Creative Lab – Where My Pictures Come to Life
I pledge allegiance to the self,
To cast away the chains of fear,
To strive each day, to make clear
The light within is boundless wealth.
From deep, dark wells, a glow ascends,
Trials they shaped, storms they befell.
Not a day goes by to dwell
Then why is left right, and right left,
A dance of opposites, a cosmic jest?
Why is yin yang, and yang yin,
A circle eternal, where all begins?
Why is black white, and white black,
Shadows and light on the same track?
They search for me in places begotten,
Paths long traveled, yet truths forgotten.
Where do you go when you seek the truth?
Beyond the mirror, beyond your youth?
I get it, drop your armor,
love will follow,
I thought I did
..
But today, I found a truth so deep,
I built these walls, while I was asleep.
It’s not just walls, but pride I wear,
A fortress forged in silent despair.
It’s not just pride, but ego, I fear
A mask I hid behind here.
It’s not just ego, but shame I hold,
In shadows quiet, in stories I never spoke.
It’s not just shame, but abandonment’s cold,
A hollow echo of goodbyes, feeling sold.
But It’s not just that, it’s the unknown,
A place I wandered, all alone.
But so you say love is always near?
Waiting for the walls to disappear?
Your left hand, your masterpiece,
Right brain’s hemisphere it reads
Keep it close, yee bold creatives
The truest art defies directives.
An act of rebel is within your midst
It’s at your left you are most right
Keep it close, all yee bold creatives.
This hollow numbness fills the air,
A penetrating scream, too much to bear.
The world hums out for love’s light
All I can do is craft mine
I hear love rise when we all try…
We keep talking
Saying everything
But not what we feel
We fill in the blanks yet they still remain,
Spaces that words can’t truly explain.
We keep it clean
We’re careful with the sheets,
Keep tidy and neat,
Playing it safe with strategies discreet.
We say it all, yet miss what we plead,
Dancing around the words we need
I wanted you to taste my love, so we meet,
But you chose the shortcut, quick and discreet.
The spark from down under, a fiery lust,
While I offered more than mere wanderlust.
I gave what you couldn’t yet fathom to take,
Out of impatience, a gift, though my heart did ache.
Did I practice grace, or was grace meant for you?
Hoping virtues would come when the Spirit withdrew?
Perhaps, when I least expect, with quiet devotion,
The keeper will come for a rare love potion.
In the pursuit, on the way you meet the shadow..
A beauty, a splintered star…
She’s drop-dead gorgeous, untamed, free
You learn in the process of alchemy,
raw and whole,
God breaks your heart to salvage your soul.
And each fracture refines the gold of life.
I see it coming, no more cries,
By now I don’t flinch, no wide eyes.
Goodbye, goodbye,
Hello, hello,
Goodbye, goodbye,
Again, it’s so.
Two, is the Nr. years
lost in the shadow’s mark,
Wondering how to fix things back
Two, is the Nr. Degrees hotter,
I proceeded to spark.
So now, I don’t flinch or lose control,
When it takes its toll,
When it’s time to go,
I’ll be home,
In my heart.
In my zone, where I restart.
The thought hit me, clear as light,
I’ve died a thousand times
I stood the fight.
Every birthmark, a tale etched deep,
Every birthday, a victory I keep.