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Tag: poetry
The stuff legends are made of
It is easy to practice To give service When everything is just so Nice calm day Sunny skies People smiling Being respectful Looking out for one another with compassionate hearts When you hear, feel, and see the value of the good work you do On those days, practice and service is a joy Is a…
Healing takes time
Healing hands Know that when pain and trauma Exist deep within the body The right placement The right pressure Can return the body to as it was Can rebuild it stronger Can restore the idea That power comes from within And that it’s self-actualized Potential exists deep within the spirit But sometimes it too can…
looking through the rules to what lies beyond
they say rules are meant to be broken that’s one way of looking at it but the other is that there is a method to the madness that if you were interested and capable (which everyone is some people don’t know it yet) you could see the subtlety at work you could see that the…
newness and oldness
new look that moves swirves bends new feel to it all newness and the feeling of a soft hand between my fingertips new isn’t new but just old in a new way in a way we haven’t seen before old is new when old is forgotten when old is uncovered when old is rediscovered when…
one on one
one on one at play is fear competition a dance sometimes creativity connection understanding self-discovery awareness defense strategy a way in a way out one on one there are two and so many things are at play will you hold your breath? will you hit as hard as you can? will i get hurt? will…
each moment
felt like water running down the skin felt like warmth from the sun felt like everything became softer, quieter, and wider like everything was gone even if just for a moment like the world was just another shell to hide out in like you could leave it at any moment like the moment after something…
broken
body aches and cracks into a million pieces spilling onto the ground like shards of glass and feet nearby dangerously close to stepping on it cutting like skin puncture wound to the soul and deep inside the body are all these linkages and connections but we gotta go the long way now since we’re blocked…
the markings of a warrior
the markings came out differently backwards and on the other side an inward mirror as if pointing at the demons within protecting against them more than what was outside somehow points to the soul felt more secure than those that guarded creating a defense for others regardless they were the markings of a warrior and…