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MIMIC

Don't be a mimic in order to make yourself appear as what you're not, to persuade others of your supposed role in the unfolding, such a willful charade makes you a liar. © 2016 Mark Richard Prime

LOVE'S ENOUGH

On a day like today Is it time to walk away, has the sun found me or have I done plenty? It feels like Love has had enough. Enough, her eyes speak, this brings me to weep. Can't she see, I still breathe this all for her, it's not for me? Every word I write paints her face, every line inscribed climbs the trees. Every breath she takes moves deep in me, echoes over the surface of my dreams. There's still time to be, the fish and the fowl, the oceans and the sea, the bear and me. Love's worn to the center, about to break in two, time is manmade, the chorus sings true. On a day like today, is it time to walk away, has the sun found me or have I done plenty? I am filled up with Creation, waiting to be joined, met on the pathway Home, brothers, sisters of the rainbow! Let the wind carry our song, raise joy with the sun above, purpose worn like a ring a ring that fits like Love! Rise up and carry the old man out into the wide...

RESPECT RETURNED

Some say respect is earned, I say it's returned only after it's lost. Firstly, respect is given, and we often forget this. If it seems as if someone has lost respect for you, don't bend over backwards to somehow "earn" it back, be, be respectful, and allow the other some space that they may gratefully "return" it like something borrowed that is needed by both. © 2016 Mark Richard Prime