Song for a winter’s night- plays
Oak and maple flames
Drunken wishes lit
Amiable laughter
Wink’s drift
Mystery teases
More wine sips
Jasmine fragrant candles
Silent actors- inhales
Tell-tale smiles
Closed rolling eyes
Wet fervor lips
Undecipherable mummers
Fabric strips
Beaded perspiration
Lipstick trails
Gasps and crude pants
Makeup streaks
Unadulterated exposures
Rapid heart beats
Conscious escapes
Growing thirst
Eager fingertips
Exotic eruptions
Sighs and relaxation
Intimate whispers
Random thoughts
Sudden hunger
Ice box raids
Nightgown shirts
Bed remade- sort of
Glasses of water
Dirty saucers
Chilled bareness
Crumb cover sheets
Thirst and hunger- quenched
Moon serves as witness
Candles extinguished
Blankets of security
Close cuddles bring…rest
Poet of the Light © 2018
reading these makes me wish i had someone write this stuff for me…
amazing imagery diction..
loved it
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Thank you, and who to say it someone hasn’t?
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well I’d sure like to know if that was the case!
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Yes, we all would. Love would seem much more tangible for me to keep blindly grasping for.
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love yourself first. ..it’ll help with the blindness
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I don’t love myself first, I love myself equal to all others but I get why people accept that.
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errmm ok, love yourself first not allowing your ego to take over.
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lol… sorry, sometimes I have to put others before me.
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humble self love is no crime.
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Not making insinuations about you or anyone else however hasn’t every King rationalized the same type of claim? I think it is more about priorities on behalf of the love proffered. Imo-
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errm
.. love yourself as in that first step to enable yourself to love in a way you never have.
love yourself first: establish self love first thus having a greater ability to truly love >(unfathomable if you have no grasp of raw self love) imo…
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Self love is a myth propounded by psychology scholars who divest themselves from all love and emotion as they depersonalize their clients. An absolute behavioral trait all capitalist require to be successful. To love self first is to be bias you must come first because no one could love you enough to put you before their own needs. If I wish to be loved first, I first must love others equal to myself and place the needs of that love as – us….first. All else is poppycock… In my humble opinion.
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i just wrote a paragraph.. went to a different tab and now it is all erased!
so now, i will repeat in points
-no response to your experience with psychologists.. your perspective is yours
-self love and loving yourself first-two completely different things
-over inflated ego from greed mongers is cowardess-fake self love. selfish and not pure
-real genuine self love i agree, everyone is equal yet u must love yourself also equally. thats important. critical.*
-Also, one would agre that a high nurtured humble self love correlates with the level of love we can express to others.
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I’m sorry we diverge on accepted understandment regarding self-love.
I offer only my position others may in whole or part accept or denounce as ludicrous. I accept you differ from me and that your version works best for you.
Real and genuine are synonymous, compounding them together doesn’t heighten any further degree of truth.
Logical syllogisms in the philosophy of psychology has nothing to do with subjective personal experiences with a limited psychologist as you assert I implied.
Yes loving yourself and loving yourself first are nit the same unless deceptively used interchangeably in the same context and perverted premise being proffered.
If I love myself first, I have all my needs met and thirst quenched and therefore need no one else to love or be loved by. Using a false premise I need to love myself first so I know how to love others is a fallacy that all others need what I offer, in which case, they need no one else to love them but me.
I can love you equal to myself right now however should you chose or require I modify it to more your pleasing, you then deny me of the same choice you afford yourself. If so, your kind of love is no love I want any part of let alone could afford.
Again this is simply my position on the matter of the touted self-love/love self first mantra being circulated like a new found truth that has plagued humanity since the dawn of time and first ruler.
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..then dont “love yourself first” if that is your translation.
In Sum: Embrace self love-
Recognize your imperfections, find a way to accept your faults. Examine your inner insecurities, nurture them and grow from them thus slowly conquering them.
In doing this, you are practicing self love and in this you can experience an inner peace. Something that allows you to love other people despite their flaws.
Self love is a state of mind, an inner peace…something to struggle with but slowly conquer if you believe in the power of love.
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I have long accepted my imperfections as well as those of others. I have even forgiven those who have trespassed upon me. I’m at peace with myself and remain resolved in my philosophy and I afford you to do the choice of doing the same.
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deal.
whatever works right! 🙂
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If that is what you afford others and yourself, so be it.
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explitives, wait, its here..what just happened
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That perspective is based on experience? I wont go there..
But
Self Love vs. Loving yourself first *2 different things.
Self love is a journey…and it truly does exist. Its a deep emotional connection with yourself understanding your imperfections and loving yourself as God would.(understated)
Uber-Over-inflated ego (held by greed mongers is not self love at all. Its denial. Its a fake image of self love. Its a selfish thing. Its ignorance etc. also, understated..
Self love is a deep humble reflection of oneself as an equal imperfect being among everyone.
I have written many posts about this too.
Agreed. No one was created “better”..now for those who think that, im-strong-opinion, i believe they are either blindly ignorant or willfully choosing to be<(couldnt think of a better word) ignorant… so, cowards then. simply.
Loving others equal to yourself" thus you are required to have love for yourself hopefully before you try giving it away…or else what are u really giving? I mean, how can you love someone else fully completely if you have no understanding on how to love yourself before that? how can you fully*completely give what you don't have within yourself. u cant give something you dont have.
wouldn't you think that your own self love correlates to an ability to love better?…
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so then whats your alternative to “self love” if you say theres no such thing?
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Nit what I claimed. Self love cannot be interchanged with love self first. It must be in concert with loving all others albeit they may seem to being loved first at times. Prioritize loves conduit. Does it not all stem from the same source or is that another debatable question? In loving you as I love myself I’m fully aware you may deny me in part or whole for whatever reason you so chose.
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Q, – If I’m to love myself first before I can love any other, from where did I get its model to know how to love myself first at all?
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love in itself to define as something isnt possible to me, its too unfathomable. its a most miraculous thing really if put as simply as i can. its an abstracted concrete thing just existing.
We were all created in love thus love is innate.
its within us to do with it what we will
everyone embraces this unfathomable love thing completely uniquely
something inside your soul is love. knowing it is knowing god i guess
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My theological understanding and acceptance that love is an innateness gifted by God, however that gift can be abused, rejected or perverted. “Love others as I have loved you”… rings true to treat everyone including the self, equal in all matters, at all times. I need not guess something I bravely sought out and have faith in.
Something to consider or ignore;
God has created me to do Him some definite service: He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission – I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, while not intending it – if I do but keep His commandments. Therefore, I shall trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him. If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me – still He knows what He is about.
Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
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Well, the devil exists too.. so
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Oh, I do agree. One only needs to look among the worlds casualty to see that evidence for themselves.
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and to think the devil is so clever to convince people of not existing at all.. wretched!!
I think the understanding you had of what I said originally in “love yourself first” was misinterpreted, and i can take the blame in that for not always having the best writing tact and expertise in communicating ideas effectively, although i try lol
I think I do in the most part agree with what youre saying except for that you say
Self love is a myth propounded by psychology scholars who divest themselves from all love and emotion as they depersonalize their clients.
I think there, you are talking about the “self love” sprouted by pride and an over-inflated ego..?
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I agree with your writing self assessment as being a misunderstanding.
I’m talking about evil using self-love by perverted into representing only the self, void of all others simultaneously. The super-ego is wielded by logic or emotion in the mindset. Love from God overrules them both; preventing them from acting independently to serve only the self.
Should love not serve all, at all times?
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yes..
how do u mean?… serve at all times as in being invincible from evil u mean?
– that’s the unfathomable thing…. but…
love prevails, it conquers all… but god gave us hands, feets, and our own head, we do have some control.. or do we?
are we all souls in the middle of a tug-o-war?
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No- not what I mean. We should be acting and treating others from a postilion of serving love we are propounding. Not take advantage of others under some ruse I must serve myself first (self-love) in order to serve (love) others later. This is the war for our souls, we either maintain control over our autonomous selves or pretend we are in charge by acting as gods while evil really rules us through the vices we crave.
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agree!
Gah! people are living with blindfolds over their eyes… either innocently ignorant not yet aware of the truths..which is sad to say the least) or cowardly willfully ignorant knowing truths that they deny … so why? pride?
people need to walk aligned with each-other in a common goal… no follower behind, below or above them but beside them.
but the devil likes to tell people theyre special!……
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Yes the evil likes to pervert the truth for its own reward via ones ego, and we are special, made in Gods own image.
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special as in “elite” special, but u knew what i meant now didnt u ..
🙂
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yes…
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what made u write this piece?
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Any number of things can inspire me but for this one, to demonstrate how easy people fill the void with a fake love for the night.
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also a memory?
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more wishful thinking…maybe someday it could be everyday.
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but real love?
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That’s the hope…
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https://hypem.com/track/2m8dp
Conor Walsh
Fanthesia
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I love the piano. I even wanted to learn but life had other plans and out of sight suppressed my yearning.
Thanks for the share
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your welcome.
i used to play.. i love it too, i love mostly most music though
i found his music, was so intrigued to find more and then found out he had died a year before
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I’d say you were meant to find it despite his death. My mother played well. I regret a bit nit asking her to teach me, more so for the lost quality time with her.
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Yes, I was sure meant to. I wrote about the whole experience of it.. too many coincidental things happened that night , although that said I don’t believe there’s coincidences.
I actually wish I had learned guitar.. I love acoustic music
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I debated between the guitar and piano but never learned either. As a small child, I was sure I’d be the next superstar like Elvis or Micheal Jackson. Guess I was just being a kid.
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kids are funny that way. aspirations of awe
Philip Glass is amazing
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I’ll have to look into his as well.
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well the glassworks intro is good
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I plan to listen to some soon.
Yes we as children are far too innocent to know how much we should love those days while we had them.
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too true
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yes
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but no matter what, we’re children at heart..
as long as we’re all still alive, our roots will be stuck in the dirt… we cant detach from our childhood as we grow
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So long as we chose to remain…childish. I agree. It is the only way to live and love.
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embracing our inner child can only help us…yes especially to love
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https://hypem.com/track/2c5db/Khruangbin+-+Firecracker
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If I may ask; where do you live, in general location?
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Canada
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Ahh, yes but roughly what section?
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SW Ontario
Why you ask?
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I reside in WA state but my interest is, I understand the east side of Canada still speaks a lot of French…Parle vous francais? Do you also speak French?
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Oui, toi aussi!!
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Not much. I was teaching myself at home by learning to read and write but unsure of the proper pronunciation. The online people they suggest you contact spent more time laughing than helping, so I set it aside. I’m planning on returning so I could at least read and write French.
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Read children’s books
I love french movies…
Watch Amelie.. its the cutest quirky little french movie..a classic
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I will have to check it out that movie, I do watch/listen to some French TV shows on Nextflix in the time frame of studying as well as many French singers/songs like Isabelle Boulay- Florent Pagny . Thank you. I have a workbook that has helped a lot with understanding on how to read and write and used some free online programs to practice hearing and speaking but I have a slight hearing issue so I sometime struggle.
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Im not 100% fluent but I can get by enough with what I do know. I understand more than I can repeat
Language is a crazy cool thing… i love words
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Me too. I understood you first reply in French right off. I often used French for titles of many of my poems, not yet posted here.
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Theres french hidden here and there in my posts too…
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i will have to review them when I get more time.
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time away from…
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I’m sorry I don’t follow your comment.
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When you get more time away from doing what with your time? 🙂
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I’m in the process of changing my daily schedule that offers me more free time to write and or study. Sometime I research before or during a writing piece. I enjoy being a wordsmith, twisting or turning a word or phase on it head in the midst of a poem. Sometime I use antiquated words and people remark having to look them up.
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i think u need to include an about me section for your readers, u think not?
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yes, I prefer the mystery, If someone want to learn more about me they can share some of themselves to me while uncovering who I am. As we are now. If they don’t care too, why should I at all?
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unless u prefer more mystery?
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I guess that makes sense
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It does for me. ; )
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You’re welcome to contact me via my email @ poetofthelight5@gmail.com
For now I need to get some rest, Until next we chat…
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