David Arndt Forgotten Words Poetry

Casting Nets Out At Sea *** Casting Nets Out At Sea I'm Fishing for Poetry Beneath the Surface Words Percolate Up to Me * They're Not My Own Know Not Where they Came From * At First They Were Shy And Hiding Yet I saw them once When I was out Riding * They Went Unheard Drifted Back Under The Sea Far Far Away From Me * I was then startled Yet I did not run A Muse did appear Like the beating of a drum Melodiously Arising Joyously Warming My Heart Under the Sun * Words Then Lept Forth Soaring As if They Were Birds Far Above Earth * Oh We Soar To Places Far And Near Where I Can Hear The Power Of Poetries Thunder Roar * Words fly off left and right If you are not quick They will like a Bubble Vanish From Sight * It's impossible To Explain Glossed With a Sheen It's Meaning Moves shakes Shifts The Magic Of Poetry In These Times Often Goes Unseen * Now Let's Peak I look You See The Silent Spaces Between You...

Well I'm Getting Older

Well I'm Getting Older *** Well I'm getting older Ain't so bad right now But I feel the time it's ticking My body doesn't work Quite as easy as it once did I can't take things for granted anymore If I don't change things Ain't going to be around much longer If you don't love yourself How do you think you're Gonna love anybody else? If you don't love yourself? How do you think you're Gonna love anybody else? You gotta turn off the news You gotta put your cell phone away You got to turn the whole electricity off Why don't you just cut the wires? At least for your house Got unplug. Yeah, go on now If you don't love yourself How do you think you're Gonna love anybody else? If you don't love yourself? How do you think you're Gonna love anybody else Cuz this world that we're living in Well, it's cruel It'll tear you in two But you can make it We can make it too We can all make Through We can make it t...

Would You Be My Friend?

Would You Be My Friend? *** Up-Low went downtown Looking for something around Oh, Can you help me, man? I need a dollar bill Or do you gotta ten? Can't find my shoes Don't know where I am Yes, I'm lost I need a friend Are you there? Would you be my friend? If you don't It might be my end Well, Would you be my friend? Oh, oh Up-down went downtown Looking for something around Oh, Can you help me, man? I need a dollar bill. Or do you got a 10? I lost my shoes I don't know where I am Yes, I'm lost I need a friend Are you there? Would you be my friend? If you don't It might be my end Well, Would you be my friend? Oh, oh *** Written by David Arndt on August 31, 2022 *** Image by Notes from the Far Fringe

Give That Love Away

Give That Love Away *** I feel the love Tell me. Do you feel it, too? Oh, Love Is Gonna Kiss You No matter what you do Oh yeah I'm going to kiss you too Oh yeah Well I gotta tell you I love you I was honest with my words It's true. You broke my heart But now I'm as free as a bird As I fly looking down on Earth I see so much pain People tearing themselves apart People going insane Oh yeah It's crazy out there Totally crazy Oh yeah Maybe what you and I had Didn't really serve us And this is the only way Things will grow again I don't know Our songs nearly over I'm reaching Reach Out For Love Oh yes, I am Yeah The man He went off into the distance His head held high His heart on fire There was no need to say goodbye He followed the path He thought he went the right way Until he came to a cliff And he was blown away Oh yeah Blown away baby Oh yeah He found himself in the seas All alone in the middle He didn't have a life vest He went down under ocean wa...

We Are Compost Baby

We Are Compost Baby *** Here in this place Soon will be harvest Seeds were planted Green pokes through soil Al experiences lived Become a compost pile It makes me smile at the thought of this I can see my life has been human waste I imagine I'll be nourished For quite a long time Thank you love On our days We will reach a moment Somewhere on the path We'll have each other to thank My oh my did we create compost together Me I'll be sailing my ship Through murky waters of life With a tear In the wind In my hair Fueled onward By our sweet Love suffering Compost Perfect No mistakes No waste Guided always By the good Heart inside Baby *** Written many moons ago, revised August 30, 2022. ***

Teach Your Children Well

Teach Your Children Well *** "The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates *** Unexamined Shadow Life *** This is surely true To Not know oneself Is to not know anything You can teach child Give them the tools to build a life If you only teach them to walk In straight lines Follow commands of others Ignore their own voice You kill what lives within them It takes strength and courage To walk ones, individual path To find answers to questions Only you can know No one can tell another Their meaning or purpose No one can tell another What is right or wrong What is one person's truth Is another's falsehood Another's treasure Ideological filters blind Even a perfect teaching Can be a shackle If adopted without question What is true in one moment May not be true in another You cannot step in the same river twice Thus spoke Heraclitus All is in flux Change is the only constant Teach a child rigid falsehoods Is t...

My Heart Beats Ever More Slowly

My Heart Beats Ever More Slowly *** Let's go out tonight Meld yourself against me Mind down splendor No more reason I lay here amid scattered clothes Guitar that longs to sing Journal that calls for poems Signs of a struggling heart Pipe made from a coke can Bag of pot Walls have changed Since she left New faces She lives in the crevices Her clothes on the floor crumpled Say I'm okay when the pain still near No matter how fast I run There is no escape Whether I buy things Smoke things Eat things Fill up the space with other women I always come back here wondering If I'll ever understand As the blows change in my window and My heart beats ever more slowly *** David Arndt 2022 *** Artwork - Belinda Threeths

Taking First Steps

Taking First Steps *** Your smile sunlight Awakening dawn sunrise skies Your gaze touches my heart Opens my eyes Your presence not fixed Spaciousness Flowing rivers seas Beauty comes from Within your heart Your love sets me Free * Your innocence Sings a song Spontaneously Holding me * Your voice soothes my weary mind Your gentle melody washes over me Warms my heart once more i feel alive Spirit blazing Love from the Inside * I make offerings Friendship Love Bliss Grace Gratitude All I offer up to you * Knowing you abide Inside my heart Knowing your love Comes from within Abiding in our joy * You empowered me Taking my first steps On this path No looking back Beginning Anew *** David Arndt June 14, 2022 *** Artwork - Daniel Mercadante

Always Be Your Friend

Always Be Your Friend *** Warm wind Blows up from within Casts aside shadows When I think Hear your thoughts Paint a picture of your soul Experience Fills a hole I captain my own ship Sailing through calm Storms Wondrous gift of loving Shared with you As you go on your way Uncertainty ahead Know in your heart I will always be your friend *** Written by David Arndt on August 30, 2022 *** Artwork Bob Dylan - Train Tracks

Lost And Found In Guatemala

Lost And Found In Guatemala *** It’s 1:45 AM what’s to be said about how the past hours have transpired in theft Robbed twice by fellow travelers No passport No money Yet I feel joy what words can do justice to this feeling of happiness? Universal love and a woman One last kiss Green eyes and a smile that pulls me Our morning moments seem timeless She is a photojournalist Who has covered countless war zones Her working partner had just been killed She is ten years older Much wiser in the ways of the world I feel innocent like a child She is here to renew until the next war zone She is unafraid of death I look at her in awe wanting more time But she must leave A hug is shared I will never see her again But I caught a glimpse behind her mask Now she lives inside me We will never be apart She will remain in my heart at this moment, I feel understood at this moment, I’m not afraid there is someone who recognizes me who struggles to see the truth what a beautiful gift...

Give Me My Dog Back

Give Me My Dog Back *** There was another woman I met a long long time ago She brought me happiness Fresh falling snow Oh, life slowly begins to fade Changes colors with the trees I still got some living left Before I'm falling leaves So, I'm going to let go of my fears Going to let go of my Tears Going to let go of Lost Years Gonna hold you near Yeah, baby. It's true Ever since I saw you Didn't know what to do Don't know now what to do So I left behind my job My wife, family and dog Left all my things behind Went out all the way All for you Even if I don't get to my destination There will still be peace in my heart At least, I went on this journey I was not afraid to start So, this is One Last Thing Before I Go One thing in this life I ever learned that I know There's only one thing You can trust above And that is called love Do you still love me? Did you ever love me? Have you ever loved? Because I can't take Going up and down Okay. No, I can...

Can You Feel The Love

Feel The Love *** There is a spring From which I draw water Nourishes and sustains All that’s living in me All that’s living in me All that’s living in me This spring Is a boundless horizon A ever-expanding universe A bottomless ocean I fall And I never touch the bottom I climb a staircase Eternally I drink And I am renewed I am renewed I am transformed Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? All that’s living in you I am a bird I am a fish Yes, I said I was a fish I am a star Push up through the earth Poke up through the roots Of an ancient tree The first tree I eat the fruit Forget myself Become a part Of all that is All that will be Can you feel it Can you feel it Can you feel the love Can you feel the love Feel the love Feel the love *** Composed by David Penn. Partly written in Vilcabamba, Ecuador, 1992, and completed Fall of 1998 in Brodheadsville, PA. Minor changes were made in Lincoln, VT November 4, 2014. *** © David Arn...

Darkness Fades Too Light

Darkness Fades Too Light *** Attachment to ideas, concepts opinions Leads to unfreedom Rigidness death Attachment to being right leads to sorrow Wasted time stagnation Be flexible like the wind Water rapids Lose oneself Patterns evolving connections A tree is its branches, roots, trunk The sun in the sky Rain on the bark Repressed anger Shoots like a geyser Exploding volcano Mighty Hurricane Hate breeds violence Eats from within Leads the people deep into sin Hold to anything tightly It shall fly in the night Hold to nothing Shine and darkness Fades to light *** Written by David Arndt on August 30th, 2022 based on writings from South America many moons ago. *** Artwork Rabkar Wangchuk

Future Rushes In

Future Rushes In *** Looking back on time Future rushes in Feel the pain 1000 Shallow Graves My soul Tired of the mistakes I've made Way I'm thinking Seems It's' too late I look out People faces tight white Are you there? An illusion of sight Seems to me tragically Fake truth most believe Is determined By those With all the Might *** Written by David Arndt on August 30,2022 based on writings from South America many moons ago. *** Artwork Neal Gibson

My Suns Arising

My Suns Arising *** May those sacred feasts Among friends Come every day Come like the sun Rising at dawn My heart is stilled by Unspoken language Affirmed with a touch Heart remembering Stay within me Fields abundant bounty treasure I bit the Apple My spirit nourished I am no longer thirsty In this moment I am free My Suns Arising *** Written by David Arndt August 30, 2022 based on writings done many moons ago in the Amazon in Ecuador. ***

We Will Get By And Survive (Jerry❤)

We Will Get By And Survive (Jerry❤) *** I didn't want to go away It was a dark dark day When I left you There was no other way It wasn't out of lack of love in my heart. No, sometimes no matter what you do or how much you love someone No matter what you do sometimes It doesn't seem to make a difference or it makes things worse Sometimes I feel trapped I run up against another brick wall I feel like I'm so small I took on the world And all that I saw I lived my life as experience An experience for all Took life as straight drink Followed my own path No need to think I got lost so many times I never thought I was gonna come back Well I've been to Hell I've lost my mind But I tell you all It's still possible to survive We can do so much more Then we ever realized When we call upon the love That through the darkness shines See the love shining down Like a shooting star to my heart Everybody's blazing fire Feel like I'm ...

My Father Is A Carpenter

My Father Is A Carpenter *** My father is a carpenter A working man is he Saves up all his money For future across to sea This land is hard for living When there's no bread Upon the table People are mourning They spin a weary fable I'll hop on the southbound ship My father and me Start up a new life In a land across the sea Like Moses out of Egypt Parting the Red Sea We'll head to the chosen land A place where we are free Because this land is hard for living When there's no bread upon the table The people are mourning They spin a weary fable I'll hop on the southbound ship My father and me Start up a new life In a land across the sea *** Written many moons ago when visiting an Quechua indigenous community in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. **" David Arndt 2022 Artwork DJ Yo Soy

Stars Falling Home

Stars Falling Home *** OM Stars Constellated patterns Joy Sadness How you deepen me with appreciation How can I exist strongly and not exist? I soar flinging new stars far and wide Waves of creation Build Me up Knock me down Vanishing Appearing The brightest star Someday will no longer shine In that empty space of silence I am coming home Yes I too Star Sisters and brothers Am heading home To be with you All the way home Look in my eyes Take my hand Let's go on Home AH AH AH *** Written by David Arndt on August 29, 2022 *** Artwork Rabkar Wangchuk

Andy Warhol's Ghost

Andy Warhol's Ghost *** "Ok, after doing some research, I found out others have seen the ghost of Andy Warhol on the Northside in Pittsburgh. The brilliant and beautiful art student who worked at the museum shared this with us, other amusing stories about Andy. This relieved m; maybe I am not insane after all. So I went to the bathroom to relieve myself further. Then above the urinal,l Andy's head appeared. He said, "Feel exposed?" Quickly zipping my pants, I said, "Andy, please, let me be. You are freaking me out. Surely there is someone more worthy for you to haunt. Perhaps our president, just not me." Andy rolled his tongue and flared his nostrils which shot lightning bolts. So subdued, I just shut up. Andy then said, " I want to take a picture of you; follow my head." So we went to the second floor, where the exhibition Revelation illuminated Andy's use of religious iconography throughout his entire career. His final series was on Jesu...

Mayan Adventures in Mexico and Guatemala

Mayan Adventures in Mexico and Guatemala *** Memories of Terrence McKenna who Taught Me to think Outside the Box *** Some things I won't share, or maybe I will. In 1994 it seemed like a good idea to go to Chiapas during a political uprising to see Terrence McKenna, Jonathon Ott, and Paul Stammets, at the Mayan ruins of Palenque. At this time Terence was the psychedelic luminary of the times. Terence became a good friend and gave me the best advice of my life. Sadly he passed away in 2000. He lives more than ever on Youtube videos. Terrence then sent my English friend and I to find a rare Ayahuasca vine he had collected the previous year, near the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala, out in the jungle in the middle of nowhere, basically our company was coral snakes and howler monkeys. Because of the snakes, which are around tree falls, because that is where you more easily find the vine, it is impossible to see a vine looking up in the jungle canopy. Needless to say no vine was found...

Where Kisses Sleep

Where Kisses Sleep *** Centuries piled on Amidst appearances Streetlamp's pale light She walks by alluringly Smiles at me Her wild gaze Strikes me down Where kisses sleep Her laughter Emerald tinted lace Falling golden leaves Scents of vineyards Magic wells Seashores We loved Where kisses sleep It once hurt to love Hearts wide open I no longer weep That was the past We return to the sea Times moves fast We dream onward Where kisses sleep *** Written by David Arndt 2022. *** Artwork Marc Chagall

What Not To Forget On The Path

What Not To Forget On The Path *** Never think for a second there are any safe places in cyclical existence. Never think for a second that you know what the next moment will bring. Never think for a second that you know when you will breathe your last breath. Never think for a second there is anything more important than love in each moment. Never think for a second that your life is not precious. Never think for a second that each action we make will not have a consequence. Never think for a second that the nihilistic fake news of samsara is real. Never think for a second life that this life is not ultimately a dream. Never think for a second that anything is substantial or fixed. Never think for a second that you are beyond hope, that life is impossible and not worth living. Never think for a second that death is the end, that what follows life is nothingness. Never think for a second that you can’t overcome any obstacle or hardship Never forget to dedicate the...

Hello mountain, my old friend.

Hello Mountain, My Old Friend *** I met you 30 years ago now. The trees have grown, but you peak out against the clouds and sky. You bring me down to earth when I fly too close to the sun. You lift me from the darkness, letting me see clearly in all directions. I am sorry I take you for granted at times, so lost in my mind. You are so patient. You were here when the great glaciers melted. That's when you were young. Now you are among the oldest mountains in the US. Time has made your lines soft and gentle. You overlook us in this valley, protect us. You will still be here long after we have faded. Holding the memories of all time. Keeping still. *** Mount Abraham in Lincoln, Vermont. *** David And 2022

Ancestors dancing

Ancestors Dancing *** Ancestors dancing echoes faded surrender Life love fought and struggled no landing blurred into one origin a black hole executioner defied the gods faces and names demons Born kiss the sky past faded landing Heard Slithering beneath the tide planets stars lined up Endlessly egg cracked breaking away one day sun memories Nothing believed real Sun did not rise No dawn upthrough springs frost trace placeless place Surrendering forgot the dream vision lost to time Tried holding on free fall time Collapsed *** David Arndt 2022 *** Artwork by Pablo Amaringo

Brothers and Sisters

August 28, 2022

Brothers And Sisters *** Brothers and sisters Be without fear Brothers and sisters The end is near Brothers and sisters It is all ok Brothers and sisters We all pass away Brothers and sisters There's one truth above Brothers and Sisters That truth is love Brothers and sisters Love protects all Brothers and sisters Be not afraid of the fall Brothers and sisters Abandon all worldly plans Brothers and sisters Try to understand Brothers and Sisters We all must part Brothers and sisters This was true at the start Brothers and sisters Our money cannot save Brothers and sisters Fear not the grave Brothers and sisters This life is not the end Brothers and sisters To all love I send Brothers and sisters This life is short Brothers and sisters Full of suffering and hurt Brothers and sisters The prophecies are true Brothers and sisters With faith in love we never lose Brothers and sisters We reap the seeds we sow Brothers and sisters Love is all we need to know Brothers and sisters Good begi...

Your A Mystery

Your A Mystery *** Your are a mystery Even knowing some of your history I'm left with a thousand questions To see you in Black Feels right Alive with Darkness at night Even with your moods There's a wonderful space When you smile I see a Trace Of a warm caring Soul a glow I feel at home when you try With just One Look of your eyes You speak to me An unspoken language Movements, looks and smiles. I can't help, but laugh I doubt I'll ever understand You slipped through my fingers Grains of sand When you're gone Off far away Traveling the world On another day I'll look back Eonder what it was Feeling a warm place In my heart Knowing you live On in my art *** Written in Indiana, Pennsylvania in 1989 by David Arndt. Revised in 2022 *** David Arndt Wales 1989

Your Waters Wash Over Me

Your Waters Wash Over Me *** Meet me in Tenby Meet me by the coast of Wales Waters at Tenby filled Washed over Enveloped with nurturing Healing light, continuum Tenby's water washes over my soul Atop a cliff I watch the waves And I long To go down under salty waters My mouth drinks the water of your flesh I never saw the stars so bright Shooting stars Pulled me off ground Diving under Waters Where we are one Scattered across the heavens Falling shooting stars Blaze in the darkness To fade Of the coast of Wales Where our love Once burned *** Written by David Arndt in Tenby, Wales in August 1989. Revised on August 28, 2022 *** Image Alamy cut up David Arndt

Let Us Build Bridges

Let Us Build Bridges *** Good people please hear me I'm calling on you We must build Bridges now Or we're gonna rip each other in teo Good people please hear me I'm praying. Can you hear me? I've been watching this Beautiful Green Earth fade We poison ourselves Our children we betray Good people please hear me My words, they bleed red Let's speak that which is unsaid I've followed my path Wherever it lead Good people Please hear me There's still time To change direction Too many bled Too many dead Please human species Let's get on the path Of loving Bridge building Without change There is no further No ahead The words have Been written If only they were read *** Written by David Arndt August 26th, 2022 *** Image David Arndt in Canaima, Venezuela 1992.

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