Long Hesitancy Poems

Apple of my eye darling daughter numero deux gifted me...

Twenty four years ago –
February 4th, 2023,
whose existence begat 
by this dada and da mama aye
revel in your bursting at figurative 
seams viz maturation, and know...

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Psalm 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

When the moon is riding the ebony skies,
Hallucinating stardust, laughing like the distance
Isn’t echoed...

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On reflection, a shining  mirror lays my core ethos bear,
inkling etched on mien can’t escape deep probing,
tilted jaw, gleaming eyes, vivacious aspect,
express an ardent quest for exponential flourish,
without a trace of hesitancy I immediately...

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Shana Aubrey Harris – 
 whose existence begat by dada and da mama; aye
revel your bursting at figurative seams viz maturation, and know by
chatting over telephone, your aura, charisma, 
   and persona finds...

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i know the world enough to where i can walk through forests &
dodge each blade of grass, defy the likes of definition & let my breath
just pass. magic is meaningless, tricks & illusions based upon...

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POTD 23 Mar 2024 

THE PATH WELL TRAVELLED.

Two paths diverged, and I was thrown by doubts I had never known
To my left, thickly overgrown, was a path to dismal dimness prone.

To my right, a lovely...

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Another girl, 
Just livin' her life.
Another soul,
Trying to survive.
A happy place,
She's tryin' to find,
But nothin's good,
When she shuts her eyes.
Another boy,
That no one sees.
Except the bullies,
Hiding down the street.
Two bloody shins,
And two broken knees,
The kid's...

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You. 
Yes you. 
Are hard work. 
There's nothing more to it. 
The scarcity of my vocabulary limits me from describing the complexity of the situation buuut yes. 

You are toilsome. 
Tedious the father. 
Perseverance the...

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THE WAVE OF LOVE IS A TRANSIENT HUNT
Why did you enter my life ?
It was quite enough without the noise of your love.
Why did you claim love ?
When all that you felt was your own...

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As I walk along the beach at dawn
Just as the sun is coming up over the horizon
I stumble across an opened doorway  
It is floating about a foot above the ground
As I approach it, I...

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Could it be the state of tranquility 
Despite the times they are being loquacious
Or this event of serendipity
For meeting this person quite so gracious

Is it his presence is a sweet lagniappe
Or their bond that caused...

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You possess me with those eyes of pyromania
a tidal wave of temptation thrashing into my need for euphoria
romanticized on appetite for agile reckoning of kiss ravishing, harnessing my hysteria,
plumed with lashes lent from love's wings,...

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You possess me with those eyes of pyromania
a tidal wave of temptation thrashing into my need for euphoria
romanticized on appetite for agile reckoning of kiss ravishing, harnessing my hysteria,
plumed with lashes lent from love's wings,...

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A most remarkable parish spire! and, widely acknowledged as 
Just such...constantly commented upon being seen for the 
Very first time.
Pressed into the church's soft sandstone walls, the shallow
Indentations from ball and shot left over from...

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The Adversary

He watched them as day passed upon day, peering upon the intimate scene,
As God communed heart to heart, one on one with the woman and the man the only
Beings where his likeness and image...

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I mouth a prayer for hope and healing
Feelings of doubt so often plague me
With their skepticism and suspicion
Their hesitancy and apprehension
The plagues of worry and superstition
Coming from a tormenting thought
Lies spoken by the enemy
Who encourages...

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I am a dreamer
I know I am capable of greatness
But I am grounded in hesitancy
I am a listener, an observer
I take in the world before me
With open eyes and eager interest
I am an adventurer
I have...

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We had—almost—an affair.
You almost ran your fingers through my hair.
I almost kissed the almonds of your toes.
We almost loved,
                ...

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Two days prior, he had been blessed with fresh insight about the goings on in his life, and now, here he was on a Monday morning early before sunrise, getting even more understanding to shine...

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I’ve no knack for hasty hesitance
In truth, I positively press-
Do you realize how aligned the planets are?
How the stars—they shine brighter,
Yes, I know it to be so!

Why do you think my pupils enlarge at the...

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So simple is so so elusive, 
It's down there, somewhere
beneath the layers of
complexity which shrouds,
covers and clouds
elegant simplicity.

We love complexity in all its guises, 
calling up all sorts of objections, problems,
what-ifs, if-only's and yeah-buts,
in endless...

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A wandering wavering wind bleeding doubt
wraps tightly ‘round its' victim
in a masterful landscaped sketch of anger
it falters and stumbles
in its' indecisive nature
that at times sways around
the arch of a sword
determined only to find the truth...

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passion is / frightening 
[lightning running it's claws down the burning tree's back]
pull me closer, make it easier for me to attack-- push me
away, i'm letting myself  --------------------  go too far.
i'd love to...

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IDENTITY

I just want to be who I am, or even to know
Living this modern life is like being in armour
True freedom, now merely a fading memory
Following the script like a long running drama
But perhaps something...

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So you’re feeling like a lab rat,
cagey edicts don’t experimentally sit well with you
Those white coat government cats
be cheesing you off with the moldy logic they spew

Lockdowns are the latest liberty mousetrap — 
Regulatory rules...

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