Under the Hood

Posted on April 12, 2022 Posted in PoemsTagged bodies, build, builds, car, care, cars, changes, classic, create, creative, different, dreams, drive, driving, engine, exterior, fast, free, gas, high, hood, in, interior, JMACTHEDREAM, journal, lap, Life, limit, look, looking, motor, need, oil, old, pass, passed, Poems, Poems, poet, poetry, prose, rhyme, ride, run, self, sizes, sizing, slow, speeding, still, superior, tell, trucks, verse, whether, write, writer, writing, YourLeave a comment

Look under the hood
before you ride.
Discover what drives
you. Cars with dents
and dings still run.
Being an older car
takes you just as far.
Every car is different.
Some cars are new.
Others just make do.
Different builds, colors,
and interiors show
us not one single car
is superior. Stop.
Pop the hood and
get a good look.
If you can tell that
all is well, then go
faster. Drive further.
Change the oil,
buckle up, and hit
the gas. No need to
make it last because
in the end, whether
we were slow or fast,
we crash or get passed.

Slow and Steady

Posted on January 5, 2022 Posted in PoemsTagged be, blog, create, creative, current, day, delayed, emotions, enjoy, fast, fear, Feelings, for, freeverse, heavy, inyourdreams, it, JMACTHEDREAM, journal, let, Life, move, moving, need, new, patient, poem, Poems, Poems, poet, poetry, pours, race, rains, really, rhyme, rush, rushing, slow, slowly, speed, steady, tell, time, Unknown, Washington, what, wind, worth, write, writer, writing, year6 Comments

Let’s rock slow and steady.
Easy does it. Nice and slow.
There’s no rush when there
is nowhere to go. Slowly
moving into the unknown.
No need to speed. Let it be.
Slow and steady; I’m always
ready. Life can be heavy,
and when it rains, it pours.
I keep going steady. I move
with the current. Slowly,
I work my way towards
a new day. I keep going,
slow and steady – I think
to myself. I wonder if all
will be well. Who knows?
Really, only time will tell.

No Vacancy

Posted on October 22, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged align, be, bear, blog, broken, compile, creativewriting, cross, crowns, downs, dreams, eyes, fast, fly, fulfulled, full, fullest, growth, heard, in, journal, Life, living, lose, lost, made, manifest, memories, move, moving, my, no, off, old, open, pnw, poem, Poems, poet, poetry, refuge, repair, room, satisfy, seen, sleep, starts, still, thoughts, time, true, Up, ups, vacancy, well, wide, win, writer, writes, writing, Your2 Comments

As the day moves, I seem to lose
track of time. I seem to forget
where my thoughts went. Still,
I feel fulfilled even when milk
is spilled. Thoughts, memories,
and feelings take refuge inside
my wide eyes. All I have seen,
heard, and felt does not melt.
What remains stays in frame.
All that I am is made up of old
times and slant rhymes. Still,
there is no room to goof off.
Now, as I move on, there is
no love lost – no cross to bear.
No fear: no vacancy: no way
to tell when all will be well.
Life is full of ups and downs
and broken crowns. It’s time
for stars to align. Believe it
to be true; it starts with you.

Memories Made

Posted on September 5, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged blog, brain, creative, dome, dreams, enemies, everything, fast, forever, health, home, imprint, in, internal, JMACTHEDREAM, journal, journals, Life, memories, mental, new, nothing, old, play, poem, Poems, poetry, rhyme, role, saying, too, words, worth, write, writer, writes, writing, YourLeave a comment

It’s better to remember
old memories than to
make new enemies.
Memories made play
a big role in creating
words worth saying.
In this life, we must
look back at the past
before realizing life
moves all too fast.
Nothing is forever
except the feelings
you left me. Memories
made are memories
saved. My brain
doesn’t mind taking
time to remember
what others don’t.
Memories made are
set in stone placed
outside this dome
I get to call home.

Hourglasses

Posted on July 4, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged appreciate, blog, by, clock, create, creative, creativewriting, day, days, enjoy, fast, freeverse, grains, hands, hourglass, hours, jesse, JMACTHEDREAM, journal, learning, lessons, Life, living, Love, mcdaniel, minute, moment, passing, place, Poems, Poems, poet, poetry, sand, slipping, slow, space, stay, staying, through, time, understand, verse, write, writer, writingLeave a comment

The sands of time fall through
the hands of time. Hours, minutes,
and seconds rain from above
and shower clocks with love.
Each grain that slips through
is a day… maybe two. The grains
can be blue, black, grey, or green.
Every second that will pass
will do so fast. Every minute
will sink as the timeline shrinks.
Check your hourglass and see
what time is left. Stay calm –
dump some sand in your palm.
Lend me both of your hands;
let us stay still as we fill
space in this mysterious place.

IN YOUR DREAMS POETRY

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