We learn from experience
We learn from dreams
We learn from others
Sometimes these lessons are not what they seem
Forged with reason and emotion
This imprint attaches to our soul
Sometimes they change with the times
Sometimes they’re put out on parole
Attachment to anything
Either pleasure or pain
May not serve us after the fact
And may just be in vain
Memories can last a lifetime
Our ability to deal with them will change
Old wounds can heal
As this is not really that strange
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DCG

I’m receptive to wonder
The Wonderment of our senses
I’m wonderstruck with what I see as beautiful
The beauty from within our own fences
Many are distracted
The essence of what true beauty really is?
To rely only on physical attraction
It’s like holding water with a sieve
How many times?
Will our ego’s deceive?
If we pay attention?
Will we revise what we believe?
To ask, what is beauty?
A question in philosophy
How many people can answer?
How many are left in ambiguity?
Some may learn  the hard way
Some may never learn
Some by example
Some will have to wait their turn
The knowledge we acquire
Cannot express the wonder we feel
It is only in how we live our lives
The wisdom of how we deal
if we look through a lens of falsehoods
How will the world appear to be?
Another fun house mirror?
Is that what we will see?
Distortion can come from dirty lenses
Distortion can come from unchecked ideology
How often do we clean the lens?
How often do we test our reality?
It must certainly be a gift
If we can clearly see
The wonder and beauty in life
Understanding is the payment, perception is the fee 
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DCG
Woke up from a dream
With other characters I had in my head
But it made more sense
Of my own life instead
Do dreams, permeate language?
If you carefully observe the dream
What will it tell you about yourself? 
Just exactly what will it mean?
Can you see another perception of yourself?
Can you unlock another door?
Can you reveal another view of yourself?
That you have never seen before?
Can you decode this revelation?
Will you be able to remember?
If you dream in January
Will you know it still by December?
If you commit this to memory
Will you develop it summer, fall, winter and spring?
How are you better yourself?
Just think how now what can you bring?
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DCG
It’s been four months since my last post
I’ve struggled with my sight but not with my vision
This inner sanctum I dwell with my thoughts
Only now a more reflective provision
I ponder and think deep 
About what I truly find real
When something is taken away
You care more about how you feel
Experience begets empathy
Wisdom comes with self-restraint
The folly of our misgivings
The instant karma we now re-acquaint
Life has many gifts
Take heart and seize the day
Love deeply and serve others
Take heed before it all goes away
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DCG
An afterthought of reflection
Little did I know at the time of this transaction
As my luck would have it
I would be forever compromised in my satisfaction
In many cases of human bondage
Attachment is not always clear
Even more astonishing
We are the architects of our fear
The guardian angel
In our life there can be
Many chances to nullify
If we are pure in vision to see
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DCG
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
How do you measure?
The worth of a man?
The virtues?
The vices?
Declare them if you can
Only the character
How they behave
What they did?
What they forgave?
Start with a conversation
That you have with your reflection
Look at the path you are on
Does if require course correction?
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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
Stuck in the past?
Lived a life already gone yet?
Again to relive?
What had taken so long to forget?
Can’t help it
Caught in this mess
Turning away only helps for a bit
But sooner or later
Gotta make good on your wit
Unprocessed trauma
Runs silent runs deep
Not much to discover
When it’s held in its keep
Father Time is undefeated
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DCG
Self-Reflection
The razors edge
To better myself
I’ve made this pledge
The search to improve myself
On the lessons of my life lived
Can benefit me
On the perspective that it gives
Yet I’m chasing a ghost
When I dwell on the past
I no longer serve myself
As the cost is vast
You heal from wounds
Not by attaching to the grief
Reliving a memory over and over again
There is no relief
One must move forward
I must create a new me
Build upon a new foundation
On how I intend to be
…
DCG
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