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Surface value

We become lost within ourselves

Permanently fixated on our reflection upon the water

The image casted out constitutes one’s ego

Look through yourself

Dive into your actions and reasoning

Continually finding ways to stay grounded

Anchor yourself

As there is infinite things to learn below one’s surface

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My Marigold

Roaming amongst the fields of love

The potent whiff of pollen piercing my nose

Admiring the beauty of all of the flora

Foraging for a flower providing a lasting presence within my hands

Stumbling upon a patch of fluorescent orange marigolds

One keenly catching my eye

Contrary to the others

A healthy stem of self confidence

Roots, diverse and intellectually meticulous

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Blindsided

Once a inhospitable plot of territory

Fields yielding anything but good fortune

Quenching for the rainfall

Never ending winters

Unbearable summers

Drawing every ounce of hope from one’s soul

Entombed by the soot of my thoughts

One has no control of the weather, so why worry?

The rain will fall when it’s ready

Just humbly wait

As it will be with grace

One ju...

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Hero’s Square

Rising into infatuation 
Levitating above the atmosphere 
Statured within a hero’s square 
The copper of your figure wearing away
Bronze turning into green 
Leaving no chance for the next generation to see 
True unending beauty 
Flowers shielding the base 
Intricate features of unequivocal elegance 
Amounting to all that is and will be 
Forever imprinted into my memory

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Lady Maya

An ethereal distraction

Glowing out of every dark fragment of reality

A light present in the stormy and dullnesses of life

Tethered by cables of intimacy

Dispersed over lands

Carried with electricity

Grab hold of me and you will never let go

As my love for you is deadly

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Anchor me

Anchor the words in which I say

As they carry the weight to idle a boat

Leaving a permanent imprint onto the ocean floor as my words sink

Reserve my words for when the waters are turbulent

As you do not want to drift off course

A chain with infinite depth

Bonded with intent

Lengthened with assurance

Casted out to your greatest depths

My words will always reach the...

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Your name

A notebook wielding your name

Layered ink plastering the canvas

Containing so much meaning

The notion that your name more than what is simply stenciled

That which encompasses an entire realm of mysteries

Revealing the past

Attempting to decipher

Bringing forward her history at last

 

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For Maya

Why do the most authentic moments seem the most surreal?

Tunnel vision masking my vision

Focusing the optical lens

Guiding my eyes to yours

Postured on a pillar

You fell upon my presence once before

A comfortable yet daring experience of bliss

Intertwined and in sync

Let us see what we can be

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All I’ve ever known

Follow the trail of your heart

Uneasy terrain, cratered pain

We continue on this road

For reasons we can’t explain

Remember the rain needs to fall

So the spring may rise

Surveying each other’s eyes

Balanced out by all that is divine

Love will allow you to see in due time

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Dice

Fascinated by all that’s random

Our short lived interactions with strangers

Always questioning what could be

A rolling scenario of ifs

Glazing over one’s eyes at night

Life is that of a mere die

Set numbers plaguing our skull

Remember that every number has purpose

One just has to give it purpose

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Beautiful Pain

One can truly never be ready

Years of self work and reflection boiling down to a singular moment

One can prepare for war

But to be in war are completely different

The same resides in relationships

For there are infinite realms to refine oneself

As you must always be ready for the unknown

Until that day comes... be prepared to be unprepared

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Unanswered

Life’s unanswered questions leave the greatest impressions

Riddling the enigma presented within our interlude

Grasping onto the intangible

All does not make sense to one

But one pursues the knowledge of all

Postured on the edge of a cliff

Waves dancing, birds singing,

Coming to the conclusion that not everything has to make sense

And that is the most beautiful part of it...

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Fire

Promise me the security of our relationship

Shall nothing wedge between our harmonic souls

Dancing, such as the flames of a grand fire

As most fires start out robust

Forging sparks and uncontrollable wisps of true bliss

Forget not to keep placing more kindle

As it will die out

While also cleaning out the ash

As it is now apart of the past

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The love you want

The warm glow of her complexion

Filling an entire room with luminescence

Her mere presence producing a beautiful stillness, leaving no other image to seem clear

The words I say are an expression of my love for you

 An inclination of momentous properties

Regardless of their past, throw it in the trash

We sit here in the present

Studying the minutest facets

Bonded togethe...

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The unseen

Eternally alone

Suffocated by the vacuum of love

Emotions transgressed as gamma particles

Passing through without resistance, as if they didn’t notice

Radiant but invisible to humans

Travelled by currents of air or streams of water

Plaguing the ones that come into contact

No one will truly understand me, as my love is that of quantum intimacy

 

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All I’ve ever known

We become one with the environment around us

Controlled by the earthly soil beneath

Shepherded by the celestial entity’s above

Inspired by the disorganization of all that’s populated within our field of view

Eventually you come to the realization

That the question of our mere existence resides in our biological intuition and wonder.

 

 

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Draft

Infatuated in the design of love

But ideas are only good residing within one’s mind

Place your love onto a piece of drafting paper

Scaling out the dimensions for each stage in your relationship

While also balancing out the costs of materials

Detail is vital

So is structural integrity

Searching for balance

Presented in a picturesque view, but blown over with little to no ...

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Petra

Scaling this granular mountainside

Gripping ahold of each rock that lays in your presence

Holding on, until either you or the rock gives

Lose footing leads for the unknown to control your presence

These footholds lay upon your path, but not all will be able to hold you.

Falling into the past and out of your life

Some rocks are meant to help you up while others allow you to s...

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Light

 

Treading in the deep

Fighting the build up of lactic in your muscles

Pruned finger’s effortlessly moving thru the water

At this point

Every emotion's presenting itself

Downward like an avalanche

A rolling film of memories rushes over your cornea like a flip book

Light becoming dimmed

Plunging into darkness

Ones body succumbs to the singular thing that keeps us...

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The game of chess

The single greatest thing

Love

Infatuating like the game of chess

You then come to the realization that they are connected

As some games are mere stalemates

Seeking no progression

While others offer intense interactions of good fortune

Endless in thought

Strategically preparing for their next move

We each take turns claiming a piece of one’s heart

Eventually, our...

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Animals

Appreciation

We as a society lack little to no sympathy

What’s not our problem, becomes our excuse

Cold hearted and selfish

Walking past those without roofs

Becoming invisible to the unseen

Imagine the feeling

Of a singular bird flying thru the air

No nest, as all of its trees have been cut down

Unable to fully prosper

Asking for suffering

We know there are iss...

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Serendipity

We ask ourselves the question of true happiness

How does one find it?

See the answer is to no longer search

Everything you manifest will present itself, in due time

When you spend hours searching for your keys

Or hours thinking about someone’s name

The realisation presents itself at the most beautiful time

Yes, it is frustrating, and I understand the process itself isn’t eas...

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Sun Burn

Standing on the edge

Anxiety trembling thru your palms

Heavy breaths and restless thoughts

Equally to the shade of a tree

Disallowing any sunlight to penetrate

To some, the tree may feel like home

Shielding your innocent skin from deterioration

The Burning of life is inevitable

As is the peeling of self-reflection

The paleness of your melanin

Deserves to absorb t...

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Let us fly

The buildings have collapsed 

Caved in on themselves 

The signs were there 

But always overlooked 

Deterioration was prevalent 

No one seemed to care 

Forever looking to the stars for answers

Stressed beams 

Basic needs 

We now see

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From the dust

This moment in time rests in your favor

Praise this chaotic yet perfect universe

Answers enveloping at each end

Tying a knot

Connecting minds across the infinite

Strangers, no longer mysterious beneath the veil

As Manifestation transpires into the minds of the willing

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The cabin I am

Think of me as a cabin in serene forestry

May the stillness of my words shine down upon your presence

Like light penetrating though a canopy

Dancing hickory shielding you from ghastly winds

Astray and exhausted

The path will always present itself

Guiding you to the home of my existence 

Supplying you with peace of mind

Serendipity lives amongst those who reside

Forev...

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River of love

Holding onto love

One cannot be hurt while also infatuated in love

Grasping the rock which once gave you the world

No longer keeping you afloat, as you continue to slip

 Subsequently the pain residing within will crumble your weakened, yet heavenly figure

Letting go of what used to be quintessential

 

Is now deteriorating into the current

Oh how difficult it must be

G...

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Awake

The fragility of existence

We sit here and forget to realize the simplicity of it all

Let not life’s inconveniences divert your eyes

Or you will be blindsided

Place faith to the succumbed

As their symphony has concluded without an encore

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Fate

Fate

Controlled by that which we can’t see

Clouded with uncertainty

Irreversible yet a scenic path

A one way road

Paved to mend the soul

This is your story to be told

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Dam

Love without feeling guilty

As falling into love is never to be ashamed of

Love will triumph all

So let your love flow freely

What good does a dam do to a river ?

And the fish that live amongst

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Paradise

Paradise is where one is happiest

Indifferently beautiful

Our destinations may be different

Savor this current stretch of water

Ahead as it diverts into smaller waterways

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The climb

Use your past as a step

To propel yourself upward

Raise the torch

Shed light onto the stairs above and below

It may be a flight or two

As the ground levels

Your legs ache

Looking down in the present

Reaping the significance of the ascent

Framing a picturesque view, of beauty of the climb

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Asphalt

As time moves on

So do people

Our roads may intersect

But they never reach the same destination

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Entropy

If you work in the darkness

You’ll be praised in the light

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Blind faith

Place yourself in the shoes of an 80 year old self

Then ask , “What do I regret from my younger years?”

For time isn’t in our favor

So do me a favor

The opportunities you consider

Place faith in free will

Let the world fall upon itself

Remember, don't give too many cares

 

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Falling apart

Sometimes it may seem like life’s falling apart but in reality it’s falling into place 

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Float on

The skin of your past

Oh how comfortable it feels

Covered with complacency

Caked with routine

Shed your skin for the future

Frigid but avant-garde

Truly the only way to grow

 

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Mile 5

Your present struggle

Paves the trail for future conflicts 

Fall not between the cracks

But bridge the gap

Let us proceed onward among this path

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Holland

Listen to the trees that speak

Follow the path of the wind

As life flows like the wind

There is no set direction it flows

And there is no set end where it rests

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New me

Worry not about being yourself,

but instead worry about being someone you’re not.

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The herd

Finding myself

Herded into the paths of others

Previous events of self hatred and deprivation

Lead me to a false destination

Enveloping into a being of misconstrued intentions

Being true to the self will enable the right ones to follow

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From the dust

You’ll find yourself 

When you’re content with being alone

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Wondering about the wind

Chase the wind 

With relentless curiosity 

As the destination is unknown 

Be not afraid 

As this one life is your own

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Let the trees speak

Once you find peace in nature

You find peace in yourself 

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When I’m gone

 Be unequivocally yourself 

And good things lay on the road ahead 

 

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I make sparks

Some women are just tough to read

I feel the spark but the engine doesn’t turn over

Where is the missing link?

It has to be myself 

No other option

For I have come a far way from my past. Where talking to women wasn’t even an option. Being genuinely yourself is the hardest thing to overcome. Fuck the opinions of others because in that moment in time it is you and a chance to be eter...

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John Wayne

Perfect timing doesn’t exist 

But your actions do

The text you want to send 

Send it

It’s only a loss if nothing is learned 

Your losses will define your grandest of victories 

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In the sky of blue

There is something fascinating about staring into the night sky. Gazing at a still light show. Realizing the insignificance of our presence. Our issues may be big but the universe is far greater. There is satisfaction in knowing that the human condition allows us to see the beauty in everything that’s not.

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Empty

What good does shielding your emotions do?

Eventually the boat will capsize 

Filled with self hatred and agony

Sinking ever so further

Let the wind move you and the water carry you

To lands far greater than you have imagined

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Unforgiving love

Love can only be measured 

By the scale of another persons heart 

 

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