#spiritual-development

"Friendship vs. Love [10w] Friendship requires poise and patience;love demands pluck and perseverance."

"What happens when you trip China's Premier Li Keqiang on a banana peel? Your wind up with an even more slippery slope."

"Harlem P.O.V. Everything outside Harlem's the boondocks,where hayseeds opt out of Nikes for Reeboks."

"The Rubik's Cube of Omár my Mán A Key of Coke underneath the Bough,A Jug of Jack, a Brick of Hash ~ Newsflash:'Now who the fuck needs Thou'."

"Evil Thoughts [10w] Believing 'You're either with us or against us' is evil."

"The tragedy is that what you disapprove of in others is the very thing you disapprove of in yourself."

"Romantic Ring Ceremony Define this wedding ring,with which I betroth thee unto me forever,not by the confining boundaries of it's goldbut by the empty circle within -that perfect portal to your loving heartyou have opened for me, and me alone -as I have opened mine for you."

"Poetry and Ostrich Feathers A poet should leave his poem covered with a faint film of fairy dust,inviting the reader to bring his faint heartand an ostrich feather duster to the reading."

"Hungry When you're hungry everything tastes good.Note to myself: Don't get married when you're hungry."

"The Pompous Psychopomp Its your charge to provide me safe passage to the afterlife,to be a midwife to my dying.Any yet, you hover there, judging me,putting on airs, you supercilious whip-poor-will.You're an embarrassment to nightjars everywhere.Now do your fucking job and take me to hell ~which I guess has already begun,judging by your shitty escort service."

"Q & A The illness of our time is not that we lack for answers;man's tragedy is that we've forgotten the important questions."

"Mingling Defined [10w] Superficial people engaging with superficial people on a superficial level."

"Mint Julep {Couplet} I've had more than a hint of a tulip or two,after treating them to a mint julep, or two."

"❞ [10w] "Let's cuddle like a quotation mark filling a blank page."

"Chase vs. Choose Happiness If you chase after happiness, it may escape you.If you choose happiness, it may take your house away.Both chasing and choosing have their hazards ~but they're less risky than waiting for happiness to find you.Remember, happiness is a lazy ass motherfuckerthat doesn't go on search and rescue missions."

"National Rifle Association Credo [10w] God gave us two hands to holdan assault rifle."

"Narcissist, Assholes and Immunization Narcissists and assholes are immunized by their egos and sense of entitlement against the criticisms, grievances and resentments of others."

"Hello Poetry Needs Y'allz How empty the oceans would be were it only filled with orcas."

"Heartbreak [10w] Heartbreak’s like a heart attack but without the hospital bills."

"Bonjour [10w] You're more obscure than first we met,"uttered with regret."