Empty Handed

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Empty Handed

 

Leap empty handed into the void

Loose yourself and find identity

 

You are not your labels not a job

Infinite potential yearns for light

 

Joy laden seconds passing you by

Seize the creative spirit within you

 

Satiate the desires buried, starved

Leap toward your hearts delight

 

Fulfill the individuality that’s you

No one else has your uniqueness

 

Assimilation into sameness will kill

Decimating a true beauty that lives

 

Let your light shine with brightness

Your color uniquely, perfectly you

 

Dying to step out of the beige life

The anguished spirit screams silently

 

Within the trapped, imprisoned heart

Bloodied by flinging itself against

 

The bars of the cage it is locked within

Deep inside art, music, N words live

 

Begging to see the light of day N stars

They seep onto your pillow in dreams

 

Savoring lucid moments in the sky

As you fall back to earth forgetting

 

Your name, identity obscured in drab

As psychedelic, kaleidoscope reality is

 

The true nature of light refracting itself

Reflect possibility of the sleeping giant

 

Within the perfection called by your name

Wake up sleeping giant and breathe in

 

The word Inspiration comes from breath

Like plants transpiration emits life moist

 

Clouds gather on the horizon forming freedom

Gentle rains fall watering your garden mind

 

Soaking the earth from where you sprang

Drinking in life giving waters of joy

 

Music, art, and words flourishing healthy

The garden waxes lovelier seed by seed

 

Sprout by sprout flower by flower you

Resurrected from a dark night of the soul

 

 

Author's Note

This is a glimpse at a pep talk I had with myself while listening to Brother IZ and watching his video Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World medley This man left us too early for his heart was too big for his body to contain. He is missed by the countless lives he touched. I hope he touches you too.

Reviews

[Jack...]

This is beautiful, I like the message, it is so uplifting and brings about a smile to my face. I will love hearing you read this tonight. Very nice.

[Veronica Chandler]

Thank you Jack; this means so much to me coming from a writer whose work I admire.