Bedtime nightmares

Night comes and our minds grow restless.
What we cannot see drives our imagination senseless.

Every sound we hear, inspires us to fear.
What hides in the shadow, to our minds is never clear.

Things glowing in the dark.
Shadows moving like a shark.

When alone, these are what make us tremble.
As our sanity, it seeks to disassemble.

Cowering under covers, we seek to flee.
From fearful creatures that we cannot see.

Even as sleep calls and our minds it seeks to lock,
we resist for fear of the beast, our dreams might soon release.

 

— J M Lysun —

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In the eternal emptiness

I hear nothing and nothing hears me.
The silence is eternal.

No voice to break the peace.
No shadow to cast in the dark.
No substance to touch and feel.

No tastes, no odours to smell.
No colours, no warmth.

What is, eludes my senses.
Soon, I too will begin to doubt that I am,
for only my mind knows I exist.

Lulled by a nothingness I cannot resist,
in time what I am will also fade.

With nothing to reflect my presence or to preserve my essence,
only the eternal emptiness awaits.

 

— J M Lysun —

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Faith

I seek to know what I cannot see.

I reach out to touch what I cannot feel.

I listen to a voice that none have heard spoken.

But in my heart, I know it is there and what others say I do not care.

I have faith.

 

— J M Lysun —

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Wisdom

To know that you do not know.

To accept that there are things that cannot be seen.

That is the seed of wisdom.

Be not blind to the truth, or be blinded by what you perceive.

In this way, our minds our soul will not deceive.

Seek not what you do not need.

Do not yearn for what cannot be.

Leave the past where it lies and meet the future when it comes,

but be present in the “now”  before it is gone.

 

— J M Lysun —

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Happiness

Time passes with joy.

Endless moments and memories to treasure.

Everything moving at its own pace, bringing pleasure.

No haste, for every moment is worth savouring.

No extra moment need favouring, for all is well.

A trouble becomes no more than a stumble.

A loss is glanced aside by no more than a mumble.

Radiant smiles all around you.

What you see is bright and cheerful.

No space for sorrow,

that you will leave until tomorrow.  

Happiness will set you free.

— J M Lysun —

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Calmness

A gentle wind blows.

A pebble dropping into the water.

A ripple shows.

Light flutters of a bird wing.

The rhythmic sway of a reed.

Gentle, gentle, be still.

No more, no less, just be at rest.

Soothe do not distress.

With this mood I feel quite blessed.

I feel calmness, that’s the best.

 

— J M Lysun —

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My reflection

What I often see in the mirror, I wonder if its me.

It moves like I do, even if I stand alone behind a tree.

It waves at me and I wave back.

It seems to have the same sloppy movement when I run along the track.

When I grin, I swear it does that too.

I look him in the face, to see if there is anything at all displaced.

But what I see is what should be,

a nose, two eyes, a mouth, two ears, countless hair with nothing spare.

I am certain that everything is there.

But I have a feeling that he looks at me when I turn away and my eyes do stray.

I do not care just as long, when I need him, he’ll always be there.

 

— J M Lysun —

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