Everywhere you look there you are – again

AsideSeptember 12, 2020September 11, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper13 Comments

Ego Is me In front of me Blocking me Preventing me From seeing Anything else When I look at you I see me When I look around A thousand meeeeeees Spring up A forest Of trees Falling For the sake of me And I’ve had enough Buddha said if you see your beloved on the […]

The wandering self

AsideSeptember 5, 2020August 29, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper16 Comments

It is the tragedy of life That our self esteem is a wandering thing We think it firmly locked within And yet it sneaks out in the dead of night Tracks away into town Following the lights And music When morning comes, we wake bereft Wondering At the small shreds that are left tuckered out […]

I’ll save you a seat outside the circus

AsideAugust 20, 2020August 19, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper11 Comments

I wish So much That sometimes we could just take love And paint in the holes Where life is rough on some else’s surface I wish So much That I could step in front Take the brunt But I can’t And anyway It is by being in the firing line We learn that mouths Aren’t […]

What if I could?

AsideAugust 1, 2020July 31, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper13 Comments

I don’t know if you’ve noticed I write a lot I post most days But I have a lot more to chat about Plenty of other topics Some of you might like to hear a bit more and I just discovered my email list on here I have five subscribers! I don’t want to hit […]

The long conversation

AsideJuly 23, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper9 Comments

When you’re quiet And you’ve done the work Your mind is at rest You’re focused And there is someone in the room Just making aimless conversation If you tune in Whilst still remaining quiet It is annoying And you realise So much of what we say and converse about With some people Strangers usually or […]

Unconditional love vs people pleasing

AsideJuly 21, 2020July 15, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper12 Comments

I love unconditionally But it is a fierce thing Paint stripper Melt down Solvent It radiates like the sun And will burn When required Hurt Just as readily as it soothes If that is what is required at the time It is not always nice Though it certainly can be It doesn’t come wrapped in […]

Deeper in

AsideJune 25, 2020June 25, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper13 Comments

Looking out the window Of a spaceship in flight An astronaut Could be forgiven For thinking this planet solid A simple spinning Green Blue Ball Zoom in closer And closer It isn’t a ball At all Closer in still Humans looming larger An eyeball Two Put them under a microscope Watch those globes disappear again […]

Let jealousy be a beacon and Envy the rubber sole to your shoes…

AsideJune 24, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper5 Comments

When jealousy alights on your shoulder And envy digs it’s claws in your chest Listen Because they are showing you your next step All too often these emotions are shown with a negative light Because they feel negative and can be toxic if not addressed maturely But if you slide the switch to the other […]

The voice in our heads – repost

AsideApril 26, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper1 Comment

Happy Sunday another scheduled post with one of the earlier poetry movies that I did. https://athousandbitsofpaper.com/2019/11/21/the-voice-in-our-head/ Back tomorrow. Stay well and enjoy your Saturday or Sunday whichever it is in your part of the world.

Moving up a level in the game

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper11 Comments

Life is long

If we are lucky.

Days blur

Weeks passing like high speed trains

The refrain of which

Echo in habits and cycles and a great deal of internal conversation

The human mind regurgitates ideas like a cow chewing cud

The same song, words, stuff goes around and around

Yet out of all this oblivion

Arise Pivotel moments

You might experience half a dozen small eruptions when you think

“I have got to change”

“I must“

But change doesn’t happen

Or it does

But is not lasting

Then there are moments

Soft as a cats paw sneaking

Silent as a flower head

Unfolding

Blooming

Pivotel moments

When you walk through an open door

And never go back

To the way you were before

Like wind to the sails in the midst of doldrums

Search the horizon for those moments

When they arrive

Jump on

Enjoy the rise

Your next level has arrived

*and after seemingly an interminably long time striving – when the moment arrives, it is as easy, effortless and surprising as a natural unfurling of intention.