It’s funny when you remember
Mistakes that you have made
Moments with your past loved ones
As time moves on they usually fade
But sometimes in a dream
The mind will reflect
Reviewing the old memories
You now seem to neglect
Awaking to what is here and now
Can benefit you greatly
Being mindful in the present
We can extinguish “What have you done for me lately?”
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DCG
You cannot bargain with truth
There is no negotiation
Only what is
No sophist pseudo-narration
Too many people are lost in words
Our language begets confusion
The argument now before them
Seduces their conclusion
Chuang Tzu from a butterfly
Awakening from a dream
Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man
What can we really say?
If indeed we can?
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DCG
If you are depressed you are living in the past.
Lao Tzu
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.
Where do we focus our attention?
Events that happen in the past?
Not attending to the moment
Reliving something we cannot change leaves us aghast
To try and predict the future
Always in a state of suspense
A misguided focus
Always living in self-defense
To live in the now
As there is no other choice
Releases our only freedom
Given to our inner voice
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DCG
I embrace the joy
When I see the things line up in place
Time spent together
Sharing the world as I look upon your face
Knowing there is no expectation
Knowing only these feelings that stand
Part of the uncertainty
Is built into the hand
I don’t rely on criticisms
They only detract from the moment
One can spend a lifetime
To that which is unspoken
That which is meaningful
Is better when it is said
Never leave the heart unopened
Never leave it only in your head
Life is too precious
Rejoice in what life can offer
Too many of us never act
We leave it in an unused coffer
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DCG
It’s a bitter pill to swallow
My Johari window is open for me to see
A glimpse of my reality
What are the chances I will change how I’ll be?
It’s hard to perceive your self correctly
In the shadow of your own ego
The defenses we erect to protect us
Are hidden deep and will seldom ever show
Personal objectivity is a utopian concept
Yet it is still a celebrated goal
It takes great effort and great discipline
For us to master the soul
The commoner or the sage
All have fortuitous opportunities
Align with what you value
Align with no disunities
Authenticity carries heavy weight
How we act is subject to review
To improve upon your character
Is clearly something we should pursue
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Many truths and many lies
Are likely to be told
In the eyes of the ignorant
They are unlikely to behold
The filters of our attention
One may often dismiss
As a moment will present itself
That one may surely miss
Think not of our ability
When we lie down to sleep
As the body rests
The mind will often reap
The many opportunities
That we have to sus out
In the eyes of the ignorant
How many are cast about?
There will come a time
That one must decide
How will we go forward?
In which direction will we stride?
If they are present
If they can learn
In the eyes of the ignorant
Only then will they discern
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DCG
The moment before
You drift off to sleep
A memory comes to you
One that is buried deep
Memories often populate
And integrate with your dreams
Leaving with you a communiqué
To unravel the schemes
The mind has a way
To process the unrest
Perpetuating those feelings
You may have suppressed
A subconscious attempt
To resolve any dissonance
A conscious mindfulness
The conscription of imminence
Be you of conscious mind
Be you one to search your soul
I present to you
Our cognitive tool for quality control
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DCG
Where is the accountability
If you think you have done no wrong?
Is it better to ignore our input rather than our need to belong?
Perhaps I beleaguer
Over the inconsequential?
Perhaps I easily consign to the mere existential?
Or is it just possible
I may wake and become a better me?
Manifesting a vast potential
If and only if I allow myself to see?
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DCG
What is it about ourselves that we often don’t see?
hidden agendas, what motivates us?
Silently acting out?
What relegates us?
Humble is the soul
Looking deep into their reflection
Courageous is the soul
That discards their faulty perception
Intention is the mechanism
It defines the purity of the goal
Without accountability
A victim of circumstance exacts a toll
The faux pas’ of social interaction
Go undetected yet we conscript values as wares
At times we know what we are doing
At times we often do not care
The distributive law of generosity
The kindness shown in our hearts
Translates into action
That mends us together or tears us apart
What is it about ourselves that we often do not see?
A human realm of indecision
The moral questions of our humanity
We muddy the waters with no intellectual oversight
This duty to ensure our success
Lies not in the hands of another
But in our minds and this I do not contest
Harmony requires cooperation
Empathy a teacher of equal means
Reciprocity is seldom employed
A deliverance of suffering foreseen
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DCG
The stories in my life
We reminisce driving down memory lane
The house we grew up in
Sometimes causes me bane
King of the neighborhood
I command all that I survey
Once smoked pot at that guys house
Once had a girl in that one and got laid
We measure looking backwards on how we might have been
Nostalgia distorts reality
Think you have a perfect memory
Bet some friends will disagree
Funny how we paint
With broad strokes on our canvass
Memories that are more forgiving
Selecting ones that take fewer chances
So we continue to repeat
This remembrance now faded
Pointing to the parts
That we’ve embellished and paraded
This process we use
On how we express
Accurate or not
It’s not really what we’ve done, but rather how we confess
Master and commander
Our pride on sentry
Telling our tales
In line with our gentry
Talk it up kids
Tell us of those deeds
The camouflage of ego
Will rarely ever concede
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DCG
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