By Shadowjo
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How Curious Is The Heart?
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It has the strength to give life
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It has the power to take it away
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It can make your world shine
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It can make it all so dark
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It can make you feel the magic
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It can make you feel the miseries
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It can place you on top of the world
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It can drag you down to the abyss
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It can make you believe the impossible
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It can blind you to the truth
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It can hurt from so much pain
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It can hurt from so much love
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Oh this curious heart of mine.
Source: Shadowlands
December 07, 2010
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Showing posts with label Shadowlands. Show all posts
22 August 2020
THE GOLDEN YEARS
By Shadowjo
The sun is setting
My youth has vanished
My dreams have passed.
I pass on to you
My lessons learned
My wisdom earned.
Do not see me failed
My dear young child,
My heart is still wild.
Learn from the lessons
My bitter fights taught,
My body blows caught.
Go forth and be better
My disappointments be
My pride, in you I see.
Live long live better
My story, your teacher
My soul, your preacher.
Source: Shadowlands
November 21, 2014
The sun is setting
My youth has vanished
My dreams have passed.
I pass on to you
My lessons learned
My wisdom earned.
Do not see me failed
My dear young child,
My heart is still wild.
Learn from the lessons
My bitter fights taught,
My body blows caught.
Go forth and be better
My disappointments be
My pride, in you I see.
Live long live better
My story, your teacher
My soul, your preacher.
Source: Shadowlands
November 21, 2014
11 August 2020
THE TURMOIL WITHIN
By Shadowjo
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A strong outward facade
Does not always sustain
A strong inner self.
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A deep turmoil within
Often over-compensates
With false strength without.
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Only a healthy inner core
Can sustain indefinitely
A flourishing body and mind.
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Source: Shadowlands
August 02, 2020
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A strong outward facade
Does not always sustain
A strong inner self.
*
A deep turmoil within
Often over-compensates
With false strength without.
*
Only a healthy inner core
Can sustain indefinitely
A flourishing body and mind.
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Source: Shadowlands
August 02, 2020
1 August 2020
THE ESTRANGEMENT OF MY DERANGEMENT
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My soul almost died in those days of shame,
It came close to death on so many occasions
Its survival is a miracle to me
One I never quite comprehended.
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I was always the stranger in a strange land
The new boy that never stayed long enough
To be humiliated into submission,
Or assimilated into admission.
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I refused to bend under the weight,
Or to snap under the strain.
But the price for my personal state of isolation
Was the capitulation of my soul.
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The battles were many and the victories few
Towns, cities, states, and counties,
Like a carousel of hate and humiliation
Came and went and tore at the heart of my soul.
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As the years passed and the body hardened
My one determined goal never strayed off course.
The body may bleed, the heart may cry,
But my soul will never be lost.
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I swore allegiance to that battered soul
Took an oath and professed forever on
Whatever this world had in store,
I would not change to save myself from hurt
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So here I am, battered and bruised.
Among my raddled but still noble anamnesis
With elysian pride and a peaceful heart
I watch at last, the renaissance of my soul.
By Shadowjo
Source: Shadowlands
30 June 2014
My soul almost died in those days of shame,
It came close to death on so many occasions
Its survival is a miracle to me
One I never quite comprehended.
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I was always the stranger in a strange land
The new boy that never stayed long enough
To be humiliated into submission,
Or assimilated into admission.
*
I refused to bend under the weight,
Or to snap under the strain.
But the price for my personal state of isolation
Was the capitulation of my soul.
*
The battles were many and the victories few
Towns, cities, states, and counties,
Like a carousel of hate and humiliation
Came and went and tore at the heart of my soul.
*
As the years passed and the body hardened
My one determined goal never strayed off course.
The body may bleed, the heart may cry,
But my soul will never be lost.
*
I swore allegiance to that battered soul
Took an oath and professed forever on
Whatever this world had in store,
I would not change to save myself from hurt
*
So here I am, battered and bruised.
Among my raddled but still noble anamnesis
With elysian pride and a peaceful heart
I watch at last, the renaissance of my soul.
By Shadowjo
Source: Shadowlands
30 June 2014
22 July 2020
THE HONEY BAR HOTEL
By Shadowjo
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The air hangs sluggishly in the room
The lights are dim and flickering
Spiders have long ago abandoned
The stench and the bickering.
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There once was much love here
Many-a-heart danced and fluttered
Where oaths and promises
Were frequently uttered.
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But now the color has turned beige
It has lost the magic of its spell
All that lingers are the shadows
At the Honey Bar Hotel.
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Source: Shadowlands
June 30, 2014
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The air hangs sluggishly in the room
The lights are dim and flickering
Spiders have long ago abandoned
The stench and the bickering.
*
There once was much love here
Many-a-heart danced and fluttered
Where oaths and promises
Were frequently uttered.
*
But now the color has turned beige
It has lost the magic of its spell
All that lingers are the shadows
At the Honey Bar Hotel.
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Source: Shadowlands
June 30, 2014
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