This is Forbade

January 25, 2024May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

Seclusion stemmed from situation
Steeply sprouts her isolation to
Swell. Stand Somber, silent, Sober.
The blooming scent intoxicating.
A heavy companion despite her calm.

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A Muddy Mess

January 25, 2024May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ 2 Comments

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Old habits await my mind's stalling,
Chemical dependencies crawling at my mouth,
But I sit them out, patiently waiting for
Something- anything- else to fill my time.
One minute at a time, as they say.

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Serenity of Sobriety

January 23, 2024May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

Sobriety seems so surreal to me. For so many years I was completely convinced I was a lost cause, that I would never see the healthy life that recovery and serenity would offer me.

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Perfecting Imperfection

January 15, 2024May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

This too shall pass, and cars pass by.
Perfecting imperfection, it's hard to accept
that there's no avoiding failure on this road.
The only detours are consequential.

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Eternal Luxuries of our Well Tempered Love.

January 3, 2024May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

Knowing without a doubt that when my hand falls to the side, hers will be there, without fail.
A kiss perched on every smile that greets my sleepy head a good morning.
Understanding perfectly that her embrace is the one I'll desire again and again and always.

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Feedback Wanted

December 28, 2023December 28, 2023 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

I'm very interested in hearing back from you all via comments (or emails to my admin@inspiracynow.com) about what type of content you're interested in seeing on my blog page. So far I've included a variety or poetry, videos, prose, photography, and life events that I find important to me, but I genuinely want to cater my content based on what you are interested in seeing/viewing. Would you like to see more poverty, videos, music, inspirational content, VLOG ideas, positivity, mindfulness content? Or what are some other ideas you have? I GREATLY appreciate the input! Please feel free to comment on my posts of email me with suggestions! Are you interested in more philosophy, religion, spirituality, comedy, music, etc. Please let me know!!

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Sweet Nothings

December 28, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

The words inked to collect my mind
Never carry the depth of their intent,
But rather stumble and stray
To utter imperfection.

Save for a moments grace,
This has been the plague in my
Attempts at scribed creativity:
A chronic, often terminal, curse.
Beauty, vision, and wit seem
Only to spark fires of hellish demise
And ne'er the candle of satisfaction.

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Contagious Thoughts of Lies – 2007

December 26, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

From a hollowed barrel, a spiraled bullet's thrown with a mall-intent, from cornered beasts lashing out at their captive's fear. Once departed from new-fangled tool, a venomous dart appears in ammunition's place, a lethal injection standing ready to enforce its vicious wrath… Continue reading Contagious Thoughts of Lies

High-Beams On – Unknown Date

December 24, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

I'm looking forward through the rearview mirror to see your face, but you're already reflecting back on the past few days. It's all behind us as we move down this street, driving fast and presumably carefree: carried softly by your car over a road that's bound to hit a dead end.

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Meditations on Meditation

December 20, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

Cultivating compassion. Practicing Mindfulness. Living sober.
These are all things I aspire to bring into my daily life.
When the moment comes to meditate, I resist and distract.
When compassion is needed, I often choose frustration.
Why do I still think about drinking after six months sober?

mindfulness meditation insight inspiration

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Time Tallies our Habits Against Us – 2011

December 18, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

Somber rests the train of thought That passes through my head. In distance’s clutch I’ve reclined; Object permanence spanning only To the borders of this drab city… Continue reading Time Tallies our Habits Against Us

Culture – 2012

December 16, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

The noises we tune out unconsciously
But compose a large part of our location and
Atmosphere...

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Memory’s Shadow (Full Original) – 2008

December 11, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

I watched him:
His normally smiling eyes
Puddled behind curved glass.

Around the room,
Hands and lips trembled;
Legs tapped their restless feet.

Thin white hair, fluffed out for false volume,
Covered the drooping diamond earrings
She kept solely for a gathering like this…

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Mourning My Ex in Church – 2006

December 9, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

Gospel words lay on this pamphlet and its sounds are echoed throughout the dome shape of this church, but the only reverberations within my head are those of doubt and hopelessness. Ironic then proves this flow of words searching for a savior when an answer lays less than a millimeter away

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A Night in the Life of the AC/BC

December 6, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

A high school homework assignment to write a creative vignette about something that brings me passion:

When I play, sing, or even listen to music, with every word that falls from my mouth and every beat that dances through the air, I am consumed with thoughts of love, pain, past, future and everything in between. Memories of late night drives, spells of laughter, and sleepless nights flood my head, placing me in an emotional nirvana.

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Static of Synapse – 2011

December 3, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

I think, therefore I am.
Cognition grants reality to forces
Of mortal temperament and the
Senses securing them to this world.
Only reflection can reveal existence’s
Grace in a plane of such material nature,
Eternally crafting external context
For the memoirs of its course…

** I do not own this photo, it was not taken or edited by me.

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Behind My Fingers: Noise and Comparison

November 29, 2023December 14, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

Numb to Mischief – 2011

November 27, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

Still.
The faint rattle of a ceiling fan
Fills the air with impatience.
Moments pass at thrice their length,
This calm is begging for calamity,
Or at least some conversation...

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Rain and Sound – 2011

November 25, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

Minute vibrations dance an electric resonance to displace the space between this car’s speakers and my ears. A physical thrust of energy, moving matter through the dimensions and against the thin stretched skin of my eardrum. Signals transfer back to electric currents and play a single sound on my consciousness. It’s natural then to be touched by music, because in truth, without the touch of airwaves there is no song.…

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Maybe Carpe Diem

November 21, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

One day at a time, so here's a humble suggestion:
stop writing, turn the page, and pen the words, “To Do.”
Instead of laying back down again, maybe Carpe Diem.

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Contentment is a Bedtime Story – 2019

November 17, 2023May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow ~ Leave a comment

Concrete ripples with wavering streaks
By the reflection of florescent moonlight
Off the pushing surface of Buffalo Creek
On this brisk and heartless Texas night.

Its water may be colder than the air
But at least it’s moving on:
Pushing past the past- unaware
Of the time between dusk and dawn
Or of the earth slashed away
To carve its flowing veins in time…

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All Nighter

March 5, 2013May 19, 2025 ~ inspiracyNow

Fast forward to your favorite parts.
Time plays the same front to back.
It's only when we rewind to the start
the progression seems normal, to our eyes and minds
and we lose sight of the moments between seconds
and of the pictures on the screen.
Eating popcorn, we miss a funny line,
“Wait, Rewind!”

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Tag: Poetry

This is Forbade

A Muddy Mess

Serenity of Sobriety

Perfecting Imperfection

Eternal Luxuries of our Well Tempered Love.

Feedback Wanted

Sweet Nothings

Contagious Thoughts of Lies – 2007

High-Beams On – Unknown Date

Meditations on Meditation

Time Tallies our Habits Against Us – 2011

Culture – 2012

Memory’s Shadow (Full Original) – 2008

Mourning My Ex in Church – 2006

A Night in the Life of the AC/BC

Static of Synapse – 2011

Behind My Fingers: Noise and Comparison

Numb to Mischief – 2011

Rain and Sound – 2011

Maybe Carpe Diem

Contentment is a Bedtime Story – 2019

All Nighter

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