From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

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*The Antidote*

I’ve been Poisoned.
i once had vigor.
life, salubrity.
now it feels like any day could be my last.
i lay in prostration more’an any inpatient. life so flat it feels i’ll flatline any time. i’m ailed by a venom,
a toxic contagion. please, grace,
retrieve me .

*Consulting from Previous Experience*

Put Away that Scalpel!
There’s been a change of plans!
Take away those tubes!
He’s about to stand!
Unplug that EKG — Stop writing on those sheets!
Turn off all those monitors!
His heart’s about to beat!
Reshelf the Defibrillator!
There’s no longer any need!
Take off those Masks!
Now we All can breathe!
Throw away them needles! And Save us All the Sight! You only need her Smile — It brought Me back to life .

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From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

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*The Deepest Apology*

I know what you’re going through.
I know how you feel.
I Would be there for you—
I too feel what you don’t feel.
I too yearn to be touched—
Understood.
Loved.
Yes I do know how you feel —
You’re not the Only 1.

I feel your S .O .S .—
But I can’t be the one to
Save You…
I can’t see it,
Find You,
Touch You…
But I can empathize with you.
We are Companions and
Don’t Even Know It—
Just because we don’t Know Each Other.

We still share an Empty Room,
That makes us mates in Bloom.

I know you’re somewhere out there…
And if you are reading these words:
This apology was meant for you,
Though I’m sure they’ll go unheard.

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From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

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*I Held a Lorikeet Today*

I Held a Lorikeet Today—
Both
Free
to
Hold
Its Wings…
My open palm seizes the moment
This warm season graciously
Brings.
I expected
Another quotidian day,
In a prosaic site tinctured in gray,
When in from the Wind
Flew In—
A Pop Fly
Like a stray Blue Jay.
My hand was as still as the air,
As un-shifting as my beholden stare.
I admiringly hawked at its wings—
Each
Assorted
Prismatic
Shade.
As the sun beamed down on us,
I knew I had it made
In the Shade.
This was a once in a lifetime sight,
And I had the perfect bird’s-view.

I captured these six seconds,
And held it for the rest of the day.

My face had a serene tint,
In-Hidden a camouflaged grin…
Although I knew it’d soon fly away…

And I’d sit alone again.

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