15-Minute Workout (6/7/2010) - NEW POEM

Good evening,

Thanks for stopping through! It's been a light but interesting day. I'm still pressing through a couple of situations, but keep me in your thoughts and prayers, because I will get through it all. I'm still pressing and at the end of (or maybe before) this madness, the book release is full "go".

So, I got to reading some of my past "Workouts" that I've posted since I've started this thing. And then after finishing this post that you're about to read, I came to a startling conclusion - I WANT SUCCESS!!! I mean, it is almost a common thread in a lof of my lines. Again, I'm just freestyling and writing what I can that is in my mind. Well, what can I say? In this awesome book that I've been reading, it does say "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he" (Prov. 23:7a), so I guess that I'm just putting that food for thought on my dinner plate night after night.

As usual, please leave your feedback on this "Workout". To be honest, I think that I might be in for a night of a little more writing, so be on the lookout for that. Peace to everybody and be on alert for any new updates or announcements about "Flawed Thoughts". 'Preciate you all!

15-Minute Workout - Part Seven

I’m not yet where I wanna be
Still I fight hard to not be a wanna-be
Setting for all, not nothing
That’s just the way that it’s gotta be
I don’t say this out of pride or self-sufficiency
I say it because I recognize that the clock is ticking
And that it’s wise to be efficient
Which is why I’m on a mission
To go and get mine
Whether or not you've got my back
Again and again I prove that I’ve got spine
Keeping my head up in the face of adversity
Taking not one thing for granted
Living my life as if I never set foot in a university
With a thirst to learn and know more
Ignorance has a place in me no more
Running to collect trophies and championships
Can’t attain ‘em with low scores
Running to the light at the end
Before it’s proclaimed to be the end
This is real life, people
No chance to hit “continue” when all of the extra lives end
This is so far from pretend
Hopefully, a reality check hits you
Funny part is that once you do figure out the rules
The game changes suit in a quick swoop
So make sure that you carefully choose
Life’s roads continually meander swift
Live every moment to it’s fullest extent
Start checking off like crazy on your bucket list
And if you’re protesting, bucking fists
It’s simply because you refuse to grow up
But you’ll soon see my perspective on things
Especially when Father Time quickly shows up
And still I hold up
Maintaining that drive and persistence pays
Running the good race on good faith
Those in resistance stay
Eventually getting stuck
Looking for good fortune cookies or rabbit feet for luck
Unwilling to start a legacy
Instead, anticipating one to mysteriously fall off of a truck
With serial numbers scratched off
But to you, I present the secret to it all
Taking the key to the trunk – the latch is off
Whatever you want in this life
Material or tangible
You have to make it happen on your own
With the tenacity of an untamed animal
Not knowing when your next meal will come
But acknowledging that you have to eat
The question is, yeah, you wanna be hot
But can you really stand the heat
Or can you only just stand to cheat
I’m no judge, but I think that there’s a better way
Have you ever considered creating your own game
Creating for yourself and others behind you a better day
Just something to process
Continue your progress
Keep dreaming and don’t accept the status quo
And keep running until there’s no more beating in your chest...

-W.A. Gordon

15-Minute Workout (5/13/2010) - NEW POEM

Welcome back,

I just got done doing another 15-Minute Workout. I admit, this Workout was not as long and laid out like my previous ones. As a matter of fact, it didn't flow like the other ones did, but I think that it still represents me and my thought process well enough. Either way, read it and tell me what you think. Shoot me a message and speak your piece! Come back for more! Peace!

15-Minute-Workout - Part Six

Lately I’ve been tired and tested
Tested and tried
Can’t and won’t lie
Looking myself in the eye
Refuse to be denied
Surprised that I haven’t cried
But I choose life over it all
My words will never signal “die”
Acknowledging the tongue’s power
Speaking to six-feet up or down
Appreciating every waking hour
Being optimal whether the chips are up or down
Hearing the cliché that “life is a gamble”
So variable, making it hard to handle
But it’s also said “high-risk, high-reward”
So apprehension now gets dismantled
Going for it all
Give me the “W”
Another one besides my name
Putting my doubts as low as the ground under you
Pressing on to the greater
Better now than later
Accepting encouragement from my circle
Ignoring the squares - better known as haters
Throwing the negative back like “Now-n-Laters”
Since it isn’t always so short and sweet
I speak positive feedback
Throwing the Joyce Meyer CD on “repeat”
It’s all I ever speak
And still I stay humble
Murmuring from me is minimal
Long ago I stopped every single grumble
Looking at my pieces of work
Granted I don’t find peace at work
Unless it’s my own tears, sweat, and blood
Then it’s easier for me to see the labor in the love
Seeing my efforts culminate
I remember when it all started
Like protecting classic watches – I saved the date!
Since, for me, that is when it all re-started
My words were taken note of
Feeling respected and regarded
No longer feeling guarded
I let loose on paper sheets
Somehow I found different ways to say the same thing
Various ways for my ink and paper speech
And when the ink and paper meet
For me, it feels special
Losing sleep from time to time doing this
I don’t mind – I’m onto something special...

-W.A. Gordon

NEW POEM - "Affecting My City - Part One"

Good morning,

Thanks for stopping by. I hope that eveyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday and that you survived the shopping over this past weekend. I know that I am still recovering myself. Today I am posting part one of a new poem that I have written called "Affecting My City". I think that this piece will really connect with those who have grown up in cities, like myself, and have seen the best and the worst of everyday life, but want to see things get better.

I hope to have part two of this poem up in the coming days, because as I am writing this, it is becoming more dear to my heart since I can almost literally see the things that I am saying right before my eyes as I write it. The words for me literally flowed on this one, with no stopping involved. Please feel free to drop me a line and share your thoughts on it, maybe even some ideas for the sequel. Thank you and be blessed!

Affecting My City

Affecting my city
Bringing light to the dark
Revving up my engine to drive
Ignite the fire by just a spark
Causing me to trail blaze
Convincing people to change ways
Transforming from the old to the new
Not simply relying on just what they knew
Only if they knew
Or took hints from the predecessors
Since their ways didn’t work
Gotta come up with something better
Be more committed than fair-weather
Pressing on through the good, bad, and otherwise
The will to survive and thrive-
The differentiator between some and other guys
Finally opening up closed and others’ eyes
Letting the revelation set in
City dwellers beating all odds
Outsiders suffer losses for opposing and betting
And things get better for those trying to get in
Reality’s no longer the accepting setting
Dreams are the preferred space and time
With less people facing time
Mom and Dad in the house at the same time
Less weed and pill-stained minds
People in buildings developing and elevating minds
Becoming slower to produce their mini-me’s
First giving the inner-self the needed upgrades
Providing justification for future many “me”s
Right now so many are slow to see
Eyes closed to the facts
Accepting their life on circumstances known to be
Complacency showers and the multitude become lax
And now they even more lack
In both the physical and the spiritual
Taking the proverbial well running dry
Now making it literal
So they need to be refilled
Not relying on quick fixes and cheap thrills
Rather, looking over the long run
Opting for the wise moves
Rather than making the wrong ones
Getting it right before it’s all done...

-W.A. Gordon