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Buddhism brings me solace
I am able to slow  down
Flying high above the clouds
It pulls me back, back  to the ground.

Feeling calm, somewhat serene
I know just what I need to do
Relax and stay focused
My anxiety subdued.

Mindful meditation
Purposeful and kind
Helps to ease my burden
Helps to ease my troubled mind.

Conscious self awareness
Enhances concentration
Karma, our destiny and fate
Helps me focus, gain  direction.

Three different Buddha teachings
Sila, Prajna and Samadhi
Give me a sense of calmness
Make me almost want to cry.

I am new to Buddha’s teachings
I am humbled, grateful, too
If you’d like to come to temple
I would like to go with you.

– NAMASTE –

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I feel you walking next to me
I hear you whisper in my ear
“I am not very far away
I am with you, I am here”.

Is it just an illusion?
Wishful thinking on my part?
Have you come back to be with me
To help mend my broken heart?

I fantasize about you
I pretend we’re holding hands
I tell you about my worries
Because I know you understand.

I take a walk down to the beach
But it’s lonely without you
There’s no one that I can talk to
No one I want, but you.

I look out onto the water
I watch the dolphins having fun
They swim in and out beneath the waves
Beneath the rising sun.

The osprey and the sand cranes
Come close, fly near the shore
I can share a day like this, with you
The way we did before.

You sing to me in the ocean breeze
Wish I knew just what to do
Softly, I can hear your voice
So warm and oh so true.

We loved spending time together
Every minute that we could
Walking along the shoreline
Finding pieces of old driftwood.

Like shells that line the beaches
Some big and some quite small
The children building sand castles
Theirs soon to crumble and to fall.

The ocean’s tide keeps coming
No matter what we do
I can’t hold back my thoughts and dreams
The thoughts I dream of you.

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How have you survived
Years of living with a liar?
Isn’t listening to him
Akin to walking thru a fire?

Promises are broken
Like glass beneath your feet
Look a little deeper
What is there underneath?

Deception and diversions
Strategically spread around
Meant to distract and confuse you
The truth, nowhere to be found.

Words…. mere sustenance and power
Fuel to sustain the lies
Watching for signs of deception
It’s enough to make you cry.

Like an actor on a stage
Promoting his agenda
He’ll play you at every turn
You can’t help, but surrender.

All the twists and turns
Meticulously careened
Meant to foster doubt and fear
Do you question what they mean?

Years of living with deceit
Aren’t you tired of all the lies?
Have you ever simply asked
The simple reason, why?

Is it just a game
An uncontrollable affliction?
Is he just a child
Crying out for more attention?

Whatever way you see it
Guess there’s little you can do
You’re never going to stop him
He will always lie to you.

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via Daily Prompt: Patience

Patience

I’m asking for patience
I’m falling apart
It’s going to take time
To fix my broken heart.

It shattered in pieces
When you walked out the door
I’m down on my knees
Pieces down on the floor.

How did this happen?
What could I have done?
Could I have stopped this?
Have you met someone?

Why can’t you tell me?
What can I do?
This can’t be over
I’m in love with you.

There was no warning
I should have known
I should have seen it
I feel so alone.

I thought you were happy
All the romance
Candlelight dinners
Vacations in France.

All of the passion
The champagne, the wine
Intimate moments
All intertwined.

No reason to doubt
To fear or mistrust
The love that you gave me
The feelings, the lust.

It’s going to take time
Not sure what to do
To pull myself together
To get over you.

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via Daily Prompt: Incubate

Incubate

It took time to incubate
For things to finally sink in
Years of thoughts percolating
Evolving from within.

The shell was cracked, flaws magnified
So clearly out of proportion
Years spent on remorse, in pain
Self-inflicted consternation.

Nursing insecurities
Feelings of self-doubt
Depending on that one person
You thought you could never live without.

Time wasted on unrequited love
Getting nothing done
Sitting alone, frozen in place
Feeling paralyzed and stunned.

What’s the point? What are you waiting for?
Waiting and hoping for someone
Who never really cared about you?
When it was over, it was done.

Waiting for the phone to ring
Years spent sitting, staring into space
Waiting for a miracle
When you’ve simply been replaced.

Nurturing thoughts, feeding the fire
Keeping memories alive
Hanging on, believing in
A feeling that has died.

What’s the point in hanging on?
Photographs and trinkets saved
Is it really your intention
To take them to your grave?

Wake up, come to your senses
Don’t waste another day
She isn’t really worth it
She left, she walked away.

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It’s an all-time low, I’m feeling sick
We have to take some kind of action
There is no way this should ever be
How could we let this kind of thing, even happen?

Firing a man, when he is able to retire
And deliberately disqualifying him for his pension
What kind of man, has this country elected?
Please impeach Trump and put him in prison.

There’s got to be something that we can do
To prevent him from taking this action
Whatever McCabe is, he doesn’t deserve
To be punished for any infractions.

Trump is evil, vile and disturbed
He is akin to the likes of Satan
Somebody please, step up and prevent him
From punishing McCabe because he hates him.

He is a punisher, seething with hate
Ready to put his offenders to death
He is shallow and cruel, an empty shell of a man
That has no ethics, morals or depth.

We’ve got to do something to block him from this
It’s not ethical to withhold a man’s pension
We’ve got to be able to stop Trump from ordering
His firing at the hands of Jeff Sessions.

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I felt frozen in time
Suspended in space
I knew it was over
When I saw your face.

My world was shattered
I fell all apart
The day that you left me
You broke my heart.

There was no warning
I didn’t know
That you were unhappy
That you wanted to go.

Nothing I said
Could change your mind
Thought I could convince you
To give us more time.

Guess I was blind
I just didn’t see
All that you wanted
Was to be free of me.

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I ordered my coffee
Sat down all alone
I needed a break
Didn’t want to go home.

I watched you walk in
You ordered a coffee
You sat at a table
Not very far from me.

I tried not to stare
But, you were so pretty
What could I do?
I was in love already.

You took out a book
One I’m reading, too
I thought to myself
I have to meet you.

Invite you to lunch?
Start a conversation?
Would you think it odd?
An uninvited confrontation?

Some people alone
Prefer to keep it that way
What would you do?
What would I say?

I took a chance
Walked over to you
Hoping you’d care
Your eyes were so blue.

“Hi! My name is Chris”
Couldn’t help but notice
We’re reading the same book
I tried to remain focused.

Can I buy you a coffee?
A Caramel Macchiato?
She smiled and said yes
I said that I’d love to.

Two hours later
She gave me her number
I hoped all along
That I’d get to know her.

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via Daily Prompt: Wrinkle

Wrinkle

Beginning each day
A new wrinkle appears
The sun doesn’t help
To keep your skin clear.

Though you lather up
With sunscreen all day
The damage that’s done
Does not go away.

Freckles and moles
Wrinkles and scars
They won’t disappear
They stay where they are.

Time on the beach
Time spent in the sun
Will leave you blemished
Before you are done.

Sunburn and blisters
Will cause such pain
Don’t keep going back
Again and again.

You must wear a hat
And limit the time
That you will be spending
Out in the sunshine.

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Against all odds, I signed up for
My very first triathalon
I wasn’t prepared, I wasn’t ready
But, believed this was going to be fun.

I had a bike, some new swim goggles
And a speedo bathing cap
I wasn’t a swimmer, a biker or runner
But, didn’t see any problem with that.

The starting gun fired, they went into the water
I was expected to jump in, too
I joined in, swimming along
But, quickly began turning blue.

We were expected to swim out to a buoy
Go around it and head back to shore
I swam along, as fast as I could
But, soon exhausted my energy store.

The other swimmers got on their bikes
And, were already peddling away
I heard the crowd, as I got close to shore
“Come on, you can do it” they’d say.

Once on the bike, again I was slow
But, continued to peddle my TREK
Up and over the mountainous hills
Doing my best to avoid having a wreck.

After completing the run, and being stung by a bee
I had achieved the slowest of times
But, I finally did, what I came there to do
I had crossed the finish line.

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