Blair Wind's poetry

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Blair Wind

Tassie
It's sweet. Continue writing smile
And I can't give a poet advice on how to better their poems^^ It's more of a personal thing

Blair Wind
Thanks, its nice to hear encouragement.

Fëanor
honestly....it has a good feel, but the repetition of certain overused words causes it to stumble in parts

the heart of it would still feel the same if you'd lessened some of its use

Blair Wind
thanks for the advice, the only thing is that i do that alot like in the beginning and the end to show the complete picture of what I made you think and then the realization of everythin at the end....heres another one that I dont really like cuz i wrote it in a painfull time but its a "fan" favorite here goes:

I Care

Choices are echoed
by the thoughts that we have,
the actions we make,
and the words that we speak...
I care, it's a choice that I've made
yet you say I don't show it,
how can I ignore it?
I say I care because it has more meaning;
words like love have lost their feeling
perverted by the way it's used
when it's not really there.
My emotions are truly
not a thought or reaction,
they're a timeless adaption
to my heart beating faster
every time I breath you in my soul...
but now...
I'm not supposed to love you...
I'm not supposed to care...
I'm not supposed to live my life
wishing you were there...
I'm not supposed to wonder where you are
and what you do...
but...
I can't help it if I still care about you...

Blair Wind
what do you guys think?

Coldfire
I think that you are a talented poet. Your poems show depth and meaning to hell with a certain someone who prolly won't like them.... Not mentioning any names though.... lol

Blair Wind

Coldfire
Oooo I like that one..... People are always telling me that patience is a virtue, and I don't believe it.... prolly cuz most of the time I don't have any stick out tongue

DreamingWarrior
Originally posted by Blair Wind
thanks for the advice, the only thing is that i do that alot like in the beginning and the end to show the complete picture of what I made you think and then the realization of everythin at the end....heres another one that I dont really like cuz i wrote it in a painfull time but its a "fan" favorite here goes:

I Care

Choices are echoed
by the thoughts that we have,
the actions we make,
and the words that we speak...
I care, it's a choice that I've made
yet you say I don't show it,
how can I ignore it?
I say I care because it has more meaning;
words like love have lost their feeling
perverted by the way it's used
when it's not really there.
My emotions are truly
not a thought or reaction,
they're a timeless adaption
to my heart beating faster
every time I breath you in my soul...
but now...
I'm not supposed to love you...
I'm not supposed to care...
I'm not supposed to live my life
wishing you were there...
I'm not supposed to wonder where you are
and what you do...
but...
I can't help it if I still care about you...

*Chuckles in remembrance* yeah, the pain placed into poems is viewed well typically by the audience for its poignant feel, but for the poet it burns like a dagger in the heart. Like your stuff dude. Hahaha, and quite the philosopher. keep em comin!

Blair Wind

DreamingWarrior
Cool man. Like a good read. And very true.

Blair Wind
thanks DW.....ill post another that I wrote, one of the first that I wrote, tomorrow....thanks for all the kind words guys.....

PrinceofBlades
YOu patience virtue, I like it. I don't agree with it though, but i like it. In fact....

Blair Wind

Coldfire
Lol, you have to finish your sentences Prince stick out tongue But anyways... I think that was good, even though I don't exactly agree with the content of it

DreamingWarrior
Nice work on the second Blair. Dont really agree with it completely, but it does bring forth the memories of the friendly betrayal, as I call it.
Thank you sir! May I have another!?! hahahaha

PrinceofBlades
Had an idea...worked on it before it died...sorry for the sudden dissconnection

Coldfire
Lol stick out tongue

Blair Wind
Glad i could "inspire" you Prince......heres one that I like, written for the same reason as I care, but written with enough time in between the situation that I can say I actually like this one:

Shattered Dreams

Saw a shooting star...
I wished for you...
too bad for me,
dreams don't come true,
but instead of crying,
and having one tear fall,
I wear a broken smile
so no one notices the pain...
I now unfold my wings,
trying to fly yet it's no use,
I'll never reach up to the sky...
in the end I'll never reach you...
I see you there,
flying high, enjoying the sky,
with him,
laughing and smiling...
you'll never care for me
the way you care for him,
I only wish you'd see
what you mean to me...
yet I'm invisible to you
while I'm down on the ground,
when I can't get
to the throne of the clouds.
You see my wings...
they've been crippled with emotions
because love is blind
and the heart is deaf, dumb,
and susceptible to pain...
So instead I run,
running faster, and faster,
I become the fastest man alive
so you'll never see the pain
I hide behind my eyes,
the pain I cover with my
broken smile...
I saw a shooting star the other day...
I wished for you...
too bad it didn't come true...

DreamingWarrior
Whoo!!! clap hahahaa! Hey man, that is great. Course, pretty much describes life for me way back when to a T also. hahha. Hopeless Romantics Unite!

Blair Wind
YEA!!!!!!!! thanks....ill post something soon......maybe........lol

DreamingWarrior
Hahahahah ! dance

Coldfire
Yes yes post soon cuz I wanna read more big grin

twin_soul
Yeah, you've got plenty more dont ya? I always did like I Care, even though you never really did... I still think its one of your best big grin lol, well keep writing and I will too... I just need some damn inspiration... argh!!

Blair Wind

twin_soul
wow... hey, I've never seen that one before? When'd you write it? That was great stick out tongue

Coldfire
That one was good! I did one called What Is Love? as well, and its got lots of the same ideas as yours yes But I liked your wording better I think

DreamingWarrior
cool one. more please!

Coldfire
Yes yes write more please yes yes

Blair Wind
thanks you guys....and twin (shadow) youve seen it.....of course youve seen it...ill post more later....again thanks.....

Coldfire
Post more post more yes

Blair Wind
ok here goes.....a darker theme than most but here it is

In the Dark


The darkness is overwhelming
taking control,
comforting with its peace.
The darkness within has grown
yet not fully manifested.
My soul is now
neither white nor black
but the darker part of gray.
I stay in the darkness
because the world has
left me alone
and it soothes me.
Watching from the darkness
forever in darkness I stand.
I am but a man
and yet I stand,
not against the light
though light darkness does most fear.
I stand for nothing
and no one.
Though I stand,
I stand alone
where no one can see me.
I wear a mask
in hopes that if light ever comes
no one will know me.
With this mask
I know not who I am.
I am anyone who you want me to be.
The eyes are the windows of the soul,
yet I cover them
with the mask
letting no one know my own soul.
If you find me
I will be not me
but whoever you want me to be,
for the mask reflects
whatever you wish me to be...
I stand alone against no one,
hiding from everyone,
In the darkness I stand...
eternally alone.

DreamingWarrior
haha..... cool. and very reminiscent of my own darker walk....

Blair Wind
really? I havent been able to read everyone else's poems, been to busy in the comic section.....Ill post more later....

DreamingWarrior
check out Tassie's and Coldfire's, Syren's, Justjakk, and especially guys like Karmah. great stuff all around!

canadian_girl45
Your poems have alot of depth to them. It's simplistic yet brilliant. Great work smile

Blair Wind
thank you.... big grin

Blair Wind

DreamingWarrior
Cool man.

Coldfire
Nice poems Blair yes

Blair Wind

Coldfire
I think it makes sense smile And it sounds a lot like some of the stuff I've done too lol. I like it big grin

Blair Wind
Originally posted by Coldfire
I think it makes sense smile And it sounds a lot like some of the stuff I've done too lol. I like it big grin

thanks...I wasnt sure, just wanted some feedback. big grin thanks again

Elessea
I like it smile And I can totally relate...

It makes sense yes

DreamingWarrior
cool man. more ! haha

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
thanks...I wasnt sure, just wanted some feedback. big grin thanks again
Your welcome happy
Originally posted by DreamingWarrior
cool man. more ! haha
yes

Blair Wind

Coldfire
.... wow.... that was so good..... notworthy

Blair Wind
Originally posted by Coldfire
.... wow.... that was so good..... notworthy
embarrasment wow...thanks....I never thought it was that good....but thank you!!! big grin I wrote a new one....Ill post it soon.

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
embarrasment wow...thanks....I never thought it was that good....but thank you!!! big grin I wrote a new one....Ill post it soon.
Yay more poems! big grin

Blair Wind

Coldfire
Awww me likes it yes

(Sheesh I'm such a sucker for lovey dovey poems lately stick out tongue )

Blair Wind
lol.... smile .....I should have more soon....

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
lol.... smile .....I should have more soon....
I'll be waiting big grin

DreamingWarrior
awesome work dude.

Blair Wind
alright this is my shortest poem EVER....it just like popped up when I was free writing....any good??

Broken Sky

The heavens divide,
the torrent falls,
the clouds crackle,
lighting strikes,
thunder roars,
this broken sky I feel inside...
when she cries

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
alright this is my shortest poem EVER....it just like popped up when I was free writing....any good??

Broken Sky

The heavens divide,
the torrent falls,
the clouds crackle,
lighting strikes,
thunder roars,
this broken sky I feel inside...
when she cries
OMG that is sooo much like a poem I'm workin on right now.... I like it yes

DreamingWarrior
wow... kool man!

Blair Wind

DreamingWarrior
Wow.... I have personally dealt with this issue. We are both, imo dude. I can be the best man in the world, but my beast lies inside champing at the chance to get out and cause havoc... very very cool.

Blair Wind
thanks.....i had the idea for a while...just never actually finished it till now...thanks again!!

Coldfire

Blair Wind
lol thanks....ok hears one that i actually wrote today out of random writing....i have no title..any suggestions?

some must forsake happiness, for others to remain joyful
Some must leave friendship, for others to maintain compassion
some must forfiet love, for others to find comfort
why must I be the one that sacrifices all
for you to gain so much?

Coldfire
ooo it's good happy A title? Hmm... should be something like Sacrifice I think maybe...

Blair Wind
maybe? lol...i think that would be ok....u think its finished?? well ive been pretty...down lately so ill prolly get more poems generated for u guys to see....ok?

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
maybe? lol...i think that would be ok....u think its finished?? well ive been pretty...down lately so ill prolly get more poems generated for u guys to see....ok?
lol shush stick out tongue

I think it's done; short and to the point smile

Aww sad hug Okies

DreamingWarrior
Originally posted by Blair Wind
maybe? lol...i think that would be ok....u think its finished?? well ive been pretty...down lately so ill prolly get more poems generated for u guys to see....ok? whip Feel happy! laughing out loud no, i know it aint that easy. sorry dude. Get a counselor and talk to em about it! Well, helps me sometimes, anyways.

Coldfire
Originally posted by DreamingWarrior
whip Feel happy! laughing out loud no, i know it aint that easy. sorry dude. Get a counselor and talk to em about it! Well, helps me sometimes, anyways.
Yeah no kidding... I just had the oddest mood swing... erm sheesh.... but yeah, if it helps then talk to someone. And if not a councellor, well I'm usually around, and I'm a good listener if you wanted smile

Blair Wind
lol you guys ive been down, but its not something that needs a councellor...i mean ive gone from being crazy and random to more quiet and sad and my friends notice that im acting a little different, but all i need is some good old comedy in my life and ill be back as new....lmao....thanks for the concern tho....

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
lol you guys ive been down, but its not something that needs a councellor...i mean ive gone from being crazy and random to more quiet and sad and my friends notice that im acting a little different, but all i need is some good old comedy in my life and ill be back as new....lmao....thanks for the concern tho....
as long as you're ok smile I'm sure you'll be back to your crazy self in no time wink big grin

DreamingWarrior
Originally posted by Blair Wind
lol you guys ive been down, but its not something that needs a councellor...i mean ive gone from being crazy and random to more quiet and sad and my friends notice that im acting a little different, but all i need is some good old comedy in my life and ill be back as new....lmao....thanks for the concern tho....

ha. yeah, well..... as one who feels the sting of eternal sadness, it is my sword-sworn duty in life to lift up those who are down. Seriously. ( I quite literally took a sword of mine, held it blade to the sky, and swore upon it that I would help those who hurt. I will do so forever. )

groovy man! well, how bout this?! Happy Dance Happy Dance Happy Dance whip dance monkeys, dance!!! laughing

Coldfire
Originally posted by DreamingWarrior
ha. yeah, well..... as one who feels the sting of eternal sadness, it is my sword-sworn duty in life to lift up those who are down. Seriously. ( I quite literally took a sword of mine, held it blade to the sky, and swore upon it that I would help those who hurt. I will do so forever. )

groovy man! well, how bout this?! Happy Dance Happy Dance Happy Dance whip dance monkeys, dance!!! laughing
If I had one I'd do the same yes

well I dunno about Blair, but you sure made me laugh! laughing out loud

Blair Wind
HAHAHA...thanks....i know i said id have more poems but i havent had enough time to transfer them from my brain to papers....so maybe laters....

ps: that sword thing....thats awesome

DreamingWarrior
Originally posted by Blair Wind
HAHAHA...thanks....i know i said id have more poems but i havent had enough time to transfer them from my brain to papers....so maybe laters....

ps: that sword thing....thats awesome

haha well get crackin yo! haha... and yeah, definitely was.

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
HAHAHA...thanks....i know i said id have more poems but i havent had enough time to transfer them from my brain to papers....so maybe laters....

ps: that sword thing....thats awesome
well at least you have some ideas lol... I am at a loss for what to write sad

DreamingWarrior
Originally posted by Coldfire
well at least you have some ideas lol... I am at a loss for what to write sad

write one on your favorite hideaway, hon.

Coldfire
Originally posted by DreamingWarrior
write one on your favorite hideaway, hon.
uhhhhhh hmmm.... I'll think about that idea....

Blair Wind
these are totally random writings....not revised, and im not sure i want to....just bored one day...here goes:

Friend to friend
me to you
talk to me
hear me out
why are you blocking me out?
what happened to our friendship?
why cant we just get along?
Im still here
Ill always care
your my friend (even if you know i want more)
Ill be there for you
unless now that we "split" you dont want me to.....
our friendship always came first....
please dont let it die,
ignoring eachother hurts...
just remember....
i care about you...
my friend.....

Blair Wind
and here:

Everyones forgotten
I havent reminded
let them think im happy
let them think im ok
pain is my new best friend (now that your gone)
lonelyness my master
let me smile at the world
with my perfected broken smile
let me not show my pain
let me not release my anger
for fear that I might overpower
I can be a tyrant when I want
you all think that im humble and weak...
thats only becaues ive silenced my pride.
One day i may implode
but to keep you all safe, then Ill sacrfice myself
even though you've all forgotten, I still care about you all
even though you all dont care, I will protect you from myself....

DreamingWarrior
*whistles* wow man. short, hard hitting. nice going.

Blair Wind
ya? thanks...but to which one??

ps I love your sig, linkin park is awesome

Tha C-Master
I like your poems, you use thought into them I usually go off of a whim.

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
ya? thanks...but to which one??

ps I love your sig, linkin park is awesome
I love linkin park too happy

Good stuff hun yes

DreamingWarrior
Originally posted by Blair Wind
ya? thanks...but to which one??

ps I love your sig, linkin park is awesome

Both Friend to Friend
and Everyone's Forgotten.

I like em, they pluck my heartstrings... a lot of experiences.... and you write about many memories of mine. Very cool, and very painful too, haha... but I love it man.

yes. LP is great. and exactly what I feel right now. It would be much easier to flee this pain than to stay.

Blair Wind

Coldfire

DreamingWarrior

Blair Wind
big grin thanks guys!! ill try and get some more poems out of my pathetic brain laters!

DreamingWarrior
LOL!!!! well, ok then!

Coldfire
yay more poems big grin

Blair Wind
ok havent gotten to writing more poems but just wanted to share some of my favorite works by other people...i have no clue who they are but heres some random peoples works:

If I were platinum, then would I be treated precious and rare? Instead of just a burden to bear. Would I have someone that cares? Maybe my
life would have more worth and merit, if my body and soul were
converted into carats. The police would never attack me,
instead they would guard me. People would want me, instead of give up,
and discard me. But it seems that the world could care less, as we
perish. While platinum and diamonds are adored and cherished. How is
it that a mere stone glistening and gleeming holds more
value and admiration than us as human beings. It's sad that the highest
value can be placed on an object so small. While life is treated as if it
holds absolutely no value at all.


Perfectly Red Roses
By BookARS

I want it all.
I want the world, the stars, the moon.
I want the sun, the clouds, the sky.
I want summer, and winter, and autumn, and spring.

I want it all.
I want to make someone cry.
I want to make people second-guess what they do.
I want someone to be jealous of me.

I want it all.
I want my name in lights outside the theatre.
I want people to call my name, to chant it, to scream it.
I want perfectly red roses thrown onstage,
And I want them everywhere.

I want it all.
I want the winds at my command,
Ready to sing and destroy worlds with their devastating voices.
I want the rain to pour down in sheets
With the ferocity of a god.
I want a flood worthy of an ark.

I want it all.
I want soldiers to come home.
I want tears of joy on the faces of their families.
I want the flag to fly higher, wave prouder.
I want liberty and justice for all.

I want it all.
I want to be beautiful.
I want red lips, bright eyes, perfect teeth.
I want everything you have, and I want more.
I want to laugh at the world with the security of knowing
I am nothing less than what I want.

I want it all.
I want it all
And I don't want you to stop me.

DreamingWarrior
hahah interesting choices blair.

Blair Wind

DreamingWarrior
neat man. and very cool ideas placed upon it.

Coldfire
Nice poem choices big grin

Blair Wind
thanks i have one in the works right now thats different than all the rest of my other ones....see if i can post it later, if i ever finish it....

DreamingWarrior
hey man, you finished it yet? laughing

Blair Wind
nope....i have like half of it done...its sorta reminisent to the i wanna hear a poem one but different.....man i have writers block that lasts me forever....ok well i just made a descision....I cant remember if ive post ALL of my old poems so if you want all the ones that I have ever posted (on a different site, more than here) go to:
Fictionpress.com/~blairwind

aight? and ill get that new one out as soon as it comes out...lol

DreamingWarrior
coolness.

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
nope....i have like half of it done...its sorta reminisent to the i wanna hear a poem one but different.....man i have writers block that lasts me forever....ok well i just made a descision....I cant remember if ive post ALL of my old poems so if you want all the ones that I have ever posted (on a different site, more than here) go to:
Fictionpress.com/~blairwind

aight? and ill get that new one out as soon as it comes out...lol
I know, I had writer's block for the longest while too, and it sucked sooooo bad.... but I can be patient (when I want to haha stick out tongue ) happy

DreamingWarrior
hahah a woman being patient... laughing out loud j/k...

Coldfire
Originally posted by DreamingWarrior
hahah a woman being patient... laughing out loud j/k...
you're mean stick out tongue

DreamingWarrior
Originally posted by Coldfire
you're mean stick out tongue you know you like it! laughing stick out tongue

Coldfire
Originally posted by DreamingWarrior
you know you like it! laughing stick out tongue
Well maybeh I do.... Wouldn't you like to know shifty wink

DreamingWarrior
Originally posted by Coldfire
Well maybeh I do.... Wouldn't you like to know shifty wink
naughty oh baby would i! laughing out loud

Blair Wind
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laughing

Coldfire
Originally posted by DreamingWarrior
naughty oh baby would i! laughing out loud
Oh I know you definitely would shifty laughing out loud
Originally posted by Blair Wind
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laughing
lol sorry hun. If it bothers you we'll stop, cuz we seem to end up doing this a lot :-P

DreamingWarrior
hysterical ohhhhh man.... sorry blair... laughing guess we've polluted yet another thread, eh Cold? laughing out loud

Coldfire
Originally posted by DreamingWarrior
hysterical ohhhhh man.... sorry blair... laughing guess we've polluted yet another thread, eh Cold? laughing out loud
we pollute every thread laughing out loud

DreamingWarrior
laughing yes we do. heh hehh heh naughty

Coldfire
Originally posted by DreamingWarrior
laughing yes we do. heh hehh heh naughty
shifty laughing out loud

DreamingWarrior
Originally posted by Coldfire
shifty laughing out loud

he he he laughing out loud

Blair Wind
wow....spelled backwards......is........wow......

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
wow....spelled backwards......is........wow......
laughing out loud I so like did not know that stick out tongue

DreamingWarrior
Originally posted by Blair Wind
wow....spelled backwards......is........wow......

O_o O_O smile big grin laughing out loud laughing hysterical

Blair Wind
wow....i havent written ANYTHING...in a long while....

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
wow....i havent written ANYTHING...in a long while....
Indeed you haven't! Hopefully you will soon though big grin

DreamingWarrior
LOL!!! yeah dude...

Blair Wind
ok heres a really rough draft of a poem i started and never finished....I wanted some suggestions...once your read it you'll know what to say but can you think of anymore topics that I could cover??? well here goes what I have so far (and it has no ending...)


I'm Tired

Im tired of life
and its hypocrisies
of presidents
dropping bombs in the middle east
girls gettin raped on the streets
and gang wars that go from west to east
of terrorists attacks
hijacked planes
and bombs on trains
when the only motivation for it is to create pain...
Im tired of guns being acceptable
pornography respectable
the notion that vodka will make you happy
that crack and weed are worth the money
of women who sell their bodies on street corners
for $100 an hour
and get STD's like
Herpes and HIV
of the first amendment always being violated
of censorship being put on everything
that talk of God, creation and prayer are outlawed
on the halls at schools,
thrown into the same category as Castro, Hitler, and Saddam Hussein....


and I dont know what to talk about after that...any thoughts???

Tha C-Master
I can say that I know what you mean...

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
ok heres a really rough draft of a poem i started and never finished....I wanted some suggestions...once your read it you'll know what to say but can you think of anymore topics that I could cover??? well here goes what I have so far (and it has no ending...)


I'm Tired

Im tired of life
and its hypocrisies
of presidents
dropping bombs in the middle east
girls gettin raped on the streets
and gang wars that go from west to east
of terrorists attacks
hijacked planes
and bombs on trains
when the only motivation for it is to create pain...
Im tired of guns being acceptable
pornography respectable
the notion that vodka will make you happy
that crack and weed are worth the money
of women who sell their bodies on street corners
for 0 an hour
and get STD's like
Herpes and HIV
of the first amendment always being violated
of censorship being put on everything
that talk of God, creation and prayer are outlawed
on the halls at schools,
thrown into the same category as Castro, Hitler, and Saddam Hussein....


and I dont know what to talk about after that...any thoughts???
hmmm.... sorry hun, but I can't think of anything at the moment

Blair Wind
nothing? me neither....damn...

Blair Wind
eh....um.....ya....I wrote something a while back....but cant find it at the moment......er....that is all ninja

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
eh....um.....ya....I wrote something a while back....but cant find it at the moment......er....that is all ninja
Well then hurry up and find it already!!!!! lol jk stick out tongue

Blair Wind
I wrote this yesterday (anyone have a title suggestion?) :

In moments of sudden torrental values
coming in, flooding every synapse of a being,
a change occurs one moment to the next,
the light switch immediatly and unexpectedly turning "on."
Can you fathom it? Can you taste the feeling in your being?
If only a shared experience created an equal reaction
in those involved and not a varying degree of the views of lifes matters. What I see you see, but what I understand to be true you cannot extract from my being and my vision.
You have your own values propelling what you understand as truth. My truths must be written, on anything from a napkin to a ripped off sheet of paper, its the only way the words that *I* know
as truth can come out in the open from the trap doors I
keep in my heart.
These truths and frustrations that I share, from beginning to end,
you will never understand. I however did my part and wrote it out. If nothing else, if these concepts are too hard for you to grasp and understand, remember this:
Truth can come of change......and change can come from truth.

Blair Wind
I was thinkin maybe Truth of Change....

Coldfire
Nice! Yeah I think that fits fairly well happy

Blair Wind
BOOM! I have nothing new at the moment....but I thought I might as well post something....so maybe later....I think I have some stuff in some random notebooks...

Coldfire
Originally posted by Blair Wind
BOOM! I have nothing new at the moment....but I thought I might as well post something....so maybe later....I think I have some stuff in some random notebooks...
You'd better post something eek!

Blair Wind
IM BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! at least on this forum....since Im on KMC like every day

Well here goes nothing its something I wrote on a cruise a while back while just watching the waves hit the shore line. I dont know what to call it though. Elemental Power? Maelstrom? anyone?


Crashing waves caressing like a rough lover the sandy floor
Rising up, reaching like an unseen, unfathomable hand of fate,
Trying to grasp the attention of life above and beyond its true capabilities,
Only to fall like torrential rain after it has been pushed by gravity
and the unchangeable laws of physics
that even this shared illusion called reality can not unravel.

Sunset falls as it too goes down,
the absence of light showing off glowing darkness.
At this point in time, moving ever forward in a slipstream,
elemental forces show true power,
even the human mind which believes it holds power in its feeble hold
realizes that it is but a speck in a world beyond words,
beyond complex equations on a philosophical whiteboard,
moving on to nothing but simplistic beauty and raw unrivaled power.

Thus the water, wind, sky and heavens collide.
This is true power,
the fluid yet rough push of the ocean,
the caressing and raging touch of the
wind, the far reaching neck breaking beauty of the sky,
with the heavens above mocking it all,
untouched in space,
above and beyond us all.

Blair Wind

Blair Wind

Blair Wind

DigiMark007
You write.

Hm. I may have to read these.

Eventually.

But not now. Kinda tired. But thumb up for writing stuff.

CasanoVa
B-Dub does poetry? Wow, you learn something new everyday thumb up

charlemagne9746
Blair, you have some of the most touching poetry that I've read in a long time.

Keep up the good work. You can go far with that talent

Blair Wind

Blair Wind

Blair Wind

Blair Wind

DigiMark007
Blair asked me to comment on the above post. I agreed, happily so, especially when it concerns something I enjoy. But, in any case, on with it.

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A bit too melodramatic for my tastes, though certainly entertaining ( wink ). I won't refute anything from it, because it's all quite true, but rather will add a bit of nuance to the idea that I hope you'll enjoy.

In and of themselves, words are arbitrary and meaningless. Far from the all-powerful deities of the above argument. Any word could mean any thing, or nothing. There is no syllable we utter that, in some understanding (either known or unknown, discovered or forever hidden), isn't the name of Almighty God, or All That Is, or conversely the name of nothingness, pure evil, or simply bereft of meaning and purpose.

But the point instantly becomes relevant again when one interprets the idea of a word to mean our internal representation of that word, the meaning that our minds ascribe to an otherwise meaningless symbol.

The other, less abstract, point that I would make actually extends your argument a bit. Language, in its basest definition, is any symbol that we internalize and create a meaning for. Spoken/written language is the most common, but gestures, symbols, objects, etc. all fall into the same category (for my purposes). Without the ability to internally represent a thought, which we do through symbols, we literally can't imagine that something (whatever it may be). Therefore, our very consciousness, and our ability to experience a wide range of emotions, is only as strong as our language for it.

Take two words: angry and perturbed, for instance. Imagine yourself as either one. Now confused/vexed. Or any two similar words. The emotions associated with one are slightly different than the other. Now try to imagine a slightly different form of confusion, that isn't "confused" or "vexed." After a time you may happen upon "befuddled" or some other synonym. But eventually you will run out. Is it possible to feel something different than the emotions you associate with those words? Absolutely. Is it easy? Hell no. You'd likely need a new word for it before you could experience it regularly, or some symbol with which to associate it, which only reinforces my point. We have that range of experience because we possess the vocabulary for it...a way to internalize it that provides a context for our emotions. Our very consciousness, as well as the breadth of our potential experiences, is generally only as big as our language (again "language" in the broad sense, not just written words).

I don't say this as a blind hypothesis. There is scientific work, and more defined theories of such ideas, that I pull this idea from. I also mentioned a similar point recently in the philosophy forum:
Originally posted by DigiMark007
Our thoughts are limited by that which we can symbolically represent. The most widely used symbolic representation is spoken/written language. Others can used gestures, pictures, symbols, etc. to represent thoughts.

Take for instance the words "disinterested" and "apathetic." Similar meanings, but subtly different in how we use and perceive them. There's a fair amount of literature to suggest that, for a particular example like this, we will have a hard time feeling "apathetic" as opposed to "disinterested" (the emotions associated with those words) until we understand its meaning. The ability to internally represent the emotion via a spoken word gives us access to that emotion. The ability to feel apathetic is learned through symbolic representation, rather than vice-versa, where we assign labels to emotions that bubble up instinctively. The biological responses may be there before a label, but we don't experience something until we have a way to internally represent it.

The common cry against this is something like small babies, who undoubtedly feel "happy" and "sad" despite not knowings such words. True, but we can't limit internal representation to established languages. Babies have internal symbols that help them mimic happiness (their mental images of food, parents, etc.), though the emotions are clearly not as nuanced as those that language allows for. But whereas we may eventually generalize "happy" into a single emotion due to language, they may even have similar but not identical feelings associated with "food-happy" or "dad-happy" etc. etc. due to differing representations of such events.

Moral of the story: want a bigger imagination? Or more nuanced and powerful emotions? Or more ways to handle situations in life? Get a bigger vocabulary, and read as much as possible. It falls on deaf ears in the classroom, but I believe it to be very true.

You touch on these ideas in your words, but the delivery of your post doesn't word it quite so exactingly (it is passionate, though not as concerned with application as it is with conveying the emotional import of language's power).

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And if anyone wants me to dig up the articles/journals/publications that I drew these ideas from, I'll be happy to oblige, though it'll take some work to dig them up so it wouldn't be an instantaneous thing.

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Oh, and I love the Oliver Homes quote. I may need to steal that for my own use.

DigiMark007
Also, memes. The idea that a word, or usually a collection of words (an idea, story, etc.), can far outlast deeds, bloodlines, etc. is wonderfully analyzed in current meme theory. Aristotle may have a stray gene or two surviving in the human gene pool, but he certainly has some powerful memes still running through all of our minds (many that we likely don't realize).

Your words on their power to outlast deeds of the sword in the above post are certainly reflected in such ideas.

In that sense, "the pen is mightier than the sword" has some intellectual backing other than its intrinsic appeal as an anti-violence, pro-idea statement.

Others write better than I do on memes, so I'd encourage cursory research if you're interested rather than my own musings (there's a thread I started on them too years ago, where a lot of good thoughts/articles are posted by a lot of people). And yes, Richard Dawkins coined the term, but no it's not a plug for any religious statement ( wink ). I just enjoy the study of them, and think they are a powerful tool for viewing cultural evolution and society in general.

http://www.killermovies.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=472991

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Ya Krunk'd Floo
slur

Blair Wind
slur? Anyways, not a poem again, but a writing that just came out one day.


Call to Arms: A Generational Revolution

"If abuses are destroyed, we must destroy them. If slaves are freed, we must free them. If new truths are discovered, we must discover them. If the naked are clothed; if the hungry are fed; if justice is done; if labor is rewarded; if superstition is driven from the mind; if the defenseless are protected and if the right finally triumphs, all must be the work of people. The grand victories of the future must be won by humanity, and by humanity alone."
~ Robert Ingersoll

Alexander the Great extended an empire from Macedonia to the borders of the world. Cleopatra ruled Egypt when she was 18. What have you done? Take the time to truly think about that question. Are you just living life a day at a time, just letting it pass you by? Worried only about immediate needs, your current relationship or lack thereof, or what plans you have for the weekend? Why has this generation become satisfied with gorging on the benefits we were blessed with and all the while complaining about how awful the world is today? Someone once told me that today is tomorrow's past. If you want to look at your past and be proud, change your present, and one day you can look proudly at your past. I look at our past and am humbly ashamed at what we waste our resources on. Is it time that we changed our present, and created a better future for ourselves and those who inherit the world after us? I believe it is. I believe it is best to not follow the path that has crippled the world around us. Instead I believe it is time we made our own path, a path that transforms the world and leaves a trail of change behind us.

Some believe there is nothing one man or one woman can do to change the entire world. It is too big, and I am too small, they claim. There is too much oppression, hate, abuse, discrimination, too much poverty for me to make a difference, too many problems I can do nothing about, and most importantly too many people who disregard me because of my age.

However, many of the world's greatest revolutions have come from men and women courageous enough to take a stand. A thirty-year-old man and twelve young men reformed our religious understandings. A young artist observed a stone and imagined the David. Two men taught us to fly, one great athlete revolutionized race relations in baseball, one woman dared to stay seated on a Montgomery bus, and one African American became the president of the United States of America. These men and women have changed the world before us, and so can we.

And yet, for too long young people have been pushed down by those who grasp firmly onto a non-existent power of security, told that "No, you're dreams are impossible. You can not attain that; you should be satisfied with what we think you can do." What happened to the days when we aspired to set foot on another planet? What happened to the days when we dared to believe that we could change the status quo? I believe we all still have that drive, that pressing need to do more. However, we as a generation lack purpose and a certain level of rebellion against stagnation and those who believe in it. There are people in certain countries willing to die for their purpose. Are you willing to die for what you believe in? Or better yet are you willing to live for what you believe in? Are you willing to center your life around the belief that you can and need to improve the world? If we would all live for this belief we could truly change our world, and change it for the better, to help not us but our fellow man. So let us band together to fight for our world against the social injustice that corrupts it. As Robert F. Kennedy once said,

"We must first, all of us, demolish the borders which history has erected between men within our own nations - barriers of race and religion, social class and ignorance. Our answer is the world's hope; it is to rely on youth. The cruelties and obstacles of this swiftly changing planet will not yield to obsolete dogmas and outworn slogans. It cannot be moved by those who cling to a present which is already dying, who prefer the illusion of security to the excitement and danger which comes with even the most peaceful progress. (You see) this world demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life, but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease... It is these qualities which make youth of today the only true international community."

I believe it is time for a generational revolution, a movement of ideals and passion, of an ideology based on demolishing all borders and thus joining in global unity to improve the world. We are the youth of today, a legion of ambitious people who can set right the world we live in if we guide our passion with a purpose. We can make a difference; in fact I believe we can make a global difference! We are, as Kennedy said, the only true international community, a worldwide alliance towards the greater good. We can be a change of status in the way the world thinks and acts. Together, with strength in numbers, we can be a guiding example to a hostile world of what can be accomplished when international borders are forgotten, and there is a commitment to improvement, reformation, and a common ideal shared by all.

Let us remember, people starve in Iran, rights are suppressed in China, and civil war tears apart Kenya. There is genocide in Darfur, and war in Iraq. However, we humans still think that the world we can influence does not go beyond the nearest city district, that our choices do not impact past the corner block, and that our common humanity does not go beyond those we call family and friends. And yet, as Tommy G. Thompson said, "You don't have to share a man's faith to help save his life. You don't have to speak a woman's language to cure her illnesses. You don't have to understand a town's culture to bring it fresh water. But you do have to understand your place in the world and your responsibility to love your neighbors, whether they live down the street or across the ocean."

So pay no attention to national borders, and do not worry about the culture clashes, and most of all do not let others dictate what is impossible. We have to show them that there is strength in numbers, passion, and ideals towards a common goal. We have to remind them that we are a generation of youth, defined as those who are naive enough to believe that the impossible is possible, and wise enough to know that this is exactly what we need to foster a change in the world.

You may be asking yourselves, So what can I do? What kind of change can I make? Remember that even a small pebble thrown in a pond has a ripple effect. Be a servant to the world and the world will be the greater for it. While you may never be immortalized in history, listen to the words that Helen Keller once said, "I long to accomplish great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker."

So what are we waiting for? I've heard many say, "Be the change you want in the world." However, very few actually go out and do so. So, you want to serve your community? Want to serve the world? There are a million ways to help humanity. Pick one way, serve, and then do it again. Enact social reformation, make your voice heard, and do not refuse to do the something that you can do. As Edward Everett Hale said, "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do."

Am I the only one who has ever had these thoughts? Wondering what history is going to remember this generation as? What history will remember you as? What are family and friends going to think of you once you are gone? Will you have done something that improves the lives of others? I know it's a cliche but I want to do something of meaning in the world, something that validates my existence on this planet. I want a reason to be proud of my being, something to justify my being here, and something that changes this place for the better. What have I done to give back to this world populated by humanity? I guess hope has orchestrated my frustrations, for I hope on behalf of a better tomorrow, I hope for a greater life, and I hope for a better me. Should that not be our greatest hope, our greatest aspiration, to do something of importance? Something that lets us look at ourselves in the mirror and be satisfied with who we are, not with what we have done for ourselves, but what we have done to the people around us. So, I am going to go out and change the world. Will you join me?

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