Tani Johnson
3 min readMar 26, 2022

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Above below within without
You carry a burden and then turn around
Be kind
Review with loving intent
My purpose isn’t to judge or live with regret
You know how to stand yet you cannot walk toward someone who can’t see what he’s already got
The hurt is numb
I do not feel
What is buried inside I cannot heal
The tools are futile
Without compassion for self
No need to hide eternal wealth
Pieces of me entangled in you
People places time
Things to pursue
Dark sharp edges to navigate
The spiritual awakening
Heaven awaits
Or so she thought
I don’t dare debate
Rejection pending
Deflated
Negate
No trespassing without an identity
Aligning with faith that appeases thy
Be honest with who you are what you need to be
Survive relate repeat restraint
Addicted to the thing
Obligated to CREATE
Passion for feels but hesitate to ACT out what you already KNOW
No end in sight yet dead is the end
Nature or Nuture
Your future for them?
Life is unforgiving but of you don’t forgive yourself
History will repeat
Be master of thyself
Forsaking the things we needed to be
Conforming to ideas
Seeking redemption without paying the price too hefty
Keep bending
Not quite broke
Not capable of ending the story she wrote
Duty honor
Tools of the trade
Lie in the bed it’s already made
Sensitive unwilling
The story is familiar
Past present
FUTURE?
Sleeping throughout
Numbing all the places we talked about
A map is there with no one to care
You’ve earned the right you are already THERE
Goodness gracious me oh my
The signs all point to what is inside
Frail weak
Strong peak
Down low
Too high
Out of control
Nowhere to hide
PATIENT
VIRTUE
Irrational then brutal
The carnage unreal
Did that really hurt you
Pretend
The END
Look up not down
Energy beyond what you see on the ground
I lOVE laugh I give too much not enough
Punishment regret
Sun is hot yet can’t denied an urge to touch HOT like fire the wind picks up a flame like desire
God do you hear I need to retire
My will be gone
Acceptance please come
Serenity humility my only hope
Light and dark whole spectrum in between shows me the places have not seen
Above below inside OUT
Don’t fret the map has an eternal route
Aligning heart soul and mind
Pieces, atoms forever entwined
Universal energy
Cosmic Devine
You ME we are combined
Perfect chaos
NO 2 alike
Without sight feel it’s right
LOVE or right?
Be true or kind
I know this much
NOW IS FINE
I’M FINE

SAVE ME
LET GO BE FREE
Happy compassion I will BE

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