Insight
Thank you, Humiliation, You were my teacher Thank you, Compassion, You were my lesson Thank you, Circumstance, You were my keeper Thank you, Consequence, You were my pen Thank you, Disillusionment, You showed me I was blind Thank you Blindness You eased the way Insight to Opportunity When I was in the military, I had an affair with a married man... |
Truth
Truth is price and purchase, Burden and relief, And passage from endless fear, To finite joy and grief Embracing Truth The price of knowing the truth is that we can't un-know it, and it might be painful - even earth-shattering. By the same token, it may be a relief to learn that what we feared is not true... Joyce is compassionate, creative, knowledgeable, and wise. |
Fall
God spreads his quilt across the trees and paints the ground with its leaves Each bears the color of its fruit - some flamboyant - others mute Orange orange and lemon yellow, Ruby red and golden mellow, Macintosh with pumpkin patch, Deep plum pudding and a dash- pistachio And though my eyes can't drink their fill, the season offers greater still Such sweet aroma fills my breath to wake my primal union with my soul and senses one and all I love thee, love thee, love thee, Fall! Finding Joy in Your Life This poem captures an experience of pure joy in my life, a time when I was thrilled to be alive. Think of am experience that filled you with joy. Where were you? Who was with you? What did you see, hear, smell, feel, and taste? How long has it been since you experienced joy? |
Fear
I carry it like luggage - It is heavy and a burden, But I need it I think Lest I cast my lot completely - In favor of joy |
Letting Go
To cling to what I treasure and shun what I fear is not in itself the vice That lies within the blind I wear and the will to pay its price - To never know the value in the consequence I fear or the detriment to life itself of that which I hold dear |
No Anesthesia
no food no drink no pill no phone no computer no driving just quiet emotional outgassing - No anesthesia Then release Then peace No anesthesia Don't Be Afraid to Feel Your Feelings Are you so afraid to feel your feelings that you anesthetize your self by eating, drinking, or taking a pill? Perhaps you keep yourself distracted from your feelings by disappearing into the digital world. Maybe your anesthesia is keeping busy. I have good news - you don't have to live this way! |
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Peace
There is no hurry. There is no wait. There is no early. There is no late. I no longer seek distraction from ever-present anxiety. There's no discomfort in the now - It's not prickly like it used to be I've no concern for the future. The past no longer drives me Instead I float, as on a raft, and let the river guide me My soul rejoices in this freedom. I breathe so ever easily. I know now that I belong to a god who loves me dotingly. |
Bridges
It was not until I reached the second bridge, That I truly realized I had crossed the first It was not until I crossed the second bridge, That I could not deny the many more |
In
I never thought to live in my house, to renovate the rooms I only sought to get out - To live in something new Ten times I left, ten times I built that house again the same From breakfast nook to ceiling fan, from brick to window pane In my rage, I tore it down -stripped it to the frame and in the end, found myself out through a door that opened in |
