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Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 15, 2021
Tags: .poetry, , , , forget, , , , ,   

Forget

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Sometimes
my emotions feel like a
spool of thread
wound tight, yet not too so,
more just right.

How, you ask, could I know?

Years spent
living in a body
with emotions bound
so tight,
I lived on the verge
of extinction
from the very bliss of
every little feeling distinction.

And now?

Just right,
is about the state
of things today. And,
I’m always curious
about what the next chapter
will lay

at my feet.

As I continue
to learn
more about my (our)
very existence
on a planet
so full of wonder
I often forget

what I’m dealing

with.

#poetry, #contemplation, #earth, #emotions, #forget, #introspection, #life, #nature, #poem, #poems

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 14, 2021
Tags: .poetry, fatherhood, , , , , , sons   

Bold

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Does language
ever really capture
the love we feel
completely?

Do stars
drop from the sky
and nestle us
with great surprise?

Pondering
these questions,
I think about the boys,
grown up so much now;
it’s hard to believe
as I still see their shadow
in my rear view.

On different paths,
are they,
yet learning more,
they are,
about themselves,
and, yes,
everyone else.

A miracle to behold,
is the gift
of being a father
to two young men
so bold.

They touch my heart
in so many ways,
at times,
it’s impossible to impart
the fullness
of this beautiful gift,
especially when we are apart.

Be that as it may,
for today, it’s enough
to know
that they live within,
and will stay there
forevermore.

#poetry, #fatherhood, #heart, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #sons

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 13, 2021
Tags: .poetry, grin, hamity, has been, , , , , , smile   

Grin

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With every step I take
there is heartache,
like I might
break.

And, then, just around
the bend, I
see you grin, and
my ache turns into a
silent has been.

#poetry, #grin, #hamity, #has-been, #joy, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #smile

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 12, 2021
Tags: .poetry, 28-5, , , intruige, , , , , , wdys#81   

28-5

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I knock three times,
yes,
it’s 28-5.
It seems I’ve got
that right, yet
there’s never an answer,
and I wonder
what might be the matter.

I pace
and think,
and think and pace,
clearing my mind
of all those escapes, and
preconceived ideas
of what I’m missing, while
staying present
to the glow that’s forth giving.

And, just then,
I hear someone
from behind the door,
calling someone
from beyond
the shore.

And yet,
no one’s there,
and I wonder
about all that’s fair,

as our

hearts
mingle in a dance
of inquiry,
hidden from view
behind
a barricade
of life’s fullest and most
interesting mysteries.

In response to the WDYS #81 prompt from Keep it Alive, by Sadje.

#poetry, #28-5, #heart, #inquiry, #intruige, #life, #love, #mystery, #poem, #poems, #wdys81

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 11, 2021
Tags: .poetry, , , , , , , , , ,   

Haiku #23

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memories forged of
another place and time, we
sit and ponder this

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Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 10, 2021
Tags: .poetry, , direction, , , , , , , , ,   

Protection

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The tree stands,
some in light
and some in shadow

A whimsical
feeling soes foretell
of another
delightful place and time,
Where healing happens
in an instant
and all those issues
are gone before you’ve
glimpsed it.

It’s there
on the stairs,
again, calling
to all that care.

Beauty
in all that’s seen
just like in a dream,
magical, mysterious,
and certainly glowing
with such effervescence
you wonder
if it’s really full
of that much pleasure.

You reconcile
the feeling
with a need for healing,
and realize,
the light’s always been
there. Guiding
and providing
you with direction
and much protection.

#poetry, #contemplation, #direction, #feeling, #guide, #healing, #introspection, #life, #love, #poem, #poems, #protection

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 pm on May 9, 2021
Tags: .poetry, , , , lift, , , , , ,   

Lift

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Through
thick and thin,
and all the spaces that live
within.

They provide
guidance
at every turn,
even when it might burn.

And,

display persistence
in the face of adversity,
especially when
we are close
to calamity.

A mother’s love
burns so bright,
the light can be seen
from other worlds
even on the darkest of nights.

Not asking for anything
in return,
leading from the center,
until the heavens
open up
and shower us
with their love, and, yes
we did learn.

On this Mother’s Day,
then,
let us impart this small gift,
upon those strong and courageous
women,
whose dedication, love,
and kindness,
did always give us
that needed lift.

#poetry, #courageous, #guidance, #life, #lift, #love, #mothers-day, #persistence, #poem, #poems, #strength

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 am on May 9, 2021
Tags: .poetry, , , , detachment, , , , , , , , , , , , unreality   

The Fabric of Accessorised Attachment: Amber and Jeff (4)

When I look inside,
sometimes is found a diatribe,
of ideas, which are
moving and shaping
experience
without the knowledge
of the receiver.

Egoic mind in motion,
suffering extending roots
from craving to attachment.
Blinding light of awareness,
are you afraid of the
parallax light would perform?

Following these ideas
from here to there
is often pale,
until that is,
we get beyond
the veil.

We often accessorize
to people and ideas
too comfortably
with the gates to our heart
unlocked
with hope,
the void of emptiness
remains when the
filled absence
has dissolved.

We must then
make headway,
and, stay resolved,
by being open
to all that’s at our door,
while we learn more
about humanities very core.

Welcome others to be who
they truly are,
by mirroring and refracting
off Self.
Don’t force situations,
solutions once submerged emerge,
uncertainty is reality,
delve into it.

Experience
is a wise teacher, and
can shed light
on the ideas
we struggle with,
while we bundle close
together,
and pray for
our very souls.

Detachment does not
mean that you should own nothing,
but that nothing should own you.
Soaring above the
high planes,
be enrolled experience
yet not of it.

Experience as the guide,
please abide, and
delight yourself in the fabric
of reality within view,
while ensconcing
yourself in the mystery
of all that is hidden within you.

Created by Amber of DiosRaw, and myself.

#poetry, #attachment, #awareness, #collaboration, #detachment, #diosraw, #experience, #heart, #humanity, #life, #love, #mind, #mystery, #poem, #poems, #reality, #unreality

Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:00 pm on May 8, 2021
Tags: .poetry, , exploration, , , , , , , ,   

Haiku #22

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twists and turns galore,
heart ready to explore, with
silence at your door

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Unknown's avatar Jeff Flesch 6:01 am on May 8, 2021
Tags: .poetry, , fractures, , , , , , , , , sealingandhealing   

Sealing and Healing

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Trauma and pain
go together,
and as I sit here
and type this poem,
I’m reflecting upon
this person’s pain, and
all of the memories
that are the impetus for such
agony and drain.

The memories
are like splinters
in my heart,
and run deep, just like
a fracture in the earth,
which, in times of
great consternation
split wide open,
spilling forth
the earth’s contents
from it’s very core.

And,
just like our beautiful
Mother’s fractures,
these splinters of the heart,
widen with time,
until momentum enough
is created,
and everything comes
spilling forth.

Yet,
this truth does not
live in isolation
from the sealing
and healing
of those splinters of heart,
and fractures of earth,
which gather together
over time.

Acknowledging
their existence,
and filling them,
one and all,
with love and compassion
is a remedy
that I truly adore.

#poetry, #contemplation, #fractures, #heal, #heart, #introspection, #life, #love, #pain, #poem, #poems, #sealingandhealing