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"thoughtfully" poems
Rain water soaks us Runny mascara, but you still think I'm beautiful Lips so soft Lips so sweet We're pressed up against each other Bare chest to bare chest You on top Me on bottom Hips locked in place with the other Warm soft sweet lips slowly caressing my body, my lips and my neck you **** on Soft gentle hands caress my ******* thoughtfully Finally, her lips reach my thighs, I, trembling with lust and fear I was scared and she knew it Her hands and lips touched me So softly, so gently
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 9:42 AM UTC
Lips of lust
Never again, Never ever again, Will I ever type my work up! I'll save myself from computer err By handwriting my poems. Then and only then Will I put them to the computer! The self hatred, The hate for technology, Increases as my rage boils over. Realizing that all the words, All my emotions and feelings, So thoughtfully phrased and typed, Are lost, Is a feeling like no other. Rewriting the words, Trying to remember exact phrases, Is just painful! Never again, Never ever again, Will I ever type my work up!
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Jun 13, 2014
Jun 13, 2014 at 6:35 AM UTC
Stupid Technology
By my dear angel Sandalphon as he has been lead in my hand, leaving a clear trail of a cursive writing on a transient sheet of paper, A crimson sight, so black that one would be caught in trance, reflected by unnatural light of a lamp flickering in the dark of the night, as his feather releases a sweet scent of fresh yet unused ink, Together with Zadkiel's blooming and happy memories I then am capable to write such down, in an attempt to create poetry, focused, The sound of scratchy, itchy, rasping echos through this room I inhabit, but already left spititually, engaged in the world of fantasy, Word by word, the paper is penetrated by this pen, pleasantly, thoughtfully, gently sliding over it to not damage it by accident, There is no need for haste, heartache nor rush, not is there the need to be concerned about this angels work, duty and his mission to accompany me throughout each and every writing which unfurls, Alike a story from my mind, from my emotions, deepest wishes, cast on the physical realm with his help, And once his strengh weakens, fades, loses might and goes out alike an dying ember he will be dunked in fresh ongoing determination, so that he can repeat his duties with exuberance, joy Casting a smile on my face once literature has been created, As then I lay my dark knight, my servant for the night to rest, Until another poem has to be written and his duty awakens him, After all, in this dreamlike tale it is well to remember; You don't have to die in a dream ~ Umi
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Mar 28, 2018
Mar 28, 2018 at 6:00 PM UTC
Angel Sandalphon
By my dear angel Sandalphon as he has been lead in my hand, leaving a clear trail of a cursive writing on a transient sheet of paper, A crimson sight, so black that one would be caught in trance, reflected by unnatural light of a lamp flickering in the dark of the night, as his feather releases a sweet scent of fresh yet unused ink, Together with Zadkiel's blooming and happy memories I then am capable to write such down, in an attempt to create poetry, focused, The sound of scratchy, itchy, rasping echos through this room I inhabit, but already left spititually, engaged in the world of fantasy, Word by word, the paper is penetrated by this pen, pleasantly, thoughtfully, gently sliding over it to not damage it by accident, There is no need for haste, heartache nor rush, not is there the need to be concerned about this angels work, duty and his mission to accompany me throughout each and every writing which unfurls, Alike a story from my mind, from my emotions, deepest wishes, cast on the physical realm with his help, And once his strengh weakens, fades, loses might and goes out alike an dying ember he will be dunked in fresh ongoing determination, so that he can repeat his duties with exuberance, joy Casting a smile on my face once literature has been created, As then I lay my dark knight, my servant for the night to rest, Until another poem has to be written and his duty awakens him, After all, in this dreamlike tale it is well to remember; You don't have to die in a dream ~ Umi
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Lavender tea Reminds me Of you And the time We ran Through A forest And rolled around In a meadow Until The stars Broke the silence Of the night Lavender tea Reminds me Of your eyes They are green Your eyes bring me peace I imagine your sweet Swimming Green eyes I always seem to sink Deep Into your sea-green ocean Lavender tea Reminds me of you All those chilly Autumn nights When we would lay Outside Humming along To our lavender song A calming memory We stare at the same stars Every time I can feel your bodies heat Warming up mine Lavender tea Reminds me Of the memories We keep and will keep Lying deep Within our eyes And thoughtfully Staring at the stars.
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Oct 29, 2013
Oct 29, 2013 at 8:05 PM UTC
Lavender Tea
Hometown girls are real with you. If they don't like you, they'll even make their ***** look ugly; pulling them in all the way to the tops of their thighs through their buttholes and you can smell the stench in your brain. But when they let you in, when they let you sit on their ears, it's like warp-drive. They smoke virginia slims, because that's what their mom's smoke, and the bags under their eyes are filled with nicotine, but they're pretty bags, purses of flesh full with the kinetic beauty of coal. Hometown girls are mostly black, mostly white, fifty-fity, but nobody's checking and when they whisper something nice in your ear it's colored with a microbrew or a wheel of Jim Beam. Sometimes they'll take you by the wrist into the bathrooms; sometimes they'll take your drink when you're not looking and smile when you catch them with it on their lips. But that smile is good even, on par with a supernova in its ability to crush and make beautiful. But most of the time, they stand around outside Casbah and Motorco --if they're bougie it'll be West End-- in the middle of the night under the porch of the sky looking out with amber slitted eyes like cats, their legs twitching thoughtfully as they wait for cabs and pick at the night. Hometown girls are sexy/beautiful because they'll watch your every move from the gallery out of empathy, knowing they've been that ***** before, knowing they've been that lonely, knowing they just want to get drunk and want to be around randoms that aren't so random.
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Mar 9, 2012
Mar 9, 2012 at 6:37 PM UTC
Hometown Girls.
Hometown girls are real with you. If they don't like you, they'll even make their ***** look ugly; pulling them in all the way to the tops of their thighs through their buttholes and you can smell the stench in your brain. But when they let you in, when they let you sit on their ears, it's like warp-drive. They smoke virginia slims, because that's what their mom's smoke, and the bags under their eyes are filled with nicotine, but they're pretty bags, purses of flesh full with the kinetic beauty of coal. Hometown girls are mostly black, mostly white, fifty-fity, but nobody's checking and when they whisper something nice in your ear it's colored with a microbrew or a wheel of Jim Beam. Sometimes they'll take you by the wrist into the bathrooms; sometimes they'll take your drink when you're not looking and smile when you catch them with it on their lips. But that smile is good even, on par with a supernova in its ability to crush and make beautiful. But most of the time, they stand around outside Casbah and Motorco --if they're bougie it'll be West End-- in the middle of the night under the porch of the sky looking out with amber slitted eyes like cats, their legs twitching thoughtfully as they wait for cabs and pick at the night. Hometown girls are sexy/beautiful because they'll watch your every move from the gallery out of empathy, knowing they've been that ***** before, knowing they've been that lonely, knowing they just want to get drunk and want to be around randoms that aren't so random.
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Sensation, intuition, feeling, and thinking, Is wrapped inside a ball, A small pink ball inside our head, That won't stop till we're dead, Analytical bedrock inside oozing theories, Elemental atoms sizzling logic, The imaginative stranger, One abstracted and eccentric, Walking with shadows, Talking and mocking, Through these theories inside us, Tilting our caps ‘til we’re shaking our heads, Pensive love in storming analysis, Sapiosexually excited, piqued interest, Unemotional and thoughtfully attuned, Absently minded, always condoned, Unconventional and impartially stringed, Weirdly wired in auxiliary functions, Misconstrued and misunderstood, An ****** intelligence bleeding paranoia, Knocking unto me, Into you, inside us all, It’s something we all yearn to be, And when you fail and prevail we laugh, Crickling crickets thinking nothing, Washing down the storm drain, With no thoughts fluidly sliding down my throat, Pop goes no questions into absolute concise words like freshly broken glass, Again shadows await, but different shadows, Blinking at me staring at you, Wondering what’s what, inside this dementia made sense of a lovely afternoon, Inside your sane, autocorrected, predetermined, twitching, little…mind. Inspired by Myers Briggs Personality Test Tyler is INTP... Logician  (Introverted INtuitive Thinking Perception) The drifter, dreamer the absent minded professor! SassyJ is INTJ... Architect  (Introverted INtuitive Thinking Judging) The starry-eyed idealist manoeuvring life as if a giant chess board! What Myer Briggs personality type are you?... See link below It would be great to know.Please comment!! http://www.16personalities.com/intp-personality
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Jan 11, 2016
Jan 11, 2016 at 10:30 AM UTC
No.1 Sapiosexual Slapping Inquisition- Collaboration with Tyler James Birabent (#one-a-week-series)
Sensation, intuition, feeling, and thinking, Is wrapped inside a ball, A small pink ball inside our head, That won't stop till we're dead, Analytical bedrock inside oozing theories, Elemental atoms sizzling logic, The imaginative stranger, One abstracted and eccentric, Walking with shadows, Talking and mocking, Through these theories inside us, Tilting our caps ‘til we’re shaking our heads, Pensive love in storming analysis, Sapiosexually excited, piqued interest, Unemotional and thoughtfully attuned, Absently minded, always condoned, Unconventional and impartially stringed, Weirdly wired in auxiliary functions, Misconstrued and misunderstood, An ****** intelligence bleeding paranoia, Knocking unto me, Into you, inside us all, It’s something we all yearn to be, And when you fail and prevail we laugh, Crickling crickets thinking nothing, Washing down the storm drain, With no thoughts fluidly sliding down my throat, Pop goes no questions into absolute concise words like freshly broken glass, Again shadows await, but different shadows, Blinking at me staring at you, Wondering what’s what, inside this dementia made sense of a lovely afternoon, Inside your sane, autocorrected, predetermined, twitching, little…mind. Inspired by Myers Briggs Personality Test Tyler is INTP... Logician  (Introverted INtuitive Thinking Perception) The drifter, dreamer the absent minded professor! SassyJ is INTJ... Architect  (Introverted INtuitive Thinking Judging) The starry-eyed idealist manoeuvring life as if a giant chess board! What Myer Briggs personality type are you?... See link below It would be great to know.Please comment!! http://www.16personalities.com/intp-personality
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were you there with a passionate heart when all her world was falling apart did you listen thoughtfully when all that was was misery did you hold her see her eyes when desperation fell from the sky did you linger help her cope when all was lost without a hope were you present conscience clear to help her face her darkest fear did you ardor deep inside laugh and cry build her pride did you lift her from her knees dull the pain and help her ease did you question more than care were you feelings raw and bare did you show her all your love deep in spirit from above
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Mar 17, 2017
Mar 17, 2017 at 12:18 AM UTC
fabric of the heart
And when you give Give like the widow would Quietly and thoughtfully Wholeheartedly and consciously Like you know the value of costly The value of giving til you laughingly Really hurt in your fund for a holiday. And when you give Keep your other hand wondering If it's sufficiently Not knowing if it was slight of handedly Or open handedly So you're tempted into giving more Than you intended previously. And when you give Give hilariously Generously Be gutsy til angels agree On the degree To which you plunge The depths of your karki jeans And if in doubt Just focus on the tree And the costly sacrifice He willingly made For you and me. Give like the widow would - Like it's just between you and God And then you'll be free.
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May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017 at 5:14 PM UTC
And when you give (remix)
The sweetest blossoms die. And so it was that, going day by day Unto the church to praise and pray, And crossing the green churchyard thoughtfully, I saw how on the graves the flowers Shed their fresh leaves in showers, And how their perfume rose up to the sky Before it passed away. The youngest blossoms die. They die and fall and nourish the rich earth From which they lately had their birth; Sweet life, but sweeter death that passeth by And is as though it had not been:-- All colors turn to green; The bright hues vanish and the odors fly, The grass hath lasting worth. And youth and beauty die. So be it, O my God, Thou God of truth: Better than beauty and than youth Are Saints and Angels, a glad company; And Thou, O Lord, our Rest and Ease, Art better far than these. Why should we shrink from our full harvest? why Prefer to glean with Ruth?
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Sweet Death
My nickname for you was "broccoli". I called you that because Your hair is so curly That one of our classmates Tried to describe it and could only Come up with "broccoli" And somehow that name stuck in my heart. To this day, I can't eat broccoli Without thinking of you, Picturing your curly brown hair And kind green eyes And strong yet tender fingers And brilliant ear-to-ear smile And smirk just for me. I miss you. A lot. I never told you I was in love with you, And I regret that. So I want to write a book of poems And promote it far and wide Just so I'll have the chance To maybe catch your attention And see you again. Then, maybe I can tell you "Thanks for the collection of Emerson You so thoughtfully bought me... That's what made me fall Head over heels for you."
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Jun 27, 2014
Jun 27, 2014 at 12:35 AM UTC
Confession #4
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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There is a point in life… when you get tired of trying to fix everything… when kindness gets mistaken for weakness so often… that it becomes your own fault for letting it all continue. Eventually, you start accepting that you can not make everyone happy and that no one at all is trying to make you happy. This is the moment… that you reach a crossroad and make a decision as to which path to take. And that decision… made at a time of great frustration and relinquished dreams can become the filter through which your perception of the world and the motivations of others will be discerned from that point on Choose thoughtfully… that crossroad is where character is born Or empathy dies _______Suzanne Penn________
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Jun 7, 2013
Jun 7, 2013 at 1:29 PM UTC
The Crossroad
Eyebrows like barbed wire, Skin like leather, Silver hair always carefully in place, And a handshake that held your everything. It's etched into my palm. Beneath the kindest eyes I knew Bags were packed for the Winter. Every item picked thoughtfully for her: His life
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Mar 22, 2015
Mar 22, 2015 at 11:50 AM UTC
The Man That Knew How To Love
mind stands solemnly in the middle, with logic and emotion on either side like devoted sentinels guarding a queen. "don't think about it," emotion says, batting her long lashes. "just do what feels right and follow your heart." "but sometimes," logic interjects with his sharp eyebrow cocked, "what feels right will hurt us in the long run." "do you want to try, and know, and fail?" emotion asks with suprisingly honest conviction. "or do you want to spend the rest of your life wondering what could have been?" "would you rather open your heart," logic counters thoughtfully and quickly, "and have a part of it stolen? or would you rather protect it all?" as mind wavers in the middle, she feels herself rip in two. half of herself stands upright, stiffly held under logic's watchful eye. the other half melts into emotion's warm embrace. her heart aches and she feels sick. the idea of following logic's advice would mean to ignore emotion's advice-- and to follow emotion's advice would mean ignoring the advice of logic. she looks back and forth pleadingly. logic's cadaverous stare seems to tell mind that only logic will solve this problem. but emotion smiles softly, and her eyes say that this way, though it may cause pain, will be the most rewarding. "neither choice is the right one," mind says finally, with a little bit of logic and a little bit of emotion. "but i must choose now, for soon i will not be able to make a choice at all. "then whose advice will you follow?" emotion questions carefully. "will you open your heart to love?" "or will you listen to me and protect yourself from unnecessary pain?" logic asks, eyebrow cocked again. "perhaps you are correct, logic, and i would do well to seal off my heart and never let anybody in." at these words, logic smirks knowingly, but mind continues anyway. "as for me, i think i would rather feel true, burning love and have to live with the scars than to be lonely, bitter, angry, and old and die without ever knowing how to love myself and somebody else." emotion does not gloat; she simply nods softly, encouraging mind to continue. "after all, is life not a journey of risks? how could we ever find peace and contentment without enduring a few bad decisions and learning from them?"
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Mar 21, 2012
Mar 21, 2012 at 3:16 AM UTC
logic and emotion
mind stands solemnly in the middle, with logic and emotion on either side like devoted sentinels guarding a queen. "don't think about it," emotion says, batting her long lashes. "just do what feels right and follow your heart." "but sometimes," logic interjects with his sharp eyebrow cocked, "what feels right will hurt us in the long run." "do you want to try, and know, and fail?" emotion asks with suprisingly honest conviction. "or do you want to spend the rest of your life wondering what could have been?" "would you rather open your heart," logic counters thoughtfully and quickly, "and have a part of it stolen? or would you rather protect it all?" as mind wavers in the middle, she feels herself rip in two. half of herself stands upright, stiffly held under logic's watchful eye. the other half melts into emotion's warm embrace. her heart aches and she feels sick. the idea of following logic's advice would mean to ignore emotion's advice-- and to follow emotion's advice would mean ignoring the advice of logic. she looks back and forth pleadingly. logic's cadaverous stare seems to tell mind that only logic will solve this problem. but emotion smiles softly, and her eyes say that this way, though it may cause pain, will be the most rewarding. "neither choice is the right one," mind says finally, with a little bit of logic and a little bit of emotion. "but i must choose now, for soon i will not be able to make a choice at all. "then whose advice will you follow?" emotion questions carefully. "will you open your heart to love?" "or will you listen to me and protect yourself from unnecessary pain?" logic asks, eyebrow cocked again. "perhaps you are correct, logic, and i would do well to seal off my heart and never let anybody in." at these words, logic smirks knowingly, but mind continues anyway. "as for me, i think i would rather feel true, burning love and have to live with the scars than to be lonely, bitter, angry, and old and die without ever knowing how to love myself and somebody else." emotion does not gloat; she simply nods softly, encouraging mind to continue. "after all, is life not a journey of risks? how could we ever find peace and contentment without enduring a few bad decisions and learning from them?"
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My stress quivers as it’s whisked away by the sweet-tempered wind. The sun’s soothing hands reach out to brush their fingertips upon my face And I fulfill their wish again as my smile thoughtfully reveals itself from its dingy place. The kayak propels through the turquoise water Forced forward by the strength of physical power With every stroke Every slap and splash My mind is freed of its routine thoughts Leaving them all behind In waves of pure wind and light
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Nov 1, 2012
Nov 1, 2012 at 10:56 PM UTC
Escape
Never let anyone make you think you're anything less than amazing,    This is how we fought. Think thoughtfully about why we're here.   Why we are. Here.    Take me by my most scarred hand and I shall guide you with the lessons that burned me, So you are spared. Hello.    Welcome to my heart, It is a warm place,   But rather quite small. I will guide you with my wounds,   For reason only so you should not receive in kind. Be brave,   But be kind, I will show you, That a love is not consuming,   So breathe easy. I will teach you the love,    Of the truest kind. That,      Of the heart of a friend.
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Nov 15, 2018
Nov 15, 2018 at 10:53 PM UTC
The Other Kind of Love
She stood so thoughtfully, At the person in front of her, Yet all she could think of, Was the fat within her body, Because opposite the girl, Stood her reflection, Because it wasn’t bullying, If you told yourself the truth.
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Nov 17, 2018
Nov 17, 2018 at 1:46 PM UTC
A Girls’ Reflection
Today I saw Picasso’s self-portraits only to realize that at 14 years of age, he painted a man 5 times as old as him, believing that it was how he looked like or at least how he sees himself. At 15, he painted a woman who, under any circumstances, does not look like him nor his mother. As he grew older, the paintings became more distorted or rather abstract and surreal that some even looked like there was more than just one person in the frame. His last painting, I assume, is a face but if you look closer you will realize that they are pieces from different puzzles, that somehow, although they fit together, they are not from just one thing – but aren’t we all are? Picasso, consumed his days thoughtfully to paint such masterpiece that reflects who he is – that he is not just any other person, that he is not just one person. He is a combination of many, the past and present, his mother and his father, the anima and the animus – all these are parts of himself, who, when put together become the Picasso who he knows. Picasso has mastered it ahead of us – that we are more than just a face, we are a parade of many and if we do not recognize it, we might end up painting faces we don’t know, becoming a stranger inside a home.
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Jul 22, 2018
Jul 22, 2018 at 2:52 AM UTC
A Face Called Home
When you walk Walk through the green On deep paths Walk purposefully In the footsteps Of pilgrims past When you walk Walk each new step Thoughtfully Placing your footsteps Joyfully With eyes on the holy And there you'll find Not only the pleasure Not just the delight Not solely the feast But you will find yourself Released Your soul Your spirit Sustained Strengthened Singing There you'll discover Your true guide for your path Your great high priest.
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May 26, 2017
May 26, 2017 at 9:00 AM UTC
And when you walk
a quote from the movie "The Big Short" ~ *a screen provocation, you laugh out loud, mime hating yourself that you are joiining in tacitly acknowledges the truth of abbreviated wisdom you, disguised minority of modest disagreers, c'mon, admission submission, more truth in it than deserving of argumentation a one liner throwaway, neatly designed, leaves you disturbingly probed, thoughtfully tormented and aroused poetry just a vehicle, your vice for revelation, the critical door to open is this: do people hate the truth? inescapable reality ironical probability, truth well disguised, in plastic shell of lying from the Hollywood's would be poets, an escapade from the escapists let us not pretend that you and I uncaring, for by virtue of your reading this, you are poetry aficionado, required to deny the lie, and yet, accept the granular view that we are rising writing thru the wronged end of a telescoping microscope so I scare scar a tissue sample from my tongue and the cells spell this rejoinder: all your lies are poems, incomplete truths, and that's why people hate poetry*
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Apr 3, 2016
Apr 3, 2016 at 11:10 AM UTC
Truth is like poetry. And most people f**king hate poetry.
Shuffled deck; fetch me three of Seventy-Eight cards. First: Queen of Swords "This fine Sword of honest metal is a more true an Ally than many of Flesh indeed prove to be." *Much like Athena, The Queen of Swords is symbolic of progress; always keen on new ideas; though she is not One to leave herself defenseless, her faithful Sword stands always by her side.* Second of the three, of the still Seventy-Seven: Two of Swords "Distracted by conflict 'twixt Heart and Mind, I hold two Swords and bide my Time." *Two of Swords stands between Moon and Water; the Shadow and the Subconscious the darkness and the unknown. The Two of Swords is blindfolded and in her blissful ignorance maintains her precarious balance, for now.* The third of three random cards; leaving Seventy-Five unturned: Knight of Swords "Feast your eyes upon this, my plan; I wager thou hath, in all thy wretched days, ne'er so beauteous a thing beheld!" *The Knight of Swords is a keen poet and a fine musician; though perhaps not romantically. She dabbles for the sake of the intellect, and seeks that those things be playthings thereof. She is symbolic of progress through new ideas and of the eloquence of a well-laid plan. Being of the House of Swords, she revels in the stimulation of intellect and the effective use of wisdom. She usually yields only to herself and marches to the beat of her own convictions, all the while keeping her eyes on the prize.* - All of these Cards are of the House of Swords. There's about a 1 in 166 chance of getting 3 of the 14 Swords out of a random deck of 78 cards. I got the Queen of Swords as my third card last time and the first card this time; There's 1 in approximately 676 chance of getting the same card in two consecutive sets of three cards from a random 78 card deck. (im)Probabilities aside: The Suit of Swords is generally associated with: one's ways of thinking, systems, ideas, and communication. It has much to do with what we chose to do with our Minds and it also is symbolic of the power of the stories we tell ourselves and each other. The Swords are indeed double-edged in Tarot. It has to do with the power of information and with that comes delusion, and, inexorably, paradox. Patterns do exist, however. Upon these patterns foundations may be built, the same is true within myself; I can choose to use all these Swords to cut through this cage of Shadow and set free the Light once more rather than allowing myself to myself fall victim to the Swords through inaction or misuse though only if I tread lightly and thoughtfully and proceed with tact; that much is clear. Sword is the sign of Air; perhaps the message here is simply "Remember to breathe."
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Oct 23, 2013
Oct 23, 2013 at 5:00 AM UTC
Dabbling in Divination [Tarot] II
Shuffled deck; fetch me three of Seventy-Eight cards. First: Queen of Swords "This fine Sword of honest metal is a more true an Ally than many of Flesh indeed prove to be." *Much like Athena, The Queen of Swords is symbolic of progress; always keen on new ideas; though she is not One to leave herself defenseless, her faithful Sword stands always by her side.* Second of the three, of the still Seventy-Seven: Two of Swords "Distracted by conflict 'twixt Heart and Mind, I hold two Swords and bide my Time." *Two of Swords stands between Moon and Water; the Shadow and the Subconscious the darkness and the unknown. The Two of Swords is blindfolded and in her blissful ignorance maintains her precarious balance, for now.* The third of three random cards; leaving Seventy-Five unturned: Knight of Swords "Feast your eyes upon this, my plan; I wager thou hath, in all thy wretched days, ne'er so beauteous a thing beheld!" *The Knight of Swords is a keen poet and a fine musician; though perhaps not romantically. She dabbles for the sake of the intellect, and seeks that those things be playthings thereof. She is symbolic of progress through new ideas and of the eloquence of a well-laid plan. Being of the House of Swords, she revels in the stimulation of intellect and the effective use of wisdom. She usually yields only to herself and marches to the beat of her own convictions, all the while keeping her eyes on the prize.* - All of these Cards are of the House of Swords. There's about a 1 in 166 chance of getting 3 of the 14 Swords out of a random deck of 78 cards. I got the Queen of Swords as my third card last time and the first card this time; There's 1 in approximately 676 chance of getting the same card in two consecutive sets of three cards from a random 78 card deck. (im)Probabilities aside: The Suit of Swords is generally associated with: one's ways of thinking, systems, ideas, and communication. It has much to do with what we chose to do with our Minds and it also is symbolic of the power of the stories we tell ourselves and each other. The Swords are indeed double-edged in Tarot. It has to do with the power of information and with that comes delusion, and, inexorably, paradox. Patterns do exist, however. Upon these patterns foundations may be built, the same is true within myself; I can choose to use all these Swords to cut through this cage of Shadow and set free the Light once more rather than allowing myself to myself fall victim to the Swords through inaction or misuse though only if I tread lightly and thoughtfully and proceed with tact; that much is clear. Sword is the sign of Air; perhaps the message here is simply "Remember to breathe."
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There is this idea, this feeling you say: A revelation of profound compassion Riddled with crippling paramount tribulation Dribbling with drops of pontification. Thoughtfully and yet aimlessly kicking Unctuously vacuous presumptions. Promising, Eventually, to unveil brick by brick This facade someday and assure me The imprisoning edifice, with which you keep Under lock and key, will be effaced And naked, soon, someday in front of me. Yet, here another day passes. From curbside to manhole, up sidewalks and across gravel grit. Then a squib toward onlookers window shopping Glaring down at me as both they and you listen To my dissonant and hollow caterwaul. CLING, CLANG, BANG! Look at me I'm just a can! Crumpled and malleable, a thin sheet of five cent aluminum; Recyclable, reusable, just a means to a mans end. Ah! But I am not what you think I am: Within, a bountiful boisterous bloom, unravels The arid breath of lies and procrastination you exhume. Your insipid words fall vapidly in my mind like corroded rust Gently drifting onto a lapping lake. They are an erroneous ear infection boring my wits And dulling my thoughts, a waste of time. All of it bottled, canned, and manufactured From within your ******** emporium. Keep your bricks and mortar, think they retain your unctuous pride While this time, for once, I kick the can curbside.
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Jan 26, 2013
Jan 26, 2013 at 9:27 AM UTC
Curbside Pride
He knew the ache could not be recompensed they knew it too the moment echoes fell silent There was already not enough love in a world grown dark as darkest past It wasn't the color of his skin nor dialect or the  journey of a  thousand  miles Not the place that he'd come from        back when ―  left behind              nor a heart of gold,         that never became a home The colour of  unwritten silence had  eclipsed  the waning  light On the run from who he'd become;      ashamed for all he was,   couldn't erase a lifetime that felt a waste ―                trying to untie a Gordian knot He saw his body as an entombing barbwire cage     imprisoning  a  wellspring  of  love writhing deep therein Immured at arms length from the outside world     where  the soul of a teardrop  abides  within                          its insignificance Shielding the  inherent  maelstrom                           from the innocent passersby Buried thoughtfully for the greater good of all ― for the unsatiated dream boundless love betides Written  artifacts  exhumed  like  ***** secrets a lifetime of stigma's stain swept under the rug; just whispered words written from an unfinished life few ever really looked deeply between the twisted lines arising from the soul of just another passing stranger The long road begets a suffocating silence choking out,           extinguished love inhumed Ashes  of what once had been life aglow of light                forevermore shrouded           like the dark side of the moon rivers
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Aug 19, 2017
Aug 19, 2017 at 8:35 PM UTC
Where the Soul of a Teardrop Abides
He knew the ache could not be recompensed they knew it too the moment echoes fell silent There was already not enough love in a world grown dark as darkest past It wasn't the color of his skin nor dialect or the  journey of a  thousand  miles Not the place that he'd come from        back when ―  left behind              nor a heart of gold,         that never became a home The colour of  unwritten silence had  eclipsed  the waning  light On the run from who he'd become;      ashamed for all he was,   couldn't erase a lifetime that felt a waste ―                trying to untie a Gordian knot He saw his body as an entombing barbwire cage     imprisoning  a  wellspring  of  love writhing deep therein Immured at arms length from the outside world     where  the soul of a teardrop  abides  within                          its insignificance Shielding the  inherent  maelstrom                           from the innocent passersby Buried thoughtfully for the greater good of all ― for the unsatiated dream boundless love betides Written  artifacts  exhumed  like  ***** secrets a lifetime of stigma's stain swept under the rug; just whispered words written from an unfinished life few ever really looked deeply between the twisted lines arising from the soul of just another passing stranger The long road begets a suffocating silence choking out,           extinguished love inhumed Ashes  of what once had been life aglow of light                forevermore shrouded           like the dark side of the moon rivers
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“you should watch for what’s good and say so, watch for what’s bad and say that, and be afraid of neither observation. If you lose your temper, lose it; if you find yourself unexpectedly moved, admit it. Keep your tools, compass and gyroscope, clean, dry and level.” Peggy Noonan, columnist, author <•> good Christmas Eve advice getting harder to find, wheat from chaff, and all that, what’s sensible, what’s defensible, and what actually feels A~ok! as in perhaps, it actually could be, pause to think, correct? and:or:heck, even right so if you read the above , take it from a couple of senior geezers, you just got a holiday freebie! yeah, yeah, keep your powder dry, just ain’t the same, sorry… we talking tools and fools here, them that keep you on a course of your owned free choice, with an assist, to  know your position & to never to lose your balance when everybody is instantly telling you what to think, take that long pause, use your tools, to pick the problem up, Rubik’s cube it, twist and shout, when the solution emerges ‘tis the season for preaching and overreaching, but use this quietime pause, look internal, and keep your instinct and inside tools oiled, and mind open, clarified wish you then, clear eyes, open ears & love; wisdom, that’s up to you, but, you’re a billionaire for sure, use the grey cells you were given thoughtfully & well, and keep on looking for ‘what’s a good way,’ which is always an everlasting work                              nat lipstadt
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Dec 23, 2024
Dec 23, 2024 at 11:24 AM UTC
December 24 thoughts: “Keep your tools, compass and gyroscope, clean, dry and level.”
“you should watch for what’s good and say so, watch for what’s bad and say that, and be afraid of neither observation. If you lose your temper, lose it; if you find yourself unexpectedly moved, admit it. Keep your tools, compass and gyroscope, clean, dry and level.” Peggy Noonan, columnist, author <•> good Christmas Eve advice getting harder to find, wheat from chaff, and all that, what’s sensible, what’s defensible, and what actually feels A~ok! as in perhaps, it actually could be, pause to think, correct? and:or:heck, even right so if you read the above , take it from a couple of senior geezers, you just got a holiday freebie! yeah, yeah, keep your powder dry, just ain’t the same, sorry… we talking tools and fools here, them that keep you on a course of your owned free choice, with an assist, to  know your position & to never to lose your balance when everybody is instantly telling you what to think, take that long pause, use your tools, to pick the problem up, Rubik’s cube it, twist and shout, when the solution emerges ‘tis the season for preaching and overreaching, but use this quietime pause, look internal, and keep your instinct and inside tools oiled, and mind open, clarified wish you then, clear eyes, open ears & love; wisdom, that’s up to you, but, you’re a billionaire for sure, use the grey cells you were given thoughtfully & well, and keep on looking for ‘what’s a good way,’ which is always an everlasting work                              nat lipstadt
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You’ve been working so hard To provide more than what we need now For what we will need in the future. Because we used to have nothing. You’ve been planning so thoughtfully For the next 20 years, But you’ve never lived in the current. You’ve been ignoring what you feel now And saving your happiness for later. But you’ve never stopped worrying about the future. Now he is gone forever for both of us. You lost your happiness, Which had never happened. But I lost my happiness, Which had been making me feel alive. It is not just grief of his death. Now father is gone forever for me. It is the emptiness in my heart Constantly consuming me. When I am nervous on the stage, Who else will always applaud for me again? Who else will always love my performance again? I know you don’t care what I care, And you only approve what you care. But can you just look at who I am for one time? I wish you can live more in the current And worry less about the future. Because I treasure every single second in my life, When you are still with me.
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Mar 29, 2018
Mar 29, 2018 at 4:28 PM UTC
Mother, It Is Not Just Grief