NEW POEM - "Why Love" Part Two

Hey Everybody-

Thanks for the visit. Just dropping the sequel to "Why Love". As usual, let me know what you think of it.

Also, I've got some more news coming up soon. Keep your ears and eyes wide open ;-)

Peace.

Why Love - Part Two

Let my love stretch wide
I'm talking 'bout Agape size
A love without limits
More real than the one sung by Miss Blige
Won't let my eyes
Overlook my opportunities to love
Friends, family, and otherwise
Still continuing to turn other cheeks
But I'll love 'em even better this time
Letting old faults fall in time
Get lost in the past
Since I'm far from perfect myself
Slow to stop my love and opt to outcast

Gotta keep my love levels up
I know that I'll be challenged
In the case of a love stalemate,
Love will tip the scales in my advantage
No longer allowing hate to do its damage
That's the easy thing to do
Now putting love out for foes to have?
There's no telling the reward that'll bring to you
Not everyone will be into you
Feeling or even digging you
But this is about being the best possible inner-you
Making the action of love even more visible
Showing people the best of you
Because when it comes to love
Nothing short of the best should do

Let the love flow like waterfalls
Drenching us all like when water falls
With no sign or warning
Love clouds pierced and now storming
Let these words be heart-warming
As an unction of love starts forming
Encouraging cold hearts to heat up
Not yet kicking our feet up
Since there’s so much more left to do
Revealing the infinity of love
And that it shouldn’t only rest in you
Indeed, it should be dressed in you
But like wealth it needs to be shared
Transitioning from “love and war” to a “loving war”
Leaving no casualties to be spared…


-W.A. Gordon

NEW POEM - "Why Love" - Part One

Good afternoon, Everybody -

Thanks for stopping by to the site. There is so much going on right now and the time for the book release is coming soon. I have a couple of projects that I am working on that are in line with the book, so still be on the lookout for when they are done (which will be VERY soon).

The piece that I am posting today was actually requested by a friend of mine. It was cool to have someone ask me specifically to write about love, in the general sense. To be honest, it was even more cool to be asked to write about anything, LOL. I called this piece "Why Love" and there will be a sequel to it coming soon, because I feel much more that has to be written about it in my spirit. I hope that you all like it and find something in it that connects to you in some way.

Before I drop the poem and get out of the way, I want to thank everyone who has joined or has invited someone to join my Facebook group, "Flawed Thoughts". The total is close to 200 and I am thinking of doing something to commemorate when that happens ;-)

Ok, here it is...

Why Love - Part One

If I have nothing else, I must have love
Love for self and love for others
Of course, I’ll love myself
And show more love for others
Make myself slow to get into arguments
Reduce ‘em down to discussions
And so we talk more and argue less
It’s not too hard to guess
That this love thing should be the norm
Bringing peace to calm the storms
Lightning and thunder subside
Nothing but sunny days outside
And the birds get to chirping
Funny how things change when our love gets to working

We’re so quick to point fingers
Fast to blame each other
Without first self-examining
Analyzing ourselves, sisters and brothers
And so I say, sisters and brothers-
Remember the saying from way back:
If you start pointing a finger,
Expect at least 3 fingers to point right back
And we don’t like that
So let’s love and not judge
Speak highly of each other and cover
Staying away from anything that’s not love
I’ve got love
Which is why I want to share it, right
Aiming these words directly to your hearts
Praying that you read it and hear it right

Getting our love right is a steady test
Always checking if we’re ready yet
Striving to be a product manifest
Constant life exams to see if we’re better yet
And better yet,
We should use these times to prove the haters wrong
Kill ‘em with kindness
Proving through actions that, yes, hate is wrong
And love is right
All right, to be exact
To love is to be divine
And there’s no greater feeling than that
Only to be succeeded by your test results
Seeing what happens when love results
Aiming to live these words written
Gotta go well and above average
These tests are given everyday, non-written
Changing up, leaving no room for usual or average
So if I’m gonna get tested in my love
I’m going for the honor roll
Top of the class and above
Magna cum laude placed on my soul
Listed at the love commencement
Please don’t allow these words to be distant
Love yourself and others more
First Corinthians thirteen is insistent…

-W.A. Gordon

NEW POEM - "Pressing Push" (Press & Push) - Part Two

Hey Everybody-

Thank you for stopping by. FINALLY...here is the sequel to Pressing Push (Press & Push). Even though it took a while to post this, I think the right words came to the forefront. I got a couple of positive words about Part One, so I hope that this one does as well, if not better, at meeting your expectations.

On a side note, I am still putting together a SPECIAL project that I hope to have completed before the end of the month. The promotion that I spoke of will be tied to it, so be ready for it when it finally comes to pass.

As usual, tell me what you think of this one - good, bad, or otherwise. And please spread the word and this site to any and everyone you know. Thanks for stopping by. Peace!

Pressing Push (Press & Push) - Part Two

The press and push is getting more real

Going past fatigue that more and more feel

This isn't to say that I don't get tired

Or I'm running on no-doze, wired

If I said this, I'd be a liar

I'm just saying-

That I press past how I feel

Never an easy checkmark on the to-do list

Still, I know I must do this

No cares if you try to disprove this

This is simply how I deal

Moving 'til I start to huff and puff

Like a legend says, don't stop 'til you get...

Well, you know what's up

Let the real recognize the real

Especially when it comes to success

Having to endure pain before knowing how pleasure feels

People trying to deal for only the good

Not accepting the opposition of the bad and ugly

It's sad, but it must be

Taking the rainy days of this life

Pressing and pushing to days all sunny

Going past the euphoria of won money

To a permanent paradise

Only seen by optimal and persistent eyes

Pressed and pushed past the limits seen by eyes

So I press and push and so on

Just off of hope I have so much to go on

Not to mention yet-to-be-fulfilled dreams

Awake or sleep, it seems tangible

Almost more real than my reality seems

Or actually is

And after the vision

Post-daydreams and after the endless wishing

I realize that I can't get there from here

Stuck in position

Have a pace to pick up

Shifting gears in my life's transmission

Really, I'm past the wishing

Reviewing my life's blueprint

Developed as I continue and press on

Challenges of this life, less of a nuisance

Taking each experience as a less-on

Shaking off the negatives

Refined the remaining positives

Pressing and pushing harder than I ever did

Letting my life serve as evidence

-W.A. Gordon