Because

Posted on July 5, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged alert, aware, balance, blog, by, challenge, condition, cope, coping, create, creative, enjoy, experiences, freeverse, happy, healthy, human, JMACTHEDREAM, journal, journaling, joy, Life, living, moments, my, of, other, overcome, passing, past, perspective, poem, Poems, Poems, poet, poetry, problem, push, pushing, see, side, solution, steep, time, times, unique, verse, write, writer, writingLeave a comment

Because of my past, I see
a world unique to me.
Because of my experience,
I have seen life from
the other side of the fence.
Because of the times I hurt,
I learned to be aware: alert.
Because of the times of joy,
I rebuild people, places,
and hope once destroyed.
Because of the past pain,
I learned to train my brain,
and welcome pouring rain.
Because of the steep slope,
I found new ways to cope.
Because of the challenge,
I have found my balance.
Because of people like you,
I know to push on through.

The Name Game

Posted on June 2, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged become, being, blog, chnages, condition, creative writing, eager, ego, everyone, Feelings, free, game, Help, human, identity, introspection, jesse, JMACTHEDREAM, journal, learning, Life, Love, loved, mcdaniel, myself, name, Poems, Poems, poet, poetry, poets, remember, self, verse, writer, writes, writing, writtenLeave a comment

Just another name:
More of the same.
A life to be lived.
Chances I take.

To be me is to be
Here. Being myself:
Eager to become.

Death to my ego.
Remember when.
Everyone changes.
And life goes on.
Me? I will, too.

The Top

Posted on January 27, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged boots, climb, condition, create, creative, down, exploration, explore, forward, free, gain, hiking, human, incline, inspire, jesse, JMACTHEDREAM, journal, journey, Life, mcdaniel, new, no, pack, pain, Poems, Poems, poet, poetry, push, speed, the, to, top, Up, uphill, usa, wrath, writer, writes, writing2 Comments

Up and away
To the top. You
And I don’t stop
Until we get
To the top.
There is no need
To pack anything.
We aren’t coming
Back. We explore
This steep hill
And its wrath.
We push on
Despite the pain.
So much to gain
In our journey.
With each step,
We move past
Regret. We climb
Out deep holes
That were carved
Inside our souls.
We rise. Heading
To the very top:
A better setting.

Cannonball

Posted on January 23, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged all, another, ball, blog, board, calm, cannon, cannonball, condition, create, creative, dive, dives, diving, here, human, jesse, jmac, journal, jump, Life, mcdaniel, mind, neptune, new, one, perfect, Poems, Poems, poet, running, sake, sea, see, splash, still, wade, wading, waiting, water, write, writer, writers, writes, writing, years2 Comments

I’m here to make a splash.
I want to create a wave.
Look how calm the water
is. It’s perfectly still, silent.
It’s been like that for years.
Complacency is what comes
to mind. I’m tired of waiting.
I’m looking to jump from
one life to another. I’m here
to make a splash and create
a wave – for Neptune’s sake.

The Doomsday Dreamer

Posted on October 16, 2018January 1, 2019 Posted in PoemsTagged chapbook, chapbooks, condition, creative, destroy, doomsday, dreamer, dreams, fiction, general, hope, human, Life, nature, nonfiction, Poems, poetry, reading, rebuild, vision, writingLeave a comment

Enjoy my 2nd chapbook:

The Doomsday Dreamer

IN YOUR DREAMS POETRY

Tag: condition

Because

The Name Game

The Top

Cannonball

The Doomsday Dreamer