Submissions by AltairEndian
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th May 2024 12:01pm
18th May 2024 12:01pm
Boring truth
Politicians often try to capture
Enthusiasm and the spirit of youth
But I think we’ve had enough of sold and broken dreams
Why don’t you tell us the boring truth?
Reality is not flashy
And solutions not easy
Or shiny
Or ready to be packaged into slogans
Often the boring, slow and methodical approaches
Just simply work best to really solve the problem
Do you think so little of us that you think we do not know this?
Don’t sell us dreams
Explain to us how things really are
And what is really needed ...
Enthusiasm and the spirit of youth
But I think we’ve had enough of sold and broken dreams
Why don’t you tell us the boring truth?
Reality is not flashy
And solutions not easy
Or shiny
Or ready to be packaged into slogans
Often the boring, slow and methodical approaches
Just simply work best to really solve the problem
Do you think so little of us that you think we do not know this?
Don’t sell us dreams
Explain to us how things really are
And what is really needed ...
#courage
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2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
5th May 2024 2:57pm
5th May 2024 2:57pm
Loving Hand
I don‘t know to what I pray
And quite frankly that‘s ok
Is it god or chance or fate?
Which guided me and helped create
This the life I have longed for
I know there is a loving hand
Which pulled me out of the quicksand
Too much went right
There‘s too much light
Too many times saved from edge of night
To believe there is no hand
Which guides me daily through this land
Even if I do not know
I will keep praying even so
Thankful til I leave this land
To see what is this loving hand
And quite frankly that‘s ok
Is it god or chance or fate?
Which guided me and helped create
This the life I have longed for
I know there is a loving hand
Which pulled me out of the quicksand
Too much went right
There‘s too much light
Too many times saved from edge of night
To believe there is no hand
Which guides me daily through this land
Even if I do not know
I will keep praying even so
Thankful til I leave this land
To see what is this loving hand
#gratitude
173 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
27th Apr 2024 1:40pm
27th Apr 2024 1:40pm
Silent warrior
I know now what I want to be
It is not to make war with weaponry
I have no arsenals at my disposal
No strength but what is inside
I want to be
A silent warrior
A loud warrior runs towards danger
And enjoys the thrill of the fight
And does everything to appear tough
And runs away from what is inside
A silent warrior is open and truly free
Not afraid to see
Everything that is inside
She turns away from violent fight
She wages war on fear and ignorance
Her war is with herself, not others
And...
It is not to make war with weaponry
I have no arsenals at my disposal
No strength but what is inside
I want to be
A silent warrior
A loud warrior runs towards danger
And enjoys the thrill of the fight
And does everything to appear tough
And runs away from what is inside
A silent warrior is open and truly free
Not afraid to see
Everything that is inside
She turns away from violent fight
She wages war on fear and ignorance
Her war is with herself, not others
And...
#courage
#determination
#strength
180 reads
2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
7th Apr 2024 2:56pm
7th Apr 2024 2:56pm
Mother hear us
Mother hear us in this time
We are praying for our crime
Of destruction to be forgiven
So we can rise anew and shine
Mother we have brought you harm
Ignored the scream and the alarm
Now we face the burning heat
Brought on by our own deceit
Mother we need strength to turn
Away from the madness for which we yearn
Please let us not get what we deserve
This we pray to mother earth
We are praying for our crime
Of destruction to be forgiven
So we can rise anew and shine
Mother we have brought you harm
Ignored the scream and the alarm
Now we face the burning heat
Brought on by our own deceit
Mother we need strength to turn
Away from the madness for which we yearn
Please let us not get what we deserve
This we pray to mother earth
#redemption
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Apr 2024 2:25pm
6th Apr 2024 2:25pm
In all
Mountains rise
And fall
One day the sun
Will burn all
All our history
Away
And not even dust remains
Why do I write these words?
Souls unite
Under the stars
Their symphony
Is in me
An end
To all my wars?
Among stars
I drift
In this dream
This gift
I see nothing remains
But also nothing exists
Nothing but here
And here is already gone
Turned into another here
Into another now
And somehow
This is my peace
In this I am
In this I can ...
And fall
One day the sun
Will burn all
All our history
Away
And not even dust remains
Why do I write these words?
Souls unite
Under the stars
Their symphony
Is in me
An end
To all my wars?
Among stars
I drift
In this dream
This gift
I see nothing remains
But also nothing exists
Nothing but here
And here is already gone
Turned into another here
Into another now
And somehow
This is my peace
In this I am
In this I can ...
#happiness
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Apr 2024 1:51pm
6th Apr 2024 1:51pm
Strong like a mountain
Following the breath
Is like a fountain
It makes me strong
Strong like a mountain
Because for over two thousand years
Mindfulness has helped people face their fears
So many have sat where I now sit
Each one of them my sister and brother in spirit
Fashions come and go
But for all we know
Mindfulness has stood the test of time
It is like a fountain
It can make you strong
Strong like a mountain
Is like a fountain
It makes me strong
Strong like a mountain
Because for over two thousand years
Mindfulness has helped people face their fears
So many have sat where I now sit
Each one of them my sister and brother in spirit
Fashions come and go
But for all we know
Mindfulness has stood the test of time
It is like a fountain
It can make you strong
Strong like a mountain
#determination
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2024 9:02am
23rd Mar 2024 9:02am
What is the road?
What is the road I walk upon
If I don’t walk towards the sun?
If in this moment, on this day
I do not walk on the right way?
However tedious and slow
The way turns out that I will go
If the direction will be right
I will arrive at end of night
Emerge into the light of day
Where most things I will do and say
Will bring more peace into the world
So that the story I have told
Is timeless, like the wise of old
A tale of love, of light, of gold
If I don’t walk towards the sun?
If in this moment, on this day
I do not walk on the right way?
However tedious and slow
The way turns out that I will go
If the direction will be right
I will arrive at end of night
Emerge into the light of day
Where most things I will do and say
Will bring more peace into the world
So that the story I have told
Is timeless, like the wise of old
A tale of love, of light, of gold
#courage
126 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2024 8:56am
23rd Mar 2024 8:56am
Sacrilege
The present moment is all I have
Aware of body, mind and breath
I do not believe in any god
Or in a fate that is foretold
Or that a man or woman can be holy at all
I have no cross upon my wall
Only a statue of the Buddha, sitting tall
He reminds me until my death
That the present moment is all I have
And if I let go of my mindfulness
Then this is the only true sacrilege
Aware of body, mind and breath
I do not believe in any god
Or in a fate that is foretold
Or that a man or woman can be holy at all
I have no cross upon my wall
Only a statue of the Buddha, sitting tall
He reminds me until my death
That the present moment is all I have
And if I let go of my mindfulness
Then this is the only true sacrilege
#determination
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Mar 2024 7:06pm
18th Mar 2024 7:06pm
Golden you
In each of world religion teachings
Among all the self-righteous preaching
I find some things I think are true
This one is: there’s a golden you
There is a you who loves to live
To care, to love and freely give
The highest truths for which you long
Are just covered, they are not gone
The world told you you are a sinner
They programmed you to be a “winner”
For a dog eats dog world
They covered the true you with dirt
But you don’t have to be this way
For inside you there is a sun
That waits for you to set it...
Among all the self-righteous preaching
I find some things I think are true
This one is: there’s a golden you
There is a you who loves to live
To care, to love and freely give
The highest truths for which you long
Are just covered, they are not gone
The world told you you are a sinner
They programmed you to be a “winner”
For a dog eats dog world
They covered the true you with dirt
But you don’t have to be this way
For inside you there is a sun
That waits for you to set it...
#courage
121 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Mar 2024 9:33am
16th Mar 2024 9:33am
Dear poetry
Dear poetry
Come out of me
I don’t want to keep you inside
For you’re a source of joy and pride
I want to give you to the world
I want your wonders to unfold
I want your flowers to grow and grow
And I want all the world to know
That you have flowers inside you too
Only your heart knows what for you is true
So give your truth to the whole world
And let the wonders of your heart unfold
Come out of me
I don’t want to keep you inside
For you’re a source of joy and pride
I want to give you to the world
I want your wonders to unfold
I want your flowers to grow and grow
And I want all the world to know
That you have flowers inside you too
Only your heart knows what for you is true
So give your truth to the whole world
And let the wonders of your heart unfold
#inspirational
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Mar 2024 9:25am
16th Mar 2024 9:25am
This road I’m blessed to walk
This road I’m blessed to walk
Requires little talk
Requires lots of knowing
Requires lots of doing
Requires lots of calm
Requires lots of peace
This road I walk in silence
No drama and no violence
No hall of fame for me
My deepest wish: to just be
Sometimes I miss the chatter
Sometimes I miss the talk
But depth is my reward
On this road I’m blessed to walk
Requires little talk
Requires lots of knowing
Requires lots of doing
Requires lots of calm
Requires lots of peace
This road I walk in silence
No drama and no violence
No hall of fame for me
My deepest wish: to just be
Sometimes I miss the chatter
Sometimes I miss the talk
But depth is my reward
On this road I’m blessed to walk
#courage
#peace
115 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Feb 2024 8:59am
24th Feb 2024 8:59am
Sunshine
Beautiful play of light on the water
A complexity too great for words
Changing every second
The grass on the side of the water
Swoons in the wind
The soft, gentle breeze
A melody no mind can put on paper
A song too profound for capturing it in notes
This is the moment I remember
Unique
Some things can not be dissected with the mind
Don‘t try to understand beauty
Just experience its majesty
Too vast for our limited words
Every ray of sunlight
Is unique
A complexity too great for words
Changing every second
The grass on the side of the water
Swoons in the wind
The soft, gentle breeze
A melody no mind can put on paper
A song too profound for capturing it in notes
This is the moment I remember
Unique
Some things can not be dissected with the mind
Don‘t try to understand beauty
Just experience its majesty
Too vast for our limited words
Every ray of sunlight
Is unique
#beauty
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