Inspired by life, people, and spirit, I write. Sometimes from pain, sometimes from amusement. It doesn't matter. It's the picture it paints. Enjoy and comment. I love to hear what individual poems do for others. Please note: all material is copyright protected. Let me know if you want one to use elsewhere.
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gimme the physical puritanical pleasures of promise
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titillating the tantilizing truth together in time
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so seriously satitisfy serenely the soul
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growing orgasmically organically in the groin
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coming completely confident with contentedness
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It descends softly
Enveloping slowly
With a million tiny gems
Sparkling in the mines
Of your minds eye
Creating a warmth
Of peace and serenity
Lying there still
Waiting, in the darkness
For the escape
That awaits you
Drifting slowly
With the ebbing tide
Of time and distance
No longer a reality
Thoughts become dreams
Dreams become reality
Running from the demons
To find your sanctuary
Of magnificence and grandeur
That will protect and warm
The battered heart and soul
That has battled the real world
And spirits of the night
Another person - not race
Love - not skin color
Humanity - not a cultural label
Sameness - not difference
Discovery - not criticism
Curiosity - not judgement
Ponder yonder
into the night
wee hours of morn
To see and wander
the landscape of thought
wildness of mind
Emotions embodied
spirit somewhere inside
soul integration
Where does the road go
one may wonder
thinking this life
Strange
I say, I see, I feel
Actions, words, and play
Good or bad, wrong or right
Uncertainty plays with me
Can you hide from it anymore?
Holier than he thou art?
I think not, yet
You parade yourself
With false airs.
“Don’t look at me that way!”
you say
I say, “Why?
Aren’t thou thine friend?”
Oh, I did not know
Thou keeps us all apart
No one ever to come close
We must all keep a distance
For if too close we get
We know not what
These feelings are
Does no one know where
Their true heart lies?
Is it confusion in thine soul?
Has thine heart been so
Profoundly bled
By hurts and betrayals of others?
Dous thou not know tis human nature?
That thou also has caused betrayal?
Ah! I thinketh a connection has thou made
Thy knows thine own true nature
Assuming the nature to be true for thine brothers
Thou art suspect of all
For thou are suspect also
Read the news today
Don’t know why
Knew it would be
All bad news
Is there any good?
How many others read
What has been written?
Do they feel like me?
The world is crying
The planet is dying
Each of us a speck
Trying to live a life
Our main concern
Our own existence
Our own survival
But what happens when
All hell breaks loose?
Shouldn’t we try to stop
The threat of our destruction?
What is your answer?
Boiling blood rages inside
Racing through my veins
As spasms of anger
Ripple through every muscle
Two days and two nights
Of solitary, cooped up inside
How do you know?
What speaks and who listens?
I do not know
And sometimes seem lost
Where am I going?
What will I be?
Who is it that will be mine?
Is that even what I want?
In my brain, screaming so loud
“I DON”T KNOW”!
This must be a journey
Seemingly without direction
Bouncing
From one realization to the next
Discovering bit by bit
And most likely by accident
What and who I am
But only for today
As tomorrow, I am unsatisfied
And must try again
To find the truth
Astonished humility
the ego swells
with divine attention
of female sensuality
batting eyes
a nervous laugh
becomes a giggle
can't stand still
as nervous tension
sexual by now
builds a flame
the heat spreads
flame to flame
standing still
eyes intense
soaking up the sun
a forceful power
penetrating by nature
the open flower
of warm compassion
welcomes a weary traveller
to find solace
in peaceful serenity
of spiritual connection
for growing passion
to unfold and blossom
in heated exchange
of total abandon
Written today in memory of ...
By Lee Down
I know you don't believe
what you cannot see
inside of you written on your face
standing out in the crowded sea of faces
fluttering absently shocked speechless they flock
reaching out in hunger for what I'm left to wonder
sucking hungry energy from a source of sweet love
the vulnerable exposes the flesh to the bone of the soul
the sad song sings its silent call for emotion the tears will speak
as they streak the lightening sky to the heart of one another
feeling the overwhelming sadness swelling the riverbanks of society
seeing myself swept up in the emotional flotsam and debris
I am carried into the undercurrents to be held breathless with life
stalled on hold until the torrential currents release the log-jam
I am launched down the chute carried by the elation of a perpetual freedom
splashed in the vigorous droplets of cold reality washing up glimpses of possibility
again in the stunning moments of the views into abyss up to the highest peaks I am
breathless
wondering
why
Can someone ease my pain
the sadness of despair
knowing I remain
Alone again
For how long I must wait
I don't understand it
It's hard to hate
Alone again
The mind takes lonely's place
In company are thoughts
Bringing a new face
Alone again
Wishing, hoping, waiting, wanting
there is more to live
not just this haunting
Alone again
Living inside my own mind
Being the friendly guy
Until one day I find
Alone again
I don't know why, don't know why
It's just the way of it
As I stare at the sky
Alone again
Until one day another tease
She'll walk this way
and say, "Please?"
Alone again
I'll wait and wonder afraid to move
Eyes discriminating
For her to prove
Alone again
Dammitall, I don't get it right
Sitting alone
Night after night
Alone again
Crying quietly deep inside
I wish I could
Just run and hide
Alone again
The Fool comes out to play
With wisdom, fun, and light
To poke the serious mind
With the folly that is life
Taken too seriously the trap
Of caged creativity denied
Released with laughter delight
Truth hidden in plain sight
Witness the muse released again
Bestowing riches through life
Free and playful engaging hearts
Prison doors collapse in freedom
With peals of laughter, mirth and power
Spirits dance freely with melancholy souls
Able to rejoice in the pain and suffering
Knowing the truth of a life well-lived
To risk and play with choices made
Discovering the way of a truthful path
Climbing the mountain to summit's peak
To bask in glory of life's landscape
The Fool rises again.
Written this morning over coffee. Happy April Fool's Day! :)
Think and think and think
and get caught in your mind
trapped with the fear of choice
right or wrong how do you know
without trusting the bodily emotion
that feels the truth resonated
in being the creator of your future
just let it go, let it go, the freedom
yours to discover with failure
success will shortly follow
each new turn leads the way
closer to the heart beating
strongly inside your own being
Being with One the Source of Life
a flower never questions the way
leaning this way and that way
growing toward the moving sun
around obstacles fallen in path
life represents no different law
upward you go or choose certain death
to live in hell on earth with despair
over frozen action full of fear
instead push-up moving always forward
towards the heated sun that inspires
energy moving quickly in synergy
with your Being alive in adventure
choosing life, not the mind-trap
Everyday, getting smaller and smaller
Hearing the screams of pain and agony
The suffering continues
As mankind evolves
But into what?
Atrocities and virtue collide
In a constant battle
As two bighorn sheep
Dueling it out on mountaintop
A thundering crash on impact
Sending a shiver down the spine of society
Trying to make a better place
Will good overcome evil
Or will a blind eye be turned?
Ignoring the crimes committed
Against helpless people
Nuclear fallout, civil wars and terrorism
Destroying a fragile web
The spider must rebuild again and again
Yawn, stretch
Eyes blinking slowly
The fog lifts
Consciousness returns
As a new day begins
Daylight creeping in
Darkness, ever present
Withdraws into the corners
Standing tall
Return to life
Focused on the light
Facing her, he feels a need
A need to be closer, inside
The intimate act of love
Draws him to her
As a moth to a flame
A gentle touch spreading
The warmth of contact
Creating a sense of well-being
Here I am
Sitting alone
and pondering
What about
I do not know
I can just feel it
The big question mark
Following me around
Endless chattering
gaggling geese
a dull roar
envelopes the air
with good cheer
Faces break
the stone away
with merry chant
and throaty cackle
hearts are lifted
at every table
Warm welcome
eyes contact
broad smiles
proudly displayed
loyal attendants
tend appetites
for spirits, food
and fun.
Look at our society, our culture
And tell me what is wrong
Young people are stressed
Beyond belief living
With fear and uncertainty
About their future unkown
Hate and distrust many hearts
They're struggling to survive
Nails chewed down to quick
Wonder what it would take
To settle their heartache
Something has gone missing
From slower days passed
Tell me there is nothing wrong
I'll say you're asleep at the wheel
Today’s children parade their attitudes
Marching on the backs of our unborn
Scared for the future, what will be
No change seen today, death tomorrow
Walking around through life today
Looking for a life that brings meaning
I'm watching people and wondering
Why does it seem we're all play acting
I'm led to believe it's all a game
Dressed up images and plastic smiles
A mask of confidence to brave the world
Finding fulfillment in the emptiness
Returning home to a small cocoon
Private inner world to create sanity
Obsessed with pets and mindless TV
Living vicariously dreams of adventure
Hiding away behind the confident mask
They're pretending to be fully alive
But I see a fear behind their eyes
When I give them my smile of freedom
What are they hiding, what's the fear
That keeps them living smaller lives
Keeping them down and all alone
Communities cracked from disconnect
In the city so big pockets collapse
As people move offline from reality
Virtual communities and relationships
Sitting alone in front of their computer
There is nobody warm and caring
To laugh and cry in complete humility
Cynical existence replaced authenticity
Hidden and protected behind the screen
Who am I now, what is missing
The void inside screams all the while
To feel another presence connected deeply
To know I am here and really alive
**** this is just an observation of conversations and relationships to which I've been privy.
Forty-Two today
Oh, is it your birthday?
No, dumspter divers.
Huh?
Dumpster divers,
forty-two today.
Forty-two.
Coincidence?
I came to see you this rainy day
Wanting to invite you to come out and play
Walked in the door and asked for a seat
Until I saw you my heart never missed a beat
And when I saw you my heart skipped a beat
Now I sit here wondering what I have to do
To be the lucky man to spend some time with you
Instead I behave the flustery fool
No matter what I do I can't keep cool
No matter how hard I try I'm so not cool
You probably look at me and think what a weirdo
But I work up my courage and say "here we go"
I lay it on the line and make the invite
My heart has stopped, my breath held tight
I wait for an answer with breath held tight
copyright protected 2005
You say you want to know me
but I don't know really why
With my passion running deeply
I'm chasing after the sky
We end up getting married
It works okay for awhile
Then you want to be carried
Giving me a tired smile
My heart has become heavy
You don't wanna be my wife
Cause I want to fly Baby
And you want a different life
I won't live on the surface Baby
I want to go deeper inside
Don't even think of saying maybe
Because there you can still hide
It's now or never sweetheart
And you ask me to let you go
Saying good-bye is the hard part
And my heart takes the big blow
© Lee Down 2005
There is a sadness in my heart today
It's heavy, hard, and ready to break
"It will be freedom," I'd like to say
A life to live I would like to take
Standing tall and unafraid
People taking issue as they want
No change in me as a band-aid
Cause who I am is not a taunt
I am a man living in heat
Sex and life feed my creativity
If you don't like it take a seat
It's all you can do to let me be me
I know I am human in all it entails
The dark and light of humanity
Exist in me within all the details
All of life's coarseness embraced by me
Fingers entwined
Wrapped round and round
Forever bound
With the power of love
There is no beginning
There is no end
We have no reason to pretend
Though hands may part
And times get hard
We make new reasons
For brand new starts
Always fingers entwined
Revised April 2005
Deafening space and time
A moment's eternity
Stretches to infinity
What is reality?
Where is reality?
When is reality?
When do you stop?
When do you wake?
When do you see?
Just some new thoughts inspired today on the beach.
Having used all the excuses
Blood runs like molasses
The heavy-weight gives a sigh
Looking over at the opponent
No sign of weary defeat
A discovery dawning
Life always wins over
Struggling antagonism
Give in to resistance
Victory is in the dance
Ebbing and flowing
With the rhythm of Life
Only destination to find
Present in the moment
Lee Down
Razor sharp
And icy steel
Slicing abdomens
As they are
Expelled
In a breath
Of singing fire
Power and glory
Thorny roses
Stuffed into the ears
Of the audience
Too quiet
They listen
In pain
Clenched teeth
Tightly
Teardrops rolling
Scarlet red
Thick and syrupy
“hit me,” I say, “hit me!”
and the torrential rains
of punishing vowels, consonants
intended to sever,
to separate,
a heart
with white glory
sunshine and dew
cool and crisp
those words continue
to cut away
written Dec 15, 1997
by Lee Down
What is it with me
That I sit alone
Night after night
Meeting beautiful women
With brains and something
That shines in their eyes
A lucky man am I?
So much to say, to think
About what
I know not
Til something gives
In to my foresight
Or alas too late
My hindsight
I feel I know not what
Nor wherefor
Deep down inside
Emotions too turbulent
To enjoy the ride
I see in me
So much to share
But too much to hold
So push it back
To hide
Deep down inside
But alas,
I try and try
To hold back and fight
But the strength I find
Welling up inside
Bursts forth
Disappointed with what
I see
I feel
I hear
Suffering of a city
Of a family
Now dead
Senselessness
All around
Confusion
Impatience
So much of each of us
Sacrificed
Left to die
In our own fight
To stay alive
Can anyone see?
A sense to it?
Any of it?
What it is?
Tis what?
Am I strange
Or are they
That walk in fear
Running
Looking
For somewhere to hide
Asleep I must be
For a nightmare
This seems
Not right it is
Or strange
It would not seem
Look at a neighbor
Across the street
Or seated in a car
Right next to you
They don’t look back
They only react
To the stress
Each day
As they lose their mind
Being alone
As I am
I see for sure
Everybody!
We need each other!
written September 23, 1997
by Lee Down
Eking out a living in this paradise
Gimme Johnny Walker, neat, no ice
A few more of those I'll be alright
Getting me through a long slow night
Twisted pain of death lines my face
Another chance tomorrow my saving grace
I'm here to fight, never say die
Always chasing truth never a lie
Eking out a living in this paradise
Gimme Johnny Walker, neat, no ice
Smile for me Baby I'm here for you
Whatever it takes you know I'll do
You know my dirty secret I can't hide
That's why I get with you deep inside
A few more of those I'll be alright
Getting me through a long slow night
Wake up everyday glad to be alive
Another day of earning one-o-five
Soul is not for sale just a man for hire
The dreams alive can't kill this fire
Eking out a living in this paradise
Gimme Johnny Walker, neat, no ice
A few more those I'll be alright
Getting me through a long slow night
Lee Down
I see what I want to ignore
Unable to hide from it anymore
My happy face has gone away
And now don’t want to go out and play
There are people starving
With many more in pain and dying
No real homes for warmth or shelter
Our world has become helter skelter
Sitting here on a soft warm bed
I can’t get their pain out of my head
I wish there was something I could do
But I don’t know and neither do you
written September 16, 1997
by Lee Down
“Hello? Can anyone hear me? I’m here, can you see me?“
I waited. Silence returned. Not wanting to panic, I decided to wait a bit longer. Still, silence, no movement, and I began to feel the anxiety swell up. I looked intently around me hoping to see; something, anything. The tiniest movement or acknowledgement would have been so welcome, but nothing came.
This made no sense to me. I see them, they’re sitting there, engaged in their own little worlds but they don’t seem to know that I’m here. I turned around, quickly at first to look in the opposite direction. Then, dissatisfied, I turned slowly, taking in the view 360° around me. Every direction I looked I could see people, some just mere meters away. In exasperation I sat down.
Cross-legged with my chin in my hands, I scowled and looked about in front of me. I was chewing my lip now and I my forehead was furrowed in a deep frown. Different thoughts raced through my mind as I wondered at this strange situation. Am I asleep and just having a weird dream? Thinking about it, I dismissed it figuring a dream would metamoph much sooner than this. Hmm, what next?
Playing eyes
at, for each other
a wave of pleasure
anticipation
of fun tonight
Now dance
in the park
so close together
no room to breathe
passion take flight
carry me away
with the wave
of excitement
a first time
or one hundred and first
still does the same
blood in my veins
blood from my name
dancing for you
dancing for me
life is sweet
having fun every day
someone to play
written June 23, 1997
by Lee Down
Blazing upon daybreak
I dreamed the silky sun
dazzled those found
blinding delicious laughter
Burning lonely desire
© Lee Down 2005
Expansiveness seen overhead, above and beyond
Opaque wispy blue tinted overspray white
Upon the breeze comes time and chance
To while away a conjured reality
Of hopes and dreams served on fine china
Suspended by fine fragile threads frayed
By the weathered storm of unkempt emotions
Battling life weary with worry and fear
To fall sleepless tiredly to a cold tile floor
Shattering the reality to build new castles
Of dreams of might and wonder tomorrow
Destroying what was, having to build anew.
© Lee Down 2005
this spilled out while sitting at a coffee shop one spring day
Try to sleep
lying in bed,
thoughts run through
my stupid head.
Keeps me awake
until I write it down,
so I am thinking
with a frown.
And then I start
under the light,
sometimes so prolific
it gives me a fright.
Why do I do it
I cannot comprehend,
but I feel so good
in the end.
© Lee Down 2005
This is an old poem from November 1994 - I stumbled upon it today, had a laugh and brought it to share! :)
I see so much more mental illness. Stress. Anxiety. Depression. Drugs. Cutting. Abortion. The list goes on.
I see so much more dysfunction. Broken families. Runaways. Prostitution. Sexual abuse. Emotional abuse.
I see much less community. Neighborhoods collapse. People withdrawn. Everything locked down. Kids play inside. Nintendo. Electronics. Television.
I see many more lost faces. Compromised values. Dreams unfulfilled. Accepting 2nd best. Emotional dependance. Fear. Slavery to a system. Slavery to beliefs. Brainwashed emotionally.
I see much more antagonism. Unemployment. Theft. Financial strain. Marital abuse. Win at all costs. Increase the divide. Greed & power. Growing numbers in poverty.
I see much more dissatisfaction. Settling for security. Not achieving potential. Giving up dreams. Denied talent.
Are we the rats in the cage?
Is this era a period of time to study how far human beings can be pushed?
Can you imagine waking up to an earthquake every day for 5 months straight? Multiple quakes in a day?
Do you think we could be more productive if the pace slowed down and we found more time for our relationships? For community? For recreation?
What would it be like working for a company that cared about its' people, its' community, and the planet's resources?
What would it be like to experience fewer restrictions and more freedom in complete safety?
When seeking the Gold in life that brings value, we must persevere through hardships and dig through much muck to find the vein of Truth for our life.
Glad you could stop by for a visit. Take a skim across this pond of words for something that connects. Maybe you'll laugh, feel a heart-tug, hopefully you won't cry, and in the end you'll know you're not alone. Peace.
Would you donate dollars for hours to other people in society who are unable to pay for coaching services? Your dollars will provide financial assistance to those who would otherwise forego coaching.
Empower your community;
One Man Can make a difference.
Peace & Love
