The Art of Mindful Living: Gratitude for Thich Nhat Hanh and His Teachings
Thich Nhat Hanh is not only a zen master but a true catalyst for the change in the world we are trying to create. His teachings have carried an essence of love and understanding throughout the world to all people regardless of gender, race, or religion. He is a true example of love and mindfulness […]
Falling In Love With A Lie
I have tried hard to not exist That existence itself erases in everything I am and become From traveling in a quiet space of time A seed covered in snow I don’t give the chance to exist for anyone or myself Erased, forgotten My identity does not belong to anyone Not even myself A passerby […]
Puppet and Puppeteer
Familiarity only seems to be in good-byes Foreign to me when something stays Unorthodox Seems as if disintegrating is my only true nature I wish someone could prove me wrong I beg I beg for people to leave as if they’re the ones forcing my insides to swell The mind playing puppeteer and puppet
Boiled and Brewed
Once a man spit at me, enraged with fear, yet trickling with curiosity “You put a spell on me.” he scolded, a declaration of some sort As if I were up next for the Salem Witch Trials, wooden pellets poking at my feet In fury I cast one then from my tongue, “If this were […]
Making Life Work for Us: The Truth of Real Spirituality
People are always looking for their missions in life, what God has ordained for them to be, or claiming that something is their calling, better yet, we can say desire above all. What they never realise is that God has ordained no one! We are the creator of our own lives and we are the […]
Childbearing
Always without further awareness, I am asked Why do I not want children? But never asked What does a child mean for me? As if birthing the creation of life has to do with the creation of another human being Concepts can be limited My concept is my creation The mysticism I create before me […]
August Is Now Cold For Us
Her mouth, filled with haunting whispers of her past Listening closely as she speaks, filled in each space, a slit of pain trembling off her lips Sorrow edging off her fingertips, leaving traces Grasping onto anything familiar Something she can lose She knows what it’s like to have lost a soul But what she doesn’t […]
Suicide by My Mind
Warm bedded sorrows Coated in the silence of late nights Insanity wraps me up tightly, humming in my ear, each sweet nectar Dripping in ecstasy from green printed promises A coded imprint Embedded and woven into Eighteen To Twenty-Four It burns only for my own sake A way to take my own life Is to […]
For the Love of My Friends
I always thought I needed love that was full of lust or desire But the one I come to crave Starts as a sprouting of a seed in my chest Blooms into a heart beat of all the lovers I felt for combined Radiation from my heart instead, when I look at my friends Flowers […]
You Could Never Kill My Passions: A Poem On What it Means to Live
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