gypsyforyou Poetry (15)

Every single step I take
Pushes me till I nearly break
Only one thing left to do
Believe that my heart is true

Falling down happens in life
That's all part of the strife
A battle within must be waged
Like a fine wine as it is aged

Learning is the key to struggle
A fall soon becomes a fumble
Pick it up and keep on walking
Not enough to just keep talking

Words are words, spoken aloud
They are muffled when in a crowd
So shine bright with actions bold
That shows a truer story to be told

Do what needs to be done for the moment
Have no regrets, no need for atonement
For if it comes from the heart, it is right
Let your essence shine ever more bright

Don't look back, not for one second
The road lies ahead, you are beckoned
Grasp the invitation with your hand
For now is the time to make your stand

I am neither here, nor am I there
My preference is to be everywhere
I don't joke, nor do I like to jest
My goal is to not be like the rest

Categories are made to fit into
My preference is to break those few
Categories follow lines made clear
My goal is to make the path veer

Many try to fit into the fold
My preference is to be bold
Many try to follow the lead
My goal is to be humbly freed

I am neither here, nor there
Paying my own special fare
I am neither dark, nor light
My goal is to shine so bright

Few step aside and let things be
My preference is always to be free
Few step aside and watch it be done
My goal is to stand back and have fun

Awkward moments fill our daily lives
My preference is to take it in strides
Awkward moments paint what is real
My goal is to let my heart feel

I am neither here, nor there
My preference, my soul is bare
I am neither wrong, nor am I right
My goal is just to guide the flight

Open your eyes
Open your mind
Cease your cries
Split the rind

Experience it all
Breathe every breath
Jump and fall
Then bypass death

Live for the moment
And try life's flavor
Hope for atonement
In everything, savor

Take my hand
Jump with me down
Don't dare to land
The journey, your crown

You strive so hard to grasp that burning star
Though so close, it eludes your grip with ease
Leaving your hand with naught but a scar
As you try so hard to constantly appease

Your god gazes with that watchful eye
Sometimes you fail and crash to the ground
Tears are shed, for then he will cry
Reaching his hand to turn you around

Try not to obtain a star of the sky
Instead just live one day at a time
Try not to obtain a star so high
And one day that star will chime

That day you will no longer fall down
You will be you, for that is all you are
No need to dwell on worries and frown
You will be you, and that is up to par

Life is often painted as black or white
A game where one either will win or lose
Might just be me...but that's not right
It's all in how you look at it, so choose

Every decision has an outcome of sorts
This cannot be helped, just how it goes
Whether done alone or done with cohorts
Right or wrong, it's how you feel that shows

Just open your eyes, I beg of you to look
The world is not black and white alone
It is nothing like the pages of a book
Color fills the air and has much to condone

Plus, you cannot forget the shades of grey
These many colors sometimes blurr as one
But when you mess up, get back into the frey
For life is not over, your walk is not done

One step at a time, sometimes stumbling too
There is much left to do, so take it in stride
Turn black to green, and change white to blue
Shake off the dust, and just swallow your pride

trickling down with glints of light
dimpling below at every stroke
around the curtain, fire so bright
tears of joy, sadness, and hope

blowing strong slanting the drops
whisteling a tune of its very own
bending and swaying branches and crops
from all directions, like a mindless drone

brilliant light streaks across the sky
sparking earth, and heavens just right
rumbling groans, so far from shy
leaving silver silouhettes and shadows flight

flames creep over passing shades
colors fill the heavens above
rainbows cross like warriors blades
silence and bliss, and flight of a dove

the brilliance fades, like memories over time
life goes on, unaware of the miracle done
life goes on, through the sound of a chime
but to those who really saw, oh it was fun

whats up is down and whats down is up
a topsey turvey world in a half filled cup
a fantasy land covered in fun and thrills
no fixing it, no medicine, not even pills

those many outside come inside now
the many inside go out you see to find the cow
a curious thing to think of things for sure
it makes no sense, no need for a cure

the mute do speak, those speak now sing
the ones who walk now fly with a single wing
creatures that flew now swim, swim they do
from the waters start walking, so many, so few

it makes no sense, right is left and left is right
this curious thing thats happening, now dark is bright
a world turned upside down and downside up
it makes no sense, this world in a half filled cup

Life is not something so easily set in stone
Each has a choice to carve their own destiny
This is truth, but much more, what I feel down to my bone
Wake up each day with a goal to work toward

Life is something to cherish and to treasure
How you do this, is for each person to ponder
This is truth, but much more, a wonderful pleasure
Wake up each day in thought and meditation

Life is not something that should be wasted away
Find a path all your own and traverse it always
This is truth, but much more, a chance to make the best of every new day
Wake up each day with a purpose and make it meaningful

Life is something to be proud of and kept close to the heart
Choose what desires you have and grow that in your life
This is truth, but much more, a breathtaking work of art
So wake up each day, breathing in the tapestry all around

The flow and bend of time and space
The essence of life, now that is grace
The mold and shape of this world blue
Its beauty lost..and yet found by so few
The trees, the flowers, every living thing
With their own gift, to the table, they bring
The invisible things, airs flow and wrath
A gentle soothing breeze, or destructive path
The water flowing around ever so grand
As it meets and crashes into the land
Finding its way through nooks and crannies
Through rivers wild and lakes surrounded by trees
The mountains majestic, bold and true
As if through time, they aged and grew
Bursting with wisdom, the things they have seen
The birth of creatures and the rolling grass green
The deserts of orange, endlessly stretching
And the trees of the forest upward reaching
These are but a few of the beauties of Earth
What tomorrow will give rise to new birth?

Overwhelming radiance bursting from inside

It is a feeling so very hard to describe

To love, see, and feel, not meant to deride

A thing unique to each, with its own special vibe

Swimming in a lake of light, no place to hide

A warmth embellished with an ethereal bribe

No desire to leave, only to hang on and continue the ride

No reason, it just is, and has nothing to ascribe

Everything blurred, nothing clear, lead by an invisible guide

Pounding and flustered, a heart with no course to prescribe

Just the path ahead, unknown is whats left to decide

So close your eyes, leap in faith, and just subscribe

I love the day
And especially the night
The soothing ray
Of that ethereal light

The freshness of air
Breathing so deep
I do say, I dare
Take the great leap

And float in the abyss
Drifting by, ever silent
Deep inside, perfect bliss
A feeling so oddly compliant

Down the river, I flow
To where? i dont care
Destination? I don't know
Not your average fare

All i know is im going
And thats ok with me
As the river keeps flowing
I just don't care, you see

Carried away upon a whispy breeze
Destination unknown as time will freeze

This way and that, my mind starts to wander
On beautiful days, and the journey I now ponder

The mysteries before me start to unfold
Sights all around, blurring into colors so bold

Lifes great tapestry laid out behind me
What lies ahead, I am so anxious to see

A journey of grand proportions have I set
When I'll be back, no sure plans as of yet

Around the world to up-turn every stone
See every sight, hear every sound, seeds are sown

The journey is the tree, the journey is the fruit
Life and experience, in all things is the loot