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A try at poetry, I give it a shot every so often when the mood hits.
Nothingness, the curse of almost every man and woman who has ever lived.
Doing nothing, its easy.
Its the easiest thing to do, nothing.
Nothing leads to Nothing.
And that leads to oblivion.
If no one remembers you.
If you die, and left nothing behind.
If No one knew who you were.
Were you ever Alive.
Do you exist?
Are you really here?
Have you done anything to be remembered for?
Nothing leads to Oblivion.
Will people mourn you after you pass?
Have you Done Anything?
Or do you continue to do Nothing?
Are you Alive?
Do you have a family?
Will they remember you fondly, as a loving, member.
Or did you do nothing but work, and never spend any time with them?
Nothing is Oblivion.
Have you done a Lasting Work?
Do you have A Legacy of Knowledge to leave behind?
Do you have a Masterwork so that future generations will Know you were here.
Alive is Leaving your mark.
Great Parents, loving and Kind.
Nurturing and teaching, leave their kids the same way.
And families flourish, from your teachings.
This is Alive.
Plato, Socrates, Alexander, Julius Caesar.
Homer, Pythagorous, Einstein, Shakespeare.
Hitler, Stalin, Washington, Franklin.
Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Napolean.
Charlegmagne, Catherine, Ghengis Kahn, Hannibal.
Frost, Galileo, Columbus, Chaucer.
Lincoln, Boothe, Jefferson, Disney.
These are a small selection of Names that will never be forgotten.
These men, for good or Ill, did their masterworks in deeds or pen.
They will never slip into Oblivion.
What about you?
Are you Alive?
Will you slip into oblivion like almost every person who has ever lived?
Are you here? Or was Nothing who you are, and what you became.
Nothing.......
Joshua Adam Strong
April 23rd, 2012
Nothing
Silence calls, lulling you to her.
Darkness beckons, offering you peace.
Fear feeds, leaving you weaker in her wake.
Anger burns, making you hot.
Logic freezes, turning your emotions cold.
Compassion begs, and is ignored in your own turmoil.
Jealousy arrives, and causes you to be foolish.
Avarice comes, and you are poorer for it in what matters.
Lonliness envelopes, and you change yourself to be what others want you to be.
Desperation looms, and the most honest of men become base criminals.
Infirmness creeps, and one does not challenge it.
Happiness rejoices, and is ignored because it is the small things not the large you dreamed off.
Friends join, then depart as they were never truly let in to see the real you.
Lovers embrace, and disappear when they find only lust not the depth of love they seek.
Partner's come, and fall to the wayside when they are forced to walk in front or behind, not side by side as they desire.
Death approaches, and is welcomed for the rest of the weary at heart and soul.
Alone, you die.
Alone, you leave nothing behind.
Alone, you are forgotten, having left nothing significant behind you to carry you with them in their hearts and souls.
Alone, Alone, Alone.....
True Love.
What is it, really?
All people seek it in some form, and most never find it.
Most settle for Lust, as base a human instinct as their is, thinking with hormones and pheromones.
I ask myself what Love is, all the time.
The Best answer I was ever able to come up with, was this.
Love, is the completeness you never knew you were missing. Its finding the Partner who will be by your side, step by step, into the unsure future, as you take come together as one, and forge it for what you want it to be. Someone who walks beside you, offering wisdom and strength in every decision. Holding you close, letting you lean on them, Offerring you their strength, freely, when you need it, and accepting yours without reservation when they need it. Love makes whole, what you never realized was incomplete. It ensures that you have someone whom you respect and trust, explicitly, at your side, for the rest of your days. Love is what you spend your entire life looking for without realizing it. Love is gentle as a feathers caress on a light summer breeze when you need it, but can also be stronger than steel when the situation calls for it. Love is the greatest aspiration of man. To make himself whole, to find the one, that means more to himself than anyone save Lord, our God, in this world and after. Love means you are never alone. You can overcome any obstacle set in your path, because the 2 have become one, and are stronger together by far, than they could ever be alone. Love is a gentle spring shower that brings life to budding plants. Love is the tender brush of your lips against hers. Love is the simple act of holding hands as you go through your day. Love is the gentle light of sunrise on a clear summer morning. Love is the Sunset over water, with a few scattered clouds to hold the color just abit longer. Love is gazing into each others eyes, and knowing you found the part of yourself that has been waiting to find you. Love is knowing that your heart is safe and secure, for the rest of your days.
Love is something that is incredibly hard to find. But I will not let myself settle for anything less. I am an optimist, but I plan for the worst. I have no problem being alone for the rest of my days, if it means a chance at finding my one True Love, if even for a day, as my life comes to a close in this mortal vessel. Love is a word bandied around by many, but few truly understand the depth of its meaning. I love my Family more than Myself, I love some of my friends more than myself. Love has many forms. But true love, your true love, the one that makes you whole, is there, somewhere, and My goal is to find it before I die.
Joshua Adam Strong
April 23rd, 2012
Friends.
Of true friends, I have very few. I am a friendly person, but I keep the real me closed off from all but a select few. I can count true friends with less fingers than one of my hands. You can't truly be friends with someone until you let them in. Yes, that means they can hurt you like no other, but if you never expose yourself to hurt, you will never feel the joys that come from it. On the sage advise of one of truest friends, I am working on opening up more, sharing things that I have never shared with anyone, before. My personal writings, that go straight from brain to screen, with no filter. Nothing more honest than stream of conciousness, writing. But its not something I ever shared with anyone before, I would usually read them a week or so later, then delete them. Or, I would not bother to save them in the first place, lest someone find them, and see my soul set to words. No more. I am going to start sharing the real me. Who I am without walls, or guards. I will probably be hurt, but I am sure the new true friends will more than pay that back in Joy. I am tired of being alone, because I keep everyone at a distance, instead of letting them in. eventually they fall away, and move on, staying friendly aquaintances until we eventually lose touch, because I could never let myself open it. This is going to be a big step for me, I have never been good at expressing what I was thinking or Feeling, only occassionally letting a poem, or a short writing out to friends. It might just be words on the screen to some, But what I will be exposing is my soul. I do not follow any plan when I write like this. No form, design. Simply straight from brain to screen, unedited, except for typo's, which i do sometimes leave in, because I dont want to altar the original. I am taking the advice of one of my best friends, and doing something to get out of my rut. This is the first step, trying to shift the wagon out of the rut, and back onto the road. Some might not see anything in the writing, some may just laugh, and I will laugh with them. But the ones who see it for what it truly is, those, I will welcome in, share everything, and seek the joy of a true friendship and kinship with.
Joshua Adam Strong
April 22nd, 2012
Life is Active.
To live, one must choose to participate. One can be alive, but do nothing, are they truly alive? Not to me. You have to struggle with life, learn its lessons, take the lumps, and the good times while you keep striding forward. Work on making yourself a better person, daily. Have a Clear goal, even if it seems completely unattainable now. If you struggle and strive for it, anything can happen. Life is fluid, once a day has past, it will never happen again. Live each day, pressing for your goal. Find your way past the obstacles life puts in your path, never stopping, never slowing. Its easy to get sucked into a rut, from which you find you dont want to get out of, because its soooo much easier just to stay there. That isnt Living. That is being alive. I have found, that I would rather live, truly live, for 1 day, than be "alive" for 60 years. Without change, you can not learn and evolve. You can not come that one step closer to your goal which seemed unattainable at one point, but as you keep your eyes on it, keep working for it, it gets closer, little by little.
If you have to chose. Live.
Alive is just death while you still draw breath.
Joshua Adam Strong
April 23rd, 2012
Rest Eternal
In our life, we all struggle
Each Step of every day
We all face challenge and adversity.
Everything we choose to do
Everyone we speak too
Is a new connection.
Every connection touches
Wether a person, or a place
That stays there, permanent.
In Death, we find peace
Our burdens we lay
And rest, finally, in peace.
When rest, we finally find
Pain and loss are left
For friends and family.
We hope their grief
Does not consume
The lives of those we leave behind.
Live, we wish we could say
Celebrate the memories
Of the Good we did, and the joy we brought.
Remember us as we were
Friend, family do not lose yourselves
In grief at our rest.
We found our peace, our rest
Do not grive overly
Instead, remember us.
We now lie, at peace
And pray, for you, in your struggles
And wait, for you to at last to rest
And, in peace, eternal, together again.
Joshua Strong
May 10th, 2012
Lessons of the Past.
Clinging to you as a Shadow,
Your past never truly goes away.
You can not change what has already passed,
Nor can you ever truly forget it.
Your past is Over.
For good or for ill,
It is Done.
Always remember the good.
A smile, a laugh, a connection.
These are the good times,
And should never be Forgotten.
The Ill...
Horrors, atrocities, pains.
Acts committed by You and to You....
These we all seek to hide from.
These are the most important to Never Forget.
Your past is who you were,
It is not who you are today.
But without the Past, you wouldnt be who you are today without it.
Wounds from the past,
Some will Never truly heal.
They scab over, raw and painful...
Fresh Memories for eternity.
Never try and forget...
These must be accepted,
and used to grow yourself,
or one can Never move forward.
Other wounds will heal, with time.
Scars left by those wounds are deep,
and never truly fade.
We are Shaped more
By the Pain and Horrors
Of our lives
Than we are by the Happiness and Joy.
This is Life.
But One must always remember.
Who you were....
Is not Who You Are.
Who you Are...
Is Who you have chosen to be,
After learning the lessons from your Past,
And with your own Strength, and those around you.
Take a Breath,
Take a Step,
Keep your eyes Forward,
Never Bow to the weight of the Past.
Let it make you Stronger,
Accept the pain,
the Anguish,
and See the good that has come from it.
Remember, even if you doubt your own Strength,
Your friends and Family are always there to lend theirs.
Tomorrow is a New Day,
and a New You.
J. Strong
