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The Artist
Allow yourself to live in the discomfort
Embrace the tension you’ve been running from
Wrestle with the silence of not knowing
Then marvel at the artist you’ve become
Together we rise
With solo ambition
the path can become
a blind competition
Yet, what if instead…
I shrink, I stretch, I grow
I try, I fail,
I know,
I shrink, I stretch,
I grow
Chains of reaction
These chains of reaction
Hold heavy their bond
Yet, unravel and fall
When we pause…
…then respond
Address the mess
Address the mess
And it fades away
Avoid the stress
And it’s here to stay
Winning the battle within
When the enemy’s words
enter under the surface and sting.
To attack the attacker
redoubles the harm that they bring…
Ready to Roar
Deep in the heart
Ready to roar
There’s a lion within
Hungry for more
Shedding the shields
I thought these shields would serve me
Yet they kept the world at bay
Now every shield I shed
Casts more fears away
The rhythm of rising
My heart beats the rhythm
of rising up high
This seedling is seeking
new reaches of sky
The keys of this piano
The keys of this piano
One by one are each profound
Yet when they sing together
There’s magic in the sound
Hitting Home Runs in Basketball
I hit a big home run
Yet scored no points at all
For though I had the greatest swing
The game was basketball
Out of the Shadows, into the Light
Like a shadow that’s cast ten times larger
Than the object in front of the light
My guilt seems to grow that much bigger
The more it is hidden from sight
Know, give and grow
I have come and I will go
And what I do with what I know
I will give and help to grow
Those who follow
What if your grandest vision came true
What if
Your grandest vision came true
What if
The path was waiting inside you
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Hero story
Looking back at the loss
While wearing the bruise
Am I victim or hero
…with my actions I choose
Transform
Either conform
into what you can see
Or transform
into what you can be
The Feedback
Feedback is a diamond
freshly from the earth
Hard to see the sparkle
in that state
Yet polish off the edges…
Grasping or giving
Grasping for love
propels it away
Giving with love
attracts it to stay
Works of art
I walk through art-filled halls
of what has come before
dreaming of the future
in my heart
Then, I turn and climb the stairs…
A million shades of green
This forest is enchanted
with a million shades of green
and in the small are galaxies
of endless wondering
Make change last
While shortcuts
can make changes fast
It’s habits
that make changes last
Surely Seeking You
Be what you can be
and do what you can do
For what you surely seek
is surely seeking you
The “now”
The “now”
Is like a peacock in flight
A million tiny miracles
suspended alight…
The Invisible
We are far more
Than what can be seen
Forever and now
And all in between
Built upon the losses
of all we tried and failed
The loss turned into learning
and that’s how we prevailed
I’ve made the mistake
and suffered the price
Now let the guilt go
or pay for it twice
Persist through the droughts
Move forward and know
Where dry desert ends
Green grasses grow
Has a book ever stopped you in your tracks and changed the direction of your thoughts thereafter? One mind-changing moment for me came from the book…
Looking back at the loss
While wearing the bruise
Am I victim or hero
…with my actions I choose
Either conform
into what you can see
Or transform
into what you can be
Feedback is a diamond
freshly from the earth
Hard to see the sparkle
in that state
Yet polish off the edges…
Grasping for love
propels it away
Giving with love
attracts it to stay
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