SELF: A Reflective Collection of Poems for Self-Betterment

SELF: A Reflective Collection of Poems for Self-Betterment is a poetic companion for those navigating change, seeking mindfulness, or rediscovering joy. With short poems, journal prompts, and emotional reflections, this book offers quiet guidance through life’s turbulence—inviting the reader to pause, breathe, and begin again.

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A Brilliant Light in Humanity

Each individual follows a journey toward purpose, passion, and happiness. Another who strives for the same, creating two unique worlds independently. But oh, what a gift — a brilliant light in humanity — when the two join, creating one love, one love shared, fluently, expressing to each other their life missions.

The Day That the World Stood Still

The acts that made the world stand still made me stop and realize what is important in my life—the one I love, my wife.

So when the noise of the world brings distractions, I will stop the world with my loving, selfless actions.

HEARTBEAT OF A UNION

Heartbeat of a Union

Gratefulness as a ritual to remember to remind, the goodness in actions of each over time.

Forming a bond in silence, nothing heard, creating a union without spoken word.

Shhh…Pause…Breathe…Think

Spoken words you cannot retract — stern, reactive, and heavy in their impact. Impact like rock to water rippling will transcend outward, onward, cannot stop, cannot end. SSHHH … Pause … Breathe…. Think

My Enemy My Self

Do I still have your attention? I still have much to say, man in the mirror, I know you cannot look away. Tomorrow, tomorrow is a different day.
You will no longer use emotional currency to lease negative thoughts nor prior pain. Time to change.

I Shall Remain

Summer’s heat turns green to brown, dry and brittle leaves and plants wilt and fall to the ground. Oh, but do not fret for their roots are steadfast and remain waiting for a time of change.

A DAILY
CYCLE OF
THE TRINITY

A Daily Cycle of the Trinity

As night ends, the body wakes—eyes open, setting the path the mind will take. Transcending awareness — the show seen on stage, moving beyond its curtain to find the hidden mind to engage.