Impelled :: Healing Through Dialogue

From poem #251 - I try to move the reader even more and set out to heal through dialogue and words

impelled

Category: Healing
Healing
Troubled

254 Troubled →

For 3 friends who are all finding themselves in difficult / estranged relationsships

Careworn

262 Careworn →

About a man whose spent and feeling a little careworn.

Gibran and I

264 Gibran and I →

About how a poet can listen, evoke feelings and help cure the maladies of the world.

Unification

265 Unification →

Underscores the need for warming to each other's troubles and dissolving boundaries. Dedicated to the Father of the Indian Nation.

The Van

268 The Van →

If evolving is a struggle, this poem sees me coming to terms with my part as an observer, not a doer. The vanguard or fountainhead of human progress.

272 Desiderata →

When a friend (Mustafa) caught me at an emotional moment.

276 Again →

A poem that touches raw on the feelings spouses go through when theyre rejected and have little chance to reflect on their own feelings.

Rock Bottom

280 Rock Bottom →

For a friend who was feeling low, in the hope that he will cause a change in the trend.

282 I saw you Cry →

For a friend who was broken down.

283 Rent Asunder →

A much needed low propelled by a dear friend.

284 Strength2 →

How I look forward to knowing you better - "Stand forth to center and be called out in loving honour... You stand tall, dwarving us with your immense stature... I've been jaded by the wall of pain that surrounds all... The people I love, perhaps it's my turn to stand tall!"

285 Mistreated →

Ah, dear Soph - "No matter whether they seem they will engulf you in sadness and terror... There will come a brighter day when you will smile again and move on"

289 Toys →

Written in the horror of seeing a youngster playing shooting and killing games, I was reminded of the Robin Williams movie Toys

290 Heal The World →

Written for my mother as I come to terms with a grumpy past - "What we all need is a little more patience, understanding and love... We need to plant these as seeds and saplings in Mother Earth's grove"

291 Closer to Believing →

Ah, the thrill of meeting a kindred spirit - "Did you grab the opportunities that came your way to express love... Did your heart sometimes expand and soar up to the skies above"

294 Mettle →

For a friend and her son who "We're a simple folk, firm as bedrock is our faith in the One... Who will show us a way, help us bid our past a firm adieu"

296 The Blues →

About a mother and son who "Together they help people find a way out of any malady... That wisdom or vidya is her gift to times such as these"

297 My Prayers →

About the same mother - "My prayers that you grow into a source of delight soon... A girl I saw a spark of as her healing put us on the moon"

Umbrella

298 Umbrella →

Wriiten when a matriarch was called to Eden above and how her Umbrella continues to protect her family.

310 Reach →

I keep planting seeds of brotherly caring,but it falls on deaf ears,dont they cry at another's grieif, one that's so painful.

328 Licked →

Have faiththe game is not overyetand beg that deep within-your heart courageously holds sway.

330 Grew →

When losing a parent, we hit a new low and our feelings get all jammed up. How will this raw grief bring about a catharsis for us?

Pray

332 Pray →

Like the masters say - we should FREE ourselves from all LIMITATIONS and SOAR ON HIGH in SERVICE to the DIVINE.

354 Dawn3 →

As a friend comes to a crossroads, my trying to give her courage and resolve. Happy to say shes already well on the mend.

361 Nani →

I want to break fre but it seems i lack the nerve, lead the way, help me on green pastures to serve.

366 Forgiving →

Written about the story a friend and filmmaker had just made about compassion and forgiveness in the atrocities of war

369 Neat →

Written for a young girl who wants to turn healer and trying to offer her some perspective

397 Bayonet →

With pain, now gone, since I spoke about it and wrote Clarinet. Am almost mended now, though it caused much pain and anguish for many years. "I sincerely pray for peace for those warriors who wrest With life as her very future lies in the balance, now rest"

399 Spent2 →

For a dear friend whose very peaceful future was and is being threatened. I do not agree with her decision not to go down with guns blazing, but respect the strength she has for choosing that. "My advice to you, all friends - is to just recover fast and keep moving - we know this life as bumpy, yet chose it, so make it one of giving"

403 Clarinet →

A sequel to the Bayonet, this hope for all that can be good in life again as I evolve the thought with a dear friend.

423 Making Love →

"I'd recall to you my story of love and friendship, still hopeful... That you'd one day realize I was simply in your spell"

448 O Divine →

We run amok thinking this Earth to us does belong. In your despite we play with fire, not having the sense That your dreams can take us to the very heavens!

477 On Divorce →

For a near and dear sweet friend whose on the verge of separation and divorce

480 Lost Without Music →

This poem describes a friend whose feeling low and "unable to hear the music"

492 Lovingly Heal →

A prayer for a dear friend that she recover quickly from a fall and fracture.

497 Good Fight →

Still trying to cheer that friend up and not seem a duffer.

500 Enough2 →

Dead set against all forms of war, this one ends with: "Come my much loved species, time to turn the page!"