Everyday

Everyday--
You wake up and change!
You improve
So you can approve
What you see in the mirror;
The aspirations surfacing
The dreams you painted
Framed in your mind
The person you’re meant to be
Want to be
Know how to be-
In this life

Haven`t lived long enough
To distinguish a mirage from a river
Floating through your being
Awakening the good
That makes you want to grow and transit out
Because you’ve felt a greater good
Inspiring your values, your character
What you stand for in life

You incept
To achieve
Realize, bring to life
To light
The soul, the magic, the wizard inside

Everyday--
You wake up and change!
Improve
Grow; ascend; create
Sketch, draw, paint
A life; a dream; a purpose

Everyday--
You wake up and change!
Into a higher being
Conscious, aware--in love
With all you`ve got

You accept, thank and forgive:
Yourself, God and them
For everything is everything
And everything is perfect

Everyday

A.M

Free Yourself

Love is here to set you free
But you insist on clinging
To people
To feelings
To moments gone

Love is here to set you free
But you want to own it
Control it
Buy it
Use it
Then throw it away and start again
Down a foolish path leading nowhere

Love is here to set you free
The door is open but you refuse to leave
The box you locked yourself in
Filled with prejudice and fears
Preconceived ideas
Idealized perception
Faltered sense
Of a feeling so pure, so free
Of hatred, jealousy, vanity
Ego, pride and greed

Love is here to set you free
If you would only
Feel instead of think
Open your heart courageously
Quiet the mind and allow the soul
To grow aware, compassionate
To care for those around you
To fill someone´s heart with a smile

Love is here to set you free
If you would only
Let go of expectations, selfishness
Accept the beauty around you
Cherish each moment as if it were your last
Let love guide you

Love is here to set you free
If you would only let it

A.M

In love; in lesson

Your presence in my life can be seen in my eyes
Your feeling remains after years have gone by
Your picture still clear in my mind
Your shadow follows everywhere I try to hide
My soul looks forward to meeting yours
My body awaits your awakening embrace
My mind dreams of your peaceful voice
My longing for a day damned by this day and age
To see your perfect face, touch your diamond skin
To press my lips against yours and let you take me
To live the life my heart desires--designed for us
To sit and read my poems to you under our tree
Where`s the beauty that completes me
Where`s the man that hurts me with his breathing
Where`s the hands that bruise me with caresses
Where`s the owner of my composing spirit
Baby there has been no happiness without you
Baby I want to lay with you in the field of my dreams
Baby I want to feel the future my heart sees us in
Baby let me touch you, let me hold you, let me live

A.M

Where art thou

Your presence in my life can be seen in my eyes
Your feeling remains after years have gone by
Your picture still clear in my mind
Your shadow follows everywhere I try to hide
My soul looks forward to meeting yours
My body awaits your awakening embrace
My mind dreams of your peaceful voice
My longing for a time damned by this day and age
To see your perfect face, touch your diamond skin
To press my lips against yours and let you take me
To live the life my heart desires--designed for us
To sit and read my poems to you under our tree
Where`s the beauty that completes me
Where`s the man that hurts me with his breathing
Where`s the hands that bruise me with caresses
Where`s the owner of my composing spirit
Baby there has been no happiness without you
Baby I want to lay with you in the field of my dreams
Baby I want to feel the future my heart sees us in
Baby let me touch you, let me hold you, let me live

A.M

Love in the Lesson

I touched heaven when we kissed
My body stood still and my soul
Flew away to a place of perfect love
Where my spirit lives trapped in bliss
Awaiting my body to come along
And release me from this haven
Where I reside alone-- for years now
Loving a fantasy that was never true
Never could be or will be in this world
If I had a say in this I would of quit you
Long ago-- before I grew addicted to this
To the lesson I`ve been sent here to learn
To give all I have to love--and let go

A.M

Lesson Learned

Your angelic smile enchants their heart now
Your gentle caress soothes their skin now
The bliss you blessed my body with is now theirs
I let go-- I opened the door and released my love

You share with a new set of hands and feet now
Someone else touches the beauty that is your soul
A new vessel of light pleases your body and mind
Someone new inspires the song in your heart

The man I thought would fly with me forever
Now shares a nest with another bird
The life I dreamed for us together
Now takes place in another world

The kisses we shared--the warmth felt between our bodies
Is now a cold memory of a time I knew perfect love
Your embrace is another`s resting place
And I can`t look in the mirror without seeing your face

Deep within me--peeking through my complexion
Love`s dew--our essence--stretched thin by foreign hands
When we´re single we live in memories;
In relationships in dreams; in death in reality

I never belonged to you as you never belonged to me
Our souls belong to one, and to the one we shall return
Sooner than later we will leave the dream and truly live
You, me, him, her--Together again--As one

A.M

Trapped

I locked myself in a box and threw away the key
Then came a stranger and teleported himself in
I told him to go away but he didn`t listen to me
We lived together for a while until I killed him

Time passed then a troubled man appeared
He asked me to help him escape his fears
Soon it got crowded for our insanity combined
He refused to leave so I set the box on fire

We were sent to heaven--all three boxed souls
Placed in three separate boxes alongside the other
Where we could see, hear and smell each other
Forever side by side without ever touching again

A.M

A conversation between a Man and his Soul

And the soul screamed,
“You`re killing me, for lack of growth--you`re dimming me!”

And the man dismissively said,
“Oh don`t be dramatic! If you are eternal, if you truly exist,
What business does a mere mortal have with a perpetual being?”

And the soul exclaimed in agony,
“Oh, release me--let love in!
Why must you arrest me, imprison me in make-believe?”

And the man sarcastically whispered,
“If you are real, why don`t you heal me,
Take away the burden, the pain this existence instills in me?
You want me to believe in a love that cannot stop suffering?
What about my wounds, my scars,
The sorrow eating me alive, rotting my body and mind?”

And the soul confidently answered,
“Allow me to grow, to flourish,
To shine through your skin, perspire from your being,
Let me kill the hate spiraling in your heart, let me dry your teary mind,
Heal your broken thoughts.”

And the man hopelessly cried,
“I believed in you once, in your God given power,
I worshiped your light but saw none of your might!
You claim to live in me but all I feel is pain,
Love wrapped in hurt, torturing my flesh, testing how much I can bear.”

And the wise soul explained,
“You worshiped shadows, demons in white robes--
Earthly mystical creatures thriving in divine ignorance--
Feeding on human souls desperate for love.
You invested your faith in evil, bargained with creatures for instant delight,
You offered your soul as payment for deeds of darkness.
Mistakenly you prayed, blindly you sought a dream,
A love with reward that does not exist, sustain or fulfill.”

And the man angrily replied,
“How was I suppose to know
I was praying to darkness instead of light?"

And the soul patiently replied,
“You never had faith in the source,
The creator, the vessel that brought you to earth,
The force that gave you life, inspired your growth, allowed you to fly.
You asked to be loved but ignored the spring that gives you breath, warmth, delight!”

And the man doubtfully uttered,
“I believed in divinity, in forever,
In a resting place with the angels and saints.
I prayed for life and received only death,
I asked for love and felt only sorrow and regret!
What can you possibly give me that I haven´t learned through pain?”

And the soul kindly explained,
“Peace; a righteous conscience, a clear mind!
My Love can bless you with ancient wisdom,
Play you an angel`s song that’ll soothe your heart,
Bless you with knowledge, understanding, growth.
I can’t cure your wounds,
For, in your pain, there are lessons you’ve been sent here to learn,
But I can take away your doubts, your fear
And replace them with courage and purpose.
I can give you compassion and a healthy, happy life.”

And the man excitedly asked,
“What must I do to experience this joy?

And the soul confidently said,
“Kill the ego, forgive the wrongs you have done against God and his people,
Accept me, believe in love, feel me living within you,
Freed from this cage you’ve built for us.
Let me learn, let me grow, be one with your mind, body and heart.
Cultivate me, inspire light, love unconditionally, everyone including us.”

And the man eagerly said,
“I will if you give me eternal life.”

And the soul sadly responded,
“This is not a bargain; to experience love you must leave your ego behind.
For if I am, then you are love and light--forever and never apart.”

And the man mockingly said,
“I still have a lifetime to get it right.”

And the soul quietly whispered,
“Or an eternity to get it wrong.”

A.M

Flawed Gifts

She was a brilliant writer but a lousy lover
He was a great entertainer but an unfaithful husband
She was a good domestic but an angry woman
He was an effective teacher but a cold gentleman
She was a successful artist but a rotten mother
He was a praised coach but an ignorant partner
She was a caring lover but an insolent daughter
He was a giving friend but an ungrateful son
She was a good scholar but a mean companion
He was a famous entrepreneur but a mad man
She was a talented singer but an abusive friend
He was a good player but a poor giver
She was strong emotionally but poor spiritually
He was financially wealthy but lacked awareness
And so we parted, broken hearted
Missing each other’s gifts and flaws

For in our gifts we found inspiration
Aspiration to be better beings
And in our flaws we found strength
To accept our imperfections
To live, to learn, to grow, to change
To give ourselves another chance

A.M

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