Today I will be free
Unencumbered
Put aside childish things
And habits that do not suit me
Today the record
Will not skip
Life will go on
Without me getting in the way
I will be present
Mindful
Dignified
Aware
I will not be controlled
By ugliness
Today is a new day
I am free
I will fight
I will light my own path
And overcome my own demons
I brought them into this world
And I can take them out.
Category Archives: Original Poetry
Justice (7/365)
Blend in
Adapt
Your skin is your badge
Do you believe what they say about you?
Change or die
Robin Hood
Street justice
Bend the system
Could you love a foreigner?
I don’t know your language
You don’t know me
They’re smaller
They’re poorer
They’re not a threat
Give me your money
You laugh
They hit you with a bat
And take it from you
A smile condescends
An averted glance
Is self-righteous
Who will make amends?
I quickly walk away.
Living (6/365)
How I wish these paved streets
Were still grassy meadows
Then I could feel your life
Under my feet
Persistent sprouts crack
The sidewalk
Like a man buried alive
Clawing its way to the surface
I can’t tell if I am nearer
Or farther from the
Energy source
Living in the city
There is so much more
Stimulous
And so many more
Barriers
Am I really living?
I mean really living?
Is God like a million strings
Attached to my body?
I can move but I must
Be ever conscious of the tension
The guiding forces
That choose my steps for me
Open my mouth
And guide my hands
So how do I live?
The greatest commandment
Is to love one another
Or at least
Do no harm
And don’t draw too much attention
To yourself
Or others will notice
Your broken strings
And scoff
Shine (5/365)
The way you share your smile
With the world
Makes you beautiful
The way you step aside
To let the ignorant one pass by
Earns you respect
The way you keep silent
As fools defend and offend
Proves your wisdom
The way you look around
Really look
Makes them wonder
The way you show interest
In anyone but yourself
Makes you shine
You (4/365)
Sattva
Bhakti
During the day
I take on such importance
Look what I’m doing
Look what I did
Look what I will do
Your praises are not yet
Ever on my lips
So I tattoo them on my body
Devotion means
Remembering you before
Each word I speak
Balance means keeping
A state of mind where
Thoughts of you can grow.
You
My source of wonder
You
My protector
You
My kindness & mercy
You
My wisdom
Rest in Peace (3/365)
Success has a price
For every wish
A flame must die
Each one
Who lives to heal the world
Suffers proportionally
The more sensitive you become
The more often you dance with pain
The wider your heart
The bigger the target
But those brave souls
That bear our burden
Are honored in death
As ones who showed what we might become
If we could rise above need and fear.
Proud or Pervert (2/365)
Proud or pervert
Gay or straight
Love or marriage
Male or female
Dyke or fag
Heaven or hell
In or out
Birth or adopt
Ask or tell
City hall or closet.
No on 8
Accept or Tolerate
Phobia, shame
A mother’s dreams
LGBT
Family rights
Wedding
Electro-shock
Will fuck on the first date
Drag queen
Crossdresser
Rainbow sweet
Equality pride
Castro
Harvey Milk
Gavin Newsom
San Francisco
Words (1/365)
The sun sets on our conversation
More than a text message,
Thank God.
It’s hard to do the work
that makes a man better
A house is built one brick at a time
When your lives are full
An argument takes time
But words build a relationship
When you’re tired an
impure word might slip out
and put a crack in your foundation
Sometimes it feels like we’re
building the Tower of Babel
How will we ever become one
with God when our words
keep confusing the way?
365 Challenge
Okay, I’ve seen more than one blog now doing a 365 challenge – Hana/Mike are writing something they are grateful for every day for a year, and I saw Mel was doing a photo a day for a year, so, inspired by them and the Pulitzer prize-winning poet W.S. Merwin, my goal is to write a poem a day for 365 days. As my roommate (who is also a writer) said, even if you write 30 poems, odds are 1 or 2 might be worth reading. Let’s hope so….enjoy!
Power of Love
You’ve got a power in you
It’s deep in your eyes
That power is in me
And in every sack of bones
Even when we are apart
I can feel your pain
And I can call across the universe
That I’m holding your shaking hand
I make love to the music
That swims in my body
And lets me hear your call
I just want to be close to you
Our hearts have a pull
Stronger than anything
Einstein could dream
I rest in your warm pulsing insides
And you dive in and out of mine
Romeo and Juliet must have known
Only in death are you truly one
These bodies keep us apart
So we bounce off each other
And resist the pulls that could
Tear us apart
In this wide, wide world
Of illusions and drama
Of jamming square pegs
Into round holes
And pouting when they pop out
All you need is love
It’s been said before
Everything else is false
And ugly
And drives us all apart.