend one-on-one. As you walk in your garden with no property bounds You delight in the peace with the animals & the variety of sounds. But alas that deadly bite they took And the hope of everlasting life forsook. Their once perfect bodies now began to decay And onto their offspring this curse did relay. So the wheels in my head now spin To my inheritance of sin And my determination to overcome The inherent sin to which most succumb. Though the enemies try to fight To bring me down with all their might I know there is a stronger power A refuge & strong tower Into which I'm able to run When my own strength is done Because although we're born from them God's word like a precious gem Promises that to us he will incline Because between our sin & perfection is a fine line. He made us in HIS image out of love Exercising His power from the heights above Instantly displaying His justice when His purpose was diverted In His infinite wisdom knowing His true lovers could not be converted. Promising to us he would restore Conditions of the Earth as they were before Paying with the life of his Son the ultimate price So that all exercising faith could once & always live in Paradise.. © 2012
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They call it a 'Class War" They call it a "War of Liberation" whilst its just another instance of white oppression Childish, immature, mean and nasty underachievers like the kid on the beach who kicks over others sandcastle because they are better than the ******* castle he made Like that that uncool dumb teen who scatters the board game because he's now seen that he is losing and cannot win at all like those ugly pimpled friends who would play gooseberry and cock-blockers because  they can't get nice dates of their own like that bitter mad one who will spill ink over your white top or new Trainers because he or she has old and ***** ones They are all from the world of the sicko psychos and damaged talent-less mean, envious, sad pathetic people going nowhere If I can't make it, why should others do and be winners They all graduate to the divisive politics of the ****** losers Power is stopping progress and advancement because they are down Power is bringing achievers and enterprise down they can's gain Power is sabotaging all that is good because they are bad in all Measly fetid minds they plot and conspire in gangrenous network dolts, scums, unwashed losers and rejects of society, bottom feeders Come join the Party, our specialty is chaos and disruption of winners The pathetic jokes of the white West, losers in their own backyards picks on an African who came from disadvantages to better them better educated, more intelligent, cool and stylish in every way pack full of potential, going places they can never go or reach Our sick, mean spirited under-achievers, expert losers and scums crawled on the war-path, riddled with envy, sick with jealousy ruin his progress, oppose and disrupt a black man who doubles efforts to achieve, what if losers try is given to them on a plate What here is done for the greater good, what here is honorable celebrated victories for psychos, racist underachievers I think not peoples power? more sick, tormented, jealous n envious chicanery anarchy jealousy, anarchy shame, anarchy racists, anarchy liars One Single Black achiever demonstrates the inherent strength and grace of our all our Ancestors against sick, persistent white oppression. That's the story here. If its a fair war, why hide and go underground, why fight *****
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May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019 at 7:40 AM UTC
They glorify sick sadistic oppression...
They call it a 'Class War" They call it a "War of Liberation" whilst its just another instance of white oppression Childish, immature, mean and nasty underachievers like the kid on the beach who kicks over others sandcastle because they are better than the ******* castle he made Like that that uncool dumb teen who scatters the board game because he's now seen that he is losing and cannot win at all like those ugly pimpled friends who would play gooseberry and cock-blockers because  they can't get nice dates of their own like that bitter mad one who will spill ink over your white top or new Trainers because he or she has old and ***** ones They are all from the world of the sicko psychos and damaged talent-less mean, envious, sad pathetic people going nowhere If I can't make it, why should others do and be winners They all graduate to the divisive politics of the ****** losers Power is stopping progress and advancement because they are down Power is bringing achievers and enterprise down they can's gain Power is sabotaging all that is good because they are bad in all Measly fetid minds they plot and conspire in gangrenous network dolts, scums, unwashed losers and rejects of society, bottom feeders Come join the Party, our specialty is chaos and disruption of winners The pathetic jokes of the white West, losers in their own backyards picks on an African who came from disadvantages to better them better educated, more intelligent, cool and stylish in every way pack full of potential, going places they can never go or reach Our sick, mean spirited under-achievers, expert losers and scums crawled on the war-path, riddled with envy, sick with jealousy ruin his progress, oppose and disrupt a black man who doubles efforts to achieve, what if losers try is given to them on a plate What here is done for the greater good, what here is honorable celebrated victories for psychos, racist underachievers I think not peoples power? more sick, tormented, jealous n envious chicanery anarchy jealousy, anarchy shame, anarchy racists, anarchy liars One Single Black achiever demonstrates the inherent strength and grace of our all our Ancestors against sick, persistent white oppression. That's the story here. If its a fair war, why hide and go underground, why fight *****
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Forest inquires: How do you decide, choose your design, find its guise, give it a face, surrender to the poem's own vanity,         and choose the poem's alignment?                                                   an answer forms: this alignment idea, you think it simple, everybody understands what your inquiry means alignment -  the appropriate relative position we live in relative position to each other, our poems too, for they are but written synapses of our close captioned interactions, seemingly random, but assuredly not, as we invest in ourselves, seeking the mysterious appropriate answer                                                                                         from the Theory of Poetic Relativity                                                                 i love your question;                              hold it to my nostrils,                                                                     smell the coffee aroma wake up blast inherent;                                                                         kiss its robust childlike cheeks for the simple   soulfulness essential arousal; for you see sir you have found the appropriate position that relates us, our mindful words;                                  answer no good, wholly insufficient?                                         perfect.                           as i close this quick cooked to perfection laboratory solution, take note                                                                                    the earth has moved                                 our hearts have beaten a measly thousand times                                     time and space have appropriated our prior                                            relativity when you return years hence this poem's shape will perforce have moved. for words are weathered flux constant and yet inherently unchanged except for the part of us that changes with every re-reading   and what was right before has left and the center has moved again
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Mar 12, 2017
Mar 12, 2017 at 9:25 AM UTC
alignment (The Theory of Poetic Relativity)
Forest inquires: How do you decide, choose your design, find its guise, give it a face, surrender to the poem's own vanity,         and choose the poem's alignment?                                                   an answer forms: this alignment idea, you think it simple, everybody understands what your inquiry means alignment -  the appropriate relative position we live in relative position to each other, our poems too, for they are but written synapses of our close captioned interactions, seemingly random, but assuredly not, as we invest in ourselves, seeking the mysterious appropriate answer                                                                                         from the Theory of Poetic Relativity                                                                 i love your question;                              hold it to my nostrils,                                                                     smell the coffee aroma wake up blast inherent;                                                                         kiss its robust childlike cheeks for the simple   soulfulness essential arousal; for you see sir you have found the appropriate position that relates us, our mindful words;                                  answer no good, wholly insufficient?                                         perfect.                           as i close this quick cooked to perfection laboratory solution, take note                                                                                    the earth has moved                                 our hearts have beaten a measly thousand times                                     time and space have appropriated our prior                                            relativity when you return years hence this poem's shape will perforce have moved. for words are weathered flux constant and yet inherently unchanged except for the part of us that changes with every re-reading   and what was right before has left and the center has moved again
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The sensual curved line on the bed perfect. The eyes: burning, red, leaking for reason unknown. Private room for me and you. Darkness quenching the need to hide the lustrous actions ensued. Accept your fate, useless strumpet, unrivaled ***** Your garden grows quickly out of control. Weeds in your rose bush, fence weighed down by inherent overgrowth of emotion: fervor, passion. A kiss. The last sweetness of your lips that will ever be given or gotten. Death. A sweet relief for the world from you, Desdemona.
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May 6, 2014
May 6, 2014 at 1:05 PM UTC
Smothered With Love
The purest sense of understanding that allows two hearts to move beyond the borders of the conscious, thinking mind. Without the thoughts that twist the words, that distort perception; what is conveyed, is... is... unconditional acceptance and love. In this simple concept we find solace, we find connection, we reach the precipice of and stare in awe at the beauty of the humane soul. Everything seems perfect.   By this perfection, given face value, we draw the ever permanent distinction between what what is black and what is white; what is wrong and what is right; what is virtue and what is moral travesty. For inherent to humanity is the eagerness, bias  and extremity with which we represent the good and evil of this world. For who would believe that the "caretaker", wrought of good intentions, could be soiled in his actions?   The caretaker that empathizes with the troubled or broken soul is a testament to the honesty of a human heart; but he who enables others with his empathy becomes not the caretaker, but the "jailer". Through his conviction to ALWAYS be there, to sooth the hurts, to understand the pains and to maintain control... by those actions, he belittles them. The relief of empathy is only temporary. Empathy does not enact change, it is mere salve and bandage, it quells the aches for but a moment. And when they return, in their woes, the service of the empathizer becomes requirement.   For though empathy may be needed, with the power to forge a bond of deep understanding, its indiscriminate use only stunts. Personal growth, it is found by many paths in this world. We must grow and mature; let others do the same. Life is a journey with many opportunities but also many hardships, we are defined by these. If we are stunted by the empathy of others, in their quest to protect us, we will never grow, never achieve that which is greater, and never leave our "prison".   Virtue or vice... once again in the hands of the beholder.
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Nov 29, 2011
Nov 29, 2011 at 2:04 PM UTC
Empathy
The purest sense of understanding that allows two hearts to move beyond the borders of the conscious, thinking mind. Without the thoughts that twist the words, that distort perception; what is conveyed, is... is... unconditional acceptance and love. In this simple concept we find solace, we find connection, we reach the precipice of and stare in awe at the beauty of the humane soul. Everything seems perfect.   By this perfection, given face value, we draw the ever permanent distinction between what what is black and what is white; what is wrong and what is right; what is virtue and what is moral travesty. For inherent to humanity is the eagerness, bias  and extremity with which we represent the good and evil of this world. For who would believe that the "caretaker", wrought of good intentions, could be soiled in his actions?   The caretaker that empathizes with the troubled or broken soul is a testament to the honesty of a human heart; but he who enables others with his empathy becomes not the caretaker, but the "jailer". Through his conviction to ALWAYS be there, to sooth the hurts, to understand the pains and to maintain control... by those actions, he belittles them. The relief of empathy is only temporary. Empathy does not enact change, it is mere salve and bandage, it quells the aches for but a moment. And when they return, in their woes, the service of the empathizer becomes requirement.   For though empathy may be needed, with the power to forge a bond of deep understanding, its indiscriminate use only stunts. Personal growth, it is found by many paths in this world. We must grow and mature; let others do the same. Life is a journey with many opportunities but also many hardships, we are defined by these. If we are stunted by the empathy of others, in their quest to protect us, we will never grow, never achieve that which is greater, and never leave our "prison".   Virtue or vice... once again in the hands of the beholder.
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White boy With your inherent privilege Straight. White. Boy. Privilege. Please, make another joke About ****** harassment No, really It's funny right? Especially because you're joking that Your male coworker is sexually harassing you Gay jokes are funny too, huh? Ironically, That's the same male coworker Who I had to explain Just hours beforehand How the ****** encounter he described Did not include informed consent How fitting. So, White boy, I'm curious how you'll fare After I told the manager About the content of your jokes (Not the proudly homophobic one, Luckily? Right.) Who then looked uncomfortable But seemed pleased when I told him that I had already called you out Because that means he doesn't have to Because he wouldn't anyways It doesn't affect him Just some harmless humor Ok. So then I tell my coworker about your joke Who then responds with: "He's still doing that **** Apparently so Apparently. So. Because no one there seems to care About jokes that put me The only person at work read as a girl (Which I'm not by the way) In an extremely uncomfortable position Why is no one else uncomfortable? Why does no one else say anything? Right, They're all like you Or they don't want you to judge them Because you have that power Because you're a Straight. White. Boy.
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Jul 25, 2018
Jul 25, 2018 at 5:54 PM UTC
White Boy (F*** You, Greg)
I am the barbed thorn the serrated reward facing savage cruel winter; sedition in transmission. I am the only pawn on your chequered board facing a feisty queen; of restricting submission. I am the demonic exon a heraldic discord facing bleak futures; an inherent disposition. I am the stillborn reborn the aberration restored facing anomalies instability; violation on a mission. I am broken and worn a fallen sword facing a grim battle; outnumbered by division. I am the brass horn the out of tune chord facing orchestral expulsion; a musician in remission. I am history's forewarn the contrite accord ignored facing penitent absolution; clemency in transition.
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Jun 22, 2014
Jun 22, 2014 at 10:32 PM UTC
Demonic Exon
Boundless energy around us, Stretched to snare the senses. Shaped and bound to our life-force. No barriers, or defenses. Limitless interplay, front row seats shall we say. To astounding cosmic displays. Consider what a day holds;~ Glimpses of magnificence In the eyes of the beholder, Fear not insignificance. Take grip of your awareness Exchanging energy, Is inherent in us. Throw a love curve ball. . . Await your reciprocating shower. those stars, they fall forever. They deal not in glamour. Casually causing us humans to stutter and mumble. Let not, your heart labor, Loves home-run rests Patiently, On your minds table. Prana for everything, This **** ain't no fable.
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Sep 2, 2015
Sep 2, 2015 at 8:31 PM UTC
The Prana
Freedom flings Tyrant kings Into their rightful place A head on a plate Democracy inflates The morale of the people Oligarchy deflates The idea that we're equal Spiteful dictators make their way through the system And dominate the world while nobody listens Distracting people with things that glisten Disseminating hatred as their vision Engendering fear is their mission To buy or sell weapons For more money or more power Dropping bombs from their ivory tower From extreme explosions we cower Explosions of hatred then violence Explosions hastened by silence Explosions of fire we ferment To burn the faces off our enemy To avoid exercising our empathy Creating a world filled by entropy People say ******** like freedom isn't free When the currency we pay for freedom Is restriction We dampen our fiery feelings With prescriptions Freedom is free It's inherent It can only be taken or given away It is not a proper excuse to slay Those that rightly disagree With what you're imposing Freedom is fleeing far far away When people are molded by clay Of those with the power to shape civilians Of those with the power to bring billions Of people to their knees When freedom is our fee To live in timid apathy
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Aug 31, 2017
Aug 31, 2017 at 11:46 AM UTC
Freedom
Psychedelics are akin to Mysticism but that does not at all begin to mean that one must do Psychedelics to be Mystical; it simply means that in the proper context Psychedelics can reveal the importance of things the significance of "it all"; the inherent Mysticism to which we ourselves are akin.
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Apr 30, 2013
Apr 30, 2013 at 8:43 PM UTC
Mysticism [Psychedelics]
Gathered pieces of a great puzzle ; refreshed perspective like ocean riptides foment at the confluence collecting dark rivers’ flow Repurposing back-eddies , rejuvenation of stagnant brackish waters , inherent buried soul-shine purging from the ancient core of earth mother Light arising from the hidden depths of inner stillness as if a refilling wellspring burst forth , reawakening muted sighs unspoken Forming poetic constellations of black and bright to lighten afar the nebulous darkness , a sea of swirling ink transformed into poetry A sage opus renewed by the muse of a migrating flock , striving to discover new sacred grounds ; yet there is an undeniable song sung in the howling winds of change An incitement from a higher dialect that empowers a restoration of spirit Oeuvre uplifted by rogue waves of summoning winds , arousing that which time erases A manifest renaissance among the rousing nuances of poetic continuum , judicious to rediscover the enthralling vastitude of every breaking wave in a boundless sea of poesy Where prevailing currents stir oceans of verse eternal ; provoking a verve revival , the magnitude of an unbroken circle , ocean swells merging singularity with the omnipresent colour of uncharted depths As if thoughts are assuaged by a union of intimately touching souls with words of intangible spheres , sparking subtle shades of meaning spanning poetic immortality Transcending barriers of unexplored lexicon to manifest the immensity, enkindling rhapsody of hearts and minds    Deeply rooted soul replenishment harvested from the tree of humankind , willingly sharing without regret nor intention , with deference to the soul of one-blood, one-love enabling an enlightening metamorphosis of the human journey ... © harlon rivers ... all rights reserved
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Jan 20, 2017
Jan 20, 2017 at 11:48 AM UTC
Harvesting Poetry from the Tree of Humankind
Gathered pieces of a great puzzle ; refreshed perspective like ocean riptides foment at the confluence collecting dark rivers’ flow Repurposing back-eddies , rejuvenation of stagnant brackish waters , inherent buried soul-shine purging from the ancient core of earth mother Light arising from the hidden depths of inner stillness as if a refilling wellspring burst forth , reawakening muted sighs unspoken Forming poetic constellations of black and bright to lighten afar the nebulous darkness , a sea of swirling ink transformed into poetry A sage opus renewed by the muse of a migrating flock , striving to discover new sacred grounds ; yet there is an undeniable song sung in the howling winds of change An incitement from a higher dialect that empowers a restoration of spirit Oeuvre uplifted by rogue waves of summoning winds , arousing that which time erases A manifest renaissance among the rousing nuances of poetic continuum , judicious to rediscover the enthralling vastitude of every breaking wave in a boundless sea of poesy Where prevailing currents stir oceans of verse eternal ; provoking a verve revival , the magnitude of an unbroken circle , ocean swells merging singularity with the omnipresent colour of uncharted depths As if thoughts are assuaged by a union of intimately touching souls with words of intangible spheres , sparking subtle shades of meaning spanning poetic immortality Transcending barriers of unexplored lexicon to manifest the immensity, enkindling rhapsody of hearts and minds    Deeply rooted soul replenishment harvested from the tree of humankind , willingly sharing without regret nor intention , with deference to the soul of one-blood, one-love enabling an enlightening metamorphosis of the human journey ... © harlon rivers ... all rights reserved
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A phrase that people treat like a joke, and that people have failed to recognize the significance of. Black is beautiful. Brown is beautiful. Over breakfast foods I tried to discuss how saying, "I prefer white people/ I find white people attractive" is subtle racism. It was a difficult dialogue that left me sick and empty. The feeling of being more radical than everyone around you. Meeting a black girl who wants to be white, hearing from all your friends, "I just prefer white people", I see, I see a dominant ideology that places whiteness above everything else, especially blackness. It is also a lie. It is definitely racist. It says that despite all other qualities a person may have, their skin color holds them back in your eyes. Instead I am told my ideas exist in a "box". The reality of what I say is intensely real to me. If you can't see the racism in yourself, I'm not holding you to a quality where you can point it out in others. If you can openly pinpoint attractiveness to skin color and just try to cop it out as "preference" I am going to call you racist. Black is beautiful. Brown is beautiful. You are not "naturally" attracted to white people. In that phrase, you tell me it is unnatural for you to be attracted to black people, or any person of color. It is not natural. You have adopted the dominant ideology. It is a subtle and now inherent racism. I am tired of feeling sick because I'm the radical, however it is a feeling I understand I will never escape. It will follow me my entire life, I hope. I'm sick of feeling marginalized because I recognize sexism exists, and racism exists, and subtlety does not ******* hide it from me, I'm sick sick sick sick sick of it. **** it though, I'd rather be sick my entire life, and see the racism in me and others than not see it, and just passively swallow that ideology. I'll carry that weight in my guts, not because I'm a martyr, because I ******* hate everyone; because I love myself just that much. I don't deserve to be that person anymore. Black is beautiful. Brown is beautiful.
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Jul 6, 2014
Jul 6, 2014 at 1:52 PM UTC
"Black is Beautiful."
A phrase that people treat like a joke, and that people have failed to recognize the significance of. Black is beautiful. Brown is beautiful. Over breakfast foods I tried to discuss how saying, "I prefer white people/ I find white people attractive" is subtle racism. It was a difficult dialogue that left me sick and empty. The feeling of being more radical than everyone around you. Meeting a black girl who wants to be white, hearing from all your friends, "I just prefer white people", I see, I see a dominant ideology that places whiteness above everything else, especially blackness. It is also a lie. It is definitely racist. It says that despite all other qualities a person may have, their skin color holds them back in your eyes. Instead I am told my ideas exist in a "box". The reality of what I say is intensely real to me. If you can't see the racism in yourself, I'm not holding you to a quality where you can point it out in others. If you can openly pinpoint attractiveness to skin color and just try to cop it out as "preference" I am going to call you racist. Black is beautiful. Brown is beautiful. You are not "naturally" attracted to white people. In that phrase, you tell me it is unnatural for you to be attracted to black people, or any person of color. It is not natural. You have adopted the dominant ideology. It is a subtle and now inherent racism. I am tired of feeling sick because I'm the radical, however it is a feeling I understand I will never escape. It will follow me my entire life, I hope. I'm sick of feeling marginalized because I recognize sexism exists, and racism exists, and subtlety does not ******* hide it from me, I'm sick sick sick sick sick of it. **** it though, I'd rather be sick my entire life, and see the racism in me and others than not see it, and just passively swallow that ideology. I'll carry that weight in my guts, not because I'm a martyr, because I ******* hate everyone; because I love myself just that much. I don't deserve to be that person anymore. Black is beautiful. Brown is beautiful.
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Museums as art Art as museums Sail the trail to my mausoleum Psychopaths and physicists Psychiatrists and philosophers Philanthropists and pilots and painters
 Declare now, that these are our days – Our hours, and our days These are our city, our hours Our time, our days. 
This is our world – At 14:92 I landed here and claimed it And searched it and found it wanting Of civilization that I could so easily supply By means of wounds and iron And brawn and truth (and just a tiny touch of influenza darling) By means of our Lord, Who grants us all that we desire If only we **** enough of those he did not choose. This is our world – And we shall make it what we will Make it in our own image Teach it that innocence is not knowing the difference between right and wrong Raise it to hate no one But to love itself so deeply That all other love seems hateful in comparison. This is our child, love Yours and mine.
 Here the first shall be last And the last shall be first But once the first are last they shall be Last Last       Last And once the last are first They shall make it so they can never be last again This is our primitive accumulation Of necessary materialism Let’s cultivate matter To make objects that we can place on shelves And in cases – These are our cases And we love them as we love ourselves
 Museums as mass graves Mass graves as museums Kiss me in my mausoleum Priests and prisoners Prostitutes and prophets Pioneers and pilgrims and pagans
 This is our time – And we are dispensing it in spendthrift increments Buying threadbare bandages for our cavernous canyons Buying ample earplugs To seal in the silence So we can somewhat say “look there is peace – Look we have done it In our time it is accomplished” – 
 This is our peace – And we know it by the signs The lions and lambs lay quietly together In our brass-barred zoos For as long as shelves and cases Are intact and the first are first And the last are last And the civilized are organized and holy There is peace – Oh, look We made peace! And as for Solomon and Socrates – We take their words to weave through our new wisdom And when we re-chart the constellations We shall give them each a star And salute them once a year When they come around the universe Oh, look How wise we are! Mass graves as art Art as mass graves There have been no better days There has been no greater time Politicians and pornographers Professors and pirates Psychologists and pastors and pianists
 This is our time – And we are doing with it the very best we know how The last are toiling and trying And the first are trying to think to try – But there is a shortness in our hours And a violence in our peace There is inherent foolishness in our wisdom And disease in our cities And there is death upon our shelves and in our cases. This is our world – We crafted it and declared our truth to be true We sculpted this, our colosseum Please inscribe my mausoleum With “we know not what we do”
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May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015 at 5:43 PM UTC
of dissolution and mausoleum blueprints
Museums as art Art as museums Sail the trail to my mausoleum Psychopaths and physicists Psychiatrists and philosophers Philanthropists and pilots and painters
 Declare now, that these are our days – Our hours, and our days These are our city, our hours Our time, our days. 
This is our world – At 14:92 I landed here and claimed it And searched it and found it wanting Of civilization that I could so easily supply By means of wounds and iron And brawn and truth (and just a tiny touch of influenza darling) By means of our Lord, Who grants us all that we desire If only we **** enough of those he did not choose. This is our world – And we shall make it what we will Make it in our own image Teach it that innocence is not knowing the difference between right and wrong Raise it to hate no one But to love itself so deeply That all other love seems hateful in comparison. This is our child, love Yours and mine.
 Here the first shall be last And the last shall be first But once the first are last they shall be Last Last       Last And once the last are first They shall make it so they can never be last again This is our primitive accumulation Of necessary materialism Let’s cultivate matter To make objects that we can place on shelves And in cases – These are our cases And we love them as we love ourselves
 Museums as mass graves Mass graves as museums Kiss me in my mausoleum Priests and prisoners Prostitutes and prophets Pioneers and pilgrims and pagans
 This is our time – And we are dispensing it in spendthrift increments Buying threadbare bandages for our cavernous canyons Buying ample earplugs To seal in the silence So we can somewhat say “look there is peace – Look we have done it In our time it is accomplished” – 
 This is our peace – And we know it by the signs The lions and lambs lay quietly together In our brass-barred zoos For as long as shelves and cases Are intact and the first are first And the last are last And the civilized are organized and holy There is peace – Oh, look We made peace! And as for Solomon and Socrates – We take their words to weave through our new wisdom And when we re-chart the constellations We shall give them each a star And salute them once a year When they come around the universe Oh, look How wise we are! Mass graves as art Art as mass graves There have been no better days There has been no greater time Politicians and pornographers Professors and pirates Psychologists and pastors and pianists
 This is our time – And we are doing with it the very best we know how The last are toiling and trying And the first are trying to think to try – But there is a shortness in our hours And a violence in our peace There is inherent foolishness in our wisdom And disease in our cities And there is death upon our shelves and in our cases. This is our world – We crafted it and declared our truth to be true We sculpted this, our colosseum Please inscribe my mausoleum With “we know not what we do”
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impeccable artwork splayed red anger diffused dangerously imminent explosion take down your temper ice it in silence spread change draw conclusions inherent haste find tranquility in people places abstract soliloquy ethereal furnace split skin burnt moments wanderer waking in a strange place stars foretell insipid futures we are destined for another ice age? © Marshall Gass. All rights reserved, 2 days ago - See more at: http://allpoetry.com/poem/11770244-zodiac-misfired.....-by-Marshall-Gass-noguest#sthash.DX0ajG0s.dpuf
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Nov 11, 2014
Nov 11, 2014 at 2:45 PM UTC
zodiac misfired.....
An indifferent ache swirls in the silence throbbing like a dancing candle flame; no one understands the heart of silence moving the darkness with its ancient dance Its voice is only felt but never heard the way it whispers the reality it bears; disrobing the nakedness of a fragile heart exposing inherent truth deep in disguise retouching the chaos passing of love laid bare Unspoken emotions that nobody hears float around a muted tongue benumbed by fear doubt is a bitter taste that knows not love searching for a labyrinth to begin to wend a better way trying to feel the unfelt warmth of love in an endless cold waiting on a frozen emptiness that never thaws No one understands the haunting fear, ... surly it couldn't happen again ― and surly it will, a heart stifled silent,  silence doth loudly peal                 poignant dreaded words:                  ***"It's not you ― it's me ,.......       I love you but I'm not in love with you"*** and like winter dreaming for the sun to reappear, to come back again and dry the memory of fallen tears, a hushed heart falls off the earth lost in ether shadows lay mooning in the lonely silence within moonlit dapple When you pull love too close ― it will push you away some silence heals ― a dissonant silence cuts to the bone        Only the lonely feel a silent voice sigh          Only one hears a silenced heart die ...                harlon rivers ... March 2018
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Mar 22, 2018
Mar 22, 2018 at 3:00 PM UTC
Only one hears a silenced heart ...
An indifferent ache swirls in the silence throbbing like a dancing candle flame; no one understands the heart of silence moving the darkness with its ancient dance Its voice is only felt but never heard the way it whispers the reality it bears; disrobing the nakedness of a fragile heart exposing inherent truth deep in disguise retouching the chaos passing of love laid bare Unspoken emotions that nobody hears float around a muted tongue benumbed by fear doubt is a bitter taste that knows not love searching for a labyrinth to begin to wend a better way trying to feel the unfelt warmth of love in an endless cold waiting on a frozen emptiness that never thaws No one understands the haunting fear, ... surly it couldn't happen again ― and surly it will, a heart stifled silent,  silence doth loudly peal                 poignant dreaded words:                  ***"It's not you ― it's me ,.......       I love you but I'm not in love with you"*** and like winter dreaming for the sun to reappear, to come back again and dry the memory of fallen tears, a hushed heart falls off the earth lost in ether shadows lay mooning in the lonely silence within moonlit dapple When you pull love too close ― it will push you away some silence heals ― a dissonant silence cuts to the bone        Only the lonely feel a silent voice sigh          Only one hears a silenced heart die ...                harlon rivers ... March 2018
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Dear Lovely, my tormented fair-maiden I write thou in love, transparent and unhidden I know you seek answers that are hard to find searching this soul and this ****** heart of mine Seeking the signs of a lover's true intention while hanging on the lips of every word mentioned You look and you hunt through your longing to discover if I am your true belonging I know by the pause's in your words spoken that you're trying to avoid another heart broken I've been honest, dear Lovely, with every answer given and as you slowly say my name I begin to give in But these walls I create are for the protection of a heart once fooled with misguided direction Everything I do, I do for our future so you know difficulty inherent with this suture With caution I proceed, by no cause of yours But from past loves I've learned there are no do-overs I, with pounding heart, beg of thee, please understand that on this earth we can walk hand in hand But time heals all wounds, and these are freshly made I can love and never leave, dear Lovely,       once the scars begin to fade.
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Jul 9, 2011
Jul 9, 2011 at 12:06 PM UTC
Cautioned Heart Crossing
Teasing the beast Looking for a feast Hounds barking at our ears Vultures flying up ahead Circling a bald eagle's fresh corpse Compartmentalizing symptom after symptom To hide the great systematic sickness Labeling the suffering, outcome from desire We, wholeheartedly accepting being Appropriated, labeled, discarded As construing our own oppression and sadness Enduring the **** of our minds Being castrated of our consciousness Before we reap the products Of its bold liberation and grandness Its the belly of the beast And its hungry Insatiable, amoral entrails Hoping to salvage a feast From the casualties of d(e)moc(ratic) wars Hoping we feed our monstrous fear Thirsting for the greed Dripping off of accumulating wealths Impatiently waiting, we keep parceling out grudges Disfiguring our minds, our souls, and our bodies Its misanthropic nature lashes out without conscience Knowing we'll never realize we are masses Disappearing the individuals who realize their suffering Ensuring there's no collective opposition or action Trying to reassure we are weak Knowing at some point or another We all act mute, deaf, and blind when anyone experiences: Oppression Pain Silencing **** Hunger Fear Violence Repression Retaliation Discrimination Torture Negation Alienation All forms of mental, psychological, physical, and spiritual mutilation Fearing death more than fighting for necessary abolishment Preferring to live out our veiled miseries Endorsing their continuance Instead of risking our lives for everyone's liberation Always ensuring the feast of the beast By its very efforts trying to decree our very human nature Ingraining greed, fear, animosity, and weakness as if inherent of us All parts of its most damaging weapon: the seed of discord Its implantation, a socialized deep desire for self-preservation Sheep bleating painfully toward our ears Vultures flying up ahead Circling a bald eagle's fresh corpse Signifying the impending recapturing Of our true transformative desires
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May 4, 2013
May 4, 2013 at 11:30 PM UTC
Rescuing Our True Transformative Desires
Teasing the beast Looking for a feast Hounds barking at our ears Vultures flying up ahead Circling a bald eagle's fresh corpse Compartmentalizing symptom after symptom To hide the great systematic sickness Labeling the suffering, outcome from desire We, wholeheartedly accepting being Appropriated, labeled, discarded As construing our own oppression and sadness Enduring the **** of our minds Being castrated of our consciousness Before we reap the products Of its bold liberation and grandness Its the belly of the beast And its hungry Insatiable, amoral entrails Hoping to salvage a feast From the casualties of d(e)moc(ratic) wars Hoping we feed our monstrous fear Thirsting for the greed Dripping off of accumulating wealths Impatiently waiting, we keep parceling out grudges Disfiguring our minds, our souls, and our bodies Its misanthropic nature lashes out without conscience Knowing we'll never realize we are masses Disappearing the individuals who realize their suffering Ensuring there's no collective opposition or action Trying to reassure we are weak Knowing at some point or another We all act mute, deaf, and blind when anyone experiences: Oppression Pain Silencing **** Hunger Fear Violence Repression Retaliation Discrimination Torture Negation Alienation All forms of mental, psychological, physical, and spiritual mutilation Fearing death more than fighting for necessary abolishment Preferring to live out our veiled miseries Endorsing their continuance Instead of risking our lives for everyone's liberation Always ensuring the feast of the beast By its very efforts trying to decree our very human nature Ingraining greed, fear, animosity, and weakness as if inherent of us All parts of its most damaging weapon: the seed of discord Its implantation, a socialized deep desire for self-preservation Sheep bleating painfully toward our ears Vultures flying up ahead Circling a bald eagle's fresh corpse Signifying the impending recapturing Of our true transformative desires
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