ALL FOR ONE (A4O)

DIG DEEP INTO THE SOIL OF "OUR" CONSCIOUSNESS WITH SPADES AND
EXPOSE THE ROOTS TO "OUR" EXISTENCE.
FOR "OUR" ROOTS ABSORB AND DELIVER THE SUSTENANCE TO "OUR" LIFE.
WHERE "OUR" MANIFESTED ROOTS FADE INTO THE PLEROMA, "OUR" INTERCONNECTED TRUTH SHINES WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION.
SO LET WINGS OF FORTITUDE TAKE "OUR" SOUL'S INWARD TOWARDS WHAT WE ARE.
HERE WE WILL RECOGNIZE WE ARE ABOVE NONE AND THE CIRCLE OF LIGHT EMBODIES ALL WHO ARE FROM AND IN ONE...

TRUE COMPROMISE

To compromise is to sacrifice yourself without thought and your reward is revelling in another's kinder spirit. True compromise is to let another person get what they want or wish without impeding upon their idea or suggestion with tender options of kind hearted manipulation.

Compromise isn't letting a person have an idea where you then politic it with ways to improve upon it. Nor is compromising a platform to make deals, even if you believe your idea's, suggestions or opinions to be more logical, practical or helpful. Compromising is letting another person be content with their wishes and desires. Just as you wouldn't want you desires and wishes to be compromised.

To be a compromising person we must allow others their moments of inspiration and individuality. We must let a person pursue their means to flow without intervening. To block another's flow with the art of control is futile (Futile defined:trifling; frivolous; unimportant). Below I've given a couple of trivial, but meaningful examples of how simple individual experiences can become trifled by the uncompromised.

For instance, say you're in a athletic department store wanting to purchase a new pair of running shoes. You find your brand of choice, the right color(lets say red), and there a perfect fit. But before you check out your husband or wife suggest that you look better in blue and that if you wait a week they'll be on sale. You have just under minded the process of compromise and implied there are better options than what your spouse just presented, rather than allowing an individual to be satisfied with his or her purchase.

Or lets say you're at the grocery store with your spouse and you decide to try a different salad dressing and as your putting it into the grocery cart your spouse looks at you with bewildered eyes and comments on how you normally like such and such brand. How are we encouraging freedom of choice or the art of experimentation? We're not. At that point we are conveying that somehow we know better or that we want you to be sure of what your doing. As if you were five years old all over again.

True compromise is continuous SUPPORT of ones endeavors, even if compromising trivial things such as salad dressing or shoes.

What a world this would be if we truly compromised with each other through the utter silence of smiling lips. For each of us is deserving, without question. Get it, without question...

ON RELIGION

This will be my last post on Religion. I've spent two years and countless hours applying my intellect on the subject of all Religion(s) and have brought'n it from its confines, to the open, for that's where it resides. Before moving forward I want to say that believe what you must and what you will, for some "aspect" of truth is present in all Religions. But keep in mind that when you settle on one "aspect" of the truth, all the other "aspects" of truth are hidden from the minds eye. I've provided a analogy below that best summarizes my understanding of "Religion(s)."

Religion(s) are like rutters that steer and provide direction. The motor/power is our brain, or what I like to call "intelligence." The vessel is our body/boat which offers us an opportunity to travel. So therefore, God is the water/space which allows any course of travel possible.

In other words, the rutter, or Religion of choice, gives direction to the motor, or brain, which in-turn, guides the vessel, or body, through open waters, the source.

How will we come to know anything about ourselves, let alone God, if we are being steered by rutters? Why let rutters ransack and take hostage of your intellectual spiritual being? If you truly believed yourself to know "God" then you'd truly know rutters don't apply and you've always known this. It's funny to me when people speak of "God" with rutters(religion), as if you can't convey to me in your own words what you know the source to be. I say tell me about "God" without the use of rutters and I'll say to you that you alone are saving grace. Grace falls upon, it's not steered for or towards.

I say remove all rutters, for if pure will doesn't give you to truth, nothing will. For if you don't remove your rutter(s) you may arrive on the other side with a mere vessel (which is worth nothing dead), filled with others intelligence of the source and none of your own, with a rutter that you conformed to fit yourself and not with the will of yourself.

For those of you who have a predisposition(rutter), or what you might call the only way, you will by default, find my knowing to be false, lacked in faith, lacked in belief, and sending me to one of two places. But if you read with openness you'll know that my words speak quite the opposite. The only reason you may suspect that I lack faith and belief is because your rutter says so, not because you say so. How empowering must it be to have a rutter that condemns or tell others what will become of them? Call me aimless, I call it being. For the source has already given me what I need and all I need is the courage to know it of myself. Nobody speaks for the source, not even Religions(nor there followers) and if you were to ask me do I believe in "God", I'd say yes. The source I know in created all the "Gods" and there rutters. And if you were to say who or what is the source then, I'd say...

WE ARE BOTH

"Re" defined: In reference to
"Incarnate" defined: Embodied in human form

Reincarnate: In reference to the embodied state of human form.

Therefore, you must ask yourself what is our embodied state in reference to. The embodied state of our human form is in reference to "The Soul." Reincarnation is a Buddhist philosophy. I have never discredited the Buddhist philosophy, nor have I completely understood it as full proof neither. Here's my conclusion and you might find it interesting, if not compelling.

Our soul's have always been and come from spirit. Our souls were here before we were.We aren't actually embodied by our souls, but attached to the body because of it. The reason why I believe we are attached to the soul and not embodied by it is because some people can be possessed within the body. The physical body can be possessed because the soul isn't actually within it, but being steered by it.

Now when it comes to thinking that you've had a previous life, could it be that your soul was present(from the other side) and wanted to embody the flesh of another in a moment of crisis, in a moment of death, while on the "other side"? I know of somebody who "knows" they have died in a fire as a child. Could it be that the soul, before it manifested with attachment to a human, say you, your soul, witnessed the death of the dying girl taking place and you wanted to save her, so you tried to embody her. Remember, that girl has a soul that is not within, but rather attached to her, so theoretically this is plausible for a soul to do. You feel as if you died in a fire not because you actually did, but that the girls body actually did, the body you tried to posses with your soul. All awhile the girls soul witnessed the heroic act of your soul and so did the spirit that created the soul. Your soul comes out unscathed and realizes that it can't die within the flesh nor can the soul save flesh, so therefore graduates into embodying or attaching to its own body life, you.

Never having experienced its own attachment to the body, as a soul, it or should I say you, receives a glimpse of a past death because before you knew you couldn't die(your soul), you thought you had. Therefore you get your own life to steer and guide. Now your graduated soul knows it's had a past life and in return you believe you had a past life because of the impression left on the soul with its first encounter trying to be human. What can this theory teach us, you are not your body, your soul is the embodiment of a body and you should treat it well because it's the greatest gift bestowed unto us from spirit, which creates both the manifested and unmanifested. We are both the soul and the realization of the soul, within body...

LESSONS

1. Words are Valuable
2. Frustration and anxiety get you nothing
3. Competition brings confidence
4. Quitting is hard
5. Other people's feelings matter
6. Arguments can be resolved
7. Independence is earned
8. Success requires focus

EVERYTHING HAPPENS

The statement,"All things happen for a reason," is true, but also incomplete. You must ask yourself, "What are the reasons for which things are happening to me?" With unbias, intellectual consideration, you will be brought to understand how things happen. And with the understanding of how things happen, will you then be able to understand why they needed to have happened. One must do what one must, but without reflection of ones outcome, the one remains ignorant and will verily say, "All things happen for a reason."

On a side note: When individuals don't have a concept of what choice is, nor would the individual know that choice perpetuates a positive or negative reaction. Therefore, individuals who know not of choice, just do and suffer the consequences...

SHARING

Why must we always prompt people with questions? Do we not think that if an individual has something to say, he or she would say it? If an individual isn't speaking doesn't it imply that they don't wish to speak. Why is that we believe it to be polite, friendly and/or caring to ask questions of another. Wouldn't we want people to speak voluntarily and on their own accord? Do we not think if someone wants to share an experience they would?

Often times when individuals pose questions it's of their own agenda. People are asking questions of what "they" want to know, not considering what the other wishes to share, or even if they want to share at all. This agenda, even if it has good intentions, may be to determine if the individual is happy, sad, upset, had a good time, frustrated or the like. Rather than leaving an individual to his or her thoughts and share with us what they will, we pull from them in order to draw our own conclusions from their speaking, so we may start a conversation or to get our question answered. Wouldn't it be better to share your own thoughts and have another share theirs, in an effort to build a conversation? This way you can explore topics and build a bridge of understanding between all parties involved. There's nothing more uncomfortable in speaking then having to speak when prompted to, especially when not wanting to speak. It seems these days people don't want to have conversations(sharing of information) and would rather pick a vantage point to politic about.

It can be strenuous at times when having to regurgitate something that has settled within your midst, just to appease another. Although you've given the questioner, now listener, what they are looking for, you now feel empty not having your contempt thoughts, nor the thoughts you were currently musing because you've been diverted back into the past. Not only will the thoughts you have put to rest be no more, the onslaught of questions will endure. It reminds me of a mother bird going about her business in the early morning. Washing herself, stretching her wings and picking at food (food being her thoughts), only to be interrupted by her chirping (we're hungry, where's the food) young ones. So the mother regurgitates her food (her thoughts) and empties herself in order to answer the question of the chirping (we're hungry, where's the food) young ones knowing now she will have this duty until the young ones are mature enough to fend for themselves and pick at their own food(thoughts). Even a young bird will grow out of asking questions and grow into sharing.

Personally speaking, I take great pleasure in understanding my own thoughts and the emotions that rise from them. After I resolve or bring light to my thoughts and there emotions, I move beyond them so they may rest, or I share them, for I know the stream of thought will deliver yet another. Isn't it our right to do with our thoughts what we wish? Our ancestors fought for us to have the right to freedom of speech and what do we do with it, we ask questions or have opinions about other peoples thought, but we rarely speak of what's important to ourselves and why.

Apparently people don't view silence as a choice, but something that needs to be broken. Unfortunately, if you don't wish to react or speak on a matter or an experience, you get the feeling you've reject the individual whose inquiring or that you've let them down in some way. Some might say they ask you questions because they love you. I would say to them, I know you love me and I love you, so tell me what it is you love, so I can know more things to love about you.

You asking me questions lets you have thoughts, about my thoughts, it doesn't allow us to share in thought. I assure you, anybody with a mature mind doesn't need approval, acceptance and/or recognition of their own thoughts. Mature minds need other mature minds that believe in themselves and what they are sharing. Children on the other hand, need to be encouraged to speak and we do this by asking them questions. This should allow, over time, them to be comfortable in sharing or expressing their thoughts without having to be prompted. As adults we shouldn't feel the need to prompt or coax answers out of people with questions. As adults we should trust that adults will speak on their own behalf, if so inclined. What's the point of this entry you may ask. The point is to "SHARE" your thoughts so others may share theirs, if they so choose. Sharing your thoughts is a proactive way to keep open communication. Asking to many questions is a way out of sharing in open communication, which leads into a Q and A scenario. Any questions???hahaha

Disclaimer: It should go without saying that questions will always be asked. It is a form of communication, but shouldn't be used as "the" format for communication. Formal questions are necessary to retrieve information for syncing up calendars, whose bringing what food, what time are we meeting, what's for dinner, etc., etc., etc. I'm merely suggesting that we also use what I'll call informal communication, which allows individuals to speak what they will, when they will. We can prompt informal communication easily by saying,"Do you have anything to share?!" Indeed, this to is a question, but one without end, one without boundaries, one without implications and one without a personal agenda...

DEAR ATHEIST

Stephen F. Roberts, an atheist, states in his most famous saying that,"When you understand why you reject all other gods, you will understand why I reject yours as well." This is a very powerful and insightful statement and I ask the reader to re-read this again and again. I've pondered over this statement for weeks now and a lot can be learned from it, especially if you are "religious" and/or "spiritual". There's a lesson of tolerance within these words. A lesson of compassion and of acceptance. Mr. Roberts, it's almost as if your saying you reject god because everybody who believes in a particular god is rejecting all other gods, by default, so how are we(a believer)any different than you? Furthermore, we could all be considered atheist to the extent that we don't believe in all gods. Lets assume there are 1000 different gods of worship and you only believe in 1 of those gods and you believe your god to be the only one. Technically you would be 99% atheist and 1% believer. It's interesting how the 1%er believes that the other 99% are wrong. I personally think we struggle more with someones idea of what god is, than knowing there's something more to it all.

The only difference I see between you, Mr. Roberts and religion(s) is that you don't accept how particular religions describe what god is, nor do you agree with there ideas, concepts or Proof. Mr. Roberts, I challenge you to describe to me what you think god could be or is. Your no more an atheist than I am spiritual Mr. Roberts. Your no more an atheist than a Christian is a Christian. Your no more an atheist than a Buddhist is a Buddhist. The hardest struggle in life can be not knowing what and how we are. The easiest thing in life is to label something and say your not that or to label yourself something just to exclude all other possibilities. Both are diversions leading away from absolute truth.

"When you understand why you've rejected all other gods Mr. Roberts, you will understand how I know that you just haven't figured out how you personally relate to it."

INFINITY, DIVINITY, FINITE

For the last few weeks I had no words to describe this peaceful, undeniable feeling of closeness within and around me. I was overwhelmed with the wanting to express, or at least describe these feelings, so without wordy expressions these feelings laid dormant. Then I heard a lot of folks speaking of infinity. This concept is not new to me so I thought nothing of it. Then I overheard an elderly couple talking about divinity and what it meant to them. Again, this was an accepted concept and not new to me. Then I received an Astronomy magazine in the mail and it spoke of the finite "things" and how they are the building blocks to all the visible things in the universe. When I thought of all three of these words in sequence, I got goose bumps. I have something here so lets see what manifests...



INFINITY: without end

DIVINITY: personification of a force; the nature of truth

FINITE: bounded or limited



Infinity is without end. We live in the universe and the universe is without end. Yes, Again, without end! It's a hard concept to grasp. Just by labeling endlessness with a word such as infinity, gives it a feel of limitation. Moving forward, out of this infinity manifests all visible things to the eye (planets, people, dogs, trains, flowers, water, temperature, you name it). Here's the kicker, infinity doesn't come from infinity, IT IS infinity. What manifests naturally out of infinity, must naturally be infinite by it's own laws. Infinity creates infinitely.



Through infinity comes divinity. Divinity is the personification of a force or in other words, the nature of truth within itself. Divinity is the action driving out of infinity. Divinity separates itself, or drives out of infinity, to teach us what it is. And what is it, Infinite! But you see, without divinity, we don't recognize the infinite. We are the nature of this truth we call life within ourselves, but it's hard for us to recognize this because we are finite.



We are finite, we are bounded, we are limited and if you believe that, you are beaten. In other words, if you can't accept the fact that you are limited, you can't move past those limitations into divinity. Limits and boundaries are infinite and in place so we may, with burning desire, slowly break through to our "Truth". Because of divinity we recognize infinity, so because of our finite manifestation and moving through their limitations, we are able to recognize divinity. If we were to have be given infinity from the beginning, we would have been lost forever within it. But through our finite perspective we learn about divinity and recognize what it is. We are training our soul through comprehending our experiences to see that we are divine. Once you recognize you are divine, can you recognize that you are infinite.



Why am I limited? Today I was limited to write this entry because nobody else could. I'm here today to offer you a perspective on why we are finite, divine, and ultimately infinite...

PAIN

The nursing journal, dating back to 1968, defines Pain as "whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever or wherever he or she says it does." On a side note, my wife says you could take the definition of Pain and use it as "a" definition for GOD. Now that's what I call intuitive.

Today Pain is what I write of,
Pain, I recognize it because with it comes the lesson of Love,
I take all Pain and bring it into the light because my push comes from its shove,
Pain, it's not below or above,
Pain's love is light like the feathers of the soaring dove,
Pain reminds me to belove, Get it, Pain is be love,
Pain and discomfort is what we'll be free of, until then we be of,
Now lets see what Pain is admitting of,

Pain, I'm sympathetic of,
Pain, we can't fall short of,
Pain, is hand in glove,
Pain, grab a hold of,
Pain, I'm in awe of,
Pain, I'm not scared of,
Pain, I make use of,
Pain, it's what I'm not under the thumb of,
Pain, can't talk out of,
Pain, we're not void of,
Pain, I walk out of,
Pain, I'm proud of and understand the likes of,
Pain, I fear not of,
Pain, it's deserving of,
Pain, I'm not ashamed of,
Pain, I shed it into the beautiful pallet of insight, the all of...

FREETHINKER

I'm a Radical Freethinker, so the literalist's are gonna persecute me like the Jews of the time, persecuted J.C.. Conform to anothers interpretation of why and how we exist, how could I, why would I? If the ONE wanted for us to conform, the One wouldn't need you or me to be, we would have been kept within the ONE and no journey would be required. I gotta ask, what's the difference between them persecuting J.C. and those who would persecute me for what I know? Nothing, there's no difference. Persecution is persecution, whether we agree or disagree.

When I enter back into the essence from which I came and if I'm asked by the ONE,"Why didn't you believe and have faith in my son?" I'd simply reply,"I pursued you." And if the ONE replies,"I was J.C., God-Man in the flesh." I'd say,"I knew the whole of you, without the flesh. I sought not the manifestation, but the point of the manifest."

You see, J.C. was a Radically Spiritual Freethinker and didn't conform with the beliefs and the ways of his days. He showed me to die for what you know to be true, even if it's not accepted by others, even if it goes against the flow. Enlightened and in touch with his soul he was. He took the God that was believed to be outside of man and put God inside of man. He showed me to turn inward to grow. So I'll take what he taught and what all the other greats taught and run with it. Religions may try and stop what I know and condemn me, but I don't think so. Why, because J.C. and so many others showed me so. They showed me only when you get outside of what others know, will I know. And I know, so now I grow.

J.C. stepped out-of-bounds during his time, which in-turn lead him in-bound to the ONE. Here is where he gained enlightenment,mastery,connection,understanding,unity,wisdom. Do you think J.C. could have gained the knowledge he gave to us if he had conformed to the ways of his world then? No. He would have taught us what they were teaching him and nothing more. Do you believe you can gain knowledge of the ONE by following the ways of our days? The knowledge of our days, which consist of J.C.'s teachings, will only bring you to the end of the diving board, we ourselves have to take the plunge into the self, the essence, the all that is. We have to jump out-of-bounds to go inbound. If we are to follow in J.C.'s footsteps, we have to Take what he taught and step out of bounds with it, as He did. Jesus can't do it for us and when you reach this understanding your ready to go inbound. Every individuals plight is profound, now it's time to go get found...

Freethinking sends us outbound away from worldly beliefs, with those beliefs, which in turn sends us inbound towards self illumination with Freethinking outside of belief. The church can't teach this because it's not built into there way of thought, just as pharmaceutical companies won't preach that homeopathic medicine is the way to go...

Dedicated to J.C. on my thirty-third B-Day...

I HAVE RENOUNCED

I am not better than what I am and what I am, is the silent observer. I am the stillness. What comes from this silent stillness manifests as duality and without our dual nature(lessons through experience of the opposite and the knowledge we take from those experiences) we wouldn't realize the manifestations of duality are needed to educate us about where our true nature resides, which is within the one "God." It's the lack of Gnosis that creates and manifests our duality. In other words, we are always lacking knowledge, so inherently we look for it(perpetual bliss). On this quest for knowledge/truth duality uses us to find our way home. Without recognizing and embracing our duality we are lead by one side of our dual nature and then the other. Only when you embrace the duality of self, will you be able to see that duality manifests from the logos, or the "Zero", or what we normally call "God."

I never thought I was better than anybody, I thought I was better than myself. Me thinking I was better than myself lead me to religion because I wanted to be empowered by it. I wanted to be more, I wanted to feel more, I wanted to love more, I wanted to appreciate more, I wanted people to think I was more, I wanted people to feel me more, I wanted people to love me more, I wanted people to appreciate me more, I wanted "God" to know I sought it more. Without my ego wanting more, I wouldn't have found what was looking for me. And what was looking for me, "IS", what I am and nothing more.

I can't explain what I found, although I found it and it was in me all along. I can't put what I found into words because my words are a manifestation of it and not it's actuality. I will try to explain with the best of my ability

I sought religion because I felt alone. I sought religion because I felt incomplete. I sought religion because I inherently knew there was more to life than what I knew it to be. As I studied all the religion(s) of the world it pulled me away from what I knew. Religion pulled me away from my dualistic nature towards the "Good". And while I was searching for the "Good" it pulled me away from the "Bad". So again I found myself alone because I wasn't apart of my natural "Bad". For my lack of self, religion fulfilled and through religion's(s) fulfillment back into the self I left for it. Do you see the duality??? Religion isn't the answer and nor is the self. The self perpetuates religion and religion perpetuates the self. The truth resides in the acknowledgement of both states.

I had to immerse myself in my duality. I am both, for lack of better terms, "Good" and "Bad." In actuality there is no "Good" or "Bad", just happenings. Only through judgement, your singular point, is there an idea of "Good" or "Bad". While I focused on religion I realized that I was only experiencing all that was "Good" or intended to be what that religion deems as "Good." Religion steers you away from what is "Bad" and puts you on a path towards what that religion(s) thinks is "Good." We need to embrace are faults and imperfections("Bad") and apply our experience to them. We can't extinguish our natural anger and frustrations, which are in us inherently. But we can learn what it is and how to bring the "Good" to it.

This years long journey through the religion(s) of the world lead me to sleep deprivation, shortness of breath, shortness with people, control issues and anxiety. I closed off a part of me, in search of "Good", that is vital to a healthy life, which is the "Bad" or self indulgence. You can only run away from your natural "Bad" for so long. But you need the "Bad" to send you back towards the "Good."


No smoking, No drinking, turning the other check, staying focused on what was "Right", working out, running, and eating healthy. These positive milestones made me ill, weak and incomplete in all areas of my life. How could this be???

You see, the dualistic nature in all of us is suppressed through religion because it doesn't treat the "Bad" in you, it tries to eradicate it. Nothing can be eradicated entirely. This is where my pain came from and that is, trying to remove the "Bad" with "Good." Religion tries to make you feel that you will gain salvation or that you will be saved if you follow certain "Good" criteria. These are merely concepts from one-half of our dual nature. But what religion doesn't do is keep you in your "Natural" dualistic state. Religion(s) fail to recognize what your "Bad" is, is what makes you look for "Good" in the first place. Religion is needed because it draws us to search within ourselves. Religion is "Bad" because it makes you search into what it believes. Religion(s), like ourselves, is searching for itself.

Don't try to accept who you are because that changes everyday, rather except what you are(dual by nature), because what you are is infinite. And what we are, religion(s) can only glimpse at. Nobody speaks for "God", not even I.

You are only "Good" or "Bad" through judgement. No other way. We judge ourselves. And since we judge ourselves we are hard on ourselves and we expect more of ourselves. Therefore, if we judge ourselves, likewise, we judge other people in the same ways.

The good in you needs the bad to survive and the bad in you needs the good to survive. If you are to repent for your sins, you should also repent for your goods because your good is somebodyelse's bad and visa verse. Do you see??? Why repent your sins to "God?" Repent your sins for "God." Why let "God" do your dirty work? Do your dirty work for "God."

We live out our consequences because we don't recognize our duality, so we manifest them. The key is to know that you are dual in nature and since we are dual natured we must embrace it as our own. There is nothing "Good" or "Bad" about you. When you recognize and experience this you will see that your dualistic nature is a manifestation from the zero or "God"and it's needed to be played out in you. "God" wants you to play it out because once you start to embrace your duality, you'll see that duality is essentially one. One half of your duality minuses into the other half of your duality which equals zero and zero plus both halves of your duality equals one. God is into you, as you are into God.

We have to learn from religious teachings (all of them) and go past them, with them,to see that you are a living manifestation of them. If not, you will be shackled by them and guided into there conclusions of what it "IS." Religion(s) offers a path directing you inwards away from what it is and towards what you are. Religion can't define what it "IS" for you, nor can it define what it "IS" in you.

In Closing:

The truth is, we all love beyond belief(s), so that's why there are belief(s)!!! Do you see the duality??? The word love is our human manifestation of what it is, but it is not it!!! We don't love because of religion. Our love brought us to create religion(s) and love will bring us through it. The love for a particular religion(s) is what separates us from our love that brought us to religion.

We are baptized in conception(the merging of life's duality) and in no other way and we are blessed in death and in no other way. We are also blessed into death through the baptism of birth and without birth we remain blessed within death.



-Zero-

THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

Truth is what is unknown,

Therefore only through paradox's can truth be shown,

I'm a drone for truth so it's truth I hone,

I'll toss my philosophers stone into your own,

Ride the ripples of consciousness out of your zone,

And into life's mystery or what I call home,

I'm prone to see past the skin that drapes over my bones,

Sheepal want me to atone, but when I phoned, I got dial tone,

YOU want me to conform, but TRUTH doesn't want clones, it wants me alone within its known,

I took the log out of my eye and now I see the speck in yours has grown,

I'll point to the truth and paradoxically "IT" will prove your case has been blown,

The self-righteous will call me self-righteous, but I understand because every dog needs a bone,

The truth is, To Each Is Own, and if somebody wants to tell you otherwise, that's when you atone...

TWO-FOLD

Discipline is for loss without endurance,
Endurance is the causality of my discipline's arrogance,

Philosophically advanced to metaphorically entrance,
Entrance the metaphors philosophically to advance,

Life lives life's dance while we glance,
Glancing at life's dance as if in a trance,

Life never could or would submit,
Submit is not an option so without thought we commit,

Opinions and beliefs have nothing to do with TRUTH,
TRUTH IS, trying to define truth with opinions and beliefs is uncouth,

Cascading similes describing our charades ,
Charades are the actions describing the played,

Diabolical is the word that describes a world that's financed,
Financed is this worlds way of diabolically keeping you refinanced,

Superficial mindsets increase chaotic outcomes,
Outcomes of chaos increase when mindsets are cumbersome,

Resistant thought spawn more of the same,
Same thoughts I'm resistant to, so I can change aim,

Essence is our fundamental,
Fundamental essence is lived outside the mental,

Light is clear white bendable might,
Might bend your conscious through these words I write,

Love is here, there, everywhere,
Everywhere is love but acknowledge not by the unaware,

We are living in eternity so there's no such thing as direction,
Direction we are without in eternity which is our perfect protection,

Dissect cross intersections for inspection,
Inspections that are dissected flows into reflection,

Falling into space backwards so I can see my experiences as I leave,
Leaving you with experiences is seeing my fall into grace as received,

Trust in the one who trusts in the one,
One trusts who is a part of that one,

Time, there's nothing of it so you can't waist,
Waste is nothing of time until time is faced,

Thoughts evolve naturally into tangibility,
Tangible your thoughts should be naturally,

Your journey is deathless once you get past form,
Form dies into the deathless journey of all things born,

Leaving is both going and coming,
Coming can't be without going so I'll never leave the cunning...

OF THE ESSENCE

Over the past 10 months I have read, contemplated and studied over 125 texts concerning ALL religious teachings in regards to the beliefs and understanding of God. Today I have awakened to something profound and I would like to share it with you all. I found that it is not the scriptures within the books, nor the books themselves that have shown me God in all its glory, but rather the essence (which is of God) within me that drove me toward my findings. In other words, it's your essence that drives you towards god, That Is God, not the books themselves.

Remember to rest on, meditate to, and call upon your essence (soul, spirit, energy, etc.) that's within you. This essence that resides in you is what drives you to seek out our higher power. For this essence within, is your promise from the higher power.

Don't concern yourself with the religion "you" believe to be true. Concern yourself with "how" it is that your driven towards what is not known. Concern yourself with the essence within you that steers you. It is not the journey, nor is it the destination, but rather the essence that allows for you to think this is a journey and that there is a destination. Your essence, your truth, is to become aware of the life that embodies you and to know that this embodiment is within God.

Some of you will mentally disagree with these words, but your essence will not and could not...

SUBLIME

These words are like organized crime,
Premeditated acts and my motive is time,

Weapon of choice, words with abstract design,
Crime committed without origin so good luck trying to find,

You won't see me coming because I left my skin behind,
Mistake number was associating my essence with this body of mine,

I just slid-in and severed your redundant thoughts, flat-line,
Jump paddle you back into my sublime unconscious mind,

Here I'll convey messages to your subconscious like a mime,
Here your essence sees eternity as transparent so all things shine,


If you can't find my point that's because your reading in past tense while I'm writing real time,
I complete thoughts like planets complete orbits, seamlessly and with a word that rhymes...

HOW I KNOW

Life within itself practices "quid pro quo", that's how I know,
Never do we experience a plateau, that's how I know,
Thoughts, emotions, knowledge and truth forever flow, that's how I know,
Lessons are "apropos", that's how I know,
Everything inside urges me to let it all go, that's how I know,
When I've come to a conclusion I'm quick to think of the although, that's how I know,
Eternity rests in the moment so there's no future, there's no ago, that's how I know,
When I quiet the mind peace is bestowed, that's how I know,
What we reap we sow, that's how I know,
The only foe we have is the ego, that's how I know,
From nothing we grow, that's how I know,
In our space-time continuum there's no above, there's no below, that's how I know,
Our bodies are just show, that's how I know,
Everyday there's something that makes me go "oh", that's how I know,
Quantum mechanics, physics and science leave me saying "Whoa", that's how I know,
Wanting to know what I didn't know, that's how I know,
I've learned things that I didn't want to know, that's how I know,
I've read things that have crushed my beliefs with a single blow, that's how I know,
I could write a poem everyday about how I know, that's how I know,
Something tells me so, that's how I know...


Everything everybody wanted/expected for you or from you, came from outside of you, as it did me.
This leads impressionable young minds to feel that the world is against or outside of them, therefore we act as if it's "me against the world".
Resistance is projected from our youth out into the world, but not for reasons we may think.
I now realize that the external world, the world outside of us, has no business being in us.
How is it that young minds react against societies conditioning with resistance, without consciously knowing what resistance is?
More importantly, what is inside each of us, that teaches each of us, what resistance is in order to recognize it in the outside world?
My conclusion is this: Just as society is a resistance to our outer form (body), so is our body a resistance to our soul. It is not our minds or our bodies that resist the world, it is our soul wanting to be recognized over our minds and our bodies within the world. That's how I know...

WE R GUARDIANS

We are the Guardians of our souls,
Learn and understand how to protect it for it's a piece of the whole,
When we hold dearly to life the soul pulls,
When we push away the soul controls,
It's what I call the constant console,

The soul uses me as a distraction to see if you think it's me,
But I know it's purpose is to show all that it pleas,
Pleas for you to recognize it's it and it's not you or me,
Pleas to me to find ways to expose thee,
Pleas for all to agree that it's light is for all to see,

The soul wants yours to know there's nothing to fear,
The soul knows your the engineer but it's what per servers,
In other words your the gear that's molded out of the sphere ,you wear in order for the center to appear,
The soul tells me peoples minds adhere, but its the seers that are near,
It's the seers who will revere,

Some will say it's not my soul and it's me who wants to believe,
Some will say I fear death so I reassure myself with what I've conceived,
You may think that I'm naive, but lets not forget I grew up in Redwood City, that means you know how to weave, the city ways prepared me for this, don't you see,
I didn't always know about the soul and only recognized it because I dreamed of never being deceived,
So again I say its my soul that perceives what it is that we'll all achieve,

Here's some truth that brought me to my knees,
There's no difference between a bum and the pope to me says G,
There's no difference between a cop and robber to me says G,
There's no difference between the living and the dead to me says G,
The difference to G (God) is indifference, welcome to you, welcome to me...

ONE-TO-ONE

A one-to-one function is a relationship for which each individual element(YOU) of the domain line(GOD) corresponds to exactly one element of the range line(LIFE SPAN). In other words, the vertical line or the domain line in this photo represents GOD and the horizontal line or the range line in this photo represents your life line. At some point the element(YOU) will cross both lines, this is a one-to-one function, this is your personal relationship with GOD. Your relationship with GOD is a one-to-one function. What's beautiful about a one-to-one function is that its inverse holds true. That means if you have a relationship with GOD, inversely GOD has a relationship with you, hence, a one-to-one function. This truth inspired me to write the following:

I was humiliated because I had been coerced,
I knew they were teaching us headfirst, rather than the inverse,

Something inside wouldn't let me play along like life is rehearsed,
Something inside needed to be dispersed,

So you showed me everything is spontaneous and unrehearsed,
So you showed me that you are All versed,

You taught me to surrender thoughts and beliefs that immerse,
You showed me this teaching by taking me all the way back to my birth,

Here I realized I came into the world headfirst so the world follows this course for better or worse,
Here you made me realize that a one-to-one function is traversed and will always remain submersed,

And for what it's worth,
I know my own worth,
And that's living everyday as if it was my first...

SOL

There are people who hold themselves to a singular point which vibrates there belief,
These people are stars that hold themselves in place for reason, to illuminate its space,

There are people who hold themselves to no point which vibrates in the absence of all things, These people are space that hold themselves in depth for reason, to see presence illuminate off its face,

Without the individual who holds in the absence of all things, the stars wouldn't be able to illuminate themselves,
Without the individual who holds in the illuminating vibration of belief, the space wouldn't know that it too exists...

Namaste...In other words: My soul honors and respects your soul.

HOW

Lets not concern ourselves with the "Five", the who, what, when, where and why,
These five are a series of interchangeable trivial matters and will lead awry,
Rather, lets focus on "How", because it's the one that applies,

The "Five" cloud consciousness and create endless drama,
To much noise overwhelms the senses says the Dalai Lama,
All effectiveness comes from still power says Bramah,

"How" keeps us focused on process and principle,
"How" won't let us take something complicated and make it simple,
"How" creates a wise one's dimples...

How defined: 1. To what extent, or amount, or degree. 2. In what way or manner or by what means.

VIRTUE

We're not roles,
We're not taking,
We're not giving,
We're not faking,

We're not labels,
We're not words,
We're not absurd,
We're not preferred,

We're not Christians,
We're not Jews,
We're not Muslims,
We're not Hindus,

We're not stereotypes,
We're not perceptions,
We're not rules,
We're not exceptions,

We're not religions,
We're not traditions,
We're not found,
We're not miss'n,

We're not politicians,
We're not professions,
We're not mistakes,
We're not lessons,

We're not colors,
We're not seasons,
We're not cause,
We're not reason,

We're not asking,
We're not telling,
We're not for,
We're not rebelling,

We're not right,
We're not wrong,
We're not weak,
We're not strong,

We're not old,
We're not young,
We're not straight,
We're not strung,

We're not lame,
We're not gifted,
We're not lost,
We're not lifted,

We're not funny,
We're not sad,
We're not peaceful,
We're not mad,

We're not reactions,
We're not actions,
We're not whole,
We're not fractions,

We're not lasting,
We're not breaking,
We're not holding,
We're not shaking,

We're not time,
We're not space,
We're not race,
We're not face,

We're not Husbands,
We're not wives,
We're not recorded,
We're not lives,

We're not lies,
We're not drunks,
We're not truth,
We're not punks,

We're not best,
We're not worst,
We're not predictable,
We're not rehearsed,

We're not life,
We're not death,
We're not suffocating,
We're not breath,

We're not followers,
We're not leaders,
We're not writers,
We're not readers,

We're not friendly,
We're not decisive,
We're not mean,
We're not indecisive,

We're not lovers,
We're not fighters,
We're not dumber,
We're not brighter,

We're not staying,
We're not fleeing,
We're not humans,
We're not beings,

We're not belief,
We're not spite,
We're not rude,
We're not polite,

We're not white,
We're not black,
We're not tight,
We're not slack,

We're not evil,
We're not saints,
We're not perfect,
We're not quaint,

We're not low,
We're not high,
We're not outgoing,
We're not shy,

We're not...

We're not what they think we are,
They're not what we think they are,
Between these two states, we are...

We grasp onto fleeting thoughts, ideas and judgements in order to label them. After these thoughts, ideas, or judgements are labeled, we categorize them. After we label and categorize them, we conceptualize. Do you believe yourself or anybody else to be a concept? I certainly hope not. Everything is always flowing and changing, nothing is stagnant.

If you have to label anything, label it, what I label you,
A spectrum of virtue...

Virtue defined: Moral excellence; goodness; righteousness. A good or admirable quality or property. Effective force; power or potency.

EVEN IF

"God" is pure potential of manifested and unmanifested matter that embodies and surrounds us all, seek through your knowledge into its intelligent nothingness, for here resides the potential essence of existence.

Forgiveness is taking responsibility for your actions and inaction's, seek in between your acknowledgement of wrong doing or right doing and its effect, for the essence of your forgiveness resides here. Forgiving yourself is eternal, while acceptance of forgiveness from another is temporary.

Literal translations are vehicles that deliver the truth, the truth resides inside the vehicle or shall I say, through the words. Here's an example of why things shouldn't always be taken literal. For an individual who reads things in a literal way, your life would have to play out literally. So if a literalist is seeking to rid sins, I would ask you to literally bring your sins to me and I will rid them, but it's not possible to literally have sins and since you can't bring them to me, how do you suppose I rid them? Sins are in your conscious, clear your conscious.

Men and woman alike suppose, fancifully, that they know the truth (substitute the word truth with your religion) and have divine perception. When really we know nothing and its from this nothing that we know, is God actualized. Actualized means: changed from potential to actual. Actual means: taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated.

Sages say that the lower class of society (in this case we are not referring to wealth) are those who fatten themselves with life in the name of religion.

Sages know that humans created religion, religion didn't create us and we created it to show ourselves that we believe in something and that something is unexplainable, as are we.

Even if you believe me to be wrong, you must admit there is no end to it all and since there is no end, this is where your thoughts should lead you, to no end. For if there is an end to your thoughts, a blockage, remove the blockage and what lies on the other side, is you...

U R DESTINED

In layman's terms "Fate" means: Events which are predetermined. In order for events to be predetermined, your life needs to have a timeline for the experience to fall unto and in order for there to be a timeline, there needs to be a beginning and an end. Although people will claim the "Big Bang" was the beginning, you must ask yourself what caused the "Big Bang" and then what caused that, and then what caused that and so-on-and-so-forth. So therefore, we can't assume there is a beginning. Although some scientists say that all matter (you, me, a chair) which was created by the Big Bang, has a beginning and an end materialistically speaking, but what creates the matter has no starting point. We all know that the universe is always expanding at the speed of light which equates to no end. So neither can we assume there is an end. Also, since science has proven there is no such thing as time or space, you can't very well have a timeline. Time and space were created by man, which allows us a baseline for experimentation into unknown we call life. Therefore we must conclude through truth provided by nature, no time, no timeline, no Fate. Fate does not exist, except in the minds of individuals who don't claim responsibility for the outcome of there experience's or actions. Your experiences dictate to you, what you want at your deepest level. Experiences within themselves are neither good or bad, that is us labeling and categorizing them, but necessary in order for us to make a decision that we couldn't make ourselves.

Some will say, but if this event didn't happen, then this wouldn't have occurred and if that something hadn't occurred, I wouldn't be where I'm at today. But nature is saying: if you personally reflect on a certain outcome of an experience , those events or experiences happened because you wanted to be exactly where your at today, for better or worse. To think otherwise would under mind the law of all creation, which in essence would be under minding yourself, which in actuality is not possible.

So if lives aren't fated then they must be destined. In layman's terms "Destiny" means: Your overall circumstances or condition in life. In other words, your overall circumstances or condition in life belong to you and you only at this present moment. It takes a humbled and honest person to recognize they are responsible for the outcome of there experiences, better or worse. It takes a humbled, honest, and fearless person to identify and create his or hers own destiny. It takes a humbled, honest, fearless, and intellectual mind to recognize why he or she is able to do it. You are intelligence, what makes up your body is intelligence, everything is intelligence.

If you take an experience for face value, without personal reflection, the conclusion of the experience draws its own results and calls the experience Fate. But if you apply personal reflection and follow the circumstances leading up to a certain experience that creates your result, you will see that the experience was destine to happen and destined by you, destined by what you truly desire. The truth is you are a co-creator in this life. If it were not true, woman wouldn't be able to bare children, nor would men be able to provide a seed. If we are able to create life, we are surely able to create our own destiny...

UNIFIED SPECTRUMS

Imagine every human being in the world standing in a circle, shoulder to shoulder, facing out, with all of our backs facing towards the inside of the circle. Now imagine a still, endless pond, starting from the tips of our toes extending into infinity. Now imagine every human being, including yourself, holding a rock and that every human beings rock represents that beings spectrum. Imagine now that we all drop our rocks into the still pond simultaneously. Each one of our rocks (spectrum's) would ripple into one another's, creating an array of interconnected overlapping spectrum's. Over an inconceivable amount of time, all these ripples (spectrum's) will eventually unit and travel together as one into infinity...

A SPECTRUM

Spectrum defined: A spectrum is a broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities. An array of components that emit and create waves...

Life is a continuous spectrum, no beginning, no end, just seamless connection,
Naturally all directions have cross sections leading us to inflection,
Through "The Middle Way" I bring you this inspection of spectrum in the name of confection,

Nature shows us perfections and imperfections, indiscriminately nature gives us projections,
The rainbows reflection creates a spectrum, all the colors of the world come from this collection,
A two headed snake is a part of the spectrum, even if it is just for our repulsive rejection,

Music notes are a spectrum of harmonious tones,
From the lowest to the highest, they all hone,
There creative spectrum creates creativity and its to each is own,

Use introspection, you'll see you are both affection and objection,
Your a spectrum of connection and rejection,
A spectrum of circumspection coupled with defection, now lets use our spectrum's for reflection:

We play the roll saints, we play the roll of sinners,
We are the spectrum, we play the role of losers, we play the role of winners,
We play the role of masters, we play the role of beginners, all spectrum's mixed within our inner,

We came out of the nothing, we encapsulate everything,
We will always be a spectrum of something,
We are the peasants and the kings and the queens,

We are the enemy, we are the friend, we are a spectrum of trends,
We are the mend, we are the bend, we are a spectrum that transcends,
We defend, we contend, we intend, we extend, we are the spectrum to know end,

We tell the "truth", we tell white lies, we are a spectrum in disguise,
We fall, we rise, we are a spectrum of tides,
We are the hellos, we are the goodbyes, we are a spectrum that defies,

We take part in both giving and receiving, we are a spectrum of interweaving,
We are both unbelieving and believing, we are a spectrum of retrieving, We are perceiving, we are self-deceiving, I honestly know all spectrum's are achieving,

Your personal spectrum is coming from a spectrum of infinite spectrum's,
Once you recognize this you'll realize spectrum's can't be shunned,
so feel free to detach yourself from your one, or lets have some fun and convince me your spectrum won,
Although this spectrum on "spectrum's" is done, I guarantee another spectrum has just begun>>>

Inspired by and therefore dedicated to Nate and Cassie...

SO IT GOES

Everything is a process, from sound, to all that surrounds,

You can see it for yourself, just look around,

Nothing is permanent, nothing is bound,

Not even these words that were written to astound,

Here's a shock, there is no ground,

It's particles that propound a compound,

Our body was born knowing, it's the mind that needs growing for future showings,

We can't escape from nothing, it's Gods way of saying "Keep Going",

Nature is forgoing, it's bestowing because it's never plateauing,

Nature is sewing our unknowing with its undergoing,

Life is all flowing and its relative to itself even when it's slowing,

I'm throwing essence into our connected consciousness for sowing because your light, your glowing,

Thoughts end, frustration subsides and opinions fizzle,

Be the silent awareness to your emotions and watch them sizzle,

If you wanna change life go get that chisel,

Break off the portion of the rock that brings pain in order to rid that grizzle,

Thanks for reading my drizzle...

ASK YOURSELF

I pose to you within this entry entitled "ASK YOURSELF", challenging statements and questions, not to diminish or reject beliefs or religions, but to explore their truths with unfettered minds. To have a belief in something, is THE foundation to us all and this belief is needed to move us onward spiritually as individuals.

Even an atheist has a belief, he believes there is no God, but he still believes. Belief can stand alone. It's within you and outside of you, for if it was not outside of you, there would be no medium to give or receive your beliefs. There is no out there or in here, it's all seamless manifestations, it's all an interconnected process. Beliefs are a process, as are you. Sperm, fetus, baby, infant, toddler, child, etc. Everything is a process.

Beliefs do not ask you to do anything, but they drive us towards truth, for it is truth. Belief alone is truth. Religions are an interpretation of truth. Truth, it's the fundamental building block of intelligence which manifests itself as infinity, as faith, as God or whatever you want to call it. Even I know that my last statement "that intelligence manifests itself as infinity" is not the whole truth, but merely a speck of it. If you don't "believe" my statement above to be true, then prove it wrong and with proving it wrong, you will find, yet more truth.

Infinite thoughts, infinite beliefs, infinite knowledge, infinite understandings. The only barrier to this infinite abundance of truth, is ignorance or wanting of self preservation. Ignorance in "believing" there is only one way, ignorance in "believing" your way is the only way to the infinite and ignorance in "believing" truth is derived from thoughts is a sure way to close off a world of truths. Belief is a relationship that must cultivate, support and understand. If there is only one way we would not exists, for the infinite, which we come from and through, would be stagnant and uncreative like a pool of water. But the infinite is a creative force that moves and orchestrates like a rushing river that carves and creates as it flows through infinity without resistance.

This entry is intended to evoke acceptance, not mere toleration, but acceptance, that another's belief contains a form of truth, even though this truth may not belong to you or your religion of choice. This entry is also intended to evoke you to realize that your religion doesn't contain the god of all gods nor the truths of all truths, for if it did, you have confined the infinite with your mind, thus making it not infinite. Lets widen and expand our outlook with the help of analogies, for without acceptance there is no room for growth and without room to grow we remove the effect of "potential" within thyself...

I think we would all agree that eating the same thing everyday for breakfast, lunch and dinner would NOT be healthy. To have a healthy body you need a variety of nutrients from a variety of sources. If dehydrated, Gatorade would be a better choice over water to rehydrate yourself. To build muscle you would want to take in more protein. For a long run or bike ride you might want to eat more carbohydrates to give your body a sufficient supply of energy. You would drink milk for protein and calcium, veggies for vitamins and minerals and maybe fiber for digestion. The point I'm getting at is variety. You need a variety of foods to support a healthy body. Would you not need a variety of religions/truths/spirituality to have a healthy approach for your beliefs as well? For instance, would you shop at a store that only sold Cheerios? Or more importantly, would you shop at a store that told you Cheerios is all you need for a healthy balanced diet? I certainly hope not.

Lets say I asked you to take pictures of a mountain range. Maybe you capture the rising sun casting yellow, pinks and blues behind a dark calm mountain range. Maybe a photo taken later in the day would show a lush vibrant green mountain range meeting up against a clear blue sky. Maybe a photo taken even later in the afternoon would have dark rain clouds casting shadows on what looks like a dark green and unfriendly mountain range. Now lets say I take pictures of this same mountain range from an airplane as I fly above it. My photos are obstructed by clouds, an airplane wing and the passenger sitting next to me. Now lets say we share with each other our pictures. The truth of the mountain range is all of our photo's combined. Not one photo can give you a clear all encompassing perception of the mountain range. Lets assume that the mountain range is god and your photo is your religion of choice. To just take the picture you like the best and call that picture the mountain range is at best a lie, for all the photo's taken are perspectives of its representation. To identify with one religion is to take one perspective, which again is like taking one photo of that mountain range and calling it the mountain range. And for those individuals who do acknowledge that all the photos are a perspective that do represent the mountain range/God and DO NOT view the other photos/religions is at best a fallacy. Furthermore the mountain range is always changing/evolving, so buy nature our perception of it must change as well.

Religions are like individual spices and life is like the food it flavors. You must combined the individual spices together in order to create a flavorful masterpiece. Food is bland without an assortment of flavors.

Religions are like books and a library is like the house of god. So many different books exploring subject matters to no end. Every book contains a story, a perspective, a truth. Without the books the house of God is empty and if the library only contained one book, how limited would our knowledge be. Furthermore, if the library contained an unlimited amount of books, how full is the house of God, how full would you be?

Lets switch gears and look to nature as a guide to demonstrate how its possible that there is more than one way and that variety is of great essence and a great tool of education. There is not one type of insect, nor one type of tree, nor one type of plant. There is not one type of animal, nor one type of grass, nor one type of flower. There is not one type of climate, nor one type of rock, nor one type of element. All there is is a multitude of everything. There is not one flower more beautiful than the other, nor one insect less important than its counterpart. All things have there place and there purpose. You may argue that there is only one place and one purpose for you and it's x+y=z, but wisdom would say if god intend this there would be only one type of tree, one type of insect, one type of flower.

Imagine if you had never visited a forest and I hung a huge white cloth at its entrance with a small whole in the middle. You might first believe, looking through this one small hole of perception that the forest is green. Then I widen the hole. You may now see flowers and vines, so your perception of the forest changes. Then I widen the hole even more and now you see greenery, flowers, vines, birds, insects, dew dripping from leaves, fog and a stream swirling about. Your perception has yet changed again. Now I pull down the white cloth entirely and expose the forest. How amazed would you be? The white cloth represents the veil of ignorance. This ignorance can only be removed by expanding an outlook and in order to expand an outlook one must change there perception and to change perception one must go beyond the comforts of there own religion and into the infinite depths of possibilities. For within these depths all religions emerge.

If this entry was to have a point I suppose it would be this: Religions deliver truths, but these truths aren't your personal truths. Your real truth is beyond religion and within "your" midst and all "our" midst are within one truth, which lay unshaken by it all.

ASK YOURSELF...

ITS THE ELEPHANT

Its the elephant that's in its room.
It is its room to embody its emotions to display its range.
It towers above like its giraffe amongst its tuxedo penguins who eat its game.
It blends in like its chameleon in its tree with its skin.
Its a single droplet of its water, in its ocean.
Its it stars its moon its planet, its atom its particle
Its a mouse in its field digging its dirt to burrow its off-spring.
It regurgitates its food for its all, as its bird does for its young.
Its falcon sees with its piercing eyes for it dialed its in.
Its wide open eyes like its chinchilla.
It keeps its guest locked in like its pits jaw.
Its ears attuned like its Bats, expecting it's vibrations to echo of its walls of eternity.
Everything it speaks, it speaks through it.
Its gracious confidence moves it across its room like its a preying leopard.
Its as subtle and its as peaceful as its blade of its grass.
It draws in its flock of its gulls and grasps its attention as if it were playing its flute for its cobras.
It changes its direction without its notice like its wind.
It freezes its herd of its deer like its ice, as it is in its headlights.
Its the elephant, it knows its guests it mean its wellness.
It scurries about its like its nervous hyenas, picking apart its perfect its presence with its beliefs of it.
So it wraps around it thoughts of its hyena like its octopus tentacles wraps around its water, to calm it.
It absorbs all its presence with its snake tongue, as it reassures that its everything is in its room.
It doesn't want to be in its room with its elephant so it retreats to its restroom.
It stares at its face in its mirror to see its reflection in its silence, which stirs its mind like its sting ray stirs its sand, out of its protection.
Its stirred mind is its fire but its not its sin, its transformation of its Phoenix for it recognized it never loses and it never wins.
Its a wave of its destruction for its production.
Without its push its nothing to its begin.
It still is its everything to it, for it is its within.
Its silence is its message to its brain without its thoughts, its there outside its box.
Its everything on its page even if it wasn't here, its nothing on its page if it wasn't there.
Its what its never without, its everything...


"Elephant in the room" is an expression for an obvious truth that is being ignored or goes unaddressed. It is based on the idea that an elephant in a room would be impossible to overlook; thus, people in the room have preoccupied themselves with relatively small and even irrelevant matters, compared to the looming big one, the totality.


In this poem the word "it" represents God and the word "room" constitutes as space, which is where all things manifest and exist.


"It" Defined: that one —used as subject or direct object or indirect object of a verb or object of a preposition usually to reference something i.e. a plant, a person or animal, a group of individuals or things, or an abstract entity."It" is a subject of an impersonal or personal verb that expresses a condition or action without reference to an agent.


Therefore, everything is "it" and "it" is God. Everything is God. Your teeth, a nail, a thought.

I now invite you to re-read "ITS THE ELEPHANT" to see it, for what it, is.

FREE WILL

HAVE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF WHAT FREE WILL IS AND HOW IT APPLIES TO YOU? DO YOU CONSCIOUSLY EXERCISE OR PARTICIPATE IN YOUR USE OF FREE WILL OR DO YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE SUBCONSCIOUSLY BEING GUIDED BY YOUR FREE WILL? DO YOU USE FREE WILL TO JUSTIFY YOUR DECISIONS OR ACTIONS? IS FREE WILL ALLOWING ME TO TYPE THIS ENTRY OR AM I USING MY FREE WILL TO TYPE THIS ENTRY? OR IS FREE WILL ITSELF TYPING THIS ENTRY? I NOW INVITE YOU TO READ A DIFFERENT TAKE ON FREE WILL, I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT FREE WILL DOES "FOR" ME, OR SHOULD I SAY, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT MY WILL IS FREE.

Applicable Terminology:
Free defined: 1 to be available. 2 without obligations or duties.
Will defined: the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention.
Free Will defined: 1 is the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate. 2 the ability to act at one's own discretion (of my own free will).
Constraint defined: the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others. the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies.
Necessity defined: anything that's indispensable.
Fate defined: an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
Discretion defined: the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies.

THE INFINITE DIDN'T GIVE ME FREE WILL, THE INFINITE GAVE ME WILL SO I'D BE FREE.IN OTHER WORDS, THE INFINITE GAVE ME CONSCIOUSNESS CAPABILITIES SO I CAN BE WITHOUT OBLIGATIONS OR DUTIES...

WITH WILL THAT'S FREE, YOU CAN GO TO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN JUST BE,
WHEN THE WILL IS FREE, YOU DON'T REACT TO JUST ANYTHING,
IF THE WILL IS FREE, THERE'S NO NEED TO BE RATIONAL OR SPEAK LOGICALLY,
WHERE THE WILL IS FREE, THE BRAIN AND ITS THOUGHTS FREEZE,
WILL IS FREE, THEREFORE IT IS AS IT IS WITH EASE,

MY WILL IS FREE, IT TAKES ME BEYOND THE IMAGINABLE,
IT HAS ME WITNESSING AND INTERACTING WITH ONLY THE TANGIBLE,
SUCH AS EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS THAT DON'T MATURE AND REMAIN CONSTANTLY EXPANDABLE,
WHEN MY WILL IS FREE IT BRINGS PEACE TO THE UNEXPLAINABLE,
WHEN MY WILL IS FREE PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDABLE,

IT APPEARS "FREE WILL" AND "WILL IS FREE" ARE ONE IN THE SAME, LIKE TWO APPLES FROM THE SAME TREE,
BUT DOESN'T ONE SEEM BINDING WHILE THE OTHER FREES,
DOESN'T ONE SEEM LIKE AN APPLICATION WHERE THE OTHER YOU COULD ACTUALLY "BE",
I ASK YOU PLEASE, IF YOUR STRUGGLING WITH SOMETHING IN YOUR DAY TELL YOURSELF "MY WILL IS FREE",
SOMETHING AMAZING WILL HAPPEN, YOU'LL SEE...

All I ask is for you to take a moment and reflect on whats been written. In closing, I've provided a writing by Deng Ming-Dao entitled "REFLECTION."

If waters are placid, the moon will be mirrored perfectly. If we still ourselves, we can mirror the divine perfectly. But if we engage solely in the frenetic activities of our daily involvements, if we seek to impose our own schemes on the natural order, and if we allow ourselves to become absorbed in self-centered views, the surface of our waters becomes turbulent. Then we cannot be receptive to Tao.
There is no effort that we can make to still ourselves. True stillness comes naturally from moments of solitude where we allow our minds to settle. Just as water seeks its own level, the mind will gravitate toward the holy. Muddy water will become clear if allowed to stand undisturbed, and so too will the mind become clear if it is allowed to be still.
Neither the water nor the moon make any effort to achieve a reflection. In the same way, meditation will be natural and immediate.

~A4O~ RISING

The concept of ~A4O~ (ALL FOR ONE) emerged in 1991 between four friends siting in a upstairs apartment. Unbeknown to them at the time, this concept was larger than any one of them could have ever imagined. It surfaced not out of fear or protection, but rather understanding and comradery. The concept of ~A4O~ is to the human kind, what subatomic particles are to sustaining your life, pure potentiality. ~A4O~ was, will always be and is today, a foundation from which your life's identity was built upon, but where others identities can never penetrate. In 1995, four years later, a poem entitled "ALL FOR ONE" was written. Although this concept emerged out of four individuals, its multiplied and its principles can apply to every single human being alive. Looking back, this poem proves to be the catalyst into ~A4O's~ future. In 2001, ten years later, I wrote a poem entitled "UNIFIED." This poem is significant because it draws the underlying concept of ~A4O~ and connects the whole world through a common thread. What I find fascinating about this poem is its ending, which reads," THIS WORLD LACKS A TRUE DEPICTION OF HOW WE SHOULD VIEW EACH OTHER." Now, in 2009, eighteen years later, the "DEPICTION" has emerged (the drawing is located below the mission statement and services headliner). At the root, we are all ~A4O~ whether you believe it or not and if you haven't recognized that just yet, this poem is for you and not your silhouette...

IT ALL BEGAN WITH FOUR,

EACH REPRESENTING A RIGHT ANGLE, SECURE,

SAFETY WITHIN THE BOX, FOR SURE,

SAFETY OUTSIDE THE BOX, TO EXPLORE,

FEAR NO MORE FOR ~A4O~ CREATES A CORE FROM ADORE,

A CORE FOR ALL MANKIND'S RAPPORT AND IT MATTERS NOT WHAT YOU WERE BEFORE,

CAN YOU SEE THAT YOU ARE APART OF THE MORE,

CAN YOU LIVE AMONGST PEOPLE WITHOUT ONE UPPING OR HAVING TO EVEN THE SCORE,

NOBODIES FORCING YOU THROUGH THE DOOR, BUT YOU MUST EXIT IN ORDER TO SOAR,

~A4O~ IS THE THREAD THAT CONNECTS ALL THE SHORES,

~A4O~ IS THE SOIL THAT LIES UNDER ALL THE FLOORS,

DEEP DOWN YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL FOR ONE AND WE ALL CAME FROM ONE, SO YOU CAN'T IGNORE, AND NOW IT'S TIME TO IMPLORE,

~A4O~ IS THE BASE, THE PLACE THAT YOU BUILD UPON FOR WHATEVER IT IS YOU GIVE CHASE,

WHETHER IT BE YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS, RELIGIONS, OPINIONS, IDEAS, OR RACE,

THESE ARE MERELY VIEWPOINTS ON THE UNIQUE DIFFERENCES THAT MAKE YOU AND THIS PLACE,

BUT LETS NOT FORGET AT THE FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL WE ARE ALL LACED,

~A4O~ IS THE COMMON THREAD BESTOWED UPON US AND ONLY VISIBLE THROUGH GRACE,

WE MUST ERASE THE SILHOUETTE WE GIVE EACH OTHER AND REPLACE IT WITH THE ~A4O~ EMBRACE,

FOR ~A4O~ DOESN'T RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FOR RELIGIONS, OPINIONS OR WHAT HE OR SHE BELIEVES,

THAT'S TO EACH IS OWN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,

~A4O~ IS FOCUSED ON SOMETHING MORE SIMPLE AND THAT'S THAT WE INTERWEAVE,

UNFORTUNATELY FOR SOME, THERE'S NOTHING TO ACHIEVE, NOTHING TO RECEIVE, NOTHING TO GRIEVE, NOTHING THAT YOU CAN HOLD OVER OR UNDER ME,

THERE'S JUST ONE THING TO PERCEIVE AND THAT'S WE'RE ALL ONE, THAT'S IF YOU DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO CLEAVE WITH WHATEVER IT IS YOU BELIEVE,

LETS NOT BE NAIVE AND CONCEIVE ~A4O'S~ CONCEPT HUMBLY,

ACCEPTANCE IS TWO-FOLD AND YOU MAY CONSIDER MY DEFINITION OF IT MEDIEVAL,

YOU CAN'T ASSOCIATE YOUR BELIEFS TO YOU JUST AS I CAN'T ASSOCIATE MY BELIEFS TO ME, BECAUSE OUR BELIEFS WEREN'T PRIMEVAL,

IN OTHER WORDS, ACCEPTANCE IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU THINK I AM CAME THROUGH THE PROCESS OF RETRIEVAL,

THEREFORE NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE PEOPLE AS PEOPLE FOR THE MOMENT IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL,

LACK OF ACCEPTANCE TO YOURSELF AND OF OTHERS IS THE ONLY FORESEEN OBSTACLE BETWEEN ~A4O~ AND ITS UPHEAVAL,

WE HAVE TO SEE OUR SILHOUETTES AND PUT ASIDE THE OTHERS OR WE'RE NO BETTER THAN A BOLL WEEVIL...

To see people without their beliefs, to see people without their opinions, to see people without their reasons, to see people without their ideas, is to see people. Let people see whatever it is they need to see, for what you or I see is only unique to the observer, the self. Don't hold people to what you see, for that is your experience. To be ~A4O~, to be All For One, it is to recognize yourself and the other, WITHOUT. To see each other in our purest, natural and simplest form, is to witness our common thread, it is to see our ~A4Oness~...

DEAR SEEKER

ALL THE TEXT WITHIN "DEAR SEEKER" WAS QUOTED FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING AUTHORS: ECKHART TOLLE, DEEPAK CHOPRA, RHONDA BYRNE, ALBERT EINSTEIN,
JOHN MCAFEE, A.M. MATTHEWS, DON MIGUEL RUIZ, DHRUV KAJI, DALAI LAMA, LAO TSU, CONFUCIUS, DENG MING-DAO, KAHLIL GIBRAN, BHAGAVAD GITA, SOCRATES, CICERO, SENECA, BUDDHA, ROBERT FROST, AND PLATO...


"Those who demand much of themselves and little from others will avoid resentment."


"My dear clod, if all this world and all that's within it is God's creation, then how could ANY part of it, however remote or small or unimportant, be less blessed than any other?"

"The ego identifies with having, but its satisfaction in having is a relatively shallow and short lived one. Concealed within it remains a deep-seated sense of dissatisfaction, of incompleteness, of "not enough." "I don't have enough yet," by which the ego really means,"I am not enough yet." Only until you recognize the ego and it's ways, you are working for it and not the awareness behind it."

"It's the ego that makes you believe you have or posses something, but in actuality life is a process, so even if you have something, it is only temporarily. Even your body can be confused as your possession or something you have, but it to will parish through the process."

"The key to freedom is to live in self-referred consciousness, which means to identify with your inner self instead of your self-image."

"The ego creates enemies because the ego in you, if not recognized, upholds your viewpoint and shuns the other. The ego creates separateness by making you believe there is an "I" separate from everybody else,within you."


"The noble seek what they want for themselves; the inferior seek it from others."


"The noble takes what is right and makes it the foundation. Then the noble takes the foundation and reduces it to practice with all courtesy. Then the noble carries it out with modesty and renders it perfect with sincerity. Such is the noble."


"The inferior always embellish there mistakes."

"When a situation is troubling you, ask yourself, What's wrong right now? If you do this, then you realize that in this moment there are no problems. Separate the situation from the moment, because the situation will pass, while the moment will remain. The situation always transforms, but every moment remains perfect and unchanged, because the moment is NOW!"

"Now is the moment that never ends. When the past happened, it happened now. When the future happens, it happens now. The present is the only moment that never ends, because the present is timeless and immeasurable. The present is infinite consciousness being all that was, all that is, and all that will be."

"Through the present moment, you have access to the power of life itself, that which has been traditionally been called"God." As soon as you turn away from it, God ceases to be a reality in your life, and all you are left with is the mental concept of God, which some people believe in and others deny. Even a belief in God is only a poor substitute for the living reality of God manifesting every second of your life."

"Observe the silence between your thoughts, your actions, your reactions, and you will feel the presence of spirit in the stillness of those spaces."

"Your life is a process that was always there and that never ends."

"Soon you will realize that in the dance of the universe, you are not walking; walking is happening. You are not sitting; sitting is happening. And you are not breathing; the one being is breathing through you."

"You are a being of light; you body is made of light. Even your eyes are made of light. The stars made your eyes so they could see themselves."

"Solid objects are not solid at all, nor are they separate from one another in space in time. Objects are focal points, or concentrations of intelligence, within the field of intelligence."

"The unified field of pure consciousness says that we are connected to our source and one another."

"I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there."

"If your aspirations are for good, ruler, the people will be good. The moral character of those in high position is the breeze, the characters of those below are the grass. When the grass has the breeze upon it, it surely bends."

"The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist."

"The earliest archaeological evidence of angles to date appears on the Stele of Ur-Nammus in 2250 B.C. Although angels are mentioned in the bible the first inclination of there existence was 2,230 years before the bible had even begun to be written. And on a side note people had these beliefs without religion."

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

"Emptiness does not make phenomena empty, because phenomena are themselves emptiness."

"1. The rosary is the total possessor of its parts, 108 beads; the whole and the parts are different; but if we remove the parts, the rosary disappears. 2. The rosary taken as a whole is one, but the parts are many; the rosary cannot exist as "one" with its parts. 3. If the parts are put aside, there is no rosary that inherently exists separate from the parts; therefore, the rosary is not distinct from its parts. 4. While the rosary does not exist isolated from its parts, neither does it inherently depend on its parts, nor do the parts depend on it. 5. The rosary does not inherently posses its parts. 6. The form of the rosary is one of its qualities and therefore cannot be "the rosary." 7. Neither can the combination of beads and string be the rosary, because they form only the base of the rosary. In other words, the rosary doesn't exist, we only think it does because we have named it."

"The follower believes that things are happening to them, the follower believes that someone is doing something to them. The seeker knows that things happen."

"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."

"I will not grieve that men do not know me; I will grieve that I do not know men."

"Virtue is the denial of self and response to what is right and proper. Deny yourself for one day and respond to the right and proper, and everybody will accord you virtuous. For has virtue its source in oneself, or is it forsooth derived from others?"

"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."

"Taoism comes to us from 6th century B.C. It is not known as a religion but rather "The Way." Tao was derived by finding gods message in everything. Finding God's message in a grain of rice. For example the word "Open" in Tao is learning to remove whatever bars our way. The two leaves of each person's door are ignorance and selfishness. The ignorant think they know everything, and so they are not open to anything. The selfish cannot think beyond themselves, and so they do not have the farsighted qualities needed to understand Tao. The wise open their doors wide and let the vitality of Tao flow freely. With Tao there is no original sin. There is no bad karma. There is just an endless flow of what is and that what is, is without label."

"When there's a fork in the road, take it."

"We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the Secret sits in the middle and knows."

"We can learn a lot from the word "MELT." Let me show you how Tao teaches without any obstruction, just observation. When a piece of ice is put into water, it melts. It effortlessly becomes a part of its surroundings. When a candle is lit, the wax melts and runs down its sides. It is only seeking its level. When iron is heated, it melts and becomes liquid. It is only responding to the force upon it. From observing all these things, we can gain a lesson about Tao. Just as ice melts, we should learn to adjust to our surroundings. Nothing is possible without equilibrium. Just as the candle melts, we must seek the lowest level in a situation. There is no need for struggle. There is no need for worry. When the flaming wick becomes too hot, the candle responds by melting and seeking a lower level. Just as iron melts, we must be responsive to the forces that act upon us. We are not supreme in this life: the weather, time, our aging, other people, and pure chance all act upon us. Heated iron melts. It responds to the force put upon it, but it never stops being iron. When it cools it is still metal. Thus, it both responds and remains true to itself. Those who follow the importance of combining responsiveness with integrity."

"The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less."

"Human DNA is a molecule so complex that to disturb any one of its 3 billion genetic units could make the difference between life and death."

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."

"I protect what needs no protection, I guide the quest that cannot take you anywhere, and in the end I will be there when you find the "Grail", though you will see neither me nor it."

"For what else is nature but God and the divine reason that pervades the whole universe and all its parts."

"Vedanta is based on two simple propositions: 1. Human nature is divine. 2. The aim of human life is to realize that human nature is divine. The goal of Vedanta is a state of self-realisation or cosmic consciousness. Historically and currently, it is assumed that this state can be experienced by anyone, but it cannot be adequately conveyed in language."

"Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love."

"Sat=limitless/truth, Chit=awareness/knowledge, Ananda=completeness/fulfillment. Sat is Chit is Ananda. This text is written in Sanskrit which originated in India in 1500 B.C. It's believed this language was created to express love through communication. Much of the Sanskrit text is poetry based."

"The Bhagavad Gita literally means "The Song of the Lord."

"Every state of being, from the finest and most immaterial to the grossest and most solid, depends on the observer. If we wanted to, we could dissolve a piece of paper into nothingness, as follows: a page is made of paper, paper is made from trees and trees are made of molecules, molecules are made of atoms, atoms are bundles of energy at the quantum level, and bundles of energy consist of 99.99999 percent empty space. Since the distance between one atom and the next is quite vast - proportionally greater than the distance between the earth and the sun - you can call this page solid only if you are also willing to say that the space between us and the sun is solid."

"Fullness beyond, fullness here: Fullness from fullness doth proceed. From fullness, fullness take away: Fullness yet remains."

"Reason is a light that God/Infinite has kindled in the soul."

"When we encounter an attractive object or something that pleases our mind, we see it as beautiful and real, but actually it is as empty as a summer rainbow. To abandon attachment toward it is a practice of the Bodhisattva."

"Nothing is said that has not been said before."

"Ask, believe, and receive."

"Having labeled a thing, you no longer see that thing, you see its label instead.

"You may find this hard to believe, but the thoughts you have in your head don't belong to you - they belong to the roles you play. If you are a woman thinking about her child, how is he doing in school, what to make him for dinner, and so on, you are not having these thoughts. Mother is."

"Every point in space is every other point in space."

"As the various craftsmen dwell in their workshops that they may do their work effectively, so the seeker applies himself to study that he may carry his wisdom to perfection."

"When anger arises within you, instantly become aware of it. Recognize the impermanent nature of all emotions and at this moment switch to patience. Now reason with yourself to see a different perspective of your emotion. Then realize the emotion is now gone. Cease the moment of anger with becoming aware of it."

"Information is embedded in energy."

"Anything we focus on we do create. So if we're angry, for instance, at a war that's going on, or strife or suffering, we're adding our energy to it. We're pushing ourselves, and that only creates resistance."

"Every thought you put intention upon, is a force."

"The law of attraction is a law of nature. It is impartial as the law of gravity."

"You are immortal, you are beyond life and death."

"Imagination is everything. It's the preview of life's coming attractions."

"God/Infinite does not sit outside the universe as the infinite doesn't sit outside of you; God is the universe therefore the infinite is you."

"A single cell can breath, feed itself, excrete waste, divide, and heal while it is living on death row. Every cell in your body receives nutrients and air every three seconds."

"Be impeccable with your word; don't take anything personally; don't make assumptions; always do your best."

"Each thing that appears does not exist according to an independent nature but as a vision of the relative mind, and therefore has no absolute existence. If objects had inherent existence, the more we examine and analyze then the more they would become more clear and precise; but in fact, when examined, instead of becoming more precise they become unclear, they disappear, and in the end we cannot find them at all."

"The ancient Vedic text says that the world is like a huge city, reflected in a mirror. So too, the universe is a huge reflection of yourself in your own consciousness."

"Tat Tvam Asi or I see the other in myself and myself in others."

"Imagine that your spirit is not only in you but in all other beings and everything that is. Imagine that everybody is a reflection of yourself. Imagine that when you look at the universe you are looking at your mirror. Imagine that you see what others see. Imagine that you feel what others feel."

"Everything that you think you are, is the result of what you have thought. Everything that you are, still remains."

"You are a spiritual being. You are energy, and energy cannot be created or destroyed-it just changes form. Therefore, the pure essence of you has always been and always will be."

THE WHITEBOARD

JESUS SAID,"THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE!"
LETS HEED THE ADVICE AND SEEK SOME TRUTH TOGETHER SHALL WE...

DO YOU KNOW THE DEFINITION OF RELIGION? TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT. DO YOU BELIEVE CHRISTIANITY IS A RELIGION? TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE MEANING OF ANYTHING, WE MUST FIRST DEFINE ALL of ITS COMPONENTS. WITHOUT DEFINING ALL OF ITS COMPONENTS, OUR IDEA OR DEFINITION WILL BE MUDDLED AND VAGUE AT BEST. BELOW YOU'LL FIND A LIST OF WORDS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS. ALL THESE WORDS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS CONTRIBUTE TO AND COMPLETE THE MEANING OF RELIGION.

RELIGION DEFINED, IS TO SERVICE AND WORSHIP GOD.

SERVICE DEFINED, IS AN ACT OF DELIVERING.

WORSHIP DEFINED, IS TO REGARD WITH ADORATION.

REGARD DEFINED, IS A FEELING OF FRIENDSHIP.

ADORATION DEFINED, IS WORSHIP GIVEN TO GOD ALONE.

GOD DEFINED, (WHICH IS UNDEFINABLE) IS UNLIMITED AND INFINITE.

THEREFORE THE DEFINITION OF RELIGION IS: TO DELIVER YOUR FEELING OF FRIENDSHIP TO THE UNLIMITED INFINITE.

WE CAN VENTURE FURTHER INTO TRUTH, FOR NOW WE UNDERSTAND WHAT RELIGION IS. BUT BEFORE WE REMOVE ANYMORE LAYERS I MUST PRESENT YOU WITH A FEW PROVOKING QUESTIONS. IS THE DEFINITION OF RELIGION NOT ALL INCLUSIVE WITHIN ITSELF? WHAT IS LARGER THAN DELIVERING YOUR FEELING OF FRIENDSHIP(LOVE)TO THE INFINITE AS THE INFINITE AUTOMATICALLY DOES FOR YOU? IS YOUR FEELING OF LOVE FOR THE INFINITE NOT ENOUGH? IS RELIGION NOT ENOUGH?

MOVING FORWARD, I WILL BE USING CHRISTIANITY AS MY EXAMPLE FOR ILLUSTRATING LAYERS, BUT ANY OTHER DIVISION FROM RELIGION COULD EASILY TAKE ITS PLACE. CHRISTIANITY DEFINED, IS A MONOTHEISTIC SYSTEM OF BELIEFS THAT EMPHASIZES THE ROLE OF JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR. IS JESUS HIMSELF NOT RELIGION, IS MOTHER TERESSA HERSELF NOT RELIGION? MONOTHEISTIC DEFINED, IS THE BELIEF THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD. IT APPEARS CHRISTIANITY CAME UP WITH THE DEFINITION OF MONOTHEISTIC AND DEEMED JESUS THE SON OF THAT ONE GOD, BUT IN ACTUALITY CHRISTIANITY REDEFINED THE ALREADY DEFINED, THUS CREATING THE FIRST LAYER. I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE DEFINITION OF RELIGION COVERS ONE GOD VERY NICELY.

CHRISTIANITY IS CHRISTIANITY AND RELIGION IS RELIGION. THEY ARE NOT ONE IN THE SAME. RELIGION DOESN'T NEED CHRISTIANITY TO EXIST. JESUS DIDN'T NEED CHRISTIANITY TO EXIST, JUST AS THE INFINITE DOESN'T NEED YOU OR ME TO EXIST. ON THE CONTRARY, CHRISTIANITY NEEDS RELIGION TO EXISTS BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO USE RELIGIONS FOUNDATION AND ONE OF ITS MANY MESSENGERS, TO INSTALL ITS BELIEF SYSTEM. THIS IS LAYER NUMBER TWO.

I'M NOT PICKING ON CHRISTIANS OR ANY OTHER SUBDIVISION FROM RELIGION, NOR WHAT ITS BELIEF SYSTEM VALUES. I'M MERELY PEELING BACK LAYERS TO FIND WHAT'S AT THE CORE OF ALL DIVISIONS FROM RELIGION. ARE YOU PRAYING TO THE INFINITE? OR ARE YOU PRAYING THROUGH THE CHRISTIAN BELIEF SYSTEM, THAT POINTS TO JESUS, WHILE JESUS POINTS TO THE INFINITE? THIS HAS THE MAKE-UP OF YET ANOTHER LAYER. HOW IS IT THAT JESUS WASN'T APART OF CHRISTIANITY, BUT HIS FOLLOWERS ARE? I WILL LET YOU DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS TO THIS QUESTION AND THE TRUTH IS THERE IF YOU SEEK IT.

LETS TAKE IT TO THE WHITEBOARD. THIS IS WHERE CHRISTIANITY WILL SHINE EQUALLY WITH ALL ITS OTHER SUB-DIVISIONS FROM RELIGION. CHRISTIANITY, BUDDHISM, JUDAISM, TAOISM HAVE WITHIN THEMSELVES AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF WISDOM, AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF LESSONS AND AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF LOVE. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

LETS TAKE CHRISTIANITY AND ALL ITS 30,000 DIVISIONS OF SUB-DIVISIONS AND PUT IT ON THE WHITEBOARD. LETS TAKE THE AGNOSTIC AND THE ISLAM FAITHS AND PUT THEM ON THE WHITEBOARD. JUDAISM, WHITEBOARD. BUDDHISM, WHITEBOARD. TAOISM, WHITEBOARD. FOR KICKS WE'LL EVEN THROW THE ATHEISTS UP ON THE WHITEBOARD. PUT IT ALL ON THE WHITEBOARD. ALL THESE DIVISIONS HOLD KEY AND VITAL INFORMATION SO WHY HOLD TRUE TO JUST ONE? IF A TEACHER WERE TO TELL YOU TO MEMORIZE ALL THAT'S ON THE WHITEBOARD, WOULD YOU NOT TRY TO MEMORIZE THEM ALL? DID YOU NOT BELIEVE THAT THE INFINITE DEEMED THAT ALL BE CREATED FOR SOME PURPOSE?

THERE IS ONE THING THAT IS COMMON ABOUT ALL THAT IS WRITTEN ON THE WHITEBOARD. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? IT IS THE WHITEBOARD. EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED BY THE WHITEBOARD. ERASE EVERYTHING OFF THE WHITEBOARD AND YET THE WHITEBOARD STILL EXISTS. ERASE WHAT'S ON THE WHITEBOARD AND RELIGION STILL EXISTS. ERASE WHAT'S ON THE WHITEBOARD AND THE INFINITE STILL EXISTS.

LETS TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER AND SAY THAT THE BIBLE REPRESENTS THE INFINITE. IF YOU STRIP THE BIBLE OF ITS ENTIRETY, ARE YOU STRIPPING YOUR BELIEF OF THE INFINITE? CERTAINLY NOT BECAUSE YOUR BELIEF IN THE INFINITE IS NOT BORN FROM THE BIBLE. YOUR BELIEF IN THE INFINITE IS BORN FROM YOUR BEING.

THE WHITEBOARD TEACHES THE GREATEST LESSON OF ALL. IF YOU IDENTIFY WITH SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE WHITEBOARD. IF IT'S ON THE WHITEBOARD, IT SEPARATES. IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE UNITY, PEACE, AND TOGETHERNESS, WE MUST KEEP THE WHITEBOARD CLEAN. RELIGION MAKES US ONE, SUB-DIVISIONS BUILT OFF OF RELIGION KEEP US SEPARATED.

IMAGINE A GROUP OF CHRISTIANS WALKING DOWN A STREET WITH BIBLES IN THEIR HANDS AND NOW IMAGINE A GROUP OF ISLAMS WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH KORANS IN THEIR HANDS. DO YOU THINK THE TWO GROUPS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SEPARATENESS? DO WE NOT UNDERSTAND THAT SEPARATENESS CREATES FOE? NOW IMAGINE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WALKING DOWN A STREET WITH A BOOK THAT CONTAINS BOTH. WHO IS THE FOE?

IN CLOSING, I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS NEXT POINT. I'M NOT TRYING TO STRIP YOU OR ANY SUBDIVISION FROM RELIGION OR ITS BELIEF SYSTEM, NOR COULD I. I'M JUST NOT GOING TO LET ANY SUBDIVISION FROM RELIGION IMPLY ANYTHING ONTO ME. JUST AS I WOULDN'T TAKE A SUBDIVISION FROM RELIGION OR ITS BELIEFS AND MAKE IT APART OF YOU. MY SOUL HONORS AND RESPECTS YOUR SOUL WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR BELIEFS, JUST AS THE INFINITE DOES. ONLY WHEN WE DIFFERENTIATE OURSELVES FROM RELIGION IS WHERE THINGS START TO UNRAVEL. ERASE WHATS ON THE WHITEBOARD AND ITS TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE. IT IS WHAT YOU ARE NOT, THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE...

I POSTED THIS ENTRY ON MY BLOG A FEW DAYS AGO AND SOMEONE HAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT SOMETHING MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT AND THAT SOMETHING IS FAITH. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHICH "FAITH" IS IT THAT YOU SPEAK OF? THE "FAITH" OF A SUPERNATURAL POWER THAT CONTROLS HUMAN DESTINY (SOME MAY CONSIDER THIS A CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT) OR THE "FAITH" OF LOYALTY TO THE CAUSE, WHICH MAY BE DEEMED THE FUNDAMENTAL DEFINITION OF FAITH. I MYSELF AM FAITH WHICH IS IN THE LOYALTY OF THE CAUSE. I HAVE FAITH IN THE WHITEBOARD (THE UNLIMITED INFINITE) AND THE WHITEBOARD ALONE. I DO NOT PUT MY "FAITH" INTO WHAT SOMEONE WRITES ON THE WHITEBOARD. THE INFINITE IS FAITH AND WE ARE APART OF THE INFINITE, SO THERE IS FAITH IN US ALL. IF THERE WERE NO YOU OR ME, WOULD FAITH STILL NOT EXISTS? IN OTHER WORDS, FAITH IS NOT SOMETHING I HAVE OR SOMETHING I NEED TO GET OR SOMETHING I NEED TO FOLLOW. FAITH IS SOMETHING THAT I AM. FAITH IS SOMETHING THAT "YOU" ARE.

THE CANVAS

THE UNLIMITED INFINITE PAINTS WITH PURE POTENTIAL,

THE SUN PAINTS THE WIND AND WATER WITH MYSTIC MOTION,

THE WIND PAINTS WITH CLOUDS,

THE WATER WITH SAND,

AND YOU PAINT WITH SOUL, WHICH MOVE THE HANDS...

This poem was inspired by Amanda Ford, for your creativity is an expression of life itself...

MIRACULOUS

EVERY CELL CONTAINS NINETY-NINE PERCENT SPACE. THE HUMAN BODY CONTAINS AND/OR IS MADE-UP-OF APPROXIMATELY ONE-HUNDRED TRILLION CELLS, AT ANY GIVEN TIME. WHEN WE LOOK AT SOMEBODY WE ARE SEEING LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THAT BEING BECAUSE NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE ONE-HUNDRED TRILLION CELLS IS SPACE. DUE TO OLD CELLS DYING OFF AND NEW ONES BEING BORN, WE GENERATE NEW ORGANS EVERY THREE MONTHS AND EVERY THREE YEARS WE HAVE GENERATED AN ENTIRELY NEW BODY. THEREFORE WE MUST CONCLUDE THAT OUR BODIES ARE ALWAYS IN PROCESS AND PREDOMINATELY COMPRISED OF "SPACE". WE ARE THE UNIVERSE BECAUSE IT TO IS NINETY-NINE PERCENT SPACE, WITH LESS THEN ONE PERCENT OF IT CONTAINING WHAT WE DEEM AS MATTER. DO YOU KNOW WHAT CANCER IS? CANCER ARE CELLS THAT DON'T WANT TO DIE. IT'S AS IF CELLS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE LIFE ITSELF. IN OTHER WORDS, LIFE WANTS TO LIVE.

WATER IS A CONSTANT PROCESS, JUST AS LIFE IS. WE TAKE THE FORM OF THE BODY LIKE WATER TAKES THE FORM OF LIQUID OR ICE. WATER CAN CHANGE FROM A SOLID STATE INTO VAPOR WITHOUT LOSING ITS ELEMENT. WE ARE LIKE WATER, WITHOUT FORM WE ARE INVISIBLE, BUT YET OUR ELEMENT IS STILL INTACT. WATER AND OUR BODIES ARE ONE IN THE SAME, THEY CAN BE ELUSIVE TO THE EYE ALTHOUGH ITS ESSENCE REMAINS UNCHANGED. WE MIRROR THE EARTH BECAUSE THERE'S APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER ON EARTH AS THERE IS IN THE HUMAN BODY. THINGS ARE AS THEY ARE.

BEFORE THE BIG BANG EVERYTHING WAS ENTANGLED. TAKE TWO ELECTRONS FOR EXAMPLE. UNTANGLE TWO ELECTRONS AND SEND ONE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE. WHATEVER YOU DO TO THE ONE ELECTRON, SIMULTANEOUSLY HAPPENS TO THE OTHER ELECTRON EVEN THOUGH IT'S LIGHT YEARS AWAY. SO EITHER THE INFORMATION IS TRAVELING INFINITELY FAST OR IN REALITY, THEY ARE STILL CONNECTED. SINCE EVERYTHING WAS TOUCHING BEFORE THE BIG BANG, WE MUST CONCLUDE THROUGH THE ELECTRON EXPERIMENT THAT EVERYTHING IS STILL TOUCHING. EVERYTHING IS STILL ONE. WE ARE ALL ONE.

TO TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ALL ONE, EVEN THOUGH WE CAME FROM THE SAME SOURCE, NOTHING EVERY DID AND NOR WILL ANYTHING EVER TOUCH. BOUNCE A BALL ON THE GROUND FOR EXAMPLE. THE ATOMS THAT SURROUND THE BALL AND THE ATOMS THAT LIE ON THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND ARE WHAT PUSH OFF EACH OTHER. ATOMS PUSHING OFF ATOMS CREATE THE ILLUSION THAT THINGS TOUCH. A CHAIR NEVER TOUCHES THE FLOOR AND YOUR BOTTOM NEVER TOUCHES THE TOP OF A CHAIR. EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN TOUCHES.

YOUR THOUGHTS, REACTIONS TO THOSE THOUGHTS, MOVEMENT, ANY MOTION AT ALL, ANYTHING YOU DO PERIOD, TRAVELS AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT THROUGH YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM. THE SPEED OF LIGHT TRAVELS 186,282 MILES PER HOUR A SECOND. IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING TO MOVE AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, IT MUST BE MADE OF LIGHT. EVERYTHING IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE IS MADE OF LIGHT OR IN OTHER WORDS, HAS LIGHT IN IT. THERE'S LIGHT IN EVERYTHING. THE NUTRIENTS WITHIN A TOMATO AND THE TOMATO ITSELF MANIFESTED ONLY BECAUSE OF LIGHT, SO THEREFORE IT IS LIGHT. YOU ARE EATING LIGHT, WHICH IS RECEIVED BY YOU, WHICH IS LIGHT. LIGHT WITHIN ITSELF IS LIGHT.

LETS TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER AND REVEAL THAT EVERYTHING IS A VIBRATION, LIGHT IS A VIBRATION. WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THE DARK SKY YOU SEE STARS AS FIXED OBJECTS. IN ACTUALITY THEY ARE TURNING OFF AND ON AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, WHICH IS UNDETECTABLE TO THE HUMAN EYE. LET ME SLOW IT DOWN FOR US. WHEN THERE IS TO MUCH LIGHT OUTSIDE WE CAN NOT SEE THE STARS ABOVE, BUT WE KNOW THEY ARE STILL THERE. THE STARS THEN APPEAR WHEN THERE IS LESS LIGHT, NOW MULTIPLE THIS EXAMPLE BY THE SPEED OF LIGHT. THE SOUNDS THAT COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH THAT MAKE WORDS ARE MERELY VIBRATIONS. THE TREE, THE CLOUDS, THE CAR, THE SUN , THE STARS, YOU, ALL VIBRATIONS OF DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES.

LETS TAKE ONE PARTICLE (A VERY SMALL PIECE OF MATTER, WHICH WE ARE MADE UP OF) OUT OF THE AIR AND PUT IN A BOX. WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT SINGULAR PARTICLE WITHIN A BOX IT IS IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME. ALTHOUGH IT IS ONE PARTICLE, IT IS IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES!!! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE YOU MAY ASK? IT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL. A PARTICLE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE IN DIFFERENT PLACES, ONLY WHEN IT IS UNOBSERVED IS IT FIXATED. YOU ARE THE POTENTIAL IN EVERYTHING. THE WORLD IS NOT OUT THERE, IT IS IN YOU. EVERYTHING MATERIAL WITHIN THE WORLD CAME FROM A THOUGHT FIRST. THE POTENTIAL OF A CHAIR COMES FROM MULTIPLE POSITIONS WITHIN THE MIND (LIKE PARTICLES WHEN OBSERVED CAN BE IN 3,000 AND COUNTING POSITIONS WITHIN ITSELF) MANIFESTED WITHIN ITS CREATOR FIRST, THEN IT MATERIALIZED. HERE'S THE KICKER, WHAT GAVE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CREATED THE CHAIR, THE THOUGHT OR IDEA OF WANTING TO MAKE ONE IN THE FIRST PLACE??? POTENTIAL, AND WHERE DOES POTENTIAL COME FROM, EMPTINESS/SPACE/NOTHINGNESS AND WHAT IS THIS NOTHINGNESS FROM WHICH ALL THAT EXISTS, IT IS THAT.

LIGHT TRAVELS AT 186,282 MILES PER SECOND. FLICK-ON A LIGHT SWITCH AND INSTANTLY YOU HAVE LIGHT. THE SYNAPSES FIRING THROUGH YOUR BRAIN, WHICH IS CONSTANTLY, IS TRAVEL AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT. YES, YOUR THOUGHTS, WALKING, TYPING, BLINKING YOUR EYE LIDS, EVERYTHING. THE MESSAGES THAT ARE SENT THROUGH YOUR BODY TO DO ALL THESE THINGS, TRAVEL AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT. LETS USE BLINKING AS OUR EXAMPLE. BLINK YOUR EYES. IT HAPPENS REALLY FAST, BUT EVEN FASTER THAN THAT, WAS THE MESSAGE SENT TO YOUR EYELIDS TO BLINK. OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM IS BASICALLY A PATH WAY FOR LIGHT (186,282 MILES PER SECOND) TO DELIVER MESSAGES THROUGHOUT OUR BODIES.

REALITY???? WHAT DO WE KNOW OF IT? WE RECEIVE OVER 400 BILLION PIECES OF INFORMATION/REALITY A SECOND, BUT ARE ONLY ABLE TO PROCESS 2,000 PIECES OF THAT 400 BILLION. REALITY AS WE KNOW IT IS EXPERIENCED THROUGH OUR FIVE SENSES. AND AGAIN, THESE FIVE SENSES ARE ONLY ABLE TO PROCESS 2,000 PIECES OF INFORMATION A SECOND. SO THEREFORE, ONCE WE RID THE BODY WE RID THE FIVE SENSES THAT LIMIT US FROM EXPERIENCING ALL THE 400 BILLION PIECES OF INFORMATION. IN THEORY THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO IMMERSE OUR TRUE IDENTITY INTO THE 400 BILLION PIECES OF INFORMATION WHICH IS HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY AND INSTANTLY EVERY SECOND. THIS MAY SOUND OVERWHELMING, BUT THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN CAN'T PROCESS IT, WHICH IT WONT HAVE TO ONE DAY.

MAY WE ALL

MAY WE ALL BE WELL, JOYFUL, PEACEFUL AND CONTENT,

MAY WE ALL DEAL WITH OUR SHORT CUMMINGS, DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS WITH SILENT, STILL, CLEAR MINDS,

MAY WE ALL HAVE PATIENCE, COURAGE, UNDERSTANDING AND DETERMINATION, TO OVERCOME OUR PERSONAL STRUGGLES,

MAY WE ALL NOT RESIST INEVITABLE CHANGE AND CIRCUMSTANCES, RATHER WITNESS IT AND RECOGNIZE ITS PASSING,

MAY WE ALL REALIZE THAT THE SOUL IS THE SILENT WITNESS THAT IS ALWAYS WITH US,

MAY WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SILENT WITNESS IN US IS AWARENESS ITSELF AND THAT AWARENESS, AWARE OF ITSELF, IS PRESENCE,

MAY WE ALL EMBRACE THE MERE FACT THAT WE ARE THE UNIVERSE LOOKING AT ITSELF,

MAY WE ALL REVEL IN KNOWING THAT LIGHT IS THE KEY INGREDIENT IN ALL THINGS,

MAY WE ALL CREATE AND CULTIVATE OUR OWN SUCCESS,

AND MAY WE ALL SHARE THE REJOICE OF THE SOURCE, FOR IT MAKES EVERYBODY, SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE...

B GR8T, B GR8TFUL

B GR8TFUL 4 BEING ABLE TO EXPERIENCE AND WITNESS THIS MIRACULOUS LIFE, B GR8TFUL 4 ITS TRUE AWESOMENESS IS SPONTANEOUSLY HAPPENING NOW WITHOUT STRIFE,

B GR8TFUL 4 THE GREATNESS U R, BE GR8TFUL FOR THE GREATNESS WE R, BE GR8TFUL 4 GREATNESS FOR IT'S SIMULTANEOUSLY HERE AND AFAR,

B GR8TFUL 4 THE GAPS OF SILENCE, STILLNESS, AND THE REPOSE, B GR8TFUL 4 EVERYTHING OF EXISTENCE IS A SUPPOSE ,

B GR8TFUL 4 OUR UNIVERSE DOESN'T JUDGE, B GR8TFUL 4 YOUR AWARENESS FOR IT IS THE UNIVERSE THAT GIVES IT A NUDGE,

B GR8TFUL 4 YOUR INDIVIDUAL SMARTS, B GR8TFUL BECAUSE YOUR INDIVIDUAL SMARTS IS NEEDED BY THE UNIVERSAL INTELLIGENCE TO PLAY ITS PART,

B GR8TFUL 4 YOU R A PROCESS, B GR8TFUL EVEN WHEN YOU RESIST THIS PROCESS AND CREATE STRESS,

B GR8TFUL 4 YOU GOT TO LOVE, LAUGH, AND CRY, B GR8TFUL 4 YOUR GUT BECAUSE IT PUSHED U 2 TRY,

B GR8TFUL 4 ALL THOSE WHO U THINK U R NOT, B GR8TFUL 4 THEM BECAUSE WE R ALL ONE HAVE U FORGOT,

B GR8TFUL 4 THE HUMAN BODY IN ALL ITS WONDER, B GR8TFUL 4 EVERY THREE YEARS U REGENERATE YOU ENTIRE BODY WITHOUT PLUNDER,

B GR8TFUL FOR JUST BEING HERE, B GR8TFUL THAT THERE'S SUCH A THING AS A VOLUNTEER,

B GR8TFUL 4 ALL BEINGS, B GR8TFUL 4 U YOURSELF R FREEING,

B GR8TFUL 4 ALL OF EXISTENCE, B GR8TFUL FOR JUST ONE PERSONS ASSISTANCE,

B GR8TFUL 4 BEING SEAMLESSLY WOVEN INTO THE WHOLE, B GR8TFUL AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HUNTER AND THE HUNTED R 1 IN THE SAME SOUL,

B GR8TFUL 4 ALL THE ENLIGHTENED FOLKS AND BIBLICAL DUDES, B GR8TFUL 4 ALL WOMAN WHO DIDN'T GET THERE PROPER DUES,

B GR8TFUL 4 YOUR PHYSICAL PRESENCE NO MATTER ITS APPEARANCE, B GR8TFUL 4 THE FLESH AND THE SOUL HAVE NO ADHERENCE,

B GR8TFUL 4 KIDS, B GR8TFUL 4 THEY SHOW U HOW U ONCE LIVE,

B GR8TFUL 4 ALL THE THINGS I DIDN'T MENTION, B GR8TFUL AND FOCUS ALL OF YOUR ATTENTION ON PEACEFUL INTENTIONS,

B GR8TFUL 4 A LEAF, B GR8TFUL 4 THE LEAF BECAUSE IT IS WIND, IT IS WATER, IT IS SOIL, IT IS SUNSHINE UNDERNEATH,

I'M GR8TFUL 4 IT ALL, I'M GR8TFUL 4 ITS FALL...

REALIZE

REALIZE, THAT TO REALIZE SOMETHING IS TO PERCEIVE AN IDEA OR SITUATION MENTALLY, THIS DEFINITION IS JUST THE SURFACE TO OUR FUNDAMENTALLY,

REALIZE, YOU ARE LIMITLESS AND ONLY BOUND TO THIS WORLD THROUGH THOUGHT, SO MAKE YOUR THOUGHTS GOOD FOR THE REST WILL ADD TO YOUR ROT,

REALIZE, QUITE THE MIND AND BECOME AWARE OF THE STILLNESS THAT RESIDES WITHIN U, BECAUSE THAT STILLNESS JUST MIGHT BE THE ONLY THING THAT'S TRUE,

REALIZE, THAT YOUR BELIEFS SOUND LIKE OPINIONS TO OTHERS, SO DON'T FORCE THEM BECAUSE ALL THEY DO IS SMOTHER,

REALIZE, IF YOUR TRULY LISTENING TO SOMEONE SPEAK, U WOULDN'T BE THINKING OF A RESPONSE OR REPLYING TO CRITIQUE,

REALIZE, IF YOU THINK I'M BEING PREACHY JUST REMEMBER I READ EVERYTHING I WRITE AS IF U WROTE IT FOR ME, THAT'S MY LIFETIME GUARANTEE,

REALIZE, WE ALL FEEL ALONE BECAUSE IN FACT WE ARE ALL ONE, THERE'S NO SEPARATENESS WITHIN THE UNIVERSE, THEREFORE WE ARE NOT SEPARATE FROM ONE ANOTHER, IT'S THE UNIVERSAL LAW, WE ARE INSEPARABLE SO HOW COULD THERE BE A FLAW,

REALIZE, THAT TO BE EVERYTHING IS TO BE NOTHING AT ALL, THAT MAKES YOU SPACIOUS NOT SMALL,

REALIZE, THE LAW OF ATTRACTION GOVERNS THE UNIVERSE, SINCE WE ARE APART OF THE UNIVERSE IT GOVERNS US AS WELL, YOUR DRIVE COMES FROM THE UNIVERSE AS IT EXCELS,

REALIZE, EVERY SINGLE THING U SEE IN THIS WORLD STARTED WITH A THOUGHT, SO THEREFORE THOUGHTS MANIFEST THEMSELVES THROUGH US, INTO THE WORLD, NOW THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT,

REALIZE, WE ARE THE FORCE THAT GOVERNS THE UNIVERSE AND THE FORCE, LIKE THE UNIVERSE IS ALWAYS EXPANDING SO STAY THE COURSE,

REALIZE, CHANGE THE WAY U THINK ABOUT YOURSELF, TO SEE CHANGE IN YOURSELF,

REALIZE, U CAN BECOME WHAT IS IN THE ABSENCE OF YOUR UNCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS, SO BECOME CONSCIOUS OF THEM AND RECOGNIZE YOUR TELLING YOURSELF STORIES WITH PLOTS,

REALIZE, U R YOUR THOUGHTS, SO BECOME THE AWARENESS THAT USES AND RECOGNIZES THEM BEFORE YOU BECOME OVERWROUGHT,

REALIZE, YOU THINK MORE ABOUT THE THINGS YOU DON'T WANT IN YOUR LIFE THEN THINKING ABOUT THE THINGS U DO WANT, NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ONLY CREATE MORE NEGATIVITY, POSITIVE THOUGHT CREATES MORE POSITIVITY POSITIVELY,

REALIZE, WE EACH HAVE ENOUGH PRESENCE WITHIN OURSELVES TO TAKE TIME OUT OF EACH DAY TO BECOME AWARE THAT EVERY SECOND IS FLEETING, AND THAT THE NEXT SECOND HOLDS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HAPPY GREETINGS,

REALIZE, THAT EVERY FLEETING SECOND HOLDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN PEACE WITHIN, U MAY BEGIN,

REALIZE, THAT RESISTING EVERY SECONDS OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN PEACE WITHIN, IS TO DENY YOURSELF THE ORGIN POINT FROM WHICH TRUE JOY CAN MANIFEST WITHIN YOU, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME THAT'S ON YOU,

REALIZE, THAT SETTING ASIDE A FEW SECONDS EVERYDAY, JUST "TO BE", IS PEACE, WITHIN IT YOU CAN RELEASE,

REALIZE, THAT YOUR WORRIES, CONCERNS, RESPONSIBILITIES, BILLS AND UNCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS WILL BE AWAITING YOUR RETURN, OR U CAN CHOOSE TO LEARN,

REALIZE, THAT YOU CAN TURN THOSE FEW SECONDS OF AWARENESS INTO MINUTES, AND THEN THOSE MINUTES INTO HOURS SO THEY WONT DIMINISH,

REALIZE, THIS WORLD IS HERE TO PROVIDE U A PLACE TO GROW, THAT'S Y YOUR HERE IF YOUR WONDERING, JUST FLOW,

REALIZE, THE VASTNESS OF THE UNIVERSE IS WHAT U R, HECK YOU GOT ELEMENTS INSIDE OF YOU THAT DERIVED FROM STARS,

REALIZE, THAT MY OPINIONS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHO I AM, EVEN THOUGH U MAY WANT THEM TO SO YOU CAN DAM UP MY EXPAND,

REALIZE, YOUR MISUNDERSTOOD, AS YOU SHOULD,

REALIZE, DON'T WAIT ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE, CHANGE YOURSELF AND LET YOUR CHANGE VIBRATE THROUGH THE WORLD AND PROVIDE GAIN,

REALIZE...

RELEASE

MY EGO HAD ME COMPLETE, COMPLETE WITH DECEIT,
RESISTANCE OF YOUR BEING IS WHERE YOU AND YOUR EGO MEET,
IT USE TO USE ME TO WRITE FOR IT, SHEET AFTER SHEET,
NOW IT'S BE CAREFUL BECAUSE CAST AWAY EGOS USE GUTTERS TO GET AROUND STREETS,
CROSS THEM AND THEY'LL PROUDLY WEAR THE NECKLACE THEY MADE OUT OF YOUR TEETH,
THEY PRAY ON IGNORANT THOUGHT AND ARE COMPLETE ONLY WITH YOUR DEFEAT,
YOU CAN'T RID THE EGO BUT YOUR AWARENESS OF IT MEANS IT DOESN'T HAVE U BEAT,
ALWAYS BE MINDFUL BECAUSE EGOS ARE DISCREET AND CLEVERLY INTO YOUR THOUGHT THEY SEEP,
IT'S YOUR EGO THAT KEEPS A TALLEY OF THESE THOUGHTS SO BURN YOUR RECEIPTS,
AND IF IT GETS A GRIP ON U YOUR JUST A WALKING, TALKING PIECE OF MEAT,
OR U CAN WATCH THE EGO FLEE, IF YOUR PRESENCE OF IT, BECOMES ELITE,


WHEN YOUR POSSESSED BY THE EGO YOUR OUTLOOK IS ALWAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE,
THE EGO IS YOUR MIND MADE RELIGION, IF YOUR NOT ALIGNED WITH ONE THAT'S YOUR DEMISE,
THE EGO IS YOUR OPINIONS, IT USES U AND OTHERS TO GET A RISE,
THE EGO IS POLITICS, ENTRAPPED ON A TWO-SIDED COIN WHERE IT'S OPPOSITE IS WHICH IT RELIES,
WITHOUT MINDFULNESS IT'S YOUR EGO THAT ROBOTICLY REPLIES,
THE EGO SURVIVES ON YOUR ATTACHMENTS AND IF U'VE RECOGNIZED THIS U COULDN'T DENY,
ONCE U RID THE EGO EVERYTHING MENTIONED ABOVE WONT EVEN APPLY,
NO RELIGION, NO POLITICS, NO OPINIONS, NO WHYS
YOU'LL REALIZE THAT YOUR VERY ESSENCE IS THAT OF THE SKY, THEREFORE THERE NEVER WAS, NOR WILL THERE EVER BE A DEMISE,
YOU CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE EGO BECAUSE IT ANSWERS QUESTION WITH QUESTIONS, SO WHY TRY,
THROUGH PRESENCE I RECOGNIZED THE LIFE WITHIN LIFE SO THERE IS NO DIE,
IT'S NEVER GOODBYE...

LIQUID ILLUZIONS

THE LENS OF A CAMERA SEEKS IN UNIONISES WITH THE THIRD EYE,
A SMALL WINDOW WITH WHICH THE EYE RELIES TO FRAME-UP ALL YOUR IMPLIES,
WE FOCUS OUT ON PERSONAL REFLECTIONS FROM WITHIN SO THEY WONT GO AWRY,
LETS DOCUMENT THE BEAUTY OF THIS WORLD BEFORE IT ALL RETURNS TO THE SKY,
IT'S TIME TO JOURNEY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER WITH THE TIPS OF OUR EYE'S, FOR IT’S THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT REMAINS LONG AFTER GOODBYES,


THE FILM WITHIN A CAMERA ACTS LIKE THAT OF OUR SOUL, IT USES THE ESSENCE OF LIGHT IN FRAGMENTS WHICH PIECE TOGETHER AND EXPOSE THE WHOLE,
ONE DAY ALL THOSE FRAGMENTS WILL JOIN THROUGH ESSENCE FOR THE CONSOLE,
ARTISTIC VISIONS ARE THE ESSENCE OF LIGHT FOR ALL TO EXTOL,
WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHS MEMORIES OF OUR STARS WOULD COLLAPSE INTO BLACK HOLES,
IT'S TIME TO ATTACH A TELESCOPIC LENS SO WE CAN SEE BEYOND THE DEPTH TO WHERE IT UNFOLDS,


THE INNER BEAUTY OF A SOUL WILL ALWAYS MANIFEST ITSELF THROUGH CREATIVITY,
LIQUID IT'S YOUR PROCLIVITY OF IMAGERY THAT CREATES THIS POETIC REACTIVITY,
YOU EXUBERANTLY ENHANCE OBJECTS AND TEACH US THAT ALL "THINGS" HAVE A PERSONALITY,
YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS RIPPLE THROUGH OUR SENSORY ACTIVITY WHICH RIPPLES BACK RELATIVITY,
YOUR SENSITIVITY TOWARDS LIFE RADIATES WHICH WILL CULTIVATE YOUR LONGEVITY,
SO LETS NOW EXPLORE YOUR INSIDE ANGLE WHICH WILL ALWAYS KEEP US IN CAPTIVITY,


YOU'VE CAPTURED EMOTIONS, SHADOWS AND COUCHES RESTING,
YOU'VE GIVEN US CLOVER'S, IVY AND LILY'S WITHOUT CONTESTING,
YOU'VE BESTOWED TRACKS, MUD, AND PAINT-INGS WITHOUT ANYBODY REQUESTING,
YOU'VE CREATED MEMORIES OF NATURE, CATTLE AND CORN FOR THE DIGESTING,
YOU'VE ENHANCED SURROUNDINGS AND BOUNDARIES WITHOUT SUGGESTING,
YOU'VE TAKEN US TO PLACES WE WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN, THAT'S THE BEST THING,


YOU HAVE FROZEN PIECES OF TIME FROM YOUR MIND FOR ALL 2 SEE,
LIKE THE MIRRORED LAKE AND OUT OF ITS MIDDLE CAME A WHITE TREE THAT FREES,
LIKE PINK BOLTS, THE WINDOW BEHIND THE BRICK OR THE STRING OF LEAVES IN THE TREE,
LIKE A MOSSY WOOD POST, SNOMDEN'S BARN, OR THE HUB CAPS THAT JUST BE,
LIKE THE PICTURES OF PEOPLE WHO HOLD SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS OF THAT OF U AND ME,
LIKE THE DOG AND THE DEER SHOWING INTEREST TO EACH OTHER BEFORE THE FLEE,
LIKE "THE POND" WHERE U DOCTORED-UP AND REMIXED THE PHOTO AS WOULD AN EMCEE,


YOU PORTRAYED TO ME THAT CRACKS EXIST TO LET THE LIGHT THROUGH,
THAT A VERTICAL WINDOW PANE WITH RAINDROPS CAN PAINT PICTURES TOO,
THAT THE MORNING DEW BRUSHES RUST ON A HOOD THAT'S BLUE,
THAT A PILE OF JUNK IS BEAUTIFUL AND EQUALLY ABSTRACT AS ME AND YOU,
THAT A LITTERED BOTTLE WAS TAKEN IN BY EARTH TO SHOW US ITS NEW FOUND VIEW,
THAT A PHOTO ENTITLED "BLUE" LOOKS LIKE CRYSTALS THAT WILL RENEW,
THAT MISSISSIPPI BARES A TREE WITH A HEART, WHO KNEW,


I COULD GO ON FOREVER WITH THESE WORDS LIQUID, BUT YOU AND I KNOW A PICTURE IS WORTH A MILLION OF THEM,
SO NO VELVET TEARS WHEN THIS POEM COMES TO AN END,
CONSIDER IT A GIFT 2 YOU FOR EXPOSING LIFE'S GEMS...

PRESENCE

WHEN YOUR "BEING" IS IN THE MOMENT THERE'S NOTHING U NEED TO HAVE, NOTHING TO NAB, NOTHING TO GRAB, NOTHING TO GAB,

IT'S YOUR EGO THAT NEEDS ATTACHMENTS SO IT DIVIDES U FROM THE MOMENT WITH THOUGHT TO KEEP U IN HALVES,

BECOME AWARE OF THE EGO THROUGH PRESENCE AND SEE THAT THE EGO ATTACHES ITSELF TO YOUR THOUGHTS AND WATCH IT ATTACK U LIKE A SAV,

KILL THE EGO BY SUSPENDING YOUR THOUGHT AND WATCH THE EGO PICK AT YOU LIKE A KID WOULD A SCAB,

KEEP TABS ON THE EGO FOR A DAY AND YOU'LL BE AMAZED AT ALL OF ITS JABS,

U R A JOYFUL WONDERFUL PERSON AND IT'S THE EGO IN U THAT WANTS U DRAB,


ONCE YOU RECOGNIZE AND ARE AWARE OF THE EGO, THE ANALYZER, THE CRITIC, THE SELF-MADE-SELF, YOU'LL BECOME MORE AWARE OF THY TRUE BEING,

YOU'LL FEEL A CALMNESS OF DEPTH WHERE NOTHING IS COMING OR FLEEING, A STEADINESS OF ESSENCE WHICH IS THE LIFE TO ALL BEINGS,

THIS IS THE CURRENT THAT CONNECTS US ALL AND IT'S STREAMING THROUGH US ALL SO WE'RE TEAMING,

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE ALL AGREEING...


SUMMARY:

UNDERNEATH THE CONSTANT FLOW OF COMPULSIVE THOUGHT PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY BY YOUR EGO, THERE LIES BEING, THE TRUE U. ONCE U R AWARE THAT THIS BEING EXISTS IN U AND ALWAYS HAS EXISTED IN U, WILL U BE HEIGHTEN OR ENLIGHTENED BY IT. REMEMBER ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BE AWARE OF THE EGO CHATTER, ONCE U RECOGNIZE IT, CALM IT BY CONCENTRATING ON YOUR BREATHING AND THEN FEEL THE DEPTH OF YOU, WHICH IS ALL OF EXISTENCE. IN THIS STATE TREES WILL BE MORE DEFINED, LEAVES MORE VIBRANT. TAKE A FAMILIAR WALK IN THIS STATE AND SOUNDS YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE WILL SURROUND YOU. THE REASON WHY YOU HADN'T HEARD THESE SOUNDS BEFORE IS BECAUSE THE EGO (THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD) IS CONSTANTLY BLOCKING THEM OUT. IF YOU LISTEN TO THE EGO CLOSE ENOUGH YOU'LL REALIZE IT WANTS TO KEEP YOUR THOUGHT IN THE FUTURE OR IT WILL BRING YOUR THOUGHT BACK TO PAST EXPERIENCES. THE EGO DOES NOT WANT U TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE "NOW", WHICH IS THE VERY STATE OF YOUR LIFE UNFOLDING. ONLY IN THE "NOW" CAN U RECOGNIZE WHAT U ARE.

TRY NOT TO JUDGE, CATEGORIZE, OR LABEL ANYTHING AT ALL TIMES. THIS MAY BE HARD FOR SOME BECAUSE YOUR IDENTITY AND/OR "OPINION" IS HOW YOU IDENTITFY WITH SELF, BUT THIS IS A FALSE SENSE OF SELF. THIS IS THE EGO TRYING TO ALIGN YOU. THIS IS THE EGO TRYING TO HAVE YOU TAKE A SIDE WHICH CREATES POLARITIES AND WITH POLARITIES THERE IS NO PEACE WITHIN. IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. TRY TO ENJOY "BEING", THE EXISTENCE THAT LIES UNDERNEATH US ALL. GIVE IT SOME ATTENTION, FOR U R THE VASTNESS AND DEPTH OF EXISTENCE.

INSPIRED BY:
ECKHART TOLLE

AWAKENED I AM

ALL WRITINGS LEADING UP TO THIS POINT WERE WRITTEN WITHIN A HIGHER CONSCIOUS. WRITTEN WITHIN A HIGHER AWARENESS. WRITTEN WITHIN ENLIGHTENMENT. WRITTEN WITHIN PRESENCE...

GNOTHI SEAUTON-KNOW THYSELF. THESE WORDS WERE INSCRIBED ABOVE THE ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT DELPHI, SITE OF THE SACRED ORACLE.

ALL THE POEMS FOLLOWING THIS ENTRY WERE WRITTEN WITH BOTH THE EGOIC/UNCONSCIOUS MIND AND WITH THE CONSCIOUS/PRESENT MIND INTERTWINED...

U FEEL

EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY,
I PICKED UP A PEN OUT OF HABIT TODAY,
I BET YOU MY BOTTOM DOLLAR SOMETHING WILL FIND ITS WAY,
A PROGRESSIVE MIND IS NEVER AT BAY,
IT WANTS TO PORTRAY AND AT LEAST SURVEY,
IF YOU WANT, STICK AROUND AND READ MY WORD PLAY,

I CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR, SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR SIGHT,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING BEANNIE SIGEL HAS WHEN HE SITS DOWN TO WRITE,
I, LIKE HE, AM FILLED WITH SPIRIT OR IN OTHER WORDS FIGHT,
HE, LIKE WE, WANTS CHANGE WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO IGNITE,
WE, LIKE HIM, SEE THE WORLD FOR WHAT IT COULD BE RIGHT, RIGHT,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE BEANNIE SEES LIFE, WITH INSIGHT,

AT THIS VERY MOMENT I'M OVERWHELMED WITH URGE,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A PARAPLEGIC HAS WHEN APPROACHING HIS FIRST CURB,
I, LIKE HE, IS TRANSLATING PERPLEXING VISIONS INTO FEELINGS WHICH DRIVES THE SURGE,
HE, LIKE WE, WILL OVERCOME OBSTACLES AND ONE DAY EMERGE,
WE, LIKE HIM, WILL ALWAYS BE ON THE VERGE TO PURGE,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A PARAPLEGIC SEES A WHEELCHAIR, WILL DIVERGE,

AT TIMES I WONDER "WHAT'S THE POINT" AND WANNA PUT DOWN THE PEN,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A PERSON HAS BEFORE WINDING UP IN THE PEN,
I, LIKE HE, IS WAITING FOR A BREAK THAT NEVER COMES EVEN IF YOU PRAY, AMEN,
HE, LIKE WE, ARE OFTEN PRISONERS OF OUR OWN MINDS AND NOT OF OTHER MEN,
WE, LIKE HIM, WILL ALWAYS HAVE COUNTLESS HOURS TO PURSUE ZEN,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A PRISONER SEES BARS, AGAIN AND AGAIN,

I FEEL LIKE THIS POEM IS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THEREFORE I'M PLEASED,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A TEACHER HAS WHEN THERE STUDENTS ACHIEVE,
I, LIKE HE, KNOWS EDUCATION IS OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE SO EVERY MOMENT MUST BE SEIZED,
HE, LIKE WE, KNOWS THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME SO WE REMAIN SQUEEZED,
WE, LIKE HIM, MUST GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT TO THOSE TEASED,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A TEACHER SEES STUDENTS, APPEASED,

WHY IS IT THAT I FEEL RESPONSIBLE TO GET ACTIONS OUT OF THINGS THAT LULL,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A MATADOR HAS AS HE TARO'S THE BULL,
I, LIKE HE, DODGES THE HORNS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE BULL,
HE, LIKE WE, IS FACED BY GULL NUMSKULLS,
WE, LIKE HIM, WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO MULL OVER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE THICKSKULLED,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A MATADOR SEES A BULL, UNDER PULL,

RIGHT NOW I'M FEELING THAT I'VE BEEN CHEATED,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A PATIENT HAS WHEN HE'S RELEASED UNTREATED,
I, LIKE HE, WILL ALWAYS PAY EVEN IF A DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED,
HE, LIKE WE, REMAINS HEATED BECAUSE THE INTEGRITY OF HEALTH CARE IS DEPLETED,
WE, LIKE HIM, WILL REMAIN SEATED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T APPROACH THE CONCEITED,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A DOCTOR SEES PATIENTS, DEFEATED,

AFTER GETTING THAT OFF MY CHEST I'M FEELING SOMEWHAT CALM AND LOOSE,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING BUDDHA OBTAINED, SO HE PUT IT TO USE,
I, LIKE HE, COULD LIVE ON BROADWAY IN NEW YORK CITY AND STILL FEEL RECLUSE,
HE, LIKE WE, ALLOWS THE INNER TURMOIL TO SEEP THROUGH THE SKIN TO DIFFUSE,
WE, LIKE HIM, WILL REMAIN OPEN TO ALL THOSE OBTUSE,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE BUDDHA SEES THE TEN FETTERS,TRUCED,

RIGHT NOW I FEEL UNSTOPPABLE AND ALL MY CYLINDERS ARE FIRING,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING HENRY FORD HAD WHEN THE MODEL-T IDLED WITHOUT DYING,
I, LIKE HE, SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS ON A CRAFT APPLYING AND RE-APPLYING,
HE, LIKE WE, HAS SOMETHING TO LEAVE THE WORLD EVEN THOUGH IT'S UNDERLYING,
WE, LIKE HIM, NURTURED A PASSION WITH THE BASIC FUNDAMENTAL, TRYING,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE HENRY FORD SAW CARS, RELYING,

I'M A GROWN MAN SO I CAN ADMIT THAT I'M FEELING ASHAMED,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A COP HAS WHEN PULLING OVER THE FRAMED,
I, LIKE HE, CLAIMS THE OTHER IS TO BLAME, IN THE END IT'S I THAT GETS DEFAMED,
HE, LIKE WE, WONT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CATCH 22 SO THERE IT REMAINS UNCLAIMED,
WE, LIKE HIM, REMAIN MAIMED BECAUSE BIG BROTHER HAS FOREVER TAKEN AIM,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A COP WANTS TO SEE CIVILIANS, TAMED,

I CAN'T PREVENT MY MOODS FROM CHANGING WHICH NATURALLY MAKES ME UNDECIDED,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A DRIVER HAS WHEN A TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGES YELLOW, DIVIDED,
I, LIKE HE, KNOWS IT'S A BUFFER TO PREVENT THE COLLIDED,
HE, LIKE WE, PROCEEDS WITH CAUTION THROUGH THE CHANGE LIKE PAST TENSE, GLIDED,
WE, LIKE HIM, HAVE NO SAY IN THE MATTER IT'S PROVIDED,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A DRIVER SEES YELLOW, ABIDES,

NOW ALL MY MOODS HAVE MERGED AS ONE AND I'M FEELING PURE,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING BOCELLI HAD WRITING "TIME TO SAY GOODBYE" FOR SURE,
I, LIKE HE, IS PUTTING EMOTION INTO THE WORLD FOR OTHERS TO ENDURE,
HE, LIKE WE, PUTS IT ALL OUT THERE LIKE A BROCHURE,
WE, LIKE HIM, DOESN'T NEED SIGHT TO REALIZE THAT LIFE ITSELF IS THE ENTREPRENEUR,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE BOCCELI SINGS OPERA, ASSURES,

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THIS ISN'T WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A BIPOLAR PERSON HAS WHO WANTS TO FLEE,
I, LIKE HE, NEEDS A BALANCE OF SOME DEGREE,
HE, LIKE WE, WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO FEEL FREE,
WE, LIKE HIM, KNOWS UNDERSTANDING OUR EMOTIONS IS KEY,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A BIPOLAR PERSON SEES TREATMENT, THERAPY,

NOW I'M FEEL'N HAPPY WHICH REALLY MEANS I'M FEEL'N EXCITED,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING ASTRONAUTS HAD WHEN THE FIRST ROCKET WAS IGNITED,
I, LIKE HE, DIDN'T CHOOSE OUR PASSION, WE WERE INVITED,
HE, LIKE WE, HAS SUPPORT FROM THOSE WITH A COMMON INTEREST LIKE STATES OF THE UNITED,
WE, LIKE HIM, HAD TO TRAVEL INTO DARKNESS TO FEEL RIGHTED,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE AN ASTRONAUT SEES SPACE, DELIGHTED,

RIGHT NOW I CAN'T CONCENTRATE AND I'M FEELING DISTRACTED,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A PERSON WITH A.D.D. HAS AS HE'S BEING IMPACTED,
I, LIKE HE, CAN'T SEE IT COMING IT'S JUST ATTRACTED,
HE, LIKE WE, HOPES THIS EPISODE ISN'T PROTRACTED,
WE, LIKE HIM, DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING UNTIL IT WAS EXTRACTED,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A.D.D. WANTS TO SEE THE BRAIN, OVERACTED,

ABOUT NINETY PERCENT OF THE TIME I'M JUST FEEL'N HUMBLED,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A PERSON HAS AFTER ESCAPING DEATH, BESIDES JUMBLED,
I, LIKE HE, KNOWS THAT IN A SECOND WE WILL CRUMBLE,
HE, LIKE WE, DOESN'T GRUMBLE BECAUSE LIFE ISN'T A FIGHT IT'S A RUMBLE,
WE, LIKE HIM, KNOWS LIFE IS OUT OF CONTROL LIKE A KID ON SUGAR THAT PLAYS & TUMBLES,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE DEATH SEES THOSE WHO ESCAPED IT, FUMBLED,

SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT NO MATTER WHAT I DO IT'S JUST NOT GONNA BE RIGHT,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A PERSON WITH O.C.D. HAS WHEN HE'S TRYING TO TURN OF A LIGHT,
I, LIKE HE, KNOWS THAT THIS TYPE OF REALITY BITES,
HE, LIKE WE, UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE'S NO REASON TO FEEL CONTRITE,
WE, LIKE HIM, BELIEVES EACH ONE OF US STRUGGLES AND STRUGGLE LEADS TO INSIGHT,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE AN O.C.D PERSON SEES HABITS, TRITE,

AT TIMES I FEEL ABSOLUTELY ZIP,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING CHRISTOPHER REEVES FELT AFTER HE TOOK THE DIP,
I, LIKE HE, BELIEVES THAT AT ANY MOMENT YOU CAN LOSE YOUR GRIP,
HE, LIKE WE, KNOWS THAT IN THE END IT'S THE SOUL THAT MAKES THE TRIP,
WE, LIKE HIM, UNDERSTANDS THAT LIFE HAS NO SCRIPT,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE CHRISTOPHER REEVES LIVED THE LAST DAYS OF HIS LIFE, EQUIPPED,

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THE WORLD DOESN'T SEE MY MIRTH,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A CHILD WITH AUTISM HAS FROM BIRTH,
I, LIKE HE, DIDN'T ASK TO BE PUT ON THIS EARTH,
HE, LIKE WE, DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE LOOKED UPON AS DEARTH,
WE, LIKE HIM, WANTS TO RID THE NARROW MINDED FROM OUR TURF,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A CHILD WITH AUTISM SHOULD SEE AUTISM, WORTH,

RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE I'M SEEING THINGS CLEAR,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING AN ORACLE HAS WHEN LOOKING INTO HIS SPHERE,
I, LIKE HE, MUST MAKE SENSE OF THINGS AS THEY APPEAR,
HE, LIKE WE, USES PERCEPTION AND THOUGHTS AS WOULD AN ENGINEER,
WE, LIKE HIM, SPEARS FEAR IN ORDER TO OBTAIN CHEER,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE AN ORACLE SEES SPHERES, REVERE,

I JUST HAD A MOMENT WHERE I WAS FEELING CONTENT,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING THE DECEASED HAS WHEN MAKING THERE ASCENT,
I, LIKE HE, UNDERSTANDS THAT WHAT WE REPRESENTED ON EARTH ISN'T OUR EXTENT,
HE, LIKE WE, KNOWS AT THIS POINT IT'S TOO LATE TO AUGMENT,
WE, LIKE HIM, KNOWS THE CROSSOVER IS THE MAIN EVENT,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE THE SOUL LEAVES THE BODY, WITH INTENT,

I'VE BEEN WORKING OVERTIME ON THIS POEM AND I'M FEEL'N LIKE I NEED SOME SLEEP,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING PEOPLE WITH NARCOLEPSY GET EVEN WHEN THEY AIN'T BEAT,
I, LIKE HE, WILL BE FIGHTING SLEEP AND UNTIL I GET IT I'LL BE FEELING INCOMPLETE,
HE, LIKE WE, WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN FOR OUR HEADS AND PILLOWS TO MEET,
WE, LIKE HIM, KNOWS WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR WAYS TO SEE OLD HABITS RETREAT,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE NARCOLEPSY SEES PEOPLE, BETWEEN SHEETS,

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I LET PEOPLE DOWN,
BET THIS IS HOW A WIDE RECEIVER FEELS AFTER DROPPING A WINNING TOUCHDOWN,
I, LIKE HE, UNDERSTANDS THAT OPPORTUNITIES AREN'T JUST ALWAYS AROUND,
HE, LIKE WE, SNATCHES THINGS OUT OF MID AIR, NOUNS,
WE, LIKE HIM, WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO BE VICTORIOUS AND RENOWNED,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A RECEIVER SEES A FOOTBALL IN THE SKY, FOUND,

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I'M ABLE TO AID,
BET THIS IS THE SAME FEELING A NURSE HAS WHEN DELIVERING AID,
I, LIKE HE, KNEW OUR PROFESSION WOULD BE OVER LOOKED BUT STILL STAYED,
HE, LIKE WE, ARE A ONE MAN BRIGADE,
WE, LIKE HIM, ARE OVER WORKED AND UNDER PAID,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE A NURSE SEES THOSE IN NEED, HIS CRUSADE,

TODAY I FEEL AS IF I LEFT IT ALL ON THE FIELD,
BET THIS IS WHAT RANDY PAUSCH FELT THE DAY HE LEFT LIFE'S PLAYING FIELD,
I, LIKE HE, APPEALED FEAR IN ORDER FOR THY TRUE SELF TO BE REVEALED,
HE, LIKE WE, HAS NO USE FOR ARMORED SHIELDS,
WE, LIKE HIM, UNDERSTANDS THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE ARE CONCEALED,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE RANDY PAUSCH LIVED LIFE, WIELD,

WHO KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING IN THE WAY OF FEELINGS OR THOUGHTS,
BET THIS IS WHAT LIFE NATURALLY INTENDED W/OUT HAVING WANTED IT BROUGHT,
I, LIKE IT, COULD NEVER BE BOUGHT,
IT, LIKE I, WOULD RATHER SEEK IT OUT THAN BE SOUGHT,
WE, LIKE IT, HAVE RULES THAT GOVERN WHICH DON'T NEED TO BE TAUGHT,
I SEE THESE WORDS LIKE LIFE SEES US, OUGHT,

EVEN THOUGH I HAD NOTHING TO SAY,
I PICKED UP A PEN OUT OF HABIT TODAY,
OUR PROGRESSIVE MINDS ARE NEVER AT BAY,
THEY WANT TO PORTRAY OR AT LEAST SURVEY,
YOU STUCK AROUND AND READ MY WORD PLAY AND GUESS WHAT TRUTH FOUND ITS WAY,
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN ALL OF US WOULDN'T YOU SAY...

A.K.A. MIA DORA

ONCE OUT THE WOMB, YOUR NICKNAMES CONSUMED,
IT ALL STARTED WITH LITTLE RANGY AND FROM THERE IT BLOOMED,

SO CHUNKY WE CALLED YOU CHUBBERS, THEN FAT FAT WHICH TURNED INTO FATTY,
MAMA LOVES CALLING YOU SWEET PEA, BUT PAPA CALLS YOU WOOKIE,

WOOKIE BECAME WOOK WOOK, WOOK WOOK TO BANSHEE,
BANSHEE BECAME MONCHICHI, MONCHICHI TO MIMI,

HUGE CHEEKS SO WE CALLED YOU CHUNK MUNK,
THROUGH CRY'N FITS SO WE NAMED YOU FUSS MUNCH,

SOMETIMES YOU WERE SO CALM AND COLLECTIVE WE'D CALL YOU KOOL BREEZE,
OTHERTIMES WE'D CALL YOU MONSTER BECAUSE YOU WERE UNRULY,

LOVE BUG, SODA POP, SNUGGLES, AND MISS OI OI ARE OTHER NAMES WE GAVE THEE,
EACH NICKNAME IDENTIFIES A PIECE, OF YOUR PERSONALITY,

ALTHOUGH THIS POEM IS SHORT, IT HOLDS ALL MEANING,
THE MEMORIES, FEELINGS AND LOVE THAT WENT INTO YOUR NICKNAMES ARE FOREVER TEAMING...

LETS

LETS CELEBRATE AIR, WATER, AND GRAVITY,
LETS RESPECT OUR NECESSITIES SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER FROM DEPRAVITY,


LETS CONVERSE ON TOPICS THAT HAVE NO END,
LETS GET LIMITLESS AND DISCUSS SPACE, CIRCLES, AND TRENDS,


LETS CRY AT BIRTH AND LAUGH AT DEATH,
LETS SMILE AT OUR LOVED ONES BEFORE WE TAKE OUR LAST BREATH,


LETS CLOSE OUR EYES AND USE THE MINDS TO IMAGINE SERENE PLACES,
LETS NOW INSERT THE FORGOTTEN, FALLEN, AND FAVORITE FACES,


LETS PAINT BLACK PEOPLE WHITE AND WHITE PEOPLE BLACK,
LETS SEE HOW ONLY THE CONFLICTION CHANGES AND NOTHING MORE THAN THAT,


LETS TEACH OUR YOUTH ABOUT ALL COLORS, RACE, AND RELIGIONS,
LETS GET AHEAD AND ADD THESE 3 TOPICS TO OUR CURRICULUM TO END RACISM,


LETS TAKE A MEANINGFUL, PEACEFUL, SILENT WALK ON A BEACH,
LETS REALIZE WE ARE THE GRAINS OF SAND THAT SUPPORT DEMOCRACY'S FEET,


LETS NOT WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS WE CAN'T CONTROL,
LETS CONTROL THE THINGS WE WORRY ABOUT AND BUCK THE BULL,


LETS KICK ROCKS WHILE WE STROLL DOWN DIRT STREETS,
LETS LIVE LIKE KIDS WHO HAVEN'T YET SUFFERED DEFEAT,


LETS CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE WITHIN THIS ATMOSPHERE MINUS THE FEAR,
LETS GET BUSY WITH PENS AND WRITE POEMS THAT TAKE US AWAY FROM HEAR,


LETS JUMP FROM CLOUD TO CLOUD AND RUN THROUGH THE SKY,
LETS NOT WORRY ABOUT WHY JUST USE YOUR MINDS EYE,


LETS TURN OUR STEREOS WAY UP,
LETS DROWN OUT THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD THAT DOESN'T GIVE A F$%&,


LETS FAMILIARIZE OURSELVES WITH THE PHRASE "YOU CAN'T BEND TRUTH",
LETS LIE FLAT ON OUR BACKS AND REP. ALL THE DEAD TROOPS,


LETS SEE POLITICS AND POLITICIANS FOR WHAT THEY ARE,
LETS SEE THAT THIS IRRATIONAL FLOCK OF FOLK ARE FLAT OUT BIZARRE,


LETS WATCH THE DEVIL DANCE IN THE PALE MOONLIGHT,
LETS WATCH THE PRESIDENT DANCE ON INAUGURAL NIGHT,


LETS TURN OFF THE LIGHTS IN THE WORLD 4 ONE NIGHT,
LETS GET A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE SKY ABOVE AT TWILIGHT,


LETS GET TATTOOS OF TREES IN BLACK,
LETS PAINT ALL THE TREES OF THE WORLD TO RESEMBLE TATS,


LETS REVERT TO THE PAST AND LIVE AS CAVE MEN AND WOMEN DID,
LETS NOT SIT BACK AND WATCH THE TAKERS FORBID,


LETS TAKE SOME TIME TO UNWIND,
LETS REWIND AND GET A BOTTLE OF WINE TO LOSE TIME,


LETS POP OFF THE TOPS OF OUR HEADS AND WASH OUR BRAINS,
LETS WASH THEM REALLY GOOD SO THERE'S NO MATTER TO BLAME,


LETS SAY GOD WAS A WOMAN OR A MAN,
LETS THINK IF HE'D OR SHE'D BE A FABEL'S TALES UNSPOKEN FAN,


LETS SMASH ALL THE CLOCKS IN THE WORLD,
LETS SEE HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAR WOULD CAUSE IF TIME UNFURLED,


LETS SMASH ALL THE MIRRORS IN EXISTENCE,
LETS NOT RELY ON OUR EGO'S FOR ASSISTANCE,


LETS CLIMB HIGH MOUNTAINS TO BREATH FRESH AIR,
LETS FEEL COMPLETE AS WE LOOK INTO VAST BEAUTY WITH STARES,


LETS DISTANCE OURSELVES FROM DISTRACTIONS,
LETS FOCUS ONLY ON THINGS THAT BRING SATISFACTION,


LETS NOT LIVE IN THE FUTURE, PRESENT, OR PAST,
LETS LIVE IN THE SECOND AND REMAIN UNSURPASSED,


LETS NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED THE SUFFERING WE SHARE,
LETS UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S TO REMIND US TO TAKE HUMANITY'S DARE,


LETS SEE HOW FATE WOULD DO WITHOUT CHANCE,
LETS DO EVERYTHING IN OUR MEANS TO ENHANCE,


LETS SEE IF YOU AGREE THAT JESUS WAS THE FIRST FREEDOM FIGHTER,
LETS THEN SEE THAT HIS STORY WAS LEFT TO INTERPRETATION OF WRITERS,


LETS NOT GIVE UP ON OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUE FREEDOM,
LETS SEE THAT WE ARE SO CLOSE TO INHERIT THIS WISDOM,


LETS BRING THIS POEM TO AN END,
LETS SURELY ASCEND,


DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF BEN OSEGUERA...

YOUR INNOCENCE

I'M ALWAYS AT YOUR SIDE, EVEN WHEN I DIE,

ANY MISFORTUNE HEADING YOUR WAY, IN-BETWEEN I SLIDE,

IF EVIL WANTS YOU, WITH ME IT COLLIDES,

PAIN WANTS U AWRY, YOUR STILL POWERFUL IF YOU CRY,

YOU NEED NOT IMPLY, EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT IS ALREADY INSIDE,

ALL THINGS ASIDE, NOT EVEN DEATH WILL DIVIDE,

YOU MAY ASK WHY, WHY WOULD I GIVE MY, THERE'S TOO MUCH TO LIST BUT I'LL TRY, ALWAYS TRY...

FIRST BREATH, QUIVERING LIPS,

MOTHERS ARMS, YOU SLIP,

ROSY PLUMP CHEEKS, BUTTON NOSE,

POPCORN SHRIMP, CHUBBER TOES,

SMALL FINGERS, TINY WAVES,

LITTLE CHUNKY, FLAILING LEGS,

KIND EYES, DELIBERATELY SOOTHING,

WINDING DOWN, SOFT COOING,

HEAVY SLEEP, LIGHT BREATHING,

PEACEFUL AWAKENINGS, SO PLEASING,

OUR KIN, SEAMLESS WITHIN,

GENUINE GIGGLE, OMNISCIENT GRIN,

THIN NECK, FINE HAIR,

BOBBLE HEAD, DISTANT STARES,

PEACH FUZZ, COVERED EARS,

SUDDEN CHEER, HUNGER TEARS,

RICE CEREAL, SITTING UP,

SIPPY CUP, SPITTING UP,

SHOWERED WITH KISSES, NAKED BUTT,

BEDTIME SONGS, PINCHABLE GUT,

BATH TIME, WARM WATER,

BEAUTIFUL SMELLING, LOVING DAUGHTER,

OUTDOOR WALKS, NATURE TALKS,

EXCITED SQUAWKS, QUESTIONING GAWKS,

DARING MOVES, YOU BEHOOVE,

TOUGHNESS IMPROVES, PAPA APPROVES,

QUICK WIT, WATCH YOU SPLIT,

ONCE COMMIT, CAN'T QUIT,

YOUR INNOCENCE IS MY ALLEGIANCE...

THE MATRIX

"YOU SEE IT, GO GET IT, I'M OF IT, I BE IT...THE MATRIX"


I'M THE MATRIX THEREFORE I'LL FIND YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT ME TO,
YOUR BODY CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THE MIND SO THE MATRIX PENETRATES THE THOUGHTS THAT MAKE YOU,
LIKE MORPHEUS I'M TRYING TO FREE YOUR MIND BUT I CAN ONLY SHOW YOU THE DOOR TO WALK THROUGH,
LIKE NEO, I'M INK SPILLING INTO THE SKIN TO FORM SYMBOLIC TATTOOS,
YOU'VE PULLED THE WORLD OVER YOUR EYES LONG ENOUGH NOW IT'S TIME TO MAKE DUE, LETS MOVE,
WELCOME TO THE MATRIX WHERE THE MEANING OF YOUR LIFE IS BEING CONSTRUED,


THE FUNNY THING IS YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE STILL HERE,
IN THIS WORLD LIVING OUT THIS YEAR,
BUT I KNOW YOUR NOT HERE AND FORMULATING ANSWERS TO FIT QUESTIONS TO MAKE THE UNCLEAR CLEAR,
UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE MATRIX IS EXCEPT IT'S THE NEXT FRONTIER,
AND WHEN YOUR CLOSE, THE SELF OF YOU WILL DISAPPEAR,
AND IN IT'S PLACE YOU'LL BE, WITHOUT CAUSE OR FEAR,


HERE'S WHAT'S BEEN BREWING AND LONG OVERDUE,
I'M APART OF THE MATRIX I SEE THINGS ANEW,
SO BACK UP I'M DANGEROUS AND GOT NUT'N TO LOSE,
IF YOU DON'T FEEL ME THAN I'M JUST A FIGMENT OF YOUR IMAGINATION FOOL,
IF YOU GRIP IT THEN PULL IT I'M ALREADY DEAD TO YOU,
IT'S FUNNY TO ME TO BE LIVE'N IN A WORLD WITH PEOPLE WHO TRY TO BE KOOL,


LIKE TRINITY I'LL COCK THE HAMMER OF KNOWLEDGE AND SAY DODGE THIS,
AND WHEN YOUR IN THE MATRIX YOU WONT HAVE TO DODGE NOTHIN SAID MORPHEUS,
HOPE YOUR NOT LIVEN LIKE "IGNORANCE IS BLISS" AND OBLIVIOUS LIKE AGENT SMITH,
IF SO I'M GONNA GET YOU IN THE END LIKE NEO DID SMITH FORTHWITH AND INSTALL THIS MATRIX ENCRYPTED MYTH,
I'LL GET YOU DRUNK FROM THE INSIDE OUT WITH INSIGHT LIKE A FIFTH,
MELT YOU INTO EXISTENCE WITHOUT LEAVING A TRACE OF YOUR PITH,


YOU SO FLASHY I THOUGHT I HAD DEJA-VU BECAUSE YOU MADE ME LOOK TWICE,
U GLITCHED THE MATRIX TO ACCESSORIZE YOUR IDENTITY AND MASK LIFE,
YOU THINK THAT'S AIR YOUR BREATHING BUT IN ACTUALITY IT'S THE ESSENCE CAUSING YOUR STRIFE,
ENTER THE MATRIX AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU WONT DO TO CATCH THE FALLING KNIFE,
BECOME THE INVISIBLE MATTER OF SPACE WHERE YOUR TIME IS MEASURED WITH LIGHT THAT'S RIFE,
BUCKLE YOUR SEAT BELT DOROTHY BECAUSE ONE DAY KANSAS IS GOING BYE BYE FAST LIKE A MATCH WITH KIMBO SLICE,


DENIAL IS THE MOST PREDICTABLE ACTION OF ALL HUMAN RESPONSE,
THAT'S WHY WHEN I'M IN YOUR PRESENCE YOU ACT SO NONCHALANCE,
DON'T BLAME ME BECAUSE AGENT SMITH HAS GOT YOU WITH SCONCE,
IN OTHER WORDS HE'S YOUR PONCE,
I'M IN THE MATRIX WHERE "PURPOSE" IS THE ONLY FACTOR FORGING MY RENAISSANCE,
I'M SEAMLESSLY INTERTWINED TO THE MATRIX WITH EFFORTLESS MOTION WHILE MY EYE'S REMAIN ENSCONCE,


THE MATRIX FOLLOWS A CODE OF ETHICS SO YOUR POLITICS AND OPINIONS DON'T EXIST,
POLITICS SUBSIST AND RESIST RELEVANCE THEREFORE UN WELCOMED AMONGST THE MIDST OF CLINCHED FISTS,
OPINIONS ASSIST THE MIND OF THOSE WHO INSIST AND PERSIST WITH THERE TWIST,
IF YOUR NOT GONNA USE ETHICS IN ALL MATTERS I GOT ONE WORD FOR YOU, DISMISSED,
IF YOU DON'T KNOW BY NOW THE MATRIX IS ONLY CONCERNED WITH WHAT'S GIST,
AND THAT'S EMBRACING YOUR INEVITABLE FADE INTO THE MIST WHILE YOU LET THEM REMINISCE,


MY BELIEFS DO NOT REQUIRE YOU TO BELIEVE IN MINE,
THE MATRIX IS CODED TO GOVERN AND REFINE NOT TO PROGRAM THE MIND OF THOSE WITH WEAK SPINES,
THERE'S NO LINE IN THIS CODE DESIGNED TO HAVE YOU PRAY TO A HIGHER DIVINE NOR BOW TO SHRINES,
THE MATRIX IS CODED TO BRING ALL THINGS TO THERE PURIST FORM SO YOU CAN REALIGN,
YOU CAN HAVE THIS WORLD FOLKS THAT'S JUST FINE, WHEN I SHED THIS SKIN I'M GONNA SHINE,


THE ORACLE SAID WE CAN NEVER SEE PAST THE CHOICES WE DON'T UNDERSTAND,
SO EXPAND THE MIND SO THAT YOUR DNA STRAND PREPARES AND REACHES FOR ALL THINGS UNPLANNED,
IT'S TIME YOU TAKE YOUR GRAND STAND AND WITHOUT DEMAND COMMAND,
THE MATRIX CREATED THIS LAND WITHOUT HANDS AND BEFORE YOU FAN THIS POEM REALIZE THAT IT TO WAS PLANNED...

BECOME THE ROCK

IF YOU WILL, PICTURE YOURSELF AS A SAW AND YOUR THOUGHTS ARE LIKE THE SHARP TEETH ON THE SAW BLADE. THE ROCK INTO WHICH YOUR TRYING TO CUT ARE SUBJECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. YOUR SHARP TEETH (THOUGHTS) TRY TO CUT INTO THE ROCK (SUBJECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE) AND OVERTIME THE TEETH OF YOUR SAW WILL DULL. MAYBE YOU'LL SCRATCH THROUGH THE SURFACE OF THE ROCK, BUT BY THEN YOUR SAW BLADE (THOUGHTS) WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. NOT ONLY IS THIS CYCLE ENDLESS, THIS CYCLE CREATS ATTACHMENTS TO YOUR SUBJECTS. ATTACHMENTS CAUSE DISSATISFACTION. DISSATIFICATION CAUSES FRUSTRATION. FRUSTRATION CAUSES PAIN. PAIN CAUSES CONFUSION. CONFUSION CAUSES SEEKING. SEEKING CAUSES YOU THE WANT TO REPLACE. SO YOU REPLACE WITH NEW SUBJECTS (ROCKS).

I REALIZED THAT NO MATTER HOW OFTEN OR HOW HARD YOU SAW ON SUBJECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE (ROCKS), THEY WILL ALWAYS REMAIN UNCHANGED BECAUSE IT NEVER WAS WHAT YOU WANTED IT TO BE TO BEGIN WITH. ALTHOUGH YOU MAY RECEIVE SOME CLARITY ON THE SUBJECT AT HAND AND FEEL SOME FORM OF ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM YOUR FINDINGS, IT WILL BE BRIEF. AND INEVITABLY YOUR CLARITY WILL BECOME DISSATISFYING BECAUSE YOUR OPINION OR OUTLOOK ON THE SUBJECT OF EVERYDAY LIFE (ROCK) WILL CHANGE, BECAUSE YOU'LL FIND YOUR FINDINGS WON'T CHANGE THE ROCK. BY NOW YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELF WHAT IS THE POINT OF ME TELLING YOU THIS AND THE POINT IS, BECOME THE SUBJECT. BECOME THE ROCK.

LET THE WORLD BECOME THE SAW. LET THE WORLDS WAYS BE THE SHARP TEETH THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME DULL BECAUSE OF YOU. LET THE WORLD REPLACE ITS SAW BLADES AGAIN AND AGAIN. LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU ARE. LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT ITS THOUGHTS OF YOU CAN ONLY SCRATCH THE SURFACE AND YOUR PRESENCE ALONE WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY. AND YOUR FINAL SAY IS,"I AM SUBJECT, I AM ROCK, THEREFORE I AM EVERYDAY LIFE">>>>>>


THE EARTH FORCES YOU OUT ATOP BECAUSE IT CAN'T HANDLE YOUR DEPTH OR YOUR WEIGHT, IS IT FATE OR IS IT THAT THE EARTH DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUR SOLID-STATE,

IN THIS FORM OTHERS MAY CONSIDER YOU DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND, AT LEAST YOUR CONTENTS ARE PURE AND UNREFINED, AND IF YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME YOU DON'T NEED A MIND,

LET THE WORLD AND ITS WAYS GET STUCK BETWEEN YOU AND A HARD PLACE, BETWEEN ME AND YOU A HARD PLACE TEACHES YOU PATIENCE AND NOT TO GIVE CHASE,

BECOME THE CONSTANT MATTER THATS BEEN PRESENT FOR FOUR BILLION YEARS, BE THE ROCK FOR YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR PEERS, YOU ARE THE ROCK SO YOU WILL PERSEVERE,

ONCE BECOMING THE ROCK YOU'LL SEE THAT PEOPLE MOVE AROUND YOU, NEVER AGAIN WILL YOU BE IN A POSITION TO HAVE TO PURSUE, NEVER AGAIN WILL YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO SOMEBODY WHOSE WANTING TO CHANGE YOUR VIEW,

THEY CAN'T GET BLOOD OUT OF A STONE AND IN THIS STATE YOU MAY BE PRONE TO GETTING THROWN, BUT REST ASSURE BECAUSE WHEN THE DUST SETTLES IT'S YOU THAT ATONES,

THEY'LL DRINK TO US ON THE ROCKS, THEY WONT LEAVE ONE OF US UNTURNED LIKE LOCKS AND YOU CAN BE SURE WE WERE THE KEY COMPONENTS TO THE FIRST CLOCKS,

ALL IN ALL, DO NOT WAIST ANYMORE SAW BLADES (THOUGHTS), BECOME THE ROCK (SUBJECT) AND WATCH HOW THE DISSATIFACTION IN YOUR LIFE FADES...

FLASH BANG

WOE WAS ME BECAUSE INFINITE CHANGE BROKE THROUGH THE WORLD I PLASTERED,

I'LL ADMIT THERE WAS A POINT IN MY LIFE WHEN I GAVE UP MY BELIEFS FOR A BOOK AND A PASTOR,

IT'S SCARY WHEN YOU SURRENDER CONTROL FROM OTHERS AND EXCEPT YOUR YOUR OWN MASTER,

THE FIRST LESSON I LEARNED WAS TIME FLIES AND THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES, EVEN FASTER,

SO NOW I'M SAYING I'M READY TO SLOW DOWN AND I'LL START BY EXAMINING AN ASTER,



TO GET THE FULL EFFECT OF THIS ASTER I'LL HAVE TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT SOUND AND PUT YOUR MIND IN SLOW MOTION,

SO I JUST PULLED THE PIN ON A FLASH BANG GRENADE TO KILL THE COMMOTION,

8 MILLION CANDELAS ARE ABOUT TO FLASH AND THE SOUND OF A JET ENGINE IS ABOUT TO ROAR LIKE A LOCOMOTION,

EVERYTHING WILL BE HAZY LIKE THE MOVIES EXCEPT YOUR EMOTIONS AND NOW I'LL GIVE TIME WHAT IT WANTS, SOME DEVOTION...RELEASE THE HANDLE,



FLASH...BANG...

THE SMOKE CLEARS AND,

FRAGMENTS OF LIGHT REFLECT OFF MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES THAT ARE PASSING IN-FRONT-OF THIS ASTER, WHICH IS VIBRANT AND A MASTERPIECE THAT EMPOWERS,

A SOFT, WHITE, SILKY, FUZZ, BLANKETS THE ENTIRE LIGHT GREEN STOCK PERFECTLY,

THE WIND PUSHES, TWISTS AND PULLS IT'S DEEP PURPLE PETALS IN ERRATICAL WAYS, AS ITS RICH GOLDEN CENTER HOLDS FIRM AND TIGHT TO GIVE IT TEXTURE,

THE TIPS OF ALL ITS STRINGY PETAL'S HAVE A SLIGHT CURL OUTWARD, GROWING AND PULLING AWAY FROM IT'S CENTER,

DELICATE BUT BOLD AS IT CHALLENGES THE ELEMENTS WHILE FORCING BEAUTY UPON YOU, IT KNOWS NOTHING BUT TO GIVE,



FLASH...BANG...


THE SMOKE CLEARS AND,

MY ATTENTION SHIFTS AND FOCUSES ON A STREAMLINE BUTTERFLY,

IT'S A BLUR OF COLORS RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER; ORANGES, YELLOWS, BLUES AND PURPLES

IT HAS NO CONTROL OF IT'S FLIGHT, LIKE ITS DIVISION OF COLORS, ALTHOUGH THE FLAPPING OF ITS WINGS ARE IN UNISON, AS IT BOUNCES AND FLUTTERS THROUGH THE AIR,

IT APPEARS IT HAS NO DIRECTION, BUT YET IT STILL GRACEFULLY MOVES FORWARD WITH INTENT,

A POWDER OR GLITTER OF SORTS TRAILS THE BUTTERFLY AS IT MAKES ITS WAY, LEAVING ITS NATURAL INSPIRED COLORS TO WHISK AWAY INTO OBLIVION,

SUCH A DELICATE FORCE,

IT LANDS AND EVER-SO-SLOWLY OPENS AND SHUTS ITS WINGS FOR BALANCE,

THERE MYSTERIOUSLY IDENTICAL AND SHAPED TO COOKIE CUTTER PERFECTION,

ITS PATTERN, DESIGN, SO LURING AS IF IT HELD A SECRET MESSAGE, BUT BEFORE LONG THE WIND PROMPTS IT TO PULL UP AND CONTINUE,



FLASH...BANG...

THE SMOKE CLEARS AND,

A DOG RUNS ACROSS MY PATH AND GRASPS MY ATTENTION,

IT'S COAT SHIMMERS AND LAYS CLOSE TO ITS BODY,

ITS MUSCLE FIBERS TIGHTEN AND RELEASE AS ITS PAWS STRIKE THE CONCRETE,

IT'S SHOULDER MUSCLES ROLL GRACEFULLY AHEAD AS ITS HIDE LEGS PULL FORWARD, ADVANCING ITS RHYTHMIC MOTION,

ITS EYES SHIFT AND DILATE, SHIFT AND DILATE, DILATE,

IT DIGS IN AND LEANS INWARD AS IT MAKES IT'S WIDE, BUT CALCULATED TURN,

AT THE PEAK OF ITS TURN, IT SINKS LOWER INTO ITS STRIDE FOR A BETTER CENTER OF GRAVITY,

ITS TONGUE HANGS OUT OF ITS MOUTH FOR BETTER AIR FLOW TO ITS LUNGS AND ITS TAIL IS STRAIGHT BACK FOR BETTER AERODYNAMICS,

AND ITS ALL INSTINCTIVE,

THE DOG PULLS UP AS THE EARTH GIVES WAY TO ITS BREAK; GRASS, MUD AND SAND ARE PROPELLED FORWARD AS THEY RIVAL EACH OTHER THROUGH THE AIR,

THE DOGS BODY IS TIGHT, READY FOR SOMETHING TO TRIGGER,

OFF AGAIN IT GOES, NOT A SINGLE MUSCLE FLEXED AS ALL ITS LEGS ARE INCHES OFF THE GROUND, ALL MUSCLES FLEXED ONCE RETURNING TO THE EARTH BELOW,



FLASH...BANG...


THE SMOKE CLEARS AND,

I SEE A CHILD'S FACE LOOKING OUT FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT OF A CAR THAT'S PASSING,

THE CHILD'S EYE'S ARE SPEAKING A MILLION WORDS PER SECOND, BLINK

THE LIPS OF THIS CHILD ARE RESTING TOGETHER WHICH FORMS A STRAIGHT LINE,

THE DRIVER IS SPEAKING AGGRESSIVELY AT THE CHILD AND WITH STERN HAND JESTERS, BUT THE CHILD'S MIND IS FIXATED SOMEWHERE ELSE, NOT EVEN ON ME, BUT THROUGH ME,

THE KID GIVES ME A SMALL, PEACEFUL AND REASSURING SMILE AS THE EYES SQUINT FROM THE SUN THAT JUST CAME INTO PLAY,

THE DRIVERS EYES ARE NOW GLARING AT ME , MY MOUTH SMILES AT THE CHILD, MY EYE'S MIRROR THAT OF THE DRIVER, MY HAND WAVES WAIST HIGH AT THE KID,

THE PALM OF THE CHILD'S HAND COMES INTO VIEW AND WAVES BACK AT ME WITH A POINTER FINGER,

BILLOWS OF WHITE SMOKE ARE LEFT BEHIND AS THE CAR TURNS THE CORNER AND VANISHES FOREVER...

DEAR CIVILIZATION

YOU CAN TAKE THE MAN OUT OF THE JUNGLE, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE JUNGLE OUT OF THE MAN BECAUSE INSTINCTIVELY A MAN HAS A PURPOSE IN THE JUNGLE;

YOU CAN PAVE THE WORLD OVER THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, BUT YOU CAN'T REMOVE THE WORLD THAT LIES UNDERNEATH EVER;

YOU CAN PUT LAWS IN PLACE TO GOVERN, BUT YOU CAN'T GOVERN THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE BREAK/OBEY LAWS BECAUSE LAWS DON'T TAKE FEELINGS INTO CONSIDERATION;

YOU CAN PUNISH PEOPLE FOR THE CHOICES THEY'VE MADE, BUT YOU CAN'T PUNISH THE PEOPLE FOR THE CHOICE THEY MAKE BECAUSE CHOICES HAPPEN IN REAL TIME;

YOU CAN INFLUENCE AND MANIPULATE INFORMATION, BUT YOU CAN'T MANIPULATE THE INFLUENCE OF COMMON SENSE BECAUSE COMMON SENSE NEEDS NO INFORMATION;

YOU CAN HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT EVERYTHING, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE AN OPINION WITHOUT PASSING JUDGEMENT ON SOMEBODY BECAUSE YOUR OPINION IMPLIES SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE;

YOU CAN GENERALIZE ABOUT ETHNICITY, RELIGION, SKIN COLOR OR ANYTHING, BUT YOU CAN'T CONCLUDE ONE ELEMENT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANOTHER, JUST AS YOU CAN'T CONCLUDE THAT LOOKING INTO A MIRROR AT YOUR REFLECTION HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH YOU;

YOU CAN BELIEVE AND ACT LIKE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT YOU CAN'T KNOW EVERYTHING BECAUSE A THOUGHT CAN'T TAKE EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION;

YOU CAN BE RIGHT ABOUT SOME THINGS, BUT YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THOSE SOME THINGS MAKE YOU RIGHT ABOUT ALL THINGS;

YOU CAN LOVE WITHOUT LIVING BECAUSE YOU LIVED, BUT YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT LOVING BECAUSE THEN YOU'D BE DEAD;

YOU CAN DEBATE ALL MATTERS, BUT YOU CAN'T DEBATE WHAT TRULY MATTERS;

YOU CAN HAVE HOPE AND FAITH WITHOUT RELIGION, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE RELIGION WITHOUT HOPE AND FAITH;

YOU CAN HAVE A SOLDIER AT WAR WHO WANTS PEACE, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE PEACE WITHOUT A SOLDIER WHOSE WILLING TO WAR;

YOU CAN LIVE A LIFETIME WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT'S NEXT, BUT YOU CAN'T LIVE FOR TOMORROW WITHOUT LIVING FOR THE DAY;

YOU CAN JUSTIFY YOUR ACTIONS, BUT YOU CAN'T JUSTIFY YOUR ACTIONS OUTCOMES;

I DEDICATE THIS POEM TO THE LIFE AND MEMORY OF BILL VAN BECKUM...

GRANDMA VAN

IONE, OUR GRANDMOTHER, WAS PUT TO REST ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2007. SHE WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A TRULY WONDERFUL WOMAN. THESE FOLLOWING WORDS WERE GIVEN TO HER UPON WAKING ONE MORNING. SHE BELIEVED THEM TO BE HEAVEN SENT. REST IN PEACE IONE...

WHEN MY LIFE ON EARTH IS ENDING
AND I LONG FOR REST AND PEACE...
AND THESE BONES SO SORE AND WEARY
CRY FOR COMFORT AND RELEASE...


DO NOT HOLD ME IN YOUR ANGUISH
BOUND WITH TUBES AND TEARS OF WOE.
SMILE INSTEAD, AND GIVE YOUR BLESSING
FOR YOU LOVE ME, THAT I KNOW.


THIS IS NOT THE END OF LIVING
THOUGH I LEAVE THIS LAND BELOW.
WHEN I STAND AT HEAVENS THRESHOLD
LET ME GO...PLEASE LET ME GO...

HER ORIGINAL WRITING:

STRIPPED

FOR SOME OF YOU THIS POEM WILL MAKE NO SENSE, LAUGHABLE AT BEST AND/OR WILL HAVE NO MEANING OF ANY KIND OR EFFECT IN YOUR LIFE. FOR OTHERS, THIS POEM WILL RECONNECT YOU TO YOUR OWN SIGNIFICANCE AND RE-ESTABLISH WHAT WAS MEANT FOR YOU TO REALIZE ALWAYS.

IN NOVEMBER OF 2005 I WROTE A POEM ENTITLED "TAKE AWAY." TO ME THIS POEM PORTRAYS OUR RELENTLESS INFATUATION WITH THE ENDLESS SEA OF WHAT I CALL, LIFE'S BI-PRODUCTS ( LAWS, POLITICS, RELIGION, MONEY, SOCIAL STATUS, RECOGNITION, TOYS, ETC...). INEVITABLY WE LIVE FOR THEM, WORK FOR THEM, BLEED FOR THEM, AND WE WILL ALL DIE FOR THEM AS THEY SIT THERE AND DO NOTHING FOR US.

WHAT "TAKE AWAY" DIDN'T REFLECT IS THAT IF THESE LIFE BI-PRODUCTS, SUCH AS POLITICS, AREN'T A REAL PRODUCT OF LIFE, THEN WHAT IS A TRUE PRODUCT OF LIFE? THE PRODUCT OF LIFE ITSELF IN ALL FORMS (HUMANS, EARTH, SPACE, ANIMALS, AIR, ETC...) AND ONLY LIFE ITSELF IN ALL FORMS, IS THE ANSWER. IN OTHER WORDS, LIFE PRODUCED ME AND I PRODUCED WRITINGS AND IF I PRODUCED WRITINGS, THEN MY WRITINGS ARE A BI-PRODUCT, JUST AS MY HOME, MY CLOTHES, MY CARS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES AS A RESULT OF ME.

SO AFTER COMING TO THIS CONCLUSION I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF, WHAT'S REAL? WHAT'S IMPORTANT? WHAT'S LEFT? IF ALL THAT SURROUNDS US, ALL THAT WE SWIM THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS IS ONLY A WEB OF EACH OTHERS LIVES BI-PRODUCTS, THEN WHAT ISN'T A WASTE? WHAT ISN'T A BI-PRODUCT? THE ANSWER IS SO SIMPLE, BUT YET SO COMPLEX. COMPLEX TO THE POINT YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN APPRECIATE IT OR BE ABLE TO REVEL IN ITS AWESOMENESS.

SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADUE I OFFER YOU MY POEM ENTITLED "STRIPPED." OPEN YOU MIND, THINK, AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, YOU'LL FEEL WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN...

THE ODDS OF YOU BEING BORN WERE 280 MILLION TO ONE,
THAT MEANS IT WAS LESS LIKELY FOR YOU TO BE BORN THEN IT IS FOR YOU TO WIN THE SUPER LOTTO 40 TIMES AND THAT'S NO STAT YOU CAN SHUN,
AND WITH KNOWING THIS YOU MUST REALIZE YOU WEREN'T AND COULD NEVER BE OUTDONE,
NOW IT'S TIME TO SHOW YOU HOW REMARKABLE YOU ARE WITH PUNS,


SOME PEOPLE PRAISE LIFE BY SIGNING OR WRITING PSALMS,
I WANT YOU TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH TO CALM,
OPEN YOUR EYES AND GAZE AT THE BACKSIDE OF YOUR HAND THEN FLIP IT TO SEARCH YOUR PALM,
NOW OPEN IT AND CLOSE IT, GO ON,
IT TOOK TWENTY-SEVEN BONES WITH TENDONS, NERVES, JOINTS AND MUSCLES FOR THAT ACTION TO CARRY ON,
THIS EFFORTLESS ACTION IS ALL I NEED TO CARRY ME TO THE NEXT DAWN,


END TO END ALL THE BLOOD VESSELS IN YOUR BODY WOULD STRETCH 62,000 MILES,
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU COULD STRETCH YOUR BLOOD VESSELS 6 TIMES BACK AND FORTH FROM SAN FRAN TO THE BRITISH ISLES,
THIS ASTONISHING FACT HAD ME USE 17 MUSCLES WHICH PRODUCED A SMILE, WE'RE SO REMARKABLE OUR ESSENCE COULD BE STORED IN A MICROSCOPIC VIAL, YOUR HEART BEATS WITHOUT PERMISSION AND WITHOUT DENIAL,
SO MYSTIFYING IF YOU BROUGHT IT TO COURT IT WOULD END IN A MISTRIAL,


SO MANY PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH THE POLITICS OF RELATIONSHIPS, RIGHT OVER WRONG, DEMS AND REPUBLICANS,
WHY NOT JUST REJOICE IN AMAZEMENT OVER THE MILLIONS OF NERVE ENDINGS FOUND IN THE DERMIS LAYER OF YOUR SKIN,
FROM HERE YOUR SENSE OF TOUCH INTERPRETS THE THIN LINES BETWEEN HOT AND COLD, PRESSURE AND PAIN, SMILES AND GRINS,
WITHOUT OUR NERVE ENDINGS WE COULDN'T RELATE ON HOW IT FEELS TO BUST A SHIN,
WE HAVE MORE PAIN ENDINGS THAN ANY OTHER, I THINK IT'S IN-ORDER TO SENSE AND DEFEND AGAINST SIN,
THAT'S WHY TOUCH IS THE LAST SENSE TO LEAVE THE BODY AND THE FIRST TO BEGIN,
IT'S A BUILT-IN DEFENSE MECHANISM TO DETECT THE SIN OF SPIN,


SOME BELIEVE THE EYE'S ARE THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL,
REGARDLESS, LIGHT REFLECTS INTO YOUR EYE AND ALLOWS YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE SHOW,
YOUR EYE'S SET IN MOTION HUNDREDS OF MUSCLES AND ORGANS IN AN INSTANT NOW THAT'S WHOA,
EYES MOVE AT 1/100 OF A SECOND AND PROCESS 36,000 BITS OF INFO. EVERY HR. WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE STOWED,
YOUR EYE HAS OVER 2 MILLION WORKING PARTS AND IS ALWAYS ON THE GO,
THEY FUNCTION 100% OF THE TIME IT'S YOUR EYELIDS THAT CLOSE,
TOMBSTONE'S DOC HOLIDAY USES HIS EYES FOR THE LAST TIME TO WATCH HIMSELF WIGGLE HIS TOES,
TODAY I STARRED INTO A MIRROR AND REALIZED EYES ARE MIRACULOUS PRESENTS MINUS THE BOWS,


I'LL TELL YOU JUST HOW AMAZING YOU ARE,
YOUR SENSE OF HEARING HELPS YOU BALANCE ISN'T THAT BIZARRE,
WORDS ARE JUST VIBRATIONS TO THE EAR DON'T BELIEVE ME TALK INTO A JAR,
IT'S YOUR BRAIN THAT DECIPHERS LANGUAGE NEAR OR FAR,
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT THESE IMPRESSIVE FACTS ARE STICKY LIKE TAR, THIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE HUMAN BODY HAS RISEN THE BAR,


WE CAN DETECT OVER TEN THOUSAND DIFFERENT SMELLS WITH OUR SENSE OF SMELL,
HELL I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW WE'RE ACTUALLY INHALING MOLECULES THAT GIVES THE BRAIN A TELL,
THERE'S TEN THOUSAND TASTE BUDS IN YOUR MOUTH WITH ONE HUNDRED RECEPTORS ON EACH TO MAKE SURE THE FLAVOR GELS OR REPELS,
EVERYDAY YOU PRODUCE ONE LITER OF SALIVA AND WITHOUT IT OUR TASTE WOULD DWELL,
YOU CAN DIVIDE YOUR TONGUE INTO FOURTHS AND EACH SEGMENT HAS ITS OWN TASTE BUD PERSONNEL,
AND JUST THINK ALL THE INFORMATION I'VE SHARED WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR AWING BODY IS LOCKED WITHIN ONE MICROSCOPIC CELL,
IT'S SO FASCINATING I COULD YELL,


THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG FOLKS,
YOU MAY CONSIDER WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS JUST ME BLOWING SMOKE,
BUT YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM SENDS MESSAGES AT SPEEDS OVER 180 MPH NOW THAT'S NO JOKE,
THE ATOMS IN OUR BODIES CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN STARS, NO HOAX,
TWENTY-FOUR CHEMICALS THAT ARE FOUND IN STARS CAN BE FOUND IN OUR BODIES, NO HOAX,
FROM OUR SKELETAL SYSTEM TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, EACH WORKING TOGETHER WITHOUT HAVING TO BE COAXED,
WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE AND DELIVER IT WITH KEY STROKES,
IN OUR SKIN IS WHERE WE SOAK,
BODY SO SMART IT REGULATES IT'S OWN TEMPERATURE WITHOUT HAVING TO BE AWOKE,
AT THE END OF THE DAY IT SHOULD BE THE LIFE FORCE WITHIN THAT PROVOKES,


HOW ELSE CAN I EXPRESS TO YOU THAT YOU'RE MORE THAN WHAT YOU GIVE YOURSELF CREDIT FOR,
JUST BY LOOKING AT YOURSELF YOU SHOULD SEE THAT "SOMETHING" GAVE YOU MORE,
I PRAY THIS POEM REACHES THE MURDERER'S OR A WOMAN WHO LOOKS IN A MIRROR AND SEES A WHORE,
THIS PLACE IS JUST LIKE YOU BECAUSE IRON IS ITS CORE,
THE PLANET YOU STAND ON IS WHIPPING AROUND THE SUN AT 134 MILES PER SECOND NOW THAT'S AN ENTITY YOU CAN'T IGNORE,
THERE'S OVER 125 BILLION GALAXIES AND WE'RE IN THIS ONE UNTIL WE COME TO THE NEXT DOOR,
13.7 BILLION YEARS AGO THIS PLANET, THIS UNIVERSE, WAS JUST A SINGLE PART WITHIN AN ATOM, THAT'S HARDCORE,


WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY ALL DISTRACTIONS YOUR THROWN INTO A WORLD OF SELF AWARENESS AND BELIEF,
HERE IS WHERE MANKIND IS REPAID WITH SOLID TRUTHS WHICH DELIVERS RELIEF,
DO NOT JUDGE YOURSELF BY THE MANUFACTURED REWARDS OF THE WORLD, BUT LIVE HUMBLEY BECAUSE YOUR STAY HERE IS BRIEF,
JUST AS THE SUMMER PLAYS INTO FALL AND MAKES WAY FOR THE NEW LEAF...

MIA DORA FABEL

MIA STANDS FOR "MY DEAR" AND DORA FOR "GIFT OF GOD",
NOW THE FABEL FAMILY IS ROLLING THREE PEAS IN A POD,

SPEAKING OF THREE THAT'S MIA'S LIFE NUMBER,
IT STANDS FOR CREATIVITY, OPTIMISM, HARMONY, SELF EXPRESSION,
ALL THINGS SHE WONT BE ABLE TO ENCUMBER,

OUR BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL WAS BORN ON NINE FOURTEEN O-SEVEN,
SO SOFT, INNOCENT AND GRACEFUL SHE MUST BE A DESCENDANT OF HEAVEN,

AT 5:14 P.M. OUR 8 POUND 7 OUNCE MIRACLE OF LIFE JOINED THE WORLD
AND IN HER MOTHERS WARM ARMS SHE CURLED,

BECAUSE OF YOU MIA THE LIVES WE'VE LIVED AND THE LIVES WE WILL LIVE HAVE CHANGED FOREVER,
AND KNOW THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR YOU WILL STOP NEVER,

YOU ARE GORGEOUS, LOVELY AND ABOVE ALL GLORIOUS,
ONE DAY YOU'LL REALIZE THAT YOU JUST BEING YOU MAKES YOU VICTORIOUS,

WE LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW,
EVERY SECOND OF EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY ISN'T ENOUGH TIME TO SHOW, JUST KNOW OUR LOVE FOR YOU WILL NEVER PLATEAU,

I'M WRITING THIS POEM AS YOU LAY ASLEEP IN MY ARM,
AND I PROMISE I'LL HAVE NO MERCY ON THE SOUL WHO WISHES TO BRING HER HARM,

BECAUSE OF YOU MIA I HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOVE MY PARENTS HAVE FOR ME,
WITHOUT YOU I WOULD HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD FULLY,
SO FOR THIS I THANK THEE,

I'VE ALWAYS FELT AS IF I WAS MISSING SOMETHING AND NOW I KNOW IT WAS YOU,
YOU ARE THE JOY OF MY LIFE AND I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE,
OH HOW YOU MADE ME FEEL ON YOUR DEBUT,

YOUR GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER SEWED YOU CLOTHES BEFORE SHE PASSED, OLD TRADITIONAL ITALIAN GARMENTS MIA TO CONNECT YOU TO HER PAST,
AND IF THERE'S ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE HER IT WOULD BE CLASS,

ALL IN ALL MIA THERE ARE NO REAL WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW YOU MAKE YOUR MOTHER AND I FEEL,
BUT IF THERE'S ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE YOUR PRESENCE IN OUR LIFE IT WOULD BE SURREAL,
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT KID, YOU GOT APPEAL,

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS MY LITTLE MIA DORA,
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY BABY, NO IFS, ANDS OR MAYBES,
AND I GET THE FEELING YOU ARE A FUTURE NABI,

NOW GO OUT THERE AND SHOW'EM WHAT YOUR MADE OF,
WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE JUST DO IT WITH LOVE,
AND OUR HIGHEST GOAL FOR YOU IS BELOVE...

THIRTY AND ONE

THROUGH ALL THESE YEARS MY OUTLOOK AND THOUGHTS HAVE GROWN MORE VAST,
I'LL STILL HOLD FAST EVEN THOUGH THEY CLASH AND CONTRAST,
SO MANY PRAYERS AMASSED,
SO MANY CHALLENGES SURPASSED,
AT LONG LAST A HAPPY PAST FOR AN OUTCAST,
THE YEAR OF MY BIG THREE O MAY GO UNSURPASSED AND I'D BEEN PROUD IF IT WAS MY LAST,
I GUESS I'M JUST APPRECIATIVE TO BE APART OF LIFE'S CAST,
NOW I'LL RECORD SOME HISTORY AND COMPLETE THIS POETIC TASK,

I'VE RAN ENOUGH TO CIRCLE THE EARTH ONCE ALREADY,
24,906 MILES COMPLETED BY AGE THIRTY AND I'M HOLD'N STEADY,
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THIS, LIKE A CONCEPT WHEN YOUR HEADY,
THE LEGS DON'T PLAY AND MY DETERMINATION IS ALWAYS ON READY,
I GET FROM RUNNING WHAT BUDDHA GETS FROM MEDI,
RUNNING ANYTHING UNDER EIGHT MILES AT THIS POINT IS PETTY,
I'M NOT STOPPING SO IT'S MY KNEES AND HIPS YOU SHOULD PITY,
I'M RUN'N ALL OVER YOUR CITY WITH NO MERCY CAUSE I'M GRITTY,

IF YOU THINK YOU MOVE WEIGHT I GOTTA TELL IT TO YOU STRAIGHT,
I HANDLE 5 TONS OF MATERIAL WITH MY BARE HANDS DAILY WITHOUT DEBATE,
THAT TRANSLATES TO 1,200 TONS A YEAR OR 2.4 MILLION POUNDS MATE,
IT'S EQUIVALENT TO MOVING ENOUGH MATERIAL TO BUILD 6 STATUE OF LIBERTIES A YEAR BUT WAIT,
AT THIS RATE I WILL HAVE MOVED 36,000 TONS OF FREIGHT IN MY LIFETIME CAN YOU RELATE,
AT AGE THIRTY MY DREAMS OF MOVING MOUNTAINS BECAME MY FATE,

I'M THIRTY YEARS STRONG BECAUSE OF THESE HERE WORDS KEPT ME OUT OF THE MUD,
WHEN FRUSTRATIONS AND SETBACKS SET IN THEY STEPPED UP LIKE A BUD,
PUT A PEN IN MY HAND AND I'LL BRING CLOSURE TO ANY MATTER LIKE A SCUD,
WRITING IS A WAY TO SEE TRUTH AND I DEAL WITH IT LIKE A FLIPPED CARD WHEN PLAYING STUD,
THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO DESCRIBE MY RELATIONSHIP WITH WORDS THEN LOVE,

TO YOU HIP-HOP WAS JUST A PHASE, BUT AT AGE THIRTY I STILL HEAR THE MESSAGE RIDE'N THE BEAT LACED WITHIN THE PHRASE,
NOTHINGS BETTER THAN A RAP SONG DEALING REALITY TO THOSE LIVE'N IN A DAZE,
SO MUCH EMOTION SET ABLAZE, SO MUCH COMPASSION IT WEIGHS,
A GOOD STORY GETS MULTIPLE PLAYS AND A WEST COAST HEAD BOB WITH THAT SQUINTED EYE GAZE,
HIP-HOP DELIVERS ME DETERMINATION SO I DELIVER IT PRAISE, THEY ARE THE LYRICAL POETS OF OUR MODERN DAYS,

NEVER DID I THINK BY AGE THIRTY I WOULD HAVE A QUEEN THAT EQUALLY HUSTLES AS HARD AS I,
YOU GIRLS CAN'T EVEN COMPETE WITH THIS WOMAN AND SHE'S ONE OF FEW I RELY,
SHE WENT 50/50 ON A HOUSE, SHE'S A WISE SPENDER AND WORKS A 9 TO 5,
SHE'S TOUGH AND WOULD RATHER SWALLOW HER TEARS THAN CRY,
SHE'S SHY AND JUST SUCCEEDS RATHER THAN TRIES,
MY WIFE AND I HAVE DONE IT ON OUR OWN AND THIS SHE PRIDES,
SHE'S A WOMAN THAT DEFIES ALL THE STEREOTYPES AND SELFLESSLY PROVIDES, FOR HER FAMILY WITHOUT ASKING WHY, AND IF YOU CROSS HER IT'S GOODBYE,

BY AGE THIRTY I KILLED OFF ALL MY ADDICTIONS AND PUT TO REST THEIR CONFLICTIONS,
ON OCCASION I MIGHT HAVE A CELEBRATORY BEER OR SMOKE SO YOU CAN THINK I'M A WALKING CONTRADICTION,
THIS TRUTH IS NON-FICTION SO EVERYDAY I'M FACED WITH AFFLICTIONS,
I DO HAVE ONE PREDICTION AND THAT'S I'LL LEAD A LIFE OF RESTRICTIONS TO KEEP A CLOUDED MIND OUT ON EVICTION,
IT'S MY LIFE, MY MIND AND MY BODY SO IT'S I WHO CREATES THE JURISDICTION,
AND IT'S I WHO CONTROLS THE FRICTION,

TOOK ME THIRTY YEARS TO REALIZE THAT GOD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR MAN MADE RELIGIONS,
RELIGION IS TO GOD WHAT STOOL IS TO PIGEON,
I CAN SUM UP OUR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND LIFE WITH ONE WORD, SMIDGEN,
IF YOU THINK BY READING A BIBLE AND ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS WILL UNDUE YOUR WRONG YOUR TRIPP'N,
RESTORING AND MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS AND TREATING OTHERS AS YOUR EQUALS ALL DAY EVERY DAY IS HOW YOU ALLEVIATE THE SLIPP'N,

ALL IN ALL IT TOOK ME THIRTY YEARS TO FOCUS ON THE ESSENTIALS,
FROM HERE ON OUT THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WILL JUST BE THE BASIS OF FUTURE CREDENTIALS,
THERE'S NO END IN SITE FOR MINE AND LIFE'S POTENTIALS,
SO I'M PRIVILEGED TO BE DOCUMENTING MY JOURNEY IN SEQUENTIAL,

THERE'S ONE LIFE ALTERING EXPERIENCE IN THE MAKING THAT WILL FOREVER SUPERSEDE THE REST,
THAT'S FOR MY BABY MIA TO ENTER THE WORLD AND START HER QUEST,
IT'S ANY DAY NOW YOU'LL MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH JUDGEMENT AND ENDLESS TESTS,
YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR IT BUT I KNOW THE WORLD NEEDS THE BEST, JUST IMAGINING YOU AND I'M IMPRESSED...

APOLOGIZE

DON'T GIVE NOR TAKE APOLOGIES,
THERE'S NO ORDER TO ITS METHODOLOGIES SO BARE WITH ME AS I TAKE YOU THROUGH APOLOGIES IDEOLOGIES,
HERE'S A FEW ANTHOLOGIES IN REGARDS TO THE "I'M SORRYS" ETIOLOGIES,


YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE SO YOUR GONNA BE WHO YOUR GONNA BE,
AND BECAUSE OF THIS SMILES CRACK MY FACE FOR YOU FROM ME,
I KNOW YOU REALIZE YOU HAVE TO BE COLLECTIVE IN THE MOMENT TO REMAIN APOLOGY FREE,
ONE MISPLACED THOUGHT AND WATCH THE TEARS FLEE,


OUR ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN OUR WORDS SO APOLOGIZING IS JUST ABSURD,
WE ALL KNOW THE DIFFICULTIES THAT SPAWN FROM FEELINGS THAT LEAVE OUR MENTALITIES TORN IN THIRDS,
WOULD YOU APOLOGIZE TO CAGING AND CLIPPING THE WINGS OF A BIRD,
NO, BECAUSE YOU KNEW YOUR INTENTIONS BEFORE THEY OCCURRED,


YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE IF YOU BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU SAY,
IT'S MOMENTS AND SITUATIONS LIKE THESE THAT CAN LEAD PEOPLE TO PRAY,
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT IF YOU LEAVE PEOPLE IN DISMAY,
IT'S THEIR FAULT FOR NOT SEEING HOW A CONVERSATION CAN GO MORE THAN TWO WAYS,


JUST BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT YOUR WAY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOUR WRONG,
I HOPE YOUR NOT APOLOGIZING TO ME SO I FEEL LIKE I BELONG, COME ON,
LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD AND MOVE ON,
WHY LET SOMEBODY UNDER MIND YOU LIKE A PAWN,


IF YOUR APOLOGIZING IT'S TOO LATE AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL STICK TO YOUR GUNS,
IF YOUR LIVING IN A REAL WORLD THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS RETRIBUTION, BECAUSE WHAT'S DONE IS DONE, NOBODY WINS, NOBODY WON,
DO YOU THINK SKIN CANCER WOULD EXPECT AN APOLOGY FROM THE SUN,


WHY APOLOGIZE TO ANYBODY FOR HOW YOU CHOOSE TO ACT,
HOW YOU CHOOSE TO ACT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OTHERS AND THAT'S A FACT,
YOU WANNA SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA REACT AND IT'S GONNA BE OPPOSITE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE ATTRACT,


NO APOLOGIES, NOT EVEN IF YOUR A BUM LIVE'N IN THE SLUMS HITCH'N RIDES WITH THUMBS,
YOU SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS AND MY HEART BELLOWS FOR YOU LIKE BASS DRUMS, WHO KNOWS HOW YOUR LIFE BEGUN,
DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR THE APOLOGIES FROM THE PEOPLE THAT SHUN,


DON'T APPOLIGIZE FOR YOUR ARROGANCE EVEN IF YOU CALL IT CONFIDENCE,
NOBODY SHOULD BE JUDGING ANYBODY ELSE ANYWAY SO JUST COMMENCE,
APOLOGIZING IS JUST A FORESEEN DEFENSE,

YOU PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM AN UNFORESEEN OFFENSE,
APOLOGIZING IS A PRETENSE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SENSE,


THIS IS LIFE SO WE TAKE IT AS IT COMES,
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR SUMS,
SO IF YOU'RE APOLOGIZING TO ME.....BRING TUMS,
AND IF YOU'RE APOLOGIZING TO ME, I'M THINKING "THIS IS DUMB!"

FABEL'S FABLE

IT'S TIME TO SHARE A FABLE FROM A FABEL WHO TELLS A TALE OF INK THAT REACHES OUT LIKE BRAILLE,
SOME SAY IT'S A VISION FROM THE GOD'S THEMSELVES BEFORE LIFE AS WE KNOW IT WAS UNVEILED,
SOME SAY IT'S A STORY TOLD BY TRUTH AND HOW IT DESIGNED ITSELF TO DISGUISE ITS OWN PREVAIL,
WHILE OTHERS BELIEVE IT WAS WRITTEN BY LIFE AND HOW IT BATTLES ITSELF TO CONTROL ITS SCALES,
BUT NO MATTER ITS ORGIN THIS TALE HAS NOW FOREVER SET SAIL,
FREED TO ITS INFINITY FROM ITS JAIL


ONCE UPON A TIME A MOST UNIQUE GATHERING OF CREATURES OCCURRED NEAR A STREAM AT THE EDGE OF A FOREST,
THIS FOREST WAS SO PEACEFUL AND PERFECT ONLY THE GODS COULD'VE BEEN ACCREDITED AS ITS FLORISTS,
EVERYTHING IS STILL AND VIBRANTLY NOURISHED,
BEFORE THE CREATURES CONVERGED SHOOTING STARS WERE CONSIDERED THE FORESTS ONLY TOURISTS,
NOW THE FABLE TOLD BY A FABEL WHO'S CONSIDERED BY SOME A PURIST,


MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS WORLD WAS CREATED BY A SINGULAR GOD OR THE BIG BANG,
BUT THERE'S A TALL TALE THAT SUGGESTS THIS WORLD WAS CREATED BY THE THOUGHT OF THE UNTAMED,
SO IT STARTS WHEN OUT OF THE FOG COMES A LEOPARD TO THE FORESTS EDGE TO HANG,
HIS PRESENCE IS SO STRONG YOU FEEL AS IF HE'S ONLY ONE WITHIN A GANG,
CAN'T HELP BUT TAKE HIM SERIOUS AS HE SETTLES IN AND LICKS HIS FANGS,


NOT BEFORE LONG A TURTLE EMERGES THROUGH THE MIRRORED SURFACE AND CRAWLS OUT BEFORE THE LEOPARD AT THE STREAMS EDGE,
THE SLEEK SLOW MOVEMENTS ALONG WITH HIS BATTLED WORN SHELL IS THE TURTLES PLEDGE,
STEADY SQUINTED EYE CONTACT POWERFUL LIKE SLEDGE,
EVERY STEP TAKEN WITH PRECISION AND BALANCED OUT LIKE A HEDGE,
REMNANTS OF FOOD DANGLING FROM HIS MOUTH, SEDGE,


THE RIPPLES LEFT FROM THE TURTLE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO SETTLE BEFORE THE KOI SWAM IN,
HE SWAM CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE SHORE YOU COULD SEE HIS BEAUTIFUL COLORS AND POWERFUL FINS,
SKIN SO SCALY WET WITH A MOUTH SHOWING AN ALL KNOWING GRIN,
YOU COULD TELL RIGHT OFF THE KOI WAS HERE TO SHOW YOU THROUGH LIFE'S SPINS,
UP OUT OF THE WATER HE CAME FOR YOU TO SEE HIS REFLECTION ATOP THE WATER HIS TWIN,
SPLASHED BACK IN AND CALMLY WADDED AND THEN,


A CRACKLING FROM THE FORESTS TREES GAINED THE ATTENTION OF THE LEOPARD, TURTLE AND KOI,
AN ELEPHANT WITH MIGHTY TUSKS STEPPED THROUGH THE TREELINE AND STOOD WITH POWERFUL GRACE AND POISE,
EARS FANNED OUT FOR DECOY AND IT'S NOT WITH THIS BEAST YOU'D TOY,
MOTIONLESS HE STOOD AS IF HE WAS A SOLDIER READY TO DEPLOY,
AND IF YOU TAKE AWAY HIS DOMINATE DEMEANOR YOU WOULD CONSIDER HIM QUITE COY,


A SPONTANEOUS GUST OF WIND STREAMS ACROSS THE WATER TOP AND CREATES A RIPPLING SPREE,
THE FALCON SWOOPED PAST THE GATHERED CREATURES AND PULLED UP IN THE NEAREST TREE,
HIS TALON'S ARE RAZOR SHARP AND HIS EYES ARE INTENSELY FOCUSED FOR ANYTHING TO FLEE,
THE FALCON SQUAWKS AS HE SPREADS HIS WINGS BUT THIS IS NO PLEA,
HE SEE'S IT ALL FROM HIS VANTAGE POINT AND HAS THE KEYS TO SET ANY MENTALITY FREE,


SO ON THIS WARM, HUMID, STAR LITE NIGHT, THESE CREATURES CAME TOGETHER FOR REASONS NOT APPARENT TO THEM,
LITTLE DID THEY KNOW EACH ONE OF THEM SHARED THE WISDOM THAT FUTURE HUMAN BEINGS WOULD STEM,
LATER REVEALED AS OUR DNA'S MORAL FABRIC AND WHAT INSTINCTIVELY MAKES US WOMEN AND MEN,
AND BEFORE I HAD TIME TO QUESTION HOW OR WHY I WAS HERE TO WITNESS, THE LEOPARD CAME FORWARD AND STARTED HIS JUDGEMENT IN REM,


...I'M THE LEOPARD, PUT BEFORE THE WORLD TO REPRESENT NATURE'S UNDENIABLE BALANCE. FROM ME YOU'LL GAIN YOUR PHYSICAL PROPORTIONS AND DISPROPORTIONS ALIKE. I'M THE REASON YOUR AWARE OF WHAT'S FAIR AND UNFAIR IN REGARDS TO THE TREATMENT OF OTHERS AND SELF. BECAUSE OF ME YOU'LL SEE THAT GIVING IS THE PREREQUISITE TO TAKING AND THAT BALANCING YOUR BALANCE MAKES YOU CROSS REFERENCE YOUR OWN MIND. I REPRESENT THE START OF YOUR LIFE, THE END OF YOUR LIFE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN THESE TWO POINTS OF TIME. YOU USE ME TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT'S BEST FOR YOU AND OTHERS. I'M WHAT ENSURES YOUR HONESTY AND INTEGRITY IN TIMES OF DESPAIR. I AM THE LEOPARD, I PORTRAY YOUR ABILITY TO BALANCE INSTINCTS NATURALLY.

WITHOUT A MOMENTS NOTICE A FLASH OF IMMENSE LIGHT COVERED THE LEOPARD AND THEN VANISHED INTO THIN AIR. NOT BEFORE LONG THE LEOPARD SEEPED INTO THE SKIN AND BECAME A PART OF HIM FOREVER.

...I'M THE TURTLE, PUT BEFORE THE WORLD TO REPRESENT NATURE'S UNDENIABLE PATIENCE. YES, I AM HERE AS A REMINDER THAT YOU HAVE A CHOICE IN HOW YOU CARRY OUT YOUR TIME ON EARTH. MOVE SLOW THROUGHOUT YOUR DAYS AND UNDERSTANDING COUPLED WITH KNOWLEDGE WILL BE YOUR REWARD. BE PATIENT WITH YOURSELF FOR YOUR THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS. BECAUSE OF ME YOUR ABLE TO MAKE SMARTER DECISIONS. I MAY MOVE SLOW AND YES YOU MOVE FASTER THAN I, BUT THE WHOLE WORLD AWAITS FOR ME, FOR I ALWAYS KEEP IT IN FRONT OF ME. I'M THE REASON YOU CHOOSE TO BITE YOUR TONGUE IN TIMES OF CONFLICT OR TAKE AN ALTERNATE PATH WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE TIME. I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CALMING EFFECT THAT COMES OVER YOU, FOR YOU NEED TO SEE THINGS AT A MORE REASONABLE PACE. I AM THE TURTLE, I PORTRAY YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE PATIENCE FOR A FAST MOVING WORLD.

WITHOUT A MOMENTS NOTICE A FLASH OF IMMENSE LIGHT COVERED THE TURTLE AND THEN VANISHED INTO THIN AIR. NOT BEFORE LONG THE TURTLE SEEPED INTO THE SKIN AND BECAME A PART OF HIM FOREVER.

...I'M THE KOI, PUT BEFORE THE WORLD TO REPRESENT NATURE'S UNDENIABLE PROGRESS. I'M THE COURAGE YOU HAVE AND THE COURAGE YOU'LL OBTAIN TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL YOUR ENDEAVORS. BECAUSE OF MY PUSH, FEAR WONT HAVE TIME TO PARALYZE YOU AND YOUR LUCK WILL MANIFEST. I BRING TO YOU A HEALTHY DOSE OF WANTING MORE AND THIS WANT WILL KEEP YOU ON THE RIGHT TRACK. I'VE ALSO BEEN ATTRIBUTED FOR THE GROWTH OF YOUR FAMILIES, FOR I BELIEVE IN STRONG, WIDE AND OVERLAPPING FOUNDATIONS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME. I, LIKE YOU, MOVE IN ALL DIRECTIONS TO SUSTAIN ESSENTIAL HABITS. I AM THE KOI, I PORTRAY YOUR ABILITY TO TRANSITION INTO PROGRESS FROM ALL SITUATIONS.

WITHOUT A MOMENTS NOTICE A FLASH OF IMMENSE LIGHT COVERED THE KOI AND THEN VANISHED INTO THIN AIR. NOT BEFORE LONG THE KOI SEEPED INTO THE SKIN AND BECAME A PART OF HIM FOREVER.


...I'M THE ELEPHANT, PUT BEFORE THE WORLD TO REPRESENT NATURE'S UNDENIABLE ABUNDANCE OF WISDOM. FROM ME YOU GAIN YOUR SELF AWARENESS, WHICH WILL LEAD TO GREAT INSIGHTS. LIKE I, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE KNOWLEDGE FOR SENSIBLE AND PRUDENT DECISION MAKING. THERE IS MUCH OF ME AND IT'S FULL OF COMMON SENSE. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE STRUCTURE WITHIN ALL SOCIAL SETTINGS DUE TO MY ASTUTENESS AND MY UNCANNY ABILITY TO ADAPT. YOUR HIGH MORAL OF STANDARDS IS ONE OF MANY ATTRIBUTES THAT STEMS FROM THE WISDOM I GRANT YOU. FROM ME YOUR ABLE TO HARNESS YOUR INNER STRENGTH AND HAVE IT IN ABUNDANCE. BUT THE GREATEST GIFT THAT WISDOM BRINGS IS HAPPINESS. FOR IF YOU'RE AWARE AND SENSIBLE HAPPINESS IS ALWAYS NEAR. I AM THE ELEPHANT, I PORTRAY YOUR ABILITY TO USE WISDOM FOR ALL MATTERS.

WITHOUT A MOMENTS NOTICE A FLASH OF IMMENSE LIGHT COVERED THE ELEPHANT AND THEN VANISHED INTO THIN AIR. NOT BEFORE LONG THE ELEPHANT SEEPED INTO THE SKIN AND BECAME A PART OF HIM FOREVER.

...I'M THE FALCON, PUT BEFORE THE WORLD TO REPRESENT NATURE'S UNDENIABLE FORESIGHT. I'M ALSO KNOWN AS THE EYE OF HORUS OR THE ALL SEEING EYE. WITH ME YOUR ABLE TO SEE ABOVE ALL MISLEADING INFORMATION AND FOCUS ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT. BECAUSE OF ME YOUR ALREADY WITH ALL THOUGHTS OF THE WORLD. I'M THE REASON WHY YOUR ABLE TO SEE PEOPLES DEFENSE OR STANCE ON MATTERS WITHOUT THEM EVEN SPEAKING. PEOPLE MAY SEE YOU AS "OUT THERE" BECAUSE YOUR RESPONSIBLE FOR GATHERING AN ARSENAL OF THOUGHT BEFORE DRAWING AND SPEAKING OF ITS CONCLUSION. IT'S FROM ME YOU SEE JUSTICE AND IT'S FROM ME WHY YOU'LL AVENGE THE UNJUSTIFIED ACTIONS OF THE MEEK. I'M ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR SIGHT AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY DISPLAY VISIONS OF MISFORTUNE, I ALREADY KNOW YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT AND BRING GOOD FROM IT. I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT, SO THEREFORE EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS OF IT. BECAUSE OF ME YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH, WEALTHY AND PROSPERITY. I AM THE FALCON, I PORTRAY YOUR ABILITY TO SEE ALL THAT LIFE OFFERS.

WITHOUT A MOMENTS NOTICE A FLASH OF IMMENSE LIGHT COVERED THE FALCON AND THEN VANISHED INTO THIN AIR. NOT BEFORE LONG THE FALCON SEEPED INTO THE SKIN AND BECAME A PART OF HIM FOREVER.


SOME SAY THEY'VE SEEN A MAN WITH THESE INK MARKINGS WALKING THE EARTH,
WHILE OTHERS ARE PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THE NEW LIFE WHICH COMES WITH HIS BIRTH,
SOME BELIEVE HE'S THE REASON WHY ALL OF WHAT'S GOOD IS HIS WORTH,
BUT NO MATTER WHAT, HE LIVES AND BREATHS MORAL OBLIGATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY AND THIS IS HIS TURF,
HE'S A MESSENGER FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR THIRST...

LAKE BERRYESSA

THE PLAQUE READS,"MONTICELLO DAM 1957 BUILT BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR."

IN THE MID 19TH CENTURY THERE LOOMED A DESTINE TOWN KNOWN TO IT'S INHABITANTS AS MONTICELLO. THIS PROSPEROUS AGRICULTURE TOWN STOOD IN THE CENTER OF THE BERRRYESSA VALLEY SURROUNDED BY THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. IT WAS ARGUABLY THE MOST FERTILE VALLEY IN THE COUNTRY FOR ITS TIME. PASSING RODEO'S AND BASEBALL BROUGHT ENTERTAINMENT TO THE SMALL TOWN, WHILE PUTAH CREEK BROUGHT THE VALLIE'S FIELD ITS WATER. MONTICELLO'S HARVEST WENT TO SURROUNDING CITIES AND TOWNS, BUT THE ACRES OF CALIFORNIA POPPIES THAT GREW WILDLY THROUGHOUT THE VALLY STAYED. THE TOWN OF MONTICELLO WAS SAID TO BE THE FIRST COMMUNITY IN CALIFORNIA TO HAVE A TELEPHONE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED.


THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN THE TOWN OF MONTICELLO BY DOROTHEA LANGE AND PIRKLE JONES. A RARE PHOTO OF THE TOWN THAT ONCE CENTERED THE BERRYESSA VALLEY. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN SOMETIME AROUND 1950.

ALTHOUGH THIS SMALL TOWN HAD A LOT TO OFFER, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAD BIGGER IDEAS FOR THIS LAND. THE GOVERNMENT WANTED THIS LAND FOR OTHER AGRICULTURE HOT SPOTS THROUGHOUT SOLANO COUNTY, URBAN AREAS, INDUSTRIAL USES, MILITARY USE, DRINKING WATER AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. THE FOLKS OF MONTICELLO PUT UP A FIGHT, BUT IN THE END A DAM WAS BUILT AND 1.6 MILLION OF ACRE-FEET FLOODED THE VALLEY BY 1963. WHEN THE WATER RECEDES AT BERRYESSA, AN OLD CHURCH CROSS PURTRUDES THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AND SOME SAY IT'S TO REMIND US OF THE SACRIFICE FOR THE TOWN AND THE RESIDENTS OF MONTICELLO.


THIS AERIAL PHOTO SHOWS THE MONTICELLO DAM WHICH WAS BUILT AT THE POINT IN THE VALLY KNOWN AS "DEVILS GATE".

THE RESERVOIR AND DAM GIVES POWER TO THREE HYDROELECTRIC UNITS WHICH IS TRANSMITTED TO THE PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY'S POWER GRID. THIS POWER GRID HELPS PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO SOLANO COUNTY AND THE LAKES WATER KEEPS A HALF MILLION PEOPLE HYDRATED EACH YEAR, INCLUDING OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMAN OF TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE. LAKE BERRYESSA SPANS 26 MILES LONG AND THREE MILES ACROSS. IT IS THE SECOND LARGEST LAKE IN CALIFORNIA ( LAKE SHASTA IS #ER ONE) AND IS CONSIDERED AN UNOFFICIAL SEAPLANE BASE. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL USE TO FREQUENT LAKE BERRYESSA AND THE SONG ENTITLED "GREEN RIVER" WAS WRITTEN ABOUT PUTAH CREEK, A MAIN VEIN FLOWING INTO THE BERRYESSA VALLEY. I DEDICATE THIS POEM TO THE PEOPLE OF MONTICELLO. YOU HAD EVERYTHING TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU AND I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU MY APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOUR HISTORIC TOWN MEANS TO ME...


LAKE BERRYESSA


THE RUSH OF THE CITY AND ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES YOUR INDEBTED TO BECAUSE OF IT, FALLS TO THE WAY SIDE ONCE YOU HIT THAT 128 AND GLIDE,
BERRYESSA WILL HAVE YOU SLIDE OUT OF SOCIETY INTO A TRUE REALITY AND YOUR THE GUIDE, JOIN ME ON THIS JOURNEY AS I'LL TELL IT WITH PRIDE, IT'S MONTICELLO RESORT, THE PLACE WHERE GOODNESS RESIDES

EVERYTHING THAT SURROUNDS MOVES SLOWER AND WITH MINIMAL SOUND, IT'S ALMOST AS IF A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN HAS BEEN FOUND, SO PEACEFUL ARE THE VIEWS OF WILDERNESS ABOUND, SO PROFOUND ARE THE SMILES ON THE FACES OF FRIENDS AND STRANGERS AROUND, TRUTH LIVES HERE BECAUSE LIMITS ARE UNBOUND, LIVES HAVE CHANGED BECAUSE OF THESE CAMP GROUNDS

SO MANY MEMORIES WERE LIVED OUT HERE AMONGST THE A40 CREW, BACK IN THE DAYS WE WOULD PACK COOLERS OF BREW AND THAT'S IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, NOT PLAY'N SPADES WOULD BE TABOO AND THESE DAYS THE TRADITION LIVES ON AND WHO KNEW, I GUESS THIS PLACE WILL STICK WITH US LIKE TATTOO'S, A COMMON GROUND AMONGST US ALL THAT WE PURSUE

THE WATER IS GLASSY SMOOOTH AND IT'S HER WAY OF ACTING SHY, I'M NOT RUDE SO I'LL SAY HI WITH 360 DEGREE WHIPS WHEN RIDE'N THAT STAND-UP 750 SXI, MOVE'N SO FAST ACROSS THE WATER TOP YOUR FEEL'N LIKE YOU CAN FLY, WATER SO WARM AND BLUE I CAN'T TELL IF I'M CUT'N THROUGH THE SKY, THIS PLACE KEEPS PEOPLE NATURALLY HIGH AND IF I DON'T GET A CHANCE TO WRITE A WILL YOU CAN SCATTER MY ASHES HERE WHEN I DIE

START THE BBQ BECAUSE IT'S GET'N LATE, YOU KNOW EVERY BODY'S READY FOR THAT HOT PLATE, RANGERS MAKE THAT SWEEP AROUND EIGHT TO CHECK THE STATE, OF THE PARK THEN HEAD BACK TO THE HEAVENLY GATE, TAKE THAT POLE, HOOK THAT BAIT AND AWAIT, CREATE THAT FIRE FOR SIGHT AND GIVE SOME INSIGHT TO MORTAL FATE, CRACK BEER AND WAIT FOR TOPICS OF DEBATE, PLAY'N GAMES AND DRINK'N LATE, CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE SEEN THE DAY BREAK

STRATIGIZE LIKE A FOX, THEN LOB THAT BOCCE BALL AND UNEARTH SOME ROCKS, WE PITCH THAT HORSESHOE AS IF WE HAD ON MISSILE LOCK, WHO KNOWS WHAT TIME IT IS BECAUSE THERE'S NO CLOCKS, TELL STORIES OF THE DAYS WHEN WE LIVED ON THE BLOCKS, PLAY THROW BACK SONGS ON MP3 PLAYER'S WITH TRUNKS THAT KNOCK, AND REMINISCE ABOUT STORIES OF WHO AND WHO BOXED

TIE OFF AND SEE WHAT'S SHAKEN AT THE BRIDGE, OR CLIMB UP THAT ROCK AND STEP OUT ONTO TO THE RIDGE, LUNGE AND TAKE THAT PLUNGE SO YOUR FEARS ARE EXPUNGED, BERRYESSA IS THAT PLACE TO KICK BACK AND SMILE BECAUSE NO MATTER THE AGE WHEN YOUR HERE YOUR YOUNG, IT'S THE PLACE THAT MELTS AWAY THE GRUNGE

BERRYESSA IS A HOME AWAY FROM HOME, SO ENCHANTING BUDDHA COULD POST UP HERE AND DROP HIS OHM'S, LOVE THIS PLACE SO MUCH IF IT CLOSED IT WOULD BE TRAGIC LIKE THE FALL OF ROME, WHEN I'M HERE MY THOUGHT PATTERNS CHANGE DRASTICALLY LIKE I SWITCHED DOMES, AND AFTER A FEW DAYS OF FUN IT'S BACK TO THE CITIES OF CHROME

NEVER BEEN BAPTISED SO I TOUCHED THE BERRYESSA WATER FOR THE ANOINT, THOUGHT IT WAS THE PERFECT PLACE BECAUSE IT CAN'T DISAPPOINT, I WOULD KEEP GOING BUT I KNOW YOU GET THE POINT, LET'S JUST SAY MOTICELLO AND BERRYESSA ARE THE TENDONS THAT WRAP THIS JOINT...

U IMPLIED

"VAGUENESS DOES NOT IMPLY THAT THERE IS NO BEAUTY TO BE FOUND"
-AUTHOR UNKNOWN-


PEOPLE WILL INSINUATE THERE WAY INTO A CONVERSATION AND UNDER MIND OTHERS WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING AND THE LACK OF ACKNOWLEDGING THIS PROVES THE LOGICAL SIDE OF LIFE MUST ALWAYS BE GROWING

SO LETS LET LOGICAL POETIC THOUGHTS MAKE THE UNSPOKEN INNUENDO'S VISIBLE TO THE ONES WHO DON'T SEE THAT THERE SPOKEN WORDS HAVE HIDDEN TRUTHS, WHEN IT COMES TO THOUGHT AND MEANINGS YOU MUST BECOME THE MASTER SLEUTH, THE MIND MOVES SO FAST I RECOMMEND YOU PICK UP A BLUE TOOTH OR READ SLOW LIKE CHUNK, BABY...RUTH

YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE IT BUT I'M GONNA PROVE THAT THERE'S TWO WAYS TO YOUR THOUGHT WITHIN EXISTENCE, AFTER A FEW EXAMPLES YOU MIGHT HAVE A DEEP FEELING OF RESISTANCE, HIND SITE IS 20/20 BECAUSE YOUR THOUGHT PAUSES LIFE WHICH CREATES NEEDED DISTANCE, I'M NOT ONE TO TALK SO I WRITE IT IN AN INSTANCE

I SEE THINGS SO FAST I'M HANGING ON THE EDGE OF THE SECOND THAT LEADS TO THE FUTURE, IN AN INSTANT I'LL REACT LIKE A SURGEON TO A CUT WITH A SUTURE, IT'S NOW TIME TO SET YOUR INDIRECT IMPLICATIONS FREE, WHEN I STUMBLED ACROSS THESE TRUTHS I WAS LIKE GEEEEEEEEEEEZ, BUT NOW I'LL PASS IT ON TO YOU FROM MEEEEEEEEEEEZ

I HEAR SOME FAMILY AND SOME SO CALLED FRIENDS SAY THEY WOULDN'T HAVE JUST ONE CHILD WHICH MEANS U IMPLIED THEY'RE SELFISH, THEY DON'T SHARE, THEY'RE NOT SOCIABLE AND THAT THEY'RE SPOILED, I SAY YOU JUST INSULTED MY WIFE, MY UNBORN CHILD WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A SIBLING WHICH IN RETURN MEANS YOU'VE INSULTED ME, LET'S JUST HOPE YOU DON'T CALL ONTO OUR FAMILY IN A TIME OF NEED BECAUSE WE WOULD TURN A DEAF EAR ON YOUR PLEA AND REMIND YOU THAT YOUR INSENSITIVITY IS REPULSIVE AND WOULDN'T YOU AGREE

I HEAR YOU FAKES SAY WITH SUCH CONVICTION AND ATTITUDE THAT MACY'S, COACH AND NORDSTROMS ARE THE ONLY PLACES TO SHOP, U IMPLIED THAT PEOPLE WHO SHOP AT OTHER STORES ARE CHEAPER, HAVE A LOWER STANDARD OF QUALITY, NO STYLE AND NO CLUE ABOUT WHAT'S ON TOP, I'M SO AMAZED HOW YOU STAY ABOVE IT ALL, BUT ONE LOOK FROM ME AND YOU'LL REALIZE THAT YOUR HIGH HORSES LEGS JUST GOT CHOPPED, YES, I TAKE PLEASURE IN WATCHING YOUR EGO'S FLIP OUT WHEN YOU READ THIS THEN THEY FLOP

EVERY BODY'S ALWAYS PREACHING ABOUT WHATS BEST FOR KIDS BUT WHO TRULY KNOWS, I GUESS THEY DO THIS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THEY NEVER HAD I SUPPOSE, BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN AFFORD TO SEND THEM TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL OVER A PUBLIC SCHOOL DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE CONS AND PROS, FURTHERMORE U IMPLIED THAT YOU THINK YOUR CHILD WILL BE BETTER OFF AND THAT OTHER CHILDREN WILL FALL BEHIND IN DROVES, YOU WANT THE BEST AND IT SHOWS, JUST DON'T BELITTLE OTHER PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THAT WOULD JUST BLOW, YOU GET MY FLOW

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I KNOW YOU EXISTS, JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WHEN U IMPLY IT'S ALL OTHERS YOU DISS AND DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND THAT THIS IS PARTI PRIS, THIS ISN'T HELL SO IGNORANCE ISN'T BLISS, IT'S TIME TO PUT YOU SHADY BEHIND CLOSED DOOR TALKERS TO REST WITH A KISS, MWAH, I'M MERELY JUDGING THE JUDGERS AND I'M SURE YOU DON'T LIKE THIS , BUT IF PEOPLE WATCH WHAT THEY SAY THEN THIS POEM WOULDN'T HAVE TO EXIST...

THE RESUME

IT'S TIME TO GET WITTY WITH YOUR "COVER" LETTER AND SHOW OFF THEM WELL DESERVED DEGREE'S, SPELL CHECK THAT WORD DOC TO ENSURE YOU DOTTED THOSE I'S AND CROSSED THOSE T'S, EMAIL IT OFF TO THE RECRUITER WHO HOPEFULLY BELIEVES YOUR BETTER THAN THEE, IT'S SILLY THAT OUR LIFE'S WORK WEIGHS IN THE BALANCE AGAINST OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, UNLESS OF COURSE YOU HAVE AN INSIDE CONNECTION AND THEN YOUR HOME FREE

YA, I GOT ONE OF THOSE RESUMES THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE REALLY ABOUT, I'LL SUBMIT IT KNOWING YOUR IDEAL CANDIDATE HAS ALREADY BEEN PICKED OUT, I'M NOT NEGATIVE IT'S JUST A LONG SHOT FOR EVERYTHING TO WORK OUT, AND THEN YOU WANT ME TO KEEP MY HEAD UP WHEN YOU LEAVE MY EXPECTATIONS WITHOUT, AN EXPLANATION OR REASONS FOR WHY IT'S ME YOU DOUBT, BUT EVERY TIME I TURNED MY CHEEK AND APPRECIATED YOU FOR GIVING ME SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, BUT IF YOU AND I WENT HEAD TO HEAD FOR A JOB AND IT WAS BASED ON SOULFUL MERIT YOU'D BE ASSED OUT, THEN YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THAT PEOPLE DOUBT

A RESUME IS NOTHING MORE THAN PAPER THAT DISRUPTS YOUR IMMEDIATE VISION LIKE LOW LYING TULLY FOG, I'D MUCH RATHER SEND YOU A LINK TO THIS HERE BLOG BECAUSE IT'S SIGNIFICANT LIKE A BLIND PERSON'S SEEING EYE DOG,
NO OFFENSE BUT ME AND EVERYBODY IN THE CORPORATE WORLD IS A COG, IT'S JUST A VICIOUS CYCLE AND NO ONES TO ANSWER SO I DON'T EVEN BOTH-ER

THIS BLOG STANDS FOR AND REPRESENTS MY QUALITIES AND FAULTS WITHOUT OUR SYSTEMS PREORDAINED BENCHMARKS, THIS BLOG IS MY BITE WITHOUT MY BARK, THIS BLOG IS MY RESUME AND IT COMES WITH A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TRADEMARK, BUT MOST OF ALL THIS BLOG IS MY RESUME BECAUSE IT SHOWS I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO EMBARK RATHER THAN PLAY A PART, IS THERE ANY BUSINESS OUT THERE THAT STRICTLY HIRES BASED ON HEART

AND AFTER THIS VERSE I'LL COMBINE THE TITLES OF FIFTY-EIGHT REVEALING POEMS TO GIVE YOU THE COVER LETTER TO MY EVOLVING STORY, AND REMEMBER ALL THAT'S REQUIRED OF ME IS UPDATING MY RESUME WITH RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS IF I WAS TAKING INVENTORY, RESUMES HAVE ONLY TO DO WITH YOUR PAST GLORY, THIS BLOG WILL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHY TODAY HOLDS HOPE FOR TOMORROWS GLORY, HECK, I THINK WE SHOULD DO AWAY WITH RESUMES AND SUBMIT SHORT STORIES, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO SELL YOU A STONED FACE WORKER BUT GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE INTO THE DEPTHS OF OUR INDIVIDUAL QUARRIES

I'M READY TO CONNECT, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT ON SOME LEVEL EVERYTHING IS RELEVANT IF YOU ARE ONE TO DETECT, THIS PRICELESS BLESSING IS READY TO GO TO WORK ALTHOUGH IN THE REAL WORLD IT WOULDN'T GET ME WORK, I GUESS THIS IS GOD TELLING ME THAT MY PASSION FOR ALL I DO IS ONLY A PERK

THE RESUME OF THIS NOBLE SAVAGE HAS NO SIGNIFICANCE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO LIFE AND DEATH, THAT'S WHY I'D RATHER TELEPATH TO OUR OMA TO PROVE THAT LOVE IS OUR JOURNEY AND THAT YOUR LOVE IS STILL EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT TO ME AS BREATH

HEY SUNSHINE, DID YOU KNOW IF MONEY TALKED IT WOULD TELL MY HEART OF HEARTS I NEED NEVER LESS AND ALWAYS MORE, I SAW IT FOR MYSELF SUNSHINE SO NOW MONEY AND ME HAVE A PESSIMISTICALLY OPTIMISTIC RAPPORT, AND SADLY ENOUGH SUNSHINE BECAUSE OF THIS I USE THE GOOD MEMORIES OF MY LOST ONE'S JUST TO GET BY AND COPE WITH THIS INTERNAL WAR

COME ON PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE YANG AND THE YIN IS REAL AND CAN HAVE A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE IMPACT ON A YOUNG CHILD'S CONFIDENCE, SO YOUNG CHILD WITH ME YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRETEND BECAUSE I'LL NEVER FORGET YOUR ACTIONS THAT LIST TO LIBERATE OUR ALLIANCE

HOPE, IT IS WHAT OUR SAINT CHRISTOPHER BELIEVED IN AND STOOD FOR, HE TOLD ME THAT THE TRUTH IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF A WHITE ROSE IN THAT INNOCENCE WILL ALWAYS BE MINE AND YOURS, AND WHOEVER INTERNALLY UNDERSTANDS THIS SOARS

SO LETS GO TO WORK BECAUSE WE ARE MORE THAN MAN AND OUR AUTHENTICATION SURELY STEMS FROM ANGELS SO WE CAN CHEER ON AND AFFECT THE CAUSE LIKE SPORTS FANS, IF I EVER PACKED AN ARENA I'D SPEAK OF MY REALITY WRITING AND TAKE AWAY THE UNSPOKEN IN ME SO YOU COULD HERE MY STAND, SHOWING RESPECT TO ALL OTHERS WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP FOR OUR LIFE LONG PLAN

OH THOSE FORCES THAT BE DRUM UP SOLDIERS FROM COAST TO COAST AND EVERY GOVERNMENT ACTS LIKE THE DEVILS ADVOCATE TO SAINTS AND EVERYTHING BETWEEN, LETS TRY TO ACCOMPLISH GOALS WITH NO EVIL SO I CAN FORGET ABOUT THE POEM I WROTE TO MY FALLEN LEADERS WHO LOOK AT THIS WORLD AS ONE BIG CRIME SCENE

TO MY GOOD FRIEND FIFTY-TWO, IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU COME TO MIND WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHO'S TOUGH THROUGH AND THROUGH, I REMEMBER WHEN WE WOULD ACCRUE OUNCES OF BREW, BACK THEN IT'S AS IF OUR SOULS WERE BREATHLESS BUT REMARKABLY STILL IN QUE

MY WORLD WAS GIVEN TO ME IN 19 SEVEN AND SIX, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I LEARNED IS THAT EVERYTHING DIVIDES LIKE A WALL OF BRICKS, I SEE IN THIS WORLD GOD, IT'S EVERYTHING BUT YOU AND THAT LICKS,YOU KNEW HOW IT WAS GONNA BE SO YOU GAVE EACH OF US A HEART WITH MANY SIDES IN HOPES WE COULD FIX, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE BOBBING AND WEAVING GOD BUT I DECIDED TO JUST STICK, OH AND I DECIDED TO ADD THIS LINK TO MY RESUME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mvxU97LgQ8 SO JUST COPY, PASTE AND CLICK

WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT ONE DAY WE'LL ALL BE UNIFIED AND IF NOT HERE THAN IN HEAVEN FOR INFINITY, I HAVE LOVE FOR THOSE FEW WHO KNOW MY HUNGER FOR LIFE IS A SIGN OF DIVINITY, I AM TO WORDS WHAT WORDS ARE TO AFFINITY, WE ARE ALL FOR ONE LIKE THE TRINITY

RECAP, IF YOU GOT RESUMES THAT CONTAIN DEGREES YOU'LL BE MARKETABLE TO CORPORATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE HIGHER END OF SOCIETY, BUT IF YOU GOT A BLOG LIKE THIS CHANCES ARE YOU'LL HAVE NO NOTORIETY, IT SEEMS AS IF BUSINESSES THINK THAT PEOPLE WITHOUT DEGREES CANT LEARN HANDS ON OR HAVE NO SENSE OF PROPRIETY, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY THAT PERSON WILL WORK FOR LESS, APPRECIATE MORE, STAY LONGER AND RELIEVE SOME OF YOUR QUARRIES ANXIETY, SO IF YOU NEED ME NOW YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME AND HOPEFULLY YOU SEE THAT THE WILL TO SUCCEED SHOULDN'T BE RED FLAGGED BY THOSE WHO CARRY DEGREES

I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, EXPLAIN TO ME WHY HIRING SOMEBODY WITH A DEGREE OVER SOMEBODY WITHOUT A DEGREE IS A FORM OF DISCRIMINATION, AND I'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW FUTURE BUSINESSES WILL BE ABLE TO DO THEIR OWN VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND RECEIVE TAX BREAKS FROM THE NATION...

NOBLE SAVAGE

GOD GIVES ME SIGNS TO HELP ME RECOGNIZE MINE, WE'RE SEEING EYE TO EYE WITHOUT I READING BETWEEN THE LINES, HE'S MY INSPIRATION SO THERE'S WHERE'S MY TIME, HE'S THE REASON I'M DEFINED, HE'S THE REASON I'M

SO THIS NOBLE SAVAGE IS MISUNDERSTOOD BY DEITIES WHO TAKE MY VARIETY AND WISH TO REPLACE IT WITH SOME SORT OF NOTORIETY, A BORN LEADER LIVING IN A DOMESTICATED ENVIRONMENT WITH THOSE WHO CONFORM TO SOCIETY AND NOW A POEM FOR THE NON-COMFORMIT HONORARY SOCIETIES

AM I SURROUNDED BY MENTALITIES THAT JUMP FROM ONE FEED THOUGHT TO ANOTHER TURNING INDIVIDUALITY INTO EVERY OTHERS, REMAINING A FRONT RUNNER REGARDLESS OF THE CONCEDED WHO BLEND INTO THE MAINSTREAM FOR COVER

WANTING NOTHING MORE THAN TO ERADICATE THE IRRESPONSIBLE ACTIONS OF YOUR APPOINTED FIGURES WHO LEAVE OUTCOMES DISFIGURED, I HAVE A HEART AND A MIND ON THE SAME PAGE IN THE SAME SENTENCE BECAUSE I TOOK MY LIFE AND RECONFIGURED

SENSES SO QUELLED THEY MELD AS IF YOUR LIVE'N IN A WAR ZONE THAT GETS SHELLED, I'M JUST IMPELLED BY SOMETHING GREATER TO COMPEL THAT GIVING YOUR UNEXPECTED CAN'T ALWAYS BE WITHHELD

I'M LIVING IN THE FUTURE WAITING FOR THE MASSES TO SEE PAST THE FORMALITIES AND START SEEING TO ITS REALITIES, I'M THE LIFE THAT WRITES OFF THE GENERALITIES AND SPEAKS FREELY ABOUT ABNORMALITIES AS MERE TECHNICALITIES

DO NOT CIRCUM TO THE LACK OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT YOUR POTENTIAL WAS PREDETERMINED BY THE ORGANIZED LIMITS OF A CONTROLLING STRUCTURE THAT SIMPLY HARNESSED, BUT REALIZE THAT ALLOWING THE NOBLE DESIGN OF SELF THAT WAS INTENDED WILL OVERCOME THE SO CALLED PROGRESSED AND I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF YOUR READING MY RUN ON SENTENCES WITH ONE BREATH

JUST ANOTHER UNSUNG HERO WHO WONT LET THE WORLD STRING YOU ALONG WITH PREMEDITATED THOUGHTS THAT WOULD SUBTLY SWAY YOU FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANOTHER'S OUTCOME OR DREAMS, I CAN'T LET YOU CENTER YOUR LIFE ON SELF SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FALLACIES WHICH WERE THOUGHT TO BE YOUR TRUTHS SPAWNED FROM THEIR EGOS ENDLESS STREAM

THERE'S NO LACK OF EFFORT TO OBTAIN MATERIAL GAIN ACROSS ALL LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE PLAINS FOR THOSE WHO LIVE WITH A BRAIN THAT PRESERVERS THEIR VAIN, THIS NOBLE SAVAGE WISHES TO GIVE THE GOODNESS INSIDE THAT'S BEEN ASCERTAINED BECAUSE I WONT TAKE PART IN THE THOUGHT THAT THE MATERIAL THINGS HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANCES IN THIS GAME

I'M SEEING ALL OF YOU FOR MORE JUST AS YOU DO FOR ME AND REALIZING WE DON'T ACT ON THOUGHTS BUT RATHER SPEAK AFTER THOUGHTLESS ACTIONS, SO WITH PERCEPTION COMES NOBILITY BUT WITHOUT AN OUTLET NOBILITY TURNS INTO ABSTRACTIONS, HENCE MY SAVAGE EXACTION AND YOUR COMMON DENOMINATION TO MY FRACTION, THIS NOBLE SAVAGE IS A ROLLING STONE LIKE MICK JAGGER SO I CAN'T GET NO SATISFACTION...

LIFE AND DEATH

THIS PLACE IS A PLACE THAT SEES THE NEED FOR A THIRD EYE, IT IS THE PLACE WHERE THE WORD ABOVE ALSO READS TWICE IF FLIPPED UPSIDE RIGHT UNDISGUISED

THIS PLACE IS A PLACE WHERE ALL QUESTIONS, BELIEFS, FAITHS, AND WONDERS DERIVE, IT IS THE PLACE THAT ALWAYS DOES EXISTS TO PROVIDE

THIS PLACE IS A PLACE THAT CREATES MATTER NATURALLY, IT IS THE PLACE THAT IS THE ELEMENTS AUTOMATICALLY

THIS PLACE IS THE PLACE WHERE THE ABSENCE OF SOUND IS, WAS, AND HAS FOUND, IT IS THE PLACE THAT IS SACRED SO SILENCE HOLDS THE SECRET WOUND

THIS PLACE IS A PLACE THAT IS WELL-BEING, THIS PLACE IS CONTENTMENT WITHOUT CONTENTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THE DEFINITION OR MEANING

THIS PLACE IS A PLACE WHERE THE PHYSICAL SYSTEM INHERENTLY PRODUCES AND EXERTS FORCE, THIS PLACE IS WARMTH TO EMOTIONS DRIVING FROM THE DELIVERING SOURCE

THIS PLACE IS A PLACE THAT SPAWNS ATOMS AND MOLECULES, THIS PLACE IS A TINY PIECE OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY SPLIT LIKE EMPEDOCLES

THIS PLACE IS A PLACE WHERE LOCATION IS THE EXPANSION WITHOUT ATMOSPHERE, IT'S THE PLACE EVERYWHERE IN ITS SPACE SOMEWHERE

THIS PLACE IS A PLACE THAT REJUVENATES THE ENTRY TO THE EXIT ENERGY OF A LIVED LIFE, IT IS THE PLACE WHERE A MOTIVE EXPERIENCES JUST ITS RIFE

THIS PLACE IS A PLACE WHERE THE INVISIBLE QUALITY OF AIR IS FAIRED, IT IS THE PLACE THAT USES ITS ESSENCE TO CREATE US WITH NEVER BEING THERE

ALL IN ALL, THIS PLACE IS THE PLACE THAT THE EVERLASTINGS CONTINUE INDEFINITELY FOREVER, IT IS THE PLACE THAT SEEMINGLY USES INTERRUPTIONS FOR THOUGHT THAT ARE EVER CLEVER, IT IS THE THAT PLACE HOWEVER...

TO OUR OMA

OMA PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 25TH, 2006. THIS IS WHAT I WROTE AND READ FOR HER AT HER FUNERAL.

OMA WAS A SELFLESS WOMAN. SHE NEVER LIKED BEING THE CENTER OF ATTENTION, BUT WAS NORMALLY JUST THAT BECAUSE SHE WAS SO LIKEABLE.

SHE WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY, WHAT YOU DID, WHAT YOU THOUGHT AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU TOLD HER, YOU KNEW SHE UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU FELT AND WHAT YOU MEANT. THEN SHE WOULD FOLLOW UP THE SERIOUSNESS WITH A JOKE JUST SO THE CONVERSATION WOULD END ON A LAUGH, A GOOD NOTE.

I THINK OMA TAUGHT US ALL ABOUT HAVING A SENSE OF HUMOR AND THAT A SENSE OF HUMOR CAN PRETTY MUCH GET YOU THROUGH ANYTHING. I'LL SAY SHE IS THE FUNNIEST PERSON I'VE EVER KNOWN AND SHE'S A LOT OF WHO WE ARE TODAY. NOT ONLY DID SHE HAVE A GREAT SENSE FOR HUMOR, SHE'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE 49ER FANS AND GIANTS FANS TODAY. SHE WAS VERY CRITICAL OF HER TEAMS, BUT FAIR. I THINK THAT WAS JUST ONE OF MANY WAYS THAT OMA SHOWED HER LOVE.

OMA WAS SIMPLY THE BEST. SHE MADE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, JUST TO KICK BACK, DRINK A BEER AND WATCH A BALL GAME. SHE COULD STOP THE WORLD. BEING AROUND OMA WAS RELAXING. PERSONALLY AND WITHOUT HER EVEN KNOWING, SHE WOULD TAKE MY SERIOUS OUTLOOK ON THE WORLD AND MAKE IT LAUGHABLE AND I LOVE HER GREATLY FOR THAT.

ALL IN ALL, SHE WILL BE MISSED AND WHENEVER I LAUGH OR WHENEVER A FABEL HAS A QUICK, WITTY, SARCASTIC, LOVABLE COMEBACK, I'LL REMEMBER HER.

WE LOVE YOU OMA...

LOVE IS OUR JOURNEY

I WROTE THESE NEXT THREE POEMS (LOVE IS OUR JOURNEY, YOUR LOVE, AND SUNSHINE) FOR MY WIFE LYNSEY. I LOVE YOU FATTY. MARRIED OCTOBER 21ST, 2006...

LOVE IS WHY WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY, LOVE IS WHY OUR LIVES TOGETHER WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY

LOVE IS WHAT HAD LYNSEY AND I ON RESERVE, LOVE IS WHAT BROUGHT HER TO ME AND ME TO HER, LOVE IS WHY WE DESERVE, BECAUSE IT'S LOVE THAT OUR HEARTS PRESERVE

LOVE IS YOURS WHEN LOVE FINDS, LOVE IS BLIND WHEN IT BINDS AND LOVE IS OURS BECAUSE WE LEFT THE WORLD BEHIND

LOVE IS WHERE TWO SELFLESS PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AS ONE, LOVE IS WHERE THE PAST STOPS AND WHERE THE FUTURE RUNS

THE ONLY TRUE JUDGE OF CHARACTER IN ONES LIFETIME IS HOW WE TREAT ANOTHER'S LOVE AND HOW YOU CONVEY YOURS, THE LOVE THAT LYNSEY AND I HAVE FOR EACH OTHER IS EVERMORE...

YOUR LOVE

WE BRIDGED LOVE AND EACH STONE IS A PINNACLE PIECE, WITHOUT ONE OF THESE STONES LOVE WOULD RELEASE AND THE TWO STACKS, THAT BECAME ONE, WOULD FALL FLAT ON IT'S BACK, BUT WE BOTH KNOW NEITHER ONE OF US WOULD STAND FOR THAT

BECAUSE OF THIS FAITH I LOOK AT OUR LIVES AS WHOLE, YOUR HEART BRINGS MORE PURPOSE, YOUR LOVE GIVES BREATH TO THE SOUL

IN MY EYES, YOUR LOVE IS PERFECT, IT CAN NOT DO WRONG, IN MY EYES, YOUR PASSION AND YOUR PRESENCE GROWS STRONG AND NOW LYNSEY, LOVE IS YOURS EVERYDAY FROM DUSK TILL DAWN AND NOW A POEM FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR LOVE AND MY WORDS BOND...

LOVE COMES FROM THE OTHER SIDE, THAT'S WHY WHEN WE WRITE OR TALK IT SEEMS REVERSED, THAT JUST SHOWS LOVE DIDN'T COME FROM EARTH, AND WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER LOVE WAS BIRTHED

YOUR LOVE IS UNCHARTABLE, MEANING IT'S DIRECTLY CHANNELED FROM THE HEAVENS ABOVE INTO MY GUARDED ABYSS, GOD USES MY LOVE FOR HIS PEN LIKE A SATELLITE SO I CAN DELIVER YOU THIS, IT'S HIS LOVE BUT WITH A MIKEY TWIST

YOUR LOVE ALLOWS US TO SEE THROUGH FAULTS, EMBRACE DIFFERENCES AND LIVE BY TRUTH, YOUR LOVE WILL NEVER DIE BUT MULTIPLE IF YOU LIVE IT LOOSE,YOUR LOVE, IT'S THE SOURCE THAT ENERGIZES THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

YOUR LOVE IS TIRELESS, MEANINGFUL AND WHOLE, YOUR LOVE RUNS DEEP BECAUSE THE WORLD IS COLD, YOUR LOVE IS CHALLENGING AND CAN'T BE BLUFFED SO IT HOLDS, YOUR LOVE WILL NEVER FOLD

YOUR LOVE HAS ME STANDING WITH THE CHIN UP, EYES DOWN AND MY ARMS FOLDED ACROSS THE CHEST, I'M YOUR PROTECTOR AND WILL BATTLE UNTIL THERE'S NONE LEFT

YOUR LOVE IS LIKE A POEM, LEFT UP FOR INTERPRETATION, YOUR LOVE IS EVERYTHING FROM INSPIRATION TO MANIFESTATION, SO THEREFORE MY LOVE FOR YOU LYNSEY IS WITHOUT ANY STIPULATIONS...

SUNSHINE

YOU ARE THE CENTER OF ALL LIFE, YOU SUSTAIN OUR LIVES WITH YOUR BRIGHT RAYS OF LIGHT, YOU BLINDED ME WITH YOUR LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, SUNSHINE, YOU ARE THE STAR I WRITE FOR TONIGHT

YOUR LIGHT STRETCHES ACROSS THE WATER TOP, FALLS INBETWEEN MOUNTAINS AND TRAVELS THROUGH THE VAST DESERT, I CONSUME YOUR WARMTH AND TURN IT INTO PLEASURE, YOUR ELEMENT IS NEEDED FOR ALL ENDEAVORS, SUNSHINE, I KNOW YOUR THERE EVEN IF YOU FALL BEHIND THE WEATHER

YOUR ENERGY IS BOUNDLESS AND YOU RADIATE WITH HEAT FROM THE INSIDE OUT, THANK YOU FOR BEING SELFLESS AND LIGHTING US A NEW PATH, A NEW ROUTE, RA THE SUN GOD UNDERSTOOD YOUR POWERS WITHOUT A DOUBT, SUNSHINE, I LIVE MY LIFE IN A SIMILAR FASHION, I'M A SELFLESS FORCE PUT IN PLACE TO PRODUCE A POSITIVE REACTION

YOUR BEAMS GIVE A SPARKLE TO THE MORNING DEW, A SHIMMER TO THE SKYLINE WHEN THE DAY IS THROUGH, A GLOW TO A BEAUTIFUL FACE WHEN IT'S LOOKING BLUE, A TWINKLE IN THE EYES OF A CHOSEN FEW, SUNSHINE, YOUR A STREAM OF LIGHT FOR ME FROM YOU

YOUR BRILLIANCE...INTENSE, YOUR ILLUMINATION...IMMENSE, SOME PEOPLE SPEAK AS IF YOU HAVE NO SENSE, BUT I KNOW YOU TRAVEL GREAT LENGTHS TO DELIVER EVERLASTING STRENGTH, SUNSHINE, YOU GAVE ME A SINGLE RAY OF LIGHT SO I COULD SPOT HER AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU SUNSHINE I GOT HER...

IF MONEY TALKED

BEFORE I GET STARTED I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW A FEW THINGS ABOUT ME AND WHAT I DO. FIRST, GOD DIDN'T CREATE ME (MR. MONEY) , MAN DID, NOR DID HE GIVE PERMISSION FOR YOU TO PRINT," IN GOD WE TRUST" ON ME. CATCHY BUT MISLEADING. I WAS DESIGNED BY POWERFULL MEN TO SEPERATE HIS ASSOCATION TO HIS SINS AND GREED, IN ORDER TO FURTHER PERSONAL DREAMS AND JUSTIFY HIS OWN ACTIONS. AS A WHOLE, THEY HAVE TAKEN YOUR ACCOUNTABILTY WITHOUT CONSENT AND PLACED THEM ON MY ALTER. SECONDLY, I FIND IT FRUSTERATING THAT MANKIND CREATED A WORLD WHERE THE TRUE GOODNESS IN ALL IS HARDLY REWARDED AND MOSTLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL GREATLY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PLANS ON EXPANDING ME. YOURS TRUELY, MR. MONEY.

YOUR LIFE IS DEDICATED TO MY FAMILY TREE OF DEAD PRESIDENTS,I HAVE YOU BELIEVING IF IT DOESN'T MAKE DOLLARS THEN IT DOESN'T MAKE CENTS, I GOT EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU TIGHT ROPING THE FENCE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU MAKE OF ME BECAUSE I'LL HAVE ALL OF YOU SPEND EVERY LAST SENSE

YOU USE ME TO PURCHASE SHELTER, FOOD, AND CLOTHING FOR THE POOR, AND BECAUSE OF YOUR KINDNESS I'LL LET YOU WRITE ME OFF SO YOU CAN SPEND MORE, I'M WHAT'S PUT FORTH TO INITIATE PEOPLE TO EXPLORE FOR A CURE, WITHOUT ME ALL AND ANY OF YOUR ACTIONS WOULD BE PURE, I'M THE LURE OF ALL LURES, I'M THE THING YOU TURN TO WHEN FEELING INSECURE, I'M THE 1.00 THAT MAKES YOU FEEL FOR SURE

WITHOUT ME YOUR DREAMS WOULDN'T MATERIALIZE,YOU NEED ME FOR INCENTIVE TO VISUALIZE, WHEN I TALK YOU LISTEN BECAUSE YOU WANT A PIECE OF MY PIE, I HAVE NO FRIENDS SO I CAN BE YOUR WORST ENEMY OR THE ALLY
I THINK IT'S FUNNY WHEN YOU SLIP ME IN WITH A HANDSHAKE ON THE SLY, YOU FUNNY GIRLS, YOU FUNNY GUYS

BECAUSE OF ME THE WORLD WAITS ON YOU HAND AND FOOT, IN THE END I'M THE ONLY ONE GETTING PAMPERED TO SIMPLY PUT, YOU IMPRISON CRIMINALS BECAUSE OF ME, BUT IN ACTUALITY I'M THE REAL CROOK, WHAT A JUX, HECK, PEOPLE SPEND ME TO BUY SOOT, IT'S WHAT CAME OUT OF MIKE'S PEN TO IMPRESS ON THE PAGES OF HIS BOOK

YOU EVEN TAX ME TO PUT MORE OF ME INTO CIRCULATION, I'M SO POPULAR YOU GAVE ME AN ABBREVIATION, WITHOUT ME YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PURCHASE YOUR TEMPTATIONS, YOU THINK I'M THE ROOT OF EVIL BUT YOUR THE ONES WHO ARE COMPLACENT, WHEN DISASTER STRIKES YOU NEED ME TO TRIGGER THE RED CROSS FOR EMPLACEMENT AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WILL ALWAYS BE ADJACENT

BECAUSE OF ME YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TO GAIN AND A LOT TO LOSE, EVENTHOUGH I PERSONALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, HERE'S A QUIZ, THEY SAY TO PUT THIS WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, I'M NO WHIZ, BUT I'M SURE SOME OF YOU OWE ME FOR BREAKING INTO SHOW BIZ, I'M THE MOST TALENTED THING IN THIS WORLD AND BECAUSE OF YOU I'LL NEVER FIZZ

YOU USE ME TO ACCESSORIES YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE, I'M THE REASON YOUR ABLE TO BUY GIFTS FOR YOUR MAN OR WIFE, YUP, I DON'T EVEN BLINK WHEN A MURDERER USES ME TO PURCHASE A KNIFE, INVESTORS SPENT ME TO LEGALIZE GAMBLING SO YOU COULD THROW DICE, I'VE BEEN RIGGED TO GIVE YOU SLIVERS TO THEIR SLICE, I DON'T HAVE A CONSCIOUS BUT WITH THOSE ODDS I'D THINK TWICE

WITH ME YOU CAN PRODUCE A SHOW AND TURN AN UGLY DUCKLING INTO A SWAN,
WITHOUT ME YOUR WORLD WOULD SEE EVERYBODY AS ONE, UNFORTUNATELY THE MORE YOU HAVE OF ME THE BETTER YOUR CON, WITHOUT ME THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN WOULD BE GONE, FELLAS ARE GENEROUS WITH ME AT THE SALOON AND LADIES AT THE SALON, I LOVE IT BECAUSE I GET YOU UP AT THE BUTT CRACK OF DAWN

THANK ME FOR YOUR STYLE, APPEARANCE AND CLOUT, SOME OF YOU PAY TO KEEP YOUR ATTRACTIVENESS OUT OF A DROUGHT, WITHOUT ME WHAT WOULD YOUR IMAGE BE ABOUT, I WANT YOU ALL TO SELL OUT, AS CHILDREN YOU NEEDED ME SO BAD YOU WOULD POUT, HECK, I CAN MAKE THE MOST CENTERED PERSON SHOUT AND IF YOU CAN'T RELATE THEN YOU'VE NEVER BEEN WITHOUT, I'M THE REASON WHY SOME OF YOU DON'T AND DO FEEL DOUBT

SO MIKE I GOTTA ASK, WHAT ROLE DO YOU PLAY IN THIS LIFE SINCE I ALLOW AND DICTATE YOUR EVERY MOVE, IN THIS WORLD MIKE YOU NEED ME IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE AND IT'S WITHOUT BENEFIT TO YOU THAT I WONT BE REMOVED

MR. MONEY IT WOULD BEHOOVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND I DISAPPROVE OF EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR DEAD MANS CREW, SO HERE'S WHAT WE'LL DO, YOU'LL LISTEN WHILE I REVIEW WHAT I DID WITH YOU SINCE THE DAYS OF WINNIE THE POOH
HELL, I'LL JUST SUM IT UP WITH ONE WORD, ACCRUE

MR. MONEY JUST KNOW THAT YOU CONTROL THEM, YOU HAVE ABOUT AS MUCH INFLUENCE ON ME AS YOU DO A PRICELESS GEM, YOU HAVE ABOUT AS MUCH INFLUENCE ON ME AS A MAN DOES ON A FEM

I SEE WHAT YOU DO TO THIS WORLD MR. MONEY, I SEE YOU STRESS PEOPLE OUT, KEEP PEOPLE DOWN, START WARS, CHANGE A PERSONALITY, CREATE SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL CLASSES, THE THING I DISLIKE THE MOST MR. MONEY IS YOU'VE DONE NOTHING FOR THE MASSES AND BECAUSE OF THAT MOST OF US RESENT ALL YOUR SORRY ASSES, YOUR THE LARGEST CAUSE FOR OUR COUNTRIES CLASHES

YOU PAY PEOPLE TO TELL US WHAT TO SPEND YOU ON, YOU FIX PRICES TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN REACH AND THE GAME ON, YOU PUT A PRICE TAG ON HUMAN INTERESTS AND TRACK THOSE WHO ARE OVERDRAWN, BUT NOT ANYMORE MR. MONEY MON, YOU AND I BOTH KNOW I HAVE YOUR NUMBER DRAWN, DRAWN SINCE I FIGURED OUT YOU WANTED TO USE ME AS A PAWN

YOU HAD MY OWN FAMILY CALLING ME CHEAP, YOU HAD ME FEELING LIKE I WAS THE BLACK SHEEP, BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERED BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WERE PLAYING FOR KEEPS, I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING FOR ME TO FALL ASLEEP SO YOU COULD CREEP, NOW I WANT TO LEARN YOU SOMETHING SO PEEP

I RIDDED MYSELF OF ACTING ON TEMPTATIONS, TAUGHT MYSELF DISCIPLINE AND PATIENTS, MR. MONEY I CUT YOU FROM MY PERSONAL RELATIONS AND I DEPOSIT YOU DIRECTLY INTO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND YES, MY LEFT OVERS ARE DONATED TO TUPAC'S FOUNDATION, WITHOUT YOU MR. MONEY I HAVE NO EXPECTATIONS, WHICH IN RETURN MINIMIZES MY COMPLICATIONS

I'LL LOCK YOU UP MR. MONEY AND HOLD YOUR VALUE ACCOUNTABLE UNTIL I DIE WHY, TO DEFY YOUR EXISTENCE AND PROVE TO MYSELF I DON'T NEED NOR RELY
I DO HAVE A PLAN FOR YOU MR. MONEY AND THAT'S NO LIE, I SAVE AND INVEST YOU FOR MY UNBORN CHILD SO HE OR SHE HAS A SUPPLY, WITH YOU AROUND MR. MONEY I'M GONNA KEEP MY CHILD HIGH AND DRY, I'LL TEACH THEM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EGOTISTICAL AND RESPONSIBLE BUYS

IN THE END MR. MONEY I'LL HAVE THE LAST LAUGH, YOUR MOVENTS WILL BE MANAGED SO WELL THEY'LL BE GRAPHS, I DON'T MAKE A LOT OF YOU MR. MONEY, BUT I'VE ALWAYS SAVED HALF, THAT WILL BE MY ADVANCE TO THE OFFSPRING SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO STRETCH OUT THERE NECKS AND IMITATE GIRAFFES

AND IF MY POCKETS EVER GET DEEP, I'LL CUT OFF MY ARMS SO THEY CAN'T REACH,
I WANT MY BLOODLINE TO REAP MY SWEEP AND I WANT TO SHOW THEM HOW TO PLAY FOR KEEPS...

HEART OF HEARTS

THE PHOTO ABOVE WAS TAKEN BY "LIQUID ILLUZION." I THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING THIS PHOTOGRAPH AND COMPLETING THIS POST WITH A VISUAL MASTERPIECE. YOUR SKILLS WITH A CAMERA, COMPILED WITH YOUR DRIVE TO FIND AN AUTHENTIC PHOTO FOR ALL TO SEE, CAN'T BE TAUGHT NOR LEARNED. A TRUE TALENT...

WE ARE ALL BORN WITH MATURE HEARTS, WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WRAP THE SOUL AROUND THE BRAIN, A HIGHER CONSCIOUS WILL RAISE A HEAVY HEART OUT OF THE FRAME TO BRAKE IT'S CHAIN TO PAIN, IT'S NOT EASY AND THINGS WILL GET HARDER, BUT NEVER WILL THE LOVE IN OUR HEARTS BE BARTERED

I HAVE TOO MUCH COMPASSION, TOO MUCH PASSION AND TOO MUCH FIGHT FOR A WORLD THAT GIVES TO PEOPLE FOR SELFISH INSIGHT, I DON'T ASK FOR ANYTHING AND WILL POST ALL THAT I WRITE, MY HEART GLIDES OVER ALL THE HATE AS IF I WAS PLAYING CHESS WITH ONLY KNIGHTS

THE WORLD STEALS INNOCENCE AND USES IT TO CAPITALIZE ON ME, YOU THINK THESE WORDS ARE TANGIBLE SO I MAY AS WELL BE A GHOST, OR IS IT I'M A DOG AND IT'S THE FLEAS I HOST, I CAN'T HAVE THAT SO I KICK OF THAT SUCK AND MAKE THE MOST, GOD GIVES POWER WHILE THE DEVIL'S REJECTS PURPOSE TOASTS

LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE WE ACT LIKE TALK IS CHEAP, TAKING THIS POETRY FOR GRANTED WOULD MAKE MY HEART WEEP, BUT THE HEART OF HEARTS IS TO DEEP TO BE SCAVED BY SURFACE SWEEPS, THE HEARTS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO ALLOW TIME FOR PRESERVING YOUR LEGACY BEFORE YOUR LAID TO SLEEP

I ALREADY HAVE THE ANSWERS, SO I SKETCH'UM DOWN ONLY FOR YOU TO SHAKE'UM UP TO ECO-SKETCH'UM OUT, IT'S AS IF THE SYSTEM WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR YOU TO HELP DETOUR MY ROUTE, LIKE IT'S MY FAULT THAT PEOPLES FAITH STILL LEAVES US IN A DROUGHT, SO THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR ME TO DO BUT WHAT I'M DOING, TELL IT ALL FOR BETTER OR WORSE AND GIVE YOUR SOUL SOME WORDS FOR THE CHEWING

ONE DAY MY WORDS AND THOUGHTS WILL MANIFEST FOR THE WORLD TO SEE, MANIFEST INTO SOMETHING VISIBLY REAL FOR THE KIDS TO SEE, UNTIL THEN WE GET THE BANSHEE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOT'N IT RIGHT AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY YOU WOULD WONDER WHY IT IS WHAT I WRITE, IT'S TOO MUCH COMPASSION, TOO MUCH PASSION AND TOO MUCH FIGHT, MY HEART OF HEARTS IGNITES THE LIGHT FOR THOSE WHO CHALLENGE THE DARKNESS BROUGHT BY NIGHT

MY HEART WONT TAKE THE HATE, THE UNFORGIVING, THE UNACCOUNTABLE, NOR THE PAIN, THERE'S JUST WAY TOO MUCH AT STAKE, MY HEART IS USED TO PROVE TO ALL THAT THE WORLD ISN'T FAKE, THEM PROGRAMMED THOUGHTS DWELL WITHIN AND IT KEEPS OUR WORLD ON SPIN, WHY CAN'T WE ALL SEE THE SAME THING FATHER, WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE NOBODY BOTHERS, OR IS IT THAT MY HEART IS JUST THAT MUCH FARTHER

MY HEART SWALLOWS THE TEARS THAT PUMP THROUGH MY BLOOD, THERE THE ONLY THING THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT I'M A MAN, MY HEART KNOWS I NEVER RAN AND I'LL EXPRESS IT BECAUSE I CAN, I'LL EXPRESS IT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I SHOW MYSELF I'M A FAN, MY HEART IS TRYING TO CHANGE THE WORLD WHY SO MANY OTHERS HEARTS ARE TRYING TO MANIPULATE THERE SITUATION, DAMN

MY HEART CAN'T COMPREHEND WHY YOU WOULDN'T SPILL YOURS, WHY YOU WOULDN'T LET YOUR CORE ROAR, PEOPLE TREATING THERE HEART AS IF IT WAS A CHORE, WHY IS IT THAT YOU WAIT TO REACT AFTER THINGS ARE ALREADY SAID AND DONE, GOTTA HAVE SOME ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BEFORE YOU CLAIM YOU WON, MY SUCCESS IN LIFE WILL BE MEASURED BY A HEART THAT WONT BE OUTDONE

MY HEART WANTS TO WAR ALL THOSE WHO DEAL WAR, YOU WANNA POSITION PEOPLE TO TAKE ANOTHER'S LIFE THEN I WANT YOURS, MY HEART DOESN'T WANT TO EVEN THE SCORE, IT WANTS TO SHOW YOU PEOPLE WITH HEARTS ARE EVEN MORE HARDCORE, NOTICE THIS HEART AND MAYBE WE CAN EXPLORE WAYS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTROL ANYMORE, THEN WE CAN IMPLORE WITH SUPPLICATION AND CLOSE THE DOOR ON WAR, BUT MY HEART UNDERSTANDS IF YOU IGNORE

MY HEART KNOWS SOME OF YOU THINK I'M TOO OVER THE TOP, I SAY TO YOU SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PICK UP WHERE YOU'VE STOPPED, SOME OF YOU THINK MY HEART IS RIGHT WERE ITS SUPPOSED TO BE AT, AND IT'S WITH YOU I'D WALK BLIND INTO COMBAT, YA JUST LIKE THAT, THEN THERE'S EVERYBODY ELSE LEFT INBETWEEN, AND IT'S YOU THAT I WANT TO KEEP HONEST WITH DREAMS

THE HEART KNOWS IT ALWAYS DOESN'T LIKE WHAT IT SEES AND THAT'S JUST APART OF LIFE, BUT DON'T THINK FOR A SEC THAT IT WOULDN'T WANT TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME IF IT COULD REDO A SITUATION TWICE, BUT OVERALL THE HEART LOVES JUST TO BE, AND IT'S ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE NEXT DAY WILL BRING AND THERE'S NO WORRIES WHEN YOU HEARTS IN THE RIGHT PLACE WITH THINGS

THE LAYERS OF YOUR LOVE GROW DEEPER WITH EVERY BEAT, I TRIED TO KEEP TRACK UNTIL I MET THE COUSIN OF DEATH, SLEEP AND WHEN I AWOKE I LEARNED THAT THE HEART DOESN'T NEED MY THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS TO EXIST, THE HEART BEATS INVOLUNTARILY FOR LOVE BECAUSE IT'S IGNORANCE IS BLISS

THE HEART KNOWS WE ALL CREATE THE GOOD THAT'S ALIVE, IT KNOWS WE STRIVE BECAUSE WE WANT NOTHING MORE FOR "GOOD" TO THRIVE, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THE WORLD AND ITS WAYS HAS "GOOD" BALANCED OUT JUST RIGHT SO IT MERELY SURVIVES, OUR HEARTS WILL BE OUR DEMISE, EVEN FOR THOSE SO CALLED WISE GIRLS AND WISE GUYS, OUR HEARTS ARE OUR TICKETS TO THE ENDLESS SKY, MY HEART IS YOUR HEART, NO LIE...

NEVER LESS AND ALWAYS MORE

"CHECK OUT THE DETOX & KURSIVE LINKS BELOW!"

WE LIVE IN A DANGEROUS AND UNCERTAIN WORLD, YET WE FILL IT WITH PASSION AND CONCERN AS IT ALL UNFURLS, ALL WHILE BATTLING THE DEVILS REFERRALS

CURLED IN THE WOMB UNTIL HURLED INTO CENTURIES OF UNRESOLVED TURMOIL, WE'RE SQUEEZED INTO A BALL AND THEN SMOOTHED BACK OUT LIKE FOIL, ALL DANGLING FROM A TIMELINE AS IT UNWINDS IN TIGHT TWIRLS

WE INTERNALIZE THIS LIFE, LEADING SOME TO FEEL UNBEARABLE STRIFE AND OTHERS TO RIFE

LEARNING ABOUT SELF WITH LIFE EXPERIENCES WE BECOME AN ACQUAINTANCE TO LESSONS THROUGH ADHERENCE FOR AVAUNCE

TWISTING AND WEEDING THROUGH BLASPHEMY TO FIND OUR HIDDEN PURPOSE AND TRUTHS IS A JOURNEY FOR OUR INSIDES, COLLIDING WITH ONES PRIDE ONLY TO CONFIDE INTO THE TEARS YOU'VE CRIED, OH THE HAPPINESS WE'VE EYED ONLY TO TELL ONESELF IT'S A LIE AS IT PASSES BY

THE RIDE WE ENCOUNTER WITH EACH CALCULATED STRIDE IS WORLDWIDE, THE DIVIDE WE SEE MIRRORS THE INTERNALIZED LIFE WE'VE DENIED, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS ACCEPT THAT PERSON INSIDE AND ABIDE

WE SEE THROUGH IT ALL, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ENTHRALL UNTIL YOU CRUMBLE YOUR WALL

TAKE THE MIND TO AREAS YOU CANT RECALL AND THIS IS THE PLACE TO START TALL, THIS IS THE PLACE TO BECKON YOUR CALL

HAUL STAGNATE THOUGHTS OF YOURS AND MINES LIFE TO THE PIT AND LET'UM BRAWL

NO TIME TO STALL, NO WORRIES IF YOU FALL, SINK THE EIGHT BALL CORNER POCKET FOR US ALL AND FOREVER WALK THROUGH YOUR MINDS EYE VISION TO EVOLVE

WE'RE ALL FREEDOM FIGHTERS FOR THE SOULS WITHIN, BUT WE'VE BEEN WHIRLED AND SWIRLED INTO A BOLIVIAN LOOKING FOR A NEW WORLD TO BEGIN, ALL UNCONTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING SIN DEALT BY SIMPLE MEN

WE KEEP CLIMBING, EVERY SECOND THAT PASSES IS ABSOLUTE TIMING, DRIFTING UPWARD IS THE COURSE WE ALL TRAVEL FOR INDIVIDUAL PRIMING

PRIMING YOU, FOR SOFT EFFORTLESS INTERTWINING MINUS WORDS FROM ANOTHER USED FOR HUMAN BINDINGS

PRIMING US, FOR THE TAKING TO ERASE GRINDING AND A NEW AWAKENING FOR YOUR REMINDING, THEY HIDE, YOU SEEK, I'M FINDING

WE SEARCH FOR MEANINGFUL CONTENT, MATTERS NOT IF IT'S WRITTEN OR LYRICAL BECAUSE A40 HAS TWO CLARK KENTS, IF YOUR LOGIC IS STRAIGHT DETOX WILL GET THAT PERCEPTION BENT TO THE EXTENT NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT, IN THE EVENT YOU WISH TO CIRCUMVENT, KURSIVE WILL CEMENT YOUR SCENT AND DISH LYRICS THAT WOULD HAVE JESUS REPENT...

I SAW

THIS PIECE OF POETRY IS DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN CHANGE. OUR LIVES ARE ALL ASSOCIATED AND INTERTWINED INTENTIONALLY. WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT, WANT IT OR ACCEPT IT. I WANT TO FEEL PROUD OF THE HUMAN RACE, BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIVES EFFECTS HOW WE ALL SEE LIFE. WE ALL NEED TO LIVE WITH AN AWARENESS AND AT A HIGHER CONSCIOUS FOR OTHERS AND SELF. I WROTE THIS POEM "I SAW" TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT, AS YOU TRY AND EXPRESS YOURSELF. SO, WITH SAYING THAT YOU AND I BOTH KNOW SOME PHRASES IN THIS POEM MAY OFFEND, BUT TOUGH LOVE IS MY AVENGE.

IF YOU SHOW YOUR WHATEVER CUT DIAMOND RING ...I SAW A RUTHLESS BLACK MARKET KILLING MACHINE CAPITALIZE ON SELFISH DREAMS

IF YOU SHOW YOUR HAIR, NAILS AND PEDICURED FEET ...I SAW YOU BUY BEAUTY SO YOU COULD GIVE THE WORLD A FACE THEY WANT TO SEE

IF YOU SHOW YOUR FANCY SHOES, ARMANI SUITS, AND COACH APPAREL ...I SAW A SUCKER GET SUCKED IN AND STARRING DOWN A MARKETERS DOUBLE BARREL

IF YOU SHOW YOUR MONEY AND ALL YOUR BRAND NAME THINGS ...I SAW NOTHING MORE THAN A PUPPET CAUGHT UP AND TANGLED IN MEDIA STRINGS

IF YOU SHOW YOUR FAKE BOOBS, FAKE LIPS AND YOUR FAKE INJECTED FACE ... I SAW YOU DEFACE GODS GRACE AND EMBRACE YOUR DISGRACE WITH YOUR REPLACE

IF YOU SHOW HATE ...I SAW A LACK OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WHICH EXPLAINS WHY I WITNESSED A MISTAKE

IF YOU SHOW DISTANCE ...I SAW A HUMAN TAKING INTEREST IN HIS OR HER LIFE WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE

IF YOU SHOW TRUST ...I SAW AN INDIVIDUAL GIVE WHAT THEY WANT AND THAT'S POSITIVELY A PLUS

IF YOU SHOW RESPECT ...I SAW YOU PUT SOMEBODY ELSE FIRST AND RESPECT IS YOURS NEXT

IF YOU SHOW FRUSTRATION ...I SAW A PERSON WHO CARES AND SOMEONE WHO IS FULL OF ANTICIPATION

IF YOU SHOW LOVE ...I SAW UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS ABOVE

IF YOU SHOW CLASS ...I SAW SOMEONE WHO HAS A DEEPER LOOK AND FOR THAT I TIP MY GLASS

IF YOU SHOW CONFUSION ...I SAW THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON, WHICH IS OUR WORLDLY WAYS CREATED DELUSIONAL ILLUSIONS AND THE CONCLUSION IS TO STOP THE INTRUSION

IF YOU SHOW HAPPINESS ...I SAW THE STRUCTURED YOU, LEAVE SOCIETIES ACCEPTABLENESS

IF YOU SHOW JUDGMENT ...I SAW A PERSON SEE SOMETHING THAT WASN'T ABSORBENT

IF YOU SHOW FAITH ...I SAW SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING AND IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR FACE

IF YOU SHOW THAT YOU WANT CHANGE ...I SAW MYSELF SACRIFICING SELF FOR THE GOOD FIGHT TO RESTORE THE REIGN, I'D SMILE AT THE DEVIL AND ENDURE THE PAIN...

PESSIMISTICALLY OPTIMISTIC

* I START EACH ONE OF THESE SENTENCES WITH AN ASTERISK, BUT IF YOU TAKE OFF THE BLINDFOLD, I'M SHIFTING INFINITY SIMULTANEOUSLY BEFORE I ENTER SPACE.

* RACISM EXISTS BECAUSE PEOPLE ASSOCIATE WHO THEY ARE WITH THEIR SKIN.

* EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE WORD AIRPLANE? THIS WORD ACTUALLY REPRESENTS THE ACTION OF THE UNNAMED OBJECT. THE OBJECT IS PLAINING ON THE AIR, OR AIRPLANE.

* LETS THINK ABOUT THIS. WHY DID WE EVER STOP WRITING BIBLE'S? WE SHOULD BE WRITING BIBLES EVERY YEAR ABOUT GOD'S MESSAGES, PROPHETS, LESSONS AND SO ON. I HAVE A THEORY. WE ARE WORKING TO KEEP A SOCIETY ALIVE THAT HAS BEEN THRIVING FOR CENTURIES. WE WORK SO HARD FOR SOCIETY THAT WE HAVE NO TIME TO REFLECT AND/OR OBSERVE, ONLY TIME TO REACT. AND WHEN WE REACT WE AREN'T CONTRIBUTING TO THE OUTCOME OF EVENTS, BUT RATHER A SITUATION WE ARE LEFT ONLY TO DEAL WITH. THE WORLD AND IT'S WAYS HAS ALL OF US PUTTING OUR BELIEFS A DISTANT SECOND BEHIND SOCIETY. MANKIND HAS MADE OUR ECONOMY GOD AND OUR BELIEFS A WAY TO JUSTIFY THIS LIFE.

* PEOPLE LOVE TO STEREOTYPE, CLASSIFY, AND CATEGORIZE OTHERS. DO YOU WANT TO PUT AN END TO GOSSIP, OR WOULD YOU RATHER LET THESE METHODS OF EXPRESSING YOURSELF MAKE OTHERS DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT YOU? PLUG YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS INTO YOUR STEREOTYPES OF OTHERS AND ASK YOURSELF IF IT STILL HOLDS TRUTH. I DIDN'T THINK SO...

* WHY DO WE WRITE AND READ NEWSPAPERS? IT'S ALL PAST TENSE. IT HAS NO BEARING ON TODAY. WE READ AND FIND OUT ABOUT THINGS AFTER THE FACT. THE NEWS WE READ DIRECTLY EFFECTS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AND YET 90% OF THE TIME WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE OUTCOME.

* A TRUE DEMOCRACY WOULD ALLOW US TO VOTE FOR THINGS WE WANT TO VOTE ON.

* EXPECTING AND ACHIEVING THE BEST THINGS FROM YOURSELF WITHOUT COMPARING IT TO ANYBODY ELSE. WHEN WE EXPECT THINGS OF OTHERS, WE ARE MERELY JUDGING THEM ON WHAT THEY DON'T CURRENTLY POSSES. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF EXPECTING THINGS OF OTHERS, YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF EMPTY INSIDE.

* WHEN ASKING A LOGICAL QUESTION THERE'S NEVER A LEGITAMENT RESPONSE AND A NORMAL RESPONSE TO A LOGICAL QUESTION, IS NORMALLY ANOTHER QUESTION.

* PEOPLE THINK THEY UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE, BY THE WAY YOU RESPOND TO THEIR QUESTIONS. THIS FORM OF COMMUNICATION WOULDN'T STAND UP IN A COURT OF LAW, IT'S CALLED "LEADING THE WITNESS."

* GOD IS INFINITE. SO THEREFORE HE WOULDN'T CREATE A WORLD THAT HAS A BEGINNING OR AN END. BUT YOU AND I BOTH KNOW WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT WILL HAVE AN END ONE DAY. THIS TELLS ME ONE THING. YOU AND I ARE LIVING IN A MISGUIDED WORLD.

* THIS WORLD PAYS THOSE WITH EDUCATION, NOT THOSE WITH KNOWLEDGE OR WISDOM.

* My 2 CENTS ON WAR...WE KILL THE PEOPLE, WHO KILL THE PEOPLE, TO CONVINCE THEM THAT KILLING IS WRONG.

* My 2 CENTS ON PEACE...OVER ALL, WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.

* SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THE EASY WAY OUT, I FEEL LIKE I'M LOOKING FOR THE HARD WAY IN AND IT FEELS GOOD!

* WE KILL THE "ENEMY" TO TEACH THEM, THAT KILLING IS WRONG. LET'S TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. GOD DOESN'T LIKE WAR, BUT THEN AGAIN WHEN HAVE WE EVER CARED WHAT GOD THINKS. THEN PEOPLE GO ON TO SAY EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON, YA, LIKE GOD WANTED CORPORAL WADE TO STEP ON A LAND MIND. AND TO TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER, THE MILITARY CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME, IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN I SAY THE HELL WITH OPPORTUNITY IF IT SAVES LIVES. I RATHER LIVE IN A WORLD OF EQUALLY POOR PEOPLE, THAN A EVOLVING WORLD THAT CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME AND DEATH FOR OTHERS.

* WHY DON'T WE THROUGH OUT, FORGET OR DISMISS OUR PAST? BECAUSE IT'S USED AS LEVERAGE TO POSITION ONESELF FOR THE FUTURE. NO WONDER WE HAVEN'T GOT ANYWHERE. INSTEAD OF TEACHING OUR CHILDREN WHAT NOT TO DO, WE SHOULD START TEACHING THEM HOW TO DO...

LOST ONE'S

I DEDICATE THIS POEM TO YOUR LOST ONE'S, TO REMIND YOU, THEY'VE ONLY CHANGED FORMS.

TAKE WATER FOR EXAMPLE. THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER THIS WORLD STARTED WITH, IS THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER IT HAS TODAY. THINK ABOUT IT! ALL IT DOES IS CHANGE FORM. TO UNDERSTAND AND SEE THIS, IS TO UNDERSTAND AND SEE THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE. WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADIEU, MY "LOST ONE'S" POEM FOR YOU...

SOME OF YOUR LOST ONE'S LEFT YOU WITH A QUESTION, WHILE OTHERS LEFT YOU WITH A LESSON, AND I GUARANTEE ALL ARE TAKEN WITH THERE OWN OMISSION

SOME PEOPLE WONDER WHY WE DIE OR WHY THE ONES WE THOUGHT WE LOVED PROVE TO BE SLY, IT ALL GOES TO SHOW WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT ALL JIVES, SO PAY ATTENTION AND PUSH ALL DISTRACTIONS ASIDE, IF NOT, GOD GAVE YOU TEARDUCTS TO CRY

CAN'T YOU STILL HEAR THERE VOICES, ENVISION THERE SMILES AND ACKNOWLEDGE THERE PRESENCE, DON'T YOU KNOW WE PHYSICALLY NEVER HAD TO BE HERE TO FEEL EACH OTHERS ESSENCE, DIDN'T YOU KNOW GOD USES OUR LIVES TO DEMONSTRATE LIFE'S EVANESCENCE

FROM THE ELDER TO THE UNBORN,I'M NOT SURE WHO'S MORE LUCKY, THE UNBORN WHO NEVER PLAYED WITH RUBBER DUCKIES OR THE ELDER WHO CAN BECOME MORE TOUCHY, ALL I DO UNDERSTAND IS WHEN THEY PASS MY FEELINGS ARE CRUDDY

SOME FEEL THE PURPOSE OF DEATH IS ONLY TO REMIND US WE ARE LIVING, SOME FEEL THE PURPOSE OF DEATH IS THE ULTIMATE WAY GOD SHOWS US HE'S GIVING

SOME PEOPLE WONDER WHY GOD WOULD TAKE AN INNOCENT CHILD, I SAY GOD NEEDS INNOCENCE TO GO THE EXTRA MILE

WHY IS IT THAT WE GRIEVE, WHEN IN ACTUALITY THE DEAD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, IT SEEMS AS IF OUR OUTLOOK ON DEATH IS PRECONCEIVED, I WISH I COULD TYPE IN ALL LIFE'S QUESTIONS AND GET ANSWERS ON ASK JEEVES

I FEEL HAPPINESS FOR THOSE WHO GO, BUT IT ISN'T SOMETHING I WOULD SHOW, PEOPLE HAVEN'T REALIZED THAT DEATH IS A CELEBRATION TO LIFE SO, I PRETEND TO BE SAD WHILE I KNOW THE LOST ONE'S GLOW, OH THE MIRACLE OF LIFE WE'VE ALL BEEN BESTOWED AND TO THOSE SISTERS AND BRO'S WHO NEVER MADE IT OUT OF THE WOMB, ON THE OTHERSIDE IS WHERE I KNOW YOU'VE BLOOMED

OUR LIVES HAVE A POSITION IN SOCIETY, BUT OUR DEATHS SCREAM PIETY, EVEN OUR PASSING ON GIVES US NOTORIETY

IF SOMETHING IS LOST IT WILL BE FOUND AND IF WE COULDN'T BE FOUND THEN WE WOULD NEVER BE LOST...

JUST TO GET BY

JUST TO GET BY:

I GULP DOWN SOME J-FLEX FOR MY JOINTS AND FEED THE METABOLISM SOME HONEY SO MY STAMINA DOESN'T DISAPPOINT, DRESSED IN ALL BLACK LIKE "THE CROW" SO MY STEALTH STYLE STAYS ON POINT

IPOD DRAPPED AROUND MY NECK FOR COMPANY, I'M LISTENING TO PAPOOSE/TALIB KWELI AND IT'S PUMP'N ME, MOVING SO EFFORTLESSLY YOU'D THINK I WAS ON SKIS, RUNNING ISN'T FOR EVERYBODY BUT IT'S WHAT I NEED TO BURN OUT THE FIGHT IN ME

MOST OF YOU ARE ASLEEP BETWEEN THE SHEETS WHEN I SLIP THE COMFORTS OF HOME AND RUN THE MOON LITE STREETS, THE STILL OF THE NIGHT NEVER MISTREATS AND IT'S WHERE THE WORLDS FALLACIES RETREAT, LIKE A WAVE RECEDING TO THE OCEAN FROM THE BEACH

EVERYTHINGS GOOD ON MY WATCH, AS I CRUISE THE ROCKLIN TOWN IN MY NIKE SHOX, BLOCK FOR BLOCK AS THE CLOCK GOES TICK FOR TOCK, I'M PASSING OTHER RUNNERS AS IF THEY WERE ON WALKS, HECK, I'D RATHER RUN THAN TALK

I ATTACK STEEP HILLS AS IF IT WERE THE ENEMY AND ONCE CONQUERED I ASCEND, ONLY TO TURN AROUND AND DO IT AGAIN, SOME PEOPLE THINK I'M INSANE, BUT MY DEDICATION TO RUNNING WILL NEVER BEND, MY FEET ARE BLIND SO THEY SEE NO END

RUNNING IS WHAT I DO TO GET BY, IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT I'M ABOUT WITHOUT HAVING TO IMPLY

JUST TO GET BY:

I DO PUSH-UPS UNTIL I DROP, UNWEIGHTED SQUATS UNTIL MY HAMSTRINGS ARE READY TO POP AND PULL-UPS UNTIL MY ARMS TELL MY BACK TO STOP

I DO IT NOT FOR THE PHYISIQUE NOR FOR LOOKS, BUT FOR STRENGTH NEEDED TO STAND OFF AGAINST SHADY CROOKS, HIDING IN EVERY CRAVAT AND EVERY NOOK

I DO IT FOR EVIL PUNKS WHO PICK ON THE WEAK AND DESERVE PUNISHING LEFT TO RIGHT HOOKS, I DO IT SO IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY I WONT BE SHOOK

LYING ON MY BACK READY TO BENCH, I DISTRIBUTE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ACROSS THE BAR AND CLENCH, WITH EACH REP I PULL THE WORLD OUT OF ITS TRENCH AND WITH EACH STEADY REP MY THIRST FOR A BETTER WORLD IS QUENCHED

WHEN I'M TIRED AND ALL MY ENERGY IS SPENT, I THINK ABOUT THE INJUSTICE THIS SOCIETY CREATED AND REPENT, AND NOT BEFORE LONG THE SWEAT SOAKS THROUGH WITH STENCH AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT PEACE BREAKS THROUGH AND ALLOWS MY WILL TO CIRCUMVENT

WORKING OUT IS WHAT I DO TO GET BY, I'LL USE MUSCLE INSTEAD OF WORDS FOR MY REPLY

JUST TO GET BY:

THE ONE THING THIS WORLD DOESN'T HAVE ON ME IS WHAT I WRITE, IT'S UNPREDICTABLE, UNCHANGABLE AND IT MATTERS NOT IF IT'S RIGHT

I WRITE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME, DRESS A CERTAIN WAY OR STAND IN A LINE, IT'S ALWAYS THERE NO MATTER WHAT THE TIME, I'M JUST A FILTER SO THEREFORE I CANT SAY IT'S MINE

MY WRITTING IS NOT INTRUSIVE LIKE MESSAGES CONVEYED BY A MIME AND MY WORDS COME TOGETHER ON THERE OWN TO RYHME AND ARE FOREVER GREATFULL TO THOSE WHO THINK THEY SHINE

I WRITE BECAUSE THEY'LL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU TO USE AND CLIMB, CLIMB OUT OF THE WORLDS SLIMY LIES FILLED WITH TALES OF GRIME, I WRITE BECAUSE LIKE DOC HOLLIDAY,"I'M IN MY PRIME"

WITHOUT THIS PEN AND PAPER MY SOUL WOULDN'T BE RECONGNIZED AND MY THOUGHTS WOULD PASTEURIZE, READ THESE WORDS AND I GUARANTEE YOUR HEARTS WILL GROW EYE'S AND REALIZE

WRITTING IS WHAT I DO TO GET BY, I'M THANKFUL TO GOD BECAUSE HE ALWAYS REPLENISHES MY SUPPLY

JUST TO GET BY:

I TURN OFF THE T.V. AND LISTEN TO MY THOUGHTS, BECAUSE ITS MORE REAL THAN WATCHING AN ACTOR PLAY A PART

I CREATE MY OWN ENDINGS TO STORIES RATHER THAN YOU HAVING YOUR WAY WITH MY HEART, AS A MATTER OF FACT MOST STORIES ARE LIES FROM THE START

I THINK ABOUT A40, MY FAMILY AND GOD, I FEEL BLESSED THAT HE GAVE OUR SQUAD THE NOD AND THE ABILITY TO SEE THROUGH THE FACADE,I GOT PETARD, SO I BROKE THROUGH THE IRON RODS

AGAINST ALL CREATED ODDS I USE YOU TO GET BY, I SEE THE GOODNESS IN ALL AND I WONT DENY, SOCIETY ON THE OTHERHAND WANTS TO SUCK YOU DRY BEFORE YOU FLY, AND IT'S YOUR THIRD EYE THAT HAS YOU ASKING WHY, IT'S THE ONLY ALLY YOU HAVE THAT WONT LIE

WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET BY?..

THE YANG AND THE YIN

THE YANG LIVES IT IN THE BRAIN, WHILE THE YIN LIVES IT IN THE FLESH TO ENDURE THE PAIN

THE YANG STRATEGICALLY POSITIONS YOU LIKE A GAME PIECE IN CHESS, WHILE THE YIN STANDS IT'S GROUND BECAUSE ITS ALREADY ACCEPTED DEATH

THE YANG UNDERMINES PEOPLE WHO DON'T SEE YOU FOR YOU, WHILE THE YIN GIVES THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND SEES THEM THROUGH

THE YANG TELLS YOU YOUR LOSING THE GOOD FIGHT AND DON'T DISTRIBUTE THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE, WHILE THE YIN SAYS USE YOUR GOD GIVEN GIFTS TO ENSURE FOLKS DON'T FEEL INFERIOR OR SKEWED

THE YANG WANTS YOU TO TALK ABOUT MATERIAL THINGS, WHILE THE YIN SAYS GIVE AWAY YOUR MATERIAL THINGS LIKE A GOOD QUEEN OR KING

THE YANG WANTS YOU TO USE YOUR THOUGHTS, ACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS FOR NOTHING MORE THAN FLINGS, WHILE THE YIN USES YOUR THOUGHTS, ACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS EVERYDAY TO FULFILL DREAMS

THE YANG WANTS YOU TO DEPEND ON THE SYSTEM TO GAIN AND FEEL SUCCESS, WHILE THE YIN USES GODS MESSAGES TO GUIDE YOU ON YOUR QUEST

THE YANG WANTS YOU TO BE AN OFFENSIVE PLAYER AND PLAN AN END ZONE DANCE, WHILE THE YIN WANTS YOU TO BE A DEFENSIVE PLAYER AND PROVE IT NEVER HAD A CHANCE

IF YOU BRING THE YIN AND YANG TOGETHER YOU CAN'T FOLLOW THE WORLDS CATTLE CALL, AND BECAUSE OF THIS THE BIG MAN WILL RING YOU SO TAKE HIS CALL, AND THEN YOU'LL WALK THE WORLD FREELY AND EVOLVE

THE YANG USE TO TO TELL MY YIN THAT NOBODY CARES, NOW MY YIN TELLS MY YANG TO SHOVE IT AND SHARE

THE YANG BELIEVES YOU'LL NEVER QUESTION YOURSELF, WHILE THE YIN HOPES YOU HANG YOUR YANG AND PULL YOUR YIN OFF THE SHELF

PUT YOUR YIN UP AGAINST YANG ANY DAY OF THE WEEK AND YOU'LL REALIZE THAT THE YANG IN YOU IS DEFENSELESS AGAINST YIN AND THEREFORE WEAK

DON'T GET IT CONFUSED, THE YIN WILL ALWAYS PROTECT THE YANG BECAUSE THAT'S ALL IT KNOWS HOW TO DUE, I GUESS THAT'S WHY GOD TAKES US ALL, TO GET RID OF THE YANG IN ME AND YOU...

CONFIDENCE

-WRITTEN BY MOM IN 79'-

I WILL NOT LET FEAR WALK BY MY SIDE AND TAKE A CLOSE PART IN MY LIFE

I WILL NOT LET TEARS SLIDE DOWN MY CHECKS AND TAKE MY MIND TO A WEAKER STATE

I WILL NOT LET CONFUSION TAKE MY HAND TO BE MY FRIEND

I WILL LET STRENGTH OVER POWER ME AND GLIDE ME THROUGH BITS OF TERROR TO AN INNER HAPPINESS

I WILL LET LOVE OF NATURES FINEST LIFE GUIDE MY HEART AND TRUST WILL WALK BY MY SIDE TO BE MY FRIEND...

PRETEND

-WRITTEN BY MOM IN 78'-

I CAN REMEMBER A TIME WHEN LOVE WAS SO DEEPLY SETTLED UPON MY MIND

I WAS ME, I WAS ALSO FREE, TO LAUGH, TO CRY, NOT EVEN TO ASK WHY

THEN WE GROW, I REALLY DON'T KNOW, BUT WE CHANGE AND LIFE NEVER SEEMS TO BE THE SAME

WE TRY TO LAUGH AND TRY NOT TO CRY, I REALLY DON'T KNOW THE REASON WHY

WE TRY TO FIND THE LOVE WE LOST, IT'S AS IF WE JUST FORGOT

SOMEDAY, WE'LL LOVE SO DEEPLY AGAIN, BUT UNTIL WE DO, WE'LL JUST LET LIFE PRETEND...

I'LL NEVER FORGET

I LOVE YOU MOM. HAPPY 50TH B-DAY. 3/17/1956

I'LL NEVER FORGET THE TIMES GROWING UP WHEN YOU TOLD ME NO, NOR THE TIMES YOU HELD ME HIGH SO OTHERS COULD WATCH ME GROW

LIKE THE TIME IN '95 WHEN YOU WOULDN'T LET ME QUIT, BECAUSE OF THAT, I CAN STILL SMELL THE GRASS AND REMEMBER THE PLACE WHERE YOU, STEPH AND THE FAMILY USE TO SIT

I'LL NEVER FORGET THE TIMES YOU HAD PATIENCE FOR A YOUNG GROWING MAN, NOR THE LOOKS ON YOUR FACE WHEN MY BUDDIES AND I WOKE YOU BEFORE AN EXAM

I'LL NEVER FORGET THE TIMES YOU SHOWED ME COURAGE, STRENGTH AND A WAY TO PLAN, AN EXAMPLE OF EACH, PERSERVING THROUGH A MARRIAGE, A BACK SURGERY AND THE PLACE WHERE YOU AND PETE BOTH STAND

I'LL NEVER FORGET THE TIMES YOU INSPIRED ME THROUGH YOUR WORDS, NOR THE TIMES YOU TOLD ME THE TRUTH EVEN THOUGH I THOUGHT IT WAS ABSURED

LIKE THE TIME IN '97 WHEN SCHOOL WASN'T GOING MY WAY, YOU LET ME SEE THE FUTURE THROUGH YOUR WORDS AS CLEAR AS BLUE SKY ON A SUMMER DAY

I'LL NVER FORGET THE TIMES WHEN A JUDGEMENT SITUATION WOULD ARISE, YOU WOULD GIVE ME SPACE TO FALL AND SPACE TO CLIMB, KNOWING I'D MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION WITH TIME

MORE THAN EVER, I'LL NEVER FORGET, THE RELENTLESS SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN ME YET, MY EYES ARE AS OPEN AS THE SKY ABOVE, BECAUSE OF YOUR ENDLESS QUEST OF SHOWING ME LOVE...

LIST TO LIBERATE

ONCE WE GET AWAY FROM ALL THE EGO CHATTER, THERE'S ONLY THREE THINGS THAT TRULY MATTER

PEACE, KNOWLEDGE, AND HEALTH MADE THE LIST, NOW A POEM OF ACTIONS TO TAKE TO ACCOMPLISH JUST THIS

THROUGH MEDITATION AND SERENE SETTINGS WE BREAK THE WILL OF THE WORLDS DEVILISH DEALINGS, THESE METHODS OF PEACE GIVE WAY TO UNTAPPED STRENGTH AND STOPS THE BRAIN WHEELINGS

WITH SILENCE THERE IS NOTHING FOR US TO COLLECT OR CONNECT, WHICH WOULD HAVE US REJECT OR ACCEPT IN ORDER FOR US TO RESPECT AND/OR PROTECT, WITH SILINCE IT'S JUST YOU, YOUR DIVINE BEING OF PEACE READY TO TELEKINET

PEACE, I TAKE PLACE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO LET YOURSELF CEASE

THROUGH PATIENCE AND EXPERIENCE WE ENCOUNTER AN ABUNDANCE OF INTELLIGENCE WHERE OUR AWARENESS IS FORMED, AND WITH THIS DATA OUR HIGHER CONSCIOUS IS BORN

WITH OPEN EARS AND CLOSED MOUTHS WE LEARN TO LISTEN AND LEARN NOT TO HEAR, WITH THIS TACTIC KNOWLEDGE IS FORTHCOMING, UNFILTERED, AND CLEAR

KNOWLEDGE, I PLEDGE TO MY KEEPERS A FOREVER EVOLVING EDGE

THROUGH DIET AND EXERCISE WE BALANCE OUR HEALTH WITH INTAKE VS. PERFORMANCE, THESE FACTORS FEED OFF EACH OTHER TO CREATE A LIFE MATCHED FOR ENDURANCE

WITH HEALTH WE MEET THE CHALLENGES PRODUCED BY THE DAILY GRIND, GOOD FOOD FEEDS THE THOUGHT THAT'S DIGESTED IN ORDER TO FREE YOUR MIND, WORK OUT AND YOUR BODY WILL STAND AGAINST THE HANDS OF TIME

HEALTH, MANAGE ME OR ILLNESS IS UNFORSEEN LIKE FIGHTER STEALTH

PEACE, KNOWLEDGE, AND HEALTH MADE THIS LIST TO LIBERATE, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT AND ALL THINGS GREAT...

HOPE IT IS

HOPE ALLOWS US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE END WILL JUST BE A BEND TO OUR OWN PERCEPTION, HOPE ALLOWS US TO SEE PAST THE WORLD IN ORDER TO FACE IT, REFLECTION AND NOW I'LL RETURN BACK TO THIS WORLD FOR AN INSPECTION, HOPE IS A JOURNEY, NOT OUR DESTINATION

HOPE DEFINED IS TO DESIRE WITH EXPECTATIONS OF OBTAINMENT AND/OR TRUST, I SAY HOPE ISN'T SELFISH, BUT RATHER A WORD THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED, FOCUSING AND SPENDING A MOMENT OF MY TIME ON ONE OF LIFE'S FABRICS, A MUST

JUST SAYING THE WORD "HOPE" BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE AND PUTS GOOSEBUMPS DOWN MY BACK, HOPE IS OUR ONLY TRUE ALLIE AND DELAYS THE NEXT TERRORIST ATTACK

HOPE IS THE WORD WE GAVE THAT FEELING OF CERTAINITY THAT RESIDES INSIDE, WITHOUT THAT FEELING NO WORD WOULD HAVE COME TO BE AND THE BEST PART ABOUT IT, IT'S FREE

WITH HOPE YOU CAN STAND ALOND AND HOPE IS BEST KNOWN TO THOSE WHO FIND THEMSELVES FAR AWAY FROM HOME, HOPE IS A FEELING YOU CAN'T CONDONE AND TO MOST IT'S FELT, BUT NOT NORMALLY SHOWN

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY, HELP, FEED, FOLLOW, WISH OR PRAY FOR HOPE, IT'S PROGRAMMED INTO OUR DNA TO HELP US COPE WITH SITUATIONS THAT DON'T JOKE, HOPE, WHAT IF IT SPOKE

IT SURROUNDS YOU DAY AND NIGHT, AND EVEN IF YOU WANT IT TO, IT WILL NEVER GET LOST, THAT'S WHY WITH HOPE YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND YOURSELF ON TOP, NO MATTER THE SACRIFICE, NO MATTER THE COST, HOPE, IT IS THE BOSS

HOPE, IT WORKS EVERYDAY TO ERADICATE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS FOR SURE, I GUESS IT USES ME TO GIVE BACK MORE IN ORDER TO EVEN THE SCORE, HOPE IS ONLY FOR THE HARDCORE WHO WISH TO ESTABLISH A RAPPORT AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN HOPE THEN I ABHOR

IF I WERE TO USE A BOAT AS A METAPHOR FOR HOPE, YOU WOULD NEED TO VISUALIZE 333 ANCHORS HANG'ON OFF ALL SIDES AND REALIZE THIS WOULDN'T BREAK HER FLOAT, OH, AND BY THE WAY, THANKS FOR THE HOPE VOTE

HOPE TRAVELS UNDER THE OCEAN FLOOR AND OUT THE TOPS OF VOLCANOES TO SOAR, HOPE IS THE SOUND OF THE SOFT SEA WASHING UP THE SHORE

HOPE PASSES OVER A STILL POND NO MATTER IF IT'S DUSK OR DAWN, HOPE LEAVES THE TINY RIPPLES LEFT BEHIND A SWIMMING SWAN

HOPE TRAVELS THROUGH AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING SOUND TO A TRICKLING STREAM, HOPE IS THE WARMTH THAT RADIATES OF THE SUNS BEAMS

HOPE FILLS THE YOUNG WITH LOVE AND FAITH, IT'S UNDENIABLE, JUST TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT A CHILD'S UNWAVERING FACE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT HOPE IS TAKING PLACE

HOPE, IT'S WHAT MAKES ME WRITE AND IT'S THE REASON WHY THESE WORDS WILL TAKE FLIGHT TONIGHT, HOPE, IT'S WHY I FIGHT TO PROMOTE WHAT I BELIEVE IS RIGHT, HOPE NEVER SLEEPS BUT I DO SO GOODNIGHT...

OUR SAINT CHRISTOPHER

FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN, SAM, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER, WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND

HE HAD A LITTLE BOAT NAMED "THE DORA BELLA," WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND JUST OUTSIDE THE TOWN

"THE DORA BELLA" AND SAM SPENT MOST OF THEIR YOUNGER DAYS, ENDURING THE SALTY SEA BREEZE AND BASKING IN THE SUN'S BEAUTIFUL RAYS

HE WOULD DRAG A NET BEHIND "BELLA" FOR CRABS, ALONG WITH A FEW FISHING POLES EQUIPPED WITH LURES, BAIT AND A HOOK FOR THE FOR SURE SNAG

HE'S THE ONLY MAN THAT I'VE KNOWN TO THIS DAY THAT MADE AN HONEST LIVING FISHING FROM THE HISTORIC SAN FRANCISCO BAY

SAINT CHRISTOPHER STOOD PATIENTLY AT SAM'S SIDE, AS HE TOOK HIS JOURNEY'S THROUGH THE DEEP BLUE PACIFIC UP TO THE ALASKA COAST LINE

CHRISTOPHER AND SAM DEPARTED FROM THE "BELLA" ON ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT, WHEN THE UNPREDICTED SEA KNOCKED HER WITH ALL ITS MIGHT

CAN'T HELP TO IMAGINE HIS FACE ON THAT GIVEN DAY, MORE THEN LIKELY HE LIT A CIGARETTE AND CALLED THE BEACH HER GRAVE

I RECEIVED MY GIFT FROM BIG NONI IN 1995, JUST AFTER MY GREAT GRANDFATHER PASSED THROUGH THE HANDS OF TIME

14K OF ITALIAN GOLD, MEDALLION OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER WITH A 16' ROPE AND A CLASP THAT WOULD HOLD

IT READ, "FROM DORA TO SAM IN 66', IT HAD BEEN 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE ON 4-26"

ALL IN ALL, IT'S OUT MEMORIES THAT LAST, I'LL WEAR MY MEDALLION UNTIL IT MUST BE PASSED...

Author's note: I wrote this piece for my great grandmother, Dora. I wanted to illustrate to her and my family that they are the center of my thoughts. I will never forget all that they have done, nor the things they have done for me. Memories can last forever if they are preserved right. And with my words I'll do just that

TRUTH IS

THE TRUTH IS...
THE TRUTH IS...TRY HARDER
THE TRUTH IS...IF WE WERE ALL TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE, WHAT PAGE WOULD IT BE
THE TRUTH IS...THE WORLD IS IRONIC
THE TRUTH IS...PEOPLE DON'T THINK YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT, BUT WE DO, ALWAYS
THE TRUTH IS...WE ALL WANT PEACE
THE TRUTH IS...POLITICS HAVE DONE JUST AS MUCH BAD, AS THEY HAVE DONE GOOD
THE TRUTH IS...YOUR MOTHER IS THE CLOSEST THING YOU HAVE TO GOD
THE TRUTH IS...WE ARE COMPETTING WITH OURSELVES
THE TRUTH IS...YOU
THE TRUTH IS...ALL ACTIONS HAVE REACTIONS
THE TRUTH IS...WE DON'T ALWAYS MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS
THE TRUTH IS...IT'S NATURE AND NURTURE, NOT NATURE VS. NURTURE
THE TRUTH IS...EVERYTHING
THE TRUTH IS...IF YOU KEEP YOUR WORD, YOU'LL GET AUTOMATIC RESPECT, IF YOU BREAK IT, YOU JUST CREATED DISRESPECT
THE TRUTH IS...YOUR THOUGHTS ARE IMPORTANT
THE TRUTH IS...YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN THOUGHTS
THE TRUTH IS...IT'S EASY FOR ME TO FORGET, BUT NOT TO FORGIVE
THE TRUTH IS...YOU DON'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME ON FIGURING OUT WHO YOU ARE
THE TRUTH IS...I BELIEVE I KNOW WHAT I HAVE AND THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T LOST IT
THE TRUTH IS...WE DON'T CARE ENOUGH OR TAKE THE TIME TO PREVENT WAR
THE TRUTH IS...PEOPLE WHO HATE... FEAR, PEOPLE WHO LOVE...GROW
THE TRUTH IS...YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, SO LIVE RIGHT
THE TRUTH IS...PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR JESUS TO RETURN, BUT CAN'T YOU FEEL HE'S TRYING TO USE YOU RIGHT NOW TO BREAK THROUGH
THE TRUTH IS...YOU LIKE ME PROBABLY ABOUT AS MUCH AS I LIKE YOU
THE TRUTH IS...IF YOU HAVE TO TELL SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING, MORE THAN LIKELY THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT
THE TRUTH IS...PEOPLE ARE THE WAY THAT THEY ARE, JUST LIKE YOU, SO CUT EVERYBODY SOME SLACK
THE TRUTH IS...YOU WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT'S WRITTEN ON THIS BLOG/POEM, IF YOU WROTE IT
THE TRUTH IS...IT WOULD BE NICE IF I COULD TELL YOU WHO I WAS, INSTEAD OF YOU MAKING IT UP
THE TRUTH IS...WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE
THE TRUTH IS...OUR DREAMS MAKE MORE SENSE THAN REALITY
THE TRUTH IS...YOUR DREAMS WILL OUT RUN YOUR REALITY
THE TRUTH IS...FRIENDS WHO MAKE PLANS AND BACK OUT CONSISTENTLY AREN'T FRIENDS AT ALL
THE TRUTH IS...WE WORRY ABOUT THINGS WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF
THE TRUTH IS...WE THINK THAT OUR OPINIONS TRULY MATTER, BUT WHEN THERE'S 6.6 BILLION OF THEM, IT'S MERELY JUST CHATTER
THE TRUTH IS...WE ALL WANT TO BE THAT PERSON THAT PEOPLE CAN COUNT ON
THE TRUTH IS...WE NEED SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN, BUT WE CANT HOLD A THOUGHT, SO WE'LL ALWAYS BE LOOKING
THE TRUTH IS...SOCIETY IS RAN BY PEOPLE WHO NEED CONTROL AND EVERYDAY ON THE NEWS WE SEE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IT
THE TRUTH IS...WE NEED AND USE PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE ARE
THE TRUTH IS...YOU DIDN'T ASK TO BE HERE, SO WHY DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE A SAY NOW
THE TRUITH IS...THERE ARE NO STUPID QUESTIONS, JUST STUPID PEOPLE WHO THINK YOUR QUESTION IS STUPID
THE TRUTH IS...EVERYTHING YOU KNOW HAS COME FROM SOMEBODY ELSE, SO WHO ARE YOU?(I'M THE PERSON WHO KNOWS JUST THAT)
THE TRUTH IS...YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE AND THAT'S KOOL
THE TRUTH IS...MY SPACE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED OUR SPACE
THE TRUTH IS...MOST PEOPLE WHO ACT FAKE DO SO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM YOU
THE TRUTH IS...SMOKING IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR, ADDICTION IS NOT KNOWING THAT
THE TRUTH IS...MY IMAGE IS WHATEVER YOU MAKE IT
THE TRUTH IS...YOUR STYLE REALLY ISN'T YOURS, SOMEBODY INTRODUCED IT AND YOU DECIDED YOU LIKED IT
THE TRUTH IS...A THOUSAND YEARS AGO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE TODAY
THE TRUTH IS...IF SOMEBODY IS TALKING ABOUT A PERSON WHO ISN'T PRESENT, YOU SHOULDN'T LISTEN
THE TRUTH IS...WHEN I'M QUIET, I'M ON EMPTY
THE TRUTH IS...PEOPLE WHO CHALLENGE YOU, FEAR YOU
THE TRUTH IS...I CAN'T PLAY POKER BECAUSE I DON'T BLUFF
THE TRUTH IS...SOMEBODY IS THINKING OF YOUR RIGHT NOW
THE TRUTH IS...YOU WON'T KNOW HOW TO FELL ABOUT ME UNTIL I'M GONE
THE TRUTH IS...YOUR BETTER THAN YOU THINK
THE TRUTH IS...YOUR LOVED MORE THAN YOU KNOW
THE TRUTH IS...WE COULD SOLVE WORLD HUNGER BY GIVING UP EVERYTHING WE HAVE
THE TRUTH IS...PEOPLE LEAVE OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE OF CONTROL ISSUE'S
THE TRUTH IS...THE EDUCATION YOU POSSESS IS MORE VALUABLE THAN YOU, IN THIS WORLD
THE TRUTH IS...WE ARE ALL ALONG FOR THE RIDE
THE TRUTH IS...MOST OF YOU HAVEN'T READ MY ENTIRE BLOG, NOR PUT THOUGHT TO IT, NOR VOTED, NOR BOUGHT MY BOOK
THE TRUTH IS...WE LIVE FOR EVER
THE TRUTH IS...LOVE IS SOMETHING YOU WERE BORN WITH
THE TRUTH IS...GOD HAD MY TATZ OUTLINED, I JUST FILLED THEM IN
THE TRUTH IS...YOU GOTTA BE HANDY WITH A PEN TO OFFEND ME
THE TRUTH IS...YOU HAVE TWO VOICES IN YOUR HEAD AND I CAN TELL WHICH ONE YOU LISTEN TO MOST OF THE TIME
THE TRUTH IS...IF YOU CHANGE YOUR OUTLOOK, YOUR BETTER OFF
THE TRUTH IS...PEOPLE USE THE PAST BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL ABOUT TODAY
THE TRUTH IS...PEOPLE USE YOU TO BETTER THEMSELVES
THE TRUTH IS...I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HELP THEMSELVES BETTER THEMSELVES
THE TRUTH IS...YOU'D NEED A RELAY TEAM TO KEEP UP WITH ME WRITING AND RUNNING MATTES...RRRRRRRRRRRR

WHITE ROSE

I SIT UP AND OPEN MY EYE'S. THE SUN IS TOO MUCH, SO I DRAG MY HAND ACROSS THE SKY TO BLOCK IT. "WHERE AM I AND HOW DID I GET HERE, " I ASK MYSELF. THROUGH MY SQUINTED EYE'S I SEE THE VAST BLUE DEPTH OF CANVAS ABOVE. DEPTH WHISPERS," WHAT'S MINE IS YOURS AND WHAT'S YOURS IS MINE. SEARCH ME FOR ANYTHING YOU DESIRE!" NOT KNOWING HOW TO FEEL ABOUT WHAT I JUST HEARD, I QUICKLY RISE TO MY FEET. BEFORE ME, TOWERS THE GREENEST FOREST YOU'VE EVER SEEN. IT'S EVEN MORE ALIVE THAN I. LOOKING DEEP INTO THE DARK, DEEP, DENSE FOLIAGE I SPOT A WHITE ROSE. "SOMEWHAT OUT OF PLACE," I SAY TO MYSELF AS CURIOSITY MOUNTS. WHY IS IT THERE? NO RELIGIOUS GROUP, SCIENTOLOGIST OR I REALLY KNOWS AND 99.9 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY IT'S JUST A ROSE. WISDOM WHISPERS," FLOWERS BLOOM SO ITS SCENT CAN BE EXPOSED AND WITHOUT ITS SCENT, ITS BEAUTY WOULD BE JUST FOR SHOW!" WE ARE ALL A LOT LIKE THE WHITE ROSE.


STANDING BEFORE THE WHITE ROSE I FIND MYSELF SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY NATURE THAT INTERTWINES. MOTHER EVEN PATCHED UP THE BREAKS IN HER WORKINGS WITH VINES. OUT OF KNOW WHERE, A GUST OF WIND KICKS UP SOME LEAVES AND FUNNELS AROUND THE WHITE ROSE. I'M MESMERIZED AND STARE AT IT WITHOUT A CARE. NOT BEFORE LONG THE FUNNEL BREAKS UP AND THE LEAVES DISBURSE. THE TOWERING THICK TREES ARE OVERBEARING AND BLOCK OUT THE EVER TRYING SUN. IF I DIDN'T KNOW BETTER, I'D THINK IT WAS DUSK. THE WHITE ROSE OFFSETS WHAT WOULD BE TOTAL BLACKNESS. MY FIXATION ON THE WHITE ROSE BROUGHT A SENSE OF CERTAINTY OVER ME. CERTAINTY WHISPERS," WE ARE ALL APART OF A NETWORK THAT'S INTENTIONS ARE TO BRIDGE POSSIBILITIES AND NOTHING MORE!'' EVEN THOUGH I'M INTRIGUED GREATLY BY THE WHITE ROSE, AS IT GIVES ME A SENSE OF GENUINE PURPOSE, THE SOUND OF CRASHING WAVES IS TOO TEMPTING TO MY EARS. CURIOSITY WHISPERS," UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSE OF ONES OWN THOUGHT IS FAR MORE LIBERATING THAN WONDERING WHAT OTHERS MAY THINK!" I HAVE A FEELING I'LL BE RETURNING TO THE WHITE ROSE.


I PRESS THROUGH THE FOLIAGE AND AT ITS END BEGINS A STRETCH OF BEACH. MY FEET SINK INTO THE WARM WHITE SAND AND THEN ALL GOES SILENT. NO SQUAWKING FROM THE SEAGULLS FLYING ABOVE, NO SOUND FROM THE WAVES POUNDING THE BEACH. NOT EVEN THE SOUND OF MY OWN HEART CAN BE FELT OR HEARD. THE SUNSET IS FILLED WITH YELLOWS, ORANGES, PINKS AND BLUES, ALL FADING PERFECTLY INTO EACH OTHER. I KNEEL DOWN ON ONE KNEE TO TAKE IT ALL IN. PEACE WHISPERS," I ONLY EXIST BECAUSE OF YOU AND ALL THE OTHERS. I'M JUST A WORD WITHOUT YOU. I THANK YOU ALL FOR KEEPING ME ALIVE AND I'LL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU!" SHOOT, I HAD IT ALL WRONG. I THOUGHT PEACE WAS SOMETHING YOU HAD TO WORK FOR.


I RISE TO MY FEET ONCE AGAIN, TAKE ONE LAST LOOK AT THE SILENCE AND DO 180 DEGREE ABOUT FACE. I KNOW I'LL NEVER FEEL THIS MUCH PEACE IN MY LIFE AGAIN AND THAT'S O.K., AT LEAST I FELT IT. UPON ENTERING THE FOLIAGE ALL THE SOUNDS CAME BACK. CHIRPING, SWAYING BRANCHES, WATERFALLS, MY BREATHING! FATE WHISPERS," I'M WHY YOU KEEP MOVING FORWARD, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING BETTER AHEAD. TRUST ME AND I'LL GUIDE YOU TO AN INNER PEACE 10 TIMES OF WHICH YOU JUST ENCOUNTERED!" I BELIEVE IN FATE BECAUSE I CAN'T PROVE IT WRONG NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY.


"I KNOW WHY I'M HERE. I'M HERE FOR THE WHITE ROSE." I FOLLOW THE PATH THAT HAS BEEN PUT AT MY FEET. I TREK BACK TO THE GROUNDS WHERE THE FLOWER HAS GROWN. THE SUN HAS FOUND ITS WAY THROUGH THE TREES AND CUTS THROUGH THE FOG TO PUT A SINGLE RAY OF LIGHT ON THE ROSE. I'M NOT NERVOUS BUT A SENSE OF URGENCY FALLS OVER ME. I WALK TO THE WHITE ROSE AND KNEEL ON BOTH KNEES BEFORE IT. AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME I FEEL AS IF I HAVE A DUTY TO DO. LIFE WHISPERS," IT'S YOUR INSTINCTS THAT YOUR FEELING RIGHT NOW, THE ROSE WANTS YOU HERE JUST AS MUCH AS YOU WANT TO BE HERE. DO NOT BE AFRAID AND ALWAYS DO WHAT FEELS RIGHT!" I PULL THE WHITE ROSE FROM THE GROUND.

THE WHITE ROSE WHISPERS, "IF YOU LISTEN CLOSE, THE REASONS FOR YOUR LIFE ARE THERE. YOU PICKED ME FOR THE SAME REASONS WHY GOD PICKS ALL OF US!"

LETS GO TO WORK

WE'RE SIMPLY BOLDER, WITH A MIND INSTILLED BY THE OLDER, TO CLARIFY, THE HOLDERS

WE HAVE ALL THE KEYS AND UNDERSTAND NO LOCKS, THEREFORE WE ROLL WITH A CONSCIOUS MIND WITH NO STOPS

NO TIME FOR A COLD MIND, HELP THE CONFUSED REALIZE THE GREEN GRASS AND THE COAL MINES

SIMPLIFYING THE SITUATION IS A LINE FROM THE TAKERS, RECREATE THE REALITY AND UNDERSTAND WE CREATE LIKE THE MAKER

OUR DESTINY IS TO STAY MASS, FOR WE FEEL EACH OTHER, WE NEED COMMON GROUND AND WE CAN FIND IT IN ONE ANOTHER

DIG YOUR OWN GRAVE AND BE ALONE, THE REST OF US WILL CARRY OUR TORCHES AND REPRESENT EACH OTHERS THRONES

KNICK KNACK PADDY WHACK GIVE CHARLIE A BONE OR WATCH HIS SITUATION BECOME TRAGIC, WATCH YOUR REALITY BECOME HIS ZONE...

MORE THAN MAN

WE ARE GOING TO STAY AFTER THEE, YOU MADE US AND STILL HAVEN'T LEFT US, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN LACK THE TRUST

WHEN WE CALL ON YOU, YOU GUIDE US, YOU SEE OUR HEARTS AND WON'T LET THEM FALL APART

OUR PATHS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED WITH LIGHT AND DARKNESS, WITH YOU BY OUR SIDE WE'LL NEVER FALL AND WE ARE GOING TO GROW INSIDE OUT, NO DOUBT

WE'VE ASKED FOR SO MUCH AND YOU CONTINUE TO ANSWER US, IT'S CLUTCH, WE WILL RID THE HATE SO WE CAN ACCEPT THE FATE, WE ALL KNOW IT WONT BE A DAY LATE

SOMETIMES WE GET CONFUSED, DO WE LIVE FOR YOU OR DO YOU LIVE FOR US, I SEE, WE NEED NOT SEARCH, IF WE LOVE, IT WILL SEARCH US

THANKS TO YOU WE'VE LIVED BETWEEN THE HANDS OF TIME AND EACH INDIVIDUAL'S PATH HAS CROSSED LIKE VINES, DIVINE LIKE FINE WINE

WHEN IT IS TIME, WE'LL SLIP THE BODIES AS THEY LAY THEM TO REST AND PROBABLY WISH FOR ANOTHER TEST, THE TRUE WALK BLIND AMONGST THE BLESSED...

AUTHENTICATION

THE MAJESTIC LEOPARD ROAMS MORE TERRITORY THAN ANY OTHER CAT, THAT'S BECAUSE HIS IDENTITY IS ADAPTABILITY NO MATTER THE WEATHER OR THE CHANCES OF HIM GETTING BACK

THE SECRETIVE LEOPARD WORKS ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE DAY, BECAUSE HUMANS ARE THE PREDATOR, HIS PREY, ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE DAY HE POSTS NEAR A CURB UNDER A TREE, BLENDING IN, KEEPING STAID

THE SHREWD LEOPARD IS POUND FOR POUND ONE OF THE STRONGEST CATS, HE'LL CARRY THREE TIMES HIS WEIGHT WITHOUT STRESSING HIS BACK, STEALTH, SPEED, CLASH, THEN THRASH, BLOOD SEEPS OUT EVERY GASH, HE'LL TAKE HIS VICTIM TO HIS DOMAIN, WITH A BLOOD TRAIL THAT STOPS, LIKE CHILDREN'S CHALK THAT ERASES OFF THE CITY BLOCKS

THE ELUSIVE LEOPARD MAKES HIS WAY THROUGH THE CONCRETE JUNGLE, HIS SPOTTED COAT IS ONE OF A KIND, LIKE FINGERPRINTS LEFT IN BLOCK AFTER A CRIME, INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THIS TIME, BUT I BELIEVE HE'LL KILL AGAIN, BECAUSE THE LEOPARD'S MIND IS HIS ONLY MOTIVE TO LIVE, IT'S WHAT MAKES HIM LAST, SO NOTHING GIVES...

ANGELS

ONLY WITH ANGELS CAN WE RESOLVE AN ISSUE WITH A PURE TRUCE, BECAUSE OF THEM WE BEGIN TO MATURE OR WHAT THEY LIKE TO CALL TRANSMUTE

UNFORTUNATELY, ABSENT MINDED IMMORTALS WILL ALWAYS REFUTE AN ANGELS TRUTH, FORTUNATELY ANGELS DELIVER GOD'S MESSAGES TO THE MORTAL BECAUSE THEIR UNBOUND AND ACUTE

THEY FOUND ME BECAUSE I'M READY FOR MORE, SO I GAVE MY ANGELS A PEN AND COMMANDED THEM TO WRITE WORDS THAT WILL ALLOW OTHERS TO SOAR, ARCHANGELS ARE READY TO WAR AND STAND WITH ONE HAND DRAPED ACROSS THEIR SWORD

ANGELS LOVE TO CHECK MATE HATE AND CLEAR PATHS FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE, GRACEFUL LIGHT FADES IN AND AWAY WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE OBSERVING TIME ON A SUMMER DAY WHEN YOU DECIDE YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO

ANGELS CONGREGATE IN GROUPS LIKE WHITE CLOUDS BEFORE THEY CRUISE, HOW COULD ANYONE NOT APPRECIATE SOMETHING THAT TRAVELS SO SMOOTH, IMAGINATION LETS YOU EXPRESS YOUR VIEW ON SHAPES THAT ONLY COME TO YOU, I REMEMBER A CLOUD WHERE JUDAS KISSED JESUS SHOES, THEN THE SKY CLOSED UP AND TOOK AWAY THE BLUE, NOT BEFORE LONG THE SKY REEMERGED AND OUT WALKED THE A40 CREW

FOOLS CAN'T COMPREHEND THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU ROLL WITH ANGELS YOU CAN'T LOOSE, THESE MESSENGERS ARE TRANSPARENT SO ITS HARD FOR SOME TO CATCH THE CLUE, WHEN YOU REPRESENT ANGELS FOOLS WILL SAY THEY SEE THROUGH YOU, YOUR CRAZY AND THAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE SPENT, SAY THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT AND I HOPE YOUR NOT TALKING ABOUT ANGELS BECAUSE THEIR GOD SENT, LOOKS LIKE THE DEVIL HAS YOUR PERCEPTION BENT, I GUESS YOUR PURPOSE HERE IS TO IMITATE A VENT, ALTHOUGH EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE IS ANOTHER CHANCE TO REPENT

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALK'N ABOUT ONE DAY YOU WILL, YOUR DEALING WITH A MAN WHO WAS CHOSEN BY THE ANGELS TO TAKE BOTH THE RED AND THE BLUE PILL, MIXED THEM UP AND CAME UP WITH THE PURPLE SPILL

THE ANGELS GAVE ME 5 QUESTIONS TO TEST MY NEW FOUND SKILLS; WHO ARE YOU: NOBODY; WHAT ARE YOU: A REASON; WHERE ARE YOU: HERE; WHEN ARE YOU: NOW; WHY ARE YOU: TO REMIND, THE ANGELS SMILED AND SAID GET OUT OF LINE, YOU ARE NOW IMMUNE TO TIME

YUP, UNDOUBTEDLY THIS POETIC PIECE CAME FROM A BIRD'S EYE VIEW, A SPECIAL JOURNEY FOR THE MINDS EYE INTO A WORLD YOU DON'T FACE, BUT WALK THROUGH AND I'VE COMMANDED THE ANGELS TO ANTICIPATE ALL THE MURPHY LAW'S THAT SURROUND YOU, IT'S THE BEST THAT I CAN DO

CASSIEL, MICHAEL AND CHAMUEL ARE STRENGTH AGAINST THOSE WHO ABHOR WHAT IS TRUE, TO HONOR YOUR ANGEL YOU MUST FIRST REBUKE YOUR DEMON AND THEN REBOOT

YOU'LL FIND THAT ANGELS DON'T SPEAK BUT SEEK TO PORTRAY ALL THE GOODNESS IN YOU, IF YOUR FEELING WEAK AND THE OUTCOME LOOKS BLEAK, CALL OUT TO THE ANGELS, THEY'LL MEET, AND DECIDE WHAT'S BEST TO GET YOU BACK ON YOUR FEET

ANGELS WISH FOR US TO CONNECT AND KNOW EXACTLY WHY WE CAN'T AND SOMETIMES DON'T, THEY GUARANTEED ME THEY'LL FIND WHAT WE WON'T, SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADIEU, A FEW LESSONS FROM THE ANGELS THAT SURROUND ME AND YOU

ANGELS LOVE THE LAW, SO THEY BACK THE INDIVIDUAL WHO USE IT PROPERLY BEFORE A DAWG WHO ACTS RAW, LET'UM SWING ON YOU FIRST AND YOUR RESPECT WILL ALWAYS ENSURE YOUR ACTIONS ARE BACKED BY LAW, ANGELS AT YOUR SIDE WHEN THEY TRY TO UNDERMINE YOU WITH GESTURE AND NAME CALL, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM A FALLEN ANGEL WHO NEEDS TO FIND HIMSELF BY TESTING ALL, I'M SAMURAI, I'D RATHER TAKE MYSELF OUT THAN HELP HATE EVOLVE

THE DEALER IS ALWAYS GONNA PUSH THOSE DRUGS, ALTHOUGH THE USER IS MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INNOCENT CHILDREN WHO CATCH STRAY SLUGS, HEY, THESE ARE THE ANGELS FEELINGS, I'M JUST SPELLING OUT THOUGH LOVE, ANGELS DON'T WANT YOU TO FIT IN BECAUSE OF ANOTHERS LACK TO SEEK OUT LOVE, YOUR ANGEL WANTS YOU TO STAND OUT, BUT WHEN A TRANSACTION OCCURS DEMONS CHASE THE ANGELS OUT, WHY, BECAUSE YOUR INTERNAL STRENGTH IS WHAT THE ANGEL IS ALL ABOUT, AND ONCE YOU FIND IT, FORGET THE PAST AND RIDE OUT, YOU JUST EARNED YOUR WINGS WITHOUT A DOUBT

THE WORLD IS SO BLACK AND WHITE IT'S JADED, THEREFORE THE ANGELS DEAL TRUTH SO YOU CAN SPADE IT AND RECREATE IT, ONCE YOU GIVE YOURSELF TO THE WORLD YOU MADE IT, YOUR ANGELS APPRECIATE IT AND GIVE IT BACK WITH ADDED STRENGTH, THEY TRADED, OUR ANGELS ARE TENACIOUS BECAUSE THEY FACE IT, THERE'S A MILLION DAY WALKERS READY TO BLADE IT, BECAUSE UNCERTAINTY WANTS TO TAKE IT, SO HANDLE IT

THE ANGELS KNOW SOME OF MY WORDS HAVE FOUND THERE WAY INSIDE, A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE IS THE CONNECTION WHERE OUR ANGELS WILL ALWAYS RESIDE, THE ANGELS SAY THEIR'S A PIECE OF GOD IN ME AND YOU, SO I'LL EXTEND MY HAND, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU AND HOW DO YOU DO

NAS SAID IT BEST, EVERYTHING HE DOES IS BY THE BOOK, I'M GRATEFUL I'M ABLE TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES FOR A CLOSER LOOK AND IF I WAS TO EVER WRITE A RAP REVELATION 12:7 WOULD BE MY HOOK, IT DEFENDS EVERY WORD I PIECED TOGETHER TO EXPOSE THE UNCONSCIOUS CROOK, THESE WORDS DIDN'T COME FROM ME, THEY CAME FROM THE OUTLOOK AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, YOUR BEING TOOK...

AFFECT THE CAUSE

DO YOU ALLOW YOUR MIND TO REFLECT ON THE EFFECTS OF CAUSE AND EFFECT, OR DO YOU EFFACE THE THOUGHTS BECAUSE OF EFFETE

LIFE IS AN ENDLESS CYCLE OF CAUSE AND EFFECT UNTIL YOU CONFRONT AND CHALLENGE IT, DAY IN AND DAY OUT A MILLION TIMES OVER I BELIEVED CAUSE AND EFFECT CREATED CHANGE, LITTLE DID I KNOW SOMEBODY REARRANGED THE WORDS THAT I BELIEVE COULD BE USED TO GUIDE, UNFORTUNATELY THESE WORDS CAN ALSO BE USED TO CREATE BLAME AND RESTLESSNESS ON THE INSIDE

JUST THINK, IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE FOR A CAUSE TO HAVE AN EFFECT, IF YOU BELIEVED MIND OVER MATTER HAS AN AFFECT, LET ME REFLECT

THE DAYS PAST DOESN'T EQUAL THE PRESENT TASK, IN OTHER WORDS, YESTERDAY'S THROUGHTS AND BELIEFS DON'T HELP TOMORROWS TURNING LEAF, IF ANYTHING YESTERDAY'S BELIEFS KEEPS THE MIND UNCERTAIN OF WHAT TODAY BRINGS

LIVE A DAY FOR A DAY AND ASK YOURSELF IF CAUSE AND EFFECT HAD ANY PLAY OR DID THE MIND OVERCOME THE MATTER, CAUSE AND EFFECT SHATTERED

LETS SAY MIND OVER MATTER CAN'T HOLD FOREVER AND THAT CAUSE AND EFFECT DOES EXIST, THEN I SAY LETS GIVE IT A TWIST

WHAT IF THE SOURCE CREATED US AS A CAUSE, WHICH IN RETURN WOULD MAKE US THE AFFECT, IF THAT'S THE CASE WE NEED A REALITY CHECK AND REALIZE OUR PRESENT THOUGHT THAT JUST PASSED DOESN'T EFFECT AND ONLY REFLECTS REPEATED NEGLECT, IN THE FUTURE IS WHERE WE SHOULD PLACE OUR BETS, WHILE KEEPING IN MIND EACH DAY IS THE ONLY DAY WE HAVE TO CHANGE ITS EFFECTS

I FEEL THAT I HAVE TO AFFECT EACH DAY, FOR IF NOT OUR CAUSE WILL BECOME POLICY GUIDED BY LAWS AND OUR LIVES WILL BE FOUGHT FOR IN THE BRAIN AND OUR ACTION'S TAME

IF WE WANNA CONTINUE TO SEE HUMANS ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR INSTINCTS, THEN I SAY KEEP DEALING THE MARKED CARDS FACE UP, OR REALIZE WE UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAME TO BE AND WE'LL SETTLE FOR NOTHING LESS THAN EQUALITY, HOME OF THE BRAVE LAND OF THE FREE, NO LONGER WILL I ALLOW YOU TO ARRANGE WORDS FOR ME, STAY OFF THE ROPES, BOB, WEAVE, AFFECT THE CAUSE, HUMANITY...

REALITY WRITING

REALITY IS THE COURSE IN WHICH THINGS TRAVEL.

SO WE SPEAK IT, WITHOUT PLACING IT.

WE THINK IT, WITHOUT TAKING IT.

WE FACE IT, WITHOUT MAKING IT.

WHEN WE ARE IT.

WE SEE IT.

WE BE

IT

YOU SEE

WHEN ARE WE IT.

IF YOU MAKE IT, PUT A FACE TO IT.

IF YOU TAKE IT, PUT THOUGHT TO IT.

IF YOU PLACE IT, SPEAK ABOUT IT.

REALITY MADE A SYNAPS AND PUT IT ON A PATH, FOR IT.

FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM, FLIP IT,

NOW IT FLOWS FROM BOTTOM TO TOP...

TAKE AWAY

TAKE AWAY MONEY, EDUCATION, MEDIA, POLITICS, SOCIAL CLASSES AND GOVERNMENTS, TAKE IT ALL AWAY

TAKE AWAY CARS, MOTORCYCLES, BOATS, BIKES, GARMENTS, MAKEUP, TATTOOS, JEWELRY AND ACCESSORIES, TAKE IT ALL AWAY

TAKE AWAY MOVIES, ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, AND HOW YOU THINK PEOPLE SEE YOU, TAKE IT ALL AWAY

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TAKE IT ALL AWAY, LET IT GO, IF YOU WILL YOUR WAY, HAPPINESS FOREVER AND A DAY, ITS TIME TO PAVE A NEW WAY AND WHETHER IT'S A STRANGER OR A FRIEND YOU WALK WITH TODAY, KEEP IT SPADE

OPEN YOUR EYES AND START ALL OVER, OPEN YOUR EYE'S AND GIVE IT TO THEM LIKE NO OTHER, OPEN YOUR EYE'S AND REALIZE THE WORLD HAS YET TO BE DISCOVERED, YET TO BE DISCOVERED...

UNSPOKEN

UNDERSTANDING THE WORDS WE ALL SPEAK IS IMPORTANT, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS UNDERSTANDING THE WORDS THAT AREN'T SPOKE AT ALL

THE SPOKEN WORDS TO SELF ARE IMPOSED ON THE FACE, WE COULDN'T HIDE THE WORDS EVEN IF WE TRIED, ACTUALLY, THE SPOKEN WORDS TO SELF ILLUMINATE THE FACE WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH AND WILL ILLUMINATE THE FACE WE'RE DESTINE TO FIND

THE UNSPOKEN WORDS THAT MOLD THE FACE SPEAKS TO ALL, THEREFORE THIS FACE MUST NOT BE GUIDED BY WHAT WE CAN SEE, TOUCH, AND TASTE, STAND TALL, ACCEPT MOST, BUT NOT ALL

WE MUST BE MINDFUL ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS WHEN THINKING OF SELF AND OTHERS, FOR OUR FACE REFLECTS THE THOUGHT WE GIVE TO OURSELVES AND VIEWS OF ANOTHER, IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT OTHERS DOESN'T GO UNDISCOVERED

IF THE UNSPOKEN WORDS ARE TRUE, THE SOURCE WILL GIVE WAY TO YOU, IF YOU THINK GOOD THOUGHTS, YOU'LL FEEL GOOD, IF YOU FEEL GOOD, YOU'LL LOOK GOOD, IF YOU LOOK GOOD, YOUR FACE WILL MAKE OTHERS WISH THEY WOULD, THE POSSIBILITIES OF GOODNESS IS WHY WE SHOULD

MY UNSPOKEN WORDS GIVE NEW MEANING TO THE PHRASE, "IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS," SO ADD THEM UP AND WATCH YOUR GOODNESS MOUNT

I'LL REMAIN UNSPOKEN BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU, UNTIL THEN I'LL WRITE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO HEAR YOURSELF, HEAR ME THOUGH...

RESPECT

ARE YOU RESPECTFUL OF RESPECT OR REJECT THE FACT THAT RESPECT ISN'T YOURS UNTIL GIVEN TO YOU BY OTHERS, LIKE LIFE WAS GIVEN TO US ALL BY MOTHERS

TO TRULY RESPECT OTHER'S, UNDERSTAND HOW TO RESPECT SELF, SELF RESPECT IS KNOWING THERE'S ALWAYS A CRUTCH AND YOU CHOOSE TO IGNORE AND AT THE SAME TIME KNOWING, IF YOU CAN'T LEAN ON SELF, YOU CAN'T TRUST ONESELF

SELF RESPECT ENSURES THE FACT THAT YOU HANDLE YOUR THOUGHT'S FIRST, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, YOUR THOUGHT HAS DIRECTION TO THOSE WHO FOLLOW AND LEAD, AND BELIEVE IN YOURSELF THAT THEY SEE, RESPECT TO SELF AND ALL, DOESN'T COME EASILY

TAKE RESPECT, RESPECTFULLY...

OH

YOU KNOW I'M NOT PERFECT, ALTHOUGH YOU GET FRUSTRATED WITH MY IMPERFECTIONS, OH, I SHOULD KNOW MY IMPERFECTIONS THROUGH YOUR FEELINGS WITHOUT YOU TELLING ME

YOU KNOW I COULDN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN, OH, I'M NOT LISTENING, SO EXPLAIN WHY I SHOULD EVEN BOTHER WITH UNDERSTANDING THE UNEXPLAINABLE THINGS

YOU AND I BOTH KNOW WE'LL NEVER BE FULLY MATURE, ALTHOUGH YOU STILL INSIST ON CALLING ME IMMATURE, OH, I NEED TO BE MATURE FOR YOU, BUT MY TIME LINE FOR ME IS SECONDARY, WITH THAT ATTITUDE WE'LL BOTH LOSE AND WHILE I FESS UP, YOU'LL BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING YOU HAD TO DO, MAKE YOUR MOVE

YOU KNOW ALL PEOPLE LOVE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, ALTHOUGH YOU QUESTION LOVE BECAUSE IT COMES FROM A MAN, OH, MY WORDS DON'T TALK WITH YOU, THEY TALK AT YOU AND THAT'S WHY YOU MOVE ON, LIKE WHEN WE ASSOCIATE FEELINGS TO A LOVE SONG AND THEN A COMMERCIAL CUTS IN, GONE, I'M SWITCHING TO SATELLITE BECAUSE IT'S MORE SIRIUS WHEN THE MUSICS ON

OH, IF YOU DON'T GET IT, HOW YOU THOUGHT IT, THEN YOU CAN SAY IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE, OR IS IT, IF YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU WANT, NEED OR EXPECT, YOU MOVE ON, I GUESS THAT'S WHERE YOU BELONG

OH, AND AS FOR ME, AMOUR ON, GITTY-UP, I'M GONE...

FORCES THAT BE

WHEN I LOOK AT OUR FLAG IT ALLOWS ME TO SEE THROUGH IT, IT'S A WINDOW FRAME, WALK WITH ME AND STEP TO IT, EMBRACE THE PAIN

I SEE BATTLE FIELDS RIDDLED WITH DEAD BODIES, SPILLING THE SAME BLOOD, BUT THERE'S LOVE FROM THE INDIVIDUAL WHO GAVE IT, THE EFFECT CHANGES MY OUTLOOK OF THE WORLD, ALTHOUGH IT WON'T TEST MY BELIEFS OF ABOVE, HOW ABOUT ONE LOVE JUST BECAUSE

I SEE SOLDIERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE LIVIN' IT IN THE FLESH, BLENDING IN, THEY TRULY TEST THE GOOD AND EVIL WITHIN, I SEE STRENGTH AND UNITY WHEN YOU ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION, ONE STEP CLOSER TO FREEDOM, THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE IN

I SEE PEOPLE PUSH PASS THE POLICY OF WHY IT HAS TO BE AND EMBRACE THE SOLDIERS THAT THEY CAN'T SEE, BUT I FEEL THE DISCOMFORT OF THE PROTEST, WHO JUST WISH TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF YOU AND THOSE WHO HAVE NO SAY, GOD BLESSES THE SOLDIERS LIFE EVERYDAY

ABOVE ALL, I SEE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES MAKING THE BEST OF EACH DAY, SAD TO SAY, IT SEEMS THE ONE PERCENTERS ALWAYS HAVE THEIR WAY, YOU MAY NOT RESPECT THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE, BUT RESPECT THE SOLDIERS WHO RESPECT IT, FOR THEY ARE TRUE AND NEVER FORGET THEY'LL BE THERE IN OUR DARKEST HOUR TO PROTECT ME AND YOU AND THAT'S THE DOUBLE SIDED SWORD WE VOW TO, MAN I WISH I HAD THE ANSWER TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE, F.U.B.A.R. UNTIL WE DO...

COAST TO COAST

IT'S HIGHWAY ONE, THE FREEWAY THAT MAKES THE WORLD EXTINCT, IT'S HUMBLING, LIKE WHEN TRUTH DAWNS ON YOU AND THEN WINKS, THE TOP SIDE IS THE SHELL TO THE CORE, EMERGE YOURSELF TO DISCOVER THE OCEANS FLOOR

THE CRUSHED ROCK FORMS THE SANDY BEACH THAT LIES BENEATH, WHILE THE JAGGED CLIFFS RISE SO THE EYES GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK, THE UNSETTLED WATER CREATED ITS OWN WALLS, SO THE CLIFFS FALL WHILE THEY FIGHT, FOR THEY AFFECT THE CAUSE WITH PURE MIGHT

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