Monday, October 19, 2009

Silly Games

Desiring to express my art
Not knowing where it will take me
So much to say
Not able to grasp the words
To express it firmly

Such frustration encompassed
Into knots that can't be unwind
The speed of creative thoughts
Is hard to grasp and focus
Let alone capture one!

Disgusted with the process
Wishing to find a better
Way to vomit what's inside me
Insecurities of my art
Impedes how I deliver
What to say to thee!

Ah! Just let it out!
I wish I could but
Gagged with the poison
of nervous insecurities!

Such silly games
We seem to play on
Ourselves. Knowing full
Well that I am the only
One who stops myself
From moving forwards
And taking that Prize
Which we strive to
Realize!

4 comments:

  1. Nice poem,Cassandra! It express the emotional and mental state you were in when you have wrtitten it! You're,completely,right -the only person who can really stop you is YOU! Of course,others can try to stop you,too,but the main stops about moving forward exist,very deeply,in you,in your own mind! (especially,in this part of it that is called "reactive") .Want to share with you something -my blog ,another inspirational blog and a poem! http://themessageofmichael.blogspot.com http://www.howtogetinspired.blogspot.com Where have I known you before
    Where did we play among galaxies bright
    Laughing and dancing, creating each night
    Deciding the course to then venture on out
    Love, you, space and I
    Free from fear, free from doubt
    Where have I known you before

    Where have I loved you before
    Was it just yesterday
    Or millennia ago
    I kissed, touched, held and needed you so
    Your face is different
    Yet you, you’re you, just you
    Still glowing and silvery bright
    Wondrous dancingly bright
    I knew you the moment you entered my room
    That infinite eternal night
    Where have I loved you before

    Where have I hurt you before
    Where did I hurt you so deep- so deep
    To hear you say you knew me not
    When you alone could save me there
    And free me from that tyrant’s keep
    Defender of the Vulcan worlds
    Where filled my mind with blackened sleep
    Where have I hurt you before


    Where did I lose you before
    Was it when you gave your life
    To save that pharaoh king
    Or when our golden mothership took flight
    Far away from Saturn's rings
    Was it when we made the pact
    Then drifted into violet space
    So certain we would meet the other side
    But there was no such place
    Where did I lose you before

    Where have I known you before
    The moment I saw you I knew
    I had found again the singer of a thousand songs
    That haunted every dream
    The painter of the colors of my mind
    Reminding me of places we had been
    I’m seeing clearer now-the truth unfolds
    The past all drifts away
    You’re back again my dearest friend
    You never went away

    (Neville Potter)

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  2. Neville:
    This poetry definitely resonated with me. Thank you for sharing.

    ML,
    Cassandra

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  3. Here are other poems by Neville.You can read,each of them, by clicking on the poem ! Have a fantastic Sunday! Michael http://www.return2forever.com/index.cfm/pk/viewall/cd/NAA/pid/407426 http://themessageofmichael.blogspot.com http://www.howtogetinspired.blogspot.com

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  4. Very nice Cassandra.
    Is that Michael Madsen up there with you?

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