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Don’t Take Offense to it

Somewhat mystified

but I am still down to Earth

I stretch for answers

that you would like to learn

You would love to learn 

If you had my eyes

And could see what I have seen

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You would love to learn

If you had my ears

And could hear what I have heard

If we connect our nature

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I was mystified

But still sensing real things

I grasp new answers

that you would like to learn

If you had my design

and could feel what I have felt

Connect our consciousness

And connect our nature

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You are late arriving

Do I still make pure sense?

It goes against

the common sense

It is not trivial

It may seem immaterial

I hate to say

sure things and be criticized

that I am self-serving

as they leave me paralyzed

but my truth

they can’t disprove

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Yes I look out for myself

But with all the wealth

Of knowledge

Do you think that they might help?

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Somewhat mystified

Why we can’t

help more lives on Earth

I extend for answers

that you would like to learn

You would love to learn 

If you had my mind

And could know what I have known

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Peace can spread

If we don’t make

the edges too sharp

Make the connection to others

With an open heart

Doesn’t mean we have to

Give our soul away

Just share what we can

Don’t anticipate clash and loss

Unless there’s a real sense of it

And when it’s there

Try not to take offense to it

Rationally think of fair solutions

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The Village and the City

The village

Instills us

With thrills like

The bold

Full moon

The cool breeze

And hills with a chill

That will not quite freeze

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The calm night

Invites us

With sights like

The bright

Lagoon

The skies tease

Light clouds that stay dry

And stars high in trees

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Knocked down

to the sandy beach

Where we soak in the sun

And kiss the sky we can reach

While we have more fun

Embrace the nature

The water, our life and the Earth

Walk on rocks and mountains

Feel the trees

Fly with birds and our mirth

Sidewalks and roadways

Hallways and rooms with our curves

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The city

Still fits us

It hits like

A tight

Top tune

In major keys

With grit and kind wit

And quick grooves that please

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The day’s light

Defines us

Designs like

Sun shines

At high noon

We release

Bright chords that bring smiles

To help us find peace

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Peace in the Moment

We can rest now

We made it through

All the traffic and hard spots

Through shopping malls

Rain or snowfalls

And through the overflow of

Sparkling parking lots

Cashiers cranky

Some stores too swanky

Prices out of control

We find peace again

With family and friends

Down the bend

Maybe out on a stroll

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Or at home better spent

Time beginning to mend

Safe and sound overall

Away from the danger

The hate and the anger

From where it’s all pent up

Don’t bring home resentment

We will work things out

Without a doubt

Choose the season

This is what is meant

By peace in the moment

It is heaven-sent

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Each Day We Exist

Just existing 

What is possible?

Absolutely anything

I expect

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I’m insisting

That it’s possible

Every vision

we have next

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Expanding our reality

Connected to causality

Experience is

not a shallow thing

This is not a test

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Just existing 

What is possible?

Just about anything

I would guess

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I’ve witnessed 

That it’s possible

Every feeling

we have next

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Keep planning

what we feel and see

Protect our possibilities 

Nightmares are just

our shadow’s dream

Easy days confess

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The fact is

We exist

And we all want

All the best

You have to confess

While ignorance is bliss

Knowledge has

A far sweeter kiss

It has all the greatest hits

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We find it just like this

Experience that can’t be missed

Experience the blitz

Each day we exist

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Just existing 

All that’s possible

It could be anything

I suggest

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My suspicion is

That it’s possible

Every thought that

we have next

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Outstanding as we want to be

Selecting all we really need

Existence

Is not a hollow tree

A strong life gives us breath

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It is Everything

Words are always spoken

We are never fully woke and

Never will be, Not today

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Life is a dream and

It’s quite clear that

We All fall down

All the way

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Sunshine or rain

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Through clouds we are soaking 

Our light never can be broken

We both know that it’s true

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It is everything

Me and you

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Words that we should know now

That were never fully spoken

Never will be, not today

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Wise in a dream but

Not quite clear that

We All fall down

All the way

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Moonbeams or rain

^

The clouds that are showing 

By bright stars and moon are broken

We both know that it’s true

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It is everything

Me and you

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It is everything

It is true

The light that shines through

Our personal view

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Visions, voices

Everything we feel too

We stay aware of

Always take care of

Our life

Our love

Words that hold proof

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The sun and the moon

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It is everything

Through me and you 

To me and you

For me and you

It’s for all of us too

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Words are always spoken

And forever will be flowing 

Always will be

For today

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Tilt

It often feels like we’re being pulled in two or more different directions.

Of course,

We are

with many possible fates.

Of a handful of most likely possible paths, one path is evidently connecting to us at all times.

Outcomes can be within our control

like if we move with intention.

As we are pulled by our only fate, we join the energy and can guide the direction to the outcome just as a ripple or a wave connects to its own further peaks and valleys, part of the same material, within one same space and time dimension.

To guide the outcome,

we make new ripples.

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Weather and environment are around us and run through us.

Their systems and patterns are built from previous ‘ripples,’

chains of events in perpetuation of energy or the change of energy, material and it’s shape as it collides with, joins with or passes by other possible occupants of reality.

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Being pulled in different directions?

Or pushed.

Specifically I refer to the condition *between possibilities*

And how our own belief, action & decisions influence which reality manifests.

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I am posting because, Xmas break, I have more time to decide which direction to focus on.

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Writing has always been a hobby.

I took initiative and special classes, publishing poetry in school journals in grades 4-7. 

That’s a while ago.😳

Since then??!!

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Lots has happened.

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My experience?

Atypical

Appreciated

but at other times misunderstood 

similar to my personality.

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Writing is a direction that I follow; however, we need the career piece too.

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I worked in the trade as a licensed electrician for only eight years, four plus years of that as a foreman and before that five years as an apprentice and also in security wiring during my BA in psychology (grad 97).

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Trades are a great career for many.

Was for me.

I’m strong but due to my stature and personality, people at times

tested me and made me work harder than others, leading to injury *without question.*

My functioning is good now

but I’m sensitive to constant re-injury in the demands of the trade.

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So trades: out

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Writing: ongoing

Research?

Takes intense focus

Once again

It also depends on who you know and how well you get along.

Proving academic prowess through degrees, hard work & opportunity leaves me wondering how to find opportunity, have positive impact and sustain a living.

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I am engaged in projects.

Prior to my current involvement,

I published an article in an academic journal as coauthor.

Cool study.

Who do you know?

And how can one ever get ahead

without acceptance and paying a tonne of money for a degree that only *with hope* has some employment value?

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Trades out.

Research: a stretch!

Support work: ongoing

January will be ten years paid support work, although didn’t get regular part-time hours until 2018

And then full-time since 2021.

Before that, casual work

And still full-time electrician until November 2015.

Who cares?!!

I’m just thinking online.

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You know

Under all the grit

I like the people♥️

I would like to be understood better.

I observe things and at times can go into depth

for better or not.

As a front-line worker

with a different understanding

And diverse background

I could contribute more

It’s difficult to get that across.

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So:

Writing: Explore

Research must reach out to me

Support: Ongoing

Maintain, build understanding,

stand up for everyone’s rights.

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I also do volunteer mental health talks for kids and youth.

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I feel better now that I did this thread.

Day job: support.

Writing: Full tilt

(Status Quo).

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Victory Cry

It is weird

To predict the future

Or make assumptions

About tomorrow

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We jump to conclusions

When we fall for a vision

The chance of a lifetime

In time that we borrow

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Can’t wait to shout out

A victory cry

A voice getting louder

It’s no surprise

Full speed

With tears

coming out of our eyes

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That is life

When we take a detour

Find a new pathway

Towards tomorrow

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Let’s design a fast way

To make it a better day

The fate of a lifetime

With minimal sorrow

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Let’s never have doubt

Share a victory cry

Our choice is louder

New strength arrives

Souls freed

Confidence

can shine in our eyes

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No tears for fears

Maybe just tears of joy

We get through life

each day

With one clear choice

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Go quietly

Or make some noise

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Keep it together with great poise

Then make a difference

Use our voice

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Guide our future

When we see the light

Lead past trouble

With our victory cry

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Not a blood-curdling scream

But a shout out with a reason why

We are having success

This is how it applies

We are strong here

We are stronger together

I would like to say

We will never die

Just an expression?

Guides our future

When we see the light

Lead forever

With a victory cry

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A Poem for My Love

You are my connection in life

I love you more

than the power

of any other,

Intense romance

I need you more

than a flower

needs water or sunshine

I want you more than ever

Like in a slow dance

A pure groove

That stays true

My best for you

Here is what I will do:

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Live everyday

with you on my mind

Put our world first in every way

Together we can design

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Hours in life

Now and forever

Gardens and cities

A mood and the weather

The room we are in

The peace that begins

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Time we must get through

Like we always do

You know it is true

It is me and you

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A passion for the world

Totally unrivaled

We share this best

No question

We align our drive well

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Wake up

Have coffee

Work hard for success

For the world we love to live in

Share every ounce of wellness

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Take time to think

Help each situation that we encounter

Be as kind as a saint

And as strong as a mountain 

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As we plateau

By a lake

Or other spot we know

Cooling off

From the heat

Time is hotter

than what shows 

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We share the date

Have a meal

Out sustenance

Our treats

We can’t hesitate

So long as 

Peace arrives complete

For everyone

We work for

that you and I

Find in our reach

Love is not late

Resources pool

in our mind

or on the beach

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We have what we need

To balance our life

We find clear ways to see

We strive so we thrive

Because we believe in

Love, peace and nature

to help us succeed

This is our life

We make it more

With love we lead

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Feedback Please (Good or Bad)

I’m not feeling the magic

So how do I begin

It will not turn out tragic

But I need a new spin

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I won’t take a break

Because I don’t need one

But I’d like to

get back to

having more fun

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Feedback would help

I have so many words

But for all intents and purposes

The stats show I’m not heard

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The glaring mistake

The subtle glitch

Takes away from perfection

Sets me back quite a bit

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It’s always something

Isn’t it?

How can we get ahead

If we can’t market it?

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It would be fine for a hobby

To just do just for a laugh

But I at least need feedback

On all these rough drafts

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We Start to Have a Soul Here

Here

I am at once invisible

And on the greatest stage

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Calmly I walk across the wilderness

Tell me, what is all the rage?

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Busy roads and fast cars

Folks dressed up to the nines

Sidewalks crowded

Everyone a star

We form an intricate design

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In space that is invisible

Until we write upon the page

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Our name and the date

To start is great

As we fade

Into our own private journal

A glimpse over the shoulder

May make us bolder

if the viewer approves

And we like being told so

Or looking back

A follower that’s bright

Like a satellite at night

When it’s safe

And not too cold here

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Here

I am at once just physical

Walking on hallowed ground

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Calmly I face spirits

Of all the years

Tell me, what is it that I have found?

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Busy ghosts and shooting stars

Folks blessed

By crossing lines

Someone shouted

“We have got this far”

Then shares

An unfinished design

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In space that is just physical

Until the mind becomes unbound

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Our name and a date

To start is great

As we fade

Into our own private novel

A glimpse over the shoulder

As we grow older

if the viewer approves

And we like being sold more

Or looking back

A follower with light

That’s starts to ignite the fight

When it’s safe

To turn to gold here

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“What’s the big rush?”

You wonder

Asking me

“Oh not much”

As you can clearly see

I just want us to be free

From too much suffering

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Sometimes we manage

But sometimes

we are hanging by a thread

Sometimes we are left for dead

Because we don’t fit the mould

Too much is in our head

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My heart has way more

Than most care to explore

I’ve often been told

I should focus

on the prize instead

Follow

both bold and subtle rules

Of insufferable fools

Who treat justice as uncool

Because it goes against

The junk that we’ve been fed

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The world can change

With what we think

But then sometimes I start to sink

It seems like

they are often there to cut the thread

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Fortunately we tie good knots

And can get stronger chains

To avoid the pain

Lifting us up to better spots

Where gears don’t get caught

And no one is left struggling in vain

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Pull ourselves up together

Where mind and body don’t sever

And our soul is soothed

or positively excited by our brain

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People see a mountain or a hill

Trees that are never quite still

The forest is a wall or a window

We write our visions in the rain

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Life strives best

when we all gain in goals that are logical

healthy and sane

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Here

I am at once invincible

With logic that can’t fail

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Calmly I board the train at the station

Tell me

How do we shape the rails?

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Busy routes with fast starts

Folks best to be on time

Strangers doubted

We can’t know that far

We seek a familiar design

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In space that is invincible

Until we share the right details

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Our name and date

To start is great

As we fade

Into our own private story

A glimpse over the shoulder

Our vision is told here

if the viewer approves

And we can be in the fold more

Or looking back

A follower in sight

With an appetite for heights

When it’s safe

To take a hold here

We start to have a soul here

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