perhaps this is how I work better
to feel the weight of the stakes on my skin
keeping the skin in the game
growing every day
it’s a way I chose to walk this path.
8.29.2023
Tag: time
Embrace
embrace your faults
leverage it.
if you turn around your faults
you’ll start to see its usefulness.
embrace the good and bad:
they are all yours.
pivot, negotiate, and explain.
if all does not go well,
it’s alright.
at least you know you tried.
even if the whole world is against you,
you will know that about yourself.
keep trying.
it’s not over ‘till it’s over.
8.21.2023
Heart
as the front runner said,
“you gotta follow your heart.”
even if it is to stick your head
into the mouth of a tiger,
if you go with your full heart
you won’t regret it.
if you do anything half-hearted,
that’s when you will see yourself
languishing in eternity.
follow your heart.
accept this path.
8.17.2023
Experience
experience it, you won’t regret it.
through it all, you will know.
world beyond the knowns.
smile, struggle, and prevail.
feel the rumble in your spine,
let the muscles and nerves do the work.
experience it.
experience it fully.
it will be a worthwhile destination.
8.5.2023
Beginning
staring into the dot,
I saw only the dot.
the more I stared at it though,
I started to see something else.
I started to appreciate how it stays here
when it could have been anywhere.
I appreciate how it encompasses opposite
of blankness.
I appreciate how we all are eventually
a dot, like itself, when seen from far, far away.
I started to see the world, the life, all encompassed.
I appreciated the dot.
8.3.2023
New
perhaps now is the time.
I feel pain in the head
and the heart feels rather numb.
I no longer feel the excitement
when I win a match;
only vainglory remains.
but this is a murky ground.
your friends, colleagues, and mentors
holds on to you.
to say no to all of that
and to take a leap
takes a fiery courage
to walk a blazing trail.
let us hold our head high.
let us prevail.
5.8.2023
Doubt
a moment of hesitation
creates a mile long gap
between what you could’ve been
and what you are now.
let us aim for the tallest wave
and launch at the chance
to seize them all.
5.7.2023
Balance
like swimming in a river,
time pass by faster than I feel.
so do decisions we make.
Nothing’s for free,
and we’ll have to live with consequences.
may you find peace with it.
may you find a meaning within it.
5.6.2023
Thorn
there’s a thorn on the side of my toe.
scratching does not get at its source.
such small sting can deflate a good mood.
all left to do is to sit on it and wait
until it passes.
crying tears, roaring rage won’t do nothing.
I am waiting for the moment of healing.
5.2.2023
History
who would’ve known
the brewing history beneath
friendly facade shown
makes onerous headache
judge wisely
your friends and foe
they lie at the doorsteps
4.28.2022
Ralph with Coffee 
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