Mike Bedell's Poetry Corner

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  1. shameless_heifer

    shameless_heifer Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    This one's for you Mike
     
  2. Scorpio Kenny

    Scorpio Kenny Church of the Good Earth - ArchBishop

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    Ooooou. I like Mike's House. There's big beanbag chairs, just like in Sausalito back in the 60s. Way cool.
     
  3. Scorpio Kenny

    Scorpio Kenny Church of the Good Earth - ArchBishop

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    Would you look at all of the Sun catchers. Holy WoW! Very pretty.
     
  4. mike bedell

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    sorry for my place to be so empty but i will be moving in soon. I will be filling my place
    with my creativity. ART, MUSIC, POETRY, THOUGHTS and IDEAS. I plan on introducing
    some of the people around me that have talent and heart. So check back in and we will
    see what happens. I have no idea of what I'm doing but I promise to keep on doing it.
    mike bedell
     
  5. roamy

    roamy Senior Member

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    is their space for goats ? ha! ha!
     
  6. mike bedell

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    do you have goats Roamy and of corse goats are welcome
     
  7. roamy

    roamy Senior Member

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    i have 4 goats in kennys house.ok mike thanks, i'll bring them over here sometime so ta visit.they love poetry.
     
  8. mike bedell

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    I WAS MEDITATING THE OTHER NIGHT
    WHEN I HEARDA LOUD "POP" I AWOKE WITH A FRIGHT.

    I THOUGHT "A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AT LAST,"
    BUT IT WAS ONLY MY HEAD POPPING OUT OF MY ASS.

    I SAW THAT THE WAY I WAS LIVING MY LIFE WAS IN VAIN
    WHAT WITH SEEKING ONLY PLEASURE AND NUMBING OUT PAIN.

    WHATEVER IT TOOK I WOULD NUMB MYSELF OUT,
    SAYING, "I WOULD RATHER BE NUMB
    THAN TO BE CONFUSED OR IN DOUBT."

    BY BURYING MY FEELINGS I WAS ABLE TO SURVIVE
    BUT EVERY FEELING THAT I HAD BURIED
    I HAD BURIED IT ALIVE.

    INSIDE MY HEAD THEY WOULD KICK, SCRATCH AND SCREAM,
    THEY WOULD EVEN TRY ESCAPING IN THE FORM OF A DREAM.

    I NOW SEE THAT UNFELT FEELINGS DON'T GO AWAY,
    THEY WILL RISE TO THE SURFACE AND HAVE THEIR SAY SOME DAY.

    THEY'RE LIKE A BAD GANG AND MY HEAD THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
    THEY KEEP ME FROM BECOMING WHO I SHOULD AND I COULD.

    SO I'M PULLING THEM OUT ONE FEELING AT A TIME,
    AND TAKING THEM BACK TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

    YES, I'M TAKING BACK THE STREETS OF MY MIND,
    I'M WASHING THEM CLEAN AND MAKING THEM SHINE.

    I STILL FEEL LIFE'S CONFUSION AND DOUBT,
    BUT NOW I FACE IT HEAD-ON INSTEAD OF NUMBING IT OUT.

    ON THE STREETS OF MY MIND ALL FEELINGS ARE GOOD,
    AND THAT'S HOW I KEEP IT A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD.
    all rights reserved by
    J.Michael bedell
     
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  9. roamy

    roamy Senior Member

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    thats powerful stuff mike.sounding strong and very positive.way ta go! mike. great poem.:2thumbsup:
     
  10. Scorpio Kenny

    Scorpio Kenny Church of the Good Earth - ArchBishop

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    That's brilliant, Mike. I love it. Bravo!
     
  11. Scorpio Kenny

    Scorpio Kenny Church of the Good Earth - ArchBishop

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    Hey Roamy, good to see, you. We're all hanging out at Mikes, place. This is cool.

    Yeah, Mike just gets in a space, and he throws the poems right out there. Its miraculous how he does it. You got to keep watching this guy. You will see it all happen. He just feels t and does it. Just watch.

    Thanks Mike.
     
  12. shameless_heifer

    shameless_heifer Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    Mike I am so happy/proud of you for making a stand to recover yourself, from yourself. To step out into the sunshine and feel it's warm rays healing you. It's like a breath of fresh air to clean the "streets" of the lost and lonely moments that you keep locked inside and free yourself from their burden.

    You are allowed to be happy, you have tortured and punished yourself long enough for being Human and paid your dept with broken heartness of a thousand shattered dreams.

    Our hearts rejoice in your return home

    Fair Thee Well my Brother

    It's time to build new Karma, good karma, with love and honest feelings.
     
  13. Starsrainbow

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    That might become a song in the future.
    (The streets of my mind)

    Really what I call an open journey into one's deepest core.

    Thank you Mike :grouphug:
     
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    :toetap05: My dang rep button won't work again.
     
  15. mike bedell

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    Well, the movers still haven't arrived with my art pieces and stuff that I will be posting
    pictures of here and yes they can be bought at a suprisingly low price. So in the mean
    time I will try to intertain you with more of my poetry. I also have a book of poetry
    titled IRON FEATHERS. This poem is titled CHANGES.

    I HAVE FOUND A FRIEND IN GOD IT SEEMS,
    WHOSE GIFTS EXCEED MY WILDEST DREAMS.
    HE HAS SOFTENED MY HEART TO THE WORLD AROUND ME,
    HE HAS GIVEN ME COURAGE OVER THINGS THAT ASTOUND ME.
    HE HAS TAKEN MY LIFE AND MADE IT WORTH LIVING,
    HE HAS TAUGHT ME THAT CHANGES BEGIN WITH FORGIVING.
    FORGIVING MYSELF FOR THE THINGS I HAVE SAID,
    FOR THE PEOPLE I'VE HURT. FOR THE LIFE I HAVE LED.
    FORGIVENESS OF OTHERS FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY DO,
    BY PRAYING SOMEDAY THAT THEY CAN CHANGE TOO.
    I NOW CAN SEE GOD EVERYWHERE I LOOK,
    IN THE MOUTAINS, IN A RAINBOW,
    IN THE FACE OF A CROOK.

    I'M BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HUMANNESS I AM IN
    IS NOT ALL THAT I AM AND IT'S NOT ALL I'VE BEEN.
    I'M HERE TO EXPERIENCE LIFE, TO LEARN AND TO GROW,
    BUT WHILE I'M HERE IN THIS HUMANNESS
    IT IS ALL I WILL KNOW.
    I STARTED OUT HELPLESS, INNOCENT AND PURE,
    BUT I'M AFFECTED BY THE CHOICES THAT I MAKE
    FROM THE EXPERIANCES I ENDURE.
    THROUGH GOD I MAKE BETTER CHOICES, I FACE LIFE WITHOUT FEAR.
    I USED TO BE A VICTIM OF LIFE,
    BUT NOW I'M A VOLUNTEER.
     
  16. mike bedell

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    there were two brothers named Doug and Rick,
    Doug was a drug attict and Rick had this thing about spinning a brick.
    He"d ask his brother over and over again,
    "Do you think i'll ever get this brick to spin?"
    Doug would be high, but he'd open one eye,
    "Bricks don't spin" would be his reply.
    Now I don't know if you have ever tried spinning a brick.
    They don't spin very easily, but that didn't stop Rick.
    He'd try spinning it on the driveway,
    He'd try spinning it on the grass.
    He'd try spinning it slow, he'd try spinning it fast.
    He'd try spinning it on the table
    He'd try spinning it on the floor.
    He'd practice and he'd practice,
    And the he'd practice some more.
    One day, Rick left home with his buig red brick. Down the road he went.
    Trying to get that brick to spin was how his time was spent.
    And then one day it happened, that brick started spinning like a top.
    There were times when he'd get it spinning
    And you'd think it wiold never stop.
    Some people thought it was magic,
    Other people thought it was a trick,
    But people would come from all over the world
    To watch Rick spin his brick.
    Some people said it was witchcrat, others said it was zen.
    But nobody else had swhat Rich had that would get that brick to spin.
    Well, several years came and several years past
    Since the brothers had seen each other last.
    Rick found Duug in a hospital bed.
    He'd overdosed again and was left for dead.
    Doug saw Rick and he tried to lift his head.
    Rick leaned down to hear what Doug said.
    Doug said, "I know i'm going to die from getting too high,
    But before I go, I gotta know Rick
    Why you waisted your life trying to spin that fucking brick?"
    Rick smiled and said, "Doug it wasn't a waste
    For my name has been proudly placed
    In the book of world records I'd like you to know
    And it may sound funny, but it's made me lots of money,
    And i'm a regular on the David Letterman Show.
    Now I watched you practice your addiction erery since I was a tot
    But the more you practiced Doug, the worse you got.
    So if you would have spent those years
    That you spent on your addiction and tears
    Doing anything other than dope; you could have been laid to rest
    As the undisputed World's best,
    Even if it was jumping a rope.

     
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    welldone mike!hava a good an sober an clean day.keep winnin! and keep them great poems comin'.

    hi kenny good ta see you to.
     
  18. mike bedell

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    thank you Miss Roamy
     
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    There was a young man
    who joined a rock band
    and soon became a star
    so quickly it came, his fortune and fame
    for singing songs
    and playing his guitar.
    his music was sweet
    with a hypnotic beat
    the fans would scream for more
    he got first pick of the gals
    between him and his pals
    but his life was becoming a bore.
    so in between shows
    he started picking his nose
    and flicking buggers at the people around him.
    one dAy he had the worst luck
    his finger got stuck
    and the reporters would constantly hound him.
    sAYING "Hay, is it true
    is your career through?
    you can't play guitar with one hand
    even if you could
    you wouldn't be that good
    they'd have to throw you out of the band
    well, his docter said
    "son, to undo what you've done
    ill have to cut off the finger"
    The finger stayed in his nose
    and he kept selling out shows
    But as a great country western singer​
     
  20. mike bedell

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    theres a lot to be said for a broken heart
    its inspired suicide and great works of art.
    Its such a powerful force that a broken heart puts out
    when your emotions become hypersensitive
    and your head fills with doubt.

    Theres a lot to be said for a broken heart
    it can be the beginning of the end or a brand new start.
    It was a broken heart that turned my life around
    though not before totally beating me down.

    Theres a lot to be said for a broken heart
    it paralyzed me while my life fell apart.
    I stood there helpless watching it go
    some parts went fast, other parts went slow.

    In a downward spirial my life took its dive
    i didnt care if i was dead or alive.
    The pain continued, i kept going down
    until i got tired of hurting and decided to turn it around.

    So i called on my spirit and we made this deal
    if i honored my feelings then hed help me heal.
    This spiritual way of healing was loving and hard
    but i came out with a heart thats not calloused and scarred.

    It was a hard fought battle that i needed to win
    if i ever hoped to love that strongly again.​
     

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