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I Am

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I am open to change 

I am 1000 times the man I used to be 

I am creative and a free spirit

I am my mother and father’s son 

I am creative 

I am strong

I am open to change

I am a writer

I am a musician

I am grateful

I am forgiving of my past

I am an old soul

I am feelings

I am love

I am the sun of my parts

I am the product of my words not others 

I am…

-AAA 01/06/2025

Ever Present

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When does today become yesterday

When does present become the past

It must be before midnight, I dare say 

Certainly, its finality, will find you fast. 

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So cherish each moment 

Before they are all gone

Lest you’ll suffer lament

But we must carry on…

-AAA 11/15/2024

Life Shining Bright

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Your life is shining so bright 

Hard to tell if it’s day or night.

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You’re a bright shining star

Just for being who you are.

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You were made in your own special way

Embrace your ‘inner weird’ in work and play.

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Being you has been a series of feats

As each evolution the self completes.

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Life will pass you, in the blink of an eye 

Live it well as you can, before you die.

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You’ve got all of this and much more 

Life is the game and you know the score.

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Living your dreams and blazing a trail

Taking control of your life without fail.

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Challenging yourself and all you know

With each lesson you further grow.

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Don’t look back unless with a smile 

Negative dwelling cramps your style.

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Adages say “things happen for reasons”

Some short, while others last seasons.

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So just sit back, smile, beaming with pride 

Fasten your safety belt, and enjoy the ride. 

-AAA 10/28/2024

The Hard Honest Truth 

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Facts as they are 

Nothing but the truth

Lessons leave a scar.

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I know it’s uncouth

But life is quite hard

You want some proof?

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Well in this regard 

Look in the mirror

And look real hard.

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Only then you’ll care

And make concessions

For life it will scare.

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When applying its lessons

Many with some pain

Save your confessions.

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For the criminally insane

You know yourself

Just use your brain.

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For knowledge is wealth

The memories are here

No need for stealth.

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Get your life in gear

Get off of your phone

Stop shedding your tears

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Sabbatical out of your comfort zone

Challenge your every skill

Remember that you and you alone.

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Can swallow the ‘red pill’

End all your strife

Using your sheer will.

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Finally get a life

While you can

Find a new wife.

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Lend a helping hand 

Share your mistakes

At will, your command.

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Show that even when life breaks

And things go off unplanned

Doing all that it takes 

Only then, you’ll understand…

-AAA 10/05/2024

I’m Me, I’m Free

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I am the music to your ears

Note by note I’ll always be there 

As my hands wipe away tears

Consistency beyond compare.

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I am creative, occasionally aloof

I am king of my own castle

My life and sign are definite proof

Being another way is such a hassle.

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I am me and it’s taken a time

To best figure who I am

Loving yourself is not a crime

So don’t expect to get a sham.

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I am the song in your heart

A pleasant melody to hear 

Only pure love will I impart 

So you have, nothing to fear.

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I am writing as we speak

Kind words are coming fourth

Many lovers search and seek

All to find the purest source.

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So if you see me I won’t be loud

As I’m constantly writing prose

My determination make me proud

Of such many things I suppose…

-AAA 09/19/2024

Motivate Don’t Hesitate 

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I am right where I belong 

I am me and hear my song.

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Do what you feel 

And feel the appeal.

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Forward move 

To a nice groove.

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Each day now is an adventure

No longer being censured.

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A happier we

Life drama free.

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We’re off the shelves 

Challenging ourselves.

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What else can we say 

We’re happier today.

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Finding ourselves at 50 

Solving the ish is nifty.

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It’s never too late 

So don’t hesitate.

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There’s always tomorrow 

Despite a past sorrow.

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Be like me be brave

It’s your own life you’ll save…

-AAA 09/16/2024

Peace With The Past 

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The days roll by 

One after the other

Take pause and sigh.

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Uncertainty like no other

Haunts us inside 

Like a firmer friend or lover.

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Give up your pride

Eat some humble pie

And go for a ride.

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Each nanosecond rolls by

An eternity in each 

Wishing and be could fly.

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Placing hardships out of reach

Landing upon happier times

One some warm sandy beach.

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We never stop paying for past crimes

Punishing ourselves for those mistakes

Get what we deserve on karmic lines.

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So take all those breaks 

Parlay them into happiness 

And avoid all the flakes.

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Finally you can impress 

Upon yourself 

Gentle peacefulness…

-AAA 08/28/2024

Imperfect Perfection 

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Such an imperfect me 

Far from perfect as can be.

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In conformity, left out in the cold

Feeling as weird as being told.

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Based on harsh words being said 

Gaze in mirrors for a second head.

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Wanting only to belong 

Rather than being wrong.

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Trying to be a social butterfly 

Was truly just a sad little lie.

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Feeling too much is the worst 

Being both a gift and curse.

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Many lie only when their lips move 

Words of deception never soothe.

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Use your gut ditch your pride 

Then you’ll know who’s on your side.

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Be odd, out of step with the world

They’re strait-laced, while you’re curled.

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At days end, you only have you

And self love, is the best thing to do.

-AAA 08/27/2024

Cross The Fabric of Time?

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Is time-travel possible?

If so, I’d go back, 

and warn myself

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When I’m younger 

Before I make my mistakes

Saving me time,

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and much pain

Though my mistakes grant me

endless writing material.

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So then perhaps,

it was all worth it

in the end…

-AAA 08/14/2024

Smart Free Fall To Greatness

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Falling into a deep bottomless chasm

Reaching for something to slow the fall

But they’re is nothing to grab but words

So I use my words as I fall

“acceptance” “no self loathing” “ you got this”

Life at times is a big drop into nothingness

We just have be true to who we are

Then eventually landing safely on our feet

Smarter and better for the journey

Albeit more of a thrill ride than a jaunt in time and space…

-AAA 07/27/2024

Self Affirmation

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Pick yourself up out of the mud

You are so amazing, not a dud.

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Don’t let the women of your past define you

Learning and aging well like fine wines do.

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Put it all together and you’ll see

Just how much you are free.

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Living a life of which you’ve dreamed

Make the impossible, possible it seemed.

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Making it all happen, and never vexed

Looking forward to the exciting life next.

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Have an adventure, take that trip

Go to places that’ll make you flip.

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So fasten your belt and tighten your shoes

The days are long over for singing the blues.

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Your lessons learned and now you’re living

Receiving blessings instead of just giving…

-AAA 07/19/2024

Complete This Work

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It’s by my own accord.

That I share this verse.

Little else I can afford.

Shaky as I type my prose.

Seeing if my iPhone is mightier than the sword.

Reaching deep inside counting the syllables.

Hanging on my every word.

I really couldn’t do much worse.

So is its completion, my reward???

-AAA 7/15/2024

Perilous Penny Purdy

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Penny Purdy unleashes a barrage of her angst to an uncaring world.

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The world responds to Penny in kind.

Handing her its very own harsh taste of bitter realities.

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But never to be counted out, Penny fights back.

Finding an inner strength and sense of fortitude she presses on.

In the end she learns her lessons, finds the wisdom she needed to overcome come her angst in grace.

-AAA 07/12/2024