POETRY
OPEN YOUR MIND
OPEN YOUR MIND
AND YOU WILL FIND
SO MANY WAYS
TO UNWIND
GRUNGE
GRUNGE IS A SPONGE
THAT SOAKS YOU UP
OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND
WHATEVER IT IS
REMEMBER THIS
YOU GOTTA DIG THAT SOUND
YOUR MISSION
DIVINE INTERVENTION
MAKE THAT YOUR INTENTION
GIVE IT YOUR ATTENTION
BEYOND COMPREHENSION
TRUST YOUR INTUITION
MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION
SEE WHAT YOU ENVISION
THEN MAKE THAT YOUR MISSION
A litany of manic adventures
Such a playful synergy
Your heart strings and mine
Thrumming on our frequencies
Drawing fourth sacred energy
Running on light beams
Dipping our toes into notes
And hands wafting in melodies
Dizzying highs and resounding lows
Shattering boredom
Stepping on apathy
And plucking joy from the air
A glorious spiritual liturgy
How beautiful now since we've learned to pray
Drawing such sublime adventures
Going this way and that
Shuffling the order of truths and mystic mysteries
Coming full circle where withall
then bounding off again.
Such a lifting of feet
a symphony of etherial musings
The tethering of our minds eyes
innocent daydreams
Making a mockery of darkness
Shining in the glory light beams
Bloated with gladness
Soaring with hopes
Soul Edifying
And that's just the beginning
Of our poetry.
SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY THERE
CAN YOU HEAR THE MUSIC
IN YOUR HEAD
HOW YOU GONNA USE IT
TO PRETEND
TO WRITE A SONG
AS YOU SING ALONG
TO SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY THERE
LOST IN THOUGHT
ARE YOU FOR REAL
YOU'RE SO SURREAL
SO WHAT'S THE DEAL
CAN'T IMAGINE
WHERE TO BEGIN
TO LET YOU IN
ON THE SECRET
IT WOULDN'T BE ONE
IF I DID
WON'T TELL ANYONE
IT'S FORBIDDEN
IF IT'S WRITTEN
SO REGRESSING
KEEP YOU GUESSING
ALL THAT CHATTER
DOESN'T MATTER
REALIZE
IT'S THE VIBE
THAT SURVIVES
ARE YOU DEALING
WITH THE FEELING
ALWAYS CHANGING
LEAVES YOU HANGING
NOW YOU'RE CAUGHT
LOST IN THOUGHT
READING BETWEEN THE LINES
WONDERING WHAT YOU'LL FIND
just saying
A meme found on Twitter about what could be a real issue when readers engage with our poetry:
"I" in a poem doesn't (have to) mean it's me!
~ exPRESSions ~
CLEAR AS MUD SAID ENOUGH
I MEAN WHAT I SAY WHEN I SAY WHAT I MEAN
I SAY WHAT I MEAN WHEN I MEAN WHAT I SAY
IS THAT CLEAR AS MUD IS THAT CLEAR AS MUD
IS THAT CLEAR AS MUD IS THAT CLEAR AS MUD
HAVE I SAID ENOUGH HAVE I SAID ENOUGH
HAVE I SAID ENOUGH HAVE I SAID ENOUGH
I MEAN WHAT I SAY WHEN I SAY WHAT I MEAN
IS THAT CLEAR AS MUD HAVE I SAID ENOUGH
I SAY WHAT I MEAN WHEN I MEAN WHAT I SAY
HAVE I SAID ENOUGH IS THAT CLEAR AS MUD
SAY WHAT I MEAN MEAN WHAT I SAY
CLEAR AS MUD SAID ENOUGH
SAID ENOUGH CLEAR AS MUD
MEAN WHAT I SAY SAY WHAT I MEAN
CLEAR AS MUD
SAID ENOUGH
CLEAR AS MUD
SAID ENOUGH
DROWNING IN A SEA OF THOUGHT WAVES
TOOK A LONG WALK ON A SHORT PIER
END UP DROWNING HOW'D I GET HERE
TOOK A SHORT WALK ON A LONG PIER
WONDERING WHAT I'M DOING HERE
THEN IMAGINE WENT FOR A SWIM
JUST ON A WHIM OUT ON A LIMB
OF A BIG OLD TREE BY THE SEA
DANGLING FREE THEN SUDDENLY
CAUGHT BY A WAVE THAT WAS ENRAGED
WHY DID I DARE TO DANGLE THERE
RIGHT IN ITS WAY I COULDN'T SAY
AND SO IT SPLASHED AND SLAPPED I CRASHED
I SWAM ABOUT BEGAN TO SHOUT
IT KNOCKED ME OUT WITHOUT A DOUBT
IT PUSHED ME BACK ONTO THE SHORE
I WOULDN'T MESS WITH WAVES NO MORE
DROWNING IN A SEA OF THOUGHT WAVES
WONDERING WHY IF IT BEHAVES
MIGHT ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE SOME DAY
BUT FOR NOW DOESN'T SEEM THAT WAY
YET I COMMIT IT TO THE PAGE
LIKE TAKING ORDERS FROM SOME SAGE
WHO SEEMS TO KNOW BETTER THAN I
SOMEDAY THERE'LL BE A REASON WHY
THIS TALE DOESN'T WANT TO END
IT'S MUCH LONGER THAN I INTEND
IT CAUSES ME TO APPREHEND
TO UNDERSTAND TO COMPREHEND
THAT EVERYTHING HAS GOT TO END