In driest desert
Life finds a way to exist
We must do the same
With strength, we will endure this.
Hope blooms where least expected
AAA/MAD 1/12/25
All willows weep
Sum of all tears
Their branches creep
Throughout the years.
–
Roots that run deep
Burdens carried
Challenge is steep
Never varied.
–
Green in springtime
Auburn in fall
Reason or rhyme
Unknown to all.
–
Always alive
Growing quite tall
More than survive
Thriving and all.
–
Lessons are learned
On every branch
Our world has turned
A solid stange.
–
Feelings do hurt
Accept, be free
Rise from the dirt
My willow tree…
-AAA 12/13/2024
Giving up won’t work
It’s just not in your nature
Just keep on going
You never know you’ll find
nearby, around the corner…
-AAA 12/06/2024
Needn’t be afraid of the dark
It’s a good chance to leave your mark
See yourself inside
Find the strength and pride
Then abide
With your spark…
-AAA 12/06/2024
Power at your grasp,
Controlled strength within your reach,
Harnessing the force.
It was always within you
Now it’s time to take action…
-MAD/AAA 11/29/2024
First breath
You’re on your way
Gaining some momentum
Not giving an inch, until your
last breath…
-AAA 11/15/2024
Shadows in the night
Whispers call, yet hearts stand firm
Stronger than the dark
Overcoming obstacles
Until they all are achieved…
-MAD/AAA 11/09/2024
With a steady heart
Confidence in every step
The path is clear now
Growing as I move forward
I will not hinder myself…
-MAD/AAA 11/09/2024
Defiant daisies
Grow through the hardest concrete
Beautiful protest
In an unjust world, we live
Beauty will surely prosper
AAA/MAD 11/09/24
Reaching the top
Isn’t easy when you’re close
Giving your all
–
Teaching can’t stop
We’re all students, I suppose
Learning from falls.
–
If we flop
We know where it goes
Walking quite tall.
–
Try till drop
As all your confidence grows
Make the call
–
Life’s a hop
So go with the flow
Have a ball…
-AAA 10/30/2024
Don’t sweat the small stuff
Our life is very long
Take each lesson even if rough
In stride for one day you’ll be strong.
–
Take each opportunity
That comes your way
Don’t get caught up in scrutiny
Make the most of every day.
–
Just keep going
You’re always in motion
Crushing your journey
With your inner devotion.
–
Someday you’ll move miles
And on others just inches
Do so with a smile
Even when life pinches.
–
Always experience grace
With general gratitude
Move at your own pace
Exhibit a positive attitude.
–
This journey is important
It’s where you become the best
The steepest climbs are potent
But you will pass this test.
–
Now give yourself a hug
Because you’ve nearly made it
Feel your heart and pride tug
For the progress you created…
-aaa
Originally Published 05/11/2024
Do more than survive
Embrace the fact you’re alive
Nothing to contrive.
Work hard to thrive, and show your
naysayers that they were wrong…
AAA/MAD 9/29/24
Y es not no
O utstanding
U nstoppable
‘
V ivaceous
E nergetic
–
G ratitude
O nward
T enacity
–
T riumphs
H appiness
I ngenuity
S tronger…
-AAA 09/03/2024
Austere and alone.
Dogged determination.
Never giving up…
-AAA 08/27/2024
Who cares if they stare
Just be you, and dare
As long as you’re aware
Look inside, the answer’s there
Empathy’s, cross to bear
Knowing life is far from fair
Alive, because you care
There’s plenty of love to spare
And generosity to share…
-AAA 08/27/2024
The cold hand of degradation
Grabs tightly in a choking grip
Bringing many down
Enveloping us in hopelessness
Nothing we attempt seems to come together
The only means of escape
Is our own mettle and strength
We must rise up and follow our truth
Violently tearing down all walls we build
Letting the energy of positivity flow in
Only then can we ascend to a higher level
Where no one or nothing can ever reduce us again…
-AAA 07/30/2024
Originally Published 04/26/2024
Hey there, Watson what did you do?
Where has life landed you, friend?
Tell me tales of what you’ve lived through.
And how on earth they all will end?
–
I traveled deep into the darkness.
And I found light on the way out.
Most of my lessons far from harmless.
But that’s what my journey was all about.
–
Countless persons, experiences and such.
Formed the lessons I referenced before.
Love and strength were my only crutch.
Venturing past each slamming door.
–
What can I tell you my dearest friend?
Of what this world has given me.
Realities harshness doesn’t end.
Or a sweet reward of liberty.
–
Loving hard is not enough.
For person’s not worthy of a love.
No peace or beauty can be rough.
When all they do is push and shove.
–
Changes happened at this point.
An adoration for me I did find.
My gifts and talents I anoint.
As strength and power fill my mind.
–
The answers all kept coming.
To the questions remaining in my life.
With all my passions continuously summing.
I found the courage to leave my wife.
–
Toxic narcissism was her art.
From the beginning of our life.
Only when we were apart.
Did I realize I never had a loving wife.
–
Moving to a far away land.
I began the changes that never end.
Feeling empowered and really grand.
Starting affirmations I became a best friend.
–
A new career, no longer a phony.
I started writing for a living.
Helping me pay my alimony.
And providing me was sorely missing.
–
Purpose, usefulness, and daily challenge.
Or a steady part of my career.
This is how I get my revenge.
Building a future not muddled, but clear.
–
Final words my friend for you.
We can drop a needless fuss.
The brightest future now in view.
Succeeding example for the rest of us…
-aaa
Originally Published 04/26/2024
Rise, ascend all pain.
Break the endless toxic chain.
Rebuild, start again.
–
Reach down deep inside.
Where your feelings cannot hide.
Aside, foolish pride.
–
Know your heart and beat.
Find that you’ll never retreat.
It lays at your feet.
–
Destiny is yours.
Like the winningest racehorse.
Take the desired course.
–
Be proud, look at you.
Only at your best it’s true.
Now it’s time to do
–
Take these flames to bed.
Smile as you rest your soft head.
Think of what’s been said…
-aaa
Originally Published 04/19/2024
It’s time to share a some thoughts
For those who’ve had hearts broken
It’s the ought to and ought nots
To whom that I have spoken
–
Take a deep look inside
And tell me what you see
If you’re not beaming with pride
You’re stuck and still not free
–
Look at all you’ve done
And all that you’ve survived
Not all of it was fun
But you’re here and still alive
–
Don’t worry about the future
Don’t dwell upon the past
Living in the present will suture
All the wounds you have amassed
–
Take lots of chances
In any opportunity to change
No more missed advances
Embrace your inner strange
–
Move forward on your journey
But know just where you are
If you’re twenty, fifty-two, or thirty
You are a shining star
–
So pat yourself right on the back
And have some pride, my friend
For your journeys been on a weary trek
But the worst of it is at an end…
-AAA
Darkness don’t envelop me
Move far far away
Across an enormous sea
Keeping you at bay.
–
Sadness get away go now
Leave while you have the chance
I’m no longer negativity’s sow
So find another place to dance.
–
Misery your company I don’t need
Pack your bags and get out of here
Never again on my soul will you feed
So kindly make tracks and store your gear.
–
Self loathing, you and I are now through
Join your other lame friends and leave town
There’s nothing further you can do
So leave this place and take your frown.
–
Uncertainty, you once one a great foe
Now your just a feeling I discard
Join the others and simply go
One foot then the other, it’s not hard.
–
Self-pity there’s no room for you
You’ll also have to make some tracks
Find a place, and grab a brew
Leave while you can as I have the facts.
–
Desperation the last to leave
You were the biggest pest of all
Limiting myself to what I could achieve
Now you’re the one who takes a fall.
–
I tread a new road without my old friends
They say negativity loves company
And that’s where my company ends
Now I become the best that I can be…
-AAA 07/24/2024
She really took him for such a fall.
He had no idea until it was too late.
There’s nothing that could be done at all.
Just pack it up, and call it a day.
Try bouncing a ball against the wall.
That should clear your weary mind.
Or placate further, hike a hill that’s tall.
It’s over now, for this, there is no debate.
One day soon, you’ll be clear of this squall…
-AAA 07/17/2024
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
I am asserting the mastery of my real self!!!
There is nothing to do it is already done.
There is nothing to be, I already am.
There is nothing to have it is already mine.
There is nothing to prove it is already proven .
There is nowhere to rush, I am already here.
There is nothing to fix, I am already whole.
-AAA 04/15/2022
Penny Purdy unleashes a barrage of her angst to an uncaring world.
–
The world responds to Penny in kind.
Handing her its very own harsh taste of bitter realities.
–
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
Standing alone
Holding my phone
I must atone
For all my sins.
–
I build me up
I fill a cup
Feel like a pup
That never wins.
–
I could just yell
Give em all hell
Works just as well
As safety pins.
–
I reach the end
Am my own friend
Will trust and mend
As I begin…
-AAA 07/11/2024
Permanent is happiness
Time takes recuperating
Temporary is sadness in
,healing,
In sadness is temporary
Recuperating takes time
Happiness is permanent…
-AAA 07/08/2024
Break the chrysalis
Smash the shell
Freed with emphasis
And happiness as well.
–
You’ve journeyed hard
You’ve quested far
Now clear regard
For all that you are.
–
The future is today
Not tomorrow
Set your past at bay
And lose all the sorrows.
–
It’s go time
Your day has arrived
Your doing fine
Pleased that you survived.
–
Spread your butterfly wings
And fly high and away
The satisfaction your hard work brings
Means more joys when you play.
–
So sing your songs
With the music, dance
You’ve righted all wrongs
When you have yourself a chance…
-AAA 07/08/2024
All we could want, is to
Be the best version of ourselves and have a
Clear set of ideals up front, carefully
Defined and laid out to assure
Excellence and achievement through
Fantastic focus and dedication to all
Goals and aspirations to be our best, and
Handle all situations with care and pride, as
Impossible as it may seem, just
Jump towards a challenge, like a
Kangaroo, ever forward, improving our
Lives, one step and life at a time, with
Much happiness always in our control and
Never allowing ourselves to backslide
Or else, we’ll blow it all and be
Pontificating over all the losses and failures
Quite a sad way to end the journey, instead,
Remember all that’s been learned
So as not to convert those past lessons
To disasters which is a waste of time and will
Unravel all the progress desired, and the
Victories needed to win the game of life’s
Wild side that trip up anyone and make less
X-rays of the past as we’ve learned it all,
Yet there’s always more to master and then,
Zap, you’ve achieved all that you set out to..
-AAA 07/06/2024
Gaze
in
the
darkness.
–
Then
become
the
light
needed.
–
To
find
your
way
home.
-AAA 07/02/2024
Dance
without
music.
–
Sing
when
there
isn’t
a
song.
–
Speak
without
a
sound…
-AAA 07/02/2024
I’ve evolved extensively on my life’s journey.
–
In the past I wished I was like everyone else
I had trouble accepting my uniqueness.
–
Today, I embrace my inner weird, big time
I appreciate my nonconformity
And I truly wholly love myself…
-AAA 06/29/2024
A
phoenix
rises.
–
From
obsidian
ashes.
–
Reborn
in
life’s
fire…
-AAA 06/29/2024
Don’t sweat the small stuff
Our life is very long
Take each lesson even if rough
In stride for one day you’ll be strong.
–
Take each opportunity
That comes your way
Don’t get caught up in scrutiny
Make the most of every day.
–
Just keep going
You’re always in motion
Crushing your journey
With your inner devotion.
–
Someday you’ll move miles
And on others just inches
Do so with a smile
Even when life pinches.
–
Always experience grace
With general gratitude
Move at your own pace
Exhibit a positive attitude.
–
This journey is important
It’s where you become the best
The steepest climbs are potent
But you will pass this test.
–
Now give yourself a hug
Because you’ve nearly made it
Feel your heart and pride tug
For the progress you created…
-aaa
Hey there, Watson what did you do?
Where has life landed you, friend?
Tell me tales of what you’ve lived through.
And how on earth they all will end?
–
I traveled deep into the darkness.
And I found light on the way out.
Most of my lessons far from harmless.
But that’s what my journey was all about.
–
Countless persons, experiences and such.
Formed the lessons I referenced before.
Love and strength were my only crutch.
Venturing past each slamming door.
–
What can I tell you my dearest friend?
Of what this world has given me.
Realities harshness doesn’t end.
Or a sweet reward of liberty.
–
Loving hard is not enough.
For person’s not worthy of a love.
No peace or beauty can be rough.
When all they do is push and shove.
–
Changes happened at this point.
An adoration for me I did find.
My gifts and talents I anoint.
As strength and power fill my mind.
–
The answers all kept coming.
To the questions remaining in my life.
With all my passions continuously summing.
I found the courage to leave my wife.
–
Toxic narcissism was her art.
From the beginning of our life.
Only when we were apart.
Did I realize I never had a loving wife.
–
Moving to a far away land.
I began the changes that never end.
Feeling empowered and really grand.
Starting affirmations I became a best friend.
–
A new career, no longer a phony.
I started writing for a living.
Helping me pay my alimony.
And providing me was sorely missing.
–
Purpose, usefulness, and daily challenge.
Or a steady part of my career.
This is how I get my revenge.
Building a future not muddled, but clear.
–
Final words my friend for you.
We can drop a needless fuss.
The brightest future now in view.
Succeeding example for the rest of us…
-aaa
Rise, ascend all pain.
Break the endless toxic chain.
Rebuild, start again.
–
Reach down deep inside.
Where your feelings cannot hide.
Aside, foolish pride.
–
Know your heart and beat.
Find that you’ll never retreat.
It lays at your feet.
–
Destiny is yours.
Like the winningest racehorse.
Take the desired course.
–
Be proud, look at you.
Only at your best it’s true.
Now it’s time to do
–
Take these flames to bed.
Smile as you rest your soft head.
Think of what’s been said…
-aaa
I am the sun
I am
I feel
I burn
I warm all around me
I blaze a lighted path for others
I am. Me..
-aaa 🌅
Anthony’s Crazy Love and Life Lessons in Empathy 