tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21302027634441834412024-03-19T13:11:04.809-07:00The Adventures of DylanPoems, journals and assorted writings of every sort about the details of my adventures in both the outer and inner worlds. Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-24592085518356982762017-02-28T23:59:00.000-08:002017-09-26T00:00:02.079-07:00Brown Eyes Whispering [Poem]<div style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Palatino; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">When her brown eyes whisper, “I love you” </span><span style="font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and her cheeks redden in my presence, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My blue eyes are spellbound.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Her face is both innocent and mature, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">merging the instinctively heart-capturing softness of a little girl </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">with the life-loving radiance of a young woman.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Around her I have felt both young and old - </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">nourished by her warm presence, her affection watering my roots, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">as well as my delightful duty to protect her , </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">my benevolence enveloping like a sky.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Her voice is soothing like a message,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">as sweet as honey in a liquorice tea, </span></div>
<div style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Palatino; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">as comforting as a gently moving cloud. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Her passion-dipped words are verses of masterful poetry,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">verses written in our hearts but not on paper - </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">some words are too precious to be written down.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Conversing with her is an encounter between my</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> heart-of-hearts and hers.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We go delving into the hidden regions of our soul-caverns,</span></div>
<div style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Palatino; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">discovering mysteries shared with no one else. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Her hand is an invitation to adventure,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and oft have we been swept up in the gales of our enthusiasms,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">to gallivant in the towns and in the woods.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And in those edenic mornings, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">before the day is corrupted with time, </span></div>
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we have said, "<i>your embrace is my oasis".</i></div>
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-59344383961162141142017-01-11T13:23:00.000-08:002017-01-11T13:23:56.416-08:00The Love of Wisdom [Poem] Out of the profoundest sufferings,<br />
come little drops of wisdom.<br />
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Wisdom's shimmering blue light -<br />
Every subtle spark<br />
was worth more than all the happiness and pleasure<br />
I ever had to lose to gain it.<br />
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Here God shows me His two faces,<br />
the dreadful and the blissful,<br />
in equal measure.<br />
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Oh, Wisdom! <i>Sophia!</i><br />
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If suffering is what I must go through,<br />
to be closer to you<br />
then I will plunge headlong<br />
into agonies and dangers<br />
without a second thought.<br />
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Otherwise, what kind of<br />
<i>lover of wisdom</i> am I?<br />
Does not a lover wish to <b>die </b>for his beloved,<br />
and sacrifice everything on the altar of his craving?<br />
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Oh Sophia!<br />
Did not one of your lovers say,<br />
that You want us to be courageous and untroubled,<br />
for you are a woman who loves only a warrior?<br />
<i>That </i>message wasn't heard by the vulgar ears<br />
of those timid souls insincerely proclaiming their love for you now!<br />
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Oh, Sophia!<br />
For You<br />
I will venture. I will fight.<br />
For only out of the wilderness,<br />
do the wise ones come.<br />
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<br />Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-6618291472627920252016-08-17T05:14:00.002-07:002016-08-17T05:15:46.077-07:00The Labyrinth [Poem]<div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Life in this world </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">is a mere sojourn. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Of the many who have gone before</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">who can say he truly knows the path? </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Will I follow the life-roads laid by past-men</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">or go where there is no path and make one? </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">No one knows with absolute certainty</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">which life-roads lead to joy or to misery. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Life-roads intersect and intertwine, </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">forming an enigmatic labyrinth. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">No one can foresee where any life-road leads</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">causing doubt to pervade each and every one. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thus, can it not be said with a sigh, </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">that life is a sojourn through a labyrinth?</span></span></div>
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-78023257657884487552016-02-17T11:17:00.001-08:002016-06-07T18:26:07.194-07:00Necessity [Poem]Necessity is the dictator of my life<br />
and his severe voice commands me<br />
to work so I can afford to sleep<br />
in my own little corner of the universe<br />
and have enough food in the fridge<br />
to silence hunger's endless barkings.<br />
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My soul is weary of Necessity's lashings<br />
which drive me to mundane, repetitive work,<br />
but my spirit and hopes will never be crushed.<br />
I dream of wrestling my freedom away<br />
from Necessity's cold and steely clutches,<br />
so I can be ruled by want instead of need.<br />
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Then I will be as brutal a ruler upon myself<br />
as Necessity was to me - no rest for me, none!<br />
For being freed I must excel at my soul's vocation,<br />
otherwise I will waste my freedom on mere luxuries.<br />
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To defeat Necessity, I must learn what he teaches:<br />
<i>Before the soul can soar in the skies, </i><br />
<i>it must first have mastery of the ground. </i><br />
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<i><br /></i>Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-27414490047375263122016-01-22T06:31:00.001-08:002016-01-23T07:49:59.922-08:00When I Return [Poem] <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Growing up in Cape Breton Island</span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">felt like growing up in a world of softness - </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">comfy furniture with blankets and warm hearts to cuddle into </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">were always present to fend off the cold. </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Omelettes, school, meat and potatoes, and electronic entertainments came and went</span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">with as much repetitive certainty as the tickings of a clock </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and the tickings turned into months and years,<br />
and that was my life. </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
But then in the middle of my stomach I began to feel a fire well up inside me. </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It started as a subtle spark,</span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and this slow, burning pain permeated my days with dissatisfaction</span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">for that which I knew I should be grateful. <br />
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This subtle fire was fed by great books, tantalizing images of ancient, mysterious places, </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and the company of those who seek wisdom, virtue, and honour</span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">until finally this subtle spark grew into a great invisible flame burning and blazing within me </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and when I could no longer deny the heat I felt in my soul every second of every day </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I could no longer deny what it was - </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This flame was an instinctual inferno of ambition! </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This feeling of my heart pumping and blood burning </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">in anticipation of all the dreams I am going to fulfill in this life.</span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I want adventures and struggle so intensely it hurts - can you imagine? <br />
</span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I knew the only way I could extinguish these fires was to dive into a veritable ocean of activity! </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And thus, I left Cape Breton - this world of softness, my home, </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">in search of the desperate battlefields and treacherous mountains </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">my soul needed to prove it’s courage and might. </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">But where does one find such things in this present age? <br />
Let me tell you: Out of the combined workload of theatre, school, and part-time jobs</span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have made my fearsome opponent, my daring adventure. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And like the heroes of antiquity, once I have won golden glories for my name,</span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I will return to my home, rich in honour, adorned with wisdom, </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and I will regale my kinsmen with the story of my saga. <br />
But until then - </span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Goodbye, Cape Breton, my homeland!</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theadventuresofdylan.blogspot.ca/p/my-poetry.html">View more of my poetry here: My Poetry</a><br />
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-24524128297819194792015-12-13T14:32:00.002-08:002015-12-13T15:33:36.729-08:00Your World is Your Reflection [Poem]<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The mini meadows of green grass that are scattered, strangely, amid the concrete chaos of our cities, emanating simple stillness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The ruined relics of steel structures in the ominous outskirts of suburbia, which make for amusing adventures to ascend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The wondrous woods when they are sunny and sublime, or when they are shadowy and secretive, perfect places for reflection and reverence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The bountiful bookstores filled with timeless treasures on every conceivable concept, visited voraciously by aged, amiable souls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The blissful beaches where the opulent ocean and the splendorous sky meet, giving tantalizing tastes of a promised paradise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These are the sort of scenes that I meet myself in, and I often wondered why.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I realize, now, it is because these are the places that are my soul's likeness.</span><br />
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<br />Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-26020625250544020892015-12-09T09:03:00.003-08:002015-12-10T11:11:27.897-08:00To Live is to be Marked [Poem]<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">To live is to be marked. </span></div>
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When we are born we are a fresh motion of the universe.<br />
We are born an energy of overflowing newness</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">unleashed upon an ancient complexity of causes. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We are thrown into a world of people who have been marked, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and we delight them with our marklessness.<br />
“All children are kind and forgiving” I have heard us say, us marked ones. <br />
They speak of marklessness with a voice both joyful and sorrowful. <br />
Joyful, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">because marklessness exists.<br />
Sorrowful, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">because they know it is transient,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">because</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
To live is to be marked. </span></div>
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When we grow up the universe changes us as we change the universe.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Some of our markings are like scars from daggers, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and other markings are like the sweet moisture that remains from a kiss.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The shadows of our memories follow us everywhere we go, </span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">conditioning our experiences, </span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and those conditioned experiences themselves become new memories,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">which further condition our experiences. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">To live is to be marked</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">to change, to become, to be wounded, to be touched,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">to live is to be-born-die-and-be-reborn-again and again.</span></div>
Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-35620254264405192022015-12-01T16:19:00.005-08:002015-12-01T16:21:45.831-08:00Indoctrination [Poem]<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Some kids play sports, some kids cry, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">all I did was ask “Why, why, why?” </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">All my nights were vivid dreams, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">All my days I played by streams. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Some kids did physical activity, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">but I was stuck in thought-captivity. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Playing with forms and stories in my brain, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">no one ever built brakes on my thought-train. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The society outside was neat, organized, </span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">everything fits into a box and gets analyzed. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Inside me was an invisible place of genesis, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">unformed mind-stuff, nescience, and desires endless. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">To me, the mission of all adults seemed to be: </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">make my soul like the society outside me, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">something labelled, boxed, with rational utility.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But why? I couldn’t understand this mad futility. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I resisted this with all of my might, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">something about it just never seemed right.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">They wanted to transform me into an adult - </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But tired misery seemed to be their result. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But punishment is a persuasive teacher. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I ceased being an innocent, chaotic creature. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I took on the guise of the diligent student, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and subjugated enjoyment to being prudent. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I rebelled silently in the imaginary </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">the space behind my eyes was my sanctuary </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But I couldn’t blur the world into a lie for long </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">soon reality would face me sternly and strong. </span></div>
Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-11499176904353994512015-11-29T05:56:00.005-08:002015-12-07T21:42:48.811-08:00The Purpose of Your Life [Poem]<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>The Purpose of Your Life </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The purpose of your life </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">cannot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">simply cannot </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">be survival. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Why? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Because your quest for survival is <b>doomed.</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">No matter what, you are going to die. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">These things may or may not be real: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Financial Security </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Everlasting Happiness </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">True Contentment</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But you can be certain that death is real. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Overwhelmingly real. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Self-preservation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">(the most common of pursuits)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">will always end in </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">failure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Everyone and everything</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">No matter how much we cherish </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">No matter how much we enshrine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">No matter how much we fight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">will be</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">hurt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">humiliated</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">before</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">perishing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and then being</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">forgotten. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But I know that even though no one has ever survived</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I know that people have been good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>That</i> goal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">is more achievable:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Even though they died as anyone else, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">they still bestowed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">soul-smiles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">heart-healings </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">tenderness-times</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and that is enough. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">That goal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">is more permanent: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Every act of goodness is eternal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Do you not feel the ripples of loving-kindness, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">flowing across time to wash over you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">When death comes to devour you, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">fight him unrelenting tenacity,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">just to reveal your strength of character,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">so that he can know what measure of man he is taking today:<br />
Not someone whose body outlived their soul, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">but someone who loved life and will miss it and be missed by it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Someone who knew that the only true defeat is giving up, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and the only true victory is to keep fighting, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">someone who audaciously laughs at death, whispering:<br />
“I won!”</span></div>
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-57594677115727823362015-10-28T13:51:00.000-07:002015-10-28T17:06:58.209-07:00Honour, you tease me [Poem]<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Honour, you tease me</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>A Poem by Dylan Grant</b></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Inner Inferno:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ambition competes with love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Honour, you tease me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">As do you, my beloved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">How can I balance these two? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">For in her embrace, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What need have I of honour? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I get too content. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Without prestige’s fragrance,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Would you still long for me, love? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Even if you would, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Could I tolerate myself? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Without victory, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Without self-overcoming, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I’m like any other man. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh sweetest woman, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My heart floods with warmth for you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">But begone from me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Leave my presence and my thoughts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My fiery blood wants war.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And when I return, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">From slaying my weaknesses, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And feasting upon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">the delights of the struggle, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We’ll perhaps love as before. </span></div>
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-9159659116969825172015-09-20T23:20:00.001-07:002016-02-03T07:42:50.479-08:00Green-Gold Lands Sublime [Poem]<div style="font-family: Palatino; text-align: center;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Green-Gold Lands Sublime</b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>by Dylan Grant</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">In these green-gold lands sublime, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I can’t help but be filled with rhyme. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Everywhere I look: dance and song! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">When I'm away from Nature too long, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I think my anxieties </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">are actually realities </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and I take my life to be all,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">though I am only very small.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Do you hear Nature,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">our parent-teacher?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">From the ground and the sky, do you hear her speak? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">“All beings must struggle to live. No place for the weak.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">To remain comfortable is to decay, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and eventually for that with your life you'll pay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Therefore, always strive to be higher and higher! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">To see all beings evolve is my driving desire.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">All life, even if armed with tooth and claw, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">must obey this one omnipresent law: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The world does not belong to any one form of life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Take what you need so resources will be rife. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Oh my child! Hear the subtle symphony </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Of the bird, the wind, the stream, and the tree. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Feel the peaceful perfection of the clouds above, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">All of these reveal ineffable divine love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Let this pure sweetness caress your inmost soul, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">until you can’t resist being part of the whole,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">until you can’t stand being dissonant</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">in this world harmonious and infinite”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Thus the Gods and Goddesses spoke to me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">in their language of symbols and synchronicity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Divinity speaks through <i>all </i>phenomena, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">when you see this life as just a drama, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">when you make your deepest mind receptive,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">by freeing it from the social collective, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and making it a joyful habit to meditate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">When the Gods' character you imitate, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and when their esoteric words you heed, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">nothing in this world you’ll ever need,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">for we just play our parts in the divine play, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">this we’ll see fully on our dying day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I realized when I went to the wood:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">that the universe is innately good. </span></div>
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-68025404679465629792015-09-17T19:17:00.000-07:002017-09-26T00:02:28.107-07:00Pink Glow [Poem]<div style="margin-bottom: 13px; min-height: 16px;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Your face is lit up</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">with a pink glow.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Your eyes say, </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I love being </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">so close</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">you”</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A beautiful body and a soul pure, </span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">how could I ever resist that allure? </span></i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I tell you my naked thoughts</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">you understand. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love you uninhibitedly</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">you reciprocate. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I touch you tenderly</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">you delight in it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I trace hearts on your back,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">you smile. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>It's your love I get to receive?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>It seems too good to believe. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I want to take you </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to a paradise of cuddles. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I want to take you</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">on adventures</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">and watch </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">these shared moments</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">become </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">precious memories. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It all seems like a gift divine, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">being able to call you mine. </span></i></span></div>
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-35386194342532624562015-08-27T11:49:00.000-07:002015-08-27T11:49:01.402-07:00Now, I ask [Poem] The opulent sky awes me,<br />
the elegant earth woos me.<br />
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The world is beautiful,<br />
so life must be beautiful too.<br />
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That's how I<br />
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to think.<br />
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But now,<br />
I ask:<br />
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Is the world's beauty only skin deep?<br />
Are blue skies an omen of rainy days to come?<br />
Is summer's gold-green a harbinger of winter's grey-black?<br />
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<br />Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-68452133563335124032015-08-18T15:32:00.001-07:002015-08-18T20:11:23.663-07:00There Are Times [poem]<div style="font-size: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There are times, Oh Lord, when I see the dots connect, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and I feel like a character in a drama written by You. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The universe and my inmost soul seem in perfect harmony, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and I hear their music and see their dance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I chase these moments of ultimate purpose. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There are times, Oh Lord</span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #444444; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">, where I feel lost</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; letter-spacing: 0px;">in a land of confusion and</span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0px;"> darkness.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; letter-spacing: 0px;">Where my dreams are</span><span style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #999999; letter-spacing: 0px;"> illusions, and my</span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #cccccc; letter-spacing: 0px;"> ideals are lies,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #cccccc; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #999999; letter-spacing: 0px;">and my whole existence seems</span><span style="background-color: #666666; color: #eeeeee; letter-spacing: 0px;"> absurd and strange.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #eeeeee; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #666666;">Where my soul would rather retreat into apathy,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #666666; color: #eeeeee; letter-spacing: 0px;">than live in this</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"> world of nihilistic madness.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;">In these moments of confronting the void,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;">I always try to look hard for a light,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: black; letter-spacing: 0px;">and if I cannot find one, </span><span style="color: #fffb01; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;">I make one.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There are times, Great God, when I feel </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">ALIVE!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My whole body-mind-spirit bursts with vitality</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and I unleash actions upon actions on the world</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and cannot do anything else because my whole self</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">is immersed in this world of doing and becoming and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #ff2500; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>PE</b></span><span style="color: #bf9000; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>RC</b></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>EPT</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>ION!</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But then there are times, Great God, where I merely <i>exist</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I feel as though I am two: I am an observer and the observed…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and of these two, I am mostly the latter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I cannot act because I am paralyzed by contemplation, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and I feel not in the world but above or beyond it..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">as though I am a neutral and passive observer of events,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and have never been anything else. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My senses are too blurred by endless self-reflection, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and I cannot do anything other than </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>Think...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There are times when I feel plugged into other people,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">their</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> thoughts, </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">their </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">perceptions, </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">their </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">actions, </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">their</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> spirit... </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and together we create a whole other reality. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">A bigger world than what either of us could do alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And then there are times when I feel <i>truly</i> isolated</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and an immeasurable gap separates everyone from me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And the space in-between that gap</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and whatever goes on the other side of it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">is just</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">alien </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">There are times, Beloved God, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">when my soul feels like a battlefield:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Righteous Reason Versus Sensuous Passion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Burning Ambition Versus Cold Lethargy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Black-Hole Selfishness Versus Overflowing Compassion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Mental Quiescence Versus Mental Activity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My Ideals Versus My Reality</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My Actual, Present Self Versus My Imagined, Future Self.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As though life is</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">nothing other than this constant conflict. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Worse, Beloved God, there are times</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am not even sure which side </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">should win</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> - or </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">even </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">is winning!</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Moments like these, My God, are waves</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">that arise and dissolve in my ocean of consciousness,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and their arising, dissolving, being -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">is all a great mystery to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am just a student,</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am just a child.</span></div>
Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-42293009968223479342015-08-10T02:15:00.001-07:002015-08-10T02:15:12.943-07:00Check out this siteHello everyone. I very rarely do anything like this, but I would like to call your attention to my friend's new blog, and highly suggest that you check it out. He is a great writer and you will find awesome things on this site: http://mdmanderson.blogspot.comDylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-6942810744610319912015-07-31T10:26:00.000-07:002015-08-30T15:01:48.263-07:00Drunk with Pain [Poem]I stumble and stammer<br />
all night in the rain,<br />
tripping into puddles,<br />
I'm drunk with pain.<br />
<br />
Teardrops and raindrops<br />
are now coalesced,<br />
How can I be happy?<br />
I'm no longer blessed.<br />
<br />
I ventured far, so far,<br />
and escaped my home-nest.<br />
And after all of that,<br />
I failed my initiation quest.<br />
<br />
I sought Sacred Knowledge,<br />
but received a Guru's wrath.<br />
Worst of all is knowing this:<br />
I'm astray on the inward path.<br />
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I am filled with deep horror,<br />
as I look at the depth of my vice. <br />
They are innumerable, I know.<br />
To redeem myself I'll pay the price.<br />
<br />
Thinking:<br />
"in just a few days<br />
There'll be another tragedy<br />
Will all of my hopes,<br />
ever escape grief's gravity?<br />
<br />
Has all of this<br />
made a permanent toll?<br />
For the rest of my days,<br />
will I just be a broken soul?<br />
<br />
For my youthful dreams<br />
have all at once evaporated.<br />
My passionate ideals,<br />
are, by reality, humiliated."<br />
<br />
I cry:<br />
"How can a romanticist,<br />
like me, live without dreams?<br />
I want to imagine anew.<br />
I don't have it in me, it seems.<br />
<br />
Oh God, what is the cause of this?<br />
Can I please just blame fate?<br />
Did I make a grave mistake?<br />
I'll <i>never</i> know. <u>That</u>, I hate!"<br />
<br />
My anguish reaches its apex,<br />
as the rain begins to clear.<br />
It's just a twist in this life story,<br />
I sense a new chapter's near.<br />
<br />
I know this life is a journey.<br />
I know my adventure will continue.<br />
I know I will keep on Truth seeking,<br />
I know I have to, for me and for you.<br />
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-58752170563080681382015-07-29T15:27:00.002-07:002015-07-29T15:28:28.209-07:00Love is Like a Weed [Poem]<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>LOVE IS LIKE A WEED [POEM]</b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b></b></span><br /></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In the Garden of emotions, </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Love is like a weed. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">When you see it, say:</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“This, I don’t need”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, kill it, swiftly,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">before love grows and grows!</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Or else you will be</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">under love's maddening throes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ascetic logic will guard you</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">from cupid’s heart-arrow. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A passion enjoyed today, </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">is regretted in the morrow. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The dances and songs of lovers!</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">These are just so many illusions. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So happy alone I will always be,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">that is my ultimate conclusion. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, look at this one here, </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">she is pretty, she seems nice. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">But does she have the power,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">to ignite my heart of cold ice?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">No, no! I shall chase no further</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I will not get entangled once more</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">in Romance’s spider web,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">for then freedom will be done for. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Truly, truly: I have belief in God(s). </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I believe there are afterlives and souls.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">But there is one thing I do not believe:</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">earthly love that can make me whole. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-40955443474179920382015-07-16T01:10:00.000-07:002016-01-26T13:59:29.233-08:00Advice from a Disciple on the Artists Path [Poem]<div style="font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Of the arts, I practice most the art of the word,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">either written like stories or spoken in theatre, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">or both, for in poetry the read/speak line is blurred. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am a humble disciple on the path of creativity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Let me tell you of some insights I have gathered. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">First: Never give up, and desire progress intensely, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">for no artist who was weak or lazy ever mattered. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">With that out of the way, let me speak of inspiration...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">For mortals, inspiration is like a bug:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It creeps up when you least expect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It doesn’t come if you try to tug</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">or yell at it to do what you want. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Inspiration is a great light divine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">that flashes and thunders within. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">All Art is never yours or mine </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">For it belongs to the gods alone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But artists need not live and toil,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">under the whims of capricious powers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Ego is always the artists’ great foil, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">one free of it receives creativity's fire. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Truly: The mind is like a bowl,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and a mind already full of itself,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and the consciousness of goal, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">cannot be full of the gods’ gifts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Self-Forgetfulness is the secret of the Master.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Therefore, cherish it and the things that cause it,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">seeking them will help your art progress faster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This is advice from a disciple of the artists’ path. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The self is easily lost in experiences of great suffering or bliss, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">in boredom or novelty, talk or silence, love or loneliness, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">synchronicities or chaos, Nature, and Death. Got this?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And also: In experiences of invincible determination or in surrender. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">At last my final piece of advice:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Absorb the works of other artists, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">whatever your art, any will suffice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Learn and be nourished by them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">For what goes into the mind, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">must also go out of the mind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So if art goes in, art comes out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">And finally: To everyone, be kind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">May this poem fulfill it’s good intention, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and may it glorify the Supreme Creator,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">we are just Little Creators seeking ascension. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Cheerfulness and progress to all artists! Aum. </span></span></div>
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-15674182592772165872015-06-21T13:24:00.001-07:002015-06-22T17:30:41.755-07:00The Boy, The Man (Long Version) [Poem]He grew up in a world of softness.<br />
Every want was devotedly satisfied,<br />
every pain urgently healed,<br />
every vice swiftly forgiven.<br />
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He became an unnatural thing:<br />
a little boy inside the body of a growing man.<br />
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He knew he had the best of all possible burdens.<br />
And he was grateful,<br />
though he was spiritually disfigured.<br />
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Within him grew a longing<br />
to be purged of all that is soft!<br />
He craved discipline and danger,<br />
for how can one rise to greatness,<br />
in a world of ease and fairness?<br />
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This tension cannot last much longer!<br />
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The Boy or The Man:<br />
one of them<br />
must<br />
<b>DIE!</b><br />
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He left home!<br />
Even as it tearfully clung to him.<br />
He went venturing into strange lands,<br />
seeking foes and ordeals menacing enough<br />
to make him strong.<br />
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He used to think:<br />
all great frontiers have already been conquered,<br />
so what use is there of tenacity and courage?<br />
But in that strange land he discovered:<br />
The great frontier is ever-new.<br />
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He entered the world of trials,<br />
He had to deny wants.<br />
He had to withstand pain,<br />
he had to overcome vice.<br />
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He was becoming the man he would be proud to be.<br />
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He knew he had the best of all possible blessings.<br />
And he was grateful.<br />
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<br />Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-79433713069058422362015-06-21T13:24:00.000-07:002015-06-21T13:31:39.737-07:00The Boy, The Man (Short Version) [Poem]He grew up in a world of softness.<br />
<br />
He became an unnatural thing:<br />
a little boy inside the body of a growing man.<br />
<br />
He knew he had the best of all possible burdens.<br />
And he was grateful,<br />
though he was spiritually disfigured.<br />
<br />
Within him grew a longing<br />
to be purged of all that is soft!<br />
<br />
This tension cannot last much longer!<br />
<br />
The Boy or The Man:<br />
one of them<br />
must<br />
<b>DIE!</b><br />
<br />
He left home!<br />
Seeking foes and ordeals menacing enough<br />
to make him strong.<br />
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But<br />
He thought:<br />
<i>"all great frontiers have already been conquered,</i><br />
<i>so what use is there of tenacity and courage?" </i><br />
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But<br />
in that strange land he discovered:<br />
<i>The great frontier is ever-new. </i><br />
<br />
He entered the world of trials.<br />
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He was becoming the man he would be proud to be.<br />
<br />
He knew he had the best of all possible blessings,<br />
And he was grateful.<br />
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-20530589465818619262015-06-04T13:27:00.002-07:002015-06-04T17:46:33.243-07:00Human Becomings [Poem]What is a human being?<br />
Do you understand what goes on<br />
between your ears, behind your eyes?<br />
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We are a cacophony of desirous voices,<br />
each of them trying to shout above the others<br />
to get itself fulfilled.<br />
Have you ever taken the time to hear them?<br />
Those myriad wantings,<br />
each one calling itself "I"?<br />
<br />
This one says:<br />
"I want to express my vicious strength!!<br />
Crush, Kill, Maim, Burn, Slice!<br />
And is there anyone strong enough to return the favour?!"<br />
In today's world one rarely listens to this violent "I".<br />
It would be impolite. But sometimes he gets out of his cage.<br />
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This one says:<br />
"My too-too tender heart is covered with scars,<br />
each one deep, incurable, and horribly unjust"<br />
says the I of melancholia.<br />
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This one says:<br />
"I want to climb the highest peaks!<br />
Where is the trial strenuous enough to purge me of my weakness?!<br />
And who will lavish me with gold and glory when I am victorious?"<br />
says that ambitious I.<br />
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This one says:<br />
"Every inch of my skin desires to be touched!<br />
Ah! This physical body was made for ecstasy.<br />
More explosive pleasures! More, more!"<br />
says the I of lust.<br />
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This one says:<br />
"Oh, my heart is overflowing with sweetness!<br />
Here, stranger! Here, friend!<br />
Have some of this kindness and love.<br />
There is enough for all!"<br />
says the well-praised I of kindness.<br />
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This one says:<br />
"Shiny toys, rare books, golden coins..<br />
I hardly have enough space for it all!<br />
Well then! I will just need more space!"<br />
says the I of greed.<br />
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This one says:<br />
"Everything in this world is a weight too heavy<br />
for me to carry. Why should I even bother,<br />
when this bed is so so comfy and warm?"<br />
says the I of laziness.<br />
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This one says:<br />
"This world! So much mystery!<br />
I would need six eyes and three brains,<br />
to learn everything I want to know!<br />
Where is a great teacher who will fill my thirsty mind with knowledge?"<br />
says that curious I.<br />
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What we call "self" is merely<br />
the temporary compromise<br />
between these innumerable longings.<br />
"Self" is always subject to change,<br />
and "Personality" is simply a set of habits.<br />
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You see,<br />
The phrase "human being" is false.<br />
We are not "human beings",<br />
for the word "being" implies fixedness,<br />
of which there is none in us!<br />
The self is a turbulent river-<br />
always changing relentlessly.<br />
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We are "human becomings"</div>
for we are not the same person year by year<br />
or day by day<br />
or even from one moment to the next.<br />
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But there is more to us than this.<br />
Deep within -<br />
hidden by body, thoughts, emotions, and "I" ' s,<br />
is the soul.<br />
<br />
Just as space contains all,<br />
but is itself unaffected by the thing it contains,<br />
so too does the soul<br />
contain your sensations, your past, your moods,<br />
but is itself eternally unchanged by these things.<br />
<br />
What you call your self is the weather,<br />
and what is known as the Soul is the sky.<br />
Aum.<br />
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If one could feel one's "I" to be located here,<br />
in the soul,<br />
then one could for the first time in their entire lives<br />
be a human <i>being</i><br />
instead of a human <i>becoming</i>.<br />
Aum.<br />
<br />Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-25336712486245958842015-06-03T14:01:00.000-07:002015-09-03T06:25:22.154-07:00Life is [Poem]<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;">
For the pure, life is blissful! </div>
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For the child, life is a game. </div>
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Life is a contest for the strong!</div>
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Life is an adventure for the brave! </div>
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It is a performance for the theatric, </div>
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and a mystery for the knowledgeable.</div>
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Life is a song for those who love. </div>
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And for the wise,<br />
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Life is merely a dream. </div>
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Aum. </div>
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-71792098994142861902015-05-27T21:48:00.000-07:002015-05-28T12:18:22.037-07:00Observations on an Airplane [Poem]<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;">
As I listen to the the fierce roar of the plane engine,</div>
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I gaze out the window fortunately placed to my right. </div>
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Sprawling cities transform into toy-like landscapes,</div>
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as the plane flies upwards and upwards. </div>
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The opulent clouds I once reverently loved from below,</div>
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I now admire their fluffy, mountainous tops from above. </div>
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It is no wonder that the ancients placed their paradises here,</div>
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in this mysterious realm between the clouds and the stars. </div>
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-79915985276541038842015-05-13T13:27:00.000-07:002015-05-23T21:29:15.705-07:00Crossroads [Poem]<div style="min-height: 13px; text-align: left;">
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I am at crossroads.</div>
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To my right, </div>
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a path that is safe and secure.</div>
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I can see the footprints of those who have walked on this sunny trail. </div>
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The facts tell me it leads to success. </div>
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This path is beautiful and inviting, like a national park. </div>
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I can see friends and family</div>
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merely walking down it. </div>
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To my left,<br />
a path that is dark and dangerous.<br />
The path is obstructed by twisted trees.<br />
Though legends tell me it leads to either blissful destiny or utter catastrophe.<br />
This path is beautiful but frightening, like a mountain.<br />
Only the courageous and the audacious<br />
dare embark on it.<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Inevitably </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I will have to choose</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Inevitably </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">when I choose </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">that choice has been made forever</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Inevitably</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">when a choice is made</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">the effects of that choice will turn</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">into a new set of crossroads. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Which way will my life go? </span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Prudence & I have gone over it </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">dozens and dozens and dozens</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">of times. </span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Prudence says, </span><br />
"Those who have gone to the right -<br />
their lives are easy, safe, and bright.<br />
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Dangerous things may transpire,<br />
down the left road. It could be dire.<br />
Cutthroats, thieves, brutes, and liars!<br />
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Life is dangerous and short. Always be cautious.<br />
Why anyone would risk, it makes me nauseous!<br />
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Listen to reason, and choose the well-trodden-<br />
perhaps later in life, your horizons can broaden"<br />
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Oh, Prudence!<br />
You know that always have I obeyed your voice.<br />
But...<br />
what is that I detect in your words, Prudence?<br />
Do I hear cowardice lurking behind your caution?<br />
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Gah! Oh, how <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I am weary of Prudence!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">What do <i>you</i> tell me, Passion? </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">“Youth need experience</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">as Flowers need the sun:</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">To grow! Embrace the new, </span><br />
or growing can't be done.<br />
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How can one be a Mythic Hero,<br />
without venturing into the land of trials?<br />
No Enlightenment is had,<br />
for one who dwells in risk-less isles. </div>
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The longings in your heart of hearts,<br />
were planted there by God's hand,<br />
to lure souls to their fated quests.<br />
Fulfilling them is divine command!"<br />
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Passion's words<br />
are the sparks that light up my fiery soul!<br />
I know what I must do now!<br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Today, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I heed Passion’s wisdom!</span></div>
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Dylan Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792745972340123596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130202763444183441.post-6184888312923164352015-05-10T13:37:00.001-07:002017-09-26T00:03:30.771-07:00Conversation with your Soul [Poem]<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I want to have a conversation with your soul. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I have to have a conversation with your soul </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">so I can love you. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You can’t love what you don’t know. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Reveal some of your inner self to me. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But not all at once - </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">that would be imprudent. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">A soul is too vast a thing </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">for anyone to behold </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">all at once. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But please </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">just give me a glimpse.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Then </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I will reciprocate </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and the more we show of our inner selves </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">the more we can be loved. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You hesitate.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I understand. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">To reveal yourself to someone you first have to know yourself. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We are, all of us, abysses - </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">dark, enigmatic, with terrible depth. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It is silly </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and frightening </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">that we can spend all day with ourselves </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">but not know who it is that </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">gazes out of our eyes, </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">speaks out of this mouth. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">touches with these hands. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But please </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">dive into that inner ocean </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">and shine the light of introspection upon it. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">No one can do it but you.</span></div>
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