CPoetry

go ahead! with all there is in you and kiss more passionately, smile bigger, touch longer, laugh louder, cry bravely, love endlessly, love equally, hurt openly, learn confidently, listen intently, work diligently, forgive easily, walk slowly, give generously, grieve thoughtfully, apologize quickly, speak clearly, sing freely, sleep regularly, eat healthier, eat less healthy, celebrate wildly, compromise respectfully, communicate honestly, teach patiently, flirt innocently, support graciously, travel curiously, indulge gratefully, love intimately, behave truthfully, rest intentionally, change fearlessly, live mindfully. refuse to be a conscientious objector to your own life! ::: there was a hole present in the tattered cloth covering my heart; you have since covered that hole and stitched within it a spiritual sense of security and warmth; you have sewed in these dregs a deeper sense of home.

compassion and loving-kindness are sweet on the outside, but the sweetest if cultivated within; all honey comes from a hive. ::: observe closely: what is shown is presented bare. i approach as me whose loved unrequited care. checking eyes but they want to rest. hiding hands but they want to hold. loyal actions but they want loyalty. soft lips but they want warmth. steady heart but it wants fervent desire. this yearning appears small but the feelings are full. this is just the tip of the iceberg; so much more of me---of my love lie beneath the neck of the waves. ::: what are these mental afflictions? some part imperfection? another part redirection? some part intersection of falsehoods and truthhoods? where titans clash and sling their lightning bolts, warring tirelessly against the freedom of choice and theater of fate? culminating as two single thoughts: who will win the war? how will we act? ::: only have i painted the stars. only have i painted the moon. never have i been to space.

now it is time i cast you  to sea. past be the past that pass away from me; yonder is your call that befalls deaf retrieve; i am no longer to you nor are you a vessel to keep. ::: you capsized my boat, once again, and told me to swim. you reason  love is not a singular ocean to fare but a continuum of waves for which one decides to swim with, or against. ::: when we meet a friend with acceptance, a curtain drops from the brow of the mind, past the theater of the heart, to reveal the gemstone of the soul. ::: be aware, they call it the "House of Cards"; thousands of meek, thinly cards support the base, and with each consecutive level, the cards become thicker, sturdier, heavier. for atop the roof, are the heaviest and thickest cards of them all. be aware, this House of Cards was built on the assumption of there being a strength in numbers; it was not assumed there could be a bravery to fold. ::: not a space for you and i, this is a space for we. ::: i see before me a tempered