Dear Unsealers,
Time- can have a frame
Within it, many things can be contained
Time- can never be restrained
It runs within seconds of its domain
Every minute is within it
It stops or its infinite
There are clocks of all kinds
Catch up or get left behind
But beware of father time
Some things remain some things never last
But what do you think about these little grains of sand
Flowing In the hourglass
Time- will be a part of your future, present, and past
You can have so little
You can have too much
I have never seen time on my hands
Because it is something I can’t touch
Time- can have an effect In many different ways
24 hours In a day
It can be a part of your healing, grief, or pain
Should I go or should I stay
There’s a Time for everything
But never a wrong time to pray
Over Time there’s nurturing and growth
Destruction or decay
Sun up or sundown
The only thing that matters
Is that the world keeps turning to circle back around
This makes It worth my while
Another way to tell Time is by looking at a sundial
Time can be used wisely or wasted
Once it’s gone you can never replace It
Maybe Time doesn’t even exist
And life just is what it is
Now this got me thinking
That the present is the gift
This thing ticks and it toks
It’s a tower or a wristwatch
Time-is needed to evolve
The cicada to do its mating call
Someone else’s Time is not parallel to mine
But we make connections
To see who’s on the other line
One thing is for certain either you do
Or you don’t have the Time
Better late than never
Watch the moon and stars appear
Time- is of the essence in our atmosphere
This could be your last ticket
Or your last shot
Either way sometimes
Time- is all we got.
James this is soooo good. I have thought a lot about time and how it changes us – some ways good and some ways not as good. But at the end of the day, I think, as you wrote, we just have to be grateful for the moment. Thank you for this wise and thought ful piece. <3 Lauren
James this is such a creative piece! Time is so valuable. We all need to be grateful for the time we get to spend with others, the time we get to spend having fun, and just in general the time we have! Life is a privilege and we should never take it for granted. Love this!!
Dear Unsealers,
The best dream I ever had
Was getting clean and being a dad
An inside job that started in rehab
Having a better life does not seem that bad
But when things start to come true
Like being the real me and not feeling hurt
From the things I used to do
I remain true and hold myself accountable
To certain principles
I work the program first
Or everything else will have no worth
The moment I Pick up to use, I lose it all
Life gets worse and that is how I fall
But let’s get back to freedom
Old people , places, and things I don’t need them
Its a pure gem
Diamonds are forever I choose to be a friend
And keep it in the day
My story is building a trend
Because I followed others
Who made recovery possible to the bitter ends
A new way where everything else falls into place
This is a journey not a race
When doors open I see space and opportunity
Starring at me directly in the face
The work that I put in is not a waste of time
I gained a piece of mind
Being done with a life of crime
Lost dreams awaken now I’m wide awoke
I do what it takes to keep my boat afloat
So you should take note I deal hope
When Its hard to cope
Knowledge will take it further
Act wise how many times can a man die
before he saves lives
How many times can a man lie
before the next tide
I had a priest at my bedside for obvious reasons
It was a sign that I needed to be here breathing
So with the next chain of events
Getting high through all seasons
More trials and tribulations among heathens
It got worse before it got better
Tread lightly here comes the stormy weather
Prayed nightly before I started putting It together
Like pieces of a jigsaw, birds of a feather
I cant but we can
The odds are stacked against me
If I try to do this without a helping hand
Bigger picture to bigger plans
jacobs ladder to secret sands
An open mind to promised lands
A grand approach scaling life’s obstacle’s
Seeing with clearer opticals now I can chose
To be down with the devil
Or hear the good news
Grab me a shovel or find some new tools
My life expectancy can change
If I can stop putting alcohol in my blood
crack in my lungs and dope in my veins
Life can hurt suffering from growing pains
From a fast growth spurt
The effort has no limitations If you know your worth
Went into meditation Is how I left earth
The biggest gift Is life and how I set foot on its turf
A goal to get clean and the dream of being present for
My daughters birth .
James, WOW. This is a big accomplishment; you should be proud of yourself. Congratulations on your first child! The sacrifices that you made for your child will never go unnoticed. You are so strong and that child is so lucky to have a father that cares about her as much as you do. Great work. ♥
Dear Unsealers,
My rhymes are about addiction
and how it inflicted pain and infliction
now I can no longer tell the difference
between fact or fiction
a whole world of indifference
I just lost interest
couldn’t be sufficient
But I can go out and get high
and die in a instant
or nothing to show
I lost my glow i had as a infant
for instance a stronger inner self
Is what I’m missing
steady building better intuition
My daughter needs daddy to be more sufficient
I can hold more significance
you seen me up close
and you seen me from a distance
you can do the most
and have a toast to my existence .
Dear Unsealers,
To all those still stuck in addiction, when you stop there’s a big hole missing there are keys to the ignition to higher consciousness to open a closed mind’s vision. Time to cook up some new food for thought when lost dreams awaken I sought it out through prayer and meditation Things will get clearer I’m a witness to trial and error with full dedication. I walked by the side of the Paul Bearer until I had a full revelation. Dropping the ego that was full of frustrations, not mine but thy will be done gives me constant elevation. There’s more to life than just numbing the pain, deeply engraved my scar tissue is being mended and saved. Working through my issues the feeling is brave. Not running from my emotions gives me even better days. Life still happens but freedom from an obsession with things I used to crave is a blessing that I got it before I lay in my grave. I can be better than my past one day at a time at a steady pace. If I keep taking out the trash to create new neural pathways. A simple program for a complicated person if it works it’s working at being a better version. I’m going on an excursion inside of myself throwing out a burden and cleaning house. I know the drill thanks to a higher power and turning over my will is a daily reprieve ‘ a coping skill’. there’s hope to build in the recovery field trying to hold on to old ideas the results were nil. The snake seizes the heel when things seem to have a pleasing appeal. Grab your chest plate, armor, and shield to avoid the triggers, schemes, and treacherous ordeals. We let go absolutely, so I’m here giving freely to fulfill my duties to be a productive member of all communities. The universe is where my immunity lies must stay plugged into the source or my recovery dies .differences of opinions, internal controversy God supplies a higher power to all diversities. Mines, or your understanding of one could set you free from tragedies evil deeds, the planting of a seed. Where excessive greed and compulsion of wants and needs will no longer succeed. I will not Leave the past behind nor wish to shut the doors on our memories. Trust and believe there are therapeutic recipes farther than the eye can see. Research and study a disease that’s been slowly killing me. I take a fearless searching moral inventory so I can process the change slowly surfacing within my story. I found something here that I thought I would never find a gift of gratitude an inner sunshine where love is no longer blind. There was a downhill spiral now it’s an uphill climb but supported at the same time. The journey is being recorded along the way I see the signs. My prayers are being answered as long as I keep reading between the lines. This ain’t a race I see progress through blind faith in a divine. We must not let our fallen die in vain. Recovery is possible when there’s nothing more to lose but everything to gain. We break the chain of insanity and dance in the rain. I feel their pain, I pray they get off the street and find peace. We find strength where we are weak and love once the hate is deceased. This is where it gets twice as deep. I take the cotton out of my ears and put it in my mouth when the speaker speaks. This is where I admit defeat and the newcomer is saved a seat because their life is never obsolete. Have faith to take the leap. The goal is to learn how to stand on our own two feet. Instead of roaming aimlessly, like lost sheep the broader the foundation the higher the peak, and become like that rose that grew from concrete. A true inheritance for the meek, a flood to a leak. We critique the patchwork that is sown into a new lifestyle that flows gently down the creek.