National Poetry Month

WHISPERS FROM THE PAST

WHISPERS FROM THE PAST

TAKING ME BACK

TO RELIVE THE GOOD OLD DAZE

MAYBE SO MEMORIES  DON'T FADE

SOMETIMES I GET CARRIED AWAY

AND FORGET THAT I'M STILL HERE TODAY

SEEM TO SPEND MORE TIME REMINISCING

THAN ACTUALLY LIVING

IT'S NOT JUST ONE OF THOSE STAGES

BEEN DOING IT FOR AGES

Author's Notes/Comments: 

MAYBE THEY'RE TOO LOUD TO BE WHISPERS CUZ THEY SURE GRAB MY ATTENTION A LOT OR MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE WHISPERS THEY GRAB MY ATTENTION CUZ YOU DO TEND TO LISTEN MORE CAREFULLY TO WHISPERS  DON'T YOU....HMMM...THE LAST FOUR LINES CAME AS I WAS TRANSFERING THE POEM OVER HERE...FIRST TWO AND THEN TWO MORE...I THINK IT'S DONE NOW...

THAT'S WHAT MOVIES ARE FOR

DO YOU EVER JUST

WANNA RUN AWAY

JUST GET TIRED OF

SAME OLD STUFF EVERY DAY

THAT'S WHAT MOVIES ARE FOR

SO MUCH YOU CAN EXPLORE

IN THE COMFORT OF

YOUR OWN LITTLE CAVE

IT'S A SAFE ESCAPE

ANYONE CAN TAKE

ANY TIME OF DAY

YOU CAN DRIFT AWAY

Author's Notes/Comments: 

JUST GETTING STARTED TO ESCAPE WITH THELMA AND LOUISE...HAVEN'T GONE ON THAT ADVENTURE IN AWHILE...

THEY GOT THAT BACKWARDS

ELEMENTARY EVIDENCE

IS SCARCELY ASKED FOR

SO MUCH DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE

IT'S PREJUDICE FOR SURE

I SPEAK OF OUR HISTORY

WHERE INDIANS ARE SAVAGES

TO ME IT'S NOT A MYSTERY

HOW THEY GOT THAT BACKWARDS

IT'S DUE TO WHO'S  TELLING THE STORY

WHEN THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER'S

QUITE THE OPPOSITE YOU SEE

THEY STOLE THEIR LAND... A TRAVESTY

IF WE LIVED THEIR NATURAL WAYS

THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE

I'VE ALWAYS FELT AN AFFINITY

FOR THEIR SPIRITUALITY

THEY ARE THE GOOD GUYS YOU SEE

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN SO CLEAR TO ME

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

BEEN LISTENING TO SOME INTERESTING STUFF ON AUDIBLE ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY...I AM IN TUNE WITH THEIR RESPECT FOR  NATURE AND ALL LIVING  CREATURES...TRUE RESPECT FOR THE EARTH AND ANIMALS AND PLANTS AND ALL LIVING BEINGS...NOT ALL THE CORRUPTION WITH THE  REAL SAVAGES IN CHARGE  MAKING OUR WORLD AS TOXIC AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN WITH NO REGARD FOR  LIFE OR NATURAL RESOURCES MAKES ME SAD...EVERYTHING IS TOXIC...AIR,WATER, SOIL,FOOD...THE WRONG PEOPLE ARE IN CHARGE AND WE ALL SUFFER FOR IT. WE WOULD BE MUCH BETTER OFF LIVING THE NATIVE AMERICAN WAY...EARTH KEEPERS ARE SO NEEDED. IT JUST SEEMS TO GET WORSE  CUZ NOTHING IS DONE TO STOP THE PSYCHOPATHS POISONING OUR WORLD. IT IS OBVIOUS WHERE THAT PHRASE MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL COMES FROM...GREEDY BASTARDS WITH NO MORAL COMPASS OR CONSCIENCE...PATHETIC.

EFFERVESCENCE

EFFERVESCENCE

JUST ITS PRESENCE

IN THIS INSTANCE

COEXISTENCE

IRIDESCENCE

ITS CONSISTENCE

ITS INSISTENCE

IN THE  ESSENCE

OF INNOCENCE

CONSPICUOUS

RESILIENCE

COINCIDENCE

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

EFFERVESCENCE

WHY SAY MY WAY

WHY SAY

MY WAY

OR THE HIGH WAY

DOES IT MEAN

LEAVE THE SCENE

CHOOSE BETWEEN

AGREEING

OR LEAVING

IS THAT THE MEANING

SUPPOSE

I CHOSE

TO IMPOSE

WHAT I THINK I KNOW

AND I JUST WON'T GO

TIL I TELL YOU SO

DO YOU INTEND

TO JUST PRETEND

NOT TO COMPREHEND

 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WAS THINKING OF USING THE LINE WHAT I THINKI KNOW FOR THE TITLE BUT DECIDED TO GO WITH  WHY SAY MY WAY CUZ I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD REMEMBER IT BY THE OTHER TITLE...IT STILL BOTHERS ME ABOUT TIME UPON A ONCE...I KNOW I CALLED IT SOMETHING ELSE A.K.A. TIME UPON A ONCE CUZ WHATEVER I CALLED IT I THOUGHT I WOULD REMEMBER IT BY TIME UPON A ONCE WHICH IS TRUE...I SHOULD HAVE JUST CHANGED THE TITLE TO TIME UPON A ONCE... AND CAN'T REMEMBER THE PART BEFORE THE A.K.A. I THOUGHT IT WAS ON WAVOME BUT I FOUND THE FLASHDRIVE WITH THAT STUFF AND DID NOT COME ACROSS IT. I KNOW IT WAS ON SOUNDCLOUD AT ONE TIME BUT THINK I DELETED IT TO MAKE ROOM FOR OTHER STUFF...I HAD IT WITH A MUSIC CLIP I DID. IT WAS VERY SHORT AND I NEVER POST IT AS A STAND ALONE POEM...I ONLY REMEMBER TIME UPON A ONCE DYSLEXICALLY INCLINED.....THE POSSIBLY MAGICALLY GRUNTS OR SOMETHING SIMILAR BUT BLANK OUT ON THE REST...DRIVES ME NUTS...SO WHY SAY MY WAY INSTEAD OF WHAT I THINK I KNOW...

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WITH AN OPEN MIND

INTERESTING HOW MANY THINGS YOU FIND

WHEN YOU'RE  THINKING  WITH AN OPEN MIND

DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW

START TO COME TO YOU

NOT QUITE SURE WHAT'S TRUE

CERTAINTY CERTAINLY LEFT BEHIND

Author's Notes/Comments: 

OFTEN THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THE LESS YOU REALLY KNOW FOR SURE IF YOU SEE IT IN DIFFERRENT WAYS...WHOSE TO SAY WHICH WAY IS TRUE OR HOW TO FIGURE THAT OUT WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY TRUTHS...INTERESTING... JUST GOT DONE WATCHING TWELVE ANGRY MEN WHICH I HADN'T SEEN IN AGES BUT REMEMBERED I LIKED IT AND WANTED TO SEE IT AGAIN. IT WAS INCLUDED WITH  PRIME VIDEO...WATCHING THAT AND  HOW THE LONGER THEY THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING THE MORE POINTS OF VIEW ABOUT IT SURFACED...AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE NOTICED DIFFERENT THINGS...SO TRUTH IS REALLY BASED ON POINT OF VIEW...NOT JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS BUT THINKING ABOUT IT AWHILE WITH AN OPEN MIND CAN BRING AMAZING INSIGHTS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED OTHERWISE.

AYAHUASCA

AYAHUASCA IF YOU INGEST

TELLS YOU MANY SECRETS

IT'S TRULY A MAGICAL PLANT

ONCE EXPERIENCED NEVER  FORGET

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WAS HALF ASLEEP HALF LISTENING TO BEYOND FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE SUMMIT OVERNIGHT AND THE PART I WAS MOST AWAKE ON THIS ONE SEGMENT MAYA WAS TALKING ABOUT QUANTUM DROPS AND SOMEONE WHO TOOK SOME AT A CONFERENCE SAID HE DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING AFTER TAKING SOME OF THOSE DROPS AND THEN MENTIONED BUILDING AN ALTER TO HIS FATHER. SHE ASKED IF HE EVER DID THAT BEFORE AND HE SAID NO BUT IT WAS IN JAPANESE CULTURE. STRANGE  COINCIDENCE HUH...HE FELT COMPELLED TO DO IT AFTER HAVING SOME OF THOSE DROPS YET CLAIMED HE DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING AFTER TAKING THEM...SHE SAID SHE GREW MASTER PLANTS AND THE QUANTUM DROPS CAME FROM THEM...THAT THE PLANTS TOLD HER PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE  THE PLANTS THEMSELVES TO EXPERIENCE THEM...INTERESTING...FASCINATING STUFF...I REMEMBER SEEING A MOVIE OR MAYBE SOME MOVIES ABOUT MAGIC MUSHROOMS AND  SPIRITUAL QUESTS THAT SHOWED SOME PRETTY WILD IMAGES  OF THINGS HAPPENING TO SOMEONE TAKING THOSE MAGIC MUSHROOMS...IT WAS FASCINATING TO WATCH BUT SCARED ME TO TRY IT...IT IS AN INTERESTING AND FASCINATING PHENOMENON NONETHELESS. I REMEMBER A MOVIE CALLED QUEST FOR FIRE BUT NOT SURE IF IT WAS ONE OF THOSE WITH A MAGIC MUSHROOM EXPERIENCE BUT I KNOW I HAVE SEEN AT LEAST ONE MOVIE OR MOVIES ABOUT IT...IT LEFT  A STRONG IMPRESSION....OH MAYBE THE MOVIE WAS VISION QUEST...THAT MAKES MORE SENSE...MAYBE IT WAS ALTERED STATES... I KNOW I SAW AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MOVIES ABOUT VISION QUESTS INVOLVING MAGIC MUSHROOMS...I SEE TOO MANY MOVIES AND THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO BUT THE IMAGES STUCK WITH ME...

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HABITS

WHAT HABITS HAVE YOUR FORMED 

ARE THEY SERVING YOU

YOU NEED TO STAY INFORMED

TO KNOW WHAT TO DO

 

IF SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING

DON'T HANG ONTO IT

THE ANSWER IS LURKING

SO YOU'LL BENEFIT

 

REPLACE SELF SABOTAGE

WITH SELF LOVE INSTEAD

SEE THROUGH THE CAMOUFLAGE

THAT'S INSIDE YOUR HEAD

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

ANOTHER ONE FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

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PRIORITIZE PRIORITIES

PRIORITIZE PRIORITIES

MEMORIZE MEMORIES

REJUVENATE REJUVENATION

PROCRASTINATE PROCRASTINATION

EDUCATE EDUCATION

OPPOSE OPPOSITION

REGENERATE REGENERATION

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY MONTH...TRY TO WRITE A POEM A DAY BUT DON'T FORCE IT...POEMS DO NOT LIKE TO BE FORCED...MAYBE TRY FOR THIRTY FOR THE MONTH EVEN IF THEY DON'T COME ONE A DAY...I KNOW DAY TWO I GOT TWO POEMS BUT DAY THREE AND FOUR NOTHING CAME TO MIND IN PARTICULAR ALTHO THIS ONE STARTED ON DAY FOUR WITH THE FIRST TWO LINES...

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