Photo by Eugene Lagunov on Unsplash vanity I am a clown of vanity seeking validation everywhere chasing empty meaning to exhaustion from one shallow high to the next tired of the chase and the energy I waste I find no peace in rest endlessly repeating what does not work for me my masks weigh heavy…
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Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash no way out I can’t meditate my insecurities away escape my past and numb the leftovers I can’t talk my way out re-telling my story reaching for better thoughts without taking perspective I can’t be dieting or fasting myself into a better me reshaping my soul through exercise my…
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Photo by Mitch de Klein on Unsplash pleasure is water showering my head and blissful sensations trickling down tickling me a soft breeze stroking the sun kissing my face it is sweat rewarding my effort and strong winds filling my sails the cold shaking and warmth embracing me it is me rising up effortlessly against…
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Photo by Didssph on Unsplash coming out I hear your call but might not heed it coming out of my shell is sometimes too much to ask I like the freedom to retreat into its sanctuary into rest pause and stillness laziness of thought and action into the shelter of quietness when I join you…
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Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash the shape of music never still continuously flowing from one interval to the next expanding in colour intensity and quiet pause excitement and curiosity builds in the presence and absence of sound leading to liberation from thought enticing spontaneity in action following, breaking and playing with its rhythmical guidance…
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pain stop advocating pain is good for me good to ignore and fine to override stop telling me there is no gain without you can’t convince me of accepting your brutality as a gift it is unwanted stop telling me to distrust my own responses by trusting you you don’t resonate your size doesn’t fit …
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Photo by Jen Theodore on Unsplash questions have you ever quietened your mind enough to hear your body speak have you ever experienced being in discord with what you have been told have you ever felt in doubt about what has been sold to you as truth, fact or science have you ever lived in…
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Photo by Mulyadi on Unsplash giving up I am giving up on competing trying to be better cleverer than anyone else and on getting the biggest piece of cake I am giving up on attempting to influences outcomes that are beyond my reach or outside my circle I am giving up on having the end…
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Taking unknowingly taking knives from my lovers to cut their hearts with how I was cut by my past soothing my wounds by taking innocence how mine was taken taking back control from a stolen childhood feeling the impact the scars ease and the knives melt by receiving and opening to what I had been…
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work in progress I am a work in progress my words and language unrefined not willing to edit my voice intend on showing up open-hearted poised to learn anew what has been hidden from my attention it doesn’t matter what I have earned already it doesn’t count for much to rest on the scars and…
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Horizon When I stand I can see no further than my horizon When I fall I can fall no further than the earth When I speak I can only use the words that are known to me When I am listening I can only hear you when I am present When I respond I can…
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solitude I am cultivating space inside where only I reside in joy in pleasure in presence still in movement and moving in stillness sharing serene calm with you the place inside I make my own accessing the not doing seems simple and a treat a re-treat to re-member bringing back home my fragmented selves softening…
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