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Lonely Country Byways

Alone once more as before and again.

Let's take a ride, little one, you think. Get in the car. We need to get out with our reflections rippling across the terrain, the vistas of the musing mind today. Today it's time to think.  As those thoughts have lived inside you for a lifetime, making your life less lonely, learning the landscape, living it along your highway to inevitable dissolubility. You knew a lot of people. You had few friends. For pure closeness...

Dare to be different,  not just the same;  As all the others in lifes big game;  Stand out in the crowd from all the rest; Life is for living, it's not just a test;  Be who you are, uniquely yourself; The knowledge you gather lead to wisdom and wealth;  Wisdom gained from hardships overcome along the way; Wealth earned from lessons acquired with each passing day. 

All is Gone - Adrian Gabardo I guess it's true, everything does turn to rust, time is such a careless bitch, dropping you to the ground on every opportunity. Everything I've been, has now vanished, the once sweet kid, is just a bag of sorrow and apathy. My will has carried on, like the grains of sand, carried by the wind, far from my reach. My wish to live has disappeared, I feel like I'm just passing by, like the man wit...

Hold The Moon In Your Palm

Remember, a smile is the prettiest thing you can wear.

Hold the moon in your palm.Remind yourself who you really are.See darkness in the sunshine.See brightness in the dark.Swim in life's oceans, breathe in the wild breeze.Give without expectation, venture out into the world.Be brave, set out after what you want and need.Hunger for adventure, thirst for knowledge.Be adventuresome, take a chance.Inhale deeply, exhale, let go, know what it is to be free.Adventure may hurt a bit...

Surrender

Things always look brighter behind a smile.

If I should quitWill I ever knowHow seeds set Burst and grow Never would I see Them bud and bloomIf I lock myself away In a darkened gloom Cry yes I can If things go wrongSing to myselfMy self pity song Let my soul Be consumed with blackBut no that isn't meI will always fight back Wipe tears from my eyesDusting off my jeansSearch out light and colorPlaying on nature's screens Observing flowers bloomAnimals as they freely...

Live Like You're Dying

"We'll go up, up, up, but I'll fly a little higher." ~Zach Sobiech, Clouds (RIP) He's inspirational.

It starts with a doctor's appointment- nothing bizarre, just something routine.    And then they walk in  and there's this look and you know, you know something is wrong.   It begins with another doctor's appointment- something odd, a new routine. And you close your eyes and you wake up and you live, you live, because you're going to die.   And you find a smile spreads like a disease- if you smile, they smile. And if you...

Life

Life is to live, live it the best way you know how.

No one can reject the human nature, that makes one feel good in living; without which, life is all in vain. Enjoy every moment given, feed every desire, every dream, every deviant thought, be curious, explore. Revel in living life to bursting, it is yours to live, no one else's, unless you choose to share. Let every bolt from the blue tweak your desires. We only have one life, live it to the extreme. Be ravished by the be...

They had plans They were going to get a place together Start a big family Open a bookstore They have planned it all for years Then it got taken away He saw an innocent girl and took her life Over $20 in cash and a credit card As her girlfriend sat by her bedside, she said, Don't weep for me when I am gone I'll be here, always Live the life we planned Open the store and call it the Reading Corner Have the family we always...

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Oh, what a world we live in,I often wonder, are we the paler twin?We pride ourselves on being superiorto all; we don't realise our inferiority. Animals, plants, insects and arachnids,We should learn from them, not flip our lids. When nothing goes our way,We don't think or pray. We simply find solutions,Often they are pollutions. Our arrogance has to end,Before the world we rend.

I need youLike nothing I have ever known.Air, food and waterAre nothing to my life, They bring mere sustenance. You fill my meager existence With your love.Happy moments are made happier When I can share them with you.At times when things in my mind are fuzzy,You bring clarity.When my demons begin to circle, You shelter me with your love.For us.I long for the timesWhen you are truly beside me, physically.For your spirit n...

How Do You Know

Without experiencing, will you ever really know?

How do you know pure white,if you have never seen freshly fallen snow? How do you know pure light,if you have never observed sun's glow? How do you know pure darkness,if you have never ventured deep below? How do you know pure color's,if you have never seen a rainbow? How do you know pure happiness,if in your mind, sadness can't bestow? How do you know pure pain,if you have never been within the throe? How do you know pur...

Restless spirit

that restless spirit that is inside us all..

She's as free as the wind She roams where she wishes An equal mixture of dark and light Always dancing on the edge of life Searching for answers to the divine questions Why do we breath ? Why do we love? Why are we who we are? Why are we here? Seeking something undefined One riddle answered with another question why Why does life hurt? Why does love hurt? Why do we have to die? Why are we born to walk in another's life? S...

Bent Twisted and Kinked

An in depth look at who I have become.

While talking with a new acquaintance, this came up in the conversation. She told me, "ahh but my dear didn't you know that broken things hold the most beauty in the world, it is our imperfections that make us who we are, me yes I search for love, life, and I see beauty in everything around me. Even myself, took me a long time to see that my dear." My reply was, "Glad that you have found beauty in everything including you...

Things that are done can’t be undone. Sometimes things that are done are wrong, and can’t be forgiven. Sometimes things are done, but can be forgiven. When do we know which is to be forgiven? Sometimes we do things we know are wrong, because we are selfish, and want what we can’t even though we know it’s wrong. Do we care when we go after that one thing we shouldn't have? No, usually not, and sometimes we do and just don’...

I Choose

A declaration

I choose to become an independent author I choose to write organically I choose my friends wisely I choose to say “NO!” when something doesn’t feel right in my soul I choose my destinations in life I choose to read quality stories and poetry I choose which deity I want to worship I choose to not let other people’s opinions of me to gnaw at me I choose what’s best for Sharon, no one else I choose whose opinion really matte...