no worries
didnt even see that

your cruel intentions
beneath a strong facade
disguised by gifts of fancy
does not fool me.

your house of cards
winning each round
are by no means
a mere sleight of hand

i feel nothing like i should
all you are to me
mere flesh and blood
a mind without a heart

the emptiness you nurtured
purpose without freedom
duty with no love
choices without conscience

the puppet dances
as strings are pulled
the dummy speaks
without a voice

a show of light and shadows
a mask for every face
entertains the masses
you paid to watch

i watched
for your pleasure
i watched
with my pain

i did
as your bidding
and died
a little each day

what once was your life
is now a prelude of mine
even kingdoms fall
even corpses rise

-mgsmd "PT" 03/2015

sticks his head indoorway..
HELLO HELLO.. are you decent.
that is do you have clothing on..
WHAT.. she could walk around here naked for all I know..lol..

...lol...

See. good thing I knocked first..lol

Oooooooooh. Intense.

lol... glad it spoke to you..

quite cathartic, really

HONOR

high respect; esteem.

distinction, recognition, privilege, glory, kudos, cachet, prestige, merit, credit

a person or thing that brings credit.

adherence to what is right or to a conventional standard of conduct.

integrity, honesty, uprightness, ethics, morals, morality, principles, high principles, righteousness, high-mindedness

a privilege, pleasure, pride, joy

regard with great respect.

esteem, respect, admire, defer to, look up to

fulfill (an obligation) or keep (an agreement), observe, obey, heed, follow, carry out, discharge, implement, execute, effect;

"wishes"

throwing wishes in the air
and getting caught in the wind
like a feather floating up and high
never knowing to where or nigh

crumpled papers shot straight to trash
some falling to the floor
eventually...
everything gets thrown out the door

pebbles can skip across the pond
ripples made, the farther it goes
only to realize, in the end
down, down, they still sink below

but even in an endless ocean
amidst the stormy seas
a castaway's message in a bottle
can reach the shore, you see?


- mgsmd "PT" 04/2015

grasp

the heart of the matter
is often forgotten
in the midst of confusion
as voices grow louder
drowns out the wisdom
so lovingly given
by the One
so illogical
as to defy comprehension

silence takes over
and feelings of none
but the messiness
of what's left
when the chains come undone
freedom
can be awful
in awesome proportions
when lost in the moments
of utter confusion
harbors sentiments
of warped expectations

(and how) do you make it
through a minute
or a week
alone with thoughts
strewn
down and across
filling each space
with words and your grasp
and uncanny completion
of what
is yet unspoken

your words
not yet mine
my thoughts
unexpressed
as moments of discovery
reveals events
from paths
travelled or not ventured on
unveils understandings
of what was
what is
and what comes

a welcome addition
each thought
now passing
each word
glosses over
the times of laughing
loudly in silence
fills the moments with peace
by placing matters
firmly
where it rightly belongs


-mgsmd "PT" 04/2015

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Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens
Tony DeLiso, Legacy: The Power Within


Often, it's not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don't know how to be.
Heath L. Buckmaster, Box of Hair: A Fairy Tale

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
~E.B. White, quoted in Israel Shenker, "E.B. White: Notes and Comment by Author," New York Times, 1969 July 11th