Yogabud

I fall, I fall, I try again / I fall, I fall, to fail's a friend / for failing to fall, is not trying at all

How to write again Is Simple Its done one line at a time Or verse by verse And slowly Like a valentine, divine Though I must scrub clean, the brine For she's been at sea - that muse of mine Traversing the oceans A ghost ship Blown by emotions Wishing to sail smooth Well, that wish is granted when I move

I haven't had patience Which got me discouraged I was drifting and aimless Didn't even pay mortgage I took care of my body Nourished my mind But sadly I left my courage behind To not give a shit Cuz at least I was tryin' I handled it Till lost to a lion A beast in my head Which all started with A procrastination tactic Now look where its led.. Back to square one No; square two For the foundation's been done Back to work, like a tool

My lungs don't want me to smoke So I don't  I vape I inhale the subtle hints of pine and grape The blue dream and varieties of ape And when I vape I feel great But let's step back to when I was young  And dumb When I smoked to avoid feeling numb When Mary was my number one  And Jane, my number two Bong rips after school Grinding bowl after bowl  Getting high  But diggin myself into a hole When I felt it's just a habit But I had to have it every day Whether I work or whether I play Eighteen was a different scene  But I'm a man today No longer a kid  No longer just chillin and listenin to Wiz I use the same green bud That had me choking back then  To supplement my life To be my aromatic friend  The difference now is I'm mature  I no longer want to smoke more and more and more  I just want enough  To spark creativity  To see deeper into me To move and breathe freely  No blocks in my flow  No voice in my head Just me, my body And with heavy indicas My bed  The tid

We know the potential of this plant Spread the word, it's essential But so many feel that they can't Despite the high the bud can grant Though elemental Decades of stigma have made people mental The misinformation's been incremental The scope of the lies has been monumental But it's no surprise Cuz money's the prize And big pharma wants to keep it Truths been in front of our eyes Now we can finally rise And position ourselves to defeat it But we must be wise and let cool heads prevail Just trust and enjoy the highs - cannabis will not fail

The reefer madness still exists In some ways The trusting masses were convinced And outraged But what if she were portrayed Accurately Rather than with misinformation, betrayed Spectacularly How many people in pain could be aided How many artists, inspired Why is this being unduly debated If only justice worked as we desired

102 day streak broken Where New Years Resolution fell flat But the lesson here's to stay floatin' Not sinkin', so run with that The habits been built But I wanted a break No sad bits or guilt I relaxed for growth's sake It's not a mistake But a chance to have a new take For me to see its okay To take a day Away ----- If you truly believe The air over there's better to breathe

If a good lesson is Offered to combat weaknesses From geniuses Through the ages And thousands of years later We call them sages It may be advantageous to put eyes to paper Absorb the wisdom in those pages For if knowledge is power Then wisdom is might Leverage your hours So your mind may burn bright

The number one key is to breathe Brings you back to the present moment Better to be done than believed So for a second or two, just do it Inhale One mindful breath a day Helps keep the dark at bay It's as if time itself has slowed it a bit And gotten sweeter Can't resist this boon to health cuz its lit Between past and future we teeter The results of your decisions Can result in your submission Not knowing your Life's Mission Or getting lost in indecision First hand results are better than belief So simply decide to breathe

This is the foundry From which ideas are made The process did'nt find me But - the plans, they were laid Some might say I'm late Like the voices with their games But the past, to me was fate Same reason my name is James I'm not at this game for fame But instead to clear my head Sometimes sappy, sometimes lame I'd like to be happy before I'm dead Literally As in, I take my last breaths Joyfully And I'm laid to rest Mournfully But ultimately Leaving the world a better place And seeing that happen - what it meant to me Carl Keith Helen Loeffler Rest In Peace

I thought if I wrote you a poem You'd feel better Cuz you're lookin sadder than Autumn Or a crumpled love letter And you tell me I caused it And I say my flaws did But because of it Your trust - I lost it At least for the moment But I'm confident We can make this right We both hate to fight Prefer to keep things light Refer to mems? Alright The time's we've laughed All night And our romance You perpetual polite...ness Smiles and hydrangeas Hugs and mochi You're miffed, I don't blame ya I know how selfish I can be You know well my crazy Just like I know yours And ours But the love is there, you see Your soul was made for me And mine for you Simply put, I love you

You grow into the skin You put the work in To get Wisdom's earned, don't forget But thats not always motivational Though it can be inspirational Be wary, the sensational The mind is a creation pool Or one of cess Like when your mind's possessed A cesspool Go confess To your god Or to your muse Ice, be thawed It's the thoughts you choose And emotions Used As the tools they are My belief is it'll take me far Cuz I wanna impart The lessons written on my scars

What do I say? The blocks are in the way.. Hurting to the core And I yet I ask for more Cuz knowledge is power Communication is key Though the thoughts, they devour Unceremoniously Pitilessly As if that's what the brain does Surreptitiously Until it becomes Too loud to ignore Bombastic Voices, tragic I knew what was in store Dramatic emotion fanatic I still ask for more

Flowing is about going with the flow – go figure Deal with the past but don't be rash Disfigured Is the way you see it thought distorted Falsely reported by the organ That does thought Figuring out itself Battle's not yet fought Anti-– instinctual This is why we created ritual And archetypical stories Our attempts to combat worries Though, the lessons are somewhat blurry These musings cannot be hurried But dissected Then put into action That's how they become perfected Maybe If you're lucky And you thrust that luck toward something Life's there to fuck And make love Make her scream And moan As if Y'all were left alone You, and life Left to your own Devices Enjoying like fine vices Each other

I love to study The human body Which is why I majored in kinesiology But those five years are behind me As are five in my twenties And though I know that I'm young I must learn to fight like Ares Cuz time is more deadly than any gun The facade of youth Can lull you into complacency A paradigm defined and used As "wait and see" As if life brings Anything but suffering It doesn't Cuz that's what life is So we strive - not in spite of But because of it THAT is life, well lived

Water and sunlight Soil and earth From seed to delight The story of bud's birth You start in your shell A pinpoint of potential And if all goes well You grow up presidential Your scent gets loud As you mature And then we're endowed With gifts for the green epicure Cannabis connoisseur Or perhaps Cannisseur Some like the dabs But call me a dinosaur I'm old school Volcano's my favorite tool To savor the sweetness of vapor Straight from the bud That grows in nature

Leaves of green With edges serrated Lessons to glean From your bud - not faded Cuz "faded" implies A degree of stupidity So I prefer "high" When Mary Jane visits me Important are the words we use So as a community, let's wisely choose We can say stoned and we can say blazed We can say high, even turned up for days But here's the thing we must understand That stigma exists for our favorite plant Though fair, it is not It's the hand we've been dealt If the ball's in our court, it wont be dropped Cuz the goodness of bud can be heard, seen and felt

Do I have a gift? Perhaps But a gift with no grind is shit Through the a lens, time-lapsed What am I to do Just write? Or be a media company too Alright.. But who am I? Just some guy Working on his craft Sharing my life, Both present and past Not in stone But in code It is cast These things I've learned And continue learning What I've earned - The fuel that I'm burning Brightly Working nightly Writing, rhyming Teaching, flying highly Not trying to cry me A river, creek, stream Just build a permanent dam For emotion to speak - The Power of Man

Writing is easy Sharing's the hard part Cuz sometimes it makes me queasy To share the words from my heart When the poetry Is sparked With a blow to me And I impart The emotions as they come When it's time to record The raging waves are done Which is why I have all these poems stored Despite posting daily I've at least a hundred waiting And I'm left contemplating If and when and why They should ever see the light of day

Patience can be hard to have In a world with such convenience Discipline you wish you had But your whims demand obedience When seen from afar It's almost a tragedy The way your fingers magically Make their way to your favorite escape. Haters be mad at me But.. Wasting time is a big mistake At least Making a habit of it But please Indulge only when you have to have it Earn your reward For a day of hustle Learn something new when you're bored And go build some muscle