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BEYOND COMPREHENSION

PREMONITIONS

DE JA VU

HAVE THEY EVER 

HAPPENED TO YOU

UNEXPLAINED

THE REMAIN

UNDENIABLE

CERTIFIABLE

MESSAGES FROM BEYOND

THIS PLANE WE ARE ON

BEYOND COMPREHENSION

DEMANDING ATTENTION  

Author's Notes/Comments: 

ORIGINALLY TITLED MESSAGES FROM BEYOND...THE LAST TWO LINES CAME AS I WAS COPYING THE POEM OVER HERE AND THE TITLE WAS CHANGED...

A MOMENT IN TIME

A MOMENT IN TIME

SO FLEETING

SO BRIEF

SOME CHERISHED MEMORIES

NEVER CEASE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THIS CAME TO ME WHILE LISTENING TO  ALEXA READ THE KINDLE BOOK JIMMY AND ME BY LEW BRACKER...SO MANY MOMENTS IN TIME...SOME LAST A LIFETIME...THOSE CHERISHED MEMORIES...

SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

THERE IS NO MISTER RIGHT OR WRONG

BUT SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

YOU MAY COME ACROSS SOMEONE

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

Author's Notes/Comments: 

WATCHING LITTLE WOMEN AND A LINE POPPED OUT AT ME SOMETHING LIKE   YOU DON'T NEED MANY SUITORS YOU ONLY NEED ONE IF HE'S THE RIGHT ONE....AND I GOT TO THINKING HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF IT WAS THE RIGHT ONE OR THE WRONG ONE...MY GUESS WOULD BE MOST WOULD FALL SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN...

TO KEEP OUR DIGNITY

WHY IS IT SOME FALL IN LOVE

SO VERY EASILY

WHILE OTHERS KEEP UP THEIR GUARD

PREFERRING TO BE FREE

WHY IS IT WE TRY SO HARD

TO KEEP OUR DIGNITY

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I THINK THE TITLE AND LAST LINE ONE IN THE SAME  ANSWERS THAT QUESTION...

MOST UNFATHOMABLE THINGS

ONCE THERE WAS A WELL SO DEEP

THE BOTTOM COULDN'T BE REACHED

IT SEEMED TO BE A BOTTOMLESS PIT 

IT WAS SO DARK IT COULDN'T BE LIT

MANY MYTHS WERE WRITTEN ABOUT IT

MANY THEORIES CIRCLED ROUND

BUT NO ANSWER COULD BE FOUND

ECHOS THERE WERE QUITE PROFOUND

ONE NEED ONLY HEAR THE SOUND

OF DEEPER THOUGHTS LINGERING

THEY WOULD BE IMAGINING

MOST UNFATHOMABLE THINGS

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

I HAD THE FIRST TWO LINES STUCK IN MY HEAD AND THE REST JUST FOLLOED ALONG...IT FEELS MORE LIKE A SHORT STORY TO ME...

HOW RELATIVE TRUTH IS

I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR

HOW RELATIVE TRUTH IS

WHEN IT ONCE WAS CLEAR

THINGS WERE TRUE OR FALSE

WHEN WHAT WE BELIEVE IS TRUE

IS TRUE FOR ME OR YOU

AND IT'S OFTEN NOT THE SAME

SO IT'S HARDER TO PROCLAIM

THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS
THERE IS NO SIMPLE TRUTH
Author's Notes/Comments: 

THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS THERE IS NO SIMPLE TRUTH CAME AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. I MEAN  YA THERE ARE SOME SIMPLE TRUTHS OUT THERE THAT ARE TRUE FOR EVERYONE  BUT I AM TALKING ON A DEEPER LEVEL I GUESS...A LOT OF IT INVOLVES INTERPRETATION OF FACTS AS YOU SEE THEM...IT'S FUNNY I WAS THINKING OF AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE TRUTH LIKE THE SKY IS UP BUT IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT...THE EARTH IS A PLANET ROTATING IN SPACE AND WE ARE HELD IN PLACE BY GRAVITY SO SOMETIMES UP IS DOWN AND DOWN IS UP AND  COULD BE SIDEWAYS EVEN...I REMEMBER WRITING A POEM A LONG TIME AGO THAT HAD A LINE IT IT...UP IS DOWN AND DOWN IS UP THANKS TO THE FORCE OF GRAVITY...I HAVE OFTEN PONDERED THAT...OR MAYBE SINCE THE SKY IS PART OF SPACE WHERE THERE IS NO UP OR DOWN REALLY....IT GETS CONFUSING IF YOU OVER THINK IT...SO IT IS RELATIVE TO OUR OBSERVATION OF IT BEING ABOVE US THAT THE SKY IS UP...OR THE SKY IS BLUE...I FORGET IF THAT IS AN ILLUSION OR LAKES OR OCEANS OR BODIES OF WATER APPEAR TO BE BLUE BUT THEY JUST REFLECT THE SKY...MAYBE THAT IS IT THE WATER APPEARS BLUE SOMETIMES BUT IT IS ACTUALLY CLEAR AND REFLECTING THE BLUE SKY...SO MAYBE THE SKY IS BLUE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE TRUTH THAT EVERYONE BELIEVES TO BE TRUE...OR JUST SEEMS TO BE AN OBVIOUS TRUTH...

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WHEN INSIGHTS INCITE

WHEN INSIGHTS INCITE

A POET TO WRITE

INSPIRATION IGNITES

IMAGINATION DELIGHTS

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING

YOUR SOUL CAN SING

 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

WHEN INSIGHTS INCITE

A POET TO WRITE

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WHAT'S WITH ALL THE FOOD PICS

WHAT'S WITH ALL THE FOOD PICS

ARE PEOPLE SO OBSESSED

WITH WHAT THEY EAT AND HOW IT LOOKS

I REALLY COULD CARE LESS

I'D MUCH RATHER SEE NATURE

OR WILDLIFE OR PETS

THEY'RE MUCH MORE INTERESTING TO ME

TO EACH HIS OWN I GUESS

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WAS THINKING OF A BUNCH OF PICS I LOOKED THROUGH QUITE AWHILE BACK THAT MY SISTER WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US  TOOK ON A CRUISE SHIP. SHE PUT THEM ON A FLASH DRIVE I SENT HER SO I COULD SEE PICS OF HER TRIP. I WAS LIKE DELETE DELETE DELETE...GEEZ...I NEVER HAD ANY DESIRE TO GO ON A CRUISE...IT JUST NEVER APPEALED TO ME BUT SHE LOVED TO SO I WANTED TO SEE WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS SO GREAT ABOUT IT AND THE MAJORITY OF HER PICS WERE OF FOOD. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT...I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE MAYBE DOLPHINS AND THE OCEAN AND INTERESTING PLACES SHE MIGHT HAVE  VISITED AND HONESTLY THE MAJORITY OF THE PICS WERE OF  THE FOOD....UNBELIEVABLE...I NOTICE MY NIECES AND MY OTHER SISTER LIKE TO POST LOTS OF FOOD PICS TOO...I DON'T GET IT...THEY DON'T SEEM QUITE AS CARRIED AWAY WITH IT AS SHE WAS BUT STILL SEEMS TO COME UP A LOT WITH THEM...ANYWAY...LIKE I SAID...TO EACH HIS OWN...JUST NOT FOR ME...

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ON MY OWN

I DON'T WANT ANY MAN

THINKING THAT HE CAN

TELL ME WHAT TO DO

I'D RATHER BE ALONE

I'M USED TO BEING ON MY OWN

I LIKE IT THAT WAY TOO

 

 

 

 

 

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

I ALWAYS LOVED THAT LESLIE GORE SONG YOU DON'T OWN ME...I EVEN DID A KARAOKE COVER ON YOUTUBE AWHILE AGO....

I DON'T PLAY HARD TO GET I AM HARD TO GET...ACTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE...SO DON'T WASTE ANY TIME TRYING...HONESTLY NOT INTERESTED....JUST A GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT...SO TIRED OF BEING BOTHERED....TRUTH