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,***how do you know when (a human is too broken?)*** <•> human too broken? like the light bulb, removal from its fixture, a simple shaking revelation of the tinkling filament spent, something that cannot be repaired, the only option is replacement and that makes you cry the empty box of oatmeal raisin cookies, you find secret’d, hid by you, not to be found by you at the bottom of the kitchen garbage, but box betrayal, by the chartreuse tipped box lid sided peeking upwards, asking, silencing screaming, what did I do to deserve this degrading like the blouse now too tight that it brings stares as the buttons strain, unwelcome attention unintended, you know it but still pretend not to see, for you both once loved that silky guise that so heightened the high tender, the match of your pink rose skin letting, no! making your eyes glisten, like broken filament glass, on the sidewalk, recalling the pleasured admiration, rain remembered from the prior priority of a life consisting of only perfect gifts so mean revert to the poseur question; this is how... remove the human from a fixed place, whimpering-threatened, you may hear clear the crackle cackling  of the innard shards against the misperception of a body intact, even if you do, no repair service you want,  can be found, see it nowhere, is it even anywhere advertised? the body presumed intact is secret’d under a tactile coverlet, holey scupperrd holy cuttered so that the cells and bicuspids, the threads no longer function in a tandem, you keep it in the closet closed, in the back, deep hid, where, when it screams why, it can be safe ignored, because  ‘betrayed’ is no longer a word, in your globe's dictionary, the parental controls activated by you to save your own inner child’s unconstrained confusion, it has been removed so the broken glass, the clothes you dressed each other, if not weep-well, well enough hid, the fit is off, the fit is off, the coverlet ripped so bad and neither cares
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Aug 5, 2018
Aug 5, 2018 at 11:17 AM UTC
how do you know when (a human is too broken?)
,***how do you know when (a human is too broken?)*** <•> human too broken? like the light bulb, removal from its fixture, a simple shaking revelation of the tinkling filament spent, something that cannot be repaired, the only option is replacement and that makes you cry the empty box of oatmeal raisin cookies, you find secret’d, hid by you, not to be found by you at the bottom of the kitchen garbage, but box betrayal, by the chartreuse tipped box lid sided peeking upwards, asking, silencing screaming, what did I do to deserve this degrading like the blouse now too tight that it brings stares as the buttons strain, unwelcome attention unintended, you know it but still pretend not to see, for you both once loved that silky guise that so heightened the high tender, the match of your pink rose skin letting, no! making your eyes glisten, like broken filament glass, on the sidewalk, recalling the pleasured admiration, rain remembered from the prior priority of a life consisting of only perfect gifts so mean revert to the poseur question; this is how... remove the human from a fixed place, whimpering-threatened, you may hear clear the crackle cackling  of the innard shards against the misperception of a body intact, even if you do, no repair service you want,  can be found, see it nowhere, is it even anywhere advertised? the body presumed intact is secret’d under a tactile coverlet, holey scupperrd holy cuttered so that the cells and bicuspids, the threads no longer function in a tandem, you keep it in the closet closed, in the back, deep hid, where, when it screams why, it can be safe ignored, because  ‘betrayed’ is no longer a word, in your globe's dictionary, the parental controls activated by you to save your own inner child’s unconstrained confusion, it has been removed so the broken glass, the clothes you dressed each other, if not weep-well, well enough hid, the fit is off, the fit is off, the coverlet ripped so bad and neither cares
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A black crow's darting eyes spans the wheat field and an orange pumpkin patch. She sees tall grasses of brown seedlings, bristling in the wind, soon to be bushels of grain and a pumpkin pie that she never savored. She sits, atop her tree perch, at times warm and storybook, hidden by tree branches, and at times out of harm's way and infamy. Her friends, the sun, and clouds in concert, dancing along. Her other friends bring alms and smiles. Life is so good at times. Down the road sits a mill next to a waterfall and a cabin, with reindeer horns hanging above the doorway. She is in her element, happy, carrying for her nestlings. Back and forth her parental eyes dart the hilly fields, a smoked filled chimney, and her babies, all crawling with sustenance and awe. Storybook. A mother feeding a worm to her baby. Storybook. Off to her side is not a blind eye watching her, scary stick figures of straw tucked under red shirts and hats, with a tied tinfoil strips dotting her eyes and tease. Scarecrows, cease. At times life is good nature, hand in hand, knock on wood. If only life could be circumspect. Than darkness filling the light and a stutter of life. For a sad page is turned, pause ... tears. Then, feathers fall. Hers. The sound of a thud. Silence and tears of her friend's swelling. A baby's cry, missing her mother. More orphaned tears. Who would be this despicable? On that rogue day. A kick of a donkey, an *** one bad rock on her path, breaks the air, as three little elementary kids were walking along to school. One, me, with a rock in his hand, taking aim at her perch and the death of the black crow's pages. I confess. ... Bless me, Father, for I have sinned it has been fifty years since my last confession ... a Tom Sawyer-like childhood gone worse. I repent. Some fifty years later I think of those first cairns, including stealing the reindeer horns and milling my brother and sister's storybook. Waterfalls stream tears, and a sorry boat rowed downstream sadly thereafter. Logan Robertson 7/25/2018
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Jul 25, 2018
Jul 25, 2018 at 6:02 PM UTC
No Storybook Ending
A black crow's darting eyes spans the wheat field and an orange pumpkin patch. She sees tall grasses of brown seedlings, bristling in the wind, soon to be bushels of grain and a pumpkin pie that she never savored. She sits, atop her tree perch, at times warm and storybook, hidden by tree branches, and at times out of harm's way and infamy. Her friends, the sun, and clouds in concert, dancing along. Her other friends bring alms and smiles. Life is so good at times. Down the road sits a mill next to a waterfall and a cabin, with reindeer horns hanging above the doorway. She is in her element, happy, carrying for her nestlings. Back and forth her parental eyes dart the hilly fields, a smoked filled chimney, and her babies, all crawling with sustenance and awe. Storybook. A mother feeding a worm to her baby. Storybook. Off to her side is not a blind eye watching her, scary stick figures of straw tucked under red shirts and hats, with a tied tinfoil strips dotting her eyes and tease. Scarecrows, cease. At times life is good nature, hand in hand, knock on wood. If only life could be circumspect. Than darkness filling the light and a stutter of life. For a sad page is turned, pause ... tears. Then, feathers fall. Hers. The sound of a thud. Silence and tears of her friend's swelling. A baby's cry, missing her mother. More orphaned tears. Who would be this despicable? On that rogue day. A kick of a donkey, an *** one bad rock on her path, breaks the air, as three little elementary kids were walking along to school. One, me, with a rock in his hand, taking aim at her perch and the death of the black crow's pages. I confess. ... Bless me, Father, for I have sinned it has been fifty years since my last confession ... a Tom Sawyer-like childhood gone worse. I repent. Some fifty years later I think of those first cairns, including stealing the reindeer horns and milling my brother and sister's storybook. Waterfalls stream tears, and a sorry boat rowed downstream sadly thereafter. Logan Robertson 7/25/2018
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I am a stranger to myself. I do not know how to be gentle, compassionate, or loving, to any part of myself. I have always been able to present myself well in most public situations, be it work, school, parental obligations, parties. I can be calm and level-headed. I am able to problem solve in logical and intelligent ways. I can be humorous and glamorous when need be. But it seems as though that power and confidence, that grace and strength, is only a mask. I now have more days when that mask feels heavy. And when I lack the strength to put it on, I have to hide myself. And I’ve been hiding a lot lately. I hid yesterday. I am hiding today. I hear the words of care that others speak, but they don’t feel real to me. Sometimes I can accept their words while knowing that they do not realize that I am a disgusting person who deserves to be treated badly. They see what I want them to see. I watch them interact with the humorous Nita, the intelligent Nita, and I watch it all from the outside. I want so much more for myself. Who is this Nita that is respected by so many? I want to be loved and to feel love. I want to be free from the father and the host body. I desperately wish to be free from them, and not just in a surface way. I want them out of me forever. My soul cries out for kindness and gentleness and yet when it is offered I cannot accept it. I want to be respected and loved and yet I do not know how to love or respect myself. I know how to pretend. I wrote the book on how to hide your feelings. I know how to smile, I know how to laugh. I know that I have been given gifts but I don’t know how to use them. And the ones who were abused, ***** assaulted, degraded… they are afraid to dream that there is more to life than this. They cannot fathom that there exists a world where they can be loved in a gentle way, touched in a way that does not hurt. They stopped dreaming a long time ago. I want to stop fighting so hard, so much of the time...fighting myself, the therapist the fighting stubborn one just comes out in full-force at any perceived threat and I want her to stop fighting when there is no reason to fight. I want to learn to trust in myself and others. I want the chaos and confusion inside my mind to clear and I want some sense of cohesiveness and togetherness inside of me. I want to believe that there is more to life than pretending behind an illusion of imaginary togetherness... more than just feeling ashamed and degraded. I want to trust that I am allowed to heal. I want to believe that I am worth the time and the effort it is taking, and the pain I endure every day. I want to believe that I am not what they said I am, that real love actually exists, and that I am worthy of receiving it. And even as I write this, there is that voice inside speaking to me, "But what if you're not worthy, Nita? What if you are what they said?" She is a big part of me~ she has a loud voice. And if I don't believe in myself... how can I convince that part of me that I am good and I am worthy?
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Aug 4, 2013
Aug 4, 2013 at 5:29 AM UTC
I know so much ~ but I do not know myself
I am a stranger to myself. I do not know how to be gentle, compassionate, or loving, to any part of myself. I have always been able to present myself well in most public situations, be it work, school, parental obligations, parties. I can be calm and level-headed. I am able to problem solve in logical and intelligent ways. I can be humorous and glamorous when need be. But it seems as though that power and confidence, that grace and strength, is only a mask. I now have more days when that mask feels heavy. And when I lack the strength to put it on, I have to hide myself. And I’ve been hiding a lot lately. I hid yesterday. I am hiding today. I hear the words of care that others speak, but they don’t feel real to me. Sometimes I can accept their words while knowing that they do not realize that I am a disgusting person who deserves to be treated badly. They see what I want them to see. I watch them interact with the humorous Nita, the intelligent Nita, and I watch it all from the outside. I want so much more for myself. Who is this Nita that is respected by so many? I want to be loved and to feel love. I want to be free from the father and the host body. I desperately wish to be free from them, and not just in a surface way. I want them out of me forever. My soul cries out for kindness and gentleness and yet when it is offered I cannot accept it. I want to be respected and loved and yet I do not know how to love or respect myself. I know how to pretend. I wrote the book on how to hide your feelings. I know how to smile, I know how to laugh. I know that I have been given gifts but I don’t know how to use them. And the ones who were abused, ***** assaulted, degraded… they are afraid to dream that there is more to life than this. They cannot fathom that there exists a world where they can be loved in a gentle way, touched in a way that does not hurt. They stopped dreaming a long time ago. I want to stop fighting so hard, so much of the time...fighting myself, the therapist the fighting stubborn one just comes out in full-force at any perceived threat and I want her to stop fighting when there is no reason to fight. I want to learn to trust in myself and others. I want the chaos and confusion inside my mind to clear and I want some sense of cohesiveness and togetherness inside of me. I want to believe that there is more to life than pretending behind an illusion of imaginary togetherness... more than just feeling ashamed and degraded. I want to trust that I am allowed to heal. I want to believe that I am worth the time and the effort it is taking, and the pain I endure every day. I want to believe that I am not what they said I am, that real love actually exists, and that I am worthy of receiving it. And even as I write this, there is that voice inside speaking to me, "But what if you're not worthy, Nita? What if you are what they said?" She is a big part of me~ she has a loud voice. And if I don't believe in myself... how can I convince that part of me that I am good and I am worthy?
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Later at the same address A storm of words reaches flood stage A couch is bobbing in the currents towards its mangled ruin-nexus of matchsticks in cyclonic flow among the renegade trash hanging from the limbs like tinsel Meanwhile chair heaved through her door Like the river I am not above my rage at this stage of more than enough.... Clever daughter's got my goat Turns my words on dimes Lays into me her score of blame Each blow to drop me further presses all my buttons at one time despite the flashing Warning! Warning! “Fine! Fine!” She blows-out through the afternoon right past me in a torrent of curses A stubborn perfect storm of words has taken out parental dam and blown out toward the Bay of Freedom to the sorrows of her day The river may crack its whip But its got nothing on her nothing is left standing in her way
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Jun 6, 2018
Jun 6, 2018 at 9:24 PM UTC
Flood Stage
The night is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of stars Letting in the light, peephole after peephole -- A bonewhite light, like death, behind all things. Under the eyes of the stars and the moon's rictus He suffers his desert pillow, sleeplessness Stretching its fine, irritating sand in all directions. Over and over the old, granular movie Exposes embarrassments--the mizzling days Of childhood and adolescence, sticky with dreams, Parental faces on tall stalks, alternately stern and tearful, A garden of buggy rose that made him cry. His forehead is bumpy as a sack of rocks. Memories jostle each other for face-room like obsolete film stars. He is immune to pills: red, purple, blue -- How they lit the tedium of the protracted evening! Those sugary planets whose influence won for him A life baptized in no-life for a while, And the sweet, drugged waking of a forgetful baby. Now the pills are worn-out and silly, like classical gods. Their poppy-sleepy colors do him no good. His head is a little interior of grey mirrors. Each gesture flees immediately down an alley Of diminishing perspectives, and its significance Drains like water out the hole at the far end. He lives without privacy in a lidless room, The bald slots of his eyes stiffened wide-open On the incessant heat-lightning flicker of situations. Nightlong, in the granite yard, invisible cats Have been howling like women, or damaged instruments. Already he can feel daylight, his white disease, Creeping up with her hatful of trivial repetitions. The city is a map of cheerful twitters now, And everywhere people, eyes mica-silver and blank, Are riding to work in rows, as if recently brainwashed.
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Insomniac
The night is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of stars Letting in the light, peephole after peephole -- A bonewhite light, like death, behind all things. Under the eyes of the stars and the moon's rictus He suffers his desert pillow, sleeplessness Stretching its fine, irritating sand in all directions. Over and over the old, granular movie Exposes embarrassments--the mizzling days Of childhood and adolescence, sticky with dreams, Parental faces on tall stalks, alternately stern and tearful, A garden of buggy rose that made him cry. His forehead is bumpy as a sack of rocks. Memories jostle each other for face-room like obsolete film stars. He is immune to pills: red, purple, blue -- How they lit the tedium of the protracted evening! Those sugary planets whose influence won for him A life baptized in no-life for a while, And the sweet, drugged waking of a forgetful baby. Now the pills are worn-out and silly, like classical gods. Their poppy-sleepy colors do him no good. His head is a little interior of grey mirrors. Each gesture flees immediately down an alley Of diminishing perspectives, and its significance Drains like water out the hole at the far end. He lives without privacy in a lidless room, The bald slots of his eyes stiffened wide-open On the incessant heat-lightning flicker of situations. Nightlong, in the granite yard, invisible cats Have been howling like women, or damaged instruments. Already he can feel daylight, his white disease, Creeping up with her hatful of trivial repetitions. The city is a map of cheerful twitters now, And everywhere people, eyes mica-silver and blank, Are riding to work in rows, as if recently brainwashed.
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People kept telling her: "you can't be this, you can't be that" the girl pretended to listen, their words a blur she sat there unnoticed, her face flat. She went to school receiving an education she let her parents rule keeping silent, hiding her creation. When the nights closed in and her parents went to sleep she took out a notebook with a grin; after all it wasn't theirs to keep. She bled out words that had stuck on her skin outside chirped nice birds unlike the crows she hid within. Soon her graduation came as she held her diploma in hand she heard her own name with it came the feared demand. "You'll become a lawyer like us, right?" the girl whirled around to see her mum and dad standing up to their full height she bit her lip, only wanting to be free. "No," she told them, "I will not!" she looked her parents straight in the eye looking like they'd both been shot but the girl didn't want to lie. "I'll become a writer," she told them, with a light smile her parents did not turn brighter but that hadn't ever been their style.
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Jul 8, 2017
Jul 8, 2017 at 9:40 AM UTC
Parental pressure
Banned, momentarily. young, impetuous stubborn and aware, tac sharp, she merrily swears all contraband. trapped by parental snare in her room of thoughts she battles valiantly with screaming demons, playing cleverly, her winning hand.
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Apr 6, 2015
Apr 6, 2015 at 5:39 AM UTC
Courage little honey
Funny the things we recall. Images that flash through our brain. Some most vivid for me were of an old man. Skin like creased parchment paper, Lined and yellowed with age. The veins visible just below the surface, of a thin nearly transparent veneer. Liver spotted flecks of red, Charted paths from the toil of many years, Palms callused forever from a life time of labor. Big fingers knotted and misshapen, The two inch tip of one gone missing, Saw taken, at age sixteen. Looking at those old hands, one could hardly guess That still there remained gentleness in their caress. For an old dog, or a little grandson in need of some Companionable affection or parental love. Those aged hands could also make things, Toy sailboats, and wooden trains, complete with caboose, And guard cow catcher. A cool flute whistle that actually worked, He said it was like the Indian’s made, Out Oklahoma way. And he would know, He cowboyed there. His hands taught me to tie my shoes, Open and close my first pocketknife. Those same hands could become birds, rabbits, butterfly's, all sorts of things. When projected up on the wall, Silhouetted by a naked back light. His hands knew magic too, Pluck silver coins right out of my ears. His tired face matched his hands, visual weathered, creased and wrinkled road maps, Of 89 years of rugged roads traveled. Yet, his lively pale green eyes remained forever fraudulently youthful prisms, Eyes and spirit of a much younger man within. But it is his hands most of all I shall remember, Their imposing look and their reassuring touches of tenderness. I shall never forget my grandfather’s hands.
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Dec 12, 2013
Dec 12, 2013 at 3:12 PM UTC
My Grandfather's Hands
Funny the things we recall. Images that flash through our brain. Some most vivid for me were of an old man. Skin like creased parchment paper, Lined and yellowed with age. The veins visible just below the surface, of a thin nearly transparent veneer. Liver spotted flecks of red, Charted paths from the toil of many years, Palms callused forever from a life time of labor. Big fingers knotted and misshapen, The two inch tip of one gone missing, Saw taken, at age sixteen. Looking at those old hands, one could hardly guess That still there remained gentleness in their caress. For an old dog, or a little grandson in need of some Companionable affection or parental love. Those aged hands could also make things, Toy sailboats, and wooden trains, complete with caboose, And guard cow catcher. A cool flute whistle that actually worked, He said it was like the Indian’s made, Out Oklahoma way. And he would know, He cowboyed there. His hands taught me to tie my shoes, Open and close my first pocketknife. Those same hands could become birds, rabbits, butterfly's, all sorts of things. When projected up on the wall, Silhouetted by a naked back light. His hands knew magic too, Pluck silver coins right out of my ears. His tired face matched his hands, visual weathered, creased and wrinkled road maps, Of 89 years of rugged roads traveled. Yet, his lively pale green eyes remained forever fraudulently youthful prisms, Eyes and spirit of a much younger man within. But it is his hands most of all I shall remember, Their imposing look and their reassuring touches of tenderness. I shall never forget my grandfather’s hands.
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Since childhood we made choices of good or bad Since childhood we made choices to be happy or sad Choices we made stick to truth or fake Choices we made learning to give or take Teenage passed, parental pressure in making choices Teenage passed, with our thoughts all filled of their noises   Our growing dreams were hard choices to refine Our growing dreams to chase? Or society divine? Threatening were some choices, see clues   Threatening were valued people, we lose So promise... Today I will stick to the choices I make Today as I love myself more than it takes Will not run around to make your world mine Will not run to get your attention in dime At every step two paths divide At any step you can choose yours and I will choose mine
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May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015 at 4:00 PM UTC
Choices
Oh, many can recall them spanking from the day. Which probably now, you can laugh at. Whether from a belt. From a switch or maybe a paddle. Oh, they all left an after effect. Yes, those old school spanking. Many of us faced as a child. Mainly because of getting out of line. Too much mouth or not accepting parental decision. Some call them beating. Others just old school spanking. That got its point across. Least to some. Especially when you think back from who it came from?
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Jun 3, 2015
Jun 3, 2015 at 10:05 AM UTC
Those Old School Spanking
the child of the child of my woman, cries in the night, rooming next door, down the hall and he is all children that cry in the night, but he is more mine by right of quantity numerous are the kisses lavished, this biannual visit upon, his four year old oversized head, (so full of 'bains') his undersized, protuberanced belly body, a combo making him no longer baby, nor a grownup, both states, he denies accurately, maturely in a wobbly voice of utter certainty, but lacking the adjectives of what lies between, he debates his state thoughtfully, until distracted by other more pressing matters of state he is boy, little but vociferous, quiet, pensive, his head a weapon of...confusion and certainty that being four years old, he must perforce be permanently in skeptical awe of the world this is the best position ever, he has ascertained, to filter and behold anything, whatever newness arrives, which is constant, streaming and unending until new is fully digested, analyzed, and classified, as if he were a zoologist in a wild and untamed land only certain of what he knows with perfect certainty, he consults with me still, "you kidding?" such a sophisticated analytic interrogatory, wise in the ways of grownups, who, prone to deceive gleefully his very suspecting mind, so much so, they must be challenged and rebuffed all too frequently he cries in the night, normal tears of discomfort, physical or mental, I cannot tell, for his father his parental hearing more practiced, refined, has preceded me, such, as it should be, and I am dispatched back to my 3:00am bed, left only to ink contemplative ruminations on the state and nation of being four... and sixty, and still uncertain, even more than the little boy of wizened age of annualized four, the child of the child of my woman, on what is real, what is kidding, in a quest unending to better ascertain, the state of my own being and the transitory nature of everything all of what is thought certain, falls aside, under the withering, unwavering, critique of "you kidding?" and in this we are more kin than if our blood was physically shared
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Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 4:24 AM UTC
On Being Four Years Old
the child of the child of my woman, cries in the night, rooming next door, down the hall and he is all children that cry in the night, but he is more mine by right of quantity numerous are the kisses lavished, this biannual visit upon, his four year old oversized head, (so full of 'bains') his undersized, protuberanced belly body, a combo making him no longer baby, nor a grownup, both states, he denies accurately, maturely in a wobbly voice of utter certainty, but lacking the adjectives of what lies between, he debates his state thoughtfully, until distracted by other more pressing matters of state he is boy, little but vociferous, quiet, pensive, his head a weapon of...confusion and certainty that being four years old, he must perforce be permanently in skeptical awe of the world this is the best position ever, he has ascertained, to filter and behold anything, whatever newness arrives, which is constant, streaming and unending until new is fully digested, analyzed, and classified, as if he were a zoologist in a wild and untamed land only certain of what he knows with perfect certainty, he consults with me still, "you kidding?" such a sophisticated analytic interrogatory, wise in the ways of grownups, who, prone to deceive gleefully his very suspecting mind, so much so, they must be challenged and rebuffed all too frequently he cries in the night, normal tears of discomfort, physical or mental, I cannot tell, for his father his parental hearing more practiced, refined, has preceded me, such, as it should be, and I am dispatched back to my 3:00am bed, left only to ink contemplative ruminations on the state and nation of being four... and sixty, and still uncertain, even more than the little boy of wizened age of annualized four, the child of the child of my woman, on what is real, what is kidding, in a quest unending to better ascertain, the state of my own being and the transitory nature of everything all of what is thought certain, falls aside, under the withering, unwavering, critique of "you kidding?" and in this we are more kin than if our blood was physically shared
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Love is the scent with the lotus born. It is the silent choirs of petals Singing the winter’s harmony of uniform beauty. Love is the song of the soul, singing to God. It is the balanced rhythmic dance of planets - sun and moon lit In the skyey hall festooned with fleecy clouds – Around the sovereign Silent Will. It is the thirst of the rose to drink the sunrays And blush red with life. ‘Tis the promptings of the mother earth To feed her milk to the tender, thirsty roots, And to nurse all life. It is the urge of the sun To keep all things alive. Love is the unseen craving of the Mother Divine That took the protecting father–form, And that feeds helpless mouths With milk of mother’s tenderness. It is the babies’ sweetness, Coaxing the rain of parental sympathy To shower upon them. It is the lover’s unenslaved surrender to the beloved To serve and solace. It is the elixir of friendship, Reviving broken and bruised souls. It is the martyr’s zeal to shed his blood For the well-beloved fatherland. It is the ineffable, silent call of the heart to another heart. It is the God-drunk poet’s heartaches For every creature’s groans. Love is to enjoy the family rose of petal-beings, And thence to move to spacious fields - Passing by portals of social, national, international sympathy, On to the limitless Cosmic Home – To gaze with looks of wonderment, And to serve all that lives, still or moving. This is to know what love is. He knows who lives it. Love is evolution’s ameliorative call To the far-strayed sons To return to Perfection’s home. It is the call of the beauty – robed ones To worship the great Beauty. It is the call of God Through silent intelligences And starburst of feelings. Love is the Heaven Toward which the flowers, rivers, nations, atoms, creatures – you and I Are rushing by the straight path of action right, Or winding laboriously on error’s path, All to reach haven there at last.
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What is Love?
Love is the scent with the lotus born. It is the silent choirs of petals Singing the winter’s harmony of uniform beauty. Love is the song of the soul, singing to God. It is the balanced rhythmic dance of planets - sun and moon lit In the skyey hall festooned with fleecy clouds – Around the sovereign Silent Will. It is the thirst of the rose to drink the sunrays And blush red with life. ‘Tis the promptings of the mother earth To feed her milk to the tender, thirsty roots, And to nurse all life. It is the urge of the sun To keep all things alive. Love is the unseen craving of the Mother Divine That took the protecting father–form, And that feeds helpless mouths With milk of mother’s tenderness. It is the babies’ sweetness, Coaxing the rain of parental sympathy To shower upon them. It is the lover’s unenslaved surrender to the beloved To serve and solace. It is the elixir of friendship, Reviving broken and bruised souls. It is the martyr’s zeal to shed his blood For the well-beloved fatherland. It is the ineffable, silent call of the heart to another heart. It is the God-drunk poet’s heartaches For every creature’s groans. Love is to enjoy the family rose of petal-beings, And thence to move to spacious fields - Passing by portals of social, national, international sympathy, On to the limitless Cosmic Home – To gaze with looks of wonderment, And to serve all that lives, still or moving. This is to know what love is. He knows who lives it. Love is evolution’s ameliorative call To the far-strayed sons To return to Perfection’s home. It is the call of the beauty – robed ones To worship the great Beauty. It is the call of God Through silent intelligences And starburst of feelings. Love is the Heaven Toward which the flowers, rivers, nations, atoms, creatures – you and I Are rushing by the straight path of action right, Or winding laboriously on error’s path, All to reach haven there at last.
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I feel the pain and I push it away I’ll Fill my mind with other stuff today Yet you creep back in it’s hard to shake Wondering what you think and feel is hard to take I don’t know a thing, I’m in the dark My Parental pain tears at my heart The only thing that was sweet and pure Lost to me through class A allure I’m sorry baby, you will never know How I roll in pain and agony so But not for me, but for precious you A daddy should be a proud and stable statue I let you down and destroyed my soul I don't know who i am now, or where to go I’ve lost my baby, my heart and my pride The grass is never greener on the other side I will carry on fighting and I will never stop I will get you back I will come out on top... Yeah right, my fate is sealed No more cuddles, no more love I finally yield. Take her and take her fast And while you’re there point that gun and blast Oh that would be so simple, such an easy way out Just stupid thoughts from a useless lout I’m in a bad place, a deep depression, in a fudge Hours and days and thousands of pounds in front of a judge To no avail, I sit back broken and bent dead inside from the years fighting I've spent She was my anchor, my hopes and my pride She was also my deepest fears on an opposite tide Now those fears have finally come true 9 months 13 days and 2 hours since I last saw you. By J.N
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Jun 28, 2018
Jun 28, 2018 at 9:08 AM UTC
Parental Pain
Living on borrowed time Decision at drop of a hat Down an empty vandalized street, I walk through the horror of silence and silence of serenity perdurable pathway of life The ghastly sights and the rustling gates scattered people with unknown tastes emptiness in their eyes, anger in their words void is profound down the perdurable pathway of life Bifurcated roads upfront my perception, one to hell and one to heaven the other end of roads, a mystery I stood there comprehending, while my mind harks back to before I came down the perdurable pathway of life Endurance of a toiler Stoicism, a rare trait, out of gratitude to employer pain and suffering he undergoes for common good loyalty to his master, inspire of hardships sincerity and humbleness of the bloke will inspire me, down the perdurable pathway of life Deprived of education desolated on streets laboring disparate from parental love, subject to father's fury fractious relations but still ignores himself, for family and domicile The kid's love and determination, will inspire me down the perdurable pathway of life Spurn love took her down Her heart wrenched and pushed her beyond limits killed herself, leaving her parents to sore reality not a wise choice, but courageous I ponder upon courage, rather than cowardly suicide Death is not an option down the perdurable pathway of life Happy faces around taunt me to do simplest Reality speaks otherwise Reckoning on past, the pathway is wrought conscious and hard choices right ahead The bifurcated roads to heaven and hell? I've seen it all, down the perdurable pathway of life
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Aug 2, 2012
Aug 2, 2012 at 4:52 AM UTC
The Ghastly Choices
Living on borrowed time Decision at drop of a hat Down an empty vandalized street, I walk through the horror of silence and silence of serenity perdurable pathway of life The ghastly sights and the rustling gates scattered people with unknown tastes emptiness in their eyes, anger in their words void is profound down the perdurable pathway of life Bifurcated roads upfront my perception, one to hell and one to heaven the other end of roads, a mystery I stood there comprehending, while my mind harks back to before I came down the perdurable pathway of life Endurance of a toiler Stoicism, a rare trait, out of gratitude to employer pain and suffering he undergoes for common good loyalty to his master, inspire of hardships sincerity and humbleness of the bloke will inspire me, down the perdurable pathway of life Deprived of education desolated on streets laboring disparate from parental love, subject to father's fury fractious relations but still ignores himself, for family and domicile The kid's love and determination, will inspire me down the perdurable pathway of life Spurn love took her down Her heart wrenched and pushed her beyond limits killed herself, leaving her parents to sore reality not a wise choice, but courageous I ponder upon courage, rather than cowardly suicide Death is not an option down the perdurable pathway of life Happy faces around taunt me to do simplest Reality speaks otherwise Reckoning on past, the pathway is wrought conscious and hard choices right ahead The bifurcated roads to heaven and hell? I've seen it all, down the perdurable pathway of life
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Hush! Listen do you hear the silence above the roar of life? Hush! Do you hear your heart beating to your life's song? Hush! Do you see the sky above blanketing and comforting? Hush! Do you feel the world spinning around? With you standing still upon it? Hush! Sshhhh! Quiet. Listen to the flow of earth's blood in her rivers and streams, feel her warmth from the sun like an adoring parental gaze. Touch her thrumming life in her growing forests, see her wonders created for us her children. Hear her lullaby before she is muted, choked, buried alive by us, with our waste, our destruction, deforestation, over fishing, hunting. ****** the fruitful earth 'til she our mother is barren and useless. Mother Earth is weeping and above the roar of our selfish modern sound, we do not hear her crying, or see her tears silently falling. Falling onto selfish mankind. Gaia that great mother to all, giver of birth to earth and it's universe is a woman reclining upon the earth surrounded by a host of jealous warring infant adults the fruits of her labours. Oaths sworn in the name of Gaia, in ancient Greece, were considered the most binding of all.
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Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014 at 12:09 PM UTC
Gaia
Mom can I borrow some $$ A. Yes B. Maybe C. No D. Hell no! To unsubscribe go to: traveler.earlyinheritance/wish
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Sep 21, 2025
Sep 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM UTC
Parental Guidance Required.
remember... when you were young, very young, recently untethered from proximal parental strings... that liberated freshman rushing into a .... cave of independent studies and uninhibited sexuality... that mulligan phase of impulse and irrationality and...yes...experimentation... of wide-eyed science interns  with mother's cheeks, daddy's visa and the best animal-testing lab on the planet... with live uncontrolled studies of sleep deprivation, orgiastic tolerance, *** toxicity and the effect of extreme jello-shooting on graduation rates... and, of course, the ultra-rad LUG/GUG philosophy, the ultimate pregnancy-avoidance plan guaranteed or your STD back... then you got a degree, a real job, and a surreal 5-figure student loan balance... or was it 6? or maybe you just dropped out like bill, steve or mark... and started a revolution... ~ P (7/21/2013)
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Jul 21, 2013
Jul 21, 2013 at 3:59 PM UTC
Revolution 101...
found out yesterday exactly when I move away the perfect opportunity of immunity to what people say just get away I could change me create who I want to be perfect chance get new pants different haircut could work, but just one thing objection in the parental ring I’m not allowed to lift the shroud over my identity to reveal the real me it’s not okay to be gay or bi, don’t even try you want to be a boy be quiet don’t annoy you’re not old enough just confused it’s rough you will learn to be straight, just see listen to what I say hide it away just a phase I hate that phrase don’t be a loon it’ll be over soon
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May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016 at 7:35 PM UTC
don't be gay
'The beggar boy is none of mine,' The reverend doctor strangely said; 'I do not walk the streets to pour Chance benedictions on his head. 'And heaven I thank who made me so. That toying with my own dear child, I think not on _his_ shivering limbs, _His_ manners vagabond and wild.' Good friend, unsay that graceless word! I am a mother crowned with joy, And yet I feel a ***** pang To pass the little starveling boy. His aching flesh, his fevered eyes His piteous stomach, craving meat; His features, nipt of tenderness, And most, his little frozen feet. Oft, by my fireside's ruddy glow, I think, how in some noisome den, Bred up with curses and with blows, He lives unblest of gods or men. I cannot ****** him from his fate, The tribute of my doubting mind Drops, torch-like, in the abyss of ill, That skirts the ways of humankind. But, as my heart's desire would leap To help him, recognized of none, I thank the God who left him this, For many a precious right foregone. My mother, whom I scarcely knew, Bequeathed this bond of love to me; The heart parental thrills for all The children of humanity.
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Limitations Of Benevolence
Parental affiliations shroud the perimeters of sociological desperation. Like a gorgeous eye which cries in Gaelic rainstorms. Feel the texture of bracken, as she scrapes her tangible beauty against your pale and excited skin. But hold your breath, my ever-connected member of covenantal being. Do not let go of the tantric touch of spatial awareness.
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 3:59 PM UTC
Sensual Ophthalmology
Nothing is ever time wasted, just the interlude to the rest of the album. Soon it becomes nostalgia. To think you almost pressed the skip button.. It's all about trying new things. Slowing were briding the gap. Looping untold tales of blues and jazz into our samples. The things considered classical. Instant vintage. The things we keep hidden in headphones, The venerability of hype. It's always about the crowd. Afraid to digest something different. This was the first time I met her. At first I laughed, Reaction that I faced my own ignorance. Listening again finding purpose. Not knowing that we'd come to spend the rest of our lives together. All three minutes and forty five seconds. I was dishonest. Not revealing anything real about myself until I heard it for the first time. The first time she sung. Music. This wasn't an image to be upheld in front of others. Or the gossip type spread circle to circle. I was never exposed to this. Skimming the top layer ready to press next. Too far caught in the slander that first impressions can give. History often repeats itself but this wasn't the case. This was wholeheartedly the epitome of how she effected me. The rhythm of how she moved. How she spoke. Like that I matured almost instantly. She became my biggest influence. A two way street that bridged the gap of my own ignorance. After time I began to leave my headphones on the dresser. We were amplified. She'd follow me everywhere just as I'd follow her. Soon it caught on to the masses. Each and every thought became a publicist of what she'd recite over and over again. A parental advisory issued with every cover. Finding the one became a catalog. Stumbling back to the first interlude all over again. The copyright not for sell
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Mar 13, 2018
Mar 13, 2018 at 10:48 PM UTC
Amplified
Nothing is ever time wasted, just the interlude to the rest of the album. Soon it becomes nostalgia. To think you almost pressed the skip button.. It's all about trying new things. Slowing were briding the gap. Looping untold tales of blues and jazz into our samples. The things considered classical. Instant vintage. The things we keep hidden in headphones, The venerability of hype. It's always about the crowd. Afraid to digest something different. This was the first time I met her. At first I laughed, Reaction that I faced my own ignorance. Listening again finding purpose. Not knowing that we'd come to spend the rest of our lives together. All three minutes and forty five seconds. I was dishonest. Not revealing anything real about myself until I heard it for the first time. The first time she sung. Music. This wasn't an image to be upheld in front of others. Or the gossip type spread circle to circle. I was never exposed to this. Skimming the top layer ready to press next. Too far caught in the slander that first impressions can give. History often repeats itself but this wasn't the case. This was wholeheartedly the epitome of how she effected me. The rhythm of how she moved. How she spoke. Like that I matured almost instantly. She became my biggest influence. A two way street that bridged the gap of my own ignorance. After time I began to leave my headphones on the dresser. We were amplified. She'd follow me everywhere just as I'd follow her. Soon it caught on to the masses. Each and every thought became a publicist of what she'd recite over and over again. A parental advisory issued with every cover. Finding the one became a catalog. Stumbling back to the first interlude all over again. The copyright not for sell
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lover igniting fires in homes in me ephemeral parental vision hanging close sufficient space stolen kisses wrong loving a stepsister
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Jul 11, 2016
Jul 11, 2016 at 12:42 AM UTC
Dangerous Flames
Imparting knowledge and skills on self-management in your children should top all your priorities open yourself to them be deep in their hearts In parental love and kindness teach, guide and advise them about the value of self-management taking care of themselves must be done on a daily basis Washing eyes properly brushing their teeth brushing their hair changing ***** clothes looking into the mirror after dressing Should you enable your children in managing ther own lives they shall grow into responsible future citizens in charge of their own destiny.
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Sep 11, 2019
Sep 11, 2019 at 5:18 PM UTC
SELF MANAGEMENT
If it smells dead, it probably is Rot makes no mistakes I sit and spin my wheels and it takes Everything inside of me To rid myself of her stink Seventeen years of parental nurture Two weeks of preying in search for; Only six minutes of squeezing to be Left only to be filth again Passed over and forgotten Are my words too heavy for your song? Sing loudly so I can hear you Again, my pale skinned love As I hover above and sweat into your mouth Quiet swan song sung, splash of **** all too loud Calm I grow as from you, I take my cue Does my breath not fog glass as much as yours? If I crawl away now, I won't appear to move. Silently shaking and praying in search for Something less living, something less grand Bedside stories told to you once at night A lone little light plugged in low by your closet You feared the wrong monsters, and I felt that fright It clung to the air; you were my first as by my hand. But my hand pulls away now-- My fingers hardwired, pulling, reaching For something warm to touch And you were warm once, too
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Aug 5, 2018
Aug 5, 2018 at 4:50 AM UTC
****** Predator