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About MacroMichael

I aim to promote mental health and philosophy that will help as many people as possible towards a better quality of life - including myself.

Loonies

This is something that I am writing about.

This is not a political statement. This is about love and how some people don’t have the resources that they need to live comfortably although they work hard for it and at least deserve better support for conditions they live in. By working hard for it, I also mean that survival and existence can be hard work and everyone with care deserves a decent quality of life.

No one is necessarily to blame for poor quality of life but we can all help restore the balance, and especially those with the most resources… which is likely no one I know, but someone and some group of people could make a difference if they realise that they could actually enhance their own lives by doing so. 

Somehow there could be a better balance.

This poem is held together by a few rhymes and beats. Part of the idea is about imbalance and struggle. Poetic. A big reason for “the struggle” seems to be an inability or lack of desire to work together to create more balance. Some people are comfortable with disparity. Unfortunately I think that this is an unhealthy form of compulsion and/ or obsession that causes us to define our wants AS needs. The need for security is real but in some ways it is largely exaggerated and compulsive, like we need this monumental cushion, when we could surely get by wIth way less padding and more cooperation . The protection of our fortune is found with fate. Trying to eiminate the drama of fate and fool fate by storing supplies for ourselves, beyond what we could ever use, past our generations, that could be used by others that actually need it now: will bring negativity and harm our fates in ways we may not expect or understand until it is too late. Karma is real and we should work together for now. Still protect our children’s future, but by setting a good example, not by squeezing out those that supposedly don’t derserve it. Everyone deserves to earn a decent quality of life. Hard work is hard work.

Love on the other hand is underrated and often poorly defined. Love can be either a miraculous, beneficial, connecting passion or in another definition, more like a weak, frivolous and impractical form of lust or whimsical emotion.

I like the first definition and feel that love can get us through challanges and can help create balance. It seems that there could never be too much of this love, but definitely not enough.

Money doesn’t act that way. The best part of love to me is real and accurate. Money is a symbol and an unfair marker of what we deserve, based on contrived biases and a system that needs to be corrected. I am not saying that there is no room for riches or luxury, but that hard working and powerless people deserve a more reasonable level of compensation and/or support. No easy solution…

Hump day thoughts. Wrote most if this on Wednesday. It is now Thursday. So much going on. I am very close to a clean version of my new song. If I get time to record today, it could land. Looking for the right balance of the resources I have.

Maybe the prose writing edges out the poem today. Just a poem.


There is always too much or not enough
You know what I am talking about
It goes for money
And it is really rough
It could get better without a doubt
*
Some folks can’t eat
Some folks are hoarding stuff
For some it seems like there’s no way out
We need more money
Some are just out of touch
And act like they can’t hear the rest shout
*
We realize
There is not enough love
And how could there ever be too much?
The fight for money
Is always running
We have the time
We have resources
Why does there have to be such a rush?
*
We need more money
It is not funny
It is a crime that we don’t join forces
We must work on our issues of trust
*
There is always too much
More than enough
You know what I am talking about
It goes for money
And times are always tough
It could get better without a doubt


I am not crazy about the poem, but a few poems a week, so look out for the next one.

Hard work, love and care deserves a decent quality of life. Just saying.

☮️♥️

My dad took this picture. Loonies!

The Heart of the Matter (Just How it Goes)


What is at the heart of the matter?
The energy of life
*
Beyond the unwanted and unneeded
Nothing can supersede it
*
All of the rest seems
inconsequential
*
The heart of the matter
Has got more potential, unimpeded
We have to believe it
*
All of the rest is
Now falling in place
*
When we get right down to it
What matters the most
Is what we hold close
*
At the heart of the matter
Is something we chose
It moves our whole world
It pumps and life flows
It sinks then it grows
Through highs and lows
That everyone knows
*
What is at the heart of the matter?
It is what affects our life
*
Sometimes misunderstood
still competing
Things we can still succeed in
*
All of the rest is
Just what we suppose
It’s just how it goes


Happy Father’s Day

To dads out there!


Dad is a rock for me
I aim to be the same for my kids
Supporting when needed
and anchoring with integrity
*
Close connection still across distance
*
Sometimes like the wind
Quick reactions
Giving independence
but still
Working to guide towards success
*
And the flow of the water
Nurturing lives
Raising us to stand up on our own
and shaping us with time
For always


Dedication


Dedicated
To our causes
Our visions
Our missions
Our dramatic pauses
*
Must admit we are
Dedicated to
our wins and our losses
*
Celebrate all we know
All the possible
When we are hard workers
Or good bosses
*
When we know we are pros
Read all the clauses
It is not all for show
We carry invisible crosses
Sometimes we smash
Into the trash
Toss another
irretrievable cost it just happens
That’s life
*
Dedicated
To every focus
And just what our hope is
That helps us to cope best
Sometimes when we know best
We invest and flow fast
Troubles we go past
And get by
And feel glad
No problem
Good impact
We get back
Not outcast
Having got through with diligence
Some of it is just common sense
We can celebrate
Our impossible
Wins and losses
Our missions
Our visions
Our dedication to wellness
And our causes
Improving our lives


Inspired


Exclamation
End your sentence
Share your ideas
Rent-free tenants
*
Count your blessings
They are quite impressive
A happy life
We are all contestants
*
A word’s precision
And not pretended
So efficient
Depends how we meant it
*
Authentic mention
The potential is ours
With no apprehension
Good sense is great power
*
Easy changes
They rearrange everything we do
Take us much further
It is almost unheard of
To work in strain
Over again
If we have the chance to choose
Everything we do
*
We always change
Everything is new
*
Life always changes
Everything is new
*
Dissipation
End false pretence
Share your ideas
The helpful content
*
Honest passage
Is quite fantastic
A happy life
We are all impacted
*
A word’s precision
And not offensive
So efficient
Because you meant it
*
Authentic comprehension
The blend of calm and fire
Demands our attention
Depends if we are inspired


Love Pulls Us Through

This poem is about love, for everyone. I hope everyone has love, the respect, caring and pull to spend time, platonic or romantic.


I have stars in my eyes
Everyone can see them
It is nothing new
What can I do?
I love you
*
I do what I can do
To make it through
I reach up for the prize
From one point of view
*
Together forever
We can see the blue skies
Fire grows orange
Smouldering clouds
grey or white
Sometimes shades of pink
Our hearts are red
Night fades to black
In and out of my head

All of the colours attract
*
There are stars in the skies
Everyone can see them
It is nothing new
What do you want to do?
Our love is true
*
We do what we can do
To make it through
We will reach new heights
And cope with lows too
*
Together forever
We can see the blue skies
Fire grows orange
Smouldering clouds
grey or white
This time brave yellow
My heart is red
Night fades to black
Bright stars and moon over head

Both light and dark
will attract
*
Find the stars
They can’t hide
Every one can see them
It is nothing new
Love pulls us through


Rocks in the Tide


Rocks in the Tide

Between the beach and the sea
The rocks are complete
From rocks to the sky
We will climb up high
Forever is blue
Between me and you
*
Between each day and the years
The rocks will be here
From rocks to our pride
We will never hide
Forever is new
Between me and you
*
With all that we know
We will feel high or low
Sometimes we are shocked
The way that things go
We may know a lot
And have something to show
We are always rock
We determine the flow
*
Within right now and right here
The rocks make it clear
Like rocks in the tide
The waves we will guide
Forever is true
Between me and you


An Insect on Siding


All pretty and ugly
And from out of this world
A magnet for attention
By a perceptive bird
*
My indignation when you mention that you have never heard
My armour is like imagination
My image is a word
*
Person to person
Creature to life
Life to creature
I seem speechless?
I am just takng your advice
*
Silence for a few moments
We crawl before our soul flight
to experience other places
And here right now
To experience life
See many faces
Only with grace can we keep this pace
To live the life that we all deserve

All gritty and hungry
For what’s left of this world
A guaranteed devotion
To life, be reassured


Mood and Weather


One image
One moment
One event in the day

Can change everything
For better or worse

Either way

Sometimes I get the feeling that

I will be in the same mood forever


Then life happens     And I realize
My mood is like the weather

Sunshine can seem glorious
A relaxing warmth that’s brave  

Not Fearing


Clear skies can mean more to us
Grey clouds and rain can seem so dreary


But the sun can be too hot for us
Sometimes we need the rain
And wind can be refreshing
Or like a hurricane

Sometimes our mood stays balanced

With impressive resilience      

We face continuous change


Sometimes the more that it changes

The more that it stays the same

A fiery sun  

A sphere that bursts

through cold clouds and wet rain

Light dances on raindrops

A spectrum of colours

A sun-shower

Our mood is our weather vane

One image
One moment
One event in the day can change everything

We are immersed all the way

This time it is the real thing

I will be in the same mood forever

Then life happens

Now I realize that

My mood is like the weather


Alright

Optimistic poem?

Why not? Think positive

Have gratitude. Be aware of challenges and tough times.

Do our best to be alright more of the time.


Oh yes we are …
so for sure …
going to be alright
Just by
Holding tight
Each day in sight
We are so for sure
going to be alright
*
Confess I am …
to be sure …
usually alright
Just to
Fight the fight
Each day stay tight
To be sure I am
usually alright
*
Sometimes the drama
If it has not been planned for
Is like a hammer
Pounding stress
Into the day
*
We will be alright
Today is
Bright as bright
Let us find our time
*
So blessed we are …
I am sure …
that it will be alright
We just
Keep it light
Each day, new heights
I am sure in time
that we will be alright
*
Not so much glamour
But sometimes when planned for
Like what we stand for
Just the best
Each day alright