Devotion to Life
Devotion to Life

Devotion to Life

Find out what magic you posses - become the Alchemist of your life. Moving with the water Carried by the waves Tumbling through the whitewash Live a Life of Play


(Good) Bye - A poem

17 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments michaeljbarry

If you must go Let it be so It is time I know But not too late to show To speak, to bow to take a knee before you A luminescence dawned on every shore You Might as well have sailed away For I stand speechless on the sands today I know not the cadence...

A Dissertation on Tonight (Freehand poem/short story)

17 Jan 2020 2 minute read 0 comments michaeljbarry

(Transcribed from pen and paper - to write in cursive has it's own unique melody) ~~~ I have lit six tea candles. Writing at night requires some light to follow the movement of the pen on the page. A candle's flame is like a friend in the room who sh...

Mindtrap & A Skylight

17 Jan 2020 1 minute read 4 comments michaeljbarry

What is an “existential crisis”? Is it being caught in intellectualizing, fearing, hoping, believing and experiencing the resulting feelings that arise as a result of such a flurry of emotion-provoking thoughts? Do such thoughts lead one to question...

Innocence (A poem)

15 Jan 2020 1 minute read 2 comments michaeljbarry

Misguided teacher Misguided space Misguided children No one KNOWS their place   Misguided talent Misguided heart Misguided people No way to restart   Miss teacher I wish to run and roam Free take my hand teacher for You and for Me

Empty ~ Whole (a poem)

15 Jan 2020 1 minute read 2 comments michaeljbarry

Empty Empty Empty life of mine.   Fill it with thoughts, fill it with time,   Death lurking near   But not near enough   To feel the clock ticking   To Live Life off the cuff   I beg you have mercy,   Please extend me this chance   To clear out my ey...

Guru Nonsense

14 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments michaeljbarry

Have you paid already? Ok let’s get started. I know the way. Listen to me closely… you must first close your eyes… okay now listen to me. Are you listening? Ok now cross your legs… full lotus… no?… half then… not that either? What’s wrong with you?…...

10 Ways to Tell You're A Fraud

14 Jan 2020 6 minute read 4 comments michaeljbarry

A fraud is one who deceives. (others... or themselves) To be clear and get to the point right off the bat - this was originally written specifically to yours truly.   So relax… or don’t. I don’t care - writing is an act in self-exploration - I’m (un)...

The Search

14 Jan 2020 2 minute read 0 comments michaeljbarry

Search until the search becomes exhausting.   There will come a time when you are so fed up with lack of engagement that something... will shift.   There is no "rush"… until there is. The rush that comes is not an excitement or a hopeful new-years-re...

Outrage : Temporary Relief

14 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments michaeljbarry

I have never heard anything as unsettling yet enlightening as the following:   “All conflict is self-conflict.” -K.G.   Let’s consider OUT-rage.... the result of unchecked (IN)enrage. Outrage exists as a commoners pocket of relief to indulge themselv...

Don't Should On Me

14 Jan 2020 3 minute read 0 comments michaeljbarry

You don’t need ANYTHING other than what you have right now. You don’t need to BE any MORE than WHO YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.   There is nothing to do and nothing not to do... who you are now, what you’re doing now is the most valuable part of Life. Can you...