Raise the Bar

Posted on September 12, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged bar, bars, be, becoming, better, blog, challenge, create, creative, dreams, find, high, highest, improve, in, journal, know, Life, lives, living, mature, motivate, past, path, pnw, poem, Poems, poet, poetry, push, pushing, see, seeking, Stars, the, today, truth, were, write, writer, writing, yesterday, you, Your, yourself3 Comments

Try to face challenges
that bring your best
self out. Walk away
from the path that was
once your past. Reach
for the stars you seek.
Raise the bar and see
life from the highest
valley. Be better than
you were yesterday.
Don’t run in place.
Find strength to go
against the grain
despite the pain.
Feel peace at last.
Enjoy what you have
before it becomes
a part of your past.
It’s not too late. Raise
the bar if you can
and find a place you
would want to land.

Hi / Bye

Posted on March 29, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged before, blog, casual, conversation, creating, creative, creator, different, eyes, first, formal, Good, greeting, journal, knew, last, meeting, new, next, nice, old, over, Poems, Poems, poet, poetry, saying, seeing, someone, time, who, why, wise, wow, write, writer, writes, writing, youLeave a comment

Hi: It is nice to meet you –
Bye: It was nice to meet you
–
Hi: It is nice to see you again –
Bye: It was good seeing you
–
Hi: It is so good to see you! –
Bye: Until next time, old friend
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Hi: I will never say “bye” –
Bye: I say “goodbye” before the next
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Hi: I knew to say “hi” – before a good –
Bye: to the one who is sure to rise.

Wise Eyes

Posted on March 22, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged blog, deep, ego, escaping, eyes, full, half, Inside, jesse, JMACTHEDREAM, journal, look, mcdaniel, myself, Poems, Poems, poet, poetry, pretty, Reflection, see, soul, stare, the, to, windows, wise, write, writer, writes, writing, you3 Comments

I look deep into your wise eyes.
I get lost inside you: your stare.
I see myself when I look into
your wise eyes. My ego shrinks
in size and dies when I look into
your wise eyes. I can see a life –
a growing soul: only half-full.
Your wise eyes tell me to be
the person that I want to see.

The Same Shadow

Posted on March 21, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged air, another, around, behind, bright, create, creative, darkness, feeling, following, grow, jesse, JMACTHEDREAM, lake, leaving, left, Life, life's, light, mcdaniel, me, Poems, Poems, poet, poetry, poets, present, right, shadow, shine, stop, time, unite, wake, writer, writers, writes, writing, youLeave a comment

I keep seeing the same
shadow. It follows me
wherever I go. I know
this shadow can grow
when lights turn low.
My fear seems to flow,
and paranoia ensues.
With every step, I look
to my right – my left,
and I feel the shadow
around me. Can it be
mine? Can it be me
from another life? Is it
the same shadow I see
in my mind? Anyway,
I walk away: leaving
shadows in my wake as
I swim across life’s lake.

Find Something

Posted on February 26, 2021 Posted in PoemsTagged alive, basic, become, better, blog, busy, create, creative, drive, driven, earth, enjoy, everyday, find, finding, heaven, hell, hurry, job, journal, Life, live, living, message, no, nothing, passion, play, Poems, Poems, poet, poetry, resistance, sane, some, something, than, thing, to, universal, way, ways, will, work, worry, write, writer, writes, youLeave a comment

Find something to do –
to keep you busy –
to keep you sane.
Find anything to do –
just don’t do nothing.
Nothing can keep you
from doing something.
Anything is better than
nothing. Don’t stay
still – fill your time
finding something
to do: be quick, but
don’t hurry. Don’t
worry. You will find
your way: yourself.
You will find some –
thing that keeps you
going – living. You
will find something
that will become
nothing. You must
create resistance,
listen, and lessen
the distance between
Hell and Heaven.

IN YOUR DREAMS POETRY

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