Submissions by OyateInyanNajin
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
SICK, LOST, STRANDED and SLEEPLESS IN LIMA PERU - (due to my Passport being stolen!) (5:56am, 3-5-2025, Lima, Peru)
after this
my by now
third
sleepless night
of restless
insomnia
sick lost
stranded
and sleepless
here
way down
south
in lima peru
when this
sudden
unexpected
thought question
spontaneously arose
to occur
in me here
for me
to consider
in which
i quietly ...
my by now
third
sleepless night
of restless
insomnia
sick lost
stranded
and sleepless
here
way down
south
in lima peru
when this
sudden
unexpected
thought question
spontaneously arose
to occur
in me here
for me
to consider
in which
i quietly ...
#anxiety
#disability
#illness
#insomnia
#PTSD
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SUDDENLY IT CAME TO ME (Wed., Jan. 8th, 2025, 1:00am, Palm Springs, California)
suddenly
it came to me
in flowing streams
of gleaming liquid veils unfurled
a sacred truth s secret hidden
in these words
within my being
within my soul
whispered given
to by and from
someone something
some previously ungrasped unknown
higher ineffable power
somewhere far beyond
this earth this sun
these feelings thoughts
these thin ink lined words ...
it came to me
in flowing streams
of gleaming liquid veils unfurled
a sacred truth s secret hidden
in these words
within my being
within my soul
whispered given
to by and from
someone something
some previously ungrasped unknown
higher ineffable power
somewhere far beyond
this earth this sun
these feelings thoughts
these thin ink lined words ...
#evolution
#inspirational
#LifeCycle
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection
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FEELINGS FEEL THIS I THIS ME I AM NO MORE. (12-5-2024, 2:00am; Palm Springs, California)
feelings feel
these feelings i feel
who is this
i
this i
who feels
all these inner
feelings i feel
that gently flow
or flash flood through me
at times
who is this
me
i ve so long
now
experientially known
since day one
on
this me
this i
i claim to be
is this me
i
or this i
me
or is there perhaps
no real
i or me
no me nor i
in truth
at all
in this illusory dream
i m in
but rather only
just all...
these feelings i feel
who is this
i
this i
who feels
all these inner
feelings i feel
that gently flow
or flash flood through me
at times
who is this
me
i ve so long
now
experientially known
since day one
on
this me
this i
i claim to be
is this me
i
or this i
me
or is there perhaps
no real
i or me
no me nor i
in truth
at all
in this illusory dream
i m in
but rather only
just all...
#earth
#evolution
#LifeChangingMoment
#rebirth
#spiritual
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PURE HUMMING BIRD JOY (PURE HUMMING BIRD WAY) (11-24-2024, Palm Springs, California)
upon reopening my eyes
after only twenty five minutes
this morning
of my perfectly imperfect
as usual
sitting in stillness
zen meditation
where now here
in these first few moments
of my heart centered
peaceful
open being s
return
while serenely
looking back out
with all my senses
and heart
now more widely open
at this newly unfolding
beautifully flowing ...
after only twenty five minutes
this morning
of my perfectly imperfect
as usual
sitting in stillness
zen meditation
where now here
in these first few moments
of my heart centered
peaceful
open being s
return
while serenely
looking back out
with all my senses
and heart
now more widely open
at this newly unfolding
beautifully flowing ...
#fall
#morning
#nature
#SelfReflection
#uplifting
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"IF THY ONE EYE BE OPEN" (11-25-2024, Palm Springs, California)
as
i see eyes
eyes see me
as
eyes see i
i see i see
i see i see
in
these eyes
through which
i see
i see eyes
as
eyes see me
as
this true i
this true
eye opened
this
one eye open
fully open
i now know
yet always have
that i still
truly
am
through which
i now
more
than...
i see eyes
eyes see me
as
eyes see i
i see i see
i see i see
in
these eyes
through which
i see
i see eyes
as
eyes see me
as
this true i
this true
eye opened
this
one eye open
fully open
i now know
yet always have
that i still
truly
am
through which
i now
more
than...
#identity
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection
#spiritual
#wisdom
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ALMOST THERE (I)-(original draft) (East Flagship Hotel Pier Jetty, Galveston Island Texas; 1-29-1997)
i took a trolley
to the beach
walked out to the end of a jetty
gazed numbly out over
this vast gulf of mexico s
seemingly endless horizon
then silently thought to myself
almost there
to the beach
walked out to the end of a jetty
gazed numbly out over
this vast gulf of mexico s
seemingly endless horizon
then silently thought to myself
almost there
#cancer
#depression
#disability
#illness
#PTSD
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GONNA DO EM GONNA DO EM ALL (10-9-2024; Palm Springs, California)
i like em
like
i like em
so i m
gonna do em
like I like
gonna
do em do em do em
gonna
do em
like i know i like
cuz
i don t see
no good reason
not
to do so
no matter what
others
may feel think judge
do or say
so therefore
not to do so
makes no
fuckin sense to me
at all
so i m just
gonna go ahead
and keep on
doin em doin em
doin em ...
like
i like em
so i m
gonna do em
like I like
gonna
do em do em do em
gonna
do em
like i know i like
cuz
i don t see
no good reason
not
to do so
no matter what
others
may feel think judge
do or say
so therefore
not to do so
makes no
fuckin sense to me
at all
so i m just
gonna go ahead
and keep on
doin em doin em
doin em ...
#erotic
#happiness
#lust
#men
#sex
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ONE HEART (II)-(newly revised, much longer, expanded revision)
ONE HEART
BROKE SLOWLY
LIKE FALLING LEAVES
THE OTHER
SHOOK COLDLY
YET CLUNG
TO THE TREE
HERE LATE
IN THE SEASON
OF THEIR
NATURAL FALL
WITH WINTER S
DEEP CLOSURE ...
BROKE SLOWLY
LIKE FALLING LEAVES
THE OTHER
SHOOK COLDLY
YET CLUNG
TO THE TREE
HERE LATE
IN THE SEASON
OF THEIR
NATURAL FALL
WITH WINTER S
DEEP CLOSURE ...
#fall
#LifeCycle
#memories
#SelfReflection
#winter
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COUNTERWEIGHT OFF THE TAIL ME BOYS (Fri., 10-11-2024; Palm Springs, California)
just counterweight
off
the tail
me boys
just counterweight
off
the tail
or in other
words
to put it
more simply
just counterweight
off
the tail
me boys
counterweight
off
the
t
a
i
l
for i m afraid
there may not be
much
left of me
afterwards
here tonight
beyond
the resonant echo s
widely spreading...
off
the tail
me boys
just counterweight
off
the tail
or in other
words
to put it
more simply
just counterweight
off
the tail
me boys
counterweight
off
the
t
a
i
l
for i m afraid
there may not be
much
left of me
afterwards
here tonight
beyond
the resonant echo s
widely spreading...
#courage
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#heroic
#WritersBlock
#WritingPoetry
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MY FEEBLE PEN'S UNCERTAIN, ATTEMPTED RETURN (5:25pm, 10-7-2024; at KOFFI North, Palm Springs, California)
pausing here
this afternoon
with pen
and paper
in hand again
in hopes
of tapping
back into
my innate
creative muse s
too long neglected
too long distracted
ever mysterious
inner realms
to try retuning
back into
channeling
and releasing
whatever spontaneously arisen
free flow purge
of perceptive
conscious
and subconscious
self expression
might
to my surprise
possibly arise
from...
this afternoon
with pen
and paper
in hand again
in hopes
of tapping
back into
my innate
creative muse s
too long neglected
too long distracted
ever mysterious
inner realms
to try retuning
back into
channeling
and releasing
whatever spontaneously arisen
free flow purge
of perceptive
conscious
and subconscious
self expression
might
to my surprise
possibly arise
from...
#aging
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#LifeCycle
#nostalgia
#WritersBlock
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WHAT IS THE SOUND (10-27-2019; expanded reflections on a classic, old, Japanese, Zen Buddhist koan; Palm Springs, CA)
what is the sound
of one hand clapping
perhaps the same
of two hands not
what is the sound
of one hand washing
perhaps the sound
of water doing
all the work
what is the remedial
echoing sound
of your grievously frustrated
innermost longing
for all the things
you most want in your life
but presently
do not have
perhaps the more ...
of one hand clapping
perhaps the same
of two hands not
what is the sound
of one hand washing
perhaps the sound
of water doing
all the work
what is the remedial
echoing sound
of your grievously frustrated
innermost longing
for all the things
you most want in your life
but presently
do not have
perhaps the more ...
#meditation
#philosophical
#SelfReflection
#spiritual
#tradition
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2 B (9-16-2024, 1:00pm; Palm Springs, California)
to be
do be
could be
should be
might be
may be
do be
is
tear drops
rain drops
fall like
seasons
fall like
lifetimes
come
and gone
fall like countless
fallen feathers
forever lost
to winds
of timeless time
lost to rhyme
lost to reason
when all
time
for reason s
flown
...
do be
could be
should be
might be
may be
do be
is
tear drops
rain drops
fall like
seasons
fall like
lifetimes
come
and gone
fall like countless
fallen feathers
forever lost
to winds
of timeless time
lost to rhyme
lost to reason
when all
time
for reason s
flown
...
#fate
#misunderstood
#philosophical
#SelfReflection
#spiritual
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