The Only Way to Be Saved

Inspired by a book I'm reading about Buddhism.

The only way to be saved. . .

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The jays, at dawn, sing fragmented, dismayed,

To introduce this morn's greet of heartache,

The Melodic Dissonance of the day.

The default negativity,

The uncertainty of resiliency,

The Expectations that Let Down,

The disillusionment towards "The Crown,"

The lethargy that yielded to apathy,

Robbed opportunities of happiness,

The heaviness and angry spasms,

Left for hollow mental chasms, 

The boiled over unkindness,

Towards myself and the World around. . .

In broken desperation,

With swollen eyelids, trembling hands,

I wrote in all caps with my pen,

and screamed over all else in my head,

THE ONLY CHANCE THAT I'VE GOT,

THE ONLY WAY TO BE SAVED,

IS TO BREAK THE EASY PATTERN,

OF TOXIC THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS,

TO STRIP EVERYTHING OF ESSENCE,

AND REDEFINE IT AGAIN.

(the only chance that I've got,

the only way to be saved,

is a paradigm shift,

quiet mind: to meditate) 

Reviews

[Wherearemysocks]

I like velvet potatoes they make me hungry.This poem makes me angsty.

[The Ink Chapters]

this is very true, the only way we can truly recover and be happy is to change our way of thinking. Lovely poem, very intelligent

[VelvetPotato]

Thank you, the Ink Chapters!

[MoriartyMesa]

i have one or nine notes 'The Expectations that Let Down' the original quote is from Mary Shelley. and she wrote 'my expectation's never lay down'. THE ONLY CHANCE THAT I'VE GOT,
THE ONLY WAY TO BE SAVED, Paul McCartney

[VelvetPotato]

Yes MM, it is definitely a common concept! I didn't know Mary Shelley was who originally said it. I heard a Shakespeare quote, "expectation is the root of all heartache" which aligns with a lot of Buddhist philosophy which was my inspo. I also love Paul McCartney.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it's so easy to fall into self-loathing, or self-pity...
wallowing in it...getting into that debilitating rut.
But it takes work to get ourselves healthy in the mind and heart.
Redefining ourselves...it can be done, if we are willing to expend the energy and time
on us.
j.

[VelvetPotato]

I know it, j.! Hope you're doing well.